The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-07-28

! lbilt AlT-No. %
AN ACT TO amend an act entitled An act fol
the punishment of crimes in the Distric
of Columbia.
UdercoS, it has been represented that Sc
much of the third section of the act of which
this act is an amendment for the macousy
wiiully, or riraudulcntly burning of stores barn,
or ont houses not adjoining n dwclinghousc
has been construed to apply to the cases o
burning such houses only when they contain
merchandise, tobacco, grain, or hay, whereby
oil II icrS have escaped punishment for burn
ing buildings in which none of said articles
were kept
81 il cnactcd 5y the Senate and House o,
u pres, AtatircS ot the Uaiicd States of amer
ica in C0Her reSS assembled, That from and after
the passage of this act, if any person or per
SONS sha malcously, wifully, or fraudulent
ly, and with intent TO iniurc or dciraud any
other person or persons, OF holy polite or cor
poratc, burn or set on fire with intent to burn,
or attempt to set on fire or burn any house or
outhousc in the District ofColumbia, whether
the same be finished or in process of erection
though the said house or outhouSc shall not
at the time of such burning or setting on fire
or attempting to set ON fire, on burn, have amy
goods, tobacco, hay, or grain therein, nor be
adjoining to any dwelling house nor be occu-
She, or they, on conviction thereof, shall be
sentenced to suffer the same punishment and
labor as is provided in the said third section
ofthc said act to which this is an amcndmcn,
for the offences therein enumerated.
Approved, July ,, 1852
IptBLIC RrsoLrTioN-No. L.
JOINT RESOLUTION accepting from Giuscp-
pc Fagnani 4 portrait of Henry clay, and
ordering it to be placed in the Library of
Congress.
Reso'rei By The Senate anil House of Il pre-
seatatireS Of thc Uaiicd States n Amcrioa in
CoHgrcSS dSSmbicd, That the portrait of Henry
Clay, presented To the nation by Giuseppe
Fagnani, a resident of New \ lori, be placed in
the Library of Congress
Approved July 3, 1852.
Pt BLIc Acr-No. -.
AN ACT making appropriations for the pay
mcnt of invalid and other pensions Of the
United States, for the year ending the
thirticth of June, one thousand eight hun
drcd and ffty-thrcc.
BE il cnactcd by tie Senate 0nd Hiasc of
Representatives. ef lie Uaiicd suites of Amcri-
ca in CoAgrcss aS@mJicd, That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby, appropri-
atcd, for the payment of pensions, for the year
ending the thirticth of June, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-thrcc
For invalid pensions, under various acts,
fonr hundred thousand dollars.
For pensions for widows and orphans, under
the acts of July the fourth ,onc thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six, and July the twenty
first, eighteen hundred and forty-cight, three
hundred and scYcnty-scvcn thousand two hun
lrcd and forty dollars
For pensions to widows, under the act of
seventh July, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, ninety thousand dollars.
For pensions to widows, under the act of
t1ird Marcel, iyhtccn hundred and forty -thic;
dirty thousand dollars.
For pensions to widows, under the acts of
the seventeenth of June eighteen hundred
hundred and iurty-eight, and twcnty-nnth of
July, eighteen hundred and forty eight, four
hundred and sixty four thou,and dollars.
Fer halfpay pensions TO widows and or
,hans, provided for by the eleventh section of
IN act approved January the twenty ninth,
eighteen hundred and thirteen, and the first
and second sections OF AN act approved the
seventeenth of April, eighteen hundred and
sixteen, in addition to an unexpected lalauc ,
live Thousand dollars.
[PrDLlc Acr-No PSI
AN ACT to supply deficiency to the State
of Indiana, in township of land granted to
said State for the use of a State University,
by an act Of Congress approved nineteenth
Of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen.
u eaaofcd bg ttc lScaaie anil HonSc NJ
Representatives. efthc Eaited States of Ameri-
"a III C0HsrfSS aSscmJled, That there be- sup
piled to the State of Indiana, for the sale and
executive use Of the State University, an equal
number of acres Of land found to be deficient
IN the original grant, and Which has been otli-
crwsc appropriated by Congress, amounting
to four thousand one hundred and sixty-siX
acres; and that said lands be selected under
the direction Of the Governor Of the State
from any lands now in market in said State
belonging TO the United States, the proceed,
If which shall b. appropriated solely to ths
ase Of said State University, and shall never
DC diverted to any other purpose whatever
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