Kansas weekly herald., 1855-02-09

under the fifteenth section of the act Of sixth
August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, tor the
addltio onai services required under that act ap-
proved March second, eighteen hundred and 6f-
II ty-three, shall not be construed to apply to the
collector of the District of Buffalo Greek, while
such collector shall be one Of the designated
depositors of public money. -
Sec. 10. find be it furtaer enae'el, That the
accounts of the public printers, and the certif-
Gates of the superintendent of public printing
thereon, shall be subject to the examination and
control of the accounting officers and Secretary
OF the Treasury, in like manner as other public
| accounts. So
Sec. IL. find be it further enacted, That from
and after the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred
| and hfty-four, in lieu of the clerks heretofore
authorized by law for the Office Of the assistant
treasurer at New York, he be authorized to ap-
point, with the appreciation of the President Of
the United States, one chief clerk at salary Of
two thousand one hundred dollars, one clerk at
two thousand dollars, two clerks at eighteen
hundred dollars each, two clerks at fifteen hum
dred dollars each, one clerk at twelve hundred
| dollars, one messenger at nine hundred dollars,
| and two Watchmen at five hundred and fifty dol
lars, each, per anum. In case Of the sickness
or unavoidable absence from his Office Of the as
slstant treasurer he may in his discrtion author
ize the said chief clerk to act in his place, and
| to discharge all the duties required by law Of
| the assistant treasurer.
SEC. II. find be it further enacted, That, from
and after the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred
and ffty-three, the annual salary Of the chap
lains to Congress shall be seven hundred and
| fifty dollars, and such sum additional to that
elsewhere provided may be required to pay
the same to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hum
dred and ffty-fve, is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
dropriated, ProUided, That the said sum shall
be in full of all compensation to be received by
said chaplains.
Sec. 1s. find be it further enacted, That the
seventh section of the act of January eighteenth
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled
can act supplementary to the act entitled 'An
act establishing mint, and regulating the coins
of the United States,'" be so amended as to ex-
tend the limit for the annual salary of cleks in
the Mint Of the United States to eighteen hum
dred dollars each from and after the first of Ju-
ly, eighteen hundred and fifty four, at the dis
cretion of the officers authorized by law to ap-
point, with the appreciation Of the President Of
the United States, including also one clerk in
the office OF the assistant treasurer at Philadel-
phia, and that the salary of the chief clerk Of
the branch mint at New Orleans, shall be TWEEN
ty-tWo hundred dollars from and after the first
OF July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
Sec. IA. find be 1t further enacted, That when
ever it shall become necessary for the head of any
department or office to employ special agents,
other than officers of the army or navy, who may
eys, they shall, prior to entering upon duty as
such, give bond In such form and with such Sc
curity as the head of the department or office en-
!: ploying said agent may approve.
ter the Warden of the Penitentiary Of the United
States for the District of Columbia, and the Com
missioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, shall
make to the Secretary Of the Interior, annually,
in time to accompay the annual message of the
President to Congress, report of their operations
for the preceding year, and Of the manner in
which. .ail appropriations have been applied,
respectively; and that all estimates OF the
Commissioner of Public Building and
Grounds shall hereafter sbe approved and SUBJ
mitted by the secretary Of the Interior, annually
through the Treasury Department, as other esti-
mates to the two houses Of Congress. And fur
ther, that all appropriations which are herein
made, or may be hereafter made, for repairs or
improvements of the public buildings, grounds,
and streets within the District of Columbia, and
now under the charge Of the Commissioner Of
Public Buildings and Grounds, shall be expended
under the direction of the Secretary of the In
terror; and that all laws, parts of laws, in
consistent with this section shall be, and the
!. same are hereby, repealed.
; APPROVED, August a, 1854.
CHAP. CCXLIV-.an .Hct to Graduate and re-
d.ce the Price of the Public Lands to actual Set
tiers and Cultirators.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatipes of the United States of .9nerica in Con-
gress assembled, That all of the public lands Of
the United States which shall have been in mar
ket for ten years upwards, prior to the time
of application to enter the same under the pro-
visions of this act, and still remaining unsold,
shall be subject to sale at the price OF one dol
lar per acre and all of the lands of the United
States that shall have been in market for fifteen
years or upwards, aforesaid, and still remain
inc unsold, shall be subject to sale at seventy
five cents per acre; and all of the lands Of the
United States that shall have been IN market for
twenty years upwards, as aforesaid, and still
remaining unsod, shall be subject to sale at fifty
cents per acre and all of the lands of the United
States that shall have been in market for twenty
five years and upWards,a ,as aforesaid, and still re-
~ ! 1-1.
ty-fye cents per acre; and all lands Of the Uni
ted States that shall have been in market for
thirty years or more, shall be subject to sale az
twelVe-and-a-hal alf cents per acre Prouided, This
section shall not be construed to extend to
lands reserved to the Uuted States, in acts grant,
ing land to States for railroad or other internal
Il improvements, to mineral lands held at over
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Sec. 2. fad be It further eRGcted, That upon
every reduction in price under the provisions OF
this act, the occupant and settler upon the lands
shall have the right of pre-emtion at snch grad
uated price, upon the same terms, conditions,r re-
strictions, and limitations, upon which the pub
lie lands OF the United States NOW subject to
the right Of pre-emption, until within. thirty
days preceding the next graduation Or reduction
that shall take place and if not purchased,
shall again be subject to right of presumption
for eleven months as before, and so on from time
to time, as reductions take place: Proridea, That
nothing in this act shall be construed asto In
tterfere with any right which has or may accrue
by virtue Of any act granting pre-emPtion to ac-
tual settlers upon public lands.
SEC. g.. .9nd be It. fsfther enacted, That any per-
son applying to enter any OF the aforesaid lands
shall be required to make affidavit before the reg
lister or receiver Of the proper land-ofhce, that
he or she enters the same for his or her own use,
and for the purpose Of actual settlement and
i cultivation, or for the use OF adjoining farm
| or plantation. owned or occupied by him or her.
self, and together with said entry, be or she has
not acquired from the United States, under the
tproyisions of this az, more than three hundred
..,d IL Nv y,arson or r,arsnns taking Such