ยง 13.
First assembly of Legislature--Oaths of office.
The Legislature elected under the
provisions of this ordinance and Constitution shall assemble at the temporary seat of government
on the third Tuesday in October, in the year A. D. 1889, at 12 o'clock noon, and on the first day
of their assemblage the Governor and other state officers shall take the oath of office in the
presence of the Legislature. The oath of office shall be administered to the members of the
Legislature and to the state officers by the chief justice of the territory, or by any other officer
duly authorized by the laws of the territory of Dakota to administer oaths.