Chapter CLXXIX. *for the Relief of James Norris, and for other Purposes.* March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Name of James Norris to be placed on the invalid pension roll.of the Navy be, and he is hereby
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Chap. CLXXIX.— An Act *for the Relief of James Norris, and for other Purposes.* March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Name of James Norris to be placed on the invalid pension roll.of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of James Norris, of Sandwich, in the State of New Hampshire, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and pay him a pension at such rate per year as is provided by law for the total disability of an *of an* assistant surgeon in the navy of the United States, to commence on on the first day of July, A.
D. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and continue during his natural life. Appropriation for the government of Territory of Minnesota, vis.: Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That there be, and hereby are, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the following sums, for the government of the Territory of Minnesota: Salaries of governor and other officers. For salaries of governor, three judges, and secretary, nine thousand dollars. Contingencies.
For contingent expenses of said Territory, three hundred and fifty dollars. Pay and mileage of members of legislature, officers, and attendants, and other incidental expenses. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, pay of officers and attendants, printing, stationery, fuel, and other incidental expenses, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars. Approved, March 3, 1849. THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 1, 2, 10. 1849. 417 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: for the Appointment of Regents in the Smithsonian Institution.
Public Resolution 1 9 Stat. 417 1848-12-19 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 1.] A Resolution *for the Appointment of Regents in the Smithsonian Institution.* Dec. 19, 1848. *Resolved by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the vacancies in The present vacancies in board of regents, how to be filled.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., Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, and Gideon Hawley, of New York.
Approved, December 19, 1848. No. 2: relating to the Compensation of Persons appointed to deliver the Votes far President and Vice-President of the United States to the President of the Senate. Public Resolution 2 9 Stat. 417 1849-01-06 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 2.] A Resolution *relating to the Compensation of Persons appointed to deliver the Votes far President and Vice-President of the United States to the President of the Senate.* January 6, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That so much of an act Proviso in general appropriation act of 12th August, 1848, limiting the compensations of persons bringing on the votes for President and Vice-President repealed.entitled “An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and for other purposes,” as relates to the compensation to be allowed persons appointed by the electors of any State to deliver to the President of the Senate a list of the votes for President and Vice-President, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the messengers appointed under the operation of the clause hereby repealed, who bore, or may hereafter deliver, the votes cast in the presidential election of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, 1818, ch. 166.
Original rate of compensation restored.shall be entitled to demand and receive the same amount that they would have been entitled to had the act approved August twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, not passed. Approved, January 6, 1849. No. 10: for the Distribution of the Official Register, or Blue Book, among the several States. Public Resolution 1 9 Stat. 417 1849-03-02 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution *for the Distribution of the Official Register, or Blue Book, among the several States.* March 2, 1849. Whereas a number of copies of the Official Register, or Blue Book, are now deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, subject to the order of Congress; therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That a full set of one for Surplus copies of the Blue Book to be distributed among the several states.each year, or so far as is practicable, be furnished to each of the State libraries; and where there are no State libraries, to be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and that the Secretary of State be requested to have the same transmitted to them.
Approved, March 2, 1849. No. 11: directing that the Government of Russia be supplied with certain Volumes of the Narrative of the Exploring Expedition, in lieu of those which were lost at Sea, and for other Purposes. Public Resolution 11 9 Stat. 418 1849-01-20 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public 418 THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 11, 12, 14. 1849. [No. 11.] Joint Resolution *directing that the Government of Russia be supplied with certain Volumes of the Narrative of the Exploring Expedition, in lieu of those which were lost at Sea, and for other Purposes.* March 2, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the librarian of Congress Two copies additional of vols, vi, and vii, of the works of the Exploring Expedition to be delivered to the government of Russia.be, and is hereby, directed to procure and deliver to the Secretary of State two copies of volumes six and seven of the Narrative of the Exploring Expedition under Captain Wilkes; and the Secretary of State is hereby directed to deliver them to the government of Russia, in lieu of those heretofore delivered, which were lost at sea on their passage to Russia; and that the cost of the same be paid out of the funds heretofore appropriated to the publication of the works of the Exploring Expedition.
One complete copy of said works to be presented to the government of Ecuador. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* That the librarian of Congress deliver one copy of the works of the Exploring Expedition, as they shall be completed, to the Secretary of State, to be presented by him to the government of Ecuador. Approved, March 2, 1849. No. 12: authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish Arms and Ammunition to Persons emigrating to the Territories of Oregon, California, and New Mexico.
Public Resolution 12 9 Stat. 418 1849-03-02 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 12.] A Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish Arms and Ammunition to Persons emigrating to the Territories of Oregon, California, and New Mexico.* March 2, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War The Secretary of War to furnish arms and ammunition to emigrants to California.be, and he is hereby, authorized, at his discretion, and having due regard to the necessities of the public service, to furnish to such persons as may apply for the same, and who design to emigrate to the Territories either of Oregon, California, or New Mexico, such arms and ammunition, from the army stores, as they may require to arm themselves Provisoes.for such expedition: *Provided,* That the arms and ammunition so furnished shall not exceed a supply sufficient to arm and equip each person of such expedition: *And provided further,* That before the same are delivered, the actual cost to the government of such arms and ammunition shall first be paid to the United States; and that the Secretary of War shall be satisfied that the persons so applying really and bona fide design them for the use aforesaid.
Approved, March 2, 1849. No. 14: relative to Evidence in Applications for Pensions by Widows of deceased Soldiers, under the Act of July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Public Resolution 14 9 Stat. 418 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution *relative to Evidence in Applications for Pensions by Widows of deceased Soldiers, under the Act of July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in all applications for What shall be considered satisfactory evidence in applications by certain widows for pensions. 1848, ch. 108.pensions by the widows of deceased soldiers, under the act of July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, the returns on the rolls of the disease of which the soldier died, and the official opinion of the Surgeon-General founded thereon, that from the nature of the disease it was contracted while the soldier was in the line of his duty, shall be considered satisfactory evidence thereof, without the proof now required at the Pension Office; and that it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Pensions, in all cases of application for pensions under said act, to apply to the proper officers for said evidence, without requiring the applicant to furnish the same.
Approved, March 3, 1849. No. 15: granting to the Secretary of the Treasury further Time to make the Report concerning the Sale and Entry of certain Lands in Cincinnati. Public Resolution 15 9 Stat. 419 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 15, 16, 17. 1849. 419 [No. 15.] Joint Resolution *granting to the Secretary of the Treasury further Time to make the Report concerning the Sale and Entry of certain Lands in Cincinnati.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Further time granted to Secretary of Treasury to make report concerning sales of lands at Cincinnati.Treasury have until the next session of Congress to make the report required of him by the joint resolution to prohibit the sale at private entry of certain lands in Cincinnati, Ohio, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Approved, March 3, 1849. No. 16: authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to subscribe for a thousand Copies of a further Publication of the Debates and Proceedings of Congress, and for other Purposes. Public Resolution 16 9 Stat. 419 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to subscribe for a thousand Copies of a further Publication of the Debates and Proceedings of Congress, and for other Purposes.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Subscription on the part of the Senate and House of Representatives for 1000 copies of Journal of Debates, &c., from 1st to 4th Congress, authorized.
Joint Committee on the Library to report on the propriety of making a further subscription for continuation of said Debates, &c.Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives are hereby authorized to subscribe, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee, on behalf of Congress, for one thousand copies of the debates and proceedings of Congress, from the termination of the first Congress, where the present publication stops, until the end of the fourth Congress, the same having been compiled and ready for the press; and that the Joint Library Committee be directed to examine any further compilation of such debates and proceedings from the end of the fourth Congress until the commencement of the Register of Debates, already published, from eighteen hundred and twenty-four; and that such committee re port, from time to time, upon the propriety of subscribing for such continuation; and that one copy of such debates and proceedings be furnished each member of the present Congress, and the residue be deposited in the library of Congress, subject to the further order of Congress.
Approved, March 3, 1849. No. 17: for the Relief of Pursers in the Navy, as to Expenditures made in Pursuance of Orders during the War with Mexico, and for other Purposes. Public Resolution 17 9 Stat. 419 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Pursers in the Navy, as to Expenditures made in Pursuance of Orders during the War with Mexico, and for other Purposes.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the accounting officers Accounting officers to credit pursers for certain payments made during the Mexican war.
Ante, p. 414. Provisoes.of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit pursers of the navy with payments made by them for carrying on hostilities against Mexico, during the late war with that republic, whether the expenditures were made on land or water: *Provided,* That said payment shall have been made under orders of the naval officer in command, and approved by the Secretary of the Navy: *And provided,* That satisfactory vouchers are produced to establish such payments.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* That every disbursement of public Disbursements made by order of commanding officers of the navy to be allowed and credited.moneys, or disposal of public stores, made by order of any commanding officer of the navy, which shall be objected to by the accounting officers of the treasury in the settlement of the accounts of any disbursing officer shall, nevertheless, be allowed to such disbursing officer, and the commanding officer, by whose order such disbursement or disposal was made, shall be held accountable for the same: *Provided,* That satisfactory evidence of such order, and of the payment Proviso.of public moneys or disposal of public stores, under the same, shall be produced.
Approved, March 3, 1849. No. 18: to fix the Meaning of the Second Section of an Act for changing the Location of the Land Office in the Chippewa Land District, and establishing an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin. Public Resolution 18 9 Stat. 420 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public 420 THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 18, 19, 20. 1849. [No. 18.] A Resolution *to fix the Meaning of the Second Section of an Act for changing the Location of the Land Office in the Chippewa Land District, and establishing an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the word “Territory,” The word “Territory,” in the act herein referred to, to be construed so as to mean “State.” 1849, ch. 84.in the second section of the act entitled “An Act for changing the lo cation of the land office in the Chippewa land district, and establishing an additional land district in the State of Wisconsin,” approved at the present session of Congress, be construed to be and mean “State.
” Approved, March 3, 1849. No. 19: for the Purchase of Copies of the General Nary Register and Laws. Public Resolution 19 9 Stat. 420 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution *for the Purchase of Copies of the General Nary Register and Laws.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That *that* the Secretary of Purchase of a sufficient number of the General Navy Register authorized.the Navy be instructed to purchase and pay, out of the contingent fund of his department, for a sufficient number of copies of Mechlin and Winder’s General Navy Register and Laws, to supply one copy to each commissioned officer now in the naval service; and that the work Proviso as to cost.be distributed to such officers: *Provided, however,* That the cost shall not exceed three dollars per copy.
Approved, March 3, 1849. No. 20: relative to the Public Printing. Public Resolution 20 9 Stat. 420 1849-03-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-15 30 2 public [No. 20.] A Resolution *relative to the Public Printing.* March 3, 1849. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of How accounts for the printing of Congress shall be audited and passed upon.the Senate, and the Clerk of the House, and the Clerk of the Joint Committee on Printing, jointly be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to examine, audit, and pass upon all accounts for printing, to make a pro rata reduction in the compensation allowed, or to refuse the work altogether, should it be inferior to the standard, and in all things to possess the same power over the public printing as is conferred upon the Joint Committee on Printing by the joint resolution Proviso.approved August 3, 1846: *Provided,* That the authority hereby con ferred shall only be exercised during the next recess of Congress, and shall cease at the commencement of the next session of Congress.
Approved, March 3, 1849. 31 31 1 1849 1850 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the* 3*rd day of December,* 1849, *and ended Monday, the* 30*th day of September,* 1850. Zachary Taylor, President until his death, July 9, 1850; Millard Fillmore, President after July 9, 1850; Millard Fillmore, Vice-President, until July 9, 1850; William R.
King, President of the Senate on and after July 11, 1850; Howell Cobb, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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