Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-28
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 From Hudson to St. Paul.
 M From Hudson, via River Falls and Rush River to ] North Pepin. i'i'ei v
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 From hewaunee to Sturgeon Bay
 From Green Bay to Watsau
 From Columbus, via Waterloo to Jefferson
 from Maupacca, via Scandinavia to Stevens Point
 From W,yoeeHa, via Pardueville to Montillo
 from W arsaw to Bayfield,.
 From Bayfield, to Supcfier
 From Falls of St. Croix to Bayfield, Minnesota. ID from Berlin, in Marquette county, to Stevens rolht, Ill fortgage county.
 WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
 From Gowlitta Landing to Boice Fort Prairie. Bruccport. '-'0 "-'N
 From Cahamet to Olvlnpia
 From Oakpoint 10 Mount Prairie
 From Olympia to Fort Montcomerv via Nathan Eaton's and Selm Prairie
 " Road.
 From Steilasoom to Seattle
 APPROVED, August lo lS56
 AN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled An Act
 to amend the several acts respecting Copyright
 "IPiONou IcDIudIg ou, 1851.
 Be it enacted etc., That any copvrigbt hereafter granted under the laws of the United States to the author or proprietor of any dramatic composition designed or suited for public representation shall be deemed and taken to confer upon the said author or propnetor, his heirs asSgns along with the sole rlght to print and publish tie said comp0siton the sole rlght also to act perform or represent the same or cause It to be acted peIfomed or reprcsented on any stage or puhhc place during the whole period for winch the copNllght Is obtained; and any manager. actor or other person acting, performng. or repre- | oenting the sad composition. without or against the consent ot the said author proprietor hi- heirs or assgns shall be liable for damages to be sued for and | recovered ny aenon on the case other equivalent remedy, with costs of suit in any court of the United States surh damages Ill all eases to be rated and sessei at such less than sIOUf the first and S'o Tor every subsequent performance the court ntNlIg cogulzance thereof shall appear to be just: /'Dt!"ed, "eftIHeleaa, That nothing herein enacted snail IinImr any right to act perform, represent dramatic composition aforesaid which ripld na, have. been acquired, shall ill future be acquired hy any manager actor, or other person pre us t. the secur Ing o the copyright for the said composition or to restet in any way the right of such author to pro- cess m equity in any court of the United States for | the better and further enforcement of his riplts
 APPROVED, August IS, 1e55
 AN ACT to amend an etentitled An Act reduir- Ing FoIeiTn Regulations Of Commerce to be Hid annually before tongre>s.n approved August l6th
 1912, and tur other purposes.
 Be 1t enacted, etc. That in addition to e changes dil u9iIlCdJlpi1 III the commercial nations. now required by said act it shall be Ae duty ol the Secretary of State to lay before Congress ulu- ally within SNty days after the colnmpnce.ncnt of H"5h ordinary session a~ part of sail report all other commercial information communicated to the Stat Department ny consular and diplomatic agents "l tlhN government abroad. contained in fife off ciH lnhhcalnns of other governments, which he shall deem sufficiently important.
 S ' That to enable the Secretary of State to make sad report, 1t is hereby declared to be the duty of e'irHs Ahd eomlncftal agents of the United States m iofei-n countries, to pro,urc and transmit 10 the Department of State authentic commercial intorrna- l'n respecting said countries of such ,hara,tt.r and m such manner and form, and At such times. 4s said deP&fmtit may, from time to time prescribe; and it shall be the duty of tn Secretary of State in sid an- hUal report to sc'lt! the naluc~ of any of sail off ed by this act
 $ 3. That the Secretary of State be and i- hereby authorized and required to app Iont one clerk who shall have cargcof statistics in said department And shall be caicI Superintendent of Statistics" and >hali receive 2 salary ot 5000 per annGm and shall Dc allowed assistant one clerk of the third cs, winch ceIN the Secretary of State Is hereby author ! lzed and required to appoint
 APPROVED, August IS, 1856.
 AN ACT making an Appropriation for the Survey of the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory.
 Bc 1t enacted ctc., That o enable the President of e tIt-d States to execute the at entitled An act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the southern boundary line of Kansas Territory to be survey ami marked the sum of S35 4o9 i, here | hy appropriated out ot any money in the treasury
 APPROVED, August ls I~56
 AN ACT to continue the Land Q OH-es at Vinccnncs
 In'l!na. ard to ascertain and adjust Titles to cer- tam Lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois t'Imerly Included within the Nincenncs Land Dis trict.
 Ee it enacted, etc., That the register and receiver of the lanl aticl. at Niuvannes to br anl,intrl .ogt;ber with it and proper person learned in .i. i;t" and cl1en ot Indiana, to bc appointed bv the iFeS4ent "i thr United states are hereby constituted c"'~ol'h,rs ," ascertain and ad inst the titlc of any cialnau- to aIy tract of luud CT any part or ,l!bd NINl thereof granted hy rh3 resolution ot Congress oi th. 29th If August, l79l entitled An ac. for granting lands to the nhabitart. and settlers at Vim cenheS ami the Illinois country, iii the territory norh- west ot the Ohio. and for confirming them in thrir poS>e~ions, and 'A4 several ac in ad cf and supple lIcntary thereto.
 SEC 2 That every such claimant 10 any tract of lahd So eTanted pr any lart or subdivision thereof shlA. "Islnn three months afler thc publication of the E"tl.e herein provided for file his claim in writ ing with 'he Mi register in which he Shall spocif cIliy set forth such facts as shall be required in the lns u'tors vi he commissioner of the General Land ohce; Irut@"t hat in any case in which good cAl>e may ba shown why the claim was not filed within the period stipulated, such claim may be pre- sencd and acted upon at any time before the expira tion of the commission.
 SEC 3. That such register, upon the receipt of such lhs ructons, shall give notice in the several ncwspa rers of general circulation within said district and in the vicinity oi said lands hy publicution of hi~ req. dne-s to receive applications of claimants to which notice shall be appended the instructions of the Com missioner and copy of ths act.
 SIG. f. That said commissioners shall meet iInme- dlateiy after the time allowed for filing such claims and shall hold ther sessions at the town of Vincen nes. They shall have power to issue subpa.nas and compel the attendance of witnesses. administer .l necessary paths, and to hear and decide in sum- mary manner, all matters respecting such claims Minutes of the proceedings, decisions, meetings and adlournments of the board. shall be regularly enter ed ill q book kept for that purpose.
 SIC D. That every claimant to any tract of land so granted, orany subdivision thereof who can pro- duce to such commissioner regular chain of title rom the olglnal confmee or donee to himself. or who can show to their satisfaction a continuous and connected possession in himself. and those under whom he claims for period of twenty years or more next preceding the filing of his claim or can show such claim pr title as would, in the courts of Indiana, bar an action Of eectment such claimant shall be confirmed in his title.
 SEQ G. That suid commissioner shall. in one year from the date of organizing said commission under this act, or sooner if the their docket are all disposed of transmit to the Commissioner of the Ge- neral Land Office transcript of their decisions in favor ot claimants. which shall contain fair state- ment ot the evidence on which each respective claim Is founded; and also transcript of their decisions against claimants with like statement of the e,i- dence and the reason of such rejection.
 SIC. '. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the receipt of such transcript of their decisions. shall ssne patent to such claimant go confirmed ill his tite by the said commissioners, and where any such claims have been rejected the said Commissioner, upon application of the proper person. shall have power to revise such decision of the said board, and may if in his opinion the evi- dence warrants it, reverse such decsion and issue d patent therefor to such claimant: Ptoriied, That this right to revise shall not extend to those claims rejected where the same lands have been confirmed by the said beard to some ether claimant ind pro- rded tarher, That the patents issued shall only be lehnquishmeht of the tite of the United States and shall not be considered construed into an abrdgment ot the rights of third persons.
 SEC. $. That immediately after the passage of this act, tine Commissioner of the General Land Office shal give directions to the register and receiver of the land offices at ndianapoli, forthwith to transfer tc the land offices at incomes the books documents maps plats, surveys, aud all other papers and writ lngs deposited in the land offices at Indianapolis by the register and receiver of the land offices at Vim eennes, and which originally deposited in the land offices Ut Nneennes and were transterred from