Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-01-02
THE OREGON BILf

The following is the bill presented BY NJ,
Douglass in the House of Representative. on
Friday.
A Bill to protect American citizens residioo
in the Oregon territory.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Senate Ana
House of Representatives of the United State
of America in Congress assembled, THAT III.
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ofthe Ter.
rtory of Iowa, and the laws of said TERRITORY
so far as the same may be applicable, are here.
by extended over all that portion of the ter.
rtory of the United States which lies with,
the following limits to WITH ounded on ,bs
south by the forty-second parallel ofnor,h laIi'
tude; on the east by the summit of the Roctv
Mountains on the north by the line of Sd
degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and on tho .
west by the Pacific Ocean, including thu
streams adjacent to-. the coast; and also oya,
all that portion of the intermediate coun;rv
west of the Missouri river, and between the
10th and AID parallels Of north latitude: Pro.
vided that this act shall not be construed O,
executed in such manner as to deprive the
subjects of Great Britain of any of the rights
and privileges secured by the third article of
the treaty signed at London, October 20, 1915. E
and continued in force by the treaty ofAugust
6. 1897, until such treaty stipulation shall
cease by virtue Of tile notice provided for in
the second article of said last mentioned treaty.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That all the
country described in the first section of this
act, shall constitute one judicial District, and
a District Court shall be held therein by the
Judge to be appointed under this act, at such
times and places as he shall designate, and
said court shall possess all the powers and
authority vested in the present district courts
Of said Territory of Iowa. An additional
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory
OF Iowa shall be appointed, who shall hold
his office by the same tenure, receive the same
compensation, possess the same powers and
authority as are conferred by law upon other
Justices of the said Court, who shall hold the
said Courts in the said Districts as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, that the Pres
ident be hereby authorized to appoint the
requisite number of Justices of the Peace.
and such ministerial officers as shall be neces-
sary for the due execution of the laws: Pro-
vided, that any subject Of Great Britain, who
shall be arrested under the provisions of this
act for crime alleged to have been committed
within the territory of the United States west
of the Rocky Mountains, while the same re-
mains free and open 10 the vessels, citizens
and subjects of the United Sites, and of Great
Britain, pursuant to stipulation between the two
powers, shall be delivered up for trial on proof
of his being such British subject, to the nearest
and most convenient authorities having cog.
nizence Of such offence, by the laws of Great
Britain.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That provis-
ion shall be made by law, to secure and grant
lao acres Of land; TO every white male lnhab-
liant Of the territory of Oregon, of the age of
Is years, and upwards, who may have here
toforc, or who shall hereafter, within two
years from the passage of this act, move from
any state or territory of the United States and
have settled in said territory of Oregon, and
who shall have cultivated and used the same
for FIVE consecutive years, and to his heirs at
law in case of his deoease; and to the wife of
every such inhabtant, and to such of his chill
dren who may have been removed to said ter
ritory, or shall havesbeen born therein, prov.
sion shall be mace to grant l60 acres, and to
their heirs respectively, in the case of thoiI
decease.
| Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That there
shall be appointed, in the manner provided by
| law. for similar officers, superintendent of
Indian affairs, and such Indian agents and
sub-agents as shall be necessary 10 the public
interests to whom may be entrusted, under
the direction of the president, and 10 accor-
dance with the existing laws, SO far as they
may be consistent with the purport Of this act,
The regulation Of trade, and intercourse with
the Indian tribes. and the execution Of the
laws herein extended over the country desert
bed in the first section of this act.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Pro-
sident be and he is hereby authorized to cause
| to be erected such block houses. stockades. or
military posts shall be necessary to protect
em!gran's on the ronte to and in the territory
OF Oregon, against Indian depredations and
aggrrssIonS; and TO furnish smell. ammunition
and supplies as shall be necessary TO their
defence.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That The Pres
Ident be hereby authorized to cause to be raj
sfd. "fficered and equipped, in such manner as
the President shall direct. two Ieg Inen:s Of
mounted men, to guard and protect enigrants,
settlers and Traders, az inst the Indians.
I SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, Thdta mail
: route he, and is hereby established from ST. Jo-
: sephs to the mouth of the Columbia river.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, Thar
the sum oft hundred thousand dollars be,
and the same is hereby appropriated, TO carry
the provisions ofthis actinto effect.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. That the
President be advised forth with to give the one
years notice provided for in the second article
: Of the treaty Of the 9Th Of August 1927, to ter
I inmate the third article of the treaty between
! the United States and Great Britain, sig ned at
London, Oct, 20, 1918, and all other treaties
for the joint occupancy ofthe Oregon Territory.
From Teaes. the arrival hast evening
). Of the steamship New York. Capt. Phillips,
: we have Galveston dates to the 20th inst
: The papers contain no news whatever, other
than accounts of the loss of several vessels
) during the recent bad weather.
The following, relative to Corpus Chrisd,
! we find in the Galveston Civilian:
"Corpus Grisi.-Some sickness '<Isted
s. among the United States Troops al ats point