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assembled, That the President be authorized to appoint one or Commissioners more commissioners to negotiate treaties with the several In- and their duties dian tribes in the territory of Oregon, for the extinguishment defined. of their claims to lands lying west of the Cascade mountains; and if found expedient and practicable, for their removal east of said mountains; also, for obtaining their assent and submis. sion to the existing laws regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes in the other territories of the United States, so far as they may be applicable to the tribes in the said Territory of Oregon; the compensation to such commissioner or commissioners not to exceed the rate heretofore allowed for similar services.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of Oregon, who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, and whose duty it shall be to exercise a general superintendence over all the Indian tribes in Oregon, and to exercise and perform all the powers and duties assigned by law to other Superintendents of Indian Affairs.

Superintendent of Indian Affairs

to be appointed.

Part of former

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act to establish the territorial government of Oregon, approved act repealed. the 11th August, 1848, as requires the governor of said Territory to perform the duties of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and authorizes him to receive a salary therefor, in addition to the salary allowed for his services as governor, be repealed; and that the governor of said Territory shall hereafter receive Governor of Oran annual salary of three thousand dollars.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President be authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one or more Indian agents, not exceeding three, as he shall deem expedient, each of whom shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, give bond as now required by law, and perform all the duties of agent to such tribe or tribes of Indians in the Territory of Oregon as shall be assigned to him by the superintendent to be appointed by the provisions of this act, under the direction of the President.

egon's salary $3,000.

Indian agents

to be appointed.

Laws to be extended over In

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the law regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes east of the Rocky dian tribes specimountains, or such provisions of the same, as may be applica- fed. ble, be extended over the Indian tribes in, the Territory of Oregon.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

Approved June 5, 1850.

Appropriation.

to

force until the 3d of March, 1861.

CHAP. 17.-AN ACT to continue in force an act therein mentioned, relating to the port of Baltimore.

[SEC. 1] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of América in Congress asAct revived and sembled, That the act passed the seventeenth day of March, continue in one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia," and which, by subsequent acts has been revived and continued in force until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be, and the same, so far as it relates to the act of the State of Maryland, is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers.

Proviso.

Approved June 5, 1850.

One thousand

CHAP. 18. AN ACT for the relief of Jesse Sutton.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Jesse Sutdollars appropri- ton, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approated for his relief. priated, the sum of one thousand dollars, for services rendered, and coal, iron and steel furnished the Texas Indians, as public blacksmith, from the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty

propriated for the

seven.

Approved June 5, 1850.

CHAP. 19.-AN ACT to make further appropriations for public buildings in the Territories of Minnesota and Oregon.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asTwenty thou sembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars each, be, sand dollars ap- and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied by the Governors and legislative assemblies of the Territories of Minnesota and Oregon at such place as they may select in said Territories for the erection of penitentiaries.

erection of peni

tentiaries in Min

nesota and Ore

gon.

Appropriation

under a former

used.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor and act, how to be legislative assembly of Minnesota are hereby authorized to expend the appropriation made in section 13, of "An act to establish the Territorial government of Minnesota," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for the erection of suitable public buildings at the temporary seat of government of said Territory at such time as they deem proper, any previous law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Twenty thousand dollars addi

of public build

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, in addition to that appropriated by section tional appropri fifteen of "An act to establish the Territorial government of ated for erection Oregon," approved August fourteen, eighteen hundred and ings in Oregon... forty-eight, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be ap plied by the Governor and legislative assembly of the Territory of Oregon, to the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of government of said Territory.

Approved June 11, 1850.

CHAP. 20-AN ACT to increase the rank and file of the army, and to encourage enlistments,

Each company

artillery to

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter each company of artillery designated and serving as light artillery, shall, during such service, con- of sist of the commissioned officers as now provided by law, and fied number. of four sergeants, four corporals, two artificers, two musicians, and sixty-four privates.

consist of a speci

tary enlistment,

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of Increase of prithe United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by volun- vates, by voluntary enlistment, to increase the number of privates in each or authorized. any of the companies of the existing regiments of the army, at present serving, or which may hereafter serve, at the several military posts on the Western frontier and at remote and dislant stations, to any number not exceeding seventy-four, and to cause such portions of the army as may, by law, be serving on foot to be properly equipped and mounted whenever, in his opinion, the exigency of the public service may require the same: Provided, That the said enlistments shall be for the Proviso.. term of five years unless sooner discharged.

given on a certain

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever enlist- Bounty to be ments are made at, or in the vicinity of, the said military posts, contingency. and remote and distant stations, a bounty equal in amount to the cost of transporting and subsisting a soldier from the principal recruiting depôt, in the harbor of New York, to the place of such enlistment, be, and the same is hereby allowed to each recruit so enlisted, to be paid in unequal instalments at the end of each year's service, so that the several amounts shall annually increase, and the largest be paid at the expiration of each enlistment.

Approved June 17, 1850.

Title confirmed

patent to be is

CHAP. 21. AN ACT for the relief of James T. Shackleford.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That James T. Shackleford, of the State of Alabama, in a specified be, and he is hereby, confirmed in the following described tract tract of land, and of land, to wit: the southeast quarter of section number sixteen, sued therefor. in township numbered seventeen, in range numbered one west, in the district of lands subject to entry at the land office at Demopolis, in the said State of Alabama, and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the passage of this act shall issue a patent for the same: Provided, The said Commissioner shall be first satisfied that the said James T. Shackleford has purchased the interest in the said tract of land of the person who originally entered the same: And provided further, That the said patent shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States of all right and title to the said land.

Proviso.

Further pro

viso.

Deficiency in

for expenses of

Approved June 17, 1850.

CHAP. 22-AN ACT to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the service of the fiscal year, ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, to supply a deficiency the appropriation in the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Supreme, U. S. courts pro- circuit and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; also for jurors and witnesses in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safe keeping of prisoners..

vided for.

made for the con

Approved June 21, 1850.

MILLARD FILLMORE, President. WILLIAM R. KING, President of the Senate, pro tempore. HOWELL COBB, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

CHAP. 23.-AN ACT for the construction of certain roads in the Territory of
Minnesota, and for other purposes.

[SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asAppropriations sembled, That the following sums of money be, and they are struction of cer- hereby, appropriated for the construction of roads in the Territain roads in the tory of Minnesota, to wit: For the construction of a road from Point Douglass, on the Mississippi river, via Cottage Grove, Stillwater, Marine Mills, and Falls of St. Croix, to the falls or

Territory of Min

Besota.

rapids of the St. Louis river of Lake Superior, fifteen thousand
dollars; for the construction of a road from Point Douglass, via
Cottage Grove, Red Rock, St. Paul, and Falls of St. Anthony,
to Fort Gaines, ten thousand dollars; for the construction of a
road from the mouth of Swan river, or the most available point
between it and the Sauk Rapids, to the Winnebago agency at
Long Prairie, five thousand dollars; for the construction of a
1oad from Wabashaw to Mendota, five thousand dollars; and
for the survey and laying out of a military road from Mendota
to the mouth of the Big Sioux river, on the Missouri, five thou
sand dollars. The said roads to be constructed under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of War, pursuant to contracts to be made war
by him.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governors of Oregon and Minnesota shall report to Congress annually a detailed statement of the expenditure of money appropriated by Congress for the use or benefit of said Territories, which is expended under the order or supervision of the Governor and Assembly.

HOWELL COBB,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM R. KING,
President of the Senate pro tempore.

Approved July 18, 1850.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

Secretary

of

to make

contracts.

1

The Governors of Oregon and

Minnesota to report to Cong 58 money expended.

the amount of

CHAP. 24.—AN ACT authorizing the legislative assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon Territories to prolong their next annual session to a period of ninety days.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislative assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon Territories, be and they are hereby, authorized to prolong their next annual session to a period of ninety days, any thing contained in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved July 18, 1850.

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CHAP. 25.--AN ACT to grant the franking privilege to Mrs. Margaret S.

Taylor.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, That the franking privilege heretofore accorded to the widows of the deceased Presidents, be, and the same is hereby, granted to Mrs. Margaret Şinith Taylor, relict of Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States. Approved July 18, 1850.

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