Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-03-16
Acts of the Relief Congress.

Acts OF the Relief Congress.
The following are the titles of some of
the more important of the public acts pas
sed at the Second Session of the Thirty
third Congress. A large majority of the
laws enacted were private bills, l. e. bills
for the relief of certain individuals; There
are no less than I2S acts of this character,
besides several "relief'' resoluliOns) In
the list subloined, it will be seen that vast
amount of relief is contemplated. Indeed,
relief to TIE Treasury appears TO be the
chief end of modern legislation:
An act for the better protection Of life
and property from vessels shipwrecked on
coasts Of the United States. Approved
December IA, 1854.
| An act to relinquish to the State Of Wis
consin the lands reserved for salt springs
therein, Approved Dec Is, 1854.
An &C. 10 provide Cor the extinguish,
ment of the title of the Chippewa Indians
to the lands owned and claimed BY them in
the Territory of Minnesota and State of
Wisconsin, and for their domestication aud
civilization. Approved Dec. l9, 1854.
An act to suppress the circulation Of
small notes as currency in the District of
Columbia. Approved Dec. 81, 1854.
An act 70 continue in force, for limited
time, the provisions of the act of Congress,
of Sd March, 1851, and the second section
of its supplement- of 18th January, 1854,
so as to enable the Board of Land Commits
sioners in California to close their adjudica-
tons of private titles in that State, and for
other purposes. Approved January 10,
1855.
An act making appropriations for the
construction of certain military roads in the
Territories Of Nebraska and ashingtou.-
Approved Feb. 6, 1855.
An act to secure the right Of citizenship
TO children of citizens of the United States
born out of the limits thereof. Approved
February 10. 1855.
An act to amend can act making appro-
priations for the improvement of certain
harbOrs and rivers" approved Aug. 80. ls-
50. Approved Feb. Is. 1855.
An act authorizing the construction of q
line Of telegraph from the Mississippi River
to the Pacific Ocean. Approved Feb. IL,
1855.
An act to regulate the salaries of the
District Judges of the United States. Ap-
proved Feb. u, 1855.
An act for the construction of a military
road in Oregon Territory. Approved Feb
ruary II, 1855.
An act to establish an additional land
district in the Territory of Oregon. Ap
proved Feb. II, 1855.
An act making appropriations for improv-
ing certain military roads in the Territory
of Minnesota. Approved Feb. II, 1855.
An act making appropriation for terri
torial road in the Territory of Nebraska
Approved Feb. 19, 1855.
An act to establish the Office of Survey
or General of Utah, and to grant land for
school and university purposes. Approved
February "a, 1855.
An act concerning the apprehension and
delivery of deserters from foreign vessels in
the ports of the United States. PpproYed
February "a, 1855.
An act to establish an additional land
district in the State of Wisconsin. Approx
ed February "a, 1855.
An &C: TO establish a court for the inves-
tigation of claims against the United States
Approved February "a, 1855.
An act to provide for the payment Of such
creditors of the late republic of Texas, as
are comprehended in the act of Congress
Of September 9. 1850. Approved Febru-
ary %, 1855.
An act to promote efficiency Of the Ma
Wy. Approved Feb. 2S, 1855.
An act for the payment of invalid and
other pensions of the United States, for the
year ending the 3oth of June, 1856, and for
other purposes. Approved February %,
1855.
An act extending, in certain cases, the
provisions of the act entitled can act to ex-
tend pre-emption rights 20 certain lands
therein mentioned" approved March 8, Is-
So. Approved March 2. 1855.
An ACT to establish a Circuit Court in
and for the State of California. Approved
March 2, 1855.
An act to establish the collection district
of Cape Perpetua and Port Oxford. in the
Territory OF Oregon, and to hx the salaries
of the Collectors of the Customs therein.-I
Approved March 2, 1855.
An act authorizing the purchase or con-
struction of four additional revenue cutters.
Approved March 2, 1855.
An act to provide a more efficient disci-
pline in the navy. Approved March 2,
1855.
An act making appropriations for the
transportation Of the United States mails,
by ocean steamers and otherwise, during
the fiscal year ending the soth of June. l8-
55, and Soth of June, 1856. Approved
March 2, 1855.
An act to amend the act approved Goth
of August, 1852, entitled "An act to re-
duce and define the boundaries of the mill
tary reserve at St. Peters River in the Ter
ritory of Minnesota" and for other purpo-