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mentioned, aud for the copying Of said record
entries from the original book into the new one,
at the same rate Of compensation now allowed
to clerks Of courts for copies from their records,
the clerks Of the district courts shall be paid out
Of any money in the treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated, upon the certificate
of the Judge of Tire district cnurt.
| Sec. 4. And M il further enacted, That the
transcripts thus made into now book after said
book shall have been certified by the clerk to he
full and correct copies from the original book,
shall have the SAME force and effect as records as
the originals: and that the clerks Of the circuit
courts aforesaid shall be the cuSt0dians Of the
books and papers transferred to their Offices and
their certificate Of transcript Of any of said
books or papers shall be received in evidence with
the like effect as II made hv the clerk of the court
in which the proceedings were had.
Sec. 5. And bc Il f"Jfhcr sndctel That the
terms Of the circuit and district courts of the
United States for said district Of Wisconsin shall
hereafter be held ns follows: at the city Of Mil.
waukie, in said district on the second Monday
Of April and tlit second Monday OF September,
and at the city Of Madison, in said district, on
the first Monday of January in each year, re-
spectively. And oil writs, process, and proceed
ings returnable 10 the terms Of either Of said
courts as now fixed by law, shall be deemed re.
turnable, and shall be continued to the terms of
said courts, respectively, rs fixed by this act ::
ProrLird, That all executions, processes or Or
dcrs issued from the district court Of any district
in this act mentioned, in cases transferred 10 the
circuit court, aud in part executed, shall be re-
garded as having been issucd from the circuit
court to which each particular case is transferred
and shall be ret irned thereto. And no writ Of
execution or other final process, or power excr-
ciscd. or proceeding had IN accordance with law
to enforce any judgment or decree shall be affect
cd by reason Of the transfer directed by this act
Approved, June p, 1864.
| An Act to confirm certain entries Of land in
| the State Of Missouri.
he IL encGted By The Senate and House OF
Representatives. Of tho United States Of America
in Congress assembled, That oil entries hereto
fore made under the graduation act of August
fourth, eighteen hundred and iifty.four, in town.
ship iorty.five north, Of range nine west, south
Of Missouri river, in the district Of land subject
TO sale at st. Louis Missouri, shall be, and are
hereby, confirmed: Pr0Uided, houerer. That
this act shall not extend to any entry of land
aforesaid upon which there was an actual set.
tier other than the purchaser at the date Of such
entry, and that il shall first be shown to the
satisfaction Of the Secretary Of the Interior
that the entry has been made 10 good faith, and
is founded upon actual settlement and cutiva.
tion, or is for tho use Of an adjoining farm:
Provided, further, That the lands shall be paid
for in money or in land warrants to the amount
OF one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Approved, June %, 1864.
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Branch from the western judicial district, and
annex tho same to the eastern dstric, Of the
State Of Michigan.
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
resentdtices Of the Caiied States ~ Americd II,
Congress GssemJied, That the counties Of Cal
houD and Branch, in the State Of Michigan, be,
and the same arc hereby, detached from the
western judicial district and annexed To and
made part Of tho eastern judicial district Of
said State.
Sec. 9. And be IL further eadcted, That this
act shall not in any manner affect any suit or
proceeding now pending in the courts in the
western judicial district Of the State Of Michi.
gan, but the same shall be proceed in aud
Determined in said courts in the same manner
as u tbs act had not ben passed.
Approved, June 20, 1864.
Az ACr to carry into effect treaty between
the United States and her Britannia Majesty
| for the final settlement Of the claims Of the
Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricul-
tural Companies.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of The United States Of AmeYicd
in Congress assembled, That tho President Of
the United States, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, shall appoint y commits
sioncr, whose duty it shall be, conformity With
tic commissioner appointed by her Britannia
Majesty's Government, to investigate, adjust,
and determine the claims Of the HudSon's Bay
Company aud Of the Puget'S Sound Agricnl.
tural Company against the Government Of thc
United States, pursuant to the terms Of treaty
signed at Washington on the first day OF July,
eighteen hundred aud sixty.threc; and the
commissioner shall be authorized to sppoint
clerk, with compensation at the rate Of eight
dollars day.
Sec. 9. And be IL further enacted, hat the
compensation Of the commissioner shall be five
thousand dollars In full for his services and
personal expenses. Aud the sums necessary
to pay tho compensation aforesaid, the share Of
contingent expenses Of the commission on the
part Of the United States, Gnd Of the compen.
sation Of the umpire, chosen under the convcn.
ton, are hereby appropriated out Of any money
In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. And be Il further enacted, That the
commissioner on the part Of the United States,
in conjunction with the commissioner on the
part Of Great Britain, is hereby authorized to
make all needful rules and regulations for con
Quoting the business OF the commission; such
rules and regulations not contrave ing the
Constitution Of be United States. the provis
ions Of this hct or the stipulations Of the treaty
Sec. 4. Ind De ii further enacted, That the
Secretary Of State Is hereby authorized and
required to transmit to tho said commission
such papers or records relating to the business
Of the commission as he may deem proper or
Us may be called for by the commissioner; and
at the close Of the commission, and Of the du.
ties Of the umpire, all the records, documents.
and ell other papers which may have been pre-
sented on behalf Of the United States, shall be
returned to the Department Of State.
Approved, June 81, 1864.
An ACT to amend the chartered the Washington
and Georgetown Railroad Company.
Be enacted By tie Senate and House Of Rep
resentdtives Of tie United States Of Ameriea IN
Congress assembled, That the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Companv shall have the