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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · March 3, 1839 · Chapter XC

Chapter XC. to alter and amend the organic law of the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa

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Chap. XC.— An Act to alter and amend the organic law of the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa. March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Act of April 20, 1836, ch. 54.Act of April 12, 1838, ch. 96.Bills passed by Council, &c. of Iowa and Wisconsin, before becoming laws, to be approved by the govern’r. That every bill which shall have passed the Council and House of Representatives of the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin shall, before it become a law, be presented to the Governor of the Territory; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
If, after such reconsideration, two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two thirds of that House itTWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 91, 92, 93. 1839.357 shall become a law. But, in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Assembly by adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That this act shall not be so construedLimitation of the act. as to deprive Congress of the right to disapprove of any law passed by the said Legislative Assembly, or in any way to impair or alter the power of Congress over laws passed by said Assembly.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
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