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OFFICIAL.
Laws OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Third Session Of tie Thirty-seventh
Congress.

CHiP. XLI1T-An an making Appropriations for
the Construction Preservation and Repairs Of cer-
tain Fortiheatons and other Works Of Defence foE
the Yoar ending thirtieth Of June, eighteen hum
dTed and sixtY-fOnr
As Il resolved by the Senate aad House of Repre-
seRtatice Of TIE Uaited States of AHlsrfca 81 Con
gress assembled, That the following sums be, and
they are hereby, appropriated out Of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise APPROPRIATED for the
cons truetOn, preservation and repairs Of certan
Notifications and other works Of defence for the
year ending the thirtieth os, June, eighteen hun
drel and and sixty-four:
For Fort Montgomery, 1T outlet of Lake Cham
plain, New York, one hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort knox, at NarroWs of PenObscot River,
Maine, one hundred and ffty thousand dollars.
For fort ct entrence of Kennebec River, Maine
one hundred thousand dollars.
For fort on Hog Island LEDGE Portland hafbor,
Maine, one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars.
For new Fort PrebIe, Portland Hsrbor, Maine, one
hundred and City thousand dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland, Maine, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For new Fort Constitution, Portsmouth Harbor,
New Hampshire, two hundred thousand dollars.
. For new Fort McClary, Portsmouth Harbor, New
Hampshire, one hundred thousand dollars.
II Fer Fort Winthrop and exterior batteries. Gov
ernOr's Island, Boston HarbOr, Massachusetts, fifty
thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts,,
twenty five thousand dollars
. For permanent forts at Provincetown Harbor,
Massachusetts,, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For permanent forts at New BedfoId Harbor
Massachusetts, one hundred ard fifty Thousand dol
For Fort Adams, Newport HaFOor, Rhode Island,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For permanent defences at Narragansett Bay,
Rhode Island one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For additional Notifications at New London Har-
Dor, Connecticut, two hundred thousand dOlIars--
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not b. pended unless New London be selected as
perm tnent site for navy yard or naval station.
: Fla Fort Schuyler, East River, New York, TWEEN
ty-fve thousand dollars.
For fort at Willet's Point, opposite Fort Schuy-
Ter, New York, two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For fort on site of Eert Tompkins, Station Island
New York, Two hundred thou sand dollars.
For easemated battery on Station Island, New
York two hundred thousand dollars.
For new battery near Fort Hamilton, New York,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Delaware, Delaware River, tKo hundred
thousand dollars.
For permanent work. for Delaware BreakWatsr
Harbor, one hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Carroll, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland,
two hundred thousabd dollaSs.
For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia fifty
thousand dollars.
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hundred thousand dollans.
For Fort Chnch, entrance to Cumberland Sound,
Florida, one hundred and hfty thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West Florida, three hum
dred thousand dollars.
For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florids three
hundred thousand dollars.
For new fort at Tortugas, Florida, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For fort az Ship Island Coast of Mississippi, one
hundred and seventy-hve thousand dollars.
. hr,, 1ro5
thousand dOl~rs.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi River, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
For fort at Fort Point, San Francisco Bay Cali
fornia. two hundred thousand dollars.
For fort at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay,
| California, one hundred thousand dollars.
For defensive works in Oregon, and Washington
| Territory, two hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies of Notifications, including field
works and field operations, seven hundred thousand
dollars.
For tool and siege trains for armies in the field
two hundred and fifty tousand dollars.
For bridge trains and eqnipage for armies in the
field, FIVE hundred thousand dollars.
For completing Notifications and erecting new
ones for the defence of Washington, two hundred
thousand dollars.
APPROVED, February 20, 1865
CHAP. Xiv An Act to provide for the Appoint
ment of an Assistant Register in the Treasury
Department and a Solicitor for the War Depart
ment, and for other Purposes.
Be It Resolosd 6y the Senate and House of Repre-
sentative ofthe United States Of America iD Con-
gress assembled, That the President be, and he is
hereby authorized, to appoint, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, for the term Of
year. an officer in the Office of the Register Of the
Treasury to be called the assistant register at an
an nual salary of two thousand dollars.
Sec 2 And be it furtqer enacted, That the du-
ties of said assistant shall be such may be deVOl
we'd on him by the Register of the Treasury, and, in
the absence Of the Register said assistant shall
in his place and sead and any official record, certi
fcate other document, excepting warrants, bonds
and drafts If signed by the assistant register shall
have the same legal force and validity as if signed
by the Register Of the Treasury.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That the Pres
ident he, and he is hereby authorised, to appoint
by and with the advice and consent Of the Senate,
Solicitor of the War Department, at an annual sal
atty Of twentp-fye hundred dollars.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That the
amount necessary to pay the salaries Of the officers
authorized to be appointed oy this ac for the cur
rent and next fiscal years, be paid out of any mon
eys in the treasuary not otherwise appropriated.
4 APPROVED, February 20. 1853.
CHAP XLV.-An act temporarily to supply vacan-
cies in the Executive Departments in Certain
Cases.
Be It resolved by the Senate and House of epresn-
Assembled That the Of the death, resignation.
absence from the seat Of Government, sickness, Of
the head Of any Executive Department Of the Gov
ernment, or of any officer Of either Of the said De-
partments whose appointment is not in the bead
thereof whereby they cannot perform the duties Of
their respective offices il shall be lawful for the
President Of the United States, in case be shall
think it necessary, to authorize the head Of any
other Executive Department. or other officer in
either Of said Departments, whose appointm ent IS
vested in the President at his discretion, to perform
the dnties Of the said respective Offices until sue
cessor be appointed, until such absence or inabl
ity by sickness shall cease: Provided, That no one
vacancy shall be supplied in manner aforesaid for a
longer term than six months.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts
parts Of arts inconsistent with the provisions Of
this act are hereby repealed.
APPROVED, February 20, 1858.
CHAP. $lVI--An act concerning Pardons and the
Remission Of Penalties and FOrfeitures in Crimi-
/ nal Cases
Be It enacted 81 Senate and House of Representa- :
tires Of the United States Of America iR CoRgysss
asssnbEed, That (to remove doubts as to the true
meaning Of former laws hereafter. whenever By the
judgement of any court or judicial officer Of the
United States, in any criminal proceeding any per-
son shall have been sentenced heretofore, to two
kinds of punishment, the one pecuniary and the
other corporal, the President shall have full discre
tionary power to pardon o. remit, in whole or IN
paTI eita er ags Of The two kinds, Without in any
Inhnne- iDpaiTiag the egs validity OF the other
kud, gf any portion Of sither kind, not pardonea
or reInitted