Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-01-21

81 TIE Act II 1873 relation TO Suspended
iea ensssed 81 IL
he i, SnissS s.isss Il &c March
hsndssd nd a e relation g
lie set approved Aagus third. eighteen hundred snd
nv SIX 10 relation to suspended presumption and
inns be and the same are hereby revived aud co1sn.
applicable to all of suspended entries and ocations
h,ch arisen since said acts were passed. or which
ere omtteo be acted under either Of said acts as
iii as all cases Of similar kind which may hereafter
eur and shalt be regarded applying to locations under
unity land warrants as well ordinary entries or
ID all other presumption locations where the
has been substantially complied with aud the error Oh
Ormalty has arisen from Ignorance accident or mistake
nd is satisfactorily explained where the rights Of no
her claimant or preempter will be preJudced or wnere
acre is no adverse claim. l.-s=E .5-s~r4
Approved June SO, 1856.
HAP. XVIII An Act changing the time Of holding the
Be it enacted by House of Representatives
the United States of America in Congress assembled
hat instead Of the times prescribed BY law for hold
g the courts Of the United States in the Western District
fVirgina the said shall hereafter be held annu
y at harrisburg on the twenty fourth days of March and
august; at Wheeling the sixth days OF April and
eiember a. Charleston on the nineteenth days ct April
nd September; at StauntOn the first days of May and
Jctober and that all SUITS actions and proceeding of hat
kind now depending in etuabe to said courts re-
spectvy shall be taken to be continued or reiurnabe to
the terms herein established.
Sec = And he further enacted That the term of the
circuit court VI Inc SatcS Snai Dc
at Lewsburg in the said western district Of Virginia, COM
mencing, new, on The first Monday of August "
Sec And be it further enacted That this act shall be
iu force from and after the passage thereof
Approved, June 26, 1856.
CHAP L. An 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 fixed by law the circuit and
district Of the United States for the several districts
in Tennessee shall hereafter held the following times
wit OF Jackson the first Mondays in April and Octo-
Der Nashville the third Mondays in April and Oco-
Der and at Knoxville On the third Mondays in May and
fourth Mondays in November; and all wr processes re-
cognznces aud other proceedings shall be returnabe to
the said times and shall be heard and tried nccordngy
But this shall take effect until the next terms of
said courts after the passage OF this act in the said dlvs
ions shall be held.
Approved, July 3, 1856.
CHAT IL An Act granting to certain citizens in the State
OF the right to enter certain Lands in the Pats
burg District, in said State.
Whereas Yhe State Of Missouri under the provisions of
the ghh sc Of the Of Cong of The fourth Sep
TENDER, ren hundred and foryone selected certain
lands the Patts bur district in the said State of Mis-
souri, which lands were thereupon withheld from sale BY
the United Staes and Whereas the said State of Missouri
permitted emf thereof be the andoice
and Whereas the said selections by the State of Mis-
subsequently rejected and not confirmed to the
said Stale therefore,
Be by the and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That in atl Cases WI purchased such Lands from
the said State of Missouri by entry ut the State office
the title which lands is still in the United States such
in the shall have been sid and conveyed, shall
be permitted 10 enter the at the proper andce of
cents per acre Provided That in all cases where entries
OF such have been permitted b made the proper
Unite States landce Mt one dollar and twenty-five cents
per by who had purchased the from the
State of Missouri their such entries sales
shalt be- and tho hereby confirmed: Provided,
further That nothing IN this net contained shall be con-
struel interfere with the rights Of third parties
Approved July }, 1885,
CHAr LV An Act to remove distractions to Navigation
the mouth of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest
Pass and Pass arQl--s.
Be it enacted BY the and House Representatives
of the United States Of erica in Congress assembled
That for the opening and e.qng ship channels of su
fcent capacity to uate the wants Of commerce
through the Southwest Pass and Pass lOure, leading
from The Mississippi River IN The Gulf Of McKee, the sum
hereby appropriated TO be paid out Of money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated and be
.. And be it further enacted. That shall be the
duty of the Secretary of War apply said TO the
opening and keeping open OF the aforesaid ship channel by
report the progress of the work. the to
complete it. and estimate of the annual of keeping
said channels open and contract made shall b. limited
to the amount hereby appropriated.
In the Senate of the United States July 7th 1856.
The President of the United States having returned &c
the Senate in which il originated the bill entitled An
act to remove distractions To gaiion in the mouth
of the Mississippi River the Southwest Pass and tho
Pass arUutre, with his objections thereto the Senate
proceeded in Of the Constitution to reconsider
Resolved That the said bill pass two-thirds Of til.
Attest. ASBURY DICKENS.
Secretary of the Senate
In the House Of Representative Vi the Uuited States
July stb, 1856.
The House of Representatives having been notified BY
the Senate that the bill entitled An OBJ
s,ructions TO navigation in the mouth Of the Mississippi
been returned by the President with his objections tn
Senate, in which it originated and that the Senate having
proceeded in pursuance of the reconsde
the same had Resolved that the said bill do pass
thirds OF the Senate agreeng to the the ious
Of Representatives OF the Constu
tion, 10 rec nsldcr The said bill ; and
Resolved That the said bill do pass, twohirds of III
House of Representatives agreeing gss The SPINE
| Attest "M CULLOM
Clerk House Reps
cHAr Lv. An Act making Appropriation for deepening
the Channel the Flats of the st. Mary's River, il
the State Of Michigan.
Be enacted by the Senate House Representative
OF the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the of hundred thousand dollars be- aud tn
same is hereby appropriated towards deepening the canne
of the ST. Marys River in the Stale Of Michigan by tn
west channel through Lake George, according the est
of Captain Macomb, of the Typographical corps com
Of War dated January eighteen, eighteen hundred an
fy-hve: Provided That the dredging machine purchase
for the improvement Of the ST Clair flats may be empoyc
when required therefor the discretion Of the
tary of War, in the improvement of the st Marys Rive
strait.
In the Senate of the United States July 7th 1856.
The President of the United States having returned I
the Senate i'll which it originated, the bill entitled An
the fats the St. Marys River the State Of Michigan,
with his obectons thereto, the Senate proceeded in
of the Constitution tn reconsider the and
Resolved That the said bill do pass, twohirds of tn
Senate agreei z 10 pass the same.
| Attest, ASBURY DICkINS,
| Secretary of the Senate
In the House of Representatives of the United States
| 18th, 1856.
The House of Representatives having been notified b
the Senate that the bill entitled IAN act making aI
preparation for deepening the channel the flats of I'll
ST. Marys River, in the State of Michigan had been
turned by the President with his to the Senate
in which originated, and that the Senate having pr,
ceeeded in of the Constitution reconsider tn