Kansas weekly herald., 1855-02-16
VOLUME I---NUMBEssR %

in lien Of qis-ters, burial Of deceased marine.
printing, advertsing, stationery, forage, postage
pursuit Of deserterss candles, oil, straw furni
ture, bedsacks, spades, shoveis, axes, picks, and
carpenters tools, expense OF horse for messen-
ger, pay Of matron, washerwonan and porter,
for the hospital at head quarters, twenty-five
thousand dollars; ,.-s : 80
r For the reappropriation OF the following sum
carried to the surplus fund, undS the provisions
of the tenth section OF the act esl21 ed . An act
making appropriations for the civil and dlplo-
matte expenses of the government for the year
ending the thirtieth Of in le, one Thousand eight
hundred and ffty-thr ee, ami for other purposes
approved thirty first I of August one. thousand
Eight hundred and fifty Two, to be applied to the
payment of all expenses incurred prior to tho
ffty-two for Carrying into effect the provisions
of the act providing for the prosecution OF the
war between the United States and the Republic
of Mexico, twenty-six thousand one hundred and
nty-six dollars and fifty cents. J. .sIe-n-
SEC. 2. ".and Be It further enacted, That the
provisions, contained in the act of the twenty
second April, eighteen hundred, and ffty-four,
adding per eentage to the. pay of the clerks
employed at the navy-yard" i'm Washington
city, be construed so as to include the clerks
and messenger in the Office of the Navy Agent
for said yard land the messenger in the Command
ants office.
SEC. 3. find be 1t further enacted, That all
the grounds and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing, known as the Memphis Navy Yard, In
Shelby county, Tennessee, be and the same is
hereby ceded to the Mayor and Aldermen OF the
city of Memphis, for the use and benefit of said
city, and that the Secretary of the Navy order
The commandant of said Navy Yard at Memphis,
to surrender to the Mayor of Menphis said prop
erty: ProUided, That the accounting officers OF
the treasury, in settling the accounts of the late
Navy Agent at Memphis, shall not deduct the
sum of two thousand nine hundred and sixty
four dollars and fiftynine cents already received
by him and passed to his credit on the books OF
the Treasury Department from his salary as act
ing purser, provided for by an act making ap-
propfiations for the naval service of the coun-
try for the for the year ending the thirtieth Of
| June, eighteen hundred and ffty-three.
SEC. 0. .4nd be 1t farther enpcted, That the two
| "General orderso of the Secretary of the Navy,
dated August thirty-one eighteen hundred and
forty-six, and May twenty-seven, eighteen hun
dred and forty-seven, upon relative rank, shall
have the force and effect Of law,
SEC. 4. find be further enGcted That the pay of
the boatswains, gunner5, carpenters, and sail
Onleave, or waiting orders, per annum, SIX
hundred dollars; shore duty seven hundred dol
lars; sea service, nine hundred dollars. An ad-
ditiOn Of two per centum upon the foregoing
rates for every years sea service, and an addi-
tion upon sea pay of ter per centum when serv-
Ing in ships with four hundred men, and TWEEN
ty per cenJum, when Sc vi g in ships with nine
hundred men.
APPROVED, August D, 1884.
CHAP. CCLXIX.-.4n act to rdrrg into effect
Treaty 6ettoeen the United States and Great Bri-
tan, signed OH the fifth day Of June, eighteen hum
drsd aad dfjtyJfour-..
Be 1t enacted By The Senate and House of Repre-
sentGtUes in the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That whenever the President of
the United States shall receive satisfactory ev-
idenee that the Imperial Parliment of Great
Britain and the Provincial Parliments of Canida.
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Ed
wards Island, have passed laws on their part
to give full effect to the provisions of the treaty
between the United States and Great Britain,
signed on the fifth of June last, he is hereby au;
thorlzed to issue his proclamation, declaring
that he has such evidence, and thereupon, from
the date OF snch proc .amation, the following ar
tices, being the groWi b and produce of said pro-
vinces of Canada, New Br brunswick, Nova Scotia
and Prince Edwards Island; to wit:
Gran flour ,& breadstuffs of all kinds; animals Of
all kinds, fresh, smoked salted aneats; cotton-
WOO; seeds and vegetables; undried fruits; dried
fruits; fish OF ali kinds; p oducts of fish and all
other cIeatu es living in the water; poultry; eggs
hides, furs, skins OF tails undSe ssed; stone or
marble in its crude Or UNIV ought state: slate:
butter; cheese, tallow; lard; horns; manures,
ores OF metals of all kinds; coal; PITCH tar tur-
Pentlne; ashes; timber and lumber of all kinds,
round, hewed aud sawed, unmanufactured in
whole or in part ffe-wood, plants, shrubs. and
trees; pets; wool; fish oil; rice; broom-corn and
bark; gypsum, ground OF unground: heyn or
wrought Or unwrought burr Or grindstones; dye-
stutfs; fax, hemp, and tow, unmanufactuIed:
unmalufactured tobacco; rags;@
Shall be introduced into the United States fr..
of duty so long as the said treaty shall remain
in force-subject, however, to be- suspended in
relation to the trade with Canada, on the condi-
tion mentioned in the fourth article of the said
treaty; And all the other provisions Of the said
treaty shall go into effect, and be observed ON the
part of the United 8 eates 5l5 Sd ;al-- -zlIi@7
5 Sec 4 .dRd be 1t further enacted, That when
ever the island Of Newfoundland Shall Give its
consent to the application of the stipuIatfons and
provisions of the said treaty to that PROVINCE
and the Legislature thereof and the Imperial
Parliament shall pass the necessary laws for that
purpose, the above enumerated articles shall
be admitted free OF duty from that Province in
to the United States, from and after the date Of
proclamation by the President of the United
States, declaring that he has satisfactory -evi-
'dence that the said Province has consented, in a
due and proper manner, to. have the proyissons
of the treaty extended to it, and to allow The
United States the full benefits Of all the stipula-
tionS therein contained i-s- III
APPROVED, August ., 1854. IS sse =.
CHAP. CCLXX.-.Anl .4ct making .4op-opr;at;oas
the serrice Of the POST Office DEPARTMENT dur
ing the fiscal year enting the thirfieth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fftY-fire
Be 1T enacted bythe Senate and House of Repr.-
seatatircs of the Uaited States Of .4ner.ca IN Con-
gress assembled. That the following sums be and
the same are hereby, appropriated for the SER
vice of the Post-Ofiice Department for the wear
ending the thirtieth of June. one Thousand eight
hundred and ffty-fise. cut of any moneys IN fhs
treasury arising from the revenues of the saddle
partment, in conformity to the act of the second
of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
six:
For transportation of tn mails, fiye million
two hundred and serenty-five thousand dollars;
-. For comp mpensation TO pastmasters, two millions
OF dollars
a.F For ship steamboat, and way letters, twenty
Fl. e thousand dollars; =.s5-.sz.iIs7zss..
For wrapping papss, pap i.stty-fvs thousand dol