ted States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the change of boundary proposed in the first article of said constitution, to wit: leaving the boundary line prescribed in the act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the People of Wisconsin Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union," at the first rapids in the River St. Louis, thence in a direct line southwardly to a point fifteen miles east of the most easterly point in Lake St. Croix, thence due south to the main channel of the Mississippi River or Lake Pepin, thence down the said main channel, as prescribed in said act. Change of boundary, &c. 1846, ch. 89. Assent of Con gress to resolu tons of convention relative to grants of lands, and the 5 per ct. fund. Proviso. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the resolutions adopted by said convention and appended to said constitution, and the acts of Congress referred to in said resolutions are hereby amended so that the lands thereby granted and the proceeds thereof, and the five per centum of the net proceeds of the public lands, may be held and disposed of by said State, in the manner and for the purposes recommended by said convention: Provided, however, That the liabilities incurred by the territorial government of Wisconsin, under the act entitled "An Act to grant a Quantity of Land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the Purpose of aiding in opening a Canal to connect the Waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock River," shall be paid and discharged by said State: And provided, further, That the even-numbered sections along the route of said proposed canal shall be brought into market, and sold at the lands. same minimum price, and subject to the same rights of preemption to all the settlers thereon, at the passage of this act, as other public lands of the United States. 1838, ch. 114. Price of public Assent to a certain constitution required as a condition of admission. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it is made and declared to be a fundamental condition of the admission of said State of Wisconsin into the Union, that the constitution adopted at Madison, on the sixteenth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, shall be assented to by the qualified electors, in the manner and at the times prescribed in the ninth section of the twentieth article of said constitution. And as soon as such assent shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation; and therefrom, and without any further proceedings make proclamaon the part of Congress, the admission of said State of Wisconsin into the Union, on an equal footing in all respects whatever with the original States, shall be considered as complete. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. President tion 1848, ch. 50. to CHAP. LIV.-An Act to create an additional Land District in the Territory March 3, 1847. of Wisconsin, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the public lands lying within the Territory of Wisconsin, north and west of the following boundary, to wit: commencing at the Mississippi River on the line between townships twenty-two and twenty-three north, running thence east along said line to the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said meridian line to the line dividing townships twenty-nine and thirty, thence east along said township line to the Wisconsin River, thence up the main channel of said river to the boundary line between the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin, shall form a land district, to be called the Chippewa Land District; and, for the sale of the lands in said district, Chippewa land District created. Boundary. Land office to a land office shall be established at such place therein as the President of the United States may select. be established. of Geological examination ands in said district to be made. Mineral and other lands to be exposed sale. to 16th sections, &c., to be re served. Preemption right to actual Occupants mines. Proof made. of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a geological examination and survey of the lands embraced in said district to be made and reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. And the President is hereby authorized to cause such of said lands as may contain copper, lead, or other valuable ores, to be exposed to sale, giving six months' notice of the times and places of sales in such newspapers of general circulation in the several States as he may deem expedient, with a brief description of the lands to be offered; showing the number and localities of the mines known, the probability of discovering others, the quality of the ores, the facilities of working the mines, and the means and expense of transporting their products to the principal markets in the United States. And all the lands embraced in said district, not reported as aforesaid, shall be sold in the same manner as o.her lands under the laws now in force for the sale of the public lands, excepting and reserving from such sales section sixteen in each township for the use of schools, and such reservations as the President shall deem necessary for public uses. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons who shall be in possession, by actual occupancy, of a mine or mines, actually discovered previous to the passage of this act, and who shall pay the same rents as those who hold under leases from the Secretary of War, and which rents accruing from such occupants and lessees shall be paid and delivered to such officer of the government as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct, shall be entitled to purchase the lands on which the same is or are situated at any time prior to the day of sale fixed by the President, in legal subdivisions, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres, to include such mine or mines, paying to the United States therefor at the rate of to be five dollars per acre: Provided, That, prior to any entry being made under the provisions of this section, proof of possession and occupancy as aforesaid of the mine or mines claimed shall be made to the register and receiver of the land district, together with the evidence of the payment of all rents due the United States, agreeably to such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, which register and receiver shall each be entitled to receive Appeals may one dollar for his services therein: Provided, That an appeal from be made to Sec- the decision of the register and receiver to the Secretary of the Treasretary of Treasury may be had, under such regulations as the said Secretary may ury. prescribe. And if two or more persons are in possession of the same quarter-section, the first occupant shall be entitled to a preference, unless the same can be so divided by legal subdivisions as to give to each the discovery claimed by him. Joint occupa tion. How mineral fered for sale. to be withheld. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, the said mineral lands lands shall be of shall be offered for sale in subdivisions of quarter-quarter sections, and no bid, shall be received at a less rate than five dollars per acre; and if such lands shall not be sold at public sale, they shall be subOccupied lands ject to entry at private sale at that price: Provided, That no legal division or subdivision of any of said lands, upon which there may be an outstanding lease or leases from the Secretary of War unexpired or undetermined, and which is actually occupied for mining purposes, and the occupants of which have complied with all the requisites of such lease or leases, and continued to perform the same, shall be sold until after the determination of such lease or leases by efflux of time, voluntary surrender, or other legal extinguishment thereof, except in such cases as are provided for in the third section of this act; and the lessees, respectively, shall be entitled to the privilege secured by said section upon the voluntary surrender of the lease or leases held by them. Management mineral lands to Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the management and control of the mineral lands shall be transferred from the War Depart- and control of ment, and placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury be transferred to Department, and all books, maps, papers, instruments, and other Treasury Depart property procured to be used and employed in the management, sur- ment, &c. vey, exploring, or conducting of said mineral lands by the War Department, shall be delivered over and made subject to the disposition of the Secretary of the Treasury. Register and SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, so soon as a sufficient number receiver appointed. of townships are surveyed, and returns thereof made to the General Land Office, to authorize the commencement of the sales in said district, shall appoint one register and one receiver for the land office in said district, who shall reside at the place designated by the President for the land office, receive such compensation, give security, and discharge all duties pertaining to such office, as are prescribed by law. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. to be CHAP. LV.—An Act for the Reduction of the Costs and Expenses of Proceedings in Admiralty against Ships and Vessels. March 3, 1847. Marshal to stay execution in ad miralty cases and discharge the property arrested, on receiving rity from claimant to abide de bond and secu cree of court Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in any case brought in the courts of the United States, exercising jurisdiction in admiralty, where a warrant of arrest, or other process in rem, shall be issued, it shall be the duty of the marshal to stay the execution of such process, or to discharge the property arrested if the same has been levied, on receiving from the claimant of the same a bond or stipulation in double the amount claimed by the libellant, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of the said court, or, in his absence, by the collector of the port, conditioned to abide and answer the decree of the court in such cause; and such bond or stipulation shall be returned to the said court, and judgment on the same, both against the principal and sureties may be recovered at the time of rendering the decree in the original cause: Provided, That the entire costs in any such case, in which the amount recovered by the libellant shall not exceed one hundred dollars, shall not be more than fifty per cent. of the amount recovered in the same, which costs shall be applied, first, to the payment of the usual fees for witnesses, and the commissioner, where a commissioner shall act on the case, and the residue to be divided, pro rata, between the clerk and marshal, under the direction of the judge of the court where the cause may be tried: Provided, further, That no attorney's or proctor's fees shall be allowed or proctor's fees or paid out of the said costs. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. costs, Proviso how limited and applied. No attorney's to be paid out of said costs. CHAP. LVI.- An Act to give the Consent of Congress to the Sale of certain March 3, 1847. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Sale of salt spring, lands granted to State of Michigan au thorized. 1836 ch. 121. Sale of saline lands granted to State of Illinois authorized. 1818, ch. 67. Sale of saline State of Arkansas authorized. the salt spring lands granted to said State for its use, by an act entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act entitled an Act to establish the northern Boundary Line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the Admission of the State of Michigan into the Union on certain Conditions," approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirtysix. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the State of Illinois shall be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered to sell, in such manner as the Legislature of said State shall by law direct, the whole or any part of the saline lands lying in Jackson county, in said State, which were granted to the State of Illinois, by virtue of "An Act to enable the People of the Illinois Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States," approved April eighteenth, ' eighteen hundred and eighteen. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the State of Arkansas shall lands granted to be, and hereby is, authorized to sell, in such manner as the Legislature of said State shall by law direct, the whole or any part of the saline lands, granted to said State by virtue of an act supplementary to the act entitled "An Act for the Admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to Provide for the due Execution of the Laws of the United States within the same, and for other Purposes," approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. 1836, ch. 120. ་ March 3, 1847. New collection district in Texas established. Saluria created a port of entry. Ports of deliv ery. Collector to be appointed. Salary. Surveyors to be appointed. Salaries. CHAP. LVII.-An Act to establish a Port of Entry at Saluria, in the State of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the State of Texas, south and west of the counties of Matagorda and Wharton, and including said counties, shall be detached from the District of Texas, and shall constitute a collection district; that Saluria, on the north-easterly part of the Island of Matagorda, shall be the port of entry for said district; and that Matagorda, Aransas, Copano, and Corpus Christi, as ports of delivery only. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a collector for the district of Saluria aforesaid shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold his office for the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like office in other districts. The said collector shall reside at Saluria aforesaid, and he shall be entitled to a salary not exceeding twelve hundred and fifty dollars per annum, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any one year for fees, exceeding the said sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That_surveyors for the aforesaid ports of delivery, to wit, Matagorda, Labaca, Corpus Christi, and Copano, shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, with authority to exercise all the powers conferred by law on such officers; and that the salaries of said surveyors at Matagorda and Labaca shall be at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum, and of those at Copano and Corpus Christi shall be at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum; and that there shall be Deputy-collec- a deputy-collector appointed according to law, to reside at Aransas, tor to reside at and to exercise such powers under the revenue laws as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; the compensation of said deputy collector shall be the legal fees on the business he may transact, and Aransas Fees. no more, and that the surveyor for the port of Cavallo shall be discontinued. Surveyor for port of Sabine tor to be ap pointed. Salary of col- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor for the port of Sabine shall be discontinued, and a deputy-collector shall be ap- discontinued and pointed for said port of Sabine, with the same powers as the deputy- deputy-colleccollector of Aransas, provided for in third section of this act, whose salary shall be at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the salary of the collector for the District of Texas, residing at Galveston, shall be, from and lector at after the thirtieth day of June next, not exceeding seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, including in that sum the fees allowed by law; and that the amount he shall collect in any one year for fees, exceeding the said sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. veston. March 3, 1847. 1847, ch. 8. How scrip shall be issued under the 9th section CHAP. LIX.. An Act to amend an Act, entitled "An Act to raise for a limited Time an additional military Force." and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under the provisions of the ninth section of the act approved February eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An Act to raise for a limited Time an additional military Force, and for other Purposes," it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue treasury scrip therein provided, on the certificate of the Secretary of War, showing the claimant entitled thereto, and not otherwise; and that the stock thus issued shall bear interest from the day of presenting to the Treasury Department such certificate of the Secretary of War in due form, and the interest thereon shall be payable on the first days of January and July in each year, and shall be transferable on the books of the Treasury Department kept in the register's office. Such certificates of stock shall be signed by the register of the treasury under the direction of the of the Secretary, who shall cause the cates shall signed and seal of the department to be affixed thereto, and no other signature sealed. shall be required to said stock. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. of act of February 11th, 1847, ch. 8. Interest when payable. How certifi be CHAP. LX. An Act creating a Collection District in Maine, and constituting March 3, 1847. Bangor, in said District, a Port of Entry and Delivery. Collection Dis created. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the counties trict of Bangor of Penobscot and Piscataquis, and the town of Frankfort, in the county of Waldo, be, and they hereby are, created a collection district, which shall be known and called the District of Bangor; and Bangor, within said county of Penobscot, is hereby made a port of entry and delivery for said district. Bangor made a port of entry. Collector to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a collector of customs appointed for said district, together with such other officers appointed. as are provided for by law; and the compensation of said collector shall be such fees and commissions as he by law may be entitled to. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Frankfort, in the county of Waldo, shall form a part of said District of Bangor, in the same form a part of manner that it now forms a part of the District of Belfast; and there shall be a deputy-collector at Frankfort, as is now provided by law, who shall perform all the duties, and exercise all the powers, in the Frankfort said district. to |