Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-02-28

Resolved BY the Senate House Of Representatives of
the United States Of America Congress assembled Tint
the time fixed bv law within which the creditors Of :he
late Republic Of Texas may file their clans the Treasury
Department, be and the is hereby extended to the first
day Of ia auary eighteen hundred aud tyegh; and
much Of "jont resolution extending the time for the
creditors Of Texas present their claims approved Au-
gust eight cen, eighteen hundred and fysix auh.rizes
and REQUIRES the Secretary o the Treasury to distribute
and pay the residue Of the million hundred
and y thousand dollars prcra,a amongst those creditors
who have filed their release be and the is hereby
Approved, December 49, 1885,
| fPuBLic-No. al
A RESOLUTION respecting the distribution of rtain
public documents
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representatives of
the United States Of America in Congress embed That
the ten copies of the journals and other documents Of Con-
gress authorized by law to be deposited in the Library
Congress- by section three Of the joint resolution Of MAY
hereafter be desposted with the Secretary Of State for for
egn exchanges and the fifty copies Of The journals and
ordered TO be laced in the Library of Congress for foreign
exchanges by The joint resolution of July twentieth, egh-
teen u ndred and forty and The fifty copies Of the journals
and documents Of the Senate House of
authorized to be deposited with the Secretary of State by
the joint resolution Of April threth eighteen hundred and
-four shall hereafter be deposited with the Secretary
OF the Interior.
SEC p And be It further resolved That instead Of one
hundred cop the journals and documents the House
Of Representative. authorized to be printed by The joint
resolution of April hrteth eighteen hundred and forty
four there shall hereafter be printed fifty copies only
SEC. And be further resolved That the journals
and Congressional documents heretofore deposited in the
Library Of Congress by authority Of the above cited reso
ons and many of The four hundred copies of the public
documents sent to the Department OF State dis
ribuled by that Department colleges and other literary
lnerior for distribution TO such colleges public libraries
athenaeus literary and scientific boards Of trade, pub
lie associations as may be designated by him.
SIC. And be it further we'd, That two copies Of
the journals and documents indicated in the above cited
solutions far as they have saved from the late ire
shall be reserved for the Library Of Congress.
Z And he her ed in ni Two
printed BY either House Of Congress well bound in calf
from.
Approved January 2s, 1857.
| BIZ tie President Of The United States of Aas,ioa
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas convention between the United States of
America aud his Majesty the Emperor of Austria
concluded and signed at Washington, by their respective
penpoentaries the third day Of July last which con-
venlon being III the English and German languages is
word for word as Fellows
Convention for the mutual delivery of criminals ,gtves
from justice, in certain cases, concluded between the
United States, on the one part and Austria the other
Whereas it is found expedent for the better adminstr
tion Of justice and the prevention Of crime within the terri
tories, aud jurisdiction of the parties respectively that per-
sons committing certain henous crimes, being fugtves
from justice, should under circumstances. be rec
proca del vered up and to such crimes
expcy and whereas the laws OF Austria forbid the
render OF its citizens foreign jurisdiction the gov
eminent of the United States, with of making the
convention strictly RECIPROCAL shall be held equally tree
from obligation surrender citizens of the United States
therefore ON the part, the United States of America
and the other part his Majesty the Emperor Of Austria
having resolved 10 treat this subject have for that pur
pose appointed their respective penpoteutaries ngo
ate and conclude convention that To the President
Of the United States William L. Marcy Secretary of State
and his Majesty the Emperor Of AUSTRIA John George Che
waller DE- hulsemann his said Maestys minister resident
N, government of the United States. who, after
oprcal cunmuncation of their respective powers, have
agreed to and issued the following articles;
ARTICLE 1.
II agreed that the United States and Austria shall ND
on mutual requsiion by them their mnsters officers
authorities, respectively made deliver up Justice all
persons who, being charged with the crime of murder
assault with intent to commit nirder or piracy arson
bbery forgery the fabrication or circulation Of
counterfeit money, whether coin or paper money the
bezzlement Of pubic moneys committed within the uris
dcton 0feher party shall seek shall be iound
within the territories of the uher Provided That this
shall only be done upon such evidence Of crnaly
cong TO the laws of the place where the fugitive person
charged shall be ound would justify his Apprehension
and commitment for trial If the offence had there
been committed and the respective judges and other mag
stres of the two governments shall have power urisdc
tiun and authority upon complaint made under oath to
issue warrant for the apprehension of he fugitive per-
charged that he be brought before such judges
other magistrates respectively to the end tina, tho evil
dence Of mnaly may be heard and considered and
it, such hearing the evidence be deemed sufficient
tain the charge, ii shall be The duty examining Judge
magistrate to certify the 10 the proper executive
authority that warrant may issue for the surrender Of
such fugitive The expense OF such apprehension and de-
livery shall be borne and betrayed by the party who makes
the equston and receives the fugitive The provisions
of the present convention shall not be applied in
ner the crimes enumerated in The first article committed
anterior to the date thereof any crime offence OF
political character.
Neither fthe contracting parties shall be bound to deliv
er up its own citizens or subjects under tne stpuaOns
of this convention.
ARTIILE III.
Whenever any person accused Of any of the crimes
umeiued in this convention shall have committed
crime in the territories Of the State where he has sought
um or shall be found such person shall not be de-
vered up, under the spuatons of this convention until
he shall have been tried and shall have received the punish
menl due such crime shall have been acquitted
thereof
ARTICLE w.
The present convention shall continue in force until the
first January eighteen hundred and fifty eight and if
neither party shall have given to the other six months
previous notice Of its intention then 10 terminate the
Il shall luther remain in force until the end Of tweve months
after either Of the high contracting parties shall havegv-
notice the other Of such intention each of the high
contracting parties reservng 10 itself the right Of giving
such notice to the other at any time after the expiration OF
the said first day Of January eighteen hundred and fifty
eight.
The present convention shall be ratified by the President,
by and with The advice and Of the Senate ofhe Uni
ted State and by his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and
the ratification shall BIZ exchanged az Washington within six
months from the dale hereof, sooner if possible
In faith Whereof the respective Penpoteniiares have
sighed this convention aud have hereuno ali xed their seals
Done In duplicate at Washington, the third day OF July,
In the year Lord thousand eight hundred and
fifty six and of the independence of the United States the
And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified
both parts and the respective ratification Of the same
exchanged in tine city Of Washington on the 18th inst
by William l.. Marcy Secretary Of State of the United
States and the Chevaer iusemann, his Austrian Mqjes-
tvs minister resident in the United States the part
their respective governments.
Now therefore, be il konwn that FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President the United States of America have caused the
said convention be made pubic to the end that the
and every clause and article thereof be observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the United States aud the cIti-
zens thereof
In witness whereof have hereuno set my hand, and
caused the seal # the United States to be affixed
Done in the city If Washington, fifteenth day Of De.
cember. the year Of our Lord one thousand
[L.s eighteen hundred and fifty six. and Of the indie
pendence OF the United States the eigh,y-trst.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
BY the President: