ernment for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. March 3, 1859, ch. 82... 425 Army appropriation. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. March 3, 1859, ch. 83....... 431 Water for the cities of Washington and Georgetown. An act to provide for the care and preservation of the works constructed by the United States for bringing the Potomac water into the cities of Washington and Georgetown for the supply of said water for all governmental purposes, and for the uses and benefits of the inhabitants of said cities. March 3, 1859, ch. 84.. Oregon and Iowa, federal laws and courts in. An act to provide for extending the laws and judicial system of the United States to the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. March 3, 1859, ch. 85....... 435 437 School lands in township twenty-seven, &c., Wabash county, Indiana. An act for the relief of congressional township number twenty-seven, north, of range number six, east, in Wabash county, Indiana. March 3, 1859, ch. 86. Investigating committees of the House of Representatives of the present Congress, payment of expenses of. An act making an appropriation for the payment of the expenses of investigating committees, and for other purposes. March 3, 1859, ch. 87..... Invalid and other pension appropriations. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. March 3, 1859, ch. 88..... JOINT RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. Smithsonian Institution, regents of. A resolution for the appointment of two regents of the Smithsonian Institution. January 17, 1859.. No. 2. Townsend Harris and H. C. J. Heusken, may each accept snuff box. Joint resolution authorizing Townsend Harris, United States Consul-General at Japan, and H. C. J. Heusken, his interpreter, respectively to accept a snuff box from her majesty, the Queen of England. January 25, 1859..... No. 4. Land of the United States in Rutland, Vermont, may be exchanged. A resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey a portion of the government lot on which the United States court-house stands in Rutland, Vermont, in exchange for other land adjoining said lot. February 5, 1859..... 438 438 439 440 440 *440 No. 6. Georgia, payment to the State of. A resolution for the payment of an unexpended balance to the State of Georgia, on account of militia services. February 9, 1859..... ... 440 No. 7. Custom-house at Galveston, Texas, plan of may be changed. A resolution for changing the plan of the custom-house at Galveston in the State of Texas. February 9, 1859 ... 441 No. 8. Captain M. F. Maury and Professor A. D. Bache may accept gold medals. Joint resolution giving the consent of Congress to the acceptance by Captain M. F. Maury and Professor A. D. Bache of gold medals from the Sardinian government. February 14, 1859.. No. 9. The tobacco trade. Joint resolution in relation to the tobacco trade of the United States with foreign nations. February 14, 1859. .... No. 10. Land of the United States in Petersburg, Virginia, may be sold. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell a certain plat of land in the city of Petersburg, Virginia, belonging to the United States. February 18, 1859.... 441 441 442 No. 12. Captain Charles Stewart, U. S. N., made Senior Flag Officer. A resolution conferring the rank of Senior Flag Officer on the active service list of the United States navy on Captain Charles Stewart. March 2, 1859.. 442 No. 13. Certain private land claims in Missouri. A resolution in relation to the second section of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the location of certain confirmed private land claims in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes." March 3, 1859.. No. 14. Pay of members of Congress dying during their terms of service. A joint resolution amendatory of an act entitled "An act to regulate the compensation of members of Congress," approved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, so far as relates to such members as shall die during their terms of service. March 3, 1859..... PROCLAMATIONS.-APPENDIX. 442 442 No. 52. Respecting an apprehended invasion of Nicaragua. October 30, 1858... No. 53. Convening an extraordinary session of the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1859... i. ii. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of JAMES BUCHANAN, President. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. BENJAMIN FITZPATRICK was appointed President of the Senate, pro tempore, January 24, 1859, and so continued until February 10, 1859. JAMES L. ORR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. I.—An Act to continue the Office of Register of the Land-Office at Vincennes, Dec. 21, 1858. Indiana. Office of regcontinued years, if necessary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable persons inter- ister ested in titles to land in the Vincennes district, Indiana, to perfect the three same, and for the transaction of such other business as may require his services, the office of Register of the Land-Office at that place shall be continued for the period of three years from and after the passage of this act, if, in the opinion of the President of the United States, the public interests so long require it. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the register, under directions from the Secretary of the Interior, to issue such Duty of register. patent certificates, or other evidences of title, as may from time to time be necessary, as the basis of patents for the ancient private claims in that district that have been recognized by various confirmatory laws, and that prior to finally closing the district, three months' public notice shall be given thereof. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a register shall be appointed by the President under this act, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which register shall be authorized to perform all such duties, both as register and receiver, as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall receive in full for the same a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, and such fees for preemption or bounty-land locations as existing United States laws allow, and in making transcripts of original papers for individuals, said register shall have a right to charge therefor, according to the tariff existing in the local courts of the district. Register to be appointed, and to act as receiver. Salary. Fees. Residence of SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officer so appointed shall be required to reside at Vincennes and to give bond for the faithful performregister and ance of his duties, the safety of the archives in his charge, and the public bond. moneys which may be received by him, in such penalty as the President of the United States may deem necessary. APPROVED, December 21, 1858. VOL. XI. PUB.-48 Dec. 22, 1858. Pueblo land claims. Town land claims. CHAP. V.-An Act to confirm the Land Claim of certain Pueblos and Towns in the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United G, Pueblo of Cochiti in the county of Santa Ana, H, Pueblo of Santo Domingo in the county of Santa Ana, I, Pueblo of Taos in the county of Taos, K, Pueblo of Santa Clara in the county of Rio Ariba, L, Pueblo of Tesuque in the county of Santa Fe, M, Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the county of Santa Fe, N, Pueblo of Pojuaque in the county of Santa Fe, reported upon favorably by the surveyor-general of New Mexico, in his report of the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to the Department of the Interior, and the claim designated as O, Pueblo of Zia in the county of Santa Ana, P, Pueblo of Sandia in the county of Bernalillo, Q, Pueblo of Isleta in the county of Bernalillo, R, (supposed,) Pueblo of Nambe, reported upon favorably by the said surveyor-general, on the thirtieth of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. Also, the claim— Number seven, of the town of Tecolote in the county of San Miguel, Number eleven, of the town of Chilili in the county of Bernalillo, Number thirteen, of the town of Belen in the county of Valencia, reported for the favorable action of Congress, by the said surveyor-general on the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; also the claim number two of the town of Tomé reported upon favorably by the surveyor-general of New Mexico in his report of the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to the Department of the Interior; also the claim number twenty-nine of the town of Casa Colorado, reported upon favorably by the surveyor-general of New Mexico in his report of thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and fifty-six to the Department of the Interior, be, and they are hereby, confirmed; and the CommisSurvey to be sioner of the Land-Office shall issue the necessary instructions for the made and patent survey of all of said claims, as recommended for confirmation by the said surveyor-general, and shall cause a patent to issue therefor as in ordinary cases to private individuals: Provided, That this confirmation shall only be construed as a relinquishment of all title and claim of the United States to any of said lands, and shall not affect any adverse valid rights, should such exist. to issue. Proviso. Jan. 12, 1859. APPROVED, December 22, 1858. CHAP. VI.—An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations. States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty: For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, one hundred and fifteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars. For commutation of subsistence, four thousand one hundred and sixtyone dollars. For forage for officers' horses, sixteen dollars. For pay in lieu of clothing to officers' servants, one hundred and twenty dollars. For current and ordinary expenses, as follows: repairs and improvements, fuel, and apparatus, forage, postage, stationery, transportation, printing, clerks, miscellaneous and incidental expenses, and departments of instruction, thirty-five thousand six hundred and ten dollars. For gradual increase and expense of library, one thousand dollars. For expenses of the board of visitors, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For forage of artillery and cavalry horses, seven thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars. For supplying horses for artillery and cavalry practice, one thousand dollars. For repairs of officers' quarters, five hundred dollars. For models for the department of cavalry, two hundred and fifty dollars. For extension of water pipes and increase of reservoir, two thousand five hundred dollars. For targets and batteries for artillery exercise, one hundred and fifty dollars. For furniture for hospital for cadets, one hundred dollars. For urinary conduits for cadet barrack yard, with service, five hundred and fifty dollars. For addition to latrines, or privies, in cadet barrack yard, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For latrines or privies, at cadet camp ground, five hundred and fifty dollars. For sewers to river from sappers, dragoons, artillery, and band barracks, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For iron girders to give additional strength to academic building, three thousand five hundred dollars. APPROVED, January 12, 1859. CHAP. VIII.-An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Names of Vessels in certain Cases, approved the fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Jan. 17, 1859. 1856, ch. 4. Act of 1856, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled, "An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the names of vessels ch. 4, repealed. in certain cases," approved fifth March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. APPROVED, January 17, 1859. CHAP. X.-An Act to authorize the President to make Advances of Money to Hiram Jan. 19, 1859. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That out of the monies heretofore appropriated by law to enable the President of the United States to contract with Hiram Powers for certain statuary, the President shall be, and hereby is, authorized to make such partial payments in advance as he authorized. shall deem fit. APPROVED, January 19, 1859. Partial payments in advance |
