hereafter serve, at the several military posts on the western frontier, and at remote and distant stations, to any number not exceeding seventy-four, and to cause such portions of the army as may,, by law, be serving on foot, to be properly equipped and mounted whenever, in his opinion, the exigency of the public service may require the same: Provided, that the said enlistments shall be for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged. Proviso. tain contingen SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever enlistments are Bounty to be made at, or in the vicinity of, the said military posts, and remote and given on a cerdistant stations, a bounty equal in amount to the cost of transporting cy. and subsisting a soldier from the principal recruiting depot in the harbor of New York, to the place of such enlistment, be, and the same is hereby, allowed to each recruit so enlisted, to be paid in unequal instalments at the end of each year's service, so that the several amounts shall annually increase, and the largest be paid at the expiration of each enlistment. APPROVED, June 17, 1850. June 21, 1850. [Obsolete.] CHAP. XXII. -An Act to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, to sup›ly a deficiency in the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Deficiency in the appropriaSupreme, Circuit, and District Courts of the United States, including tion for expenses the District of Columbia; also for jurors and witnesses in aid of the of United States courts provided funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred in the fiscal for. year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safe keeping of prisoners. APPROVED, June 21, 1850. July 18, 1850. [Obsolete.] Appropriations for the construction of Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the construc- made tion of roads in the Territory of Minnesota, to wit: For the construc- certain roads in tion of a road from Point Douglass, on the Mississippi River, via Cot- the Territory of tage Grove, Stillwater, Marine Mills, and Falls of St. Croix, to the falls or rapids of the St. Louis River of Lake Superior, fifteen thousand dollars; for the construction of a road from Point Douglass, via Cottage Grove, Red Rock, St. Paul, and Falls of St. Anthony, to Fort Gaines, ten thousand dollars; for the construction of a road from the mouth of Swan River, or the most available point between it and the Sauk Rapids, to the Winnebago agency at Long Prairie, five thousand dollars; for the construction of a road from Wabashaw to Mendota, five thousand dollars; and for the survey and laying out of a military road from Mendota to the mouth of the Big Sioux River, on the Missouri, five thousand dollars. The said roads to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War, pursuant to contracts to be war to made by him. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governors of Oregon Secretary of make contracts. port to Congress of Oregon and and Minnesota shall report to Congress annually a detailed statement Minnesota to re- of the expenditure of money appropriated by Congress for the use or the amount of benefit of said Territories, which is expended under the order or sumoney expend- pervision of the governor and assembly. ed. APPROVED, July 18, 1850. July 18, 1850. CHAP. XXIV. - An Act authorizing the Legislative Assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon Territories to prolong their next Annual Session to a Period of ninety Days. semblies of Min Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislative as United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislative nesota and Ore-assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon Territories be, and they are gon authorized hereby, authorized to prolong their next annual session to a period of to prolong their ninety days, any thing contained in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding. sessions. APPROVED, July 18, 1850. July 18, 1850. CHAP. XXV.. -- -An Act to grant the Franking Privilege to Mrs. Margaret S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Franking priv- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the franking ilege granted to Mrs. Margaret privilege heretofore accorded to the widows of the deceased Presidents Smith Taylor, be, and the same is hereby, granted to Mrs. Margaret Smith Taylor relict of Zachary relict of Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States. Taylor. APPROVED, July 18, 1850. July 29, 1850. Chap. XXVII.—An Act to provide for recording the Conveyances of Vessels, and for other Purposes. &c., to be valid unless recorded Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the No bill of sale, United States of America in Congress assembled, That no bill of sale, except as against mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any grantors, &c., vessel, of the United States, shall be valid against any person other in the office of than the grantor or mortgagor, his heirs and devisees, and persons the collector of having actual notice thereof; unless such bill of sale, mortgage, hycustoms where pothecation, or conveyance be recorded in the office of the collector of the vessel is reg- the customs where such vessel is registered or enrolled: Provided, That the lien by bottomry on any vessel created during her voyage, by a loan of money or materials, necessary to repair or enable such vessel to prosecute a voyage, shall not lose its priority, or be in any way affected by the provisions of this act. istered or en rolled. Proviso as to lien by bottom ry. shall record all Collectors of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the custhe customs toms shall record all such bills of sale, mortgages, hypothecations, or bills of sale, &c., conveyances, and, also, all certificates for discharging and cancelling and shall receive any such conveyances, in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, therefor a fee of in the order of their reception; noting in said book or books, and fifty cents. An index of also on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance, the time when the same was received, and shall certify on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance, or certificate of discharge or cancellation, the number of the book and page where recorded; and shall receive, for so recording such instrument of conveyance, or certificate of discharge, fifty cents. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the cusrecords, &c., to toms shall keep an index of such records, inserting alphabetically the of those con ceive a fee of one names of the vendor or mortgagor, and of the vendee or mortgagee, be made out for and shall permit said index and books of records to be inspected dur- the convenience ing office hours, under such reasonable regulations as they may estab- cerned, and the lish, and shall, when required, furnish to any person a certificate, collectors to resetting forth the names of the owners of any vessel registered or en- dollar for furrolled, the parts or proportions owned by each, (if inserted in the regis- nishing each cer ter or enrollment,) and also the material facts of any existing bill of tificate of facts sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or other incumbrance upon such vessel, recorded since the issuing of the last register or enrollment, viz., the date, amount of such incumbrance, and from and to whom or in whose favor made, the collector shall receive for each such certificate one dollar. from said index. Collectors copies. to In addition to ken, the owner SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the customs shall furnish certified copies of such records on the receipt of furnish certified fifty cents for each bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the owner, or agent of the owner of any vessel of the United States, applying to a collector of the the oath now tacustoms for a register or enrollment of a vessel, shall, in addition to ship or part the oath now prescribed by law, set forth, in the oath of ownership, the ownership to be part or proportion of such vessel belonging to each owner, and the sworn to and insame shall be inserted in the register of enrollment; and that all bills register. of sale of vessels registered or enrolled shall set forth the part of the recite vessel owned by each person selling, and the part conveyed to each owned and sold. person purchasing. serted in the Bills of sale to parts Amendment of ch. 48. Complaints for SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the twelfth clause or section of the act entitled "An Act in addition to the several acts regulating the act of 1840, the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the duties of consuls," approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty, be so amended, as that all complaints in writing to the consuls or commercial agents as therein provided, that a vessel is unseaworthy, shall be signed by the unseaworthifirst, or the second and third officers, and a majority of the crew, before the consul or commercial agent shall be authorized to notice such complaint, or proceed to appoint inspectors as therein provided. ness. Wilfully de fence. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That any person, not being an owner, who shall, on the high seas, wilfully, with intent to burn or de- stroying a vessel at sea by burnstroy, set fire to any ship or other vessel, or otherwise attempt the deing, or otherstruction of such ship or other vessel, being the property of any citizen wise, a penal ofor citizens of the United States, or procure the same to be done, with the intent aforesaid, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer imprisonment to hard labor, for a term not exceeding ten years, nor less than three years, according to the aggravation of the offence. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of October next ensuing. APPROVED, July 29, 1850. To be in force from and after Oct. 1st, 1850. CHAP. XXVIII. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for the better Organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,' approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. July 29, 1850. 1849, ch. 114. 1849, ch. 114. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An Act for the better organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana," approved third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be so amended that it shall be the duty of the judge of the western district of said State to hold a term of the court at St. Joseph's, in the parish of Tensas, on the first Monday in seph's. December, in each year, for the parishes of Carroll, Madison, Tensas, thorized to The judge au and Concordia, and to appoint a clerk of the court for that place; and point a clerk, &c. VOL. IX. PUB.-56 Term to be held at St. Jo ap ties. it shall be the duty of the clerk of the District Court of the United States, at Monroe, to deliver to the clerk at St. Joseph's, or to his order, the original papers in all such cases as properly belong to the court at that place, together with a transcript of the proceedings had Marshal's du- thereon; and it shall be the duty of the marshal of said western district to attend the terms of said court at St. Joseph's, by himself or deputy, and to perform all the duties of his office for that court in the same manner, and with the same powers, duties, and emoluments, as he is required to do for the courts at other places in the district, by the act to which this is an amendment. Writs of error and appeal to lie in some causes SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That writs of error and appeal shall lie from decisions of the District Court of the Western District as from a Circuit of Louisiana, exercising Circuit Court jurisdiction, to the Supreme Court to Su- Court of the United States, in the same causes as from a Circuit Court preme Court. to the Supreme Court, and under the same regulations. The court at SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the parish of Bienville shall Shreveport to be form a part of the western district of Louisiana, and be one of the held for Bienville, and that at parishes for which a court is to be held at Shreveport; and that the Monroe for Cald parish of Caldwell shall be one of the parishes for which a court is to be held at Monroe; and that this act shall take effect from and after its passage. well. July 29, 1850. 1799, ch. 22. lection district. APPROVED, July 29, 1850. CHAP. XXIX. - An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage," approved March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Transfer of col- United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the waters of the Narragansett Bay, and the shores, bays, harbors, creeks, and inlets, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as are within the county of Kent, including the port of East Greenwich, and that part of Warwick lying upon Greenwich Bay, is hereby taken from the collection district of Newport, in said State, and attached to, and made part of, the collection district of Providence. APPROVED, July 29, 1850. July 29, 1850. 1852, ch. 20. ed States courts CHAP. XXX. An Act to provide for holding the Courts of the United States in Case of the Sickness or other Disability of the Judges of the District Courts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Provisions made United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of the for holding Unit- sickness or other disability of any district judge of any judicial district in the event of of the United States, which shall prevent him from holding any stated the sickness or or appointed term of the District Court of his district, or of the Circuit other disability of the district Court therein in the absence of the circuit judge, and upon the fact of judge such sickness or other disability being certified by the clerk of such District Court to the circuit judge of the circuit within which such district may lie, it shall be lawful for such circuit judge, if, in his judg ment, the public interests shall so require, to designate and appoint the district judge of any other judicial district of the United States within the same circuit, to hold the District Court or Circuit Court in case of the sickness or absence of the circuit judge, in the place of, and discharge all the judicial duties of, the district judge who may be sick or otherwise disabled as aforesaid, while such sickness or other disability shall continue; which appointment shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the said District Court, and be entered on the minutes of the court; and a certified copy thereof, under the seal of the court, be by such clerk transmitted to the judge so designated and appointed. the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case there be no circuit_In case of judge resident within such circuit, or of his absence therefrom, or non-residence or inability of cirinability to execute the provisions of the preceding section, or of cuit judge, the the disability or neglect of the district judges designated by him, to clerk of the Dishold the courts and transact the business within the district for which trict Court to notify the chief he or they may be so designated, the clerk of such District Court shall justice of the incertify such fact or facts to the chief justice of the United States; and ability of it shall thereupon be lawful for the chief justice of the United States to court, by sickjudge to hold a designate and appoint, in manner aforesaid, any district judge within ness or othersaid circuit, or of any judicial district within a circuit next immediately ion made therewise, and proviscontiguous to the one within which such disability exists, which ap- for. pointment shall be transmitted to such clerk, and by him acted on as directed in the preceding section. It shall be the SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of such district judge as shall be for that purpose designated and appointed, (as duty of the district judge, apin the preceding sections provided,) to hold the District Court or Cir- pointed for that cuit Court as aforesaid, and discharge all the judicial duties of the dis- purpose, to hold the courts specitrict judge, who shall be sick or otherwise disabled as aforesaid, so fed. long as such sickness or other disability shall continue; and all the acts and proceedings in said courts, or by or before the said district judge so designated and appointed, shall have the same force, effect, and validity as if done and transacted by and before the district judge of said district. If necessary, a new designation SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for such circuit judge, or the chief justice of the United States, as the case to be made by may be, from time to time, if in his judgment the public interests shall the chief justice, so require, to make a new designation and appointment of any other &c. district judge, of any judicial district within the same circuits as aforesaid, with the powers and for the duties and purposes mentioned in the preceding sections of this act, and to revoke and determine any previous designation and appointment. to hold the his SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the district judge so desig- The district nated and appointed to hold the court and discharge the duties of the judge appointed district judge of another district, and who shall hold such court or dis- courts designatcharge such duties, shall be allowed his reasonable expenses of travel to ed to be allowed and from and of residence in such other district necessarily incurred by travelling expenses when reason of such designation and appointment, and his obedience there- certified by the to; and such expenses shall, when certified by the clerk and the district clerk, &c. attorney of the judicial district within which such services shall have been performed, be paid by the marshal of such district, and allowed him in his accounts with the United States. APPROVED, July 29, 1850. CHAP. XXXI.-An Act to regulate the Terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Ohio. July 29, 1850. Two regular terms to be held the city of Co Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be held at the city of Columbus, in the State of Ohio, two regular terms at of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the district lumbus, Ohio, in of Ohio, in each year, which shall commence respectively on the third Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in October, in each year; and so much of any law as requires the terms of said courts to be held in July and November, respectively, is hereby repealed. each year, &c. 1846, ch. 26 and 76. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all issues now pending in All issues peneither of said courts shall be tried at the terms herein provided for, ding to be tried and no process issued or proceedings pending in either of said courts herein provided shall be avoided or impaired by this change of the time of holding the for, &c. at the terms |