Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-01
CHAP. CXCVIII.-.4n .4ct to constitute Cairo, in
the Stale of Illinois, a Port of Delirery.
OF THE
UNITED STATES,

CnAp. CXCVIu.-.an .act to constitute Cairo, in
the State of Illinois, Port Of Delirery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of Amenica
In Congress assembled, That Cairo, in the
State of Illinois, shall be, and is hereby, consti
tuted port Of delivery, and shall be subject to
the same regulations and restrictions as
other ports Of delivery, in the United
States sand there shall be appointed Surveyor of
Customs, to reside at said port, who shall, in
addition to his own duties, perform the duties
and receive the salary and emOlumentS of sur
Veyor, prescribed by the act of Congress, ap-
proved on the second of March, eighteen hundred
and thirty one, providing for the payment of
duties on imported goods at certain ports there
in mentioned, entitled can act allowing the du-
ties on foreign merchandise imported into Pitts
burh, Wheellug Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis.
Nashville, and NatcheZ, to be secured and paid
at those Places" and the said city Of Cairo, and
the said port of delivery be, and is hereby,
nexed to, and made part of, the Collection Dis
trict of New Orleans, and all the facilities and
privileges afforded by said act of Congress of the
second [of] March, eighteen hundred and thirty
one, be, and hereby are extended to the said port
Of Cairo.
APPROVED, August 8, 1854.
CHAP. CXCIX--an .4ct constituting San Pedro,
in the State of California, a Port Of Entry and
DeliUsry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resenatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the counties Of Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino, in
the State of California, be, and they are hereby
made collection, to be called the District of
San Pedro and San Pedro in said district, shall
be, and is hereby made the port Of entry for said
district.
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, That col
lector shall be appointed for said district who
shall reside at San Pedro. The said collector
shall be allowed three thousand dollars per an
mum, with additional maximum compensation of
two thousand dollars per annum, should his en-
oluments and fees, provided by law, amount to
that sum-
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That Santa
Barbara, in said district, shall remain port of
delivery therein in the same manner it now
constitutes port Of delivery in the District of
San Diego.
APPROVED, August 8, 1854.
CHAP. CC.--.An .4ct to authorize the State of
Wisconsin to select the residue of the Lands to
tchich she is entitled under the act Of eighth of 4u
gust, eighteen hundred aud forfy-sir, for the inl-
prouenlent of the For and Wisconsin Rivers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Governor of the
State of Wisconsin is hereby authorized to cause
to be selected the balance of the land to which
that State is entitled under the provisions of the
act of the eighth August, eighteen hundred and
forty-six, granting land to aid the Territory of
WISCONSIN, the Improvement or the fOX and WIS
consin Rivers and to connect the same by ca
nal, out of any of the unSold public lands in said
State, subject to private entry at one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, and not claimed by
preemption: the quantity to be ascertained up
on the principles which governed the final ad-
iustment of the grant to the State of Indiana for
the Wabash and Erie Canal under the provisions
of Congress approved the ninth of May, eighteen
hundred and forty-eight.
APPROVED, August 3, 1854.
CHAP. CCI.-.4n .Act to reSt in the several States
and Territories the title in fee OF the Lands arIich
haze been or may be certified to them.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiyes of the United Statas of America in
Congress assembled, That in all cases where
lands have been, or shall hereafter be, granted
by any law of Congress to any one of the several
States and Territories; and where said law does
not convey the fee-simple title of such lands, or
require patents to be issued therefor; the lists
of such lands which have been, or may hereafter
be certified by the Commissioner of the General
Land ce,under the seal of said Office either as
originals or cop1esof the originals records shall
be regarded as conveying the fee simple of allthe
lands embraced in such lists that are of the charac-
ter contemplated by such act of Congress. and in
tended to be granted thereby; but where lands en-
braced in such lists not of the character en-
braceed by such acts of Congress, and are not in
tended to be granted thereby, said list, SO far as
these lands are concerned, shall be perfectly null
and void, and no right, title, claim, or interest
shall be conveyed thereby.
APPRovED, August 8, 1854.
CHAP. CCII.-.Aa .Act to constitute Palatsa and
Bayport ias the State of Florida, Ports of Deiiv-
cry, respectfully, and Keokubc and Dubuque, in
the State Of loud.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
Iesentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That Palatka and Bayport,
in the State of Florida, shall be, and are hereby
created ports of delivery, respectively and shall
be subject to thesame regulations and restrictions
as other ports Of delivery in the United States;