July 8, 1856. 1854, ch. 35. In the House of Representatives of the United States, July 8th, 1856. The House of Representatives having been notified by the Senate that the bill entitled "An act making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair flats, in the State of Michigan," had been returned by the President, with his objections to the Senate, in which it originated, and that the Senate, having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same, had "Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same," the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the said bill; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: WM. CULLOM, Clerk House of Reps. CHAP. LVII-An Act to explain the Act approved twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act to establish additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certain islands States of America in Congress assembled, That the words "west of the included in de- Mississippi River," employed in the description in the first section of the scription of land districts. act of twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act to establish additional land districts in the territory of Minnesota," shall be construed so as to embrace all the islands lying west of the middle of the Vol. x. p. 274. main channel of said river, in the new districts created west of the same by said act. 1854, ch. 35. July 8, 1856. Two additional tablished. Amended 1858, ch. 32. Post, p. 286. APPROVED, July 8, 1856. CHAP. LVIII.-An Act to establish two additional Land Districts in the Territory of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the land districts es- Territory of Minnesota which lies north of the line dividing townships forty-five and forty-six, north of the base line east of the Mississippi River, and north of the nearest township line, to be determined hereafter by the commissioner of the General Land-Office, west of said river, extending thence west to the Missouri River, be, and the same is hereby divided into and shall constitute two additional land districts, to wit: All that portion lying east of the line dividing ranges eighteen and nineteen west of the fourth principal meridian shall constitute a land district, to be called the northeastern land district; and all that portion west of the line dividing said ranges eighteen and nineteen shall constitute an additional land district in said territory, to be called the northwestern land district, the location of the offices 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 interests may seem to require. Officers fcr said districts. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment the public interest shal require, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next session of Congress after such appointment, a register and a receiver for each or either of the districts hereby created, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of their offices, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties, which are or may be prescribed by law, in relation to other land-offices of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is authorized to cause the public lands in said districts, with the exception of such as have been or may be reserved for other purposes, to be exposed to sale, in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as other public lands of the United States. Sale of lands therein. Appropriation SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the survey, at augmented rates, of meridian, standard parallel, township, and section lines, in the for surveys. districts hereby created, the sum of forty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated. APPROVED, July 8, 1856. CHAP. LIX.-An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the July 8, 1856. Survey of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cause the southern southern bounboundary line of the Territory of Kansas, between the State of Missouri dary of Kansas. and the Territory of New Mexico, to be surveyed and distinctly marked, and a plat of said survey shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary Post, pp. 189, 140. of the Interior, and another plat of said survey shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Kansas. APPROVED, July 8, 1856. 1856, ch. 170. CHAP. LXV-An Act for the Construction of a Road from Fort Ridgley in the Ter- July 22, 1856. ritory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in the Territory of· Nebraska. nesota and Ne Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand Appropriation dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the for a road in Mintreasury, for the construction of a road from Fort Ridgley in the Terri- braska. tory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in the Territory of Nebraska, the said road to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to contracts to be made by him. APPROVED, July 22, 1856. CHAP. LXXII.-An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Ex- Aug. 1, 1856. penses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Appropriations. the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyseven, namely: For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of Salaries of enthe United States at Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia, Austria, voys and ministers plenipotenPrussia, Switzerland, Rome, Naples, Sardinia, Belgium, Holland, Portu- tiary. gal, Denmark, Sweden, Turkey, China, Brazil, Peru, Chili, Argentine Republic, New Granada, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Of secretaries For salaries of the secretaries of legation of the United States at Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Switzerland, Rome, of legation. Naples, Sardinia, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Peru, Chili, Argentine Republic, New Granada, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico, forty-four thousand five hundred dollars. Others. Seamen. Wrecks. For salary of the commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, six thousand dollars. For salary of an interpreter to the mission to China, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, five thousand dollars. For salary of a dragoman to the mission to Turkey, two thousand five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, seventy-five thou'sand dollars. For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, sixty thousand dollars. For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, six thousand dollars. For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For expenses which may be incurred in acknowledging the services of the masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing citizens and vessels of the United States from shipwreck, three thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States. Miscellaneous. For the purchase of blank books, stationary, arms of the United States, presses, and flags, and for the payment of postages for the consuls of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars. Commissioner under reciprocity treaty. Salaries of con mercial agents. For compensation of the commissioner provided in the first article of the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, two thousand dollars. For salaries of consuls and commercial agents of the United States at suls and com- London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle, Leeds, Belfast, HongKong, Calcutta, Halifax, Melbourne, Nassau, Kingston, (Jamaica,) Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Aix La Chapelle, Paris, Havre, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Lyons, La Rochelle, Nantes, Cadiz, Malaga, St. Jago de Cuba, Matanzas, St. Johns, (P. R.,) Trinidad de Cuba, Ponce, (P. R.,) Havana, Lisbon, Funchal, Antwerp, St. Petersburg, St. Thomas, Elsineur, Trieste, Vienna, Leipsic, Munich, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, including the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, the electorate of Hesse Cassel, the Duchy of Nassau, and the Landgravate of Hesse Homburg, Stuttgardt, Carlsrue, Basle, Zurich, Geneva, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Constantinople, Smyrna, Beirut, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Tangiers, Tripoli, Tunis, Canton, Shanghai, Amoy, Fouchow, Ningpo, Honolulu, Port au Prince, City of St. Domingo, Vera Cruz, Acapulco, St. Juan del Norte, St. Juan del Sur, Panama, Aspinwall, Laguayra, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Buenos Ayres, Callao, Valparaiso, Southampton, Bristol, Leith, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Bombay, Singapore, Gibraltar, Island of Malta, Cape Town, Port Louis, St. John's, (N. B.,) Pictou, Demarara, Sidney, Falkland Islands, Hobartown, Bermuda, Turk's Island, Barbadoes, Island of Trinidad, St. Helena, St. Christopher, Antigua, Ceylon, Odessa, Galatza, Martinique, Miquelon, Barcelona, Manilla, Macao, Mozambique, Fayal, St. Jago, Cape Verde, Hanover, Schwerin, Oldenburg, Santa Cruz, Gottenburg, Venice, Spezzia, Athens, Candia, Cyprus, Zante, Monrovia, Zanzibar, Bay Islands, Cape Haytien, Aux Cayes, Mexico, Paso del Norte, Tampico, Matamoras, Tabasco, Mazatlan, Tehuantepec, Minatitlan, Omoa and Truxillo, San Jose, Carthagena, Sabanillo, Ciudad Bolivar, Puerto Cabello, Maracaibo, Guyaquil, Maranham Island, Rio Grande, Bahia, Para, Montevideo, Talcahuano, Paita, Tumbez, Lahaino Hilo, Apia, Tahiti, Lanthala, Batavia, Paramaribo, Pandang, St. Martin, and Curacoa, two hundred and seventy-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Consuls-general. Exchange on consuls' draft. For the salary of the consul-general at Simoda, in Japan, five thousand dollars. For the salary of the consul-general to the British North American provinces, four thousand dollars. For estimated loss by exchange on drafts of consuls and commercial agents for salary, forty-two thousand one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents. For the prosecution of the work, including pay of commissioner and all Work under reother expenses provided in the first article of the reciprocity treaty with ciprocity treaty. Great Britain, eleven thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars. Post, p. 91. For expenses of the consulates in the Turkish Dominions, viz: inter- Consulates in preters, guards and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, Turkey. Smyrna, Candia, and Alexandria, two thousand dollars. For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulate at Beirut, five hundred dollars. APPROVED, August 1, 1856. CHAP. LXXIII.—An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Aug. 1, 1856. Seamen, and Marines of the United States Sloop-of-war Albany, and for other Pur poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of fixing Times of comthe time at which shall commence the pensions, under the existing laws, mencement of of the widows and orphan children of the officers, seamen, marines, cers, &c., of the pensions of offiand others in service, who were lost in the United States sloop-of-war Albany and PorAlbany, as well as the time to which the pay of said officers, seamen, poise. marines, and others in service shall be allowed, the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the said sloop-of-war Albany foundered at sea; and that, for the like purposes, the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the United States brig Porpoise was lost in like manner. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widow, or child, or children, Additional pay and in case there be no widow, or child, or children, (as aforesaid,) then to the relatives. the parent or parents, and if there are no parents, the brothers and sisters, of the officers, seamen, marines, and others in service, who were lost in said sloop-of-war Albany and brig Porpoise, including captain's clerk and assistant draughtsman, shall be entitled to and receive out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve months' pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of said vessels respectively. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers Settlement of of the Treasury Department be and hereby are authorized and directed accounts of Nixon White, purser to settle the accounts of Nixon White, late purser in the navy, who was of The Albany. lost in the sloop-of-war Albany, with all his accounts and vouchers for expenditures and payments made by him, and with all the money, stores, and supplies procured for the use of said vessel, and to allow him a credit for whatever sum appears to be due from him on the books of the department. Pensions, and SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the pensions and payments made to the proper representatives (as provided for in this act) of Passed payments of relatives of passed Midshipman William K. Bridge, who was in command as acting lieuten- midshipmen of ant of the brig Porpoise when she was lost, and of the other passed mid- The Porpoise, shipmen who were on board The Porpoise when she was lost, under acting as lieuténorders from the Navy Department, as acting lieutenants as well as their pay from the time of their joining said vessel, shall be the same as though they were then duly commissioned and actually holding said rank of lieutenant. ants. Time at which shall be taken to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of fixing the time to which the pay of Passed Midshipman William C. Smith shall be Wm. C. Smith allowed, the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one have been lost. shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the said Smith was lost at sea. APPROVED, August 1, 1856. Aug. 6, 1856. 1855, ch. 122. court of claims CHAP. LXXXI.—An Act to amend an Act entitled “ An Act to establish a Court for the Investigation of Claims against the United States," approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Any of the two States of America in Congress assembled, That any two of the Judges of judges of the the Court of Claims, authorized by the act to which this is an amendto be a quorum. ment, approved the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall constitute a quorum, and may hold a court for the transaction of business, and the court may appoint commissioners to take testimony in the manner prescribed in the said act. Vol. x. p. 612. Assistant solic itor. Oath. Salary. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That an assistant solicitor shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to aid the solicitor in the performance of the duties mentioned in the said act, and shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and discharge faithfully the duties of his office, and he shall receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and shall hold his office for a period of four years, may unless sooner removed by the President. And the solicitor of the United appoint a depu- States, mentioned in the act to which this is an amendment, shall have ty. power, and he is hereby authorized to employ a deputy, who shall receive à salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and whose duty it shall be to aid the said solicitor in the performance of the duties mentioned in said act, in such way as the said solicitor shall direct. Solicitor Clerk to dis fund. Bond. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of the said court shall burse contingent be, and he is hereby authorized to disburse, under the direction of the said court, the contingent fund which may hereafter be appropriated from time to time for the use of the said court: Provided, he shall first give bond in such an amount and in such form, and with such security, as shall be His accounts. approved by the Secretary of the Treasury: And, provided further, That his accounts shall be settled by the proper accounting officers of the treasury in the same way as the accounts of other disbursing agents of Salary of clerk the government are now settled. And from and after the first day of and assistant clerk. Aug. 7, 1856. April one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, the salary of the said CHAP. LXXXII.-An Act to alter and amend "An Act to appropriate Money to remove Obstructions in the Savannah River, below the City of Savannah, in the "State of Georgia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Application of States of America in Congress assembled, That the balance of the unexbalance of appro- pended appropriation made by the act of third March, eighteen hundred priation of 1855, ch. 170, for re- and fifty-five, "for removing certain obstructions in the Savannah River," moving obstruc- may be, and is hereby authorized to be applied, under the direction of tions in Savan- the Secretary of War, to remove the bars, shoals, banks, and other impediments in said river, caused by said obstructions, as proposed in the project of the commissioners, approved by the War Department in February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. APPROVED, August 7, 1856. nah River. Vol. x. p. 640. Aug. 11, 1856. CHAP. LXXXIII.—An Act granting Public Lands in alternate Sections to the State of poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Grant of land States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, to Mississippi for granted to the State of Mississippi, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads from Jackson to the line between the State of Mis railroads. |