Note 1264 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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Act of March 3, 1805: U. S. Stat. at Large, II, 331, 332; also in Poore, Charters, I, 697, 698. This act places the appointment of the governor in the hands of the president; but the judges are merely to be "appointed" and hold their office for four years.
On the institution of government in the territory of Orleans see Adams, U. S., II, chap. ii.