Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-17

ieef1ns la'eres, IN any stock OF tie Uni.ed State
oeaHnS rate oG interest not less than d.e PSF cen
tuin per annum.
Sec. ? And lie it further enaeted, I'h, all o,he
FUNDS held IN trust by tho URied States, ard tn
annual interest accruns thereon. when not o,hct
wise required by treaty, shall in ike manner DC to-
vested IN stocks OF the United States bearing lik
rate OF interest.
Sec. ). And be itfrrther cn,c'cd. That tn, thr,
clerks authorized by the act OF June 23I eigh;ccI
hundred and thirty SIX, go regulate the depoSile
OF the public money! I've, and hereby are diteet,,
TO be retained and employed in the Treasury d.,
the public business becomes such that their service
Gao conveniently be dispensed with.
Approved, Sept. IL, 1871.
IcN.-Pub,ic-No.
JplNI RESOLUTION making II the duty of the
Attorney General to examine INTO the titles of The
lands or sites for the purpose Of erecting thereon
ntmoF'es and other public works and buildings,
aud for other purposes.
hesolred by the Senate aud House Of Representa-
"re' o. rae U"iied STATES Of .7rerics "a Congress
assembled, That II shalt be the duty OF the A,tot
ney General OF the United S,lies to examine into
the titles of all the lands or sites which have been
purchased by the United States foe the purpose of
eecunS thereon armores, arseuaiS, forts, fnrtfic,
tons' navy yards, custom houses, hsht-houses, or
o'hes pubhc buildings of any kind whateycr, and
report ma opinion as 10 the validity OF the tile IN
each c,se, tn the President Of the L. States.
"cs"'e1, lhit " snail ne the duty OF all the
oiheers having any Of the tile papers to the pro.
perty Aforesaid IN their possession To furnish them
'orh~Ith To the Attorney General, to aid him IN tbe
Investigation Aforesaid.
y Mes trt", That ~ public money shall be ex-
pennen upon any site or land, hereafter to be pur.
'nsseu ny the United States tor the purposes a1ore.
'alu, unu! the written orinIou OF the Attorney
Ieneral shall oe had IN e. of the validity of m.
III; anu, also, the consent OF the Leg stature Of tho
state IN which the land or site may be, shall b.
gwen :" sad purchase.
IL Rtso.red, That II shall I've the duty of the
'Suiet Attorneys of the United States upon the
'Fp'leailun OF the Attorney General TO furnish any
assistance or Information in their power IN relation
. me ut'es OF the pnollc property aforesaid lying
Sthin her respective disiric,s
>. RsIOSrsd, That It shall be the duty Of The
Secretaries ofihe Executive Denlr;ments. unop ,hs
IMPLICATION OF the Attorney General to procure any
'ddl'ional evidence OF uic which Le may deem ne.
;essary, and which may not he IN the POSSESSION of
nc o'ncets OF Governmeni; the expense of procu-
ng which 10 be pad out OF the approp i,tiuns mad,
or the contingencies OF the Departments, respect.
vely.
g R.solrrd, That it shall he the du.y Of the Ser
etares ~ the Executive Depir,il, nts respectively
inner "H"se direction any lands Tor the purposes
'ioFsaid may have been purchased, ard over which
ne United STATES 10 not passes jurisdiction. 10
'Ppy TO The Legislatures of the Stltcs in which the
'nds r. situated Tor session OF iurisIiction and
II case OF refusal, TO report the same TO CONGRESS
l. tue commencement oil the next seas on thereafter
JOHN WHITE,
Speaker Of The House Of RsprsssEisiirta
SAN'L l.. SOUTHARD
Pre,tlsni Of the Senate pro fsupors
Approved, September IL, lSiI
JOHN TYLER