The true Democrat., 1854-12-20

y washington, in the District of Columbia on Mon
 uay the oh day o December lS53 ended on Monday the Eth day of August, 1854. fRASkLIN FIERCE, President DAVID R. ArcHrsoN, Pre-.
 siaeht oi the senate empore. LINN BoYp Sneaker
 of the House of Representatives AN ALI making Appropriations to Defray the Ex- .. pehses ot the Cayuse War.
 be en0cte0, etc., That there be- and hereby is appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the further sum of s75OOo. to pay the actual and necessary expenses incnrrnd M the Provisional Government of Oregon in defandn!, the people of the said Territory from the attacks and hostties of the Cayuse Indians in the year 1S47 and 1S48, and for such allowances for the extenses of d
 stng the claims that account as the Secretary of the treasury may deem proper, not exceeding S5 per day to each commissioner; and that the Secrearv of the Treasury pay out of said appropriation SO mucb thereof aa may be necessary to qudate said claims according to the reports of the commissioners hereto appointed for ascertainng said amounts and ofthe Governor of said Territory. that have been comnun cated to Congress. And no claims shall hereafter ho allowed on account of this which are not present ca at the treasury Department of the United States within the next fiscal year.
 2 And be 1 fuatter enacted, That all of said claims and accounts not heretofore adjusted, shall be settled and adjusted at such place and in such manner as tne secretary o1 the Treasury may prescribe And the secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered to rec xamine any award that has been or may he made of said claims and to reduce the amount if in his Judgment, founded proof, it should be too much
 
 AN ACT to Increase the Salaries of Executive and
 Judiciary Officers in Oregon, New Mexico. Wash
 ington. Utah, and Minnesota.
 Be T endcted, etc. That the annual salaries of the Chief Justices and Associate Judges of the Territories ot Oregon. w ashngton, Utah. and New Mexico be- and the same are hereby, increased to the sum of S2,5oO each and that the salary of the Governor of New Mexico be, and the same is hereby, increased to the sum of s3,000; and that of the Secretaries of Oregon. W Washington, Utah, and New Mexico to the sum of 5000 per annum.
 $ ?. And be 1 tufther eadcted. That the annual sa ares of the Chief Justice and Associate Judges. of the Territory of Minnesota be increased to s. 200o
 Approved, July 27, 1854.
 AN ACT making Appropriations for the Payment of
 Invalid and other Pensions of the United States
 for the year ending the 80th of June. 1855 Be 1 endcte6, etc., That the following sums be- and the same are hereby. appropriated cut of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of pensions 1or the year ending the 3Vth of June, 1855:
 For invalid pensions, under various acts s3l2 300: For pensions to widows and orphans under acts of the 4th of July, l636 and 2lst of July l84S s96 O0O For pensions to widows, under acts of the 7th of July lS3o, Sd of March, 1843 and 1,th of June l844 $10,000;
 For pensions to widows under acts of the 2d of Fe brnary. lS49, and 29th of July, lo4S. $j6 900. For orpensons and halfpay to widows and orphans under act of the Sd of February. lS53 S216 200 1 Approved, July 27. 1854.