The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-15
LAWS on The UNITED STATES,
Passed at the FIRST Session of the Thirty Ninth
Congress

REPRESENTATIVES,
ca in Congress assembled, That there be, and
hereby Is granted to the State OF Michigan, to
aid in the building of a harDof ana snip canal
at Portage lake KceWenaW Point, Lake Supe-
riOr, in addition to former grant Iof ihat
Durnosq. apDrOved March the third, eighteen
hundred and SiXtv-five, two hundred thousand
acres of land in the upper peninsula OF the
State of Michigan, and from land 10 winch the
right of homestead or pre-emptlon mas not at
tachpd Provided, That one hundred ana nlJy
Thousand acres of said lands shall be selected
from alternate Odd-numbered sections, ana nifty
thousand acres from eYen-numDered secuons
of the lands of the United States. oald grant
of lands shall inure to the use ana dement, OF
the PORTAGE Lake and Lake superior Ship Ca
nal Company, in accordance with an act OF the
Legislature of the State of Michigan, conferfIng
the land granted to the said State, by the act
herein referred to, on said company: And pro-
yided further, That the time allowed for the
completion of said work and the right OF reYer-
sion to the United States, under the SAID act OF
Congress. approved March the third, eighteen
hundred and siXty-fiye, be extended three adj
ditional wears And provided further, That no
lands designated by the United States as min
eral" before the passage of this act shall be IN
Guided within this grant.
Approved, July 3, 1866.
CHAP. CLXTI.-AN ACT to regulate the
TRANSPORTATION of NitrO-Glycerine, or ely
noin Oil, and other substances therein
named.
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That hereafter it shall
not be lawful to transport, carry or convey,
shin deliver on board. or cause to be delivered
on board. the substance or article known or
designated rs ntrO-glycerine, or glynOin OIL
nitrOleum or blasting OIL or nitrated oil, or
powder mixed with any such OIL or fibre satu-
rated with any such fairfield or substance upon
or in any ship, steamship, steamboat YES
sci, ear, wagon, or other vehicle, used or
employed in transporting passengers by
land or water between Il place or places
in any foreign country and a place or
places within the limits of any State, ter
ritory or district of the United States, or
between place in one State, territory, or dis
trict of the United States, and place in any
other State, territory, or district thereof; and
any person, company, or corporation who shall
knowingly violate the provisions of this sec
ton. shall be liable to fine of not less than
one thousand nor more than ten thousand dol
lars. at the discretion of the court, one-half to
the use of the infOrner
Sec. ,. And he it further enacted, That in
ease the death of any person shall be caused,
directly or Indirectly. by an explosion of any
quantity Of said substances or articles, or
either Of them, while the same is being placed
upon or in any such ship, steamship, steamboat
vessel. car. wagon or other vehicle, to he trans
ported, carried, or conveyed thereon or therein
in violation of the foregoing section, while
the same is being 50 transported, carried, or
conveyed. or while the same is being removed
from such ship, steamship. steamboat. vessel,
car, wagon, or other vehicle. every person who
knowingly placed or aided, or permitted the
placing Of the said substance upon or in such
ship steamship, steamboat, vessel. car. wagon
or other vehicle, to be 50 transported, carried,
or conveyed, shall be deemed guilty of man.
slaughter, and on conviction thereof shall suffer
imprisonment for period not less than two
years.
See. s. And be it further enacted, That it
shall not be lawful to ship. send, or forward
any quantity of the said substances or articles,
or to transport, convey, or carry the same by
ship, boat, vessel, vehicle, or conveyance, of
any description, upon land or water. between
place in "a foreign country and place within
the United States, or between place in one
State. terri tory or district Of the United States.
and place IN any other state, territory, or dis
trict thereof, unless the same shall be securely
enclosed. deposited or packed in a metallic
vessel surrounded by plaster Of paris. or other
material that win be non-eXpIoSive when sat
Jrated with such oil or substance, and Sepa-
rate from all other substances, and the outside
of the package containing the same, be marked,
printed, or labelled in conspicuous manner
with the words ''Nitro-Glycerinc, Dangerous"
and any person. company. or corporation, who
shall knOwingy violate the provisions Of this
section. shall he liable to a fine Of not less than
one thousand nor moro than five thousand dol
lars, ut the discretion Of the court, One-half to
the Use Of the nformcr.
Sec. 4. and he il further enacted. That the
District Court of the United States within the
district i'm which any offence against this act
shall be- committed, or # committed in or upon
any ship. boat. vessel, or vehicle, beyond the
territorial limits of any district. then within
the district from which the same denarted or
that in which it shall first arrive, shall have
jurisdiction TO try and punish the offender I'M
der the provisions of this act.
Sec >. And be it further enacted, That this
act shall not he so construed as to prevent any
State, territory, district city, or town within
the United States from regulating or from pro-
hibiting the traffic in or transportation of the
said substances between persons and places
lying being within their respective territorial
limits, or from prohibiting its introduction into
such limits for sale. use, or consumption
therein.
Approved July >, 1866
CHAP. CLXIII-AN ACT for the relief of
the members of the Thirty-seventh Regiment
Of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
BE it enacted by thu Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid
to the members of the thirty-seyenth regiment
OF Iowa volunteer infantry the same bounty
provided by law. or which may hereafter be pro
Nlded by law to soldiers enlisted into the YOlun-
teer forces of the United States during the
year eighteen hundred and sixtv-tvo: and in
case any of the members of said regiment are
dead or may die before the payment of said
bounty, the same shall be paid to their repre-
SentatiVcS in the same order provided by law
for the payment of bounty in other cases.
Approved, July 3, 1856
CHAP. CLXIV'-AN ACT to create an addi-
lonal Land District in the State of Oregon.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
IN Congress assembled, That the President of
the United States be, and he is hereby. author
lied to establish an additional land district in
the State of Oregon, and to fix from time to
time the boundaries thereof, which district
shall be named after the place at which the
office shall first be established; and the Presi
dent shall be authorized hereafter, from time
to time, as circumstances NAV REQUIRE, to adj
Just the boundaries of any and all of the land
districts III said State, and change the location
OF the land office from time to time when the
same shall be expedient.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
President is hereby authorized to appoint. bv
and with the advice and consent of the Senate
or during the recess thereof, and until the end
of the next ensuing session, a register and re-
ceiver for said land district, who shall be re-
quired to reside at the site of the office. shall
be subject to the same laws end responsible
ties, and whose compensation and fees shall be
respectively the same per annum, as are now
allowed by law to other land officers in said
State.
Approved, July 3, 1866.