The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-09-08
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed during The First Session NJ tbs Thirty
first Congress
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AN ACT to amend an entitled "An act TO set
tie and adjust the expenses Of the people of
Oregon in defending themselves from at
tacks and hostilitcs of Cayusc Indians, in
the years eighteen hundred and forty
and eighteen hundred and forty eight" ap-
proved February fourteenth eighteen hun
dcd fifty-onc.
BE IL enacted By The Senais and House of
Representatives. Of hc Uaited lSlatss Of Anleri-
"a IN Congress assembled, That the Secretary
Of the Treasury pay out ofthe money appro-
priatcd by the act to which this is an amend
ment, approved February fourteenth eighteen
hundred and fifty -onc, the amount found due
to the persons named in the report of Aaron
+. Wait, commissioner To ascertain the ncccs-
sary expenses incurred by said inhabitants
rs the same WAS communicated to Congress by
the Legislature Of Oregon, Mt the second scs-
sion of the thirty-Grst Congress.
SIC. .. And be IL further enacted, That when
\ person shall have died, the amount shall be
paid to his legal representatives, on the pro-
duction of auth, nticated copies Of the ap-
pointncnt Proridod That if such deceased
person shall not have been resident of the
Territory at the time of his death, and shall
have left widow in any one ofthc States of
the Union, the amount due such descendant
shall he paid to such widow and if there be
no widow surviving him, and there be infant
children, then the amount shall be paid the
guardian Of such infant children and If there
bc no widow or infant children, then to the
legal representatives of such descendant as
above provided for.
Approved August 2l, 1852.
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AN ACT to confirm TO the State Of Michigan
certain lands selected for saline purposes.
BE Il enacted By The Senate and H-pSs ~
Representatives. Of Tie United States Of Amcr /
"a in Congress assembled, That the selection
aud location by the State of Michigan Of the
lands lying in said State, described as sections
numbered two, three, four, five, eight, nine,
ten, eleven fourteen, fifteen, twenty one, and
twenty two, in township seven, north Of range
fourteen east, heretofore made under and by
virtue Of the fourth proposition contained in
the first section of an act entitled "An act TO
establish the northern boundary line Of the
State of Ohio, and to provide for the admis-
sion of the State of Michigan into the Union
on certain conditions" approved June twenty
third eighteen hundred and thirty six, be and
the same are hereby recognized as valid and
confirmed to said State. in lieu oftwclye 9TH
er sections which were incorrectly noted rs
confrmatons, under said act, by reason Of an
erroneous Interpretation given at the General
Land Office to the original list Of selections.
Approved August -, 1882.
IpuBLIC Acr-No. 40.
AN ACT to provide for executing the public
printing, and establishing the prices there
Of aud for other purposes.
BE IL enacted By Me Sen0ie and HoHSc Of
Representatives, ofthe United States Of dmcTToa
in Congress assembled, That the joint resolu-
tion entitled "Joint Resolution directing the
manner osprocuring the printing for each
House Of Congress" approved August third,
eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the
same is, hereby repealed
SEc. 2. And be IL fTtAer enacted, That there
shall be a superintendent ofthe public print
ing, who shall hold his oifioe for the term Of
two years, who shall receive for his services a
salary oftwenty-fivc hundred dollars per an
mum, and who shall give bond with two sure
tics to be approved by the Secretary Of tho
Interior, IN the penalty Of twcnA thousand
dollars, for the faithful discharge of his du-
ties under this law. The said superintendent
shall be n practical printer, versed Ia the va
rous branches of the arts ofprihtins and book
binding, and he shall not be interested direct
ly or indirectly In any contract for printing fo'
Congress or for any department OF bureau o
the Government Of the United Stats Th'