Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-10

urea anu iOIty lone anu under the c00Q1tl0aS
restrictions and stipulations therein mem
toned; Provided, however, That where an
surveyed lands are claimed BY pre-emption,
notice of the specific tracts claimed shall be
filed within three months after the survey
has been made in the field, and on failure
to file such notice or to pay for the tracts
Gained before the day fixed for the pub
lie sale of the lands by the proclamation Of
the President Of the United States, the par
ties claiming such. lands shall forfeit all
right thereto Provided said notices may
be filed with the Surveyor-G and to
lie noted by him on the township plats, un-
til other arrangements shall have been
made by law for that purpose.
Sec I3. And be it further enacted. That
the public lands in the Territory of Nebras-
ka, to which the Indian title shall have
been extinguished, shall constitute new
land district to be called the Omaha Dis
trict; and the public lands in the Territory
of Kansas, to which -she Indian title shall
have been extinguished, shall constitute
new land district, to be called the Pawnee
District: the officers for each of which
districts shall be established at such points
as the President may deem expedient; and
he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
a Register and Receiver of Public Moneys
for each of said distrits, who shall each be
required to reside at the site of their respect
i've offices, and they shall have the same
powers, perform the same duties, and be
entitled to the same compensation as are or
may be prescribed by law in relation to
ofl,o To-, oHo Of fl1 fo1
And the President is hereby authorized to
cause the surveyed lands to be exposed for
sale from time to time, in the same manner
and upon the same terms and conditions as
the other public lands of the United States.
APPROVED, July %, 1854.
CHAR. CV.-An Act creating Collection Dis
trict in New Yo k, to be called the District
OF Dunkirll, and constituting Dunkirk Port
of Entry, and the Ports of Barcelona, Silver
Crock, and Cattaraugus Creek, Ports Of De-
livery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America In Congress assembled, That the
counties of Cattaraugus and Chautauque
and the harbors, rivers. and waters on the
southern shore of Lake Erie, in the State
of New York, west Of and including Catta-
raugus Creek and the shores, ON each side
of said Creek, and west along the shore
and territory bordering on Lake Erie afore-
said, 10 the Pennsylvania State line, and
the islands in the said lake contiguous
thereto, heretofore embraced In the Dis
trict Of Buffalo Creek, shall be and are
hereby constituted a collection district to be
called the District of Drmkirl1; and port
Of entry for said district is hereby estab-
lished at Dunkirk, and the ports OF BARGE
Iona, Silver Creek, and Cattaraugus Creek
shall be ports of delivery.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be appointed, in the manner
prescribed by law, Collector of Customs
Tor the aforesaid district; who shall there
after and during his continuance in office
reside at the port OF entry created by this
act, together with such other subordinate
officers of the customs as are provided for
by law, and the compensation of said col
lector shall be such sum as shall be designa-
ted by the Secretary of the Treasury in the
of the compensation of collec-
tors OF customs, not TO exceed one thousand
dollars per annum: Provided, That In
case no classification of the compensation
of collectors OF customs shall be made, then
the compensation of the collector for the
port of entry established by this act shall be
five hundred dollars per annums together
with such fees and emolunents as are au-
thorized by existing laws.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
deputy collectors of customs for the several
ports of delivery constituted by this act shall
be appointed and compensated for their SER
vices IN the mode prescribed by existing
laws, and said officers shall exercise all the |
powers and duties vested in deputy collec- |
tors of customs under existing laws.
APPROVED, July, 81, 1854.
CHAP. CVL..An Act making Appropriations
to defray the expenses of the CayuSe War.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House |
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That there
be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any
In the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, the further sum of seventy-fve
thousand dollars, to pay the actual and
necessary expenses incurred by the Proyis-
ional Government of Oregon in defending
the people of the said Territory from the
attacks and hostilities of the Cayuse Indi-
ans, In the years eighteen hundred and
forty-seyen and eighteen hundred and forty |
eight, and for such allowances for the expen-
ses of adjusting the claims on that account |
as the Secretary ofthe Treasury may deem
proper, not exceeding five dollars per day
to each commissioner and that the Secre- |
tary of the Treasury pay out of said appro-
priation so much thereofas may be neces-
sary to liquidate said claims according to the
reports of the commissioners heretofore ap-
pointed for ascertaining said amounts and |
of the Governor of said Territory, that have
been communicated to Congress. And no