The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-01
OFFICIAL.

taireS Of the United States Of America, in t01gre'
| assembled That the assistant collector appone
| under the act entitled can act to annex pal
of the State Of New Jersey to the collection district
New York. and to appoint an assistant collector 10 e
at Jersey City, approved February bSra s aFori1e
to enroll and license according to the laws OF the unite
States all vessels engaged in the coasting trade an
fisheries owned in whole in part by residents oil tn
counties of Hudson and Bergen the State of New Je
sey; and all such enromens and licenses shall be as van
and eectua as If the same had been effected In any ote
port Of the United Staes and the said assistant coeco
in the enrolment and licensing of vessels shall be subec
to the laws OF the United States and liable to all the pen
aties and responsibilities imposed upon collectors in k
| cases.
Approved, February %, 1865. ..+-
An Act to authorize the Corporation of Georgetown
levy certain Taxes
Be enacted by the S,nate and House of Representative
of the United States Of america in Congress assembled
That the corporation of Georgetown be, and they al
hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect
in the manner In which other taxes are levied
collected in said town. annual tax, not to exceed il
any year eenhundredths Of per centum of the as
applied to the payment of the interest and the extinction
Of the principal of the debt recently contracted by s
corporation in filling Its quota under the several drafts fol
| troops made during the present war.
SEC. And be further enacted, That the said corpo
ration hereby further authorized and empowered t.
levy and collect in manner aforesaid sum sufficient tt
pay the said towns proportion of the direct tax imposed
on the District of Columbia by the act Of Congress ap
proved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sxtyone and
| the cost and expenses Of collecting the same.
Approved February Is, 1865.
AN Act authorizing and requiring the Opening of Sixth
Street West
BE enacted by He Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That the corporate authorities of the city OF Washington
be- and they are hereby authorized and required to open
Sixth Street west from the canal to Main Avenue under
the direction of the commissioner of public buildings in
accordance with the plan approved in May, eighteen hun
dred and twenty-five by James Monroe then President
lizzie Gtata III,
Street through tho public grounds known as Armory
Square shall not be opened until after the removal of the
army hospital from such public ground or until the con-
shall be first had and obtained.
Approved February 25 1855.
AN ACT Reference to Prosecutions for Libel in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Be enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives
ofhe United States of America in Congress assembled
That all prosecutions indictments for libel instituted
which may hereafter be instituted in the District of
Columbia, the truth thereof may be given in evidence
under the general issue as justification of the alleged
libel and IT appear that the matter charged be ous
true, and written published with good motives
and for justhable ends the defendant shall be acquitted
Approved, February %, 1865.
AN ACT for changing the Time for holding the Circuit
Courts in the District OF Virginia.
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
ofhe United States Of America in Congress assembled,
That the circuit courts in the district Of Virginia hereto
fore holden at Richmond shall be held at Norfolk on the
INST MONDAY IN May anu on I0uftn MONDAY Oh No.
vember in each year, and all proceedings and process in
issusng out of the said court which or may be
made retrnable to any other times places appointed
holding the than those above specified shall be
deemed legally returnable the days and the place
above specified, and not otherwise and all suits and
other proceedings in said court which stand continued to
any other time place than those above specified shall
be deemed continued to the place and time prescribed by
this act, and no other,
Approved, February rs, 1866. ......-. ...
AN ACT providing for District and Circuit Court of the
United States for the District of Nevada and for other
Purposes. ..
efhe United States Of America IN Congress assembled
That the State Of Nevada shall hereafter constitute
udc al district and be called the district OF Neyada aud
for said district judge marshal AID district attorney
OF the United States shall be appointed l'l 9
And be IL fitsr elacts2 2hst he said district
Of Nevada shall be attached to apl sf ate bait q
Uifted States for tho said disHicte Bhacity
Of Carson, in the State of Nevada. on ldndiy Of
March, and on the first Monday Of md on the
first Monday Of December of each year and term OF
the district court Of the United States orhe said district
shall be held at tho said city OF Carson the first Mon
day Of February and on the first Monday Of May and
the first Monday of October of each year.
Sec 8. And be IL further enacted, That the district
of the United States for the district Nevada and
the judge thereof shall possess the same powers and jul
dicon possessed by the other district courts and dis
trct judges OF the United States and shall be governed
by the same laws and regulations
SEC Aad be further enacted, That the crcuit court
the Judge thereof shall possess the powers aud uri
dcton in said district which vested in said and
said judge in the other districts of the tenth circuit
Sec D. And bel further enacted, That tho district judge
appointed for the district of Nevada shall receive bis
compensation the sum Of thiryive hundred dollars
year, payable in four equal instruments the fret days
Of January, April, July and October, OF each year.
SEC. And lie further enacted, That the marshal and
district attorney of the United States for said district of
Nevada and also for the dstrcto Oregon shall scveray
be entitled to charge and receive for the services they may
perform double the fees and compensation allowed by the
act entitled An act to regulate the fees and costs to be
allowed clerks marsals and attorneys of the circuit and
dis ct courts of the United States and for other purpo
Sc !" approved February twentysx, eighteen hundred
al -tbree Prerided, That the aggregate compcnsa-
ton allowed said officers shall not exceed the amount
provided for such officers by said act. 20
SEo And be further enacted, That the third fourth
and fifth sections of the act of February nineteenth egh
teen hundred and sixtyour entitled IAN amendao-
ry and supplementary to act to provide circuit courts
for the districts california and Oregon and for other pu
poses approved March third eighteen hundred and six
y three shall be applicabeto the appointment of special
sessions Of the circuit courts In the district of Nevada and
to the appointment of clerks and deputy clerks Of
cult courts Of the districts OF Nevada and Oregon and
and that the clerk OF the circuit court in the districts oil
Nevada Oregon and California shall be also clerk of the
district court in said districts and shall receive for like
services the fees and compensation which allow
ed by law to the clerks OF the circuit and district courts
of the United States for California: TTOrded That the
clerk in each of said districts shall be allowed by the Sec
rotary of the Interior toretan of the fees and emouents
received by him clerk of both courts and above
the necessary expenses offices and necessary clerk
hire included to BIO audited and allowed by the proper &C
counting officers OF the treasury only such sum per
mum as is now allowed by law to the clerk OF Of said
courts and shah pay the remainder into the public trsa
sury under oath, in the and under the regula
tons now prescribed by law.
Sec. And be further enacted That all cases of ap
peal writ Of error heretofore prosecuted and pend
lug in the supreme court of the United States upon any
record from the supreme court of the Territory of Nevada
be heard and determined by the supreme court of the
United States and the mandate of execution further
proceedings shall be directed by the supreme of the
United States to the district court the United States for
the district Nevada the court of the State
Of Nevada, the nature of said appeal writ of error
may require and each of these courts shall tho success
sor Of the court Of Nevada Territory all such
cases. with full power to hear and determine the same
anil To award mesne or fna process thereon. And from
all judgments and DEGREES of the supreme the Ter
rtory of Nevada prior to its admission into the Union as
State the parties to said judgments and DEGREES shall
have the right to prosecute appeals and wts of
the Federal courts they would have had under
the laws of the United States if this act had been passed
with the act admitting said State into the
Union Porded That said appeals shall be prosecuted
and said wrts OF sued out at any time before the
first day of July, eighteen hundred aud sixtysix.
SEC g. And bed further enacted, That possessory
action between individuals in any Of the Courts of the
United States for the recovery Of any mining title for
damages to any such title shall be affected by the fact
are is in the United States but each case shall be ad
judged by the law of possession.
Approved, February q, 1866.
IAN Act further to provide for the Collection of Duties
on Imports and Tonnage" approved March three
eighteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes
Be IL enacted the Senate and House of Representatives
Of the United States o. america in Congress assembled
That the FIRST sentence of the second section of the act
duties imports and tonnage" approved March three
eighteen hundred and fifteen towit: "That 1t shall be