2 March 1853. congress, are required to give security for moneys that may be intrusted with them for disbursement, shall give such security at such time and place, and in such manner as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe. 29 May 1848 21. 9 Stat. 233. Wisconsin admitted into the Union. 6 Aug. 18464. 9 Stat. 57. District court established Circuit court powers. Clerk. Ibid. 25. District attorney. Marshal. 29 May 1848 24 9 Stat. 234. trict court. Special sessions. IV. LAND OFFICES. 8. Wisconsin district. Green Bay district 9. Registers and receivers. 10. Sales of lands. 11. Milwaukie district. 12. Western district. 13. Stevens Point district. 15. Offices may be removed. I. ADMISSION INTO THE UNION. 1. That the state of Wisconsin be, and is hereby admitted to be one of the United States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, with the boundaries prescribed by the act of congress, approved August 6th 1846, entitled "An act to enable, the people of Wisconsin territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union."(a) II. DISTRICT COURT. 2. From and after the admission of the state of Wisconsin into the Union, in pursu. ance of this act, the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within the state of Wisconsin as elsewhere within the United States. And said state shall constitute one district, and be called the district of Wisconsin; and a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district and be called a district judge; [he shall hold, at the seat of government of said state, two sessions of said court annually, on the first Mondays in January and July ;] (b) and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States." He shall appoint a clerk for said district, who shall reside [and keep the records of said court at the place of holding the same; (c) and shall receive for the services performed by him the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is by law entitled for similar services.](d) There shall be allowed to the judge of said district court the annual compensation of fifteen hundred dollars, (e) to commence from the date of his appointment, to be paid quarterly at the treasury of the United States. 3. There shall be appointed in said district a person learned in the law to act as attor of the United States, [who, in addition to the stated fees, shall be paid the sum of ney two hundred dollars annually by the United States, as a full compensation for all extra services; the said payment to be made quarterly at the treasury of the United States.] And there shall also be appointed a marshal for said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are prescribed and allowed to marshals in other districts; [and shall, moreover, be allowed the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services.](g) 4. The judge of the district court for the district of Wisconsin shall hold a term of said court in each year at the seat of government, to commence on the first Monday of Terms of the dis- July, and another term of said court in each year at Milwaukie, to commence on the first Monday of January. He shall also have power to hold special terms for the trial of causes, and for the determination of all suits or proceedings in said courts, at either of the aforesaid places, at his discretion, as the nature and amount of the business may require. The said court shall be open at all times for the purpose of hearing and deciding cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, so far as the same can be done without a jury. The records and papers of said court may be kept at either of the Where recorde te places herein designated for the holding of said court, as the judge in his discretion shall direct. To be always open in admiralty causes. be kept. III. COLLECTION DISTRICTS. 5. All the territory, harbors, rivers and waters on the eastern shore of the state of Wisconsin, bordering on Lake Michigan, lying south of the forty-fourth parallel of north And see act 3 March 1847. Ibid. 178. (d) See the general fee-bill of 1853. (e) $2000 by act 17 February 1855. 10 Stat. 608. (Additional compensation abolished by the general fee-bill of 1853. latitude, heretofore embraced in the district of Chicago, as are contained within the limits 28 Sept. 1850. and jurisdiction of the state of Wisconsin, shall be and are hereby constituted a collec- District of Miltion district, to be called the district of Milwaukie, and a port of entry for said district is waukie. hereby established at Milwaukie; and Southport, Racine, Sheboygan, Green Bay and Depére shall be ports of delivery only. And the town of Waukegan, in the state of Illinois, in the collection district of Chicago, shall be a port of delivery also. 6. There shall be appointed, in pursuance of law, a collector of the customs for the aforesaid district, who shall reside at the port of entry created by this act, together with such other subordinate officers of the customs as are provided for by law; and the compensation of said collector shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, together with such commissions and fees as are authorized by existing laws. Ibid. 26. Collector. Ibid. 27. Deputy collec 7. Deputy collectors of the customs shall be appointed and compensated for their services, in the mode prescribed by existing laws, to reside at the respective ports of delivery constituted by this act; and said officers shall exercise all the powers and duties tors. vested in deputy collectors of the customs under existing laws. IV. LAND OFfices. 4 Stat. 686. 8. All that tract of country lying north of the dividing line between township number 26 June 1834 § L twelve and thirteen, north of the base line running through the military bounty lands, and that tract of country lying north of the dividing line between townships number thirty and thirty-one, north of the old base line included in the state of Illinois, and all that tract of country lying north of the state of Illinois, west of Lake Michigan, and south and south-east of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers of Green Bay, in the present territory of Michigan, be laid off into four new land districts, to be divided and designated as follows, to wit: that tract lying within the state of Illinois as above described, shall be divided by a north and south line, drawn between the range of townships number three and four, east of the third principal meridian, and that on the west side of said line shall be called the North-West, and that on the east, the North-East land district of the state of Illinois. And all that tract north of the state of Illinois west of Lake Michi- Wisconsin district. gan, south and south-east of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, included in the present territory of Michigan, shall be divided by a north and south line drawn from the northern boundary of Illinois, along the range of township line next west of Fort Winnebago to the Wisconsin river; and be called the one on the west side the Wisconsin, and that on Green Bay disthe east side, the Green Bay land districts of the territory of Michigan; which two districts shall embrace the country north of said rivers when the Indian title shall become extinguished, and the Green Bay district may be divided so as to form two districts when the president shall deem it proper. trict. Ibid. 2 3. 9. The president, by and with the consent of the senate, as soon as a sufficient number of townships are surveyed, and returns thereof made to the general land office, to autho- Registers and re rize the commencement of the sales in either of said districts, to appoint one register ceivers. and one receiver for each land office so established, who shall reside at the place designated for the land office, and give security, and discharge all duties pertaining to such office as prescribed by law. Ibid. 4. Sales of lands. 5 Stat. 48. 10. The president shall be authorized so soon as the survey shall have been completed, to cause to be offered for sale in the manner prescribed by law, all the lands lying in said land districts, at the land offices in the respective districts in which the land so offered is embraced, reserving only section sixteen in each township, the tract reserved for the village of Galena, such other tracts as have been granted to individuals and the state of Illinois, and such reservations as the president shall deem necessary to retain for military posts, any law of congress heretofore existing to the contrary notwithstanding. (a) 11. The country on the western shore of Lake Michigan, embraced within the limits 15 June 1836 § 1 of the Green Bay land district, as established by the act of congress of the 26th day of June 1834, shall be and is hereby divided by a line commencing on the western boundary Milwaukie disof said district, and running thence east between townships ten and eleven north, to the line between ranges seventeen and eighteen east; thence north between said ranges of townships to the line between townships twelve and thirteen north; thence east between said townships twelve and thirteen to Lake Michigan; and all the country bounded north by the division line here described, south by the base line, east by Lake Michigan, and west by the division line between ranges eight and nine east, shall constitute a separate district and be called the Milwaukie land district. trict. 9 Stat. 352. 12. For the sale of the public lands in the territory of Wisconsin, an additional land 2 March 1849 2 office and land district are hereby created, comprising all the lands not included within the districts of land subject to sale at Green Bay, Milwaukie or Mineral Point, which Western district. shall be called the Western land district. (a) The reservations in this section are limitations upon the authority to sell, and do not authorize the sale of mineral lands reserved by former acts of congress. United States v. Gear, 3 How. 120, 130. 3 Opin. 277-8. 80 July 1852 1. 10 Stat. 25. Stevens Point district. Ibid. 2. La Crosse district. Ibid. 3. Offices may be removed. 24 Feb. 1855 1. 13. So much of the public lands of the United States, in the state of Wisconsin, as lies within the following boundaries, to wit: commencing at the south-west corner of township fifteen, north of range two, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence running due east to the south-east corner of township fifteen, north of range eleven, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said range line to the north line of the state of Wisconsin, thence westerly along said north line to the line between ranges one and two, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence south to the place of beginning, shall be formed into a new land district, to be called the Stevens Point land district; and for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land office shall be established at Stevens Point, on the Wisconsin river, as soon as the public convenience may require it. 14. So much of the public lands of the United States, in the state of Wisconsin, as lies within the following boundaries, to wit: commencing at a point where the line between townships ten and eleven, north, touches the Mississippi river, thence due east to the fourth principal meridian, thence north to the line between townships fourteen and fifteen, north, thence east to the south-east corner of township fifteen, north of range one, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence north on the range line to the south line of township number thirty-one, north, thence west on the line between townships number thirty and thirty-one, to the Chippewa river, thence down said river to its junction with the Mississippi river, thence down the Mississippi river to the place of beginning, shall be formed into a new land district, to be called the La Crosse land district; and for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land office shall be established at La Crosse, on the Mississippi river, as soon as the public convenience shall require it. 15. The president is hereby authorized to cause the removal of either of the offices created by this act, to any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, such removal may be deemed expedient. 16. All that part of the present Willow River land district, in the state of Wisconsin, 10 Stat. 615. lying north of the line dividing townships forty and forty-one, (or fourth correction line), Fond-du-Lac dis- be and the same is hereby created a land district, to be called the Fond-du-Lac district; the office for which shall be located at such place therein as the president may from time to time direct. trict. 3 March 1857 2 1. 11 Stat. 185. Chippewa district. 17. So much of the districts of lands now subject to sale at La Crosse and Hudson, in the state of Wisconsin, as are contained within the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Chippewa district, to wit: north of the line dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five north; south of the line dividing townships forty and forty-one north; west of the line dividing ranges one and two east, and east of the line dividing ranges eleven and twelve west; the location of the office for which shall be designated by the president of the United States, and shall by him from time to time be changed as the public interest may seem to require. 1. Yachts may be licensed. Owners to give bond. 2. To be subject to the laws of the United States. Aug. 1848 1. 9 Stat. 274. Yachts. 3. Signals. Naval architects may copy models. 1. The secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized to cause yachts used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels, and designed as models of naval architecture, and now "achts may be entitled to be enrolled as American vessels, to be licensed on terms which will authorize Dicensed. them to proceed from port to port of the United States without entering or clearing at the custom house; such license shall be in such form as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe: Provided, Such vessels so enrolled and licensed shall not be allowed to transport Owners to give merchandise or carry passengers for pay: And provided further, That the owner of any such vessel, before taking out such license, shall give a bond, in such form and for such amount as the secretary of the treasury shall prescribe, conditional that the said vessel shall not engage in any unlawful trade, nor in any way violate the revenue laws of the United States, and shall comply with the laws in all other respects. bond. Ibid. & 2. 2. All such vessels shall, in all respects, except as above, be subject to the laws of the Subject to laws of United States, and shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture for any violation of the provi United States. Ibid. 2 3. Signals, &c. sions of this act. 3. All such licensed yachts shall use a signal of the form, size and colors prescribed by the secretary of the navy; and the owners thereof shall at all times permit the naval architects in the employ of the United States to examine and copy the models of said yachts. INDEX. ABATEMENT. Actions not to abate, for defect of form, 41, ¿ 1. No reversal for error in ruling plea in, 258, § 2. Actions not to abate by death of parties, 15, ? 1. Executors or administrators may be substituted, 15, 21. On neglect to appear to sci. fa., judgment to be rendered against the estate, 15, § 1. Death of co-plaintiff or defendant not to abate suit, 15, 1. Nonjoinder of non-resident defendant not to abate suit, 15, § 2. Other parties not to be prejudiced, 16, § 2. ABSCONDING DEBTORS. Proceedings against, in the District of Columbia, 234, 11. To offences relating to the post office, 218, After the fact, to stealing from the mail, &c., 219, 89. 83. In the District of Columbia, 242, % 64, 65, 67, 68, 71. ACCOUNTS. See Defaulting Public Officers; Public Debtors. To be settled in the treasury department, 16, 8 1. To be kept in decimal currency, 16, 2. Forms of keeping and rendering, to be prescribed by the treasury department, 879, 8 E Exceptions, 879, § 7. Receiving officers and agents to account quarterly, 16, 3. If resident abroad, half-yearly, 16, 3. Heads of departments may require special returns, 16, 3. Defaulters to be reported and dismissed, 16, 4. Securities not to be thereby impaired, 16, 25. Of receipts and disbursements, to be for the fiscal year, 890, ? 71. Supervising power of secretary of the interior over accounts of officers of the coarts, 441, § 4 Clerks of courts to have power to take, 138, 11. Notaries public and commissioners, 705, 1-2. Indian agents, 426, 46. Courts to be always open for filing libels, &c., 257, 6; 793, 5. Judges may award process and make orders, in vacation, 257, 6; 798, § & May order property to be delivered to claimants or to be sold, 26, § 5. Bond, how taken, 26, 35. Marshal may take stipulation, 26, 6. Surety to be approved, 26, § 6. Proof, by oral examination of witnesses, 25, 4; 262, § 1. How taken down, in case of appeal, 25, 8 4; 264, 8 5. Effect thereof, 25, 4; 264, 5. In circuit courts, facts to be placed on record, 131, & 28. What to be entered on the record, 274, 89. On appeal, copies of proofs, and of papers on file, to be certified, 274, § 9. Costs limited, 26, 6. How applied, 26, % 6. Proctors' fees, 26, 26. |