KANSAS. 37 mittee ; but after the general assembly is organized, seats may be contested in the usual way. Sec. 9. Certificates of indebtedness may be issued by the Territorial executive committee for all necessary expenses accruing in the formation of the State government, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, ($25,000,) provided no certificates shall be issued except for legitimate expenses. All claims shall be made in writing, and shall be numbered and kept on file in the secretary’s office ; and all certificates of indebtedness shall be signed by the president and secretary, and countersigned by the treasurer, and numbered to correspond. -with the numbers of the claim or bill for which it was issued. The certificates shall bear ten per cent, interest per annum. Sec. 10. The first general assembly shall provide by law for the redemption of the certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of the foregoing section. Sec. 11. Until the great seal for the State of Kansas is agreed upon and procured, as provided for in the 11th section of the 5th article of this constitution, the governor shall use his own private seal as the seal of the State. Sec. 12. At the election for the ratification of this constitution, and the first election for State officers, a representative in the Congress of the United States, and members of the general assembly of this State, an actual residence in the Territory of thirty days immediately preceding said election shall be sufficient as a qualification for the elector, and an actual residence of ninety days for the candidates; provided, said electors and candidates possess all the other qualifications required by the provisions of this constitution. Sec. 13. The first legislature shall provide by law for the enforcement of the provisions of the 6th section of the bill of rights, on or before the 4th day of July, 1857, as to all persons in the Territory before the adoption of this constitution, and as to all others the provisions of said section shall operate from and after the ratification of this constitution by the people. In testimony that the foregoing is the Constitution of the State of Kansas, as agreed to in convention, we, the officers and members of the convention, have hereunto signed our names at Topeka, this twelfth day of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, and of the independence of the United States of America the eightieth year. J. II. LANE, President. Samuel C. Smith, Secretary. Charles A. Foster, Assistant Secretary. James Redpath, Reporter. Robert Klotz, Marcus J. Parrott, Mark W. Delahay, William R. Griffith, Geo. S. Hillyer, William Hicks, Samuel N. Latta, David Dodge, John A. Wakefield, Wm. Y. Roberts, Geo. W. Smith, John G. Thompson, George A. Cutler, J. K. Goodin,
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