CHAP. 62.-AN ACT for the relief of Fernando Fellanny. ed. A pension of $8 [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War cause the name of Fer- per month allownando Fellanny to be placed upon the pension roll, under the act providing pensions for persons disabled by wounds in the military service of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month during his natural life, to commence on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Approved June 13, 1848. CHAP. 63-AN ACT for the relief of Jones and Boker. eight treasury to them, which [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as $1,100 to be paid sembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is them in full for hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Jones and Boker, of their claim for Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, the sum of eleven notes belonging hundred dollars, out of any moneys in the treasury not other were stolen, &c. wise appropriated, in full satisfaction of their claim for eight treasury notes, of which they were the lawful owners, and which were abstracted and stolen from the mail at the post office at Fayetteville, in the State of Arkansas: one of five hundred dollars, five of one hundred dollars each, and two of fifty dollars each; and, for a more particular description of said notes, reference may be had to the report accompanying this bill; and which said notes, after being altered and forged, were by some person unknown presented to and redeemed by the Bank of America, as the fiscal agent of the United States. CHAP. 64.-AN ACT for the relief of Richard Bloss and others. pay them the forfeited recogni [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- The Secretary sembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is of the Treasury hereby, authorized, after ascertaining and deducting all the to ascertain and costs, charges, and expenses incurred by the United States amount of their in and about the arrest, detention, and commitment of zances for the Thaddeus P. Haskell, to the custody of the marshal of the Haskell, after deUnited States for the northern district of the State of New ducting all costs, charges, &c. York, in October, eighteen hundred and forty-five, on a charge for passing counterfeit money, to repay to the bail of said Thaddeus, Richard Bloss, and others, the amount paid by them on the forfeited recognizance and bond for the appearance of said Thaddeus; the said Thaddeus having since his default been retaken and convicted and imprisoned for said offence. Approved June 13, 1848. of his accounts, 'CHAP. 65.-An act for the relief of Joseph Wilson. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreTo be allowed, sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asin the settlement sembled, That the accounting officers of the Treasury Departdeficiencies ment be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow to Joseph caused by making Wilson, a purser in the United States navy, in the settlement the Phoenix Bank, of his accounts, for such deficiency as he shall show to exist Massachusetts. by reason of his making his deposites of the public money for his deposites in of Charlestown, lowed. in the Phoenix Bank, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, subse. quent to the twenty-fifth of February, eighteen hundred and forty-two, after a final liquidation and distribution of the effects of said bank shall have been made; and shall also alCertain be allow to said Wilson such reasonable and proper expenses as he has actually incurred and paid, or may incur and pay, in a suit now pending in the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, and prosecuting the same to final judgment, brought to enforce the supposed priority of the claims of the United States over other creditors upon the assets of said bank in the hands of trustees; the proper evidence thereof being furnished by said Wilson to the accounting officers aforesaid. Approved June 13, 1848. CHAP. 66.-AN ACT for the relief of Charles L. Dell. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asHis claim for sembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury, in the Seminole under the direction of the Secretary of War, settle the claim war to be settled. of Charles L. Dell, of Florida, for military services performed military services during the Seminole war, between the twenty-third of May and the twenty-ninth of November, eighteen hundred and forty, making to him such compensation for pay and allowAmount found ances as shall appear to be just; and that the amount which due to be paid shall be so ascertained to be due, to be paid to him, notwithstanding the want of a muster roll bearing his name, and that the same shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. him. Approved June 13, 1848. CHAP. 67.-AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights," &c., approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one. the State of Mis railroad from. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- Assent of Consembled, That the sixteenth section of said act be SO amended gress given to as to give the consent of Congress, and the same is hereby the two per cent. the application of given, to the application of the two per cent. fund heretofore fund granted to reliquished by said act to the State of Mississippi, to be faith- sissippi to the fully applied to the construction of a railroad leading from construction of a Brandon, in the State of Mississippi, to the eastern boundary Jackson to the of said State, in such manner as to authorize the construc- of said State. tion of a railroad, commencing at Jackson, in said State, and extending to the eastern boundary of said State of Missis sippi, via Brandon, in the direction, as near as may be, of the towns of Selma, Cahawba, and Montgomery, in the State of Alabama. Approved June 16, 1848. CHAP. 68.—AN ACT to attach a portion of the northwestern land district of eastern boundary the northwestern Louisiana attach of Red [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the first day of October, anno A portion of Domini eighteen hundred and forty-eight, townships four- land district of teen north to twenty-three north, inclusive, in ranges four and ed to the district five west, shall be detached from the northwestern land dis- north river. trict, Louisiana; and the same shall, from and after the date aforesaid, be attached to, and form a part of, the district north of Red river, Louisiana; and it shall be, and is hereby, made the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause the land office in the district north of Red river to be furnished with the plats and other papers, or transcripts thereof, relating to the townships aforesaid, and to have this act carried into full effect. Approved June 16, 1848. CHAP. 69—AN ACT for the relief of W, B. Slaughter, late Secretary of the ciples of justice and equity. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress as- His accounts to sembled, That the accounting officers of the Treasury De- be settled on prinpartment be authorized and directed to settle the accounts of W. B. Slaughter, late Secretary of the Treasury of Wisconsin, upon the principles of equity and justice; and that they cause Balance found to be paid to him the balance, if any be due him, out of any due to be paid moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, him provided that That such balance shall not exceed the sum of one thousand $1,731 51. seven hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-one cents. Approved June 24, 1848. it shall not exceed before passing the praised. CHAP. 70.—AN ACT to prevent the importation of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreAll drugs, med. Sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asicines, &c., shall, sembled, That from and after the passage of this act, all drugs, custom-house, be medicines, medicinal preparations, including medicinal essenexamined and ap- tial oils, and chemical preparations used wholly or in part as medicine, imported into the United States from abroad, shall, before passing the custom-house, be examined and appraised, as well in reference to their quality, purity, and fitness for medical purposes, as to their value and identity specified in the invoice. Medicinal pre parations to have manufacturer, &c. affixed to parcel. each SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all medicinal prepathe name of the rations, whether chemical or otherwise, usually imported with the name of the manufacturer, shall have the true name of the manufacturer, and the place where they are prepared, permanently and legibly affixed to each parcel, by stamp, label, or otherwise; and all medicinal preparations imported without such names affixed as aforesaid, shall be adjudged to be forfeited. or Adulterated deteriorated the custom-house. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if, on examinadrugs, medicines, tion, any drugs, medicines, medicinal preparations, whether &c., shall not pass chemical or otherwise, including medicinal essential oils, are found, in the opinion of the examiner, to be so far adulterated, or in any manner deteriorated, as to render them inferior in strength and purity to the standard established by the United States, Edinburgh, London, French, and German pharmacopoeias and dispensatories, and thereby improper, unsafe, or dangerous to be used for medicinal purposes, a return to that effect shall be made upon the invoice, and the articles so no. ted shall not pass the custom-house, unless, on a re-examination of a strictly analytical character, called for by the owner or consignee, the return of the examiner shall be found erroneous; and it shall be declared as the result of such analysis, that the said articles may properly, safely, and without danger, be used for medicinal purposes. Owner or consignee to have the privilege of call ing for a re-exam ination. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the owner or consignee shall at all times, when dissatisfied with the examiner's return, have the privilege of calling, at his own expense, for a re-examination; and, on depositing with the collector such sum as the latter may deem sufficient to defray such expense, it shall be the duty of that officer to procure some competent analytical chemist possessing the confidence of the medical profession, as well as of the colleges of medicine. and pharmacy, if any such institutions exist in the State in which the collection district is situated, a careful analysis of the articles included in said return, and a report upon the same under oath; and in case the report, which shall be final, shall declare the return of the examiner to be erroneous, and the said articles to be of the requisite strength and purity, according to the standards referred to in the next preceding sec tion of this act, the entire invoice shall be passed without re point special ex medicines, &c. servation, on payment of the customary duties; but, in case the examiner's return shall be sustained by the analysis and report, the said articles shall remain in charge of the collector, and the owner or consignee, on payment of the charges of storage, and other expenses necessarily incurred by the United States, and on giving a bond with sureties satisfactory to the collector to land said articles out of the limits of the United States, shall have the privilege of re-exporting them at any time within the period of six months after the report of the analysis; but if the said articles shall not be sent out of the United States within the time specified, it shall be the duty of the collector, at the expiration of said time, to cause the same to be destroyed, holding the owner or consignee responsible to the United States for the payment of all charges, in the same manner as if said articles had been re-exported. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in order to carry Secretary of the into effect the provisions of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury to apTreasury is hereby authorized and required to appoint suita- aminers of drugs, bly qualified persons as special examiners of drugs, medicines, chemicals, &c., namely: one examiner in each of the ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans, with the following salaries, viz: at New York sixteen hundred dollars per annum; and at each of the other ports above-named, one thousand dollars per annum; which said salaries shall be paid each year, quarterly, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and it shall be the duty of the said secretary to give such instructions to the collectors of the customs in the other collection districts, as he may deem necessary to prevent the importation of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the special examiners to be appointed under this act shall, before entering oath required by on the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe the oath the act of 30th Juor affirmation required by the ninth section of the act of the thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled "An act reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes." SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the special examiners authorized to be appointed by the fifth section of this act shall, if suitably qualified persons can be found, be taken from the officers now employed in the respective collection districts; and if new appointments shall be necessary for want of such persons, then, as soon as it can be done consistently with the efficiency of the service, the officers in said. districts shall be reduced, so that the present number of said officers shall not be permanently increased by reason of such new appointments. Approved June 26, 1848. Their salaries. Necessary in structions to be ors of customs. given to collect Special examiners to take the ly, 1846. The special examiners to be ta ken from officers new employed in the customs. |