DELAWARE. Delawae.
From Canterbury, by Berrytown, Mastwr.fb Corner, %emon, Burrs-
vile, (Md,) to Denton.
From Cantwell's Bridge, by Middletown, and Warwick, to Cecilton.
From Cumberland, by Flint-Stone, and Elbensville, to Robisonville.
From Dagboro', by Blackwater, Hall's Store, to Tunnell's Store.
From Georgetown by Concord, Laurel, Salisbury, Md., Forktown, and
Upper Trappe, to Princess Anne.
From Georgetown, by Millsboro', Dagsboro', Selbyville, St. Martin's,
(Md.,) Berlin, Newark, Snow Hill, Sandy Hill, Horstown, (Va.,) Chin-
cotoogue, Modesttown, Metompkin, Acoomack C. H., Onancock, Pun.
goteague, Bellebaven, Franktown, and Johnsontown, to Eastville.
VIRGINIA.
From Aliingdon, by Poor Hill, Tennessee, Holston Valley, and Rock-
hold's, to Elizabethtown.
From Abingdon, by Holston and Hansonville, to Lebanon.
From Abingdon, by Clear Branch, Three Springs, Mill 1Point, Arcadia,
and Block House, to Estiliville.
From Abingdon, by Ravensnest, Craigs' Kinderhook, and Rocky
Point, to Estiliville.
From Abingdon, by North Fork, Huyster's Gap, Holston River, and
Saltville, to Tazeweli C. H.
From Accomac C. H1, by Locustville, to Locust Mount.
From Aldie to Snickersville.
From Alexandria, by Accatink, and Occuquan, to Dumfries.
From Alexandria to Theological Seminary.
From Alexandria, by Nail's Church and Republican Mills, to Draea-
ville.
From Alexandria, by Mount Pierce, Anandale, Chantilly, Pleasant
Valley, Arcola, Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, to Paris.
From Alexandria, by Anandale, Fairfax C. H., Chantilly, Pleasant
Valley, Arcola, Aldie, Middleburg, Rectors' Cross Roads, Upperville,
Paris and Miliwood, to Winchester.
From Alexandria, by Fairfax Station, Sangster's Station, Barke's
Station, Manassas Station, Catlett, Walnut, Branch Depot Beallton,
Miliville, Brandy Station, Culpepper C. H., Mitchell's Station, Rapid
Ann Station, and Orange C.AL, to Gordonsville.
From Amelia C. H., by Dennisville, and Finney's Mills, to Namozine.
From Appomattox Depot, by Skin Quarter, to Winterpock.
From Appomattox Depot, by Elk Hill; Lodore, Painesville, and Ro-
dophil, to Deatonsville, Amelia county.
From Allegan Springs, by Huffaville, to Simpson's, in Floyd county.
From Ayletts, by Aequinton, Piping Tree Ferry, Rumford Academy,
and King William C. H., to Lanesville.
From Arnoldsbnrg to the Three Forks of Sandy.
From Aquia, by Garisonville and Stafford C. H., to Railroad.
From Ashton's Mills to Lanck's Cross Roads.
From Back Creek Valley, by High View, and Yellow Bprings, to
Capon Springs.
From Balcony Falls, by Natural Bridge, Dagger's Springs, Cliftn
Forge, Alum Roek, and Covington, to Callaghan's.
From Barricksyille, by Hoodsville, Grays Flat -Bassettaille, and
Jake's Run, to Blaoksville.
Georgia. GEORGIA.
From Albany, by Thomasville, Okapilco, and Morven, to Troupville.
From Albany, by Chickasawhatchee, Dover, Cuthbert, Petaula,
to Georgetown.
From Albany, by Gillion's, Concord, Pachitta, and Fall Creek, to Fort
Gaines.
From Albany, by Gum Pond, Thomasville, Duncansville, and Centre-
ville, to Tallahassee, Fla.
From Albany, by Gintown, and Pennsboro, to Irwlnsville.
From Alapaha, by Drivers Hill and Troublesome, to Jasper, Florida.
From Athens, by Brokline, Amandaville, Montevideo, Evergreen,
S. C., and Rock Mills, to Anderson C. H., S. C.
From Athens, by Bascobe, Harmony Grove, Maysville, Gillsville,
Poplar Spring Hughesburg, and Dawson, to Clarkesville.
From Athens, by Danielsville, Madison Springs, Franklin Springs,
Bowersville, to Henely's Store.
From Athens, by Jefferson, Pond Fork, Sugar Hill and Cunning-
ham's Store, to Gainesville.
From Athens, by Planter's Stand, Taylorsville, and Cromers-Mills, to
Carnesville.
From Atlanta, by Boltonville, Marietta, Ackworth, Alatoona, Carters-
ville, Cassville, Kingston, Adairsville, Calhoun, Resaca, Tilton, Dalton,
Tunnel Hill, Ringold, Opalika, and Chickamoga, to Chattanooga, Te.
From Atlanta, by Ptoy, Sandtown, Campbletown, Dark-Corner, Villa
Rica, and Hickory Level, to Carmllton.
From Atlanta, by Ark, Red Oak, Fair Burn, Palmetto, Newman,
Willow Grove, Corinth, Asbury, La Grange, and Long Cane, to West
Point.
From Americus, by Providence, to Chenuba.
From Amiricus, by Danville and Drayton, to Vienna.
Fzom Americus,- by Plains .of Dura, Lannas e, Searville, and
Pine V1llA.
Fom Augtsta to Richmond Factory.
From Augusta, by Brezelia, Saw Dust, Lombardy, Thompson, Dou-
ble Wells, Crawfordsville, Union* Point, Greensborough, Buckhead,
Madison, Sociai Circle, Covington, Oxford, Conyers, Lythonia, Stone
Mountain, and Decatur, to Atlanta.
Froih Augusta, by Kikokee, Eubanks, Double Branches, Lincolton,
Des Are, Augusta, Grand Glaze, Elizabeth, Jackseonport, and Oil Trough,
to Batesville.
From Aberdeen, by Mound City, to Memphis, Tennessee.
From Arkadelphia, by Alpine, Amity, Centreville, and Caddo Cove,
to Mount Ida.
From Arkadelphia, by Terre Noir, to Rome.
From Arkansas Post, by La Grew's Springs, and Molina del Rey, to
Crockett's Bluff.
From Athens to Springfield, Missouri.
From Bartholomew, by Holly Point, to Hawkins' Landing.
From Batesville, by Graham, Wallace Creek, Little Rocky Bayou,
Richwoods, Sylamon Creek, and Locust Grove, to Wiley's Cove.
From Batesville, by Rocky Bayou and Mount Olive, to North Fork.
From Batesville, by Poke Bayou, Wild Haws, and Franklin, to Pilot
Hill
From Batesville, by Curia, Barry, and Smithville, to Jackson,
From Batesville, by Walnut Grove and Hazel Grove, to Smithville.
From Benton, by Owensville, Whittington, Akin's Store, and Harold,
to Mount Ida.
From Benton, by Brown's, to Lost Creek.
From Benton, by Bland's and Brazil, to Perryville.
From Bentonville, by J. X. Hoge's, to Fayettevillo.
From Bentonville, by Spavinan, to Maysville.
From Boonville to Fort Smith.
From Brownsville to Des Arc, via Pigeon Roost.
Fom Brownsville, by Richwoods, Clear Lake, and Bocage's Mill, to
Pine Bluff.
From Camden, by Hampton, Warren, and Monticello, to Gaine's
Landing.
From Camden, by Woodlawn, Lamartine, Leak's Store, and Bear
Creek, to Louisville.
From Camden, by Buena Vista, Seminary, Liadesdale, Taylor, Cal-
houn, Millville, and Haynesville, Louisiana, to HomQr.
From Camden, by Liberty, Caney, Mount Moriah, and Clark's Mills,
to Washington.
From Camden to Arkadelphia.
From Camden, by Buena Vista, The Seminary, and Sand Hill, to
Washington.
From Camden to Beech Creek, in Clark County.
From Carrollton, by Dubuque, to Rock Bridge, Mo.-
From Carrollton, by Osage, King's River, Marble, Huntsville, and
Fitzwoxth, to Fayetteville.
From Carrollton, by Worth, to Rock Bridge, Mo.
From Carrollton, by Perryville, to Washbourn Prairie, Mo.
From Carrollton to Springfiel , Missouri.
From Carrollton to Curiton, Missouri, via Mouth of Butler's Creek
and Prairie.
From Carrollton to Flat Creek, Missouri.
From Carrollton to Rockbridge, Missouri.
From Charleston,'by Brunner, Big Creek, and Greenwood, to Sugar
Loaf.
From Chickelah to Pleasant Valley.
From Chickelah to Hot Springs.
From Clarksville, by Griffin's, Dover, Glass Village, Clinton, Kinder-
hook, Wolf Bayou, and Alder Brook, to Bateville.
From Clarksville, by Piney, Point Means, Mount Parthenon, and Jas-
per, to Carrollton.
From Clarksville, by Wardville and Ewbank's Mills, to Saint Paul.
From Clarksville, by Cobboville, to Saint Paul.
Wvioonshu WISCONSIN.
From Appleton, by Centre, and Ellington, to Bovina.
From Appleton to Wapaoo.
From Aztalan, by Jeferson, Fort Atkinson, and Koskonong, to Mil-
ton.
From Baraboo, by Reedaburg, to La Crosse.
From Barton, by Wayne, to Theresa.
From Beloit, by Inmansville, Spring Valley, Hoosiek, Albany, Attica,
Morefleld, Monticello, Tanner's Grove, Willet Argyle, Fayette, and
Georgetown, to Mineral Poimt.
From Beloit, by Avon, Clarence, and Jude, to Monroe.
From Berlin, by Willow Creek, Poysippi, Pine River, Cedar Lake,
and Lind, to Waupaca.
From Beaver Dam, by Wyocena, to Dekorra.
From Beaver Dam, by Newtown, to Alto.
From Beetown, by Hurricane Grove, Potosi, Dickeyville, Jamestown,
and-Fairplay, to Galena, Illinois.
From Beetown to Cassville.
From Black River Falls, by Clear Water, Middle Mills, Ogally, Rush
River, and Hudson, to Stillwater.
IOWA. AM
From Centerville, in Appanoose County, Via the State Road, to De-
catur, in Decatur County.
From W'mterset, in Madison County, Via Qukey, Adams County, &
Sidney, Fremont County, to Table Creek, (Old Fort Kearney,) iT Ne-
braska Ty.
From New Boston, Ills, Via Wapello, Washington, Lancaster, Oska-
loss, Knoxville, Indianola, Winterset, to Council Bluffs, Iowa. '
From Council Blufs Via Magnolia and Do Sote, to Sargeant's
Bluffs.
From Charleston, Via Franklin Centre and Dover, to Salem and
Mount Pleasant.
From Apple Grove, Via Delhi, Carlisle, and Green Bush, to Win-
terset.
From Andrew, by. Fulton, Iron Hills, Johnson's, Scotch Grove, Edin-
burgh, Anamosa, Necot, Boulder, and Spring Grove, to Quasqueton.
From Andrew, by Hickory Grove, Spring Brook, and Bellevire, to
Galena, Ils.
From Adel, by Ponora and County Seats of Audubon and Shelly, to
Magnolia.
From Ashland4 by Batavia, Competine, and Abingdon, to Rieland.
From Apple Grove, by Delphi, Carlisle, and Greenbsl, to Win-
terset.
From Apple Grove, by Freeb, Hartford, and Palmyra, to Indianola.
From Boonaboro, by Homer, to Fort Dodge.
From Brighton, by Valley and Dutch Creek, to South English.
From Burlington, by Middletown, Danville, New London, Mt. Plea-
sant, Rome, and Lockbridge, to Fairfeld.
From Burlington, by Parrish, Lowell, East Grove, Salem, Hillsboro,
Utica, and Union, to Keosauqua.
From Burlington, by Allbright's, Bluff Dale, Harvkeye, Palo Alto,
Toolsboro, and Port Louisa, to Muscantine.
From Burlington,. by Dodgeville, Yellow Springs, Litton, Wapello,
Harrison, and GrancT View, to Muscantine.
From Butler, by Steady Run, Lanucaster, Richland, and Clay, to
Brighton.
From Bunker Hill to Prairie du Chien.
From Bellevue, by Spring Brook, Higginsport, Boon Springs, and
Charlotte, to Dewitt.
From Bloomfield, by Point Isabel, Greene, Ottumwa, Chillicothe, and
Eddyville, to Oskaloosa.
From Bloomfield, by Drakesville, Unionville, Moravia, Ionia, and
Greenville, to Chariton.
From Bloomfield, by Drakesville, Mount Calvery, and Sharon, to
Centerville.
From Bloomfield, by Drakesville, Oak Spring, Soap Creek, Avery,
Albia, Sorelia, Princeton, Hamilton, El, and Attica, to Knoxville.
From Camarche to Albany, in Illinois.
From Camanche to Dewitt.
From Chariton, by Croydon and Grand River, to Princeton, Mo.
From Chariton, by Douglas and Lews, to Council Bluffi.
From Chariton, by Newborn, Hammondsburg, to Indianola.
From Chariton, by Argo Glenna, Bartlettvifle, White Breast, and
Hopeville, to Pisgah.
From Chariton, by Tallyhoma and Ooeola, to Pisgah.
From Chariton, by Oceola, Pisgah, Union, Adair, and Montgomery
Court House, to Coonville.
From Charleston, by Dover and Salem, to Mount Pleasant.
VOL. . PV&.- 68
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the first proviso to the first Frt proviso
section of the act entitled "An act to provide compensation to such per- o ac
sons as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive to applyto ol-
and keep the public money, under the fifteenth section of the act of sixth lector at Duao.
August, eighteen hundred and forty-si, for the additional services re-
quired under that act," approved March second, eighteen hundred and
fifty-three, shall not be construed to apply to the collector of the District
of Buffalo Creek, while such collector shall be one of the designated de-
positors of public money.
SEc. 10. And be it further enacted That the accounts of the public A4justment of
aconsof pub-
printers, and the certificates of the superintendent of public printing accountrs.
thereon, shall be subject to the examination and control of the accounting
officers and Secretary of the Treasury, in lke manner as other public
accounts.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth clerks of as-
of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, in lieu of the clerks heretofore sistant treasurer
authorized by law for the office of the assistant treasurer at New York, at New York.
he be authorized to appoint, with the approbation of the President
of the United States, one chief clerk at a salary of two thousand
one hundred dollars, one clerk at two thousand dollars, two clerks
at eighteen hundred dollars each, two clerks at fifteen hundred dollars
each, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars, one messenger at nine hundred Messenger.
dollars, and two watchmen at five hundred and fifty dollars each, per an- Watchmen.
num. In case of the sickness or unavoidable absence from his office of
the assistant treasurer, he may in his discretion %authorize the said Chief clerk
chief clerk to act in his place, and to discharge all the duties required by mayactas.
law of the assistant treasurer.
SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth sclary l
o
of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, the annual salary of the chap- chaple is of
lains to Congress shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars, and such sum C .
additional to that elsewhere provided as may be required to pay the same
to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated;
Provided, That the said sum shall be in full of all compensation to be
received by said chaplains.
SaC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the seventh section of. the ner ks In the
act of January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled 'i's
"An act supplementary to the act entitled ' An act establishing a mint, 1aw, Ch. &
and regulating the coins of the United States," be so amended as to ex-
tend the limit for the annual salary of clerks in the Mint of the United
States to eighteen hundred dollars each, from and after the first of July,
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, at the discretion of the officers authorized
by law to pppoint, with the approbation of the President of the United
States, including also one clerk in the office of the assistant treasurer at
Philadelphia, and that the salary of the chief. clerk of the branch mint
at New Orleans, shall be twenty-two hundred dollars from and after the
first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
SaC. 14. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall become
necessary for the head of any department or office to employ special to ivenbo." s
agents, other than officers of the army or navy, who may be charged with
the disbursement of public moneys, they shall, prior to entering upon duty
as such, give bond in such form and with such security as the head of
the department or office employing said agent may approve.
SEC. 15. And be it further enacted That hereafter the Warden of Rortsof
the Penitentiary of the United States for the District of Columbia, and Warden or
the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, shall make to the Penitentiary.
Secretary of the Interior, annually, in time to accompany the annual
message of the President to Congress, report of their operations for the
preceding year, and of the manner in which all appropriations have been
five years and upwards, as aforesaid, and still remaining unsold, shall be
subject to sale at twenty-five cents per acre; and all lands of the United
seton fa1
th States that shall have been in market for thirty years or more, shall be
ply. subject to sale at twelve-and-a-half cents per acre; Prvded This
section shall not be so construed as to extend to lands reserved to the
United States, in acts granting land to States for railroad or other inter-
nal improvements, or to mineral lands held at over one dollars and twenty-
five cents per acre.
rreu~mption Sue. 2. And/ be ifJrtke enacted, That upon every reduction in
rightsaneee
inbylands price under the provisions of this act, the occupant and settler upon the
dththtes
act.ate bthslands shall have the right of pre-emption at such graduated price, upon
the same terms, conditions, restrictions, and limitations, upon which the
publc lands of the United States are now subject to the right of pre-emp-
ton, until within thirty days preceding the next graduation or reduction"
that shall take place; and if not so purchased, shall again be subject to
right of pre-emption for eleven months as before, and so on from time to
Proviso, time, as reductions take place : Provided, That nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to interfere with any right which has or may accrue
bynvirtue of auiy act granting pre-emiption to actual settlers upon public
lands.
How entry is S~c. 8. And b it farte enaoted That any person applying to en-
tOo eaDe, ter any of the aforesaid lands shall be required to make affidavit before
1865, ch. 109. the register or receiver of the proper land-office, that he or she enters the
same for hi or oer own use, and for the purpose of actual settlement and
cultivation, or for the use of an adjoining farm or plantation, owned or
Penalty
rejury, fr occupied by him
not acquired or the
from herself,
UnitedandStates,
together withthesaid
under entry, heoforthis
previsions she act,
has
more than three hundred and twenty acres, aeording to the established
surveys; and if any person or persons taking such oath or affidavit shall
swear falsely in the premises, he or she shall be subject to all the pains
and penalties of perjury.
APPROVE.D, AUgUSt 4, 1854.
CHAP. CCZLVL-An Act forth doelef of Theeas Bronaugh, an OtB2 93 ( ds Aug. 4, 1554
"Adt to aid the TervitoJ of;Mimnota in the omunenetn of aAtffe therein, ap.
-.powd th~tt ntJine, elteet andredand ft J-fwr
Be it enacted Sy the Senate and House of 8ersnaie of the United
&ate8 of America in Congres auembed, That the Secretary of the Pension of
Interior is hereby directed to increase the pension of Thomis Brnaugh, be Irs
who is now on the rols at four dollars, to the rate of eight dollars per to $8prmonth,
mouth, to commence January first, eighteen hundred and fty-four. frm Jan. 2,
Sic. 2. And be it i er" enacted That the bill entited "An act to 18."Atof
5L 1854
aid the Territory of Minnesota in the construction of a railroad therein," eh.72, at
which passed the House of Representatives on the twentieth day of June, laud to ..luneo-
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and which was approved by the President t, fr "Arods,
hundredreald
of the United States on the twenty-ninth day of June, eighteen
and fiy-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
APPROVED,August 4,1854.
Cw". CCXLVIL -An Ad to iscretse as PAp of 9bBank and ile qf [tke] AMy, Aug. 4,185L
and to eeourage EJNtte._
Indians now in this city, one thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dol- gteapeal of ap-
ars and fifty-five cents: .Provided, That the following appropriations propriations in
contained in the Ifidian appropriation act, passed at the present session, eof 18, eli.
are hereby annulled and repealed;
For fulfilling treaties with the Shawnees; permanent provision for Ante, p. n28.
salt, sixty dollars; blacksmith and assistant, eight hundred and forty dol-
lars ; iron and steel, two hundred and twenty dollars;
For fulfilling treaties with the Piankeshaws, in permanent annuities, Aute, p. 24.
eight hundred dollars .
For fulfilling treaties with the Weas; permanent annuity, three thou- Awe, p. 89.
sand dollars.
For fulfilling treaties with the Miamies; money in lieu of laborers, two .4ge, p.821.
hundred and fifty dollars; agricultural iihplements, two hundred dollars; Awie, p. 820.
For fulfilling treaties with the Delawares; permanent annuity, fourth
article, treaty of August, seventeen hundred end ninety-4ve, one thou-
sand dollars; permanent annuity, third article-of treaty of September,
eighteen hundred and nine, five hundred dollars; permanent annuity, fifth
article, treaty of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, four thousand
dollars; permanent annuity, article supplementary, &c., (eighteen hundred
and twenty-nine) one thousand dollars; permanent provisions for black-
smith, October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, seven hundred and twenty
dollars; permanent provisions for iron and steel for shop, October,
eighteen hundred and eighteen, two hundred and twenty dollars;
For payment, as stipulated by the article dated June thirteenth, Appropriation
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, supplementary to the treaty at Fort Gib- foCiiekclanms.
son, of November twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, to in-
dividuals of the Creek nation, for "claims for property and improve-
ments abandoned or lost, in consequence of their emigration west Qf
the Mississippi," to be distributed, under the direction of the ohies and
the agent of the United States for the Creeks, in the proportion as set
forth and determined in the schedule referred to in the seQond artcle of the.
said treaty of November twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight,
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; .oided,further, That te
appropriation of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, for interest 'Ant, p.820.
thereon contained in the Indian appropriation act, passed at the present
session, be, and the same is hereby repealed;
For completing the Mendota and Big Sioux River road, in accordanee Mendota and
with the estimates of the Secretary of War, twenty-five thousand dollars, D11s io 2 River
to,be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.
SEC. F2.] And be it fuwther enacted, That the amount which it may Apprpatatlo
be found necessary to pay under the act of twenty-seventh San Francis-
eighteen hundred and fify-our, to the widows and orphans of the United ao, is , ch. 2.
States troops, who perished by the recent disaster to the steamship San
Francisco, be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated. I
Szc. [8.] And be it further enacted, That the act approved, Sep- Effect of sub.
tember twenty-eight, one thousand eighthundredandfty,entitled "An act .quent ma-
granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been en- ofwidows, under
gaged in the military service of the United States," the act approved sets of 1850, cL
March twenty-seeond, ond thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, entitled, 15' , L1.
"An act to make land warrants assignable and for other purposme," and 18 '
Chup. CCLXVIIL-kA Ad maVA pprmswjbr th Naval ervicefor twe ver August 5, 1864.
dtietA of jWte, One
OUdUV Mhe .ei Amdrecl andjlfjve.
Be it enacted by tie Senate and Hose of Reesentativesof the Uited
,&atisof America in Cg rs assembled, That tile following sums be,
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Appropraion&
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five;
For, pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers, and seamen, in-
cluding the engineer corps of the navy, three million three hundred and
sixty-seven thousand six hundred and forty-eight dollars;
For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil esta-
blishments at the several navy yards and stations, one hundred and fifteen
thousand three hundred and My dollars;
That at the navy yard at San Francisco, the pay of the commander
shall be three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. One civil
engineer, four thousand dollars per annum, and the pay of the navy
agent, who shall discharge the duties of both purser and navy agent,
shaU be four thousand dollars per annum ;
For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers, and sea-
men, including engineers and marines attached to vessels for sea service,
six hundred and eighty-six thousand two hundred dollars;
For surgeon's necessaries and appliances for the sick and hiiit of the
navy, including the marine corps, thirty-five thousand five hundred and
seventy-five dollars ;
For repair of vessels in ordinary, -and for wear and tear of vessels in
commission, including fuel and purchase of hemp, two million five hun-
dred and thirty-four thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars ;
For ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, including incidental
expenses, two hundred thousand dollars ;
or preparing for publication the American Nautical Almnac, Nautical Al-
twenty thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars : Provided That any maul.
naval officer who may be charged with the preparation, sup rintendence
or publication of the Nautical Almanac, shall receive no compensation
for such duty beyond what he would receive while on duty at sea;
For the purchase of nautical instruments required for the use of the
navy, for repairs of the same, and also of astronomical instruments, and
for the purchase of nautical books, maps, and charts, and for backing
and binding the same, twenty-three thousand dollars ;
For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydrographieal surveys,
and astronomical observations, five thousand five hundred dollars;
For models, drawing and copying, postage, freight and transportation,
and for working lithographic press, including chemicals; for keeping ...
grounds in order; for fuel and lights, for repairs of buildings, and for e
all other contingent expenses of the hydrographical office, and United
States observatory, six thousand one hundred dollars; Observatory.
For continuing the publication of the series of wind and current Wtde=dr-
charts, and for defraying all the expenses connected therewith, ten rent bain.
thousand dollars;
Csw.CCLXIX.-Aa Ac o
Get id, signe of Jia7V6~
intoqfec lUnftd Sta e and Aug. 5,1854.
e ~w hadedl~~bt
ieand.li-four.
PA oath fiah
1856, oh. 144.
Be it enacted by the Sandse and Homue of Representatve. of Me. United Poet, p. 121.
States o America inCongress asembed That whenever the President Afte pwe
of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Imperial matin by the
Parliament of Great Britain and the Provincial Parliaments of Canada, Q. _1.2the
New Brunswick Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Isand, have passed rwlorpo
laws on their part to give full effect to the provisions of the treaty be. -f C %nad.
tween the United States and Great Britain, signed on the fifth of June KJseaw~'d
last, he is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that he P. Nw. ad ,
has such evidence, and thereupon, from the date of such proclamation, to be duty free
the following articles, being the growth and produce of said provinees of
Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island; to
wit:
Grain, flour, and breadstuffs of all kinds; animals of all kinds; fresh,
smoked, and salted mpats; cotton-wool; seeds and vegetables; undried
fruits; dried fruits; fish of all kinds; products of fish and all other crea-
tures living in the water; poultry; eggs; hides, furs, skins or tails un-
dressed; stone or marble in its crude or unwrought state; slate; butter,
cheese, tallow; lard; hoes; manures; ores of metals of4all kinds; coal;
pitch, tar, turpentine; ashes; timber and lumber of all kinds, round, hewed
and sawed, unmaoufactured in whole or in part; fire-wood, plants, shrubs,
and trees; pelts; wool; fsh oil; rice; broom-corn and bark; gypsum,
ground or unground; hewn or wrought or unwrought burr or grindstones;
dye-stuffs; flax, hemp, and tow, unmanufactured; unmanufactured to-
bacco; rags;-
Shall be introduced into the United States free of duty so long as the
said treaty shall remain in force - subject, however, to be suspended in
relation to the trade with Canada, on the condition mentioned in the
fovft article of the said treaty; And all the other provisions of the said
treaty shall go into effect, and be observed on the part of the United
States.
Sz.-2. And be iffurther enacted, That whenever the island of New- Same provIs-
foundland shall give its consent to the application of the stipulations and 10
provisions of the said treaty to that Province, and the Legislature thereof on oertaln eon
and the Imperial Parliament shall pass the necessary laws for that par- ditlos.
pose, the above enumerated articles shall be admitted free of duty from
that Province into the United States, from and after the date of a procla-
Ca". CCLXX. - An Act to wiM crtain Addition Post Rads. Aug. 5, Ism
Be it ena ed &j t&, Snate and House of Rgmvwwatiees of tdo United
&aesof America in Congress assemled That the following be establish-
edas post roads :
I .Missisiippi. - From Grenada to a point on Tallabatcha River, near MiNIsippiL
Dudley S. Bennett's plantation. From Philadelphia to Pensacola.
In Louisiana.- From Greensburg to a point intersecting the railroad Lousana.
from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi, at or near the house of Benja-
min WeiL
In Virginia.- From Muddy Creek, in Preston county, via Greens- VginIa
bur, Cranesville, Old Lang run, and Accidence, to Addison in Maryland.
n Texas. - From Johnson's Station, via Fort Worth, to Fort Bel- Texas.
kna5;owa.- From Fort Madison, via West Point and Big Mound, to iowa.
Keosauqua.
APPRovED, August 5, 1854.
RESOL'UTIONS.
[No. 4.] A Reaoluion for Sftr'ng new Members of AheSnat and Hown of Rqre. Feb. 3 1856.
eafties with suck Boo ofapubiw characeras have been hatoforestfplid.
esolved 6y the sate and Hose of Represe ves of Ow United
States of Ameriea in Cmgress asmbled, That each of the new members Books for
of the two houses of Congress be supplied with the same number and members of
description of such books of a public character as were supplied to each C'Fr*
member of the Senate or House of Repesentatives during the last Con-
gress: Provided, They be furnished by the publish .rs at prices not ex-
ceeding those at which they have been heretofore supplied for the use of
the members of either House.
AppsovxD, February 28, 1854.
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Rslto ato uplmna Conac for cecab Marbe for the Mtarch 1,1864.
oddon
March 27IM
54. r~.71Joint Resouion authorein &h&crety of tk e wam ad Ligh*.Hoas
Bo7t detn &pn11w SWt,Plan and Mo of C$,nsbtt th&Lighf-House ona
Cokhase Rock, aadfirothe purposes.
LResoled by &h Senate and Houe of Representatives of the Uited
L0ht-Houso
Roos. States of and
Treasury America in (Ymgres
Light-House Boardassembled, That the
be, and hereby Secretary of the
are, authorized to de-
termine upon the site, plan and mode of constructing the light-house
upon the Cohasset rocks, on the southerly side of the entrance into Bos-
ton harbor. And so much of the act approved August thirty-one, eigh-
12, d.112, teen hundred and fifty-two, and the act approved March third, eighteen
15, cL. iso. hundred and fifty-three, relative to the rebuilding of the light-house, on
Minor's Ledge, as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are
hereby repealed.
A3no'vRD, March 27, 1854
March 27, ISM. [No. 8.1 Jon Raestio r've to Bid for Prosa, CUM, and &=a SoW
forth se ael Kavj,.
PrvsosResolved 6y doe Seate anid Rowse VfRepVesese of tde Uited
Stats of America in Uonress assembled, That all bids for supplies of
so provisions, clothing, and small stores for the use of the navy may be
lo , san. rejected, at the option of the department, if made by one who is not
the navy, known as a manufacturer of, or regular dealer in, the article proposed to
be furnished; which fact, or the reverse, must be distinctly stated in the
bids offered; that the bids of all persons who may have failed to comply
with the conditions of any contracts they may have previously entered
into with the United States, shall, at the option of the department, be re-
jected; that if more than one bid be offered for the supply of an article
on account of any one party either in his own name, or in the name of his
partner, clerk, or any other person, the-whole of such bids shall be re-
jected at the option of the department - and that copartners of any
firm shall not be received as sureties for each other -and that whenever
it may be deemed necessary for the interest of the government and the
health of the crews of the United States vessels, to procure particular
brands of flour, which are known to keep best on distant stations, the
Certain
may articles Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, with the approbation of the Seere-
be purbss
ed In market retary of the Navy be, and hereby is, authorized to procure the same on
overt, the best terms, in market overt.
APPRovzn, March 27, 1854.
April 6, 164. No. O.j A Anttion u *,r:do Se rt of As1Trauy o pay the &pee of
Cbdj ~ eiigte
WWV an Reoonm Law&.
the eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and the
Council, on the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and My-three; and
to adjust the expense incurred under another act of the said legislative
asemzbly entte nat to poide frteolctnadpulcation
twenty-second
House of Representatives the twenty-sixth
of December,on eighteen hundred and fifty-two, eighteen
of January, and the
hundred and fifty-three, and that the just and proper compensation and
expense found to have been reasonably and necessarily incurred, be paid
from the balance of appropriations "for ompensation and mileage of
the members of the Legislative Assembly,nowoffiers, on theand
standingclerks, contingent
books of the
expenses of the Assembly of Oregon,"
treasury unexpended.
8,1854.
Mayoftoktn
[NoAPrrOVu,
ihl A Rltin anD .tbr Co namt o mw~s
temai nMy8 5
[No. 1.] Jo nResoluion driang of connd ion of . s o h etoA blih Juy 1p, 185.
"A
certinPot approyLnd Jastwelve, one As egt hundred and fiftwo.
iotes," Ante, p. 147.
Ang. 4,184. (No. 24.1 A Joit Resoluton dire i tge Presentationof a Mbi to C.N(andw Dincaa
N. rwiram.
Be it resolved bythe Senate andHouse of 1R psentqhvw-f Me (Aitu
&atesof America in Congressassesd,That the President of the United
fNo. 25.] A Join Reoluton mAV=n Apporiati= or the Past of dle .,tA to Auig. s,1854
U,
o Bnq~t
heReoltinofth Hve f ofw
;srsnuAe
thelMWWe &ane, posted
Augus trd,eightee, hundred aradfflvJ, =Votn E~xta Canpesatonto Pagos, Fold.
ea, ad othes.
Be it'resolved by & Senate and Homse of .Represutaives of tde United AppmropIation
State of Ainerica in Congress assemled That the sum appropriated for Peros em
by the House of Representatives on this day for the payment of it ae o ges
and employees, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
ApPovzD, August 5, 1854.
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second seeon, wchich was begun and held at the aty of
Washington, in the Disrict of Columbia, on Monday, thefort day of
December, 1854, and ended on Saturday, the third day of March, 1855.
Cair. L -M A t for th ete Preservationof Li e and Pro"et fiom Vessel ship. D"s 14, 1854.
wrce on tme asts ofate tfited &atsk
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ULtted
States of America in Congress as8embed, That the Secretary of the Trea-
sury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish such additional stations, Addtlonista-
on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, for affording aid to ship- n csoant a
wrecked tessels thereon, to change the location of the existing stations, New Jersy.
and to make such repairs and to furnish such apparatus and suptlies as AppAmtusand
may, in his judgment, be best adapted to give effect to the objects of auppns.
this act.
Szo. 2. Ad be it further enacted,That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a keeper, at a compensation Keew atea&h
not exceeding two hundred dollars, at each of the stations to be estiblished o1en.
under the provisions of the first section of this act, and a superintendent, superntedeut.
who shall also have the powers, and perform the duty of an inspector of
the customs for each of the coasts therein mentioned, and to give said hr
keepers and superintendents proper instructions relative to the duties to
be required of them.
Szo. 8. And be it further enacted, That no boat shall be purchased and Location of
located at any point other than on the coasts of Long Island and New boats.
Jersey, unless the same be placed in the immediate care of an officer of Custody and
the Government, pr unless bond shall be given by proper individuals, liv- care of boats.
ing in the neighborhood, conditioned for the eare and preservation of the
same, and its application to the uses intended.
So. 4. And he it furher enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish stations at such light-houses Stations at.light
as, in his judgment, he -shall deem best, and the keepers of such lights houses
shall take charge of such boats and apparatus as may be put in their
charge respectively, as a part of their official duties.
APPRoveD, December 14, 1854.
Dee. 19,1854. Cai*.VI. -An Ad ailooi thelfuther time of h~oyast ho4*lnLandsby Estris
in tde T'rinia,Miitwy biaw 6, Ohio, U.4 m we ade pier to fi r aneeye
eig a Aidred and.fijy4, to have the same surveyed andpafite.
Addtonal Wine Be it enacted by tae Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the United
mted formak- &9aes of America in Congress assembed,That the officers and-soldiers
iug retrns. of the Virginia line, or continental establishment, their heirs or assigns,
Bepealed, entitled to bounty lands, which have, prior to the first day of January,
1P55, h. 206, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, been entered within the tract.
12. reserved by Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, for
satisfying the legal bounties to her officers and soldiers, upon continental
establishment, shall be allowed the time of two years, from and after the
p of this act, to make and return their surveys and warrants, or
ed copies of warrants, to the General Land-Office.
ArPpOVWD, December 19, 1854.
Nao. 19,1854 C.&r. VIL-Aa Mtto provideJbrth exiqihetathetitde of trie cippewa ?lia
ans to the Landsownedaddaiiedby thekn thaes tr of Rasfim tl, and Sae of
W-waosin, andjfr Uwir Domesicato and i aion.
Be it enacted by the Smate andHouse of Reprsentatives of tae United
Sate. of Ameoica in Gongres assembed, That the President be, and he
is hereby, authorized to cause negotiations to be entered into with the
tZoeud : Chippewa Indians, for the extinguishment of their title to all the lands
tinguish chip- owned and claimed by them in the Territory of Minnesota and State of
lg ati
I Wisconsin, which treaties shall contain the following provisions, and such
Minnesota. others as may be requisite and proper to carry the same into effect:
First. Grating to each head of a family, in fee simple, a reservation
of eighty acres of land, to be selected in the territory ceded, so soon as
TermsOf tk surveys shall be completed, by those entitled, which said reservations
ties autorized, shall be patented by the President of the United States, and the patent
therefor shall expressly declare that the said lands shall not be alienated
or leased by the reservees, or their heirs and legal representatives, until
otherwise ordered by Congress, and no change of location shall be made
without the assent of the President of the Ignited States.
Second. The annuities to which said Indians are entitled, under existing
treaties, with the consent of said Indians, together with such as may be al-
lowed them for the cession, orcessions, under the provisions of this act, shall
be equally distributed and paid them at their villages, or settlements, within
the limits of the ceded territory; but the President shall be invested with
Ciur. . -An At to audoie tae iss of Patents to Lads in any State or Tardier, & Des. ,1854.
certain Cus.
Be it enacted &ytas Senate and Homse of BgjrenS~ftativqs of the United 1854, eli. 201.
Sates of Ameria in Congress assembled, That in case'of any claim to
land in any State or Territory which has heretofore been confirmed by
law, and in which no provision is made by the confirmatory statute for Patenut to Wue
the issue of patents, it shall and may be lawful, where surveys for the for all lands here-
land have been or may hereafter be made, to issue patents for the claims tofore ranted.
so confirmed, upon the presentation to the Commissioner of the General
Land-Office of.-plats of survey thereof, duly approved by the surveyor-
general of any State or Territory, if the same be found correct by the
said commissioner: Provded,That such patents shall only operate as a Effet of the
relinquishment of title on the part of the United' States, and shall in no patent.
manner interfere with any valid adverse right, if such exist, to the same
land, nor be construed to preclude a legal investigation and decision by
the proper judicial tribunal between adverse claimants to the same land.
APrPRovzD, December 22, 1854.