Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-01-14

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pended entries Of public and the seye1a
forty s,x in relation TO suspended presumption land
claims, be and The are hereby revived and conn-s
be applicable to all Of nded entries and ecaons
VIII ch have arisen since said acts passed. or which
we'll Us all cases Of similar kind which may hereafter
occur and shalt be regarded applying to locations Under
and all other presumption locations, where the
has been substantially complied WITH and the error or
aud is satisfactorily explained aud where the rights Of no
other ella INFANT or preempter will be peudiced or where
there is adverse claim. -9s..s5'
Approved, June 81, 1856
CHAP XLvIII. An Act changing the time of holding tho
District Court Of the United States at WyheYile in the
Wrs,ern 8 riot of Virginia
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of Rpres
of the United 5 of America in Congress assembled
That instead Of the times now prescribed ~ law for hold
ing tue Of the ted States in the Western District
OF Virginia. tn. said courts shall hereafter be held annu
ally Clrksbug, The twenty days of March and
August: at Wheeling On the sixth days Of April and
September; Charleston the nineteenth days of April
and Sep,ember Staunton the first days of May and
Ocober and that a SUITS actions and proceeding of wha-
ever kind low depending or Ieuf,ab!e courts
spec ve shall be taken to be continued or re unable to
the t, rms herein established
Sec 2. Aud further enacted, That the term of the
circuit OF the I'm ted States shall be h"den annually
ut Lewisburg in the sad western strict OF Virginia. COM
memo. ng, us new. on III, first Monday of August
And be further enacted That this ac shall be
i'll force from and after the pass ,ge thereof.
Approved June 26 lo56
CHAR L. An Act change the times of holding the Uni.
ted States Courts in Tennessee
BE enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
That instead Of the time fixed by law, the circuit and
dstr ct Of The Uaed States for the several districts
Tennessee shall hereafter be held the following times
to wit: OF Jackson the first MONDAYS in r and Oco-
Der; and at Knoxville the thrd Mondays in May and
fourth Mondays in November and all wrts, processes
cogzances aid other proceedings shall be reurnabe to
the sad times and shall be heard and tired acc"rdngiy
But ihs act shat not take effect until the next terms of
SAID courts after the passage CT this act in the said drvis-
ioIs shall be held.
Approved, July ,, 1856.
CHAP Ii. Act granting to certain citizens the State
Of Missouri the right certain Lands in the Patts
burg DISTRICT, III Sa d State
Whereas Yhc State If Missouri under the provisions of
the sti scin the of Cong of he fourth Sep
tenber hecn hundred and forty selected certain
lands the Plat, sb,rg dsr CT i'll the said State of Mis-
slri, which i.nd ereupon withheld fom sale by
the United Sae; and whereas the said State of Missouri
perl ted emf rhers be made at the State andoicc
and Whereas as the said selections by the State Of Mis-
were subseqaeutv rejected and not confirmed to the
said State; therefore,
BE enacted by hc Senate and House Of Representatives,
of tneUnted States of America in Congress assembled
That in AT wi purchased such lands from
the tie TO viii lands is still in the United States such
having purchased the their gneeS,
shall been Conveyed, shall
be tied /" enter the the proper and flee of
the Cniihd States ut the ofonc d ar and TWENTY-FIVE
cents per Provided, That in all where entries
Of such lis have been permitted to b. made at the proper
Ch.te States and-oice at dollar and twenty-five cents
per by persons who had purchased the from The
State Of Missouri Their nssgnees, such entries sales
shall be- and same hereby confirmed: Provided,
her. That nothing in this act aimed shall be Con-
STRIFE int III with the rights of third parties.
Approved July ., 1855.
CHAP LIv An Act to remove obtruc: ons Navigation
Ina, niuuih inf The the S,luh
lass aud Pass i Outrc.
Be enacted by the and House Representatives
Of the United States of America Congress assembled,
That for the opening and keeping open channels of suf
cen, capsc ~ TO accommodate the wants Of commerce
through the Southwest Pass and Pass rOutre, leading
from Mississippi River in The Gulf of Mexico the
of three hundred and thirty thousand dollars be- and the
in the treasury Otherwise appropriated and be
pended under The superintendent of the Secretary of War
Sec 2 And be it further enacted That IT shall be the
duty of the Secretary of War apply SAID I" the
op.g and keeping open Of the aforesaid ship cianne by
ut early day i'll the next sc II Congress t"
report the progress oi the work. the amount necessary to
complete aud estimate of the III keeping
said channels open aud cn;rac, made shall b. limited
In the es e. Of the Gnr States July h 1856
The President of the United States having returned to
the Senate, which il originated, tue bill entitled " An
distractions To navigation in tue mouth Of
Of the Mississippi River, ut the Southwest Pass and the
Pass afOutre with his objections thereto, the Senate
proceeded in pursuance Of the Constitution reconsider
Resolved That the said bill d, pass twothirds Of the
Attest. ~ AsBURY DICKENS.
Secretary of the Senate.
In the House OF Representatives of the United
July Sth, 1856.
Tae House of Reprsentat' es having been notified by
the Senate that tie b.. entitled An Oh
slructiuns TO the mouth Of the Mississippi
River at the Southwest Pass and the Pass lOure," had
been returned b. the President with his ohcctnrs the
Senate winch il orig naed and that the Senate having
proceeded, pursuance of the Coust tut
the same, had Resolved that the said III DO pass.
thirds OF the Senate agreeing to the same the House
OF atves proceeded in pursuance Of the Constitu
tion, 10 us der the SAID bill; and
solved, That tie sad bill do pass. two-thrds of the
House ,. Of Representatives Agreeing WI ,s nSu
| Clerk House Reps
CHAP Lv. An Act making Appropriation for deepening
the Channel the Flats Of The st. Mary River,
| the State Of Michigan.
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
Of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the of hundred thousand dollars be- and the
is her by apprpl towards deepening the cfne
Of tho ST. Mary River, the state OF Mclgan by tn,
channel through Like Geurse according the
of Captain Mlcomb of the upographcai corps com
muicated the Senate the report of the Secretary
of War. dated January eighteen, eighteen hundred
frtyive Provided That the dredging machine purchased
fr the improvement of the ST. CLAIR flats be employed
when required therefor the secretion Of the Score
tary of War; in the improvement of the st Mary R.ve
or strait
In the Senate of the United States July 7th, 1886.
The President Of the United States having returned t.
the Senate in which it the bill entitled An &C
mixing an appr,pr alton for deepening the channel Owe
the flats of the ST. Marys River in the State of Michigan
WI his .bec thereto, the Senate proceeded in pur
Of 4" reconsider the same; and
Resolved, That the said bill do pass, twohirds of tn
Senate agreei. & 10 pass the same.
Attest, ASBURY D1CK1NS,
Secretary of the Senate.
In the House of Representatives United States JUL
| 18th, 1885,
The House of Representatives having been notified b.
the Senate that the bill entitled AN act making an up
preparation for deepening the channel the fats of tn
ST. Mary's River, in the State of Michigan" had been
turned by the Presi en with his obect the Senate
IN which 1t orgnaed and that the Senate having pr