Squatter sovereign., 1855-08-07

States tat4Ilay be thereon during the time that
The United states shall be OF remain tlie owner
thereof.
Tlas the cnupehs sation of the collector Of
customs at Saadusky, Toledo, aud Cleveland,
be hereafter the same as is now allowed by law
to the collector at Detroit
That the provisions OF the act OF February
twenty sixth ;seighteen hundred and fftY-three
:. to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed
clerks, raarshala, and attorneys of the circuit
and district courts of the United States, and for
other purposes" are hereby extended to the
Territories OF Minnesota, New Mexico, and
Utah, as fully, in alIsparGeulars, as they would
be, had the word :. Territories been inserted
in the sixth line after the WORD g States,'' and
the saline had read, - in the several States and in
The Territories of the United States.'' This
clause to take effect from and after the date of
said act, and the accounting officers Will settle
the accounts. within It's parview, accordingly.
For the building of lighthouse on the gov
the bead of Lake Superior, in the Territory OF
Minnesota, fifteen thousand dollars.
And for the construction of two lighthouses
N California, one at Crescent City, and one at
Trinity Bay, fifteen thousand dollars each,
should the Secretary of the Treasury decide that
said lighthouses were necessary, after proper
examination aad surveys.
SEC. I3. And be il further enacted, That
Franklin, in the collection district of Paso del
Norte, Texas, be and the same is hereby made
| Fronts-a; and Tie collector shall reside there
-.
SIC. IL And be it further enacted, That the
treaties made during the present Congress,
with the Indian tribes, and those to be made
in future, shall be pabfished as the laws and
other treaties in the news papers of such States
and Territories the Secretary of the Interior
may think expedient.
That in the settlement of the accounts of E.
f. Beale, late superintendent of Indian affairs
| in California, the accounting officers of the
| treasury be authorised to allow him she amount
ac5naiiy paid to an interpreter, during the years
| eighteen hundred hundred and fifty-three, and
eighteen hundred and fifty yfour, upon producing
| satisfactory vouchers therefor.
| SEE. Is. And be it further enacted. That the
saIn OF seyen hundred and sxty-6ve dollars,
| the balance of two Thousand two hundred dol
| lars directed to be paid James F. Miller, and
| Pyne- y-oh-te-mah, or seither of them, by the
Senate amendment to the treaty with the Mi
ana Indians, Inadcin August, eighteen hundred
and fifty-four, be, and the same is hereby. di-
reetel to be paid TO the said Miller and Pyne-y-
| oh-te-mah, ont of any moneys i'll the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
! Topaz this alnoant for interest duethe Chick
| aSawS, at theTate ef five per cent. per tnnum
in pursuance OF the treaty of eighteen hundred
an.i thirsy-two, on the sum of one hundred and
twelve thousand, forty-two dollars and ninety
! nine cents. improperly charged to said nation
according to thetiecision OF the proper account
ing officers os the treasury, from the first Sep
tenber, eighseeII hundred and thirty-seven, uIl-
I'll the ninth March, eighteen hundred and fifty
seventy-thoGsand nine hundred and SIXTY dol
lars and twenty-five cents.
SEC. Is. Aad be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to cause TO be construc-
ted the following buildings
/ At Bristol, Rhode Island, for the accommo-
dation CT the castom-house and post-oifice,
kuii "A of hrio xytrh fro
Istructed OF iron beams, and brick work, iror
roof, shutters, sil!s. Sc, twenty-five by thirty
and twenty-five feet high, TO cost not more thar
twelve Thousand Eve Hundred dollars.
At Pensacola, Florida, for the accommodation
of the custom house, post-ottice, and Unitec
States court, a building of like materials, thir'
ty-fiye by fifty feet, aud forty feet nigh, to cos
j not more than thirty-fve thousand dollars.
4 At Cleveland, Ohio, for the accommodation
4 OF the ct,stom-house, post-ofiicc, and United
States court, building of stone, eighty-fve BY
Sky feet, and sixty feet high, OF like floors
beams, roof shutters, &C., to cost not more thar
eigh5y-eight thousand dollars.
At plattsburg, New York, for the accommo
datioh OF the cnstom-house, post Office, ant
United States court, building of brick, of lilz
sixty feet, and forty-sight feet high, to cost no
more than fifty thousand dollars.
At Alexandria, Virginia, to accommodate tn
custom house, post-office, and United State
court, a building of brick, of like floors, beams
roof shutters, Sc, forty-five feet by sixty, an
forty-eight feet high to cost not more than fit
. Thousand dollars.
Il At Barnssable Massachusetts,, for the accom-
mediation of the custom-house and post-ofiics
building of brick, of like floors, beams, reoi
shutters, &c, forty-fve feet by thirty-two, al
j thirty-tygo feet in heighs, and to cost not NOR
than twenty ttousand dollars.
SEC. II. And be il further enacted, That tn
several ms U,entioaed iii the preceding sec
) Iion of this act, as the cose OF the building
, therein authorised to De Constructed, t0getha
; with ten per cent. thereon to cover the compeI
5 sation of architects, supeTintendentS, adgertis
ing, ard other contingent expenses, and SO muc
as may be required To purchase suitable site
Cor said Buildings, be and the some are hereb
} appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid, out {
any money III the treasury not otherwise apprt
E pfiated: Provided, That 40 money hereby al
: propriated shall be used or applied for the pui
{ poses mcHtioIe,l. until valid tile TO the tan
far the site Of sleh buildings, i'll each case, sha
I be vested il the United States, and until Ii
State shalt also duly release and relinquish
= the United States the right TO tax, or in any wa
E assess said site, or the property OF the Unit
: States thai may be thereon during the time th
4 The United States shall be OF remain the owns
! til ercof.
: SIC. IS. Ard be ic further enacted, That Il
/ pronsr accounting officers of the treasury
: The United States be, and they are heseby autl
: orised and required 20 credit the Secretary 4
{ the Territory OF Minnesota, ii the settleine
T OF his accounts, with the sum OF eight hundre
L aud eighty-hvs dollars, the amount paid by Il
n said secretary Tor coiiatirg, iGdexing and sape
/ intending the printing of the statutes of sa
0 Territory, for the years eighteen hundred al
: forty -nine eighteenhaadTed and iifty-oae, eig
{ teen hundred and ffty-two, aud eighteen haa
rcd and afty-thsee; and for arranging, indexi,
: and in part reporting the decisions of the s
J. a.srne court OF said Territory, under oine re
], oiltion of the Legislative assembly cf ssid Te
i gisory, passed Ill the year eighteen hundred a
: :ifty-tnFea.
: SEC. 10. And be il further enacted, That {
i proper accounting officer OF the Department
l. the interior be authorised and directed TO agt
l. i and settle the claim of John Random, decease
,r friendly Greek India Coz the half-blood, } f
i losses sllstained and property destroyed BY {
l. hostile Geek Indians, In the war of eighte
ID hundred aud fourteen, in such manner and up
! sIch terms as may be just aud equitable; t
amount, when so asceF12iaed, to be paid out
X any money IL the treasury noE otherwise a
Y pgopgiased, to the heirs and legal represent
n t;yes of the said john Random: Provided, tn
m thc shah not exceed the sum OF FIVE thousa
ID niae hundred and twenty -hye dollars.
y, SIC. 20. And be It further enacted, That Il
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