The national Republican., 1861-06-12
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
Pablo Acts Passed at the Second Session
of the Thirty-sixth Congress-,

AsS@AO Aces 1bsBou aL the SecOnQ session
Of the Thirty-sixth Congress.
CaAr NxAn Act to authorize the Institution Of Suit
against the United States to test the Title Lots Numbers
five and Six, in the Hospital Square in San Francisco
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. ofthe United States of 4mericd
IN Congress assembled, That J. G. Ames, s. W.
Holiday, and James Blair, and their heirs, as.
sighs, and legal representatives, be, and they are
hereby, Authorized to institute suit against the
United States, in the circuit court Of the United
Htates for the State of California, for the pur.
pose of recovering from the United States two
lots of ground, numbers five and six, in the
squAre In the city of San Francisco on which q
hospital has been erected by the United States;
which lots are claimed to have been acquired
by the said Ames, sHolladay, and Blair, by
deeds executed in their favor by the sheriff of
the county Of San Francisco on the twenty third
day Of October, eighteen hundred and fifty one.
The said suit to be commenced by citation
served on the district attorney Of the United
States for the northern district Of California
Provided, That the United States shall have
the right in any suit so brought to defend their
claim to the title and possession Of said proper
~, or any part thereof, on any legal or equita.
BILE grounds.
Sec. Q, And be ii further enacted, That it
shall be the duty Of the said district attorney,
under the direction and advice Of the Attorney
General of the United States, to defend any
suit brought under the authority of the first
section of this act, and to take all necessary
measures at law or in equity for the protection
and defence Of the title to said lots.
Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted That either
party may appeal or prosecute a writ Of error
to the Supreme Court of the United States from
any final decision rendered by said circuit court
in any suit instituted as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be ii further enacted, That no
suit shall be brought by virtue Of the provisions
Of this act, unless the same be instituted within
two years from the passage thereof.
Sec. s. And be ii further enacted, That in the
event Of a final judgment against the United
States in any suit instituted as aforesaid it shall
be the duty of the proper officers Of the United
States, who may be in charge and posses.
sion Of said lots in behalf of the Government,
to deliver up to the claimants said lots, or such
parts thereof as may, by said final judgment,
be decreed to belong to them and the said
circuit court is hereby authorized to issue the
process necessary and proper for carrying out
the provisions of this act.
Approred, January 26, 1861.
CHAr xx-An Ac, the Admission of Kansas into the
Union.
Whereas the people Of the Territory of Kansas,
by their representatives in Convention as
sembled, at Wyandott. in said Territory, on
the twenty. ninth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and ffty-nine, did form for
themselves Constitution and State Govern.
ment, republican in form, which was ratified
and adopted by the people at an election held
for that purpose on Tuesday, the fourth day
Of October, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty. mine, and the said Convention has, in
their name and behalf, asked the Congress
of the United States to admit the said Terri.
tory into the Union as q State, on an equal
footing with the other States Therefore
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States of Ameri.
ca in Congress assembled, That the State of
Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared to be,
one Of the United States of America, and ad
mitted into the Union on an equal footing with
the original States in all respects whatever.
And the said State shall consist of all the terri
tory included within the following boundaries
to wit: Beginning at point on the western
boundary of the State of Missouri, where the
thirty seventh parallel of north latitude crosses
the same; thence west on said parallel TO the
twenty meridian Of longitude west from
Washington; thence north on said meridian tc
the fortieth parallel of lattude thence east OIL
State of Missouri; thence south with the west
ern boundary of said State to the place Of be
ginning Prorided, That nothing contained il
the said Constitution respecting the boundary
of said State shall be construed to impair thu
rights of person or property now pertaining tc
the Indians in said Territory, so long as sucl
rights shall remain unextingushed by treat,
between the United States aud such Indians
or to include any territory which, by treat,
with such Indian tribe, is not, without the con
sent Of said tribe to be included within tn,
territorial limits or jurisdiction OF any State o
Territory; but all such territory shall be ex
cepted out of the boundaries, and constitut,
no part of the State of Kansas, until said trb
shall signify their assent to the President of tn
United States to be included within said State
or to affect the authority Of the Government 0
the United States to make any regulation re
specting such Indians, their lands, their prop
erty, or other rights, by treaty, law, or other
wise, which it would have been competent t,
make if this act had never passed
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That unit
the next general apportionment of Representa-
tives the State of Kansas shall be entitled t
one Representative in the House of Representa-
tives of the United States.
r Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That moth
ing in this act shall be construed as an assen
by Congress to all or to any of the proposition
or claims contained in the ordinance of sal
Constitution of the people of Kansas, or in tn
resolutions thereto attached but the followin
propositions are hereby offered to the sal
people Of Kansas for their free acceptance G
rejection, which, if accepted, shall be oblgator
on the United States and upon the said Stat
Of Kansas, to wit: First, That sections nun
bered sixteen and thirty:six in every townshi
Of public lands in said State, and where ethe
Of said sections or any part thereof has bee
sold or otherwise been disposed Of other land
equivalent thereto and as contiguous as ma
be, shall be granted to said State for the use {
schools. Second, That seventy.two sections {
land shall be set apart and reserved for tn