Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-25

other cities IN the Atlantic souther1 and vssss -,
e q san traneseo N ne State Of California, for period
bidder Or bdders provided such does require Arr
aoantp year from the United States forty thousand a.
lars and permission is hereby granted the said parties
whom said contract may be awarded OF majority of en a
pied public lands Che Unts States s nav be ssrv Sor Il
right Of was and for the purpose Of establishing sons for
section Of land such stations not 70 exceed one a s. &
on an average o Tie whole distance unless said lands hal
otner purposes and provides that no right preeEplt
company, their agents servants, or any person per
n sons whatsoever Fr0vided That such be mad
Hereunder shall cease whenever the All o onDi
with their rat the shall ali times
privileges sen authorized By law Ct connsctng sd liae d
Ines BY te eph With military posts Of tAe United States
ao, That said lines, except such may couueteJ
BY the govenment to connect said line or nes with the military
Pots Of the Un ted States duing the term Of the said contract
on payment the regular charges for transmission OF dispatches
dollars for single dispatch words, with the usual pop9r
noae deductions dispatches Of greater lengh ProEded
that nothing herein contained shall confer th said pa
any exclusive right construct telegraph to the Pacific
par tue government Of the United States from grxntn rcm
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Sac 3 AAd6e further eacss That the said contractors
Or their assigns shall have the right eors net and minsn
through any OF the territories Of the United Safes branch line
So as to connect their s line lines with Oregen and
mat they sa nave me permanent night of way fer sad line or
nes under or over any pnapEropaed public lands and
es IN me sad lerSre By any route or routes which the
SAID contractors may select with the free during the said term
Of such lands may be necessary for the purpose discriminating
sttn one ion Of land, such stations 10 exceed
one in teen miles average Of the
should any Of said quarter sections be deemed essential BY the
govsrnent any company acting under its authority fer rail
road purposes, the said shall renquish the oecupan
| eq- al amount Of land for lie in its stead.
SEC g. ind Be ayter enacted, That If, in any ysar dur
ing the connuanc Of the said raet the
governments hsrenbeore mentioned, BY such
their assigns shall at the ordinary rate Of charges for private
messages exceed III price contracted to be paid aforesaid
Secretary Of the Treasury shall, upon said accounts being dny
Authenticated, certify the aEnOunt OF such Congress
he AT
OF the the Coast Survey the Smithsonian Insntion
the Nstional Observatory for scientific pupses:
ged ver, That messages received from any individuals
pny corporaon from any telegraph lines connecting with
this line either ofits termina, shall be mparaIy transmit
ted in their reception exeng that the dispatches
sf the shall have prioity Ind rocisd gter,
this act
ArrROvrD, June le. 1860.
CHAP cxxxvI-An Act making Appropriation fo the Pay
mnt Of the Expenses Of the legislative Assembly Of the Ter
BE enacted By Senate House Of Representatives
of the Citsd sGtss Of EaeTcg a. CHgrsSs Assembled
the twehty thousand dollars he-etfa
has been heretofore a Appropriated by the act Of March
payment expenses Of he legislative assembly Of the Terri
tory of Minnesota and the hereby appropriated
paid to State Of Minnesota.
APPROVED, June IS, IsGo
CHAP exXxxAn Aeto renquis tie Title Of the United
states eetn LANDS occupied BY the City Of Baton Rouge
Bs1elaetea blythe Senate ana Hsss of Rspreseat1firss
of the United States OF 1asricg in 60aOyess assembled
That all the right tile interest claim of the United
and the land occupea BY the city Of Baton Rnrge in the State
Louisiana lying between Florida ees on the north and the
South Boulevard the SOUTH shown by original MP Of
Ed city, file in the office Of the clerk Of the sixth jcal
district Of Louisiana, East Baton Rouge the four
teenth Of March eighteen hundrei and sixty and the
hereby raquhed to the a1d council Il the city OF
Baton Rouge in trust for h several and benefit Of che
OF lots heren according their respective Interests
PrO0s This act shall only eeonrued quit claim the
part Of the United States and shall nor Affect hs interests OF
third prtss judicial investigation ia relation to
the tide all portion OF lands hereby relnquished
APPROVED, June 10 le69
CHAP CxLAn Act change the Name sas ship ROcka
Be enacted 6 tie Senate and House Of Reprssssatises Of
tie United Of America ia Congress assembled That
the name Of the mercan sAip Of pur-
chased by the state Of Massachusetts for service scO ship
be and the hereby changed to hassehuset aud the
secretary Treasury hereby authorized and directed
issue the necessary in accordance with this act
APPROVED, June 10, le6O '
CHAP oXLLAn Act recognizing Survey Of the Grand Che
nSe Island State Of Lou s4n, approved BY the Surveyor
Ss sagca Jy TIE SsSGt and House of Representatives. Of
Ne United ates of America IN CoGress assenbls That
the anamOous Of the Grand Cheniere Island IN be south
the twenty eighth day of February, eighteen
hundred and ftwO, be, and the hereby confirmed aid
persons residing thereon this who, according
The presumption force, would be entitled
ptln shall allowed such light the lands referred to in
his bill but such preference right shall be confined 20 the SIN
yle subdivision upon which party reside, and
shall exceed case, one hundred and sixty acres
CHAP CXLII-An Act to amend Act approved the third
day Of March, thousand eight hundred and fo-yssvsD en-
titled, IAN Act to establish Port OF sn al saiura ia the
/
Be by ssnats6ad House Of Representatives, Of
NE United states Of america m Congress assembled That the
saiura in TexLs be- is hereby dis
;onnUel Deputy collector shall be appointed, according
the dpuy aud Sabine within said State
provides in third and fourth Of the act Of which this
The compensation Of the deputy collector at
Corpus Christi shah be at the Of five hundred dollars per
prescribed excsed. in the a
the OF fifteen hundred dollars
APPROVED, June Il, 1860.
CHAP Act for the Relief Of Congressional Toxin
snip nort Range Number Nine q
fourth principal Meroian in Adams County, State Of Illinois,
Whereas number sixteen In township nbe NORTH
range vest Of fourth principal meridian, in Adams
uence thereof wholly unfit for cultivation, and is worthless
he inhabitants of said township for school purposes There
Be it enacted By tie Senate and Eouss Of Representatives.
The Uhited etdtes of America in Congress assembled That
school trustees for the said township be- and they are hereby
authorized select section land in legal subdivision Of
ny of public of The United States subject to entry
at the minimum price Of one dollar and twenty-five cents
yer acre
seced by the Aforesaid I'd description
approved by the Commissioner q the
tensrs Land Office patents shall therefor to
the said congressional township, and shall be
ed and dPoi Of BY them for The u.e OF choos within the
SIC And be fETter enacted That the said seson six
cen in the Aforesaid shall revert to and invest in the
United States and be disposed CT IN the same manner as other
APPROVED June IG, 1850. ,
CHAP CxLIv-An Act for the Relief of the Missionary
eiely the Methodist Episcopal Church
Be n enacted 6y the lae and Rose Of Of
he United states Of IN Congress assembled That
here shall PAID Of any money in the treasury not other
appropriated the Missionary Society OF the Methodist
Epscop Chu ch Of twenty thousand dollars,
department release to the United Stses 10
approved by the Attorney neral OF all claim to the land
utraced within the limits o. the military reservation at the
Das in Oregon Territory and OF 81. claim for damages for
property the said land by the United
troo Indians At time anterior to
the date Of said reesse
APPRoyED, June l6 1860.
CHAP Civilian Act making appropriations for current and
contingent Of the Indian Department. and Tor Iulh
treaty spulaOns with various Indian tribes Tor the year
Guiding thirteenth eighteen hundred and sixty-one
BE 6y tbs and House Of Representatives. Of
America IN Congress assembled, That
and they are hereby appropriated out Of
money treasury other lie appropriated for the
contingent OF the In
iian department. and fulfilling treaty stpuaoDs with the
various Indian tribes. d. !
For the and contingent OF the Indian depart
nent, viz: :
For the pay Of Indian Affairs and OF the
Indian Of fifth June eighteen hundred
nd y twenty eighth September eighteen hundred and hy
twenty February, eighteen hundred and h third
March, eighteen hurdred and hy third March, eighteen
hundred and City three hyst July, eighteen hundrei and
6ty four March, eighteen hundred and nifty hve eigh
teenth eighteen hund ed and hfy six third March,
eighteen huudre and hy-seven and twelfth june eighteen