Columbian Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institution incorporated. An act to incorporate the Columbian Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind. Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46. 161 Wagon Roads, appropriation for. An act for the construction of a Wagon Road from Fort Kearny via the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains and Great Salt Lake Valley, to the eastern portion of the State of California, and for other purposes. Feb. 17, 1857, ch. 50. 162 Increase of Pay of Army Officers. An act to increase the pay of the officers of the Army. Feb. 21, 1857, ch. 55..... 163 Coins, New Cent. An act relating to Foreign Coins and to the coinage of Cents at the Mint of the United States. Feb. 21, 1857, ch. 56..... 163 Texas divided into two Judicial Districts. An act to divide the State of Texas into two Judicial Districts. Feb. 21, 1857, ch. 57.... 164 Minnesota, authorized to form a Constitution. An act to authorize the people of the territory of Minnesota to form a constitution and state government, preparatory to their admission in the Union on an equal footing with the original States. Feb. 26, 1857, ch. 60........... .... 166 Military Roads in Oregon. An act making appropriations for the completion of military roads in Oregon Territory. March 2, 1857, ch. 61..... 168 Augusta, (Ga.) made a Port of Delivery. An act to establish Augusta, in the State of Georgia, a Port of Delivery. March 2, 1857, ch. 62....... .*168 Prohibition of Importation of Obscene Books, &c. An act to amend the twenty-eighth section of the act of Congress approved the thirtieth of August one thousand eight hundred and fortytwo, entitled "An act to provide revenue from imports and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports and for other purposes,"-prohibiting the importation of obscene and indecent articles, so as more effectually to accomplish the purposes for which that provision was enacted. March 2, 1857, ch. 63.... Indian Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 90..... 168 169 Chippewa Land District constituted in Wisconsin. An act to establish an additional land district in Wisconsin. March 3, 1857, ch. 91.... 185 Certain Graduation Entries confirmed. An act to confirm certain entries of land therein named. March 3, 1857, ch. 92.. 186 Three additional Land Districts in Nebraska. An act to establish three additional land districts in the Territory of Nebraska. March 3, 1857, ch. 93..... 186 Three additional Land Districts in Kansas. An act to establish three additional land districts in Kansas. March 3, 1857, ch. 94....... 187 187 Atlantic Telegraph. An act to expedite telegraphic communication for the uses of the government in its foreign intercourse. March 3, 1857, ch. 95... Post-Office Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-office department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 96.... .... 188 Fortification, &c., Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 97..... Amended Tariff. An act reducing the duty on imports and for other purposes. March 3, 1857, ch. 98... 191 192 Grants of Land to Alabama and Minnesota for Railroads. An act making a grant of land to the territory of Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said territory, and granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of a certain railroad in said State. March 3, 1857, ch. 99.... 195 Two Judicial Districts in Missouri. An act to divide the State of Missouri into two judicial districts. March 3, 1857, ch. 100..... ........ Entries of Imports, amendment of. An act to amend the act reducing the duty on imports and for other purposes, passed July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. March 3, 1857, 197 199 199 ch. 101.. Selma, Ala., made a Port of Delivery. An act to constitute Selma, in the State of Alabama, a port of delivery. March 3, 1857, ch. 102... Railroad Grant to Alabama. An act to amend "an act granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State." March 3, 1857, ch. 103.. 200 States, settlement of Land Accounts with. An act to settle certain accounts between the United States and the State of Mississippi, and other States. March 8, 1857, ch. 104... 200 Fernandina, Fa., made a Port of Entry. An act to establish a port of entry at Fernandina in the State of Florida. March 3, 1857, ch. 105...... 200 Army Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 106. 200 General Civil Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 107...... Civil Expense Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for certain civil expenses for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 108..... Post Roads. An act to establish certain post roads in the United States and the Territories thereof. March 3, 1857, ch. 109....... 206 221 230 Deficiency Appropriation Bill. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. March 3, 1857, ch. 110. 240 Naval Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 111.. 243 Relief of Choctaw Cession Settlers; School Lands in Mississippi. An act for the relief of certain actual settlers and cultivators who purchased lands subject to graduation within the limits of the Choctaw cession of eighteen hundred and thirty, at a less rate than the true graduated price under the "act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and cultivators," approved the fourth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and for other purposes. March 3, 1857, ch. 112.... Ocean Steamer Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriation for the transportation of the United States mail by ocean steamers and otherwise during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857, ch. 113....... Public Money to be deposited. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue." March 3, 1857, ch. 114.... Bounty Land to Major David Bailey's Volunteers. An act to extend the provisions of the act entitled "An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military services of the United States" to the officers and soldiers of Major David Bailey's battalion, of Cook county, (Illinois,) volunteers. March 3, 1857, ch. 115.... 248 248 249 249 Crimes Act. An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes. March 3, 1857, ch. 116. 250 Swamp, &c., Lands. An act to confirm to the several States the swamp and overflowed lands selected under the act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the act of the second March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. March 3, 1857, ch. 117.... 251 Custom-House and Post-Office at Perth Amboy. An act to construct a building for a custom-house and post-office at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. March 3, 1857, ch. 118.... Increase of Pay of Cadets at West Point. An act to increase the pay of the Cadets at the West Point Academy. March 3, 1857, ch. 119.... 251 252 Military Road in Washington Territory. An act providing for the construction of a military road between Fort Steilacoom and Bellingham Bay, in the Territory of Washington. March 3, 1857, ch. 120..... 252 Road in Nebraska. An act for the construction of a road in the territory of Nebraska. March 3, 1857, ch. 121.... 252 JOINT RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. Further time for Texan Creditors. A resolution granting further time to the creditors of Texas to present their claims. Dec. 26, 1856... 252 No. 2. Portrait of John Hampden accepted. A resolution accepting the portrait of John Hampden, presented to Congress by John McGregor. Jan. 13, 1857... 253 No. 5. Distribution of Public Documents. A resolution respecting the distribution of certain public documents. Jan. 28, 1857.. 253 No. 6. Appointment of Regents of Smithsonian Institution. A resolution for the appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Jan. 28, 1857..... 253 No. 7. Weights and Measures to be furnished to Vermont. Joint resolution providing for the furnishing of a complete set of Weights and Measures to the State of Vermont. Feb. 16, 1857. 254 No. 8. Conference with Great Britain as to a decimal and commensurable Currency. A resolution to provide for ascertaining the relative value of the coinage of the United States and Great Britain, and the fixing the relative value of the unitary coins of the two countries. Feb. 26, 1857... 254 No. 9. Investigation of J. T. Barclay's plan for preventing abrasion and counterfeiting of Coin. A resolution to prevent the counterfeiting of the coins of the United States. Feb. 26, 1857..... 254 No. 12. School Lands in Territories in lieu of sections settled on or taken as Town Sites. A resolution relative to sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the territories of Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. March 3, 1857... 254 No. 13. Title to Wolf Island, disclaimed. A resolution concerning Wolf Island. March 3, 1857. 255 No. 14. Compensation of Chaplains to Congress. A resolution relating to the compensation of the Chaplains of Congress. March 3, 1857..... No. 15. Medals to be presented to Dr. Kane, his Officers and Men. Joint resolution for the presentation of Medals to Dr. Kane, his officers and men. March 3, 1857...... No. 16. Commander H. J. Hartstene, and also Officers and Crew of The Vixen, authorized to accept Presents from Great Britain. A resolution allowing Henry J. Hartstene, of the United States Navy, Lieutenant S. D. Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty officers and crew of the steamer "Vixen," to accept certain tokens of acknowledgment from the government of Great Britain. March 3, 1857..... 255 255 255 No. 17. Deeds, &c., transmitted from Land-Office at Vincennes, return of to Claimants. A resolution to return to the Land-Office at Vincennes, Indiana, certain deeds transmitted to the General Land-Office by the board of commissioners appointed under the "Act to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the State of Indiana," approved July twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. March 3, 1857.... 256 No. 18. Damages for contract for brick for Washington Aqueduct. March 3, 1857.... 256 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Passed at the third session, which was begun and holden at the City of FRANKLIN PIERCE, President. JESSE D. BRIGHT, President of the CHAP. II.-An Act providing for the compulsory Prepayment of Postage on all transient printed Matter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision in the act approved August thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An act to amend the act entitled an act to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes, passed March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-one," permitting transient printed matter to be sent through the mail of the United States without prepayment of postage, be and the same is hereby repealed. And the postage on all such transient matter shall be prepaid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster General may direct. APPROVED, Jan. 2, 1857. CHAP. XII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to promote the Efficiency of the Navy." examination by Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon the written request, Navy officers made within ninety days after the passage hereof, or within thirty days loughed, or redropped, furafter the return of any officer absent from the United States at the time tired under act of the passage of this act, provided he shall return within one year after of 1855, ch. 127, the passage of this act, by any officer of the navy who was dropped, fur- ex nato a Dor loughed, or retired, by the operation of the act of the twenty-eighth of a court of inquiFebruary, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An act to promote TMy. the efficiency of the navy," the Secretary of the Navy shall cause the physical, mental, professional, and moral fitness of such officer for the naval service to be investigated by a court of inquiry, which shall be governed by the laws and regulations which now govern courts of inquiry; and the said court shall in their finding report whether the said officer, if he has been dropped from the rolls of the navy, ought to be restored, and, if restored, whether to the active list or the reserved list, and if to the latter, whether on leave of absence or furlough pay; and in case the officer making the written request, as aforesaid, shall have been placed on the reserved list, then the court, in their finding, shall report whether the said officer ought to be restored to the active list, or, if not restored, whether he ought to remain on the retired list on leave of absence or VOL. 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PUB.-20 Report by such court. officers. furlough pay; and the finding of the court shall, in all cases, be submitted to the President of the United States, and, if approved by him, in the case Restoration of of a dropped officer, where restoration has been recommended, such officer may be nominated by the President to the Senate for restoration to the service, according to the finding of the court as approved by him; and in the case of a retired officer, the finding of the court, when approved by the President, shall be conclusive; and such officer shall be restored to the active list, to occupy that position and rank in the navy which he would have occupied had he not been retired under the action of the late naval board; or he shall remain upon the retired list on leave of absence or furlough pay, according to the finding of the court, as approved by the President: Provided, That the officers so restored or placed on the reserved list, shall be appointed to their places, respectively, by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 1855, ch. 127. Proviso as to reducing the number hereafter. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the operation of the present Number of offi- law limiting the number of officers of the navy shall be suspended so far cers may be increased. as to authorize the restoration, within one year from. the passage of this act, by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of officers reserved or dropped under the operation of the act of the twentyeighth of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the navy:" Provided, That there shall be no further promotions or appointments in any grade, after said restorations shall have been made thereto, until such grade in the active service shall be reduced to the limit now prescribed by law. That when any such officer shall be restored to the navy, by and with the advice and consent Rank of restored of the Senate, the officer so restored shall occupy that position and rank in the navy which he would have held had he not been retired, furloughed, or dropped, by the order of the President, on the report of the naval Dropped offi- board: Provided, further, That any dropped officer who may be, in the cers may be "opinion of said court, entitled to be placed on the retired or furloughed tired or furlough list, may be thus placed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. officers placed on the re list. Officers not restored to have one year's pay. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That officers who were dropped, as aforesaid, and who shall not be restored to the naval service within one year from the passage hereof, shall be entitled to receive one year's duty pay of their grades, respectively; and the President shall be, and he is Transfers from hereby, authorized, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to transfer the furlough to the reserved list. any officer from the furlough to the reserved pay list, and that so much of the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, Reserved offi- entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the navy," as renders cers eligible to reserved officers ineligible to promotion, be and the same is hereby promotion. Promotion of served list. rank. repealed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That reserved officers may be proofficers on the re- moted on the reserved list, by and with the advice and consent of the Their pay and Senate, but no such promotion shall entitle them to any pay beyond that to which they were entitled when so reserved, nor shall they, by such promotion, take any higher rank than they would have taken had they been retained in the active service of the navy; and nothing in this act, or in the act to which this is an amendment, shall be so construed as to preclude officers on the reserved list from wearing the uniform of their grades respectively. Flag officers. Restored offi back pay. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That captains in command of squadrons shall be denominated flag officers. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all officers who may be restored cers to draw their to active service, under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to draw the same pay they were drawing at the time they were retired or dropped, for and during the time of such retirement or suspension from the active service aforesaid. APPROVED, Jan. 16, 1857. |