The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-04-28
CONGRESSIONAL,
List Of Bills and .BOint kcsOla.
tiOns Passed During the First
Session Of the FOrty.SccOnd
Congress.

Session Of the FOrty.Sccond
Congress.
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The following is list of the laws
passed during the session just closed
An act to authorize the commission
crs to Revise the Statutes to print
their reports.
An act to amend can act to Estab-
lish tho Smithsonian Institute, fol-
the Increase and Diffusion of Knowl.
edge among Men," approved August
10, 1916.
An act relating to money paid into
the Courts of the United States.
An act to further regulate the pub
LEGATION of the specifications and
drawings of the Patent Office.
An act relating to condemned can
non for cemetery at San Francisco.
An act authorizing the President to
nominate II. III. Samson q Lieutenant
in the United States Navy.
An act to re-establish the office of
Surveyor, at PASSPORT, Maine.
An act to amend the act entitled
can act to divide the State of Vir-
ginia into two Judicial Districts"
An act authorizing the President to
appoint Commissioners 10 examine
and report upon the Su,ro tunnel in
the State of Nevada. H
An act granting a pension to Pho
be Sofield, widow of Lewis Sofield.
An act to pay members of certain
military organizations therein named.
An act in relation to the salary of
Robert G. Schenck, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister PlenipOtsntiary of
the United States to Great Britain.
An act for the relief of Robert
Mann & Co.
An act relating to the harbor at
Buffalo, n. Y.
An act authorizing the Secretary
of War to place at the disposal of the
Lyons Monument Association of Mis-
souri, certain condemned cannon.
An act to establish post routes.
An act to authorize the Secretary of
War to place certain condemned can
non at the disposal of the Pennsylva-
MIA Military Legion of the city of
Phlladelphla.
An act to authorize the Secretary of
the Treasury to change the name OF
the ship William +. Storer.
An act for the restoration of Com
mander George a. Stevens United
States Navy, to the active from the
retired list. F.-
An to authorize the payment OF
duplicate checks of disbursing.
An act to create Port of Delivery
at Potomac, Virginia, and for other
purposes.
An act for the relief of John y
Wheeler.
An act TO enable the Leavenworth
Lawrence and Galveston Railroad
Company TO relocate a portion of the
road.
An act concerning the compensation
of the Collector of Custom for the
District of Willamette, in the State o.
Oregon.
An act TO enable The Houghton &
Ontonagon railroad Company tt
make resurvey of its road.
An act to enable the Atlantic an6
Pacific Railroad Company to mort.
gage its road.
An act for the relief of Anna M
Howard.
An act to amend the act approved
june l6, 1862, entitled an act provid
ing for the election of jurors to serve
in the several Courts Ofthc District O
Columbia. ...-
An act authorizing the Secretary o
the Treasury to convey the United
States Branch Mint, at North Gcorgi;
to the Trustees of the North Gcorgla
Agricultural College for educational
purposes.
An act making appropriations tc
supply Deficiencies ia the apprOpria
tons for the service of the year end
ing June 80, 1872 and for other pur
poses.
An act to enforce the provisions o
the Fourteenth Amendment to til,
Constitution of the United States. ant
for other purposes.
An set for the relief of Nicholas Z
Trist negOtiatOr of the Treaty Of Qua
daloupe Hidalgo.
An act to amend all act 10 rctluc,
internal taxes, and for other purposes
approved July II, 1870.
An act to authorize the Secretary o.
War to give Wiswell Barracks to thu
Beulah Baptist Church.
An act for converting TIE next Leg
islative Assembly of the Territory o
New Mexico, and for other purposes
An act 10 establish post roads.
The following arc the joint resolu
lions of the session: