Kansas weekly herald., 1855-07-21


States to appoint during the recess of Congress,
such of the commissioned officers authorized by
this act below the grade of field officer, as may
not be appointed during the present session whose
commissions shall expire on the first day of May,
eighteen hundred and ffty-six.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions Of act entitled Gan act for the pay
ment of the civil officers employed in the Ter
fitory of New Mexico, while under military
government" }" approved July seventeen, eighteen
hundred and fifty -four, be, and the same are
hereby, extended to embrace the case Of Lieu
tenant-ColonelJ j. M. Washington, deceased, late
of the army, for and during the period of his
appointments and service as Military Governor
| of New Mexico, ex-officio superintendent of In
dian affairs, and commander of the troops, prior
to the formation of the civil government.
Sec. a. And be it further enacted, That the
sum Of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same
is hereby appropriated to be expended under the
direction Of the War Department, in the pur-
chase and importation of camels and dromeda-
ries, to be employ ed for military purposes.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of the first section of the act entitled
'sAn act making appropriations for the support
of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one,'
approved September twenty EIGHT, eighteen
hundred and fifty, granting extra pay to the Of
fcers and enlisted men of the army serving in
Oregon and California, be extended to the Off
GERS and men composing the garrison of the post
of Fort Laramie, on the Oregon route, for the
same period of time as was allowed by the sixth
section of the act of third March, eighteen hum
dred and fifty-three, to the officers and men of
the two companies of regiment Of mounted ri
1emen that garrisoned Fort Laramie and that
the provisions of the same section of the same
act be also extended to the officers and men COM
posing the escort to the Mexican boundary COM
mission while they were serving as such escort.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
laws granting extra pay to officers and soldiers
| who had served in California, apply to chap
lains who were attached to the army in Cali
fornia during the period embraced by such laws.
| Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That the
annual distribution of arms to the several States
under the act approved April twenty-third.
eighteen hundred and eight, entitled can act
making provision for arming and equipping the
whole body of the militia of the United State,"
| shall be hereafter made according to the num-
Der of their representatives and senators in Con-
gress, respectively; and that arms be distribu-
| ted to the Territories and the District of Co
lumbia, in such quantities and under such reg
ulations as the President, in his discretion, may
prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of War
shall first equalize, as far practicable, the
number of arms heretofore distributed and now
| in possession of the several States so that each
State which has received less than its pro rata
share shall receive number sufficient to make
| an equal pro rata proportion for all the States,
according to the present number of their repre-
sentatives and senator's in Congress, respective
ly.
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shall be added to the army two regiments of in
fantry and two reg iments of cavalry, organized
as in the existing force; and there shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, one brigadier-gener-
| al, and that the officers and men authorized by
this act shall be entitled to the same provisions
| for wounds and disabilities, and the same pro-
visions for widows and children, and the same
allowances and benefits, in every respect, as are
| allowed to other troops composing the army of
| States They all he Tn
the rules and articles of war, and the men shall
| be recruited in the same manner as other troops
and with the same conditions and limitations.
| Sec. 9. And De it further enacted, That to
enable the President of the United States to car
ry into effect the provisions of SO much Of this
| act as relates to the employment of an addition
| al military force. such sum of money, not ex-
ceeding two millions five hundred thousand dol
lars, as may be necessary, be, and the same here
| by is, appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
/ Approved, March 3, 1855.
CHAP. CCII -.An .Act to establish Columbus, in
the State of Mississippi, Chattanooga, in the
| State of Tennessee, and Hickman, IN the State
Of Kentucky, Ports of Delivery.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representative of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That Columbus, in the
State of Mississippi, and within the collection
district of Mobile,-Chattanooga in the State
of Tennessee, and Hickman, in the State of
Kentucky, and within the collection district of
Mississippi, be, and hereby are declared to be
:. ports of delivery within their respective colec
ton districts. And there shall be appointed
surveyor of customs, to reside at each of said
ports, who shall perform the duties, and receive
the compensation and emoluments prescribed
in tbs act of Congress, approved March the sec
ond, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, being San
act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise
imported into Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati
Louisville, st. Louis, Nashville and Natchez,
to be secured and paid at those places 20 ProUi-
ded, That whenever. the amount of duties paid
at any one of said ports, shall be less than the
sum of ten thousand dollars per year, the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury shall discontinue such port
of delivery.
| Approved, March 8, 1855.
CHAP. CC1IL.-.4n .9ct to proUide .AcconlanodG-
tions for the United States Courts in the City of
Jackson, Mississippi.
/ Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiYes OF the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Interior Is hereby authorized to contract with
the public authorities of the city of Jackson,
Mississippi, for the permanent use of rooms for
the courts Of the United States, in the new city
hall now in process of construction in that city.
4 And when the Secretary shall be satisfied that
| the apartments are suitable for the purpose, and
have been properly secured to the government,
he shall pay out of the treasury, any sum of
money, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars,
which he shall deem to be the value of such
apartments.
Approved, March 8, 1855.
4 sW A husband thus announces thede-
parture from his "bed and board of his
, dearly beloved:
j "My wife Anna Maria, has strayed or
: been stolen. Whoever returns her will