Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-07-23

the truops when moving either by land OF WAFER 81
m ea sbs d ss a. Padsps 10 and
depots OF subsistence from the places OF purchase
and from the places of delivery under contract 10 sucn
places the circumstance of the service may require it TO
be sent ordnance ordnance stores and small arms rom
the fondres and amores to the arsenas Nrthc't,ons
and frrpess for the purchase and Fire Of horses mules
draws shps and other and
transportation of supplies and for garrison purposes for
h he
various rivers, the Gulf Of Mexico and the Atlantic and
Pacific and for procuring water at such posts d from their
situation require that it be brought from distance and
for clearing roads and removing distractions from roads
for the actual operations Of the troops on the frontier one
million dollars. " 3,
For dSfrayng the expenses of the Supreme circuit and
district courts Of the United States including the District
of Columbia also for jurors and witnesses in ad OF ths
funds arising from fines penalties and feItures Incurred
in the fiscal year ending the threth OF June; elgn'een
hundred aud ysix and previous wears and hkewsse r
deayng the expenses of suits in which the United
are concerned and of prosecutions for offences
against the United States and the sakeepng OF pr
soners two hundred thousand dollars.
For the collection ofagricultur statistics
for prpnong agriculture and rural economy, and the pro-
and distribution of cuttings and Seeds to De ex
pended under the direction Of Commissioner OF Paten
For compensation and mileage ofthe members of the leg
sative assembly officers clerks and contingent expenses
of the assembly for the Territory of Mnnes"ate SIX thou
For contingent expenses of the Territory of New Mexico
Fur filling up and draining the grounds in the vicinity
of national known AS the Botanic Oaae'
and for wane creek which passes through the sane
five thousand six hundred and fifty dollars
unmproyed portions Of the mali, ten thousand dollars
For constructions Of sewer in Judiciary square, SIX
For placing the sewer openings along Pennsylvania ave-
under the footway, and trapping the same eight thou
sand dollars
constructing watercoses therein and casual repairs of
the wing Of said building, four Thousand dollars
For additional furnace erected for the Library vi Con-
For finishing the potco and exterior of the wing
the Patent Office building to pay the reservations due put
pavements, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Sec And be it further enacted That me JOINT resou
ton of Congress t. fix the Of the employees
in the Legislative department Il" the e vernnen ana 10
proh bit t6eall"wance The usual extra compensation to
u and iii the
vision in the of third Marcn. egh cen hundred ana
said resolution to apply librarian and and
messenger in the library Of Congress, be construed as
to allow them twenty per centum upon the c.mpeasa'oa
eighteen hundred and iyour, making appropriations for
the civil and diplomatic expenses of government and the
said joint resolution shall not be construed to apply to the
public printer for either branch of Congress- and that so
much Of the approved the third Of March, eighteen hun.
bred and fyve requires all blank books binding, and
ruling for the several executive departments shall be fur
nshed under the direction and supervisors of the Supern
tenden of the Public Printing be- and the same hereby
repealed.
SEC And be further enacted, That the provision in
the act of July wenty-sevenh eighteen hundred and fifty
ioar: eaa!ea An ue; 70 .e M ~
Utah. and Minnesota which declares that the salary Of
inc d ~, tho s Of three bosand dnlI.rs sbaI c
srued by the accounting officers Of treasury be the
t s s! " ns o'e' ." ""o ~ '"p''"'enue"
Approved May l5th 1856.
rp,h,c ~
uakin tofl land to Of Iowa in
alternate sections to aid in the construction OF certain rail-
roaas III sa'a o'a'e'
enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress
hed That there be- and hereby granted to the State of
Iowa. for the aiding in the construction of rail-
on the Missouri river near the mouth Of the Platte river
from the city of Davenport via Iowa city and Fort Des
Moines to Council Bluffs from Lyons city northwestery
to point Of ntersec"n with the main line of the Iowa
Central AIR Line Ra'ir"ad near Maq"kea thence On said
ond parallel across the sad State to the Missouri river
from the CITY OF Dubuque III pnt Oh the Missouri river
near 'nx cry; WITH branch trrn The mouth of the Tee
ed as soon as 1 na'n Rad IS cpeed TO that point every
alternate sect y ana des gnaitd 6y I'D numbers for
SIX sections IN dh q" each SIDE OF each OF said roads,
But in case It shall appear that the United States have
when The mes OF routes OF sad roads are fixed
sd any sections or any parts thereof as aforesaid
snen IL sai oe lawful i"r any aSehl OF agents. 10 De ap
pointed by the governor OF SAID State to Select subject
of the United States nearest the sections above
specified so much land H. alternate sections or parts of
have Sold or or to which the rights
OF pre-empton have attached as aforesaid which lands
hus selected in lieu Of these sold and which presumption
rights have attached aforesaid together with the sec
tions and parts of sections designated by odd numbers
aforesaid and appropriated as aforesad shall be held by
the State of Iowa for the and purpose aforesaid Prov
ded, That the land to be Ioced SHALL in no case be
further Than fifteen miles from the lines of said 70 DIS and
selected for and of each of said roads Pry
ded further That the lands hereby granted for and on mr.
of said roads severay shall Be exclusively applied
in the co, struction that road for and on accnt If
which lands hereby granted and shall he d;
Of only the work prgresses and the same shall Be a