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

Of Congress after the objections of the Prs dent there
had been received hnd after the consideration OF az nc
tuition
Attest WM CuLLoA' o'erA'
Ne Public 75.1
AN ACT to amend an entitled An act requiring for
eigu regulations Of commerce To be land annually before
Congress approved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred
and forty-two, and for Other purposes.
tives of the United States Of America in
bed That in addition to the changes and modicat:ons
said aci it shall be the duty of the Secretary OF State to
lay before Congress annually within sixty days ate le
report ali other commercial information communicated
the State Department by consular and dploma; agents
Of this government abroad contain III The ohca pup
LEGATIONS of other governm nts, which he shall deem sui
fciently important
SEcriox 2 And be it further enacted That enabet
Secretary State make said report hr by declared
the duty of consuls and commercial III the
United States foreign countries to procure and transmit
to the Department of State authentic commercial intra-
ton respecting said countries of such character and in
such and FORM and at such times as said depart
duty of the Secretary of State in said annual report t.
specify the names Of any o. said officers who may have
been remiss in their duty enjoined by til S act
And be it further enacted, That the Secretary
of State be- and is hereby authorized and requir t. APP
point one eri, who shall have charge Of sttSs SAID
department and shall be called Superintendent, of Sta
tsics and shall receive salary of two h ard dollars
per and shall be allowed az assistant one clerk
hereby authorized and required to appoint.
Approved August Is, 1896.
CHAP w. An Act ruharizin Secretary of the Treas
Jury to change the names of vessels in rain cases
tives United States of America in Congress
bed That the Secret of the Treasury b. and hereby is
authorized permit the Of vessel to
change the name of the same when in his opinion there
shall be sufficient cause for so doing; and he establish
such rules and regulations be shall deem proper for that
Approved Marcn 5, 1873.
CHAP VIII An Act define the Jurisdiction of the Dis
tric and Cir nit Courts of the United States for the
Dis riot of East Tennessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate use of Representa-
ves Of the United States of America in Congress
bled That lie jurisdiction Of DIST let andc ut Courts
be and the hereby declared extend to and ncu lie
the following counties of said State, to-wt Anderson,
BedsOe Bount, Bradley Campbell, Carter, Claiborne
Cooke, Granger, Greene Hawkins, Ham lton, Hancock,
Jefferson, johnson. Knox McMnn Megs, Maron Monroe,
Morgan, Polk Rhea Roane Sewer, Scott, Sullivan Wash
may hereafter be formed Of the territory If one
Of said counties shall be nclued in said jurisdiction
Approved, March IL, 1856
CHAP. IL. An Act relating to punishment in the Peni
tertiary.
Be it enacted by the Senate House Representatives
of the United States of Amnricl Congress assembled
wdere any nde. DIS st has been or may hereafter
States shall have II sentence conS c:ed OF
offence punishable by Imprisonment and hard labor to the
penentary within the State though be out Of the judi
cai district in which the conviction i: had.
Sec q And be it further enacted, That the said courts
In the northern district of Ohio, and in The norhcd dis
trct OF Illinois be authorized to traffer the peniteu
ary q the respective States any prisoner or prisoners
who may now be confined in jail in either district whose
offence by law is punishable by confinement to hard labor
in the penitentiary.
Approved March %, 1856.
CHAP XII An Act to continue Temporarily the
kalamazoo IN the State OF Michigan and at Palmyra,
Be it acted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tves of the United States of America in c. nyress Assem-.
lied, Tht the offices Of register and receiver the Land
Once at Aaamaz IN the Stale of Michigan, and the nce
itself, shall be confirmed until such the opinion
fha h.I r,o1rf
ind c. to the public interests. And that until til, me,
the act Of Congress approved June twelfth eighteen han
Sec. q And be it further enacted That the cnmrensa
ton Of the said regis and receiver shall be ow, hen
to law during the time Of dscon:lnuauce under
Sec And be it further enacted That the provisions of
sections ore and two OF this act hereby made ca-
BILE to The Land Palmyra the State Of Missouri
and the register and receiver thereof
Approved April 5, 1856.
cHAp: XII An Act to constitute The Cities of Hannibal,
Missouri, and Peoria, Illinois, Ports of Delivery.
be enacted by the Senate and House of
OF the United States of America congress assembled
That the y Of Hannibal in the State Of Missouri, shall
and made part of the collection district New Orleans
and IN be subject 10 the rrgaaons and resrc-
all the pivegs and facilities afforded by the act Of Com.
gress OF the second March, eighteen hundred and thirty
shandize imported into Piitsbagh Wheeling Cincinnati,
Loslsy St Louis, Nashville and Na,cez 10 be secured
and paid at those places be and are her eby extended
to said port surveyor of the customs shall be appoint
S 10 RESIDE at sad port and perform the duties
vices salary Of one thousand dollars per annum
Sec and be it further enacted, That PEORIA in the
Sa.e OF Illinois be and is hereby constituted port of de-
livery wiihn the collection district Of New Orleans and
there shall be appointed of the customs Of such
port who shall be resident thereat. Sa snu y,r shall
perform Inc duties and receive the salary and emouments
prescribed by The act of Congress- II, the second
Gay OF March, eighteen liu',iIed and thry-une entitled
an set Allowing The iu rs on foreign cltndize i'm
ported into Pittsburgh. VII elny Cine mat St Lonis
places" - N'N A i''o ~ 'nos'
Approved, April sl>;s 4
CHAP Kill An Act MAX ng Appropr atoms r restorn,
1noes on The lac hc. aid 10Y .ihei purposes
BE IT enacted by the and House ., representatives
Tho, h @ 81 " m 81 i,ei ca congress assembled
nat enc sum Of three 'und ed THOUSAND liars be and tn
9aas ne,eDy 2t,,ou Of any ni.nics in th
,s mot ~ , appropriated be expended unde
Tue auecon OF the President of the United States for re
storing and maintaining the disposition Of IN
Indian tribes on the Pacific. - "
hundred and twenty thousand dollars hs and thu .. on
nepy appropriated any monies in the treasrv mn
ths Pacific appropriated for the purchase gunpowder 70
Approved April s, 1885, e.sysE
da osss for The
er ne ye sf ending the thteth q June eighteen hul
BE i enacted BY the Senate and House :,
United Stss Of America in ConpIssp sssamet
pupsssS ont q any men IN Il, same hereby
appropriated for the Of pensions a. 1 IN
Of june one thousand eight hundred s sn
For pensons under acts Of the eighteenth March :,
sg g hnndrsd md eighteen fifteenth May
June Thousand eight hundred and .aa seventh
dred and thirteen thousand six hundred dollars 'As ~
revolutionary under the third section Of acts Of fam
July one thousand hundred and thrty-s .even
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