New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-20
From Washington.
TEEsTY-snTH CONGREss...First Session


following Is the Bill as it psssed-liis M THoNP-
sons OF Pa instead Of Mr.. DoUGLAsss
4 81: 10 y-ozc tie riis Of American settlrs u he ir-
rc-y o. Oregon uzta lst ;e7fH1'oH q az ieis' eeea-
E rGe.lG 5ytse Sa1se cad s4se Of Representatives. Of
tie I.i:sG S;;es Of 4n1ic n Congress assembled Ihat
the Jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court OF the Territory ot
Iowa and The laws Of said Territory far as the sane
nsy be applicable. they now exist are heEeoy e1'
tended over all TIA: portion OF tee Territory OF 'ae
Uniied States which les Wesi OF iA- Rocky 4ocniaas
and also 81 tat portion OF ne ntertsediae coUn-
Nv Yves. OF the Missouri rver, ard between the iJrt!en
and fortythird parallels OF North isruee: fror;def
That this act shall D. construed nor executed IN
.uch manner as 10 deprive the SUBJECTS of Great
Britain of any OF the rights and privileges secured BY
re treaty signed Londou October twentieth eighteen
hundred and eighteen and continued IN force oy the
,.es;y Of August SIKH eighteen hundred and twenty
So Ind Be- It fa-tisr enacted Tha: ali the country
ss,cr No The rst section OF this shall constitute
udici District and Dsc, Court shall be held therein
pv the Judr. TO be appointed under this act az such
times and places as he shall designate anc sag Oour
shall possess ali the powers and authority vested IN Ice
present District Cou-. of said Territory OF io"A Al
additional Justice OF the Supreme Court Of the Territory
Of Iowa shall be appointed who shall hold his ONCE oy
The same tenure receive the same compensation, and
possess the same and authority are conferred
81 law epou the other Justices Of said Court and who
shall hold District Courts n said District as aforesaid
SEC g. And D. II ffriAr enacted. That the President
hereby authorized sppoin, TIE requisite number OF
Justices OF the Peace and such ministerial officers as
shall Be necessary for Ihe due execution OF the iaEs
f'0tL-e1' - a.! - y--;s;,rs ~ ,bis a., fo- crime
De arre'sed undef me PEI'sons =. az -,
m. United States West of tue Rocky Mountains While
the same remains Hre aHG etea ~ ''' 80 49,:
and subjects OF tue InNeo states nnu VI ufea ID
uursuan, 10 .pulatious between the two powers shall
De delivered up tor tia' on pt1o1 u 4I' oetue .
British subject to the nearest and most Convenient su
hori;ies having cosnizance oil sucn o1eoce y 'He
of Crest Britain .
sEr4 And be II fa-her enacted That provision shall
hereafter DC n'a"e y .a' ~ 'eee-e - So ;,S,,!!
white person mae or eina.e over Inc asI Va ~ -
years three hundfed anu '"ehty acres VI Au a ~ -,
every white person mae ot 'etaie: u"t ~ - 80
sisaieen years one Euhuteu an. SLY e VI ~ -,
~no shall have resided 10 inc sau territory IL
the irst section oil .h act Tor I'VE consecutive years ~
commence within three years rom Tue passage OF ms
Proridd the said land snail De located IN sau Ter
rltory. !,
D. f Ia S. nToT;sed by law for similar
officers superintendent OF Indian Affairs and such To-
dian agents and saosssn' as shs ge sr
gir.ctop of the President and in accordance with the
existing laws Tar as they may De consistent win the
,s;, , ,b inSsn trb and the execution of the
laws herein extended over the country described IN the
hr:t section o, in's act rb.. ,bs p-e.acnt
be and he is hereby authorized 10 cause erected
such block houses OF msty o ns a.
DC go, =, ~ ~ The srrirorv of 0reson against
ammunition and supplies as shall be necessary to their
defence
So s,5 b, :, f,rb.r ,,nc,,d That post route be
e.,absbsd from For, Iesvenworth via Grand Island
80 - pIa,, psro Eor, s,ar,;. the Sout1 mass Of The
o. 80 -. M,,ains Far, InI Fort Ro,se Fort Wala
waIs anS Oregon Civ on the WaIlamee River to AS
10 al tho month ri the Columbia ON the Pacific
/ Ocean
SEC And be farther enacted That il shall be the
du,y If the Postmaster General to the United
states mails to be transported on the said route from
Fort Leayepworth 10 Astoria and back least
month bv such means Of conveyance as he may deem
no,t advantageous 10 the public service and the best
terms Ina, can be obtained BY contract the mode
provided by for the spor,a,iou of the u s Nail
provided that il in the opnin of the President of the
United states il be expedient to cause the mail the
ME aforesaid TO be carried By de,achmcnts Of mounted
men in the service OF the United he may order
the said mail to be carried in that way instead Of having
it transported By coatrac! as above provided.
Mr. Boyn of Kentucky then moved that the
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House proceed 10 Tue coisiuefa'ioh VI 'ue "ic5on
Resolutions from the Senate authorizing the Prcsi
A., - o;vo tho No,ica which uas carried
"cis W S''e w 4'o'iNO' F" M " 49,
Mr.. OWEN OF Indiana moved 10 strike Out Inc lat
tor nort of tho Resolution and inser, an amendment
'e' pun - '''
as bcIo"'
Upon this the Yeas and Nays were ordered, all
debate heinz cnt off by the Previous question:
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i las ,'' -'a!' A' -'"'
io''o"s;
BLACK BLACK Bown Boyd BrocSenoroash; brGd
CnSb C,,,on Cnmmins Cunnpa Daniel Davis
De Mo,t Dillingham; IT. Dobbln Douglass Dromgo
Dunlap Edsal Erdmsn Faran, Ficklln Foster. Fries
Garvin Giles Gordon Grover. Harnlin. Harslson
Harmarson, Henley. Hoge, Hopkins, ]. B. Hunt C.
j. IDgerso J. II. Johnson, J. Johnson, G. w Jones. 3
Jones. Kennedy Lawrence La Sere, Lyon, Lumpsin
aaclsy McCieiland McCernand, J. J. Mcdowell. j. Nc
DoweIl Mckay J. P. Martin 3. Martin. Morris, Norris
Owen. Parish Perrll Pci,it, Phelps, Price. Rahbuu,
Reid Relfc Ritter Roberts Saw,ele Sawyer Scam
mon L. II Sims Thomas Smith Robert Smith, Stark
weather ST John Strong Sykes James Thompson, Jacob
Thompson. Thurman Tibba,ts Wentworth. Wheaton,
Wick WilIsms Wilmot Wood Woodruff Yell Yost-
90
NAys-Abbott J O adams Arnold Barringer Bayly
Bednger Bell. Blanchard NJ Brown, Burt VIM. w.
Campbell J. IL Campbell Carroll ]. G. Chapman, A A.
cbspman X Chapman Cooke Colamer Crsns,on Gro
y;s- D.rran Davis. Dixon. Dockery ] H. Ewing H
Ein 70, Gentry Gnodvssr Graham Gri6er Grin.
Ill usnnron gs1ner billiard E Holmes E
- 1onsb TInh.ra Hubbard Hpdson w Hunt
u,- p fn,ar.oII hnkin. A John.on r King
t ~ &C.. McGsn,bsv MrH.nrv MARI
M9,T.r Me- To..isv Niven Payne Pendleton- Pol
- Rockvrn j 4 Rockwell Root Runk Schepck
Seaman Seldom. severance. simpson, Truman smith,
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