Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-08-05

TO demand and receive sum for all letters newspapers
or other maabe matter not more than may be recon-
mended by the postmaster for whose office such letter
carrier may be appointed Provided That not more than
twenty Ave cents shall be charged for letter. newspa
per, Of other malabe matter All such appoint
may be determined and rates Of compensation mo-
dfed within the limits aforesaid, whenever the same Is
found expedent in the opinion Of the appointing agent
And Is further propidsd That all such appointments
and contracts shall be subject to the approval Of the Post
master General and upon notice to any carrier OF his
rejection by the Postmaster General his appointment and
contract shall be determined and that all lettercarers
appointed in Of this act shall be subject the
provisions Of the section Of the act entitled
An act to change the organization Of the Post Once
Department and to provide eectualy for the set
tement Of the accounts thereof approved July second
eighteen hundred and thirty six except as herein other
wise provided Provided That no letter letters other
msilable matter shall be delivered by any postmaster
to said carriers unless requested in writing the person
persons to whom said letters other maabe matter
may be directed
SEQ 2. End Be 1t further enacted, That each and every
letsrcarier route which may be established under the
provisions Of this shall be deemed post route during
its continuance and the provisions contained in the
TENTH eleventh. twelfth and fifteenth sections Of an act
entitled An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit
the and correct the abuse Of the rankng privilege
and for the prevention Of frauds the revenues of the
Post Office Department" approved March third eighteen
hundred and and the fifth and eighth sections
Of act entitled An act to establish certain post roads
and for other purposes approved August thirty
eighteen hundred and fifty two hereby made appca
BILE to said letter-carrier routes.
SEQ. g. And be further enacted, That the Postmaster
General be and he hereby authorized to the dead
letters which may accumulate in the post Offices in said
State and Territories after the thrtieh day Of June in
the year thousand eight hundred and to be
returned in periods not less than to the
post office a San Francisco to be there opened and
smined under the direction Of the postmaster Of that
Office, who shall, according to such regulations as the
Postmaster General may prescribe, return to the Post
Office Department such Of said letters shall be found
to contain money valuable papers, or matters OF conse
queRce be disposed Of according to law and destroy
such letters shall be found to contain nothing Of value
Provided however That dead letters shall be opened
which the postal arrangements Of the United States with
foreign countries require to be returned unopened to such
countries respectively
Sec. A. And be further enacted, That the Postmaster
General may allow to the posmasters in said State and
Territories from the first day Of july thousand eight
hundred and such out of the postage col
eced at their respective Offices as will in addition to the
commissions allowances and emouments be sufficient to
defray the actual and necessary expenses Of their Offices
Sec. 5. And be further enacted That the Postmaster
be and he is hereby authorized and directed in
settlement Of the accounts of postmasers in the State
Of California and Territory Of Oregon serving as such
previous the thirieth Of June, Domin eighteen
hundred and fifty three to allow to such postmasters all
just and reasonable expenses incurred by them In and
about the business Of their respective Offices and the dis
charge of their official duties Provided, That allow
ance shall be made whereby the United States shall be
| charged with any Indebtedness whatsoever. II
| Approved, July q, 1854
[PUBL1c-No. 51.]
AN ACT to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain
lands in the State Of Indiana.
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
r ccs e mss
together with fit and proper person. learned in the law
and citizen of Indiana, to be appointed by tho Pres
dent Of the United States hereby constituted commits
soners ascertain and adjust the title of any claimant
to any tract of land any part subdivision thereof
granted by the resolve Of Congress Of the twenty ninth Of
August seventeen hundred and eighyeght and the act
of the third Of March, seventeen hundred and ninety
one entitled An act for granting lands to the nhabit-
ants and settlers at Vncennes and the Illinois country
in the territory northwest of the Ohio and for confirm
ing them in their possessions and the several acts in
aid Of and supplementary thereto.
Sec 2 fnd be further enacted That every such claim
ant to any tract of land granted any part or sub
division thereof SHALL within six months after the pub
caton of the notice hereinafter provided for file his
claim in writing with the said register in which he shall
specifically set forth such facts shall be equred in the
instructions Of theCommssioner of Office.
Sec 8. And Be further enacted, That such register,
upon the receipt OF such instructions shall give notice,
publication in some newspaper Of general circulation
in the vicinity Of the said lands of his readiness to re-
ceve applications of claimants, to which notice shall be
attached the instructions Of the said Commissioner.
Sec A. Aad6e il further enacted That such commission
ers shall meet Immediately after the time allowed for
filing such claims, and shall hold their sessions at the
town Of Yincennes. They shall have power to compel
the attendance of Witnesses administer all necessary
oaths and to hear and decide in summary manner oil
matters respecting such claims Minutes of the proceed
ings decisions meetings. and adournments OF the said
board shall be regularly entered by the register oook
kept for that purpose together with the evidence ad
in each particular upon which their decisiens
have been made
Sec s. And be ii further enacted That every claimant
to any tract Of land granted, any par or suod
vision thereof who produce to such commissioners
regular chain Of title from the original conrnee to him
SELF or who show to their satisfaction acontnuous
and connected possession in himself and tose under
whom he claims for period of twenty years or more
next preceding the fling Of his claim or can snow sncn
claim or title as would in the courts Of Iniana par an
action Of eecment such claimant shall be tonhrmed IN
| his title.
sec g. And5e further enacted, That saa commission
ers shall on or before the first day Of Sptember eigh
teen hundred and five, transmit to t commissioner
of the General Land Office transcript their decisions
in favor of claimants which shah contain far state
ment Of the evidence which each respective claim IS
founded and also transcript OF their disions against
claimants with like statement Of the evidence and the
4 reason of such rejection. ii
Sec Z And be it further enacted, That thu Commissioner
Of the General Land Office upon the recepof such tran
script shall issue patent to each caiman 30 confirmed
In his title by the said commissioners ad where any
such claims have been rejected the said commissioner,
application Of the proper person. sha have power
10 revise such decision Of the said board a may II in
his opinion the evidence warrants it. revers such deci
sion and issue patent therefor to such claNant Pro-
,d That this right revise shall not extea to those
claims rejected where the lands have beN confirm
bv the said board other claimant: nd prori-
4 rther That the patents so issued shall ON be re-
enlistment Of the title Of the United States, nd shall
. m he construed into abridgment OF the lghts OF
tbin tpersons -
| 60 ~ proe;dept shall receive q comnsatonI