Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-01-28
Car LxxI An Act for the Ri ef of the Widows ana
a,h - tho Officrrs Ssamen, aud Marines OF tine
Pd S... Slo p-otwr Albany and for other put

for ss n ct .n nd Marines
iIntd state, Slo p-otwr Albany, and for other pull
- poses hr the Senate and House Of Representaives
- 1s iTsd States of Amerca in Congress assemeled
That for the purpose of fixing the time at which sna
.a The nes1, under the sting laws, Of Inc wio"Ms
nI "Tnhan chisdre Of the tfc seamen marines ana
others u ser vice. who lost the I'm TED sta es sop
Albany as we'll the time tn which the pay OF sAo
fs se,msn marnes and others in service shall be
lowed the eighteenth day of April one Thousand e'sn nun
dred and fve shall be deemed Alamo lana undred at
and that for the like purposes the @ b,, b
JuLc thousand eight hundred an M m d' at es
deemed and take be The day VIII CHI the Cnea oee
brig Porpose WI lost in like manner -
Sec g. And be it further enacted That inc w'aM ID
child or children and in there be no wd''W Ut cn
or hiidrcn las aforesaid then the parent or
if there are parents the brothers and sisters u
"st in said sL,op.oswar Albany and brig Porpose ne"a
ing captains clerk and slant draus snan' ~ not
I'll to and receive out any oma twe;re months pay
of their respective deceased relations aforesaid W @ @
to the pay due to the said deceased ~ ''e oA'' Va
SEQ s. And BE- enacted r The S pr n9 he a.
counting officers of the Treasury "e , a," Of
Sy are Wh,s s nnrser in he navy who was lost in the
soop-owar ALBANY with all his accounts ana vonf"erS o
rnd TIRES and pay.nents made by him, an with tie
exp snre and SUPPLIES procured for the use of said
vessel and to allow him credit for whatever sum appears
be due ON him on the books 81 ns o s msnSons and
PAYMENTS mad. the proper repesentav:s "a; provaea
fr in this act) Of Passed Mldsipman " iiiii Dt1e'
v, was in command acting lieutenant OF the brig FOR
pose when she lost and Of the other passed m'tsp
men who board the Porpose when sne was loS''
under orders from the Navy Department. as aching e"te
t a, we'll ms their pay from the time of their uinng sad
vessel shall be the though they were nen uy
Commissioned and actually holding said rank OF lieutenant
Sec s. And be it further enacted That for me
Of fixing the time which the pay OF PASSED. PM
William c. smith shall be allowed the mrs. , u t deemed
and taken to be the day on WEIGH the sa'u 'l' ~ WV
at
CHAP. LxXXI An Act amend an Act entitled . AN
Act to establish Court for tn, nre, tgan"h vi ..
AGAINST the United States" approved February twenty
fourth eighteen hundred and htiyive. p..,..,o,.,ros
BE it enacted by the Senate and House OF nePrese"".I
Of the Uuit ed States Of America in EonSrcSs
That any of the Judges of he Court OF Ca au
lied by the act to wi ich tbs Is an amea hnndra and
6fty.fve shall constitute quorum, and may hoiu eo
for the TRANSACTION Of business. aud he court may app
to take testimony in the manner PfeSeroeu
in the said ac'. .:...,,. -,
Sec And be it further enacted, That an assistant so
citvr al b. appointed the President by and with The
advice and of the Senate, whose duty II snail DC ~
aid the Sol cor in the performance OF the duties
in the said act. and sal take oath to support the Con
sttution of the United States aud discharge faithful" he
duties Of his office and he shall receive salary "i 'hree
thousand Lu ,red dol ans per annum, and shall hold
by the +, esdent And the solicitor of the United States
mentioned in the act to which this Is an amcndei'' s,''
have power and he is hereby authorized t" employ dep
uty, shall receive salary Of two Thousand hve nun
bred dollars per and whose duty shi DC 10 u
the Soct tor in the performances Of the uui'es en'
ed said such the said solicitor snail aTeG'
Sec. And be it further enacted That the CLERK OF tue
said cout shall be- and he hereby authorized to purse
under the direction OF the said conr the contingent uo
which NAV hereafter be appropriated from time to time for
the the sad court: Provided he shall hrst give pohu
such and in such FORM and win scn secn
rv shall be approved by the Secretary of the
And provided further, That his accounts shall De settled
by the proper accounting officers If the treasury in the
settled And from and after the first
day of April thousand eight hundred and y.six the
salary of the said clerk shall be three thousand dollars
annu and the salary Of the assistant clerk shall be two
thousand dollars per annum.
Approved, August g. 1856.
CHAP. LXXXII An Act TO alter and amend An Act to
appropriate Money to remove DISTINCTIONS in the Savan
nah River below the City of Savannah in the State of
Georgia. approved March third. eighteen hundred and
fiftv-fve.
Be it enacted bv the Senate and House Re1
of the United States of America Congress assembled.
That the balance of the unexpended aPprp ion made
for removing thin distractions in the Savannah river
be- and is hereby authorized to be applied under the
direction of the Secretary Of War. to the bars
shoals banks, and other mpedimens said river caused
m,ssoners approved by the Department in February
eighteen hundred and 6fv-ihree
Approved, August = loss.
CHAP LXXXIII. An Act granting Public Lands in alter
nate Sections the State of Mississippi aid in the
Construction of Railroads in said State, and for other
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That there be- and hereby eranted to the Sateu
railroads from jackson to the line between the State Of
Mississippi and the State of Alabama; from Tuscnl
the Mobile railroad within Mississippi and from Brandon
to the Gulf Of Mexico every alternate section Of land de-
signated BY numbers; for six sections in dth
each side Of each Of said roads, But in it shall appear
that the United States have when the lines
said roads definitely fixed sod sections parts
thereof gran ed aforesaid that the RICH. Of prcernp
ion has attacked to the same, then shall be lawful for anv
agent agents, to be appointed by the of said
State to ses subject t." the approval Of the Secretary Of
the Interior from the lands of the United States nearest
the tiers Of sections above spec fed much land
nate sections parts OF seco shall! be equal such
lands United States shall have sold otherwise ap
piopriated TO which the right of presumption has attach
cd aforesaid which lands thus selected in lieu of those
sold and TO which presumption rights have attached as
aforesaid together with the sections and Of
designated by numbers aforesaid and apprppra
aforesad) snail be held by the said State for the use and
purpose aforesaid That the lands to be SO
ed shall in be further than if cen miles from the
lines of said roads, and ected and account of each
of said roads Prov ded further That the lands hereby
granted shall be exclusively applied in the
that road for and of which said lands are here
by granted and shall be disposed of only the work pro
whatsoever: And provided further That any and all lands
heretofore reserved the United States by any act of Com
gress in other manner by competent authority for
the purpose Of aiding any beet Of internal improve
men or for other whatsoever be same
OF this act except so far as it be fund necessary
locate the Of said railroads through such
lands in which case the right Of only shall be grant
States approval the PRESIDENT OF the United
Sec And be further enacted That the sections and
parts of sections of land which, by such grant, shall remain
to the United States within miles on each side of said
roads, shall not be sold for less than ,uble the minimum
price Of the public lands when Sold shall any the
have been first offered at public sale increased price
Sec g. And be it further enacted. That the said land.
hereby granted to the said State shall be subject TO the
disposal Of the Legislature thereof for tie purpose
and other; and the said railroads shall be and remain
public highways for the of the government of the Unit
ed States free from toll other charge upon the transpor
tation Of any property troops of the United States
Sec And be further enacted That the lands hereby
granted to the said State shall be disposed of by said STATE
only in manner following, that say: That onant t,
OF land not exceeding hundred and twenty sections fol-
each OF said roads, and included within continuous length
Of twenty miles of each of said roads mar he sold IN