The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16


shall deem expedient, the President of
the United States shall. by and with the
advice and. consent of the Senate. appoint
n receiver of public moneys for tue Ter.
ritory Of Oregon, west of the Cascade
mountains, who shall give bond and Sc
curiiy, in the penalty of fifty thousand
dollars, for the faithful discharge of his
official trust, and whose duties, under the
laws in relation to the public lands OF
the United States in said Territory shall
be the same as those of other like officers
OF the United States, and who shall be al.
lowed not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars
per annum for the safc.kccping and &c.
counting for the public moneys by him
received, including all charges for Office
rent and clerk hire and at such time as
the President of the United States shall
deem it cxpcdicnt, he shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. a register of the land Office for
the Territory of Oregon, west of the Cas-
cade mountains, who shall enter into
bond. with sufficient security. for the
faithful discharge of his official duties,
as other like officers. and whose duties
and authority, under the direction Of the
Secretary of the Interior, shall be the
same AS those imposed by law OH other
like officers. consistently with the provis
ions of this act and of the act of which
this is %amcndatory, and whose compensa.
tiop shall be equal to that allowed to tho
receiver of public moneys to be appoint
cd under this act; and until such regis.
ter shall have been appointed, and enter
cd upon the discharge. of his official du.
tics. the Surveyor general of Oregon shall
perform all the duties which shall apper.
tain to such Office.
Sec. s: .And.bc it further enacted, That
each widow now residing in Oregon Ter
ritory. and such others as shall locate in
said Territory, whose husband, had he
lived. would have been entitled to n claim
under the provisions of the act to which
this is an amendment, shall be entitled
under the provisions and requirements
of said act, to the same quantity of land
that she would have been but for the
death of her husband; and that in case
of the death of the widow prior to the
expiration of the four years continued
possession required by said act. to which
this is an amendment, all the rights Of
the deceased shall inurc unto and be YES
ted in the h%eirs-at law of such widow.
Sec 9. And be it further enacted That
all reservations heretofore, as well as
hereafter, made in pursuance of the four.
tccnth section Of the act to which this is
an amend mcnt. shall. for magazines. ar.
%senals, dock yards and other nocdful pub
lie uses, except for forts, be limited to an
mount not exceeding twenty acres for
each and cycryof said objects at any one
point or placc.and for forts to an amount
not exceeding six hundred and forty a
crcs at any one point or place: Provided
That if it. shall be deemed necessary. in
the judgment of the Prcsidcnt.t to include
in any such reservation the improvement
Of any settler made previous to such re.
~servation, it shall, in such case, be the
duty Of the Secretary of War to cause
the value of such Improvements to be
asccrtained and the amount so ascertain.
cd shall be paid to the rarty entitled
thereto, out of any money in the trcasu.
ry not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted
That the said surveyor general in the
discharge of his duties under this act
shall be subject.to all the provisions OF
the act entitled IAN act to provide fcl
the better ORGANIZATION of the trcasiirv