Chapter XXV. *to continue in force, for a limited time, the Provisions o f the Act of Congress of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and the Second Section of its Supplement of eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, so as to enable the Board of Land Commissioners in California to close th
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Chap. XXV.— An Act *to continue in force, for a limited time, the Provisions o f the Act of Congress of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and the Second Section of its Supplement of eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, so as to enable the Board of Land Commissioners in California to close their Adjudications of Private Land Titles in that State, and for other Purposes.* Jan. 10, 1855. 1851, ch. 41. 1854, ch. 2. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the provisions of the act of Congress approved third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, “to Continuance of California Land Commission. 1851, ch. 41. 1864, ch. 2.ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California,” and of the second section of the act of eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, continuing the same in force, be further continued in force for the term of one year, and no longer, from the third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the United States district attorney for the northern district of California be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ assistant counsel to aid him in defending the interests Employment of clerks and assistant counsel.of the United States in the land suits for the adjudication of such claims before the district court, at a salary not exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars per annum, and also to employ such clerical force, not exceeding two persons, at a compensation of one hundred and fifty dollars per month each; the services of said assistant counsel, and the clerical force aforesaid, not to continue beyond the exigencies of the service, nor longer than the term of one year from the period of their several appointments.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the said commissioners, or Subpœnas.either of them, may issue the writ of subpœna requiring the attendance of witnesses before the said board, and that for any contempt in refusing obedience to such writ, the said board shall have the same power to inflict punishment now possessed by the district court of the United States. Approved, January 10, 1855.