Chapter CLXXX. to provide for the Payment of the Evidences of public Debt in certain Cases
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Chap. CLXXX.— An Act to provide for the Payment of the Evidences of public Debt in certain Cases.Aug. 10, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of Treasury to redeem treasury notes which have been stolen and put into circulation and not cancelled.Ante p 40. whenever it shall appear, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon due proof taken in the manner hereinafter directed, that any treasury note, which has been, before the passage of this act, received or redeemed by any authorized officer of the government, has been subsequently purloined or stolen, and put into circulation, without having upon it any evidence or marks of having been cancelled, and has been received by any person or institution, for a full consideration, in the usual course of business, without notice or knowledge of the same having been redeemed or received as aforesaid, or having been cancelled, or having been purloined or stolen as aforesaid, and without any circumstances existing to create suspicion of the good faith or due caution with which the same may have been received by such person or institution, he shall be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the amount of such note to be paid to the innocent holder thereof, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. *Provided,*Proviso as to nature of evidence required to prove the facts.
That the facts upon which any such payment shall be made shall be proved by the oath or affirmation of a credible witness or witnesses, taken before any judge of the United States, or of theTWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 180. 1846.107 highest court of record, or of the presiding judge of any court, exercising unlimited jurisdiction in amount, of any State, Territory, or district, and of the taking of which testimony due notice shall previously be given to the district attorney of the United States for the district in which such testimony is taken, who shall be at liberty to appear and propound questions to such witnesses; all which evidence shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and preserved in his department; andFalse swear ing to be perjury. all wilful false swearing upon such examination shall be and hereby is declared to be perjury, and liable to the punishment for that offence prescribed by the laws of the United States: *And provided further,*Statement to be submitted to Congress.
That a statement of all treasury notes paid under the provisions of this act, within the preceding year, shall be submitted to Congress with the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the finances. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatOfficers and agents of U. S., who have or may receive such notes, to be credited with their amount. when any officer or agent of the United States, duly authorized to receive, redeem, or cancel, any treasury notes issued by authority of law, has received, or shall receive, or has paid, or shall pay, any treasury note which had been previously received or redeemed by any officer or agent having authority to receive or redeem such note, and which had subsequently thereto been purloined and put into circulation, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon full and satisfactory proof that the same had been received or paid in good faith, and in the exercise of ordinary prudence, may allow a credit for the amount of such note to the officer or agent so receiving or paying the same; and all credits which have,Credits made to be sanctioned. before the passage of this act, been allowed in such cases, and under such circumstances, are hereby sanctioned.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRepeal of acts supplied by this act if not acted on; if acted on, ratified and confirmed. all acts and parts of acts heretofore enacted, which are supplied by this act, so far as the same may not have been acted on are hereby repealed, and so far as they may have been acted on, they are ratified and confirmed. Approved, August 10, 1846. 108 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS Sess. I. Res. 1, 2. 1845–46. RESOLUTIONS. Public Resolution No. 1: for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union. 9 Stat. 108 1845-12-29 1 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 29 1 public [No. 1.]— Joint Resolution *for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union.*March 2, 1837. WhereasPreamble. the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved March the first, eighteen hundred and forty-five, did consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, might be erected into a new State, to be called *The State of Texas,* with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same might be admitted as one of the States of the Union; which consent of Congress was given upon certain conditions specified in the first and second sections of said joint resolution; and whereas the people of the said Republic of Texas, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, did adopt a constitution, and erect a new State with a republican form of government, and, in the name of the people of Texas, and by their authority, did ordain and declare that they assented to and accepted the proposals, conditions, and guaranties contained in said first and second sections of said resolution: and whereas the said constitution, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of the Republic of Texas, has been transmitted to the President of the United States and laid before Congress, in conformity to the provisions of said joint resolution:
Therefore— *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatTexas admitted into the Union. the State of Texas shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatTo be entitled to two representatives. until the representatives in Congress shall be apportioned according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, the State of Texas shall be entitled to choose two representatives.
Approved, December 29, 1845. Public Resolution No. 2: relative to the Printing and Distribution of the annual Estimates. 9 Stat. 108 1846-01-07 2 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 29 1 public [No. 2.]— Joint Resolution *relative to the Printing and Distribution of the annual Estimates.*Jan. 7, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatEstimates of appropriations to be printed. it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the estimates of appropriations which he is by law required to prepare and submit to Congress to be printed, and copies of the same to be delivered to the clerk of the House of Representatives, in time for distribution at the commencement of each session; and that the clerk distribute the said estimates in the manner in which documents printed by Congress are directed to be distributed.
Approved, January 7, 1846. Public Resolution No. 3: to authorize the Transmission and Presentation of Books to the Minister of Justice of Prance, in Exchange for Books received from him. 9 Stat. 109 1846-03-04 3 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 29 1 public TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 3, 4. 1846.109 [No. 3.]— A Resolution *to authorize the Transmission and Presentation of Books to the Minister of Justice of Prance, in Exchange for Books received from him.*March 4, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatLibrarian of Congress authorized to procure a complete aeries of reports of If, S.
Courts, and of the laws of U. S., and transmit them to minister of justice of France. the librarian of Congress be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to procure a complete series of reports of all the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the Circuit and District Courts thereof, which have been heretofore published; as also a complete copy of the public Statutes at Large of the United States, now being edited by Richard Peters, Esq., by authority of Congress, the whole to be uniformly bound and lettered; and to cause the same, under the direction of the chief justice of the said Supreme Court, to be transmitted and presented to the minister of justice of France, in return and exchange for works of French law heretofore presented by the minister to the Supreme Court aforesaid.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* That,Appropriation. for the purpose aforesaid, there be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. Approved, March 4, 1846. Public Resolution No. 4: concerning the Oregon Territory. 9 Stat. 109 1846-04-27 4 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 29 1 public [No. 4.]— Joint Resolution *concerning the Oregon Territory.*April 27, 1846. WhereasPreamble. by the convention concluded the twentieth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, between the United States of America and the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the period of ten years, and afterwards indefinitely extended and continued in force by another convention of the same par-ties, concluded the sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, it was agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony or Rocky Mountains, now commonly called the Oregon Territory, should, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be “free and open” to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers; but without prejudice to any claim which either of the parties might have to any part of said country; and with this further provision, in the second article of the said convention of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, that either party might abrogate and annul said convention on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party;
And whereas it has now become desirable that the respective claims of the United States and Great Britain should be definitely settled, and that said territory may no longer than need be remain subject to the evil consequences of the divided allegiance of its American and British population, and of the confusion and conflict of national jurisdictions, dangerous to the cherished peace and good understanding of the two countries: With a view, therefore, that steps be taken for the abrogation of the said convention of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and twentytyseven, in the mode prescribed in its second article, and that the attention of the governments of both countries may be the more earnestly directed to the adoption of all proper measures for a speedy and amicable adjustment of the differences and disputes in regard to the said territory: *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPresident authorized to give the government of Great Britain the notice required by 2d article of convention of Aug. 6, 1827, for the abrogation of the same. the President of the110TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. 110. United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, at his discretion, to give to the government of Great Britain the notice required by the second article of the said convention of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, for the abrogation of the same. Approved, April 27, 1846. Public Resolution No. 5: to correct a clerical Error. 9 Stat. 110 1846-05-15 5 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 29 1 public [No. 5.]— Joint Resolution *to correct a clerical Error.*May 15, 1846. WhereasPreamble. an error occurred in the enrolment of “An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for certain Objects made for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, 1846,” approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six,Ante, p. 8. by which error an appropriation intended for the support of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia appears as an appropriation “for the support of the District of Columbia”: *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAppropriation in act of 1846. ch. 14. for “the support of the D. of C,” to be construed to have been appropriated for the support of the penitentiary” of said District. the appropriation of eleven thousand nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty-four cents, appearing in said act to be “for the support of the District of Columbia,” was intended by Congress, and shall be construed to have been appropriated for the support of the penitentiary of the said District of Columbia, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.
Approved, May 15, 1846. Public Resolution No. 6: providing for temporary Mail Service in Texas. 9 Stat. 110 1846-05-20 6 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 29 1 public [No. 6.]— A Resolution *providing for temporary Mail Service in Texas.*May 20, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPostmaster-General authorized to continue existing mail service in Texas.Ante, pp. 3, 15. the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to continue the mail service now existing in Texas, under the laws and authority of Texas, or such part thereof as, in his judgment, the public interest may require, from the time that Texas becomes a State in this Union, until contractscan be made, and the mail service put in operation on the past routes in Texas established by Congress at its present session.
Approved, May 20, 1846. Public Resolution No. 9: in Relation to the Issuing of Grants of certain Lands in Louisiana. 9 Stat. 110 1846-06-26 9 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 29 1 public [No. 9.]— A Resolution in Relation to the Issuing of Grants of certain Lands in Louisiana.June 26, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAttorney-General to examine evidences of title in the case of the Houina land claim, and report to President; who shall cause proceedings to bo instituted to try the validity of any patents supposed to be issued contrary to law. the Attorney-General of the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to examine the evidences of title in the case of a certain Spanish land claim in the State of Louisiana, lying on the Mississippi, above New Orleans, commonly known as the Houma claim, and to report his opinion thereon to the President of the United States; and if, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, any patent or patents issued, or which may be issued, under such claim, shall have been, or shall be, issued contrary to law, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to cause proceedings to be instituted in behalf of the United States, and to have the validity of such patent or patents judicially determined.
Approved, June 26, 1846. Public Resolution No. 10: supplementary to the Resolution of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, for distributing the Works of the exploring Expedition. 9 Stat. 111 1846-07-15 10 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 29 1 public TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 10, 11, 12. 1846.111 [No. 10.]— A Resolution *supplementary to the Resolution of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, for distributing the Works of the exploring Expedition.*July 15, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatOne copy of the works of exploring expedition to be presented to State of Florida, and one copy to each new State hereafter. of the thirty-seven copies of the narrative and scientific works of the exploring expedition, deposited, and to be deposited, in the library of Congress, one copy shall be presented to the Slate of Florida; and whenever any new State shall be admitted into the Union, one copy of said works shall be presented to such State.
Approved, July 15, 1846. Public Resolution No. 11: presenting the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Taylor, his Officers and Men. 9 Stat. 111 1846-07-16 11 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 29 1 public [No. 11.]— A joint Resolution *presenting the Thanks of Congress to Major-General Taylor, his Officers and Men.*July 16, 1846. *Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatThanks of Congress presented to Major-General Taylor, his officers and men. the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major-General Zachary Taylor, commanding the army of occupation, his officers and men, for the fortitude, skill, enterprise, and courage, which have distinguished the recent brilliant operations on the Rio Grande. *And be it further resolved,* ThatSympathy of Congress with the relatives and friends of those who fell in battle.
Congress sincerely sympathize with the relatives and friends of the officers and soldiers of the army of the United States, who so bravely fell in the service of their country on the Rio Grande. *And be it further resolved,* ThatThe foregoing resolutions to be communicated to Gen. Taylor, and through him to the army. the President of the United States be requested to cause the foregoing resolutions to be communicated to General Taylor, and through him to the army under his command. *And be it further resolved,* ThatPresident authorized to cause a gold modal to be presented to Gen.
Taylor, in the name of the Republic. the President of the United States be authorized and requested to have a medal of gold procured, with appropriate devices and inscriptions thereon, and presented to General Taylor, in the name of the Republic, as a tribute due to his good con-duct, valor, and generosity to the vanquished. Approved, July 16, 1846. Public Resolution No. 12: to refund to States and Individuals Expenses incurred by them under Calls for Militia and Volunteers made by Generals Gaines and Taylor. 9 Stat. 111 1846-07-16 12 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 29 1 public [No. 12.]— A joint Resolution *to refund to States and Individuals Expenses incurred by them under Calls for Militia and Volunteers made by Generals Gaines and Taylor.*July 16, 1846. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of War authorized to refund to States and individuals amount of expenses incurred in fitting out volunteers called out by General Gaines and Taylor.Post, p. 113. the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to refund, out of the appropriation made by the “Act providing for the Prosecution of the existing War between the United States and the Republic of Mexico,” approved the thirteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, to the governors of the several States called upon by General Taylor and General Gaines for volunteers and militia, and also to individuals, the amount of the expenses incurred by said States and individuals, in fitting out and preparing said volunteers or militia to join the army under the command of General Taylor, to be settled upon just and equitable principles Approved, July 16, 1846.
Public Resolution No. 14: regulating the Printing of Congress, and establishing the Compensation of [for] the same. 9 Stat. 112 1846-07-23 14 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 29 1 public 112TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 112. [No. 14.]— A Resolution regulating the Printing of Congress, and establishing the Compensation of [for] the same.July 23, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Regulations for the printing, of the two houses of Congress. from and after the passage of this resolution, the priming of the two houses of Congress shall be subject to the following regulations:
When any message, report, or document, communicated to both houses of Congress, shall be ordered to be printed by the Senate, the secretary shall ascertain whether the same has been previously ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives; and if so, the copies ordered by the Senate shall be supplied by the printer to the House of Representatives, for which there shall be no charge for composition; and if any such message, report, or document, shall be ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives, it shall be the duty of the clerk to ascertain whether the same has been previously ordered to be printed by the Senate; and if so, the copies ordered by the House shall be furnished by the printer to the Senate, and no charge for composition shall be allowed therefor; an [and] should an additional number of copies of any such document be ordered by either house, they shall be furnished by the printer to the house which first ordered the printing of the document, and for which no compensation for composition shall be allowed:Proviso, documents that may have been printed may again be put in type in certain cases. *Provided, however,* That if, for the purpose of despatch, or any other cause, it shall be necessary to fulfil any order for printing, of either house, of any document which had been previously ordered to be printed, the committee on contingent expenses of the house making such order may direct that such document be again composed, or put into type; in which case composition shall be charged and allowed.
And from the commencement of the present session of Congress all printingRate of compensation. ordered by either house of Congress, where the number of copies do not exceed five thousand, shall be paid for at a rate of compensation not exceeding twenty per centum less than the rates fixed and established by the joint resolution of eighteen hundred and nineteen; and when the number of copies shall exceed five thousand, the compensation shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third per centum less than the rates allowed by the said joint resolution of eighteen hundred and nineteen.
And when the committee on contingent expenses of either house shall direct a second composition, to execute any order for printing, the printing shah be done by the printer to the houseHow maps and charts may be obtained. making such order; and when any order for printing requires maps or charts, the same shall be obtained under the direction of the committee on contingent expenses of the house making such order; and all expenses for printing shall be paid from the contingent fund of the two houses, each house paying for the printing ordered by it, except the expense of composition, which shall be paid by the house which first ordered the document or paper to be printed; and if there shall be a second composition, it shall be paid for by the house whose committeeExpenses for printing, how paid. on contingent expenses shall authorize ano direct the same; and when extra copies of any document shall be ordered by both houses, and the same are executed by the same printer, the copies shall be delivered to the two houses simultaneously, in proportion to the whole number of copies which the houses have respectively ordered.
Approved, July 23, 1846. Public Resolution No. 15: authorizing the Sale of certain Land at Baton Rouge to the State of Louisiana. 9 Stat. 113 1846-07-23 15 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 29 1 public TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 15, 16. 1846.113 [No. 15.]— A Resolution *authorizing the Sale of certain Land at Baton Rouge to the State of Louisiana.*July 23, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of War authorized to sell State of Louisiana certain land near Raton Rouge for a site for State house. the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and convey (for the use and benefit of the State of Louisiana) to the three commissioners appointed by the Legislature of said State to select a site on which to erect a State house, two or or more acres of the tract of land owned by the United States, lying in the parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, above and adjoining the town of Baton Rouge: *Provided,* That, in the judgment of the President of the United States, said sale may be made without detriment to the public interest.
Approved, July 23, 1846. Public Resolution No. 16: directing the Manner of procuring the Printing for the two Houses of Congress. 9 Stat. 113 1846-08-03 16 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 29 1 public [No. 16.]— Joint Resolution *directing the Manner of procuring the Printing for the two Houses of Congress.*Aug. 3, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of Senate and clerk of House to advertise for proposals for printing. the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and required, at the beginning of the final session of every Congress, to advertise, for four weeks successively, in all the newspapers published in the city of Washington, for sealed proposals for supplying the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, of the next ensuing Congress, with the necessary printing for each; which advertisement shall describe the kind of printingWhat the advertisement shall contain. and the quality of paper required, as near as may be, in the execution of the work; and said advertisement shall divide and classify the printing of the respective houses, as follows:
One of bills and resolutions; one of reports of committees; one of journals; one of executive documents; and one for every other description of printing; each class to be a separate job, and to be provided for by separate contract. The said advertisement shall also contain a designation of the place in the said city of Washington where such sealed proposals shall be received, and the day and time of day at which said secretary and clerk will cease to receive any further proposals.Samples of the printing required to be provided and exhibited.
And the secretary and clerk aforesaid shall provide suitable samples of the printing required, and of the paper on which the same is to be executed, to be kept at the place so designated as aforesaid at least twenty days successively before the time of receiving proposals shall expire, open to the inspection of all persons desiring to make proposals for the printing aforesaid, intelligence whereof shall be contained in said advertisement.When and how proposals shall be opened.
Immediately on the expiration of the time for receiving said proposals, they shall be opened by the secretary and clerk aforesaid in the presence of the Vice-President, or President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and of such persons making proposals as may wish to be present.Each class of printing to he let to the lowest bidder, &c. And the secretary of the Senate, under the supervision of the Vice-President or President of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, under the supervision of the Speaker, shall, thereupon, let each class of said printing to the lowest bidder, who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of his practical skill and his ability to do the work, and who shall offer good and sufficient security for the faithful execution of the jobs and contracts undertaken by him.Bonds and sufficient security to be taken.
And thereupon the Vice-President or President of the Senate and its secretary, and the114TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 114. SpeakerAll lettings of printing to be reported to the two houses. of the House and its clerk, shall proceed to take bonds, with good and sufficient security, for the due and faithful performance of the work; and the officers aforesaid shall immediately thereafter report to their respective houses all such lettings of printing, and the contracts relating to the same:Proviso. *Provided,* That the said proposals shall remain sealed until the time appointed for examining the same.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* ThatJoint committee on printing to be chosen. a committee, consisting of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives, shall be chosen by their respective houses, which shallTheir duties and powers. constitute a committee on printing, which shall have power to adopt such measures as may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect or delay on the part of the contractor to execute the work ordered by Congress, and 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 cases, the contractor and his securities shall be responsible for any increased expenditure consequent upon the non-performance of the contract.Auditing of accounts.
The committee shall audit and pass upon all accounts for printing; but no bill shall be acted upon for work that is not actually executed and delivered, and which they may require to be properly authenticated. Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved,* ThatMotions for printing extra numbers to be referred to committee of house where made.Expenses for printing—how paid. all motions to print extra numbers of any bill, paper, or document, in either house, shall be referred to the members of the committee of that house, who shall report upon the propriety of printing, and the probable expense thereof, as early as convenient.
And all expenses for printing shall be paid from the contingent fund of the two houses, in proportion to the number of copies ordered by each, except the expense of composition, which shall be paid by the house which shall have first ordered the printing of the paper or document; and if there shall be a second composition, it shall be paid for by the house which shall authorize and direct the same;Extra copies. and when extra copies of any document or paper shall be ordered by both houses, they shall be delivered to the two houses simultaneously, in proportion to the number of copies by them respectively ordered.
Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved,* ThatRepeal of laws inconsistent with this resolution. all laws and parts of laws now in force, not in conformity with the provisions of this joint resolution, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, August 3, 1846. Public Resolution No. 17: to authorize the Secretary of War to adjudicate the Claims of the Suguahnatchah, and other Clans of Choctaw Indians, whose cases were left undetermined by the Commissioners for the Want of the Townskip Maps. 9 Stat. 114 1846-08-03 17 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 29 1 public [No. 17.]— Joint Resolution *to authorize the Secretary of War to adjudicate the Claims of the Suguahnatchah, and other Clans of Choctaw Indians, whose cases were left undetermined by the Commissioners for the Want of the Townskip Maps.*Aug. 3, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSecretary of War authorized to decide certain Choctaw claims, and to award land scrip therefor.1842, ch. 187. the Secretary of War, for the purpose of consummating the claims of the Suquahnatchah and other clans of Choctaw Indians, in whose cases the testimony was taken by the commissioners appointed by virtue of the act approved the twenty-third of August, eighteen hundred and fortytwo, and returned to the war department, but judgment was not entered up for the want of the maps whereby the location of the lands of the claimants and the allotment of land or scrip, respectively, to each, could alone be determined, be, and he is hereby, authorized to decide the same, and award land or scrip in each case, as the testimony already taken may justify.
Approved, August 3, 1846. Public Resolution No. 20: directing the Payment of certain Volunteers and Militia, under the Limitations therein prescribed. 9 Stat. 115 1846-08-08 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 29 1 public TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 20, 23, 24. 1846.115 [No. 20.]— Joint Resolution *directing the Payment of certain Volunteers and Militia, under the Limitations therein prescribed.*Aug. 8, 1846.Ante, p. 111. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCertain volunteers called out and received into service under orders of General Gaines to be paid out of the appropriation in act of May 13, 1846.Ante, p. 9. the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be paid, out of the appropriation made by the act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, approved the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, to the volunteers and militia, called and actually received, by virtue of the orders of General E.
P. Gaines, into the service of the United States, during the present year, and discharged before joining the army, and such companies as were actually organized and rendezvoused under said call, including the two companies of Major Gally’s command, and the company at Baton Rouge arsenal; and also the company of Mississippi volunteers, (Natchez Fencibles,) and also the company of Mississippi volunteers, (Pontotoc Rovers,) organized and assembled at Vicksburg, and after-wards disbanded or discharged, and the companies of Ohio volunteers assembled at camp Washington, near Cincinnati, and who claim to have been mustered into service, one day’s pay and allowances for every day detained in service, and the usual travelling allowances, and no more.Where individuals or States have paid expenses or provided transportation, &c., now to be refunded.
And further, that where States or individuals have paid the expenses or provided the means of transportation of volunteers to the place of rendezvous, and furnished subsistence or clothing, the proportional amount thus furnished to each man, not exceeding the legal allowance to each, may be charged on the pay rolls, and withheld, and paid to the State or individual who actually provided the same.Compensation of surgeons and assistant surgeons, and of assistant quarter-masters and commissaries.
And further, that, when surgeons and assistant-surgeons have attended regiments of volunteers to the time when medical officers duly appointed by the United States entered upon their duties with said regiments, they may receive the same rate of compensation, and to a like number, as provided for by law; and persons doing the duties of assistant quartermasters and assistant commissaries, under like circumstances, may in like manner receive the same rate of compensation, and to a like number, as authorized by existing law.
Approved, August 8, 1846. Public Resolution No. 23: appointing Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 9 Stat. 115 1846-08-10 23 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 29 1 public [No. 23.]— A Resolution *appointing Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.*Aug. 10, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatRegents of the Smithsonian Institution.Ante, p. 103.
Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, Gideon Hawley, of New York, Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, William C. Preston, of South Carolina, and Alexander Dallas Bache and Joseph G. Totten, residents of the city of Washington, be, and the same are hereby, appointed regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with the provisions of the act establishing said institution. Approved, August 10, 1846. Public Resolution No. 24: relative to Errors and defective Returns in certain Surveys, Plats, and Field Notes. 9 Stat. 115 1846-08-10 24 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 29 1 public [No. 24.]— A Resolution *relative to Errors and defective Returns in certain Surveys, Plats, and Field Notes.*Aug. 10, 1846. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCommissioner of General Land Office to ascertain damages sustained by purchasers of certain land in Michigan. the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ-116TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. 116.some suitable person to ascertain and report to the said Commissioner of the General Land Office the amount of damages sustained by the respective purchasers of public lands in township one south, range seven east, in the State of Michigan, (or by their respective assignees and legal representatives,) by, or in consequence of, the erroneous or fraudulent surveys of said township, or of the imperfect or false returns thereof; and it shall be the duty of such person so employed, to proceed to such township, and, upon view of the premises, and upon hearing the proofs of the parties in interest, to estimate and ascertain said damages, and to report his opinion and decision thereon, specifying in his said report each individual case, and the facts and reasons upon which his opinion may be founded.
Approved, August 10, 1846. 29 2 1846 1847 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the 1th Day of December,* 1846, *and ended on the 3d Day of March,* 1847. James K. Polk, President; George M. Dallas, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; John W. Davis, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE II. Chapter I: for the Admission of the State of Iowa into the Union. 9 Stat. 117 1846-12-28 Chapter I 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 29 1 public Chapter I.— An Act for the Admission of the State of Iowa into the Union.Dec. 28, 1846. Whereas1849, ch. 78.Preamble. the people of the Territory of Iowa did, on the eighteenth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-six, by a convention of delegates called and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and State government—which constitution is republican in its character and features—and said convention has asked admission of the said Territory into the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the original States, in obedience to “An Act for the Admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union,” approved March third, eighteen hundred1845, ch. 48. and forty-five, and “An Act to define the Boundaries of the State of Iowa, and to repeal so much of the Act of the third of March,1846, ch. 82. one thousand eight hundred and forty-five as relates to the Boundaries of Iowa,” which said last act was approved August fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-six:
Therefore— *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatIowa admitted into the Union. the State of Iowa shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatsoever. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatFormer act continued in force.1845, ch. 76. all the provisions of “An Act supplemental to the Act for the Admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, be, and the same are hereby declared to continue and remain in full force as applicable to the State of Iowa, as hereby admitted and received into the Union.
Approved, December 28, 1846.
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