Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-05-26
BY AUTHORITY.
Acts and Resolutions passed of the First
Session Of the Thirtieth Congress.

Session of the Thirtieth Congress.
[PUBLrc-No. PC. AN ACT authorizing
term of the United States Circuit and District
Courts at Chicago, Illinois.
Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri-
ca IN Congress assembled, That term of the
circuit and district courts of the United States
for the State of Illinois shall hereafter be held
at the city OF Chicago, on the first Monday of
July in each year
ROB'T c. WINTHROP,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
G. NJ. DALLAS,
Vice President of the United States, and
President Of the Senate
Approved May 9, 1913.
JAMES K POLK.
(PUBL1C-No. 27.l-AN ACT in addition to
an act therein mentioned.
Whereas, by 4 certain act approved March
second, eighteen hundred and twenty seven,
there was granted to the State of Indiana, to
aid in constructing the Wabash and Erie canal
" quantity of land equal 10 one half of five
sections wide on each side of said canal;" and
whereas, by an act approved February TWEEN
there was confirmed 10 said State the lands Sc
lected under said grant for that part of said ca
nal, between the mouth of Tippecanoe river
and Terre Haute, and license was given to
said State to select other lands subject to pri-
vate entry, or such part of said selection as
was holden against the State by the legal in
cumbrance or title Of others; which last selec-
tons have never been made and completed {:
Therefore,
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri-
ca IN Congress assembled, That the State of
[ndianna be, and is hereby, authorized 10 Sc
lect out of any of the public land in said State
subject TO private entry, a quantity of land
which, together with the land already
received and holden by said State for
the construction of the said Wabash and
Erie canal, will make the full amount equal to
one-half of five sections in width on each side
OF said canal: Provided nevertheless, That no
selection shall be made of any land but such as
was subject to private entry on the first day
of April, ammo Domini one thousand eight
hundred and forty-eight.
APPROVED May 9, 184S.
lPuBLIc-No %. IAN ACT TO make Ship
island, in the collection district of Pearl
river, port of delivery, and to authorize the
appointment OF deputy collector for said
port
Be 1T enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of AmeTi-
ca an Congress assembled. That Ship island,
in the collection district of Pearl river, in the
State OF Mississippi, is hereby made a port of
delivery, and that the President of the United
States be authorized with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, TO appoint deputy collector
to reside at said port of Ship island, who is
hereby authorized to perform the duties of a
collector OF the customs, and who shall, be-
fore he enters on the duties of his office, take
and subscribe the oath contained in, and in
the manner prescribed by, the seventh section
of the act of the Sd March, eighteen hundred
and seventeen, entitled. IAN act to contn-
ue in force an act entitled San act further to
provide for the collection Of duties on imports
and TONNAGE" &C., and who shall give bond
for the true and faithful discharge of his du-
ties, in the same manner as collectors, naval
officers, and surveyors are required to give
bonds under existing laws; and the compen-
sation of the aforesaid deputy collector shall
be the fees established by law for the services
he may perform, and no more
APPROVED May 9, 1913.
[REsoLuTIoN-PUBL1c-No s. ]-JOTNT RE-
SOLUTION respecting contracts for hemp
for the use OF the American navy. -
RESOLVED By the Senate and House of Repre-
| sentotives Of the United States Of america IN
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Navy be, and he is hereby authorized, if, in
his opinion, it will be advantageous to the
public interest, TO make contracts for any term
not exceeding five years, for the purchase OF
American water-rotted hemp for the use OF
the United States Navy, provided the same
can be had of equal quality with the best for
eign hemp, and at price not exceeding the
average price of such hemp for the las. FIVE
years; the inspection aud delivery to be at the
place of purchase.
APPROVED May 9. 1913.