Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-06-14
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.



aofe an ahoai, aud whenever said board shalt believe
"at sad ncOmpetency has arisen from any cause i'm
n yieht ciAhe on the part OF the oneer 10 justify
- me! snail recommend that his name be stricken alto
sIner IRON the rolls Vacancies occurring in said board
sali Dc hed by the Secretary OF the Navy who shall
preserve he number and grades Officers aiore-
sald' FODidsd That Of1cers upon said board shall
INTO, or rePou upon the efficiency OF officers OF
BISue above them.
SIC <. lad Be st further egaeteI That ali Officer
VINO snail DC found by the said hoard incapable per
Ins rue dulles OF their respective Offices ranks or
slAues shall II such finding be approved b, the Pfesi-
s cropped from the rolls, or placed ia The order OF
Yer rank and seniority the time, upon list in
esier, - be entitled the reserved list; and those
- Pu on Tie reserved list shall receive The leave Of
Pay, or the flroHgh pay, 10 which they may be
When 50 placed, according 10 the report Of the
u and approval OF the President, and shall be neli-
sDie TO further promotion but shall be subject the
oels OF The Navy Department at all times for duty:
asaneles created in the active service isl by pla-
s Oee On the reserved list, shall be filled By regU-
-. promotion IN lAe order OF rank seniority. And
oIets VINO may be promoted ~ NIL the vacancies
Oy me reserved list shall, while unemployed. receive
- eieh they would have been entitled Il such promo
o nau mol been made; but when employed at sea, or
. ioI Huy, they shall receive, in addition 10 such
erenee between the waiting eTders'' leave of
pa! aud the lowest sea-serYice pay OF The grade
10 winch they may be so promoted Proridsd, That
scrutiny and reservation OF officers shall extend only
10 the grades Of captain commanded lieutenant mas
80 @n1 passed midshpmen Ind PrOridsd, further,
Ia, All vacancies occurring in the grade OF masters
% oe nled by The promotion OF the senior passed mid
a..
VINO "hen.promOted shall receive The pay allowed BY
u" " masters that The number OF masters in line
promotion shall not exceed sixty. and that nothing in
ms hcl contained shall he held or construed 10 authorize
Asy increase OF the aggregate pay The said grades or
& oil The naval service, rs now allowed by law.
sac. j. 1Rd BE- Il garfhsr enacted, Ihzt nothing ia
TINS ACT contained shall be construed IL restrict pplS TO-
mair the regular promotion OF officers the
list OF The navy who NAV at any lime entitled 10 pro.
nOton-eOnsequenl upon deaths dismi.sals or resiy-
nations, In thr naval serSce,-nOr in anv manner 10
abrdge or impair the right of the Secretary Navy
/ 1" Place any Officers upon furough.
SEC. A. Had De a FURTHER enacted That nothing 10
ths act shall be SO construed As to increase the aggregate
number OF officers, and that all laws clauses
( hereby repealed.
APPROVED, February Is 1855.
AN ACT extending la cerlain asses The Provisions OF
the Act entitled An Act 10 extend Presumption shts
10 certain Land therein mentOnei,'' Approved March
. third, eighteen hundred and hily three.
B, enacted 5 the Senate and House of Rsprsssnfs-
tires Of fAs Unsd States Of .9ar.rea IA Congress
serbIed, That Tie right OF presumption granted by the
act OF third March, eshieen hundred aud y three,
ltled An aei 10 extend presumption rights to certain
lands therein mentioned;" shall be- and the same 1,
Hereby extended that the settler, occupant
Maison Rouge grant and the DE Baslrop grant, entitled
to the benefits of said set shall be entitled enter
the minimum price, every quarter quarter subdy son,
on which he has made Improvements PrOrided Aosr-
srsF Ihal where ANY part Of the Improvements OF two
or more settlers or occupants is the quarter
quarter section The snail entered In their Joint
Names and their rights shall be propOrtionate the
tent and value Of their imPrus thereon.
APPROVED, Mareb2, 1855.
An ACT To amend the Act approved twepty-,iSth An.
gust eighteen hundred and nity-two, entitled An
Vet to Reduce and Denae The boundaries OF lhe Mill
oil minnesota and for other purposes.
BE II enacted ~ re Senate and House Of R..rss,ata
ti6es ~ the United OF america "a CoAprsss
SemD!ed That the act approx ell tweEy-sNth August,
slshcch hun lred and hfty~o, TO reduce aud define
The eoandares OF The military Saint Peters
RIVER IN the Territory of Minnesota shall be, the
saae Is hereby amended, that the lands authorized
10 he sold AT public sale by thai act shall be subject To
te operations OF the laws regulating the sale dispo-
silion Of the public lalls: Preceded hozeersr That
where any lands are claimed by preemptlu an
uet settlement and cultivation made prior 10 the passage
Of this Act proof and pa, shall be made within three
months after us PASSAGE and where any said lands
some Within the provisions OF the OF twenty third
May, eighteen hundred and forty four Tor The relief Of
Inc citizens OF towns opon The lands 81 The United States
under certain circumstances such proof and payments
snail also lie made within three months ater The passage
o This act and la either II the entries are not made
Within that time, the claim shall be forfeited Propidsd
further, That where persons are settled up.
on the same legal they shall be permitted
enter Jonily,he right OF each be la proportion 10
the extent OF his improvements.
DC. = had De az further enacted, That The Reye-
rend h g. Gear shall be, and he Is hereby
10 enter lots numbers and two and the half
e northeast quarter o. section four, IN township TWEEN
lout "ss OF The fourth principle meridian, ia The
Minneapolis district dollar tw enty i've cents
per acre.
APPROVED, March ?, ies5
An ACT changing lhs Times ol holding the TINTED
States Courts Ia Tennessee.
Be AZ enacted BY de Ssaafs aud House OF Rsgvsssa-
fat'sss ~ tas uHfed States Of ieriea ia Congress
sfmStsa, that instead OF The times heretofore liked Is
law, the ercait and district courts of the United Ssie.
Tor The several districts la Tennessee shall hereafter be
hsh Is ollows Al Jackson, the third Mondays In
March and September at Knoxville on the second Mon
days IN April and October and al Nash, lilo, the
Mondays In May and November. And all writs pleas,
SUITS recognzancs indictments OF otsr proceedings.
civil or criminal. issued, commenced, or pending ia
either OF said courts shall be returnaoe TO- be
and have day in court, and DC heard and tried
u the times Of holding said courts as herein DoteI
APPROVED, March ., 1855.
AN ACT 10 amend Al Act 10 ssr,, int, Fn.,a r,-s
~ between The United States and Great Britain -
signed on the rth June, eighteen hundred and my
1cnr and approved August nfth eighteen hundred and
my four.
Be enacted BY the Ssneie and Hons. Of Rs,rsssa,a-
frss OF the United States OF ssriea in Con0rsss as
ssbd, That from and after the date when ihe reepro-
elS treaty OF s nith June, eighteen hundred and nty
ouf entered into between Great Britain and the United
States shall 20 into effect the Secretary OF the Treasury
sali be- and lac hereby, authorized and required,
refund out OF any money In the Treasury The
persons entitled thereto, sums OF money I'd shall
have been collected duties fish OF ali kinds The
products sh OF ali other creatures vin in The
water, imported into the United States from ami after
The eleventh day OF September eighteen hundred and
niy Hour. the date OF The PRONUNCIATION by the President
Oh Inc ohed States OF the reciprocity Treaty aforesaid
were the products OF some OF the klish prov
New Brunswick, Canada. Nova ScOiia, Newfoundland
or Prince Edwards Island and imported therefrom into
the United States, and duties duly paid thereon which
have not been refunded export; is further st-
horzed and required from and afer DAY the treaty
Aforesaid shall go into effect 10 cancel Ike satsfac-
tory proof, any warehouse bonds secure the duties
ihaI mBy have been given for any Of said articles import
4 ed as Aforesaid.
SEC. g .fRd be IL further enacted That from and af-
ter the date when the reciprocity treaty the h June
eighteen hundred and dny-our. entered into between
Great Britain and The United States, shall ~ into
In the manner therein prescribed the Secretary OF the
Treasury shail be, and he hereby. authorized refund
ont OF in the treasury otherwise appro-
printed 10 the persons entitled thereto, such ol
money shall have been collected duties on any Of
the articles enumerated in the schedule annexed u The
thr article OF the reciprocity treaty Aforesaid imported
into the United States from the British Province. oi
Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia respectyely
since the date OF The acts 81 their respective
admitting like articles into said provinces from the nj
TED States free OF duty, proof satisfactory To the -ad
Secretary, TINT the articles imported were The pro-
dncts OF Canada New Brunswick or Nova Scotia "A. The
case may be, and imported thereirom Into The United
States, that the dailcs duly paid thereon: and
he Is further authorized and required 10 cancel from
and aler the date the treaty aforesaid shall go into
on like Satisfactory proof any warehouse bonds 10
duties which have been given any OF the said
articles imported aforesaid. And the Secretary of
Treasury Is also hereby invested with the same uulhort,
aud power 10 refund the duties or cancel the
bonds any Of The articles enumerated in said treaty
the produce OF Prince Edwards Island or New found
land, respectively on said treaty going operation
shoudi be proved, 10 the satisfaction The said secre
tary, thal rnnee Edwards Island, or Newfoundland
have admitted all OF the articles enumerated in said
~ from The United States, oi dny pfi0r 10 al.
treaty going into operation.
APPROVED, March ?, lass.
AN ACT authorizing The Corporate anthortie, q
Georgetown Ia impose Additional Taxes and for othe
purposes
Be esacfsd 5g the SsRats aad House OF Rs5rsssnfa
tires 81 tAs Uaitsd Sfass Of 7asrea IA C0agrtss as
stmbsd, That The mayor, recorder aldermen and CON
mon council, OF Georgetown, be- and they hereby
authorized and empowered 10 lay and collect -peela
annual tax Of seventy five cents, much thereof
be necessary upon every hundred dollars OF prom
cry BY law nov taxable within the corporate limits
sadto~n and all money vested or held Ia any banking
insurance, brokerage, or exchange company or nslu
ton, upon all State or corporation stocks and none
loaned al Interest on bond, mortgage other eyiene
OF Indebtedness, Ia order to meet the engagements re
Gently assumed by said town In subscribing Il the stoc
OF the Metropolitan Railroad Company: and 10 pledg
the same 10 secure the said ments such man
uist part of the shall la any event o. Ar
plea 10 any other object aud the like remedy shall
used tor the recovery thereof Is used for the
coyery OF Other public taxes la said town.
SEC = fad ee al further enacted, That the said COZ
poraiion OF Georgetown shall have full power and al
thory 10 introduce into said town supply water fo
The use Of the Inhabitants thereor and cause
Streets lanes, and alleys, any Of them, am porto
Of any OF hem 10 be lighted by gas otherwise and
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