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shall place obstruction the strcets avenues side-
walks aforesaid such person shall pay the costs OF re-
moving the same and shall moreover DC suI|ee. 20
penalty Of ten dollars to BIC recovered as other debts are
recovered the District OF Columbia for each and every
.y the said obstruction may remain after the commis
sioner shall have given notice for its removal Ana
any person persons removing the paving stones or
other work done by the authority of the United States,
shall fail TO replace tho sse to tho satisfaction of the
COMMISSIONER within the time prescribed by him. he or
they shall be subject TO penalty Of twenty ve dollars
for each and every failure and shall moreover pay tho
costs Of replacing the the whole to bo rccovered
before any Court In the District Of Columbia, having
competent jurisdiction and that this and the preceding
section shall continue in foroe until repealed by Con-
gress s,tf .LsNHCg tN 20 I..lg ..sg,,t. !. lsa.s.
SIC g. And be Il further enacted That the Secretary OF
the Treasury be instructed to report to Congress- at its
next regular session, all applications made by the const
tuted authorities of the State and Cities for the reopen
ing and reexainaton of the settlements heretofore
made with such State and Cities and report the princi
pie OF readustments upon which such claim is based and
the amount thereof And the Secretary OF the Treasury
Is further instructed to report TO Congress at Its next
regular session. the gross amount that will be required
to pay such claims 70 the States and Cities Of the United
9sEcrIoS TO- And Be utAer enacted that tho eleventh
Section Of the Act of Congress-, approved September
fourth eighteon hundred aud fifty entitled ian act
to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands and to
grant e-empton rights be amended that appears
from the decisions of the District Officers in cases of con-
test between different settlers for the right of eemp
ton shall hereafter be decided by the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office whose decision shall be final,
unless appeal thereom be taken to the Secretary OF the
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SECTION III. And be further enacted That the proper
accounting officers of the Treasury be directed to ascer
tain among the expenditures OF the State OF Maine IN
defending the territory heretofore in dispute with Great
Britain the amounts paid In borrowing money for those
expenditures beyond the rate of six per centum per an
num- whether in the form of discounts or otherwise IN
all in which the principal of such expenditures and
interest upon them at the rate of six per centum have
heretofore been refunded to said State by the United States
that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pay
the amount scerained out OF any moneys IN the Treas
not otherwise appropriated to properly authorized
officer of said State In making the asccrtanment herein
directed, the accompanying officers shall compute the
principal and interest Of the difference between the cash
received by Mane In negotiating stocks and notes, and
the nominal Of such stocks and notes and the In
erest accrued thereon, and in where Maine was
obliged in negotiating for moneys to increase the rate
Of interest on previous loans, the amount OF such in
shall be computed and allowed but not SO as to
reckon interest upon interest.
SEC: II. And De further enacted That much of all
acts and parts of acts require authorize tho Post
master General to publish notice of letting contracts to
carry the mails in the respective States in newspapers
published In the cities of Washington in the District of
Columbia, be and the same is hereby repealed. ~
SIC; Is. And be further enacted, That the line surveyed
by John c. Mccoy in eighteen hundred and thtyeight
as the Western boundary of the half breed tract spec
fed in the Tenth article of the treaty made between
Commissioners the part of the United States and
tain Indian tribes Prurie du Chen the fifteenth of
July eighteen hundred and thirty, be and the is
hereby established as the true Western boundary OF said
tract. ' tt iNa@Hl '"t t'7h &at9ti7hN
SECTION a. And be further enacted that all the ruling
and binding for the several Executive Departments shall
be executed by practical and competent book binders to
n be appointed by the head of the Department. satH
SEC: l5 And be further enacted that the President Of
tho United States cause the sum of six thousand dollars
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ready advanced ont of tho fifty thousand dollars appro
pated by tho act of January twenty five, eighteen hun
red and ythree to erect at the Capitol of the naton
Equestrian Statue of Washington, the personal ap
pation and receipt of the said Mills PROVIDED that the
said Mills furnish the Secretary of the Interior such
cuty for the completion Of the Statue the Secretary
| may require. Han9t ne " 3i'l9aa7H 8Gl
SEC l6 And5sa further enacted That the Secretary of
State be- andhe is hereby authorized to adjust upon
principles of equity and Justice the accounts Of D. An
dew late agent of the United States for expenses and
disbursements in connection with the Reciprocity Treaty
and that the be paid according to said adjustment
SEC: II. And Be further enacted That the Collectors
ofthe Customs in the several collection distric be- and
they hereby and hereafter required to act disbur
sing agents. for the payment Of all moneys that
may hereafter be appropriated for the construction of
Custom Houses, Court Houses, Post Offices and Marine
Hospitals with such compensation, not exceeding one
quarter Of per cent the Secretary of the Treasury
may deem equitable and just. And provided further, that
where there collector at the place of location of any
public work herein specified the superintendent Of such
pubic work shall act UlBDuf6iIB agent w1tnouI
addisiona compensation therefor: and all laws and parts
of laws in conflict with the provisions of this section be
! and the same are, hereby repealed.
SEC: 49, And be IL further enacted That In all of
judgments and decrees any territorial court of the
United States rendered. hereafter to be rendered
and from which there might he writ Of error, appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United States there may be
presented such writ of error appeal within the tmc
and under the other restrictions limited by law said
Supreme Court notwithstanding such territory may after
such judgments and ecrees have been admitted into the
Union State, and said Supreme Ceurt shall, when
the il decided direct the mandate to such Court
the nature of the writ Of appeal In their udg-
| ment may require. & 'l' III E''4n" sp3@ AipH
SEQ 49, And BE- further enacted That the Secretary of
the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives be-
and they hereby directed to continue down to the
fourth of March,, eighteen hundred and fifty mine, the
compilation of the Congressional Documents published
by Congress, under the of the American State
Papers in tho the iSt series thereof
under the authority of tho Act of Congress of March
two, eighteen hundred and thirty one, and the Joint
Resolution of Congress Of March two eighteen hundred
and thirty three and with the particular index to
each class, and general index to the work And the
said Secretary and Clerk hereby directed to contract
with Gales and Seaton the publishers of the first
res thereof for the publishing the ssme to exceed two
Thousand copies i'm number, at prizes per. volume not
exceeding that paid the first sees to be delivered to
the Secretary of the Interior, the may be pub
lshed and the sd Secretary of the nteor shall place
three hundred copies in the Department of State for its
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