The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-08
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COnST eSS assembled, That Saut ste MARIE, In IN
district of Superior, is hereby discontinued as
port Of entry, and that the port of entry for th
n district be, and is hereby, established at MAJ
= quette at which place the collector of the di.
= trict shall reside and deputy collector shall re
e side at Sault ste. Marie.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That al
y acts and parts of acts cunaravening this act be
I and the same are hereby, repealed. This &C
shall take effect from and after the tenth day o
May next.
Approved April 10, 1850
| TPublic-So Is.
An Act making available appropriation hereto
r fore made for furni for the Presidential
Mansion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
: resentatiYes Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That the sum of twenty five
thousand dollars, appropriated by the act approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sixty nine,
entitled g An act making appropriations for
sund civil expenses Of the COVE. nment for the
wear ending June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and
seventy aud for other purposes for the purpose
If - rc;urnisbing the Presidents House, is
hereby made available snch purpose, without,
| in any event, increasing The amount of said APP
Approved, April 10, 1869.
TPublic-No. 2
| Public ,.esolution-No.
| A Resolution specting the provisional govern
| m.nts of virginia and Texas
| Resolved by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives of he United States of America in Con-
| gress assembled, That the persons now no ding
i
ginia anu 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 =, 1862, shall. on the pas
| >a- of this resoluti n, be removed therefr. III
and il shall be the duty of the district connau l.
to fill the ,acAncies created by the app int
menf # persons who can take said oath; pro
ved. hat the provisions Of this resolution shall
| not apply to persons " no by Of the re-
moval their disabilities as provided in the
fourteenth anne s,dment to the Constitution shall
have gu lifted for any office l pursu of the
act entitled An act pre-cribng an oath f Office
by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have
been removed approved july eleventh, eigh-
be, and is hereby extended To, and ma lie appli-
cable to the state of Mississippi
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
B. I. WADE.
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Endorsed by the President: " Received Febru-
airy 9th, 1>e9''
Note BY the Department of State The 70 e.
going resolution having been presented to the |
President of the United state- for his approval,
and not having been returned by HIM TO the |
house of Congress where it originated within the |
time prescribed by Constitution # the United |
States, has become law without his approval ] |
An Act auther Il ng the submission Of the const-
tutIons of Nirg ma. Mississippi, and Texas, to |
a vote If the people, and b. rzing the election
Of State officers. provded by the said coustitu- |
tio1s. AMI members of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiyes Of the United States of America in |
[, .ngress assembled That The President Of tie
Cnited States, sncil time as he may deem
bet for the public interest, may submit the Con-
stitutien which framed by the convention /
which kmet in Richmond, virginia, on Tuesday,
the third day Of december, one thousand eight /
hundred and sixty.even, to the voters # said
State registered at the date of said submis-io.,
for ,atificAiion rejection pld he MAJ also sub
nit a separate such provisions of laid Gem
m finn he ma vol q be
taken either upon e-,ch of the said provisions
alone, ct in conn-,ii with the other PORTIONS Of
saii cunsti uti N. the President may direct
SEC. 2. And be il further enacted That at the
same election the voters Of said Stale vote
for and elect members of the general assembly of
said State. and all the officers Of said State pro-
vided for by the 50 constitution, and mtmb rs
Of Congress and the officer commanding the dis
trict Of Virginia shall the lists of regis
tered voters Of said State to be revised. en-
larged and corrected. prior to such election, &C.
c"rdins TO law, ana for that purpose may ap-
po nj such registars As he may deem necessary
A nd said elections shall be held and returns
thereof made in a manner provided by the acts
IF Cong ess commonly called the reconstruction
acts.
SEC, g. And be it further enacted, That the
Pre,'uent of the United States may in Ike man.
submit the constitution of Texas 30 the yoters
# said State such time and in such manner
he may direct either the entire constitution or
eparate provisions Of the same. provided in
he first section of this act, to separate vote
md at the 9 me election the voters NAV vote for
nd e1ect the members Of the legislature and
II the State officers provided fJr in said CON-
tituti on and members Of Congress: provided
TO. hat no election shall be held in the said
of Texas for any purpose until the President
0 directs
SEC l.. Aud be it further enacted, That the
Commissioner on the part of the United states, in
onj .nction with the commissioner the part # s
iexico, is hereby authorized to make all need
nj rules and regulations for conducting the bust
.-ss Of the commission !; such rules and regus- .
ion. not c.,ntravenipg the Constitution of the
nited states, and provisions of this act, or the
SEC S. And be it further enacted. That the
ecretary of State ishereby authorized and re-
uIred to transmit to the commissioner the
art Of he Uritsd States such papers and records
Il ting to the commission as he may deem proper,
r a. may be called for b. the commissioners: a.. d
t the termination # the commis ion all th- y
scor,s, documents, and other papers which have
cen brought before the commissioners, or which
lay he in possession # their secr~tsries shall be
etposited in the Department of state: PROVIDED,
hat this section shall not be Construed to
re, EN- the comm isss. ner the part # Mexico
ON d, posiing in the department certified copi
duplicates OF papers produced on behalf of his
,vernment instead Of originals IL
sec. 6. And be il further enacted, That upon
igge>tion by either party that a witness who-e
stimouy is deemed important refuses or is un
Hing to testify il shall be competent FIR the ar
psrd If mniissioners to issue . mmssi,.n to S!
me suitable person to take the testimony Of such
illness who /, in the United Srates may b- Cum 81
lied to appear nd t-stify befre said commi-
in tie same NAME, now provided by
W in the case If commissions issued from the
urts of Il e United States.
APPROVED, Aprii7, 1869 Ia