Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-20
CHAR. XxV.-An Act FOR the relief OF Settler
on Lands reserved for Railroad Purposes

a.
on Lands reserved for Railroad Purposes.
Be it enacted by the. Senate and House
of Representatives, of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That every
settler onpublic lands which have been OF
may be Withdrawn from market In -conse-
quence of proposed railroads and who had
settled thereonpri to such withdrawal, shall
be entitled to presumption at the ordinary
minimum to the lands settled on and culti-s
waited by them: Provided, They shall prove
up their rights according to such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior, and pay for the
same before the day that may. be fixed 7by
the Presidents proclamation for the resto-
ration of said lands to market. -.
APPROVED, March 81, 1854.
CHAP. XXVI.4An Act to amend an Act, enti-
= tied can Act to Divide the State of Arkansas
into Two Judicial Districts, - approved March
the third, eighteen hundred and ffty-one., q
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That up
on conviction of offenders in the Western
Judicial District of the State of Arkansas,
for offences to which, punishment by con-
fnement in the penitenfiary is annexed, it
shall be lawful for the court before whom
convictions have or may be had, to SEN
tence conYicts to. undergo Imprisonment in
the Penitentiary House of the State. sitr1a-
ted in the Eastern Judicial District, 1h the
same manner as though the Penitentiary
House was situated In the Western Judi
cial District of the State of Arkansas; and
the counties of Sewer and Sebastian in the
said State, are hereby added to, and made
a part of the said Western judicial Dis
trict. 7.s =.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
when any person shall be convicted in the
District Court for the Western District oi
Arkansas, of any offence committed after
the passage of this act, the punishment OF
part of the punishment whereof is impris-
onment by the laws now existing, the said
punishment or part of the punishment shall
be confinement and Imprisonment with
hard labor for the same length of time, and
| shall be carried into effect as provided In
the preceding section.
SEC. 3. And be it futher enacted, That
nothing contained in the twenty fifth section
of an act entitled can act to regulate In
tercourse with the Indian tribes, and pre-,
serve peace on the frontiers, approved thir
tleth OF June, eighteen hundred and thirty
| four, shall be construed to extend or apply
to said Indian country any of the laws en-
acted for the District of Columbia, and tina
nothing contained In the twentieth section
of the said act, which provides for the pun
ishment of offences therein specified, shal
be construed to extend to any Indian com
mitting said offences In the Indian coum
try, or to any Indian committing
any offence in the Indian country wh'
has been punished by the local law o
the tribe, or IN any case where by treat,
stipulations, the exclusive jurisdiction owe
such offences may now OF hereafter be Sc
cured to said Indian tribes, respectively
and any thing in said act inconsistent witt
this be, and the same ishereby repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Tha
any white person who shall hereafter Sc
fire, or attempt to set fire, to any house, out
house, cabin, stable, or other building il
said Indian country, to whomsoever belong
ing; and any Indian who shall set fire t
any house, clubhouse, cabin, stable, or othe
building, in said Indian country. belongins
to or in lawful possession of white person
in whole or in part, and whether the sam,
be consumed or not, shall be deemed guilt,
of felony, and shall be punished by con
finement and imprisonment, with hard labo
for not more than twenty-one nor less thar
two years. ~.,,s.......,z....-. :.,,
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, Tha
any white person who shall make an assaul
upon an Indian, or other person, or any In
dian who shall make an, assault upon
iwhite person, Within said Indian country
with gun, rife, sword, pistol, knife, or an,
other deadly weapon, with intent to kill o
MAIN the person so assaulted, shall be deem
ed guilty of a felony and shall, on convic
ton, be punished with confinement and i'm
prisonment, with hard labor, for not NOR
than Eve years, nor less than one year.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, Tha
in all criminal cases, upon Indictment fo
4 offences committed In said Indian coun
try, pIior to the creation of said Wester1
District of Arkansas, now pending In tn
Circuit Court of the United States for tn
Eastern District of Arkansas, process fo
witnesses residing or tobe found in sal
i Western District, may issue to the marshall q
said Eastern District, and be executed b
him in any part of said Western District; am
that the fees of all witnesses 50 summone
j shall be paid by the United States.
/ APPRovED.. March "a, 1854.
CHAP. XXX.-Ana act to Extend the Warehous
Il ing System by establishing Private ~Bonde
Warehouses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous
of Representatives of the United States O
America in Congress assembled, That from
4 and after the passage of this act, any good
wares or merchandise subject to duty, witt