Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-02-14
APPROVED, August 4, 1854
CHAP CCXLIX-An Act extend the Right of Pre-enp-
ton Unsurveyed Lands in Minnesota and Tor other

tion over Unsurveyed Minnesota and for other
purposes.
Be enacted BIZ the Senate and House Of Representatives
of The limited Stcs Of America IN CnyFeS dSsebte That
the provisions OF the ac Oh b @ medatory
thereof shall be extended to the lands IN Minnesota 1err
tov whether surveyed or not but in where pre-
non is claimed on unsurveyed lands the settler shall
lie his deciaratory statement within three months t
payment before the day appointed by the President pr
canaon the of the sale ol Inc iands
including the tract claimed fvrded h"trecer That H.
when said lands are surve is found that two or more
persons settled upon the quarter Secoh sac
shall be permitted to enter his Improvement Us near s may
be, by legal subdivisions
APPROVED August 4. 1854
CHAP CCLXVII-Au Act making Appropriations for The
Support Of the Army for the endng the thir'ieh OF
June, one thousand eight hundred and ntIy-lve.
Be it enacted By tie senae ami Horse Of r,tetGtires
or United StoS oT 4nter2 IL CGnieSS d~e"ti, That
the following be- and the hereby, appropria
praed for the support of the army for the year end ny The
threih of june thousand eight hundred and lilly live
For pay Of the army, million eight hundred and il-
ty-linc houeand and seventy-ene dollars
twenty thousand three hundred and thrtsN dollars
For communication Of forage for officers horses one hun
dred anu four thousand egh hudred and thriy-Wo oo
lars
For payment in lieu of clothing for officers servants
til ry-slx thousand three hundred aud fifty dollars
For expenses OF recruiting, &y-hre thousand TWO hun
For months's extra pay non-commssioncd CT
hcerS, musicians and prYaes, on reeniIsmcnt, ten thou
sand dollars
For subsistence in kind million and twen;y weight
Thousand four hundred and nlncty-seven dollars
For clothing for the camp and garrison cGupage,
four hundred and eighty thousand three hundred aiid n
nine dollars and thrty-eghl
For the regular supplies Of the Quarterasters Depart
ment, of fuel forage kn lr the horses,
and OF Tho Quarernas.e Department, 'he several
military posts and stations and with the in the ied
for the h"rss OF the first and second OF Dragons
the companies of light artillery the regiment "l mounted
rhcmen and such companies ot antry may be IN UNI
ed and also for the authorized rUUeI oil officers horses
when serving in the field and at the outposr ofstfaw for
soldiers bedding and Of stationery including company and
other blank books for the army certificates tor discharged
soldiers blank forms for the and Quartermaser De
parments and for the printing OF division and department.
orders army regulations and reports, nine hundred and
fftv thousand dollars
For the Incidental expenses of the Quartermastcrs De
parten consisting OF postage letters and packets
ccved and sent by officers Of the public service;
expenses of and of inquiry, including
the additional compensation to Jude-advOcates recorders
members and witnesses, while that service, under the
act OF March sixteenth eighteen hundred and two extra
pay TO soldiers employed under the direction of the Quar-
Iermaster's Department. the barracks quar-
and other labor for periods of less than
days. under the of March second hundred
nineteen, including those employed clerks division
ana depart Of expenses and
from the frontier posts and the
ynastcls other nisbursng officers and trains when
military escorts cannot be fuushed expenses the in
tcrncnt OF non-commssioted officers and Soldiers author
lied office rnure hire of tborers the uarterI;lsters
Department, including hire ufntepreer> spies and guides
army compensation of clerk to officers Of lie Dun
terHnsers Department. Compensation forage and wlg-
onmasterS au horned By the of July, eghcen hundred
and thiry-elghl the ot dsertcrs and The
expenses their pursuit; the various ex .l.tures
required fol- the first aud second regiments tiriOs
companies Of Eight artillery the regiment If mounted rifle
and such companies infantry may be mounted
ofr
backsmuhs' and sboeing TOOLS hnrSa aud NM -, ~
and steel tor soeing hare O veterinary surgeons nu1chas
of med cpes for horses and n,nIes shHanIr S9nr' I'm
ted Corps and repay on and rIfie eouInrInuts tbr,a
hundred sevCnty-nve Thousand three Hundred and Wv
eight dollars and titrIy-two
For constructing barracks and other buildnos nj nss
winch may be occupy during the year. and
enInIIrinr Tho O.
tablsted p,sis ncudIpg hire or ,if,ntatnn 81 na
for officers hire of quarters for trooIs of toretoscs tr
the safe kceunp of military stores aud of rnunds f S
mer cantonlens for encanpments and temDnry frontier
stations, Six hundred and twenty thousand dollars
For mileage allowance made 10 officers for the trans
portaon OF themselves baggage When travelling on
duty without troops, hundred and twenty thousand
dollars
transportation the army Including the bap,,ape of
the troops when moving either By or water; OF cloth
ing camp and garrison equpage and horsc-equplneus
the depot Philadelphia 10 the several posts and ar
my depots subsistence the places of and
from the places of delivery under contract to such places
as the circumstances of the service MAY reour II ~ he
sent: of ordnance ordnance stores and SINS arms from
the boundaries and armores to the arenals rticaons
frontier pOss and army depus freIohts tolls and fr
ages for the purchase and hire of horses mules oxen wa
CONS carts draws ships and other sea onp vessels and
boats for the transportation of supplies aud for GARRISON
purposes for drayage carriage the several hire
of teanlsers TRANSPORTATION of funds for The ma and ,thar
disbursinr departments the EXPENSES of Saline nnhc
ransnors on The varions rivers tho GuIf If No. ~
the Atlantic and Pacific. and for nrocnrin y,tar ~ %
nosts as from their situation require that be brough from
!. distance one million two hundred thousand dollsrs