No. 54. Ch. CLXIII. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending June 30, 1861. $14,966,537.66 are appropriated, of which $735,000 are for fortifications. One signal officer is to be added to the staff of the army, with rank, pay, etc., of a major of cavalry, to have charge of signal duty, and the books, papers, and apparatus connected therewith. Four surgeons and four assistant-surgeons are to be added to the medical staff of the army. The allowance of sugar and coffee to non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates shall be 10 lbs. of coffee and 15 of sugar for every 100 rations. Payments are to be made to Iowa, Texas, and New Mexico for the moneys advanced by them for the support of volunteers for the protection of the frontiers of the respective States, &c.; the Secretary of War to be satisfied of the necessity of calling out the volunteers, the pay, &c., to be no greater than that of the same grades in the army of the United States; and to be only for the time actually employed in military

service.

A commission upon the Military Academy at West Point is authorized, to consist of two Senators, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; two members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker; and two officers of the army, to be designated by the President; "which commission shall examine into the organization, system of discipline, and course of instruction, with a view to ascertain what modification or changes, if any, are desirable, in order that the Academy shall best accomplish the objects of its establishment." The commission is to report the result of its examination to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. June 21, 1860.

No. 55. Ch. CLXIV. An Act providing for the Punishment of Marshals and DeputyMarshals of the United States, or other Ministerial Officers, for permitting the Escape of Prisoners in their Custody. The punishment, "having respect to the nature of the crime with which the escaped prisoner shall have been charged," shall be a fine of not over $2,000, or imprisonment not over two years, or both; and the act to apply also to extradition cases. June 21, 1860.

No. 56. Ch. CLXV. An Act to establish a Mail six Times a Week from Sacramento, in California, to Olympia, in the Territory of Washington. The present contracts may be so altered as to convey the entire mail by four-horse stages, daily, at a schedule of seven days from April 1 to December 1, and twelve days the rest of the year, from Sacramento, via Yreka, Jacksonville, Roseburg, Oakland, and Salem to Portland, Oregon, for $90,000 a year, the contract to expire September 15, 1864. Service is to be established six times a week, at a schedule of 36 hours, from Portland via Vancouver, Saint Helen's, and Monticello, to Olympia, the compensation not to exceed the rate per mile from Sacramento to Portland, with steamer service from Portland to Cowlitz, and from Cowlitz to Olympia by four-horse stages. So soon as this service by this act is established, the ocean service from San Francisco to Olympia, via Portland and Astoria, is to be discontinued. June 21, 1860.

No. 57. Ch. CLXVI. An Act confirming certain Land Entries under the third (first) Section of the Act of March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department, during the fiscal Year ending June 30, 1856. Certain entries of land by contractors, for conveying mails through any of the Territories west of the Mississippi, are confirmed, subject to any bona fide legal claims, and patents are to issue, if the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied that the contractor has performed his contracts, &c. No new rights are to be acquired under the act of March 3, 1855 [1855, ch. 201]; but the Secretary of the Interior may, upon the application of the Postmaster-General, reserve for mail stations certain lands upon the routes from the Mississippi to the Pacific; such stations not to be subject to the pre-emption or other general land laws; and when they are abandoned, the land shall be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, after at least three months public notice. All laws granting pre-emption rights to mail contractors are repealed. June 21, 1860.

No. 58. Ch. CLXVII. An Act to confirm certain Private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico. The confirmation only to release the claims of the United States, but not to affect any valid adverse rights. June 21, 1860.

No. 59. Ch. CLXXIX. An Act to carry into Effect Provisions of the Treaties between the United States, China, Japan, Siam, Persia, and other Countries, giving certain Judicial Powers to Ministers and Consuls, or other Functionaries, of the United States in those Countries, and for other Purposes. The judicial powers given are in addition to the other powers and duties imposed upon them by the said treaties. They are "in regard to crimes and misdemeanors, the said public functionaries are hereby fully empowered to arraign and try, in the manner herein provided, all citizens of the United States charged with offences against law, which shall be committed in such countries, respectively, and, upon conviction, to sentence such offenders in the manner herein authorized; and the said functionaries, and each of them, are hereby authorized to issue all such processes as are suitable and necessary to carry this authority into execution."

In regard to civil rights, whether of property or of the person, those functionaries are invested with judicial authority necessary to execute the provisions of the treaties, and also jurisdiction in matters of contract in ports at which the United States are represented by consuls.

The jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters is to be executed in conformity with the laws of the United States, which are by the act, so far as is necessary to execute such treaties, extended over all citizens of the United States in the said countries (and over all others that the terms of said treaties justify or require), so far as such laws are suitable to carry such treaties into effect. When such laws are not adapted to, or sufficient for, the object, "the common law, including equity and admiralty, shall be extended in like manner over such citizens and others in the said countries." If defects still remain, "the ministers in the said countries respectively shall, by decrees and regulatious, which shall have the force of law, supply such defects and deficiencies."

The forms of process, of trials, and proceedings after trials, of bail-bonds required of appellants from the decisions of consuls, costs and fees, shall be prescribed by the ministers, with the advice of the consuls. The act provides for certain proceedings in case the consuls dissent from the regulations made by the minister; and all the regulations of the ministers must be transmitted to the Secretary of State, to be by him submitted to Congress for revision.

Consuls may, upon complaint made to or upon facts within their own knowledge, issue their warrant for the arrest of any citizen of the United States charged with an offence against the law, and may try and sentence any such person. In criminal cases they have jurisdiction without appeal, where the fine imposed is not over $100, or the imprisonment is not over sixty days; and with the right of appeal from his sentence to the minister, in cases where the fine does not exceed $ 500, or the imprisonment is not over ninety days. They may call to their assistance, in certain cases, and in other cases they shall call to their aid, one or more citizens, not exceeding four in number, and in capital cases not less than four, taken by lot from a list of individuals previously submitted to and approved by the minister. If the assistants and the consul agree, their decision, except in capital cases and certain other cases, is final; if they disagree, the case is referred to the minister for his decision.

In civil cases, a consul has jurisdiction where the damage demanded does not exceed $500; and in such cases, if he decides them without assistance, his decision is final. If he calls in assistants, and he and they agree, the decision is final; if he and they disagree, the opinion of each is noted on the record, and either party may appeal to the minbut if no appeal is claimed, the decision of the consul is conclusive.

ister;

Ministers have authority to decide all cases coming to them by way of appeal, to try capital cases, to grant reprieves, &c. ; to prevent citizens of the United States from enlisting either in the military or naval service of either of said countries to make war upon a nation with which his country is at peace. The offences made punishable with death are, "murder and insurrection or rebellion against the government of either of said countries."

In all cases, civil and criminal, the evidence is to be taken down in writing in open court, under such regulations as may be made for that purpose; and all objections to the

competency or character of the testimony shall be noted, with the ruling, and the evidence shall be part of the case.

The President is authorized to appoint marshals for such of the consular courts in said countries as he may think proper; not exceeding seven in number, viz. four in China, one in Japan, one in Siam, and one in Turkey; to execute all process issued by the minister in the country where they reside, or by the consul, at the port where they reside. Prisons for American convicts may also be hired as follows: not more than four in China, one in Japan, one in Siam, and one in Turkey.

The provisions of this act, so far as they relate to crimes and offences committed by citizens of the United States, shall extend to Turkey, under the treaty with that country of May 7, 1830, as to all disputes between citizens of the United States in Persia. They shall extend to Persia; and, so far as they are in conformity with treaty stipulations, they shall extend to Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Muscat, respectively. The ministers and consuls of the United States resident in those several countries are vested hereby with the authority conferred by this act upon the minister and consuls in China. Disputes in Persia between citizens of the United States and the subjects of Persia shall be carried before the customary Persian tribunal, and shall be decided according to equity, in the presence of an employé of the consul or agent of the United States. Disputes in Persia between citizens of the United States and subjects of other foreign powers shall be adjudicated by the intermediation of their respective ministers or consuls, in accordance with regulations to be mutually agreed on.

"The word minister, when used in this act, shall be understood to mean the person invested with, and exercising, the principal diplomatic functions in each of the countires mentioned in the first section of this act. The word consul shall be understood to mean any person invested by the United States with, and exercising the functions of, consulgeneral, vice-consul-general, consul, or vice-consul in any of the countries herein named. And if at any time there be no minister of the United States in either of the countries here. inbefore mentioned, the judicial duties which are imposed by this act upon the minister shall devolve upon the consul-general or consul residing at the capital of the country, who is hereby authorized and required to discharge the same."

"The consuls and commercial agents of the United States at islands, or in countries not inhabited by any civilized people, or recognized by any treaty with the United States, are authorized to hear and determine all cases in regard to civil rights, whether of person or property, where the real debt and damages do not exceed $1,000, according to the laws of the United States, and the equity and right of the matter, in the same manner as justices of the peace are now authorized and empowered where the United States have exclusive jurisdiction. And they are also invested with the powers hereby conferred upon consuls for the trial of offences and misdemeanors.

Section 31 of the act provides that "all marriages in the presence of any consular officer in a foreign country, between persons who would be authorized to marry if residing in the District of Columbia, shall have the same force and effect, and shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as if the said marriage had been solemnized within the United States. And in all cases of marriage before any consular officer, the said consular officer shall give to each of the parties a certificate of such marriage, and shall also send a certificate thereof to the Department of State, there to be kept; which certificate shall specify the names of the parties, their ages, places of birth, and residence." The act takes effect July 1, 1860. June 22, 1860. No. 60. Ch. CLXXX. An Act authorizing a Loan and providing for the Redemption of Treasury Notes. The President may borrow, within twelve months of the passage of the act, not over $21,000,000, to redeem the Treasury notes now outstanding, and to replace in the Treasury any amount of said notes paid and received for public dues, and for no other purposes. Stock shall be issued for the money borrowed, bearing interest not over six per cent, and reimbursable in not less than ten years, nor over twenty; the certificates to be signed by the Register of the Treasury, and to be under the seal of the Department, to be transferable on the books of the Treasury, and not to be for a less sum than

$1,000. When required, the Secretary of the Treasury may cause coupons of semi-annual interest to be attached to the certificates, and such certificates may be assigned and transferred by delivery, merely. Proposals for the loan are to be advertised for, and the most favorable ones offered by responsible bidders shall be accepted. An abstract of the proposal, and a report of the amount received, and of the persons from whom, and the terms upon which borrowed, shall be made to Congress at the commencement of the next session. No stock shall be disposed of at less than par. $5,000 are appropriated for preparing the certificates and other expenses under the act. "The faith of the United States is hereby pledged for the due payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of said stock." June 22, 1860.

No. 61. Ch. CLXXXI. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending June 30, 1861. $ 10,461,030.33 are appropriated. Not over $3,000 shall be expended at any yard in the repairs of the hull and spars of any vessel, until the necessity, expediency, and probable cost thereof is reported to the Department by an exainining board, to be composed of a captain or commander, the naval constructor and two master-workmen of the yard where the vessel is ordered for repairs, or one masterworkmen and an engineer of the navy: the captain or commander to be designated by the Secretary of the Navy, and the master-workman or engineer by the head of the Bureau of Construction and Repairs. Not over $1,000 shall be expended on the repairs of the sails and rigging of any vessel, without the report of an examining board composed of one naval officer, and the master-rigger and master-sailmaker of the yard where the vessel is ordered. The act also provides "that the Secretary of the Navy cause a careful examination to be made by naval officers, engineers, and constructors, into the condition of the sailing vessels of the navy, and the cost of giving them, or any of them, full steam power, together with the expediency of making such change in view of the cost, condition, model, and general character of such vessels so altered; and that the report of such officers, together with the Secretary's views thereon, be communicated to Congress, at its next session."

Pursers in the navy are hereafter to be called paymasters. The pay of the paymasters' clerks at the navy-yards at Charlestown, New York, and Norfolk shall be at the rate of $750 per annum. $10,000 are appropriated to enable the President to send some competent person to examine and report upon the amount and quality of the coal to be found in the Isthmus of Chiriqui on the lands of the Chiriqui Improvement Company, upon the harbors of Chiriqui, Lagoon, and Golfetto, and the practicability of building a railroad across the Isthmus to connect said harbors. June 22, 1860.

No. 62. Ch. CLXXXII. An Act to grant to the City of Port Huron, Michigan, a Part of the Military Reservation of Fort Gratiot, for the Enlargement of the City Cemetery at that Place. June 22, 1860.

No. 63. Ch. CLXXXIII. An Act to declare the Meaning of the Act entitled "An Act making further Provisions for the Satisfaction of Virginia Land Warrants," passed August 31, 1852. June 22, 1860.

No. 64. Ch. CLXXXIV. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for giving Effect to certain Treaty Stipulations between this and Foreign Governments for the Apprehension and Delivery up of certain Offenders." The act amended is that of 1848, ch. 167. Depositions, warrants, and other papers, or copies thereof, may be received in evidence, "for the purposes mentioned in the said section, if they shall be properly and legally authenticated so as to entitle them to be received for similar purposes by the tribunals of the foreign country from which the accused party shall have escaped; and the certificate of the principal, diplomatic, or consular officer of the United States, resident in such foreign country, shall be proof that any paper or other document so offered is authenticated in the manner required by this act." June 22, 1860.

No. 65. Ch. CLXXXV. An Act for the Relief of Congressional Township Number Six South, of Range Number Eight West, in Randolph County, State of Illinois. The school trustees may select lands in lieu of those lost. June 22, 1860.

No. 66. Ch. CLXXXVI. An Act to amend "An Act [to provide] for extending the

Laws and Judicial System of the United States to the State of Oregon, and for other Purposes." The act amended is that of 1859, ch. 85. For the terms of the District Court hereby established, see ante, p. 143. The salary of the District Judge is made $3,000. June 22, 1860.

No. 67. Ch. CLXXXVII. An Act to change the Time for holding the Courts in the Northern District of Florida. See ante, p. 142. June 22, 1860.

No. 68. Ch. CLXXXVIII. An Act for the final Adjustment of Private Land Claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other Purposes. June 22, 1860. No. 69. Ch. CLXXXIX. An Act in relation to Mission Claims at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Missionary claims referred to in the act of 1850, ch. 71, § 4, to be confirmed like claims of individuals. June 22, 1860.

No. 70. Ch. CXC. An Act in relation to Malicious Injuries to, and Trespasses upon, Public and Private Property, within the District of Columbia. Fruit or shade trees, works of art, fences, gardens, orchards, and the like, are protected from depredations. Such injuries are made punishable by fine or imprisonment. June 22, 1860.

No. 71. Ch. CC. An Act providing for the Erection of a Post-Office in the City of Philadelphia. Payment is to be made from sales of lands and from former appropriations. June 23, 1860.

No. 72. Ch. CCI. An Act authorizing the Issue of a Register for the Brig "Charles H. Jordan." June 23, 1860.

No. 73. Ch. CCII. An Act to authorize the Location of certain Warrants for Bounty Lands heretofore issued. The warrants referred to are those issued for military services in the late war with Great Britain. June 23, 1860.

No. 74. Ch. CCIII. An Act to authorize the Reissue of Land Warrants in certain Cases, and for other Purposes. When it is shown that any land warrant has been lost, a new one may issue, be located, &c., and the original warrant, in whosever hands it may be, shall be null and void. June 23, 1860. No. 75. Ch. CCIV. An Act to authorize Notaries-Public in the District of Columbia to take Acknowledgments of Deeds of Conveyance of Real and Personal Estate therein. The same effect is given to their acts as to similar acts of Justices of the Peace in the District. June 23, 1860.

No. 76. Ch. CCV. An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending June 30, 1861. $5,911,522.73 are appropriated. The Superintendent of Public Printing shall not be allowed more than three clerks in his office.

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Section 3. "All purchases and contracts for supplies or services in any of the Departments of the government, except for personal services, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the article or articles, or performance of the service, shall be made by advertising, a sufficient time previously, for proposals respecting the When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency the articles or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged between individuals. No contract or purchase shall hereafter be made, unless the same be authorized by law, or be under an appropriation adequate to its fulfilment, except in the War and Navy Departments for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year. No arms, nor military supplies whatever, which are of a patented invention, shall be purchased, nor the right of using or applying any patented invention, unless the same shall be authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly set forth that it is for such patented invention." June 23, 1860.

No. 77. Ch. CCXI. An Act making Appropriations for Sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June 30, 1861. $4,662,820.94 are appropriated. No part of the appropriation for the capitol extension shall be expended in the decoration thereof by sculpture or painting, or other works of illustrated art; and the laws establishing an art commission are repealed. The office of Engineer of the Potomac Water-Works is