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Salary of Gov

ernor.

Salary of chief

ciate justices. Salary of Secretary.

Compensation of members of Legislative

recorded as aforesaid; and afterwards, the like oath or affirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law. The Governor shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars as governor, and one thousand dollars as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices shall each receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. The Secretary shall justice and assoreceive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. The said salaries shall be paid quarter-yearly, at the Treasury of the United States. The members of the Legislative Assembly shall be entitled to receive three dollars each per day during their atten- the dance at the sessions thereof, and three dollars each for twenty Assembly. miles' travel, in going to and returning from the said sessions, estimated according to the nearest usually travelled route. There shall be appropriated annually the sum of one thousand dollars, to be expended by the Governor to defray the contin- for. gent expenses of the Territory. There shall also be appropriated annually, a sufficient sum, to be expended by the secretary of the Territory, and upon an estimate to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to defray the expenses of the Legislative Assembly, the printing of the laws, and other incidental expenses; and the Secretary of the Territory shall annually account to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States for the manner in which the aforesaid sum shall have been expended.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah shall hold its first session at such time and place in said Territory as the Governor thereof 'shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the Governor and Legislative Assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said Territory, at such place as they may deem eligible; which place, however, shall thereafter be subject to be changed by the said Governor and Legislative Assembly. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated and granted to said Territory of Utah to be applied by the Governor and Legislative Assembly to the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of government.

Contingent ex

penses provided

Legislative Assessions as directed by the Govern

sembly to hold its

or.

A Delegate to be elected to

U.S.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That a Delegate to the House of Representatives of the United States, to serve Congress of the during each Congress of the United States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other Territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives. The first election shall be held at such time and places, and be conducted in such manner, as the Governor shall appoint and direct; and at all subsequent elections, the times, places, and manner of holding the elections shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the Governor to be duly elected, and

Proviso.

Appropriation

of a library.

a certificate thereof shall be given accordingly: Provided, That
said delegate shall receive no higher sum for mileage than is
allowed by law to the delegate from Oregon.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five for the purchase thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by and under the direction of the said Governor of the Territory of Utah, in the purchase of a library, to be kept at the seat of government for the use of the Governor, Legislative Assembly, judges of the supreme court, secretary, marshal, and attorney of said Territory, and such other persons, and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law.

Lands to be

be disposed of.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That when the lands surveyed, how to in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the Government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.

Judicial district -how defined.

The Constitution and laws of the U. S. to extend over

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That temporarily, and until otherwise provided by law, the Governor of said Territory may define the judicial districts of said Territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Territory to the several districts, and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or subdivisions in each of said judicial districts, by proclamation to be issued by him; but the Legislative Assembly, at their first or any subsequent session, may organize, alter, or modify such judicial districts, and assign the judges, and alter the times and places of holding the courts, as to them shall seem proper and convenient.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the Constitution and laws of the United States are hereby extended over and the declared to be in force in said Territory of Utah, so far as the same, or any provision thereof, may be applicable. Approved September 9, 1850.

Territory of Utah.

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CHAP. 52.-AN ACT to authorize notaries public to take and certify oaths,
affirmations, and acknowledgments in certain cases

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress asOaths, &c., sembled, That in all cases in which, under the laws of the made before no United States, oaths, or affirmations, or acknowledgments may the same force as now be taken or made before any justice or justices of the peace justices of the of any State or Territory, such oaths, affirmations, or acknowpeace. Perjury ledgments may be hereafter also taken or made by or before notary public duly appointed in any State or Territory, and, when certified under the hand and official seal of such notary, shall have the same force and effect as if taken or made by or

if taken before

punishable as in

other cases.

any

before such justice or justices of the peace. And all laws and parts of laws for punishing perjury, or subornation of perjury, committed in any such oaths or affirmations when taken or made before any such justice of the peace shall apply to any such offence committed in any oaths or affirmations which may be taken under this act before a notary public, or commissioner, as hereinafter named: Provided always, That on any trial for either of these offences, the seal and signature of the notary shall not be deemed sufficient in themselves to establish the official character of such notary, but the same shall be shown by other and proper evidence.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the powers and authority conferred in, and by the preceding section of this act upon notaries public, be, and the same are hereby vested in, and may be exercised by any commissioner appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, by any circuit court of the United States, under any act of Congress authorizing the appointment of commissioners to take bail, affidavits, or depositions, in causes pending in the courts of the United States.

Approved September 16, 1850.

Proviso.

Commissioners appointed by cir

cuit courts, to exabove defined.

ercise powers

CHAP. 53.-AN ACT to extend the port of New Orleans.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the port of New Orleans shall be and is hereby so extended as to embrace the whole parish of New Orleans on both sides of the Mississippi river.

Approved September 16, 1850.

Port extended.

CHAP. 54.-AN ACT making a ropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

[SEC. 1.] 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 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, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

For pay of officers, instructors, cadets and musicians, eightyseven thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars.

For commutation of subsistence, two thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars.

Appropriation.

Pay.

Commutation.

Proviso.

For forage of officers' horses, eight hundred and sixty-four Forage. dollars: Provided, That hereafter in lieu of the pay proper, ordinary rations, forage, and servants, heretofore received under the provisions of the act of April twelfth, eighteen hundred

aries.

and twelve, the Professors of Engineers, Philosophy, MatheProfessors' sal- matics, Ethics, and Chemistry, shall be entitled to receive two thousand dollars each, per annum; and the Professors of Drawing and French, fifteen hundred dollars each, per annum. For clothing for officers' servants, thirty dollars.

Servants' cloth

ing.

Incidental and contingent.

Library.

Board of visi

tors.

Barracks.

Mess-hall.

Hospital.

Guard & storehouse.

For repairs, fuel, apparatus, forage for public horses and oxen, stationery, printing and other incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-four dollars.

For the increase and expenses of the library, one thousand dollars.

For expenses of the board of visitors, two thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-seven cents.

For barracks for cadets, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

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For new mess-hall, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For hospital for enlisted men, two thousand dollars.

For erecting permanent guard-house and commissary store, three thousand dollars.

Approved September 16, 1850.

Report of Sec.

CHAP. 55.-AN ACT to provide for the printing of the Annual Report upon
Commerce and Navigation.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as· sembled, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the annual report upon commerce and navily as practicable. gation to be completed at as early a day before the first Monday in January in each year as is practicable.

of Treasury to be completed as car

and ready for de

tain specified time.

To be printed SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, Then when completed, livery, by a cer- or in the course of its progress towards completion, if that will give despatch to the business, the work of printing, under the superintendence of said Secretary, shall be commenced, and the whole shall be printed and ready for delivery on or before the first day of January next ensuing the close of the fiscal year to which the report relates.

Number of copies, and distribution.

Binding.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That until Congress shall otherwise direct, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be printed, in the same manner as other printing of the Department, twenty thousand copies of said report, which shall be distributed as follows: first, the usual number for the use of the members of the two Houses and their officers; second, five hundred copies for the use of the Treasury Department; and thirdly, as nearly as may be, five thousand copies to the Senate and thirteen thousand copies to the House, to be distributed by the members of each House.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the report aforesaid, except such as are to be bound with other public documents, shall be substantially bound: Provided, That the ex

pense thereof shall not exceed twelve and a half cents for each copy.

Approved September 16, 1850.

CHAP, 56. AN ACT making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

[SEC. 1.] 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 they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post Office Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hunderd and fifty-one, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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Pay of officers,

For compensation of three Assistant Postmasters General, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and watchmen of said clerks, &c. Department, ninety-six thousand three hundred and sixty-five

dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall be in lieu of Proviso. any other appropriation heretofore made for the objects con templated by this provision.

For compensation of the Superintendent of the Post Office Superintendent building, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For contingent expenses of said Department, viz: For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel and oil, printing, labor, day watching, and for arrears of contingencies in the fiscal year ending thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, nine thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars.

For miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.

For repairs of the General Post Office building, office furniture, painting, glazing, papering, and brick work, including sums now due for like objects of expenditure, five thousand and eighty-three dollars.

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of P. O. building.

Contingent ex

penses. A.

Miscellaneous.

Repairs of P. O. building.

Carpeting.

For fitting with three-ply carpets sixty rooms in the General
Post Office building, three thousand five hundred dollars. !
For painting the interior of the General Post Office building, Painting.
including the passages and stairways, five thousand dollars.

&c.

For compensation of the Auditor of the Post Office Depart- Auditor, clerks, ment, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, eighty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.

Fifteen additional clerks.

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For compensation of fifteen additional clerks, four at one thousand four hundred dollars each, four at one thousand two hundred dollars each, and seven at one thousand dollars each, per annum, seventeen thousand four hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said office, viz: for blank books, Contingent exbinding, stationery, labor, printing blanks and circulars, five thousand seven hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars: and the Postmaster General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to dispose of to the best advantage any quarterly returns of mails sent or re

penses.

Miscellaneous.

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