The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-07-28

negotiating for moneys, to increase the
rate of interest on previous loans, the
, amount of such increase shall be COM
; puted and allowed, but not 30 as to
reckon interest upon interest.
SECTION IL. And be 1t further enacted,
That so much of all acts and parts of
acts, as require or authorize the Post
master General to publish notice of let
ting contracts to carry the mails in the
respective States, in newspapers pub
lished in the city of Washington, in the
District of Columbia, be and the same
is hereby repealed.
SECTION l3. And6 be IL further enacted,
That the line surveyed by John G. Nc
Coy, in eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, as the Western boundary of the
half breed tract lspecifed in the tenth
article of the treaty made between COM
missioners on the part of the United
States, and certain Indian tribes at Prai-
RE du Chen, on the fifteenth of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty, be and the
same is hereby established as the true
Western boundary of said tract.
SECTION IA. And be 1t further enacted,
That all the ruling and binding for the
several Executive Departments shall be
executed by practical and competent
book binders, to be appointed by the
head of the Department.
SECTION Is. and be 1t further enacted
That the President of the United States;
cause the sum of six thousand dollars
to be advanced out of the fifty thousand
dollars appropriated by the act Of Jan
nary twenty five, eighteen hundred and
fifty three, to erect at the Capital of
the nation, an equestrian statue of
Washington, on the personal application
and receipt of the said Mills: Provided
that the said Mills furnish the Secreta-
ry of the Interior such security for the
completion of the statue as the Secreta-
ry may require.
SECTION l6. And6e IL further enacted,
That the Secretary of State be, aud he
is hereby, authorized to adjust, upon
principles of equity and justice, the ac-
counts of j. d. Andrews, late agent of
the United States, for expenses aud dis
b~ursemeDts in connection with the re-
ciprocity treaty, and that the same be
paid according to said adjustment.
SECTION II. Aad be u further enacted,
That the collectors of the customs, iu
the several collection districts, be, and
they are hereby and hereafter, required
to act as ~disbursiug agents, for the pay
ment of all moneys that are or may
hereafter be appropriated for the con-
struction of custom houses, court nous IS,
post offices, and marine hospitals, with
such compensation, not exceeding one
quarter of one per cont, as the Secre-
tary of the Treasury may deem equita-
BILE and just: Ind provided further,
that where there is no collector at the
place of location of any public work
herein specified, the superintendent of
such public work shall act as disbursiDg
agent without any additional compensa-
ton therefor: aud all laws and parts of
laws in conflict with the provisions of
this section, be and the same are, hereby
repealed.
SECTION IS. And be IL further enacted,
That in all cases of judgments and de
crees, in any territorial court of the
United States, now rendered, or here
after to be rendered, and from which
there might be a writ of error, or appeal
to the Supreme Court of the Uuited
States, there may be presented such
- SAAO VI oPPOoi nltilu IL Jllle,
and under the other restrictions limited
by law to said Supreme Court; ,notwith-
standing sAch territory may, after such
judgments and DEGREES have been ad-
mitted into the Union as a State, and
said Supreme Court shall, when the
same is decided, direct the mandate to
such Court as the nature of the writ of
error or appeal, in their judgment may
reqire.-
SECTION 19.TAnd be IL further en-
acted. That the Secretary of the Senate
and Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, be, and they are hereby directed
to continue down to the fourth of March
eighteen hundred and fifty nine, the
compilation of the Congressional docu-
ments published by Congress, under the
name of the "American State Papers
in tho same name as the first series
thereof, under the authority of the 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 same particular index to each
class, and a general index to the work
And the said Secretary and Clerk, are
hereby directed to contract with Gales
and SestoD, the publishers of the first
series thereof, for the publishing the
same, not to exceed two thousand copies
in number, at a price per. volume not
exceeding that paid for the first series
to be delivered to the Secretary of the
Interior, as the same may be published;
and the said Secretary of the Interior
shall place three hundred copies ia tho
Department of State for its use, and fol
exchange with foreign governments, and
seven hundred copies in his own Depart
ment, for distribution to Public Libra.
ries 10 the s~everakStates and Terrific
ries and hold the residue of the copie:
in his custody, subject to the future di
/ %rection of Congress: Provided, tina.
the prices or rates to be paid fol
the printing of this work, shall not ex
coed those paid at present for the print
ing of the documents of Congress, iDclu'
ding paper and binding, having regard
to the quality and value of the materia.
used and work done: Provided, tina
the cost of the publication shall not
exceed, three hundred and forty thou.
; saud dollars, and that not more thar
twenty five thousend dollars shall be
required for the purpose during the mex
| fiscal year.
SECTION 90. And be it further enacted
: That all diplomatic and salaried consu
lar officers who were appointed under
the act entitled "An act to remodel tn,
diplomatic and consular systems of the