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Stat. at Large,

CHAP. CVII.-An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun- Vol. XI. p. 206. dred and fifty-eight.

SEC. 5. That the assistant secretary of the treasury shall be ap- Assistant secpointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the retary of the treasury how apSenate. pointed.

11 Stat. 220.

SEC. 6. That all the provisions of the eighth section of the act entitled Construction "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United of act of 1856, States," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall ch. 127, § 8, as be construed equally to extend to the persons in said eighth section to compensation. mentioned who shall have been appointed subsequent to the act entitled "An act to remodel the diplomatic and consular system of the United States," approved March the first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

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CHAP. CVIII. — An Act making Appropriations for certain Civil Expenses of the Gov-
ernment for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.
Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums be and the same are hereby
appropriated for the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, viz:

For the compensation of an additional appraiser-general to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to be employed in the districts or ports of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, twenty-five hundred dollars.

SEC. 8. That the provisions of the fifth section of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one," approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-one, which established and limited the compensation of collectors of customs, shall be construed to apply to surveyors performing or having performed the duties of collectors of the customs, who shall be entitled to the same compensation as is allowed to collectors for like services in the settlement of their accounts.

1855, ch. 133.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XI. p. 221..

Additional appraiser-general authorized.

11 Stat. 221.

Pay of surveyors acting as collectors.

11 Stat. 229. 1841, ch. 35.

No. 384.- MARCH 3, 1857.

CHAP. CXIV. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the better OrStat. at Large, ganization of the Treasury, and for the Collection, Safe-keeping, Transfer, and Dis- Vol. XI. p. 249. bursement of the Public Revenue."

1846, ch. 90. Disbursing officers required to deposit their moneys.

Be it enacted, &c. That the act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be and the same is hereby so amended that each and every disbursing officer or agent of the United States, having any money of the United States intrusted to him for disbursement, shall be and he is hereby required to deposit the same with the Treasurer of the United States, or with some one of the assistant treasurers or public depositaries, and draw How drawn out. for the same only in favor of the persons to whom payment is to be made in pursuance of law and instructions; except when payments are to be made in sums under twenty dollars, in which cases such disbursing agent

may check in his own name, stating that it is to pay small claims.

SEC. 2. That the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, Custody of such and public depositaries shall safely keep all moneys deposited by any dis- deposits. bursing officer or disbursing agent of the United States, as well as any

Penalty.

All persons having public moneys required to deposit the

same.

Penalty.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XI. p. 260.

Selma, Ala., attached to the collection dis

trict of Mobile. 1857, ch. 102. Ante, p. 390.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XI. p. 295.

Estimates of executive de

partments hereafter to give

moneys deposited by any receiver, collector, or other person which shall be the moneys of or due or owing to the United States, and for a failure so to do shall be held guilty of the crime of embezzlement of said moneys, and subject to the punishment provided for embezzlement in the act to which this is an amendment.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each and every person who shall have moneys of the United States in his hands or possession to pay the same to the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, or public depositary of the United States, and take his receipt for the same, in duplicate, and forward one of them forthwith to the Secretary of the Treasury, and for a failure to make such deposit, when required by the Secretary of the Treasury, or any other department, or the accounting officers of the treasury, the person so failing shall be held guilty of the crime of embezzlement, and subject to the punishment for that offence provided in the act to which this is an amendment.

No. 385. JANUARY 27, 1858.

CHAP. III. - An Act to detach Selma in the State of Alabama from the Collection District of New Orleans, and make it a Port of Delivery within the Collection District of Mobile.

Be it enacted, &c. That Selma in the State of Alabama, which was constituted a port of delivery within the collection district of New Orleans by the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, chapter one hundred and two, be detached from that district, and be made a port of delivery within the collection district of Mobile.

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No. 386.-JUNE 2, 1858.

CHAP. LXXXII. - An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.

SEC. 2. That hereafter the estimates for the various executive departments shall designate not only the amount required to be appropriated for the next fiscal year, but also the amount of the outstanding appropriation, amount of out- if there be any, which will probably be required to be used for each particstanding appropriations, as well ular item of expenditure.

as amount re

quired to be appropriated.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XI. p. 313.

Repeal of act of

1825, ch. 99, § 5. Vol. iv. p. 129.

No. 387.- JUNE 11, 1858.

CHAP. CXLV.. An Act to Repeal the fifth Section of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Register or Enrolment and License to be issued in the Name of the President or Secretary of any incorporated Company owning a Steamboat or Vessel,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and twenty-five.

Be it enacted, &c. That the fifth section of "An act to authorize the register or enrolment and license to be issued in the name of the president or secretary of any incorporated company owning a steamboat or vessel," approved March third, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

No. 388. - JUNE 12, 1858.

Stat. at Large, CHAP. CLIV.- An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the GovVol. XI. p. 319. ernment for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.

Collectors of

SEC. 17. That the collectors of the customs in the several colleccustoms to dis- tion districts be, and they are hereby and hereafter, required to act as burse all moneys disbursing agents for the payment of all moneys that are or may hereafter be appropriated for the construction of custom-houses, court-houses,

for custom

houses, court

If there is no

post-offices, and marine hospitals, with such compensation, not exceeding houses, &c. at one quarter of one per cent. as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem not over of one compensation of equitable and just: And provided further, That where there is no collector per cent. at the place of location of any public work herein specified, the superin- collector the sutendent of such public work shall act as disbursing agent without any ad- perintendent of ditional compensation therefor: and all laws and parts of laws in conflict the building to with the provisions of this section be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

disburse the

same without

from decrees of

SEC. 18. That in all cases of judgments and decrees, in any territorial additional pay. court of the United States now rendered, or hereafter to be rendered, and Appeals, &c. from which there might be a writ of error, or appeal to the Supreme courts of a TerCourt of the United States, there may be presented such writ of error, or ritory to Suappeal within the time, and under the other restrictions limited by law to preme Court may be had, said Supreme Court, notwithstanding such Territory may, after such judg- although such ments and decrees have been admitted into the Union as a State, and said Territory may Supreme Court shall, when the same is decided, direct the mandate to State. such court as the nature of the writ of error or appeal, in their judgment may require.

have become a

Proceedings

on decision of the appeal. Diplomatic and salaried corsular officers to have pay while

SEC. 20. That all diplomatic and salaried consular officers who were appointed under the act entitled "An act to remodel the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved March the first eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall have the same compensation during the time necessarily ocnecessarily occupied in making the transit to, and returning from their re- cupied in going to and returning spective posts, and while they were receiving their instructions, as is pro- from their posts vided for diplomatic and salaried consular officers in the eighth section of of duty. the act entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems, 1855, ch. 133. 1856, ch. 127, § 8. of the United States," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six: Provided, That the foregoing shall not be construed to apply to any diplomatic or consular officer, who was in office, and at his post of duty, when said act approved March first, eighteen hundred and fiftyfive, took effect, except to allow compensation to such officers during the time necessarily occupied in returning from their respective posts.

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No. 389.- JUNE 14, 1858.

An Act making Appropriations for the Expenses of collecting the Rev-
enue from Customs.

Proviso.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XI. p. 337.

Collection of

Be it enacted, &c. [That there be, and hereby is, appropriated for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs for each half-year, the sum of one mil- revenue from lion eight hundred thousand dollars, payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, together with such sums as may be received from storage, cartage, drayage, and labor for said half-year.]

customs each half-year. Repealed May 3, 1866. Res. 31. SEC. 2. That from and after the said first day of July, eighteen hun- Payment of dred and fifty-eight, all laws and parts of laws which authorize the pay- expense of colment of the expenses, or any portion of the expenses of collecting the from customs in lecting revenue revenue from customs to any port or ports on the Pacific coast of the the Pacific ports. United States out of the accruing revenue, before the same is paid into the treasury, shall be, and hereby are, repealed.

SEC. 3. [That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the next session Plan, &c. for of Congress, a plan and estimates for reducing the expenses of the collection of reducing exthe revenue, in accordance with the general recommendations of his last annual penses of collectreport.]

SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, at his discretion, to discontinue all ports of delivery, the revenue received at each of which does not amount to the sum of ten thousand dollars.

ing revenue.

Certain ports of delivery may be discontinued.

No collector,

SEC. 5. That no collector of the customs, deputy collector, naval officer, deputy naval officer, surveyor, deputy surveyor, general appraiser, superin&c. shall receive more pay than 25 tendent of warehouses, or appraisers, shall receive a compensation more per cent. greate than twenty-five per cent. greater than is now paid to the officers and than such offiper

cers now have at sons engaged in said services at the port of New York: Provided, That this the port of New York. section shall not be so construed as to increase the compensation of any Proviso. officer of the customs, or of any person engaged in the collection thereof.

No. 390.-JANUARY 17, 1859.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. XI. p. 375.

Act of 1856,

ch. 4, repealed. Vol. xi. p. 1.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. XI. p. 383.

Concurrent ju

other rivers and

CHAP. VIII. — An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Names of Vessels in certain Cases, approved the fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

Be it enacted, &c. That the act entitled, "An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the names of vessels in certain cases," approved fifth March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

No. 391. - FEBRUARY 14, 1859.

CHAP. XXXIII. — An Act for the Admission of Oregon into the Union,

SEC. 2. That the said State of Oregon shall have concurrent jurisdiction risdiction on the on the Columbia and all other rivers and waters bordering on the said Columbia and State of Oregon so far as the same shall form a common boundary to said waters forming a State, and any other State or States now or hereafter to be formed or common bound- bounded by the same; and said rivers and waters, and all the naviNavigable riv- gable waters of said State, shall be common highways and forever free, as well as to the inhabitants of said State as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor.

ary, &c.

ers, &c. to be

common high

ways.

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Stat. at Large, CHAP. LXVIII. An Act to authorize the Enrolment, Registry, and License of certain Vol. XI. p. 402. Steamboats, or Vessels, owned by the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railroad Company.

Certificates of

enrolment, &c. sels of the Buf

to issue to ves

falo and Lake

the oath.

Be it enacted, &c. That certificates of enrolment, register, or license, shall issue for any American-built steamboat or steamboats, vessel or vessels, now owned, or which shall hereafter be owned, by the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue Huron Railway of the laws of the State of New York, in the name of said company, on Company. President or the president or secretary of said company, taking the oath required by secretary to take the fourth section of the act entitled "An act to authorize the register, or enrolment and license to be issued in the name of the president or secretary of any incorporated company owning a steamboat or vessel," passed March three, eighteen hundred and twenty-five. And nothing contained in said act shall be construed to prevent the oath required by the fourth section of said act from being taken by said president, or secretary, of the said Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company, by reason of any personal disability, or otherwise.

1825, ch. 99. Ante, p. 228. Construction of this act.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XI. p. 402.

Salary of consul-general of British North America.

1856, ch. 127, §3. 1864, ch. 136, 3.

Fees, &c. to be accounted for.

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CHAP. LXXV.- An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty.

SEC. 2. That the salary provided by the third section of "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, as compensation for the consul-general of British North America, as by schedule B, shall be in full of all compensation allowed to that officer; and all fees received by any vice-consul or commercial agent in British North America, exceeding the amount allowed by the President as compensation for his services, and all fees received by said consul-general, shall be accounted for by such officers, respectively, to the treasury of the United States.

No. 394. - MARCH 24, 1860.

CHAP. VIII. - An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the Carriage of Stat. at Large, Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels," approved March third, eighteen hundred Vol. XII. p. 3. and fifty-five, for the better Protection of Female Passengers, and other Purposes.

1855, ch. 213. Ante, p. 368. Seduction and illicit connection with female pas

Be it enacted, &c. That every master or other officer, seaman or other person employed on board of any ship or vessel of the United States, who shall, during the voyage of such ship or vessel, under promise of marriage, senger on any or by threats, or by the exercise of his authority, or by solicitation, or the vessel of the United States, making of gifts or presents, seduce and have illicit connection with any how punished. female passenger, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars: Provided, That the subsequent intermarriage of the parties seducing and seduced may be pleaded in bar of a conviction.

Proviso.

mission the part

to work forfeit

SEC. 2. That neither the officers, seamen, or other persons employed on The frequentboard of any ship or vessel bringing emigrant passengers to the United ing without perStates, or any of them, shall visit or frequent any part of such ship or of such vessel vessel assigned to emigrant passengers, except by the direction or permis- assigned to emision of the master or commander of such ship or vessel first made or given grant passengers, for such purpose; and every officer, seaman, or other person employed on ure of wages. board of such ship or vessel, who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall forfeit to the said ship or vessel his wages for the voyage of the said ship or vessel during which the said offence has been committed. Any master or commander who shall direct or permit any officer or seaman or other person employed on board of such ship or vessel, to visit or frequent to frequent such any part of said ship or vessel assigned to emigrant passengers, except for part of such vesthe purpose of doing or performing some necessary act or duty as an offi- sel to be fined. cer, seaman, or person employed on board of said ship or vessel, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each occasion on which he shall so direct or permit the provisions of this section to be violated by any officer, seaman, or other person employed on board of such ship or vessel.

A master permitting persons

in different languages to be

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the master or commander of every Notices hereof, ship or vessel bringing emigrant passengers to the United States to post a written or printed notice in the English, French, and German languages posted. containing the provisions of the second section of this act in a conspicuous place on the forecastle, and in the several parts of the said ship or vessel assigned to emigrant passengers, and to keep the same so posted during the voyage; and upon neglect so to do, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Penalty on master for neglect.

Fine under the

SEC. 4. That, in case of the conviction of any person under the provisions of the first section of this act, and the imposition of a fine, the court first section may be paid to the fesentencing the person so convicted may, in its discretion, by an order to be male seduced, entered on its minutes, direct the amount of the fine when collected, to be &c. paid for the use or benefit of the female seduced, or her child or children, if any. SEC. 5. That no conviction shall be had under the provisions of this Testimony of act on the testimony of the female seduced uncorroborated by other evi- the female must be corroborated, dence, nor unless the indictment shall be found within one year after the and indictment arrival of the ship or vessel at the port for which she was destined when found within one

the offence was committed.

year.

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