THE

Statutes at Large and Treaties,

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM

DECEMBER 3, 1855, TO MARCH 3, 1859,

AND

PROCLAMATIONS SINCE 1791,

Arranged in Chronological Order;

WITH

REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE
SUBSEQUENT ACTS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

EDITED BY

GEORGE MINOT AND GEORGE P. SANGER, ESQUIRES.

COUNSELLORS AT LAW.

The rights and interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this work is printed, are hereby recog-
nized, acknowledged, and declared by the publishers, according to the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress,
passed March 3, 1845.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

L 9150
APR 11 1934

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

ADVERTISEMENT.

IN publishing the following Laws, the same plan has been adopted that was prescribed in the joint resolution of Congress of March 3, 1845, authorizing a subscription to the edition of all the Laws of the United States just published by us. As we have procured a careful collation with the records at Washington, by an experienced reader, and have scrupulously followed the original, we feel justified in saying that the public can safely rely on this publication. Any seeming errors,. therefore, must be attributed to the Rolls, and not to us. Where anything absolutely necessary to the sense is omitted in the Rolls, our plan is to insert it in the text, enclosed in brackets.

LIST

OF THE

PUBLIC ACTS .AND RESOLUTIONS

OF CONGRESS,

AND OF THE PROCLAMATIONS,

CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME

Acts of the Thirty-fourth Congress of the United States.

STATUTE I.-1855-56.

Clerk to sign Certificates of Bounty Land Warrants. An act to relieve the Commissioner of Pensions

from the performance of certain clerical duties. Feb. 20, 1856, ch. 1...

Authority to change Names of Vessels. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change

the names of vessels in certain cases. March 5, 1856, ch. 4..

Boundaries of Judicial Districts in Tennessee. An act to define the jurisdiction of the District and

Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of East Tennessee. March 19, 1856,

ch. 8.....

Page

1

1

1

Sentences to Penitentiary. An act relating to punishment in the penitentiary. March 28, 1856,

ch. 9..

2

Land-Offices at Kalamazoo and Palmyra, continued. An act to continue temporarily the land-offices

at Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, and at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri. April

5, 1856, ch. 11..

2

An act to constitute the cities of Hannibal, Missouri,

April 5, 1856, ch. 12........

2

Hannibal and Peoria made Ports of Delivery.

and Peoria, Illinois, ports of delivery.

Appropriations to maintain Peace with Indians. An act making appropriations for restoring and

maintaining the peaceable disposition of the Indian tribes on the Pacific, and for other pur-

poses. April 5, 1856, ch. 13...

Pension Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other

pensions of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred

and fifty-seven. April 5, 1856, ch. 14.....

Times and Places of Session of Courts in S. Dist. of Illinois. An act to change the times of hold-

ing the United States Courts in the Southern District of Illinois. April 23, 1856, ch. 18...

Military Academy Appropriation Bill. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military

Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

April 23, 1856, ch. 19..

Fees for authenticating Papers from State Department. An act to repeal part of an act entitled "An

act to provide for the safe-keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and

for other purposes." April 23, 1856, ch. 20...

Fees of Jurors in District of Columbia. An act amendatory of an act entitled "An act to regulate

the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the Circuit and District

Courts of the United States, and for other purposes." April 23, 1856, ch. 21....

3

3

4

5

5