Chapter CXXI. for the Construction of a Road in the Territory of Nebraska

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Chap. CXXI.— An Act for the Construction of a Road in the Territory of Nebraska. March 3, 1857. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum of thirty thousand Appropriation for a road in Nebraska Territory.dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, for the construction of a road from the Platte River, via the Omaha Reserve and Dahkota City, to the Running Water River, in the Territory of Nebraska; said road to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

Approved, March 3, 1857. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: granting further Time to the Creditors of Texas to present their Claims, and for other Purposes. Resolution 1 11 Stat. 252 December 26, 1856 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 1.] A Resolution granting further Time to the Creditors of Texas to present their Claims, and for other Purposes.

Dec. 26, 1856.1859, ch. 80.*Post*, p. 414. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Further time granted to creditors of Texas, to present their claims.The resolution to pay those who have filed releases *pro rata* repealed.*Ante*, p, 145.That the time fixed by law within which the creditors of the late Republic of Texas may file their claims at the Treasury Department, be and the same is hereby extended to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight: and that so much of a “joint resolution extending the time for the creditors of Texas to present their claims,” approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, as authorizes and requires the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute and pay the residue of the seven million seven hundred and fitly thousand dollars, *pro rata*, amongst those creditors who have filed their releases, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, December 26, 1856. No. 2: Accepting the Portrait of John Hampden, presented to Congress by John McGregor. Resolution 2 11 Stat. 253 January 13, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 2, 5, 6. 1857. 253 [No. 2.] A Resolution Accepting the Portrait of John Hampden, presented to Congress by John McGregor.

Jan. 13, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the polirait of JohnPortrait of John Hampden accepted from John McGregor.To be framed and placed in the executive mansion. Hampden, presented to Congress by John McGregor, be accepted; and the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress be and they are hereby directed to cause the same to be properly framed, and placed in the Executive Mansion. Approved, January 13, 1857.

No. 5: respecting the Distribution of certain Public Documents. Resolution 5 11 Stat. 253 January 28, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 5.] A Resolution respecting the Distribution of certain Public Documents. Jan. 28, 1857.*Post*, pp. 868, 379, 380. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Distribution of Public Documents.

That the ten copies of the journals and other documents of Congress, authorized by law to be deposited in the Library of Congress, by section three of the joint resolution of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred mid twenty-eight, shall hereafter beVol. iv. p. 321. deposited with the Secretary of State for foreign exchanges; and the fifty copies of the journals and documents of the Senate and House of Representatives ordered to be placed in the Library of Congress for foreign exchanges, by joint resolution of July twentieth, eighteenVol. v. p. 409. hundred and forty; and the fifty copies of the journals and documents of the Senate and House of Representatives authorized to be deposited with the Secretary of State, by the joint resolution of April thirtieth, eighteenVol. v. p. 717. hundred and forty-four, shall hereafter be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That instead of one hundred copiesOnly fifty additional copies of House journal and documents to be hereafter printed. of the journals and documents of the House of Representatives, authorized to be printed by the joint resolution of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, there shall hereafter be printed fifty copies only. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That the journals and CongressionalVol. v. p. 717.Distribution to colleges, &c. documents heretofore deposited in the Library of Congress by authority of, the above-cited resolutions, and so many of the four hundred copies of the public documents sent to the Department of State as are now distributed by that department to colleges and other literary institutions,*Post*, p. 368. shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior, for distribution to such colleges, public libraries, athenaeums, literary and scientific institutions, boards of trade, or public associations as may be designated by him.

Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved*, That two copies of the journals andTwo copies to be reserved for Library of Congress. documents Indicated in the above cited-resolutions, so far as they have been saved from the late fire, shall be reserved for the Library of Congress. Sec. 5. *And be it further resolved*, That in future two copies only ofSame subject. the journals and documents, or any book printed by either House of Congress, well bound in calf, shall be deposited in the Library, and not to be taken therefrom.

Approved, January 28, 1857. No. 6: for the Appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Resolution 6 11 Stat. 253 January 28, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 6.] A Resolution for the Appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Jan. 28, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Richard Rush and Joseph G.

Totten, reappointed Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class “other than members of Congress,” be filled by the reappointment, of the late incumbents, viz: Richard Rush, of Philadelphia, and Joseph G. Totten, of Washington. Approved, January 28, 1857. No. 7: providing for the furnishing of a complete Set of Weights and Measures to the State of Vermont. Resolution 7 11 Stat. 254 February 16, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public 254 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 7, 8, 9, 12. 1857. [No. 7.] Joint Resolution providing for the furnishing of a complete Set of Weights and Measures to the State of Vermont. Feb. 16, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Complete set of weights and measures to be furnished to Vermont. That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he hereby is directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards, such as are made for the use of the several custom-houses, to be delivered to the governor of the State of Vermont, or such person as he may appoint, for the use of said State, and in order to replace the set recently destroyed by fire in the capitol of said State.

Approved, February 16, 1857. No. 8: to provide for ascertaining the relative Value of the Coinage of the United States and Great Britain, and the fixing the relative Value of the Unitary Coins of the two Countries. Resolution 8 11 Stat. 254 February 26, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 8.] A Resolution to provide for ascertaining the relative Value of the Coinage of the United States and Great Britain, and the fixing the relative Value of the Unitary Coins of the two Countries.

Feb. 26, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Agent, &c. to conter with Great Britain as to coinage. That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appoint some suitable person as agent or commissioner to confer with the proper functionaries in Great Britain in relation to some plan or plans of so mutually arranging, on the decimal basis, the coinage of the two countries as that the respective units shall be thereafter easily and exactly commensurable, and to embody the result of such conference in a statement and report, to be laid before Congress as early as practicable; and that the compensation of said agent or commissioner shall not exceed five thousand dollars in full for his services and expenses.

Approved, February 26, 1857. No. 9: to prevent the Counterfeiting of the Coins of the United States. Resolution 9 11 Stat. 254 February 26, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 9.] A Resolution to prevent the Counterfeiting of the Coins of the United States. Feb. 26, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Investigation of J.

T. Barclay’s plan for preventing abrasion and counterfeiting of coin. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to cause inquiry to be made by two competent commissioners into processes and means claimed to have been discovered by J. T. Barclay for preventing the abrasion, counterfeiting, and deterioration of the coins of the United States, and to report the results of the said enquiry to Congress at its next session, with his opinion as to the probable value of the alleged discoveries; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated for that purpose.

Approved, February 26, 1857. No. 12: relative to Sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the Territories of Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Resolution 12 11 Stat. 254 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 12.] A Resolution relative to Sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the Territories of Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska.

March 3, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Where sections 16 or 36 have been or shall be settled or taken as town sites before survey, &c. in Minnesota, Kansas, or Nebraska, other school lands to be selected in lieu thereof. That where any settlements, by the erection of a dwelling-house, or the cultivation of any portion of the land, shall have been or shall be made upon the sixteenth or thirty-sixth sections (which sections have been reserved by law for the purpose of being applied to the support of schools in the Territories of Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same) before the said sections shall have been or shall be surveyed; or when such sections have been or may be selected or occupied as town sites, under and by virtue of the act of Congress approved twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, or reserved 1844, ch. 17.Vol. v. p. 657.for public uses before the survey, then other lands shall be selected by the proper authorities, in lieu thereof, agreeably to the provisions of the actTHIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

Sess. III. Res. 13, 14, 15, 16. 1857.255 of Congress approved twentieth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled “An act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain1826, ch. 83.Vol. iv. p. 179. townships and fractional townships not before provided for.” And if such settler can bring himself, or herself, within the provisions of the act of fourth of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, or the occupants1841, ch. 16. of the town site be enabled to show a compliance with the provisions of the law of twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, then theVol. v. p. 453. right of preference granted by the said acts, in the purchase of such portion of the sixteenth or thirty-sixth sections, so settled and occupied, shall be in them respectively, as if such sections had not been previously reserved for school purposes.

Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 13: concerning Wolf Island. Resolution 13 11 Stat. 255 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 13.] A Resolution concerning Wolf Island. March 3, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Title to lands on Wolf Island in the Mississippi, disclaimed.Proviso.

That the United States hereby disclaims all title to any and all lands on “Wolf Island” in the Mississippi River: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any manner affecting the question of jurisdiction over said Island as between the States of Kentucky and Missouri. Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 14: relating to the Compensation of the Chaplains of Congress. Resolution 14 11 Stat. 255 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 14.] A Resolution relating to the Compensation of the Chaplains of Congress. March 3, 1857. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the chaplains of the two Houses of Congress, be paid on the last day of each month during theChaplains of Congress, how often to be paid and rate of pay. regular sessions of Congress, at the rate of seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, beginning with the present Congress, and at the end of each regular session, they shall be paid the residue of said annual salary.

Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 15: for the Presentation of Medals to Dr. Kane, his Officers and Men. Resolution 15 11 Stat. 255 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution for the Presentation of Medals to Dr. Kane, his Officers and Men. March 3, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Navy shall cause to be struck and presented to Dr.

Kane, his officers and men,Medals to be presented to Dr. Kane, his officers and men. respectively, such appropriate medals as in the judgment of the said Secretary shall express the high estimation in which Congress hold their respective merits and services. Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 16: allowing Commander Henry J. Hartstene, of the United States Navy, Lieutenant S. D. Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty Officers and Crew of the Steamer “Vixen,” to accept certain Tokens of Acknowledgment from the Government of Great Britain.

Resolution 16 11 Stat. 255 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 16.] A Resolution allowing Commander Henry J. Hartstene, of the United States Navy, Lieutenant S. D. Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty Officers and Crew of the Steamer “Vixen,” to accept certain Tokens of Acknowledgment from the Government of Great Britain.

March 3, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Congress consents that Commander Henry J. Hartstene, of the United States navy, may accept from the government of Great Britain a sword, which has been forwardedCommander Henry J. Hartstene authorized to accept a sword, from the government of Great Britain. to the navy department by the said government, for presentation to said Commander Hartstene, with the expression of a hope that he may be permitted to receive it as a memorial of the gratification which her majesty the Queen of Great Britain has received from the return of the “barque Resolute” of which said Hartstene was commander. 256 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

Sess. III. Res. 17, 18. 1857. Sec. 2. Lient. S. D. Trenchard and Master G. F. Morrison, of the Vixen, each authorized to accept a sword.*And be it further resolved*, That Congress hereby also consents that Lieutenant S. D. Trenchard, and Master G. F. Morrison, of the United States steamer “Vixen” may each accept from the government of Great Britain a sword, which has been forwarded to the Navy Department by said government, for presentation to the said Trenchard and Morrison, as an acknowledgment by said government of Great Britain of the generous and effective services rendered by said Trenchard and Morrison in rescuing the lives and property of certain of her Majesty’s subjects from destruction; and, also, that the consent of Congress is hereby given for the acceptance by the petty officers arid crew of the steamer “Vixen,” The petty officers and crew authorized to accept a sum of money from the government of Great Britain.of a sum of money, contributed by the Glasgow underwriters on the British barque “Adieu,” as a mark of their gratitude for the services rendered by said officers and crew in rescuing the said barque from destruction.

Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 17: to return to the Land-Office at Vincennes, Indiana, certain Deeds transmitted to the General Land-Office, by the Board of Commissioners appointed under the “Act to ascertain and adjust the Titles to certain Lands in the State of Indiana,” approved duly twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Resolution 17 11 Stat. 256 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 17] A Resolution to return to the Land-Office at Vincennes, Indiana, certain Deeds transmitted to the General Land-Office, by the Board of Commissioners appointed under the “Act to ascertain and adjust the Titles to certain Lands in the State of Indiana,” approved duly twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. March 3, 1857.1854, ch. 110. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in all cases where the deed and evidences of titles have been transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land-Office under the “Act to ascertain and adjust the 1854, ch. 110.Vol. x. p. 813.titles to certain lands in the State of Indiana,” approved July twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, as is provided for in Deeds and evidences of titles to be returned to original claimants where action has been had on the claim.section six of said act, that such deeds and evidences of titles in all cases where there has been an action on the same, whether confirmed or rejected by the Board of Commissioners constituted under said act, shall be returned by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office to the original claimants.

Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 18: Damages for contract for brick for Washington Aqueduct. Resolution 18 11 Stat. 256 March 3, 1857 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 3 11 public [No. 18.] March 3, 1857. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Claim for damages for contract for brick for the Washington Aqueduct to be audited and paid.Treasury shall settle and adjust with all the parties respectively interested therein, on principles of justice and equity, all damages, losses, and liabilities incurred or sustained by said parties respectively on account of their contract for manufacturing brick for the Washington Aquaduct; and he is hereby directed to pay the amount found due by such settlement and adjustment out of the appropriation made for paying the liabilities 1856, ch. 129.for the said aquaduct, by the act “making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, *Ante*, p. 86.eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,” approved the eighteenth of August, eighteen Brick, &c., to be surrendered.hundred and fifty-six: *Provided*, That the said parties first surrender to the United States all the brick made, together with all the machinery and appliances and other personal property prepared for executing the said contract, and that the said contract be cancelled.

Approved, March 3, 1857. 35 35 1 1857 1858 257 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and holden at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of December,* 1857, *and ended Monday, the fourteenth day of June,* 1858. James Buchanan, President; John C. Breckinridge, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Benjamin Fitzpatrick was appointed President of the Senate, *pro tempore*, March 29, 1858, and so acted until May 4, 1858.

James L. Orr, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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