Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-08
AN ACT to establish three Additional Land Districts
 in the Territory of Kansas

AN ACT to establish three Additional Land Districts
 in the Territory of Kansas.
 Belt enacted etc. That all hat porti n of the Paw nee land dIstiyt, in the Territory of Kansas ,rcntcl by the thirteenth section of the approl cd 22d July o34 entitled An act to establish the offices of sur Ncyor general of New MeNco kjniss,1 and Nebrnsk 'o grant donations Q actual settlers herrin and fr Ner furP ,es whi \ is si.uatcd north of the nor, or HIN bank Of tht Kansas River and east of the line "M divides ranges cight and nine eust. shall con slute separate olstiitt. to be cncd the Delaware land dstiict. ali that portion said Pawuee district which i> situated south of the nearest township line to the parallel of thirty eight degrees of north lat- tude. to be hereafter determined by the Commissioner ot the General Land Office. shall constitute an ad1- liona dstlici. be called the Osage land district and all that portion of said Pawnee district which lies west of the line dividing ranges eight and nine east and north of the nearest town hip line to the para el of thirty eight degrees of north latitude shall constitute dsIlict to be called the - W esteln Dis trct. land distri.tn the location of the offices for which shall be designated by the President of the lnlted States, aud shall by him. from time to time bcchanged he public interests may seem to require
 7. hat the President be, and he k hereby au- tholHed, whenever the public interests shall require to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, pr during the recess thereof and until the end "t the session of Congress after such ap- ponment, register and recie, CT fir each or either of the districts hereby created who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of their offices have the same powers, responsibilities and emouments and be subject to the same acts and penalties wh h may be pre-erbcd by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.
 8. That the President is hereby authorized to cause the public lands in the district created by this act, with the exception of such may have been or may be reserved for other purposes be exposed to sale m the same manner, and upon the terms and conditions other public lands of the United States: Pyorsded, That all sales and locations made at the office o the old district of lands situated within the limits of the new districts which shall be valid and rlght m other respects up to the day on which the new offices shall go into operation be and the same hereby confirmed
 APPROVED, March 3, lS57
 AN ACT to expedite Tcecraphic Communication for
 the Uses of the Government in its Foreign Inter
 course.
 Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of State in the discretion and under the direction of the Prrsi dent of the United States. may contract with any competent person persons a~Sociation for the aid of the United States. by furnishing not exceeding two ships Tn laying down submarine cable to connect existing teIcgraph> between the coast of New found land and the coast of Ireland and for the use of such submarine communication when established by the government of the United States on such terms and conditions as shall seem to the President just and req sonable. not exceeding S10.oo per annum until the mott pfohs of such person persons. or association shall be equal to dividend of six per cent er annum and then not eXoecng S5o one per annuln for twenty live years: Pror'ded. That the government of Great Britain shall. before or at the time, into like contract for those purposes with the same person persons, or association, and upon terms of exact equality with those stipulated by the United States: Ind f0rded hat he tariff of prices for the use of such submarine communication by the public shall be hXed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the government of Great Britain or its authorized agent P'~raled .turtttr. Thatthc United States and the citizens thereof shall enjoy te use of the said submarine telegraph communication for all tune on the terms and conditions which shall be stipulated in favor of the government of Great Br- tain, and the becis thereof recognising equality of rights among the citizens of the United S aes in the Use of said submarine communication and the lines of telegraph which may at any time connect with the same at Its terminus the coast of Newfoundun, | and m the United States, in any contract soto be tered mic by such person persons association with that government: Prorided turther, That the con tract to be made by the British government shall net be different from that already proposed by that go- vernment to the New York, Newfoundland, and Lon don Telegraph Company except such provisions as may be necessary to secure to each government the transmission of it's own messages by its own agents: 4nd propaded tu,ttr, That it shall be in the power of Congress after ten years to terminate said con tract upon giving years notice to the parties to such contract.
 APPROVED, March 3, 1857
 AN ACT making Appropriations for the Service of
 the Post Office Department during the fiscal year
 ending the 30th of June, 1858.
 Be 1t enacted. etc, That the following sums be and the same hereby, appropriated for the Post Office Department for the year ending the 3oth of June lSS out of any moneys in the treasury arising mity to the act of the 2d of July, ls3s
 For transportation of the mails, (inland, $7 ,62o, PAT.
 For compensation of postmasters, S2,l40, 900. For ship, steamboat and way letters, $20 ,000. For wrapping paper, $45 900.
 For office furniture in the post-offices, sso 900. For advertising. SS0000.
 For mail bags S55 900.
 For blanks and parer for tho some SQ5 0O0 For mail locks, keys and stamps Sl5,o0O. For mail der,redakion and snpa arants AK nnn