ocr: 2 all the military, civil,andjudicial powers,exereised by the offi- 5 cers oft theexisting governmentofthes same territories, shalll be 6 vested in such persou or persons,andshall be exercised in such 7 Ianner, as the President of the United States shall direct, 8 for maintaining the inhabitants of said territories in the free 9 enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion; and the 10 laws of the United States, relative to the collection of the re- 11 venue and the importation of persons of color, shall be ex- 12 tended to the said territories; and the President of the Unit- 13 ed States ...
