The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-06-13

IPublic-No 24.1
An Act to discontinue Sault ste1 Marie. as por
y of entry in the Superior district, and to essat
in lsh Marquette in lieu thereof.
Of Be il enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
r resentatises OF the United States of America il
Cong, css assemb ed That Sault Ste Marie, in tn
:, district of Superior, is hereby discontinued as
port of entry, and that the port of entry for tn
n district be, and is hereby, established at Mar
= quette, at which place the collector of the dis
+ trict shall reside, and deputy collector shall re
e side at Sault Ste. Marie.
d SEC . And be it further enacted, That al
acts and parts of acts conaravening this act be
I and the same are hereby, repealed. This ac
shall take effect from and after the tenth day o.
May next.
Approved April 10, 1869.
| GPublic-No Is.
An Act making available appropriation hereto
fore made for furniture for the Presidential
Mansion
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resenlatiYes Of the United States of America in
| Congress assembled. Tn the sum of twenty five
thousand dollars appropriated by the act approved
March third eighteen hundred and sixty nine,
: entitled An act making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses of the government for the
year ending June thrtietb eighteen hundred and
seventy. and for other purposes, for the purpose
Of rcfurnishing the Presidents House, is
hereby made available f snch purpose, without
in any event. increasing the amount of said ap-
propria ion.
Approved April 10, 1869.
/ [Public-No. p
Public kesolution-No. 6
A Resolution r. speeding the provisional govern
! ments of Virginia and Texas.
Resolved by the Senate aud House of Repre-
senratives of The United State- of America in Con-
gress assembled That the persons now holding
civil offices in the ,ruvisiona. governments f Nir
ginia and Texas, who cannot take and subscribe
the oath prescribed by the act entitled - An act
to prescribe oath of office and for other pur-
poses approved July = 1852, shall, on the pas
sa- e of this resouti N, be removed therefrom
and it shall be the duty of the district comman !
fill the vacancies created by the app INT
ment If persons who can take said oath; pro
vled I hat the provisions Of this resolution shall
| not apply to persons no by reason of the re-
movai of their disabilities as provided in the
fourteenth amendment TO the Constitution shall
have gu tlitied for any office IN pursu nee of the
entitled . An act prescribing an oath Il oflce
by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have
been removed approved July eleventh, eigh-
| he, and is hereby extended to, and maize appli-
SCHUYLER CotFAx,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives.
b. +. WADE.
President of the Senate pro tempore
Embossed by the President: . Received Febru-
ary 9th, 1>69''
Note by the Department of State The 70 e.
gong resolution having been presented to the
President of the United states Tor his approval,
and not having been returned by HIM TO the
house Of Cor gress where il originated within the
time prescribed by the Constitution f the United
States, has become law without his approval
An Act authorizing the submission of the Consti-
iuttons of Virg ma, Mississippi. and Texas to
# the people, and authorizing the election
If State officers provided by the said constitu-
tiu1s and members of Congress.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
reseutatIves of the United States of America in
C"ngress assembled, That The President of the
United States, such tine as he may deem
best for the public interest. may submit the con- |
INT IA IFh was fran "
which tmet in Richmond, virginia, on Tuesday, |
the third day Of December one thousand eight |
hundred and sixty-seven. to the voters If said |
State. registered at the date of said submsoioe,
for ratitical ion rejection pnd he may also sub
mil IL separate vote such provisions Of sad CEN
stitution as he may deem best, such vote to be
taken either upon each OF the said provisions
alone. 1T in Connecti' with the other portions Of
said consti utipn. a the President may direct
SEC. =. And be it further enacted, That at the
same election the voters of said State may vote
for and elect members of the general assembly of
said State, and all the officers Of said State pro-
vided for by the sad constitution, and .mbrrs
of Congress and the officer commanding the dis
trict Of Virginia shall cause the lists of regis
tered voters of said State to be revised, en-
larged and corrected, prior to such election, ac
cording to law, and for that purpose may ap-
po mt such registrars as he may deem necessary |
And said elections shall be held and returns
thereof made in manner provided by the acts
of Cong commonly called the reconstruction
acts
SEC, s. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States may in Ike man
ner submit the constitution of Texas TO the voters
of said State such time and in such manner
a. he may direct either the entire constitution or
separate provisions of the same, provided in
the first section of this act, to separate vote
an, at the same election the voters may vote for
and elect the members of the legislature and
a II the State officers provided for in said con-
stitutIon and members of Congress: provided
al-o, hat election shall be held in the aid
State If Texas for any purpose until the Presi: 1T
80 directs. |
SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That the
commissioner on the part Of the United states, IN
conf nnctiun with the commissioner on the part Of
Mexico is hereby authorized to make all need
ful rules and regulations for conducting the busi
ness Of the commission such rules and regula
tons not coutravenng the Const tuition Of the
United States and provisions of this act, or the
convention.
Sec S. And be it further enacted. That the
Secretary of State is hereby authorized and re-
CURED to transmit to the commissioner on the
part of the CTited States such papers and records
rel ting to the commission as he may deem proper,
or a. may be called for by the commissioners; aud
at the termination If the commits ion all the
records, documents, and other papers which have
been brought before the commissioners, or which {
may be in possession If their secretaries shall be
in the Department of state Provided,
That this section shall not be 40 construed as to
pre-, ent the commissioner on the part If Mexico
from d. posting the department certified copies
or duplicates of papers produced on behalf OF his
government instead OF originals IL
SEC 6. And be it further enacted, That upon
suggestion by either party that witness whose
is deemed important refuses or is un |
willing to testify it shall be competent for the
board 4 commissioners tn issue commission to
suitable person to take the testimony OF such
witness who il in the United States may be COM
pelled to appear Ind testify before said commits
,ior ers in the same manner AS Is now provided by
aw ia the case of commissions issued from the
courts Of the United States.