shall cause each of said certificates to be sealed with the seal of his Department. Payment of the SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That for the payment stocks issued by of the stock which may be created under the provisions of how secured, this act, the sales of the public lands are hereby pledged; virtue of this act en and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to use and apply all moneys which may be received into the Treasury for the sales of the public lands after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, first, to pay the interest on all stocks issued by virtue of this act; and, secondly, to use the balance of said receipts, after paying the interest aforesaid, in the purchase of said stocks at their market value, provided no more than par shall be paid for said stocks. Appropriation SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exfor preparing, ceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any unapprinting, graving, &c. propriated money in the Treasury, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for defraying the expense of preparing, printing, engraving, and otherwise incident to the issuing of the Treasury notes and stock authorized by this act: Provided, That no compensation shall be made to any officer whose salary is fixed by law, for preparing, signing, or issuing Treasury notes, or certificates of stock. Proviso. notes shall cease. The Secy of SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That it shall be, and the Treasury to hereby is, made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause monthly statements to be cause a statement to be published monthly of the amount of published. all Treasury notes issued or redeemed in pursuance of the When the pow- provisions of this act; and that the power to issue Treasury er to issue such notes, conferred on the President of the United States by this act, shall cease and determine six months after the exchange and ratification of a treaty of peace with the Republic of Mexico. The Sec'y of SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the the Treasury to duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress gress, at each at the commencement of each session the amount of Treasession, the a sury notes which have been issued under the provisions of issued, redeem- this act; the amount redeemed, and the manner in which reed, purchased, deemed; the amount purchased, and of whom, and at what time purchased; and the amount reissued, stating in lieu of which redemption they are reissued, with the date of such reissue, during the preceding year. report to Con mount of notes &c. Approved, January 28, 1847. CHAP. 6.-AN ACT to provide for the establishment of additional post routes in the State of Texas. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress asAdditional post sembled, That the following additional post routes be established in the State of Texas: routes estab lished. From Sabine city, via Beaumont, Jasper L. Norvill's, and J. Kendrick's, to San Augustine. From Lyons Post Office, in Louisiana, via Salem and Patillos, to Beaumont. From Alexandria, Louisiana, via Burr's Ferry, on the Sabine river, and the county site of Newton, to Jasper. From Nacogdoches, via county site of Angelina, to county site of Tyler. From Sabine town, via Pendleton and Hamilton, to Shelbyville. From Crockett to Palestine. From Shelbyville, via Henderson, to the county site of Smith. From Shelbyville, via Colonel H. C. Ashton's, Logansport, and McMillen's, to Pulaski. From Greenwood, Louisiana, via Sheenick's Ferry and Rives's Landing, to Moore's Post Office, and from Shreevesport, via Port Caddo, to Jefferson, in Cass County. From Nacogdoches, via county site of Cherokee, Angin's, Palestine, and the county site of Henderson, to Dallas. From Jefferson, in Cass county, via the county site of Cass, via Dangerfield, the county site of Titus, (Mount Pleasant,) the county site of Hopkins, (Tarrant,) and the county site of Hunt to Dallas. From Bonham, via Warren, to county site of Grayson, (Sherman,) and from Sherman, via Pinckneysville, to Stewartville; and the existing route from Bonham to Dallas shall be so changed as to pass through Buckner, Stewartville, and Cedar Spring. From Marshall, via the county site of Upshur and the county site of Henderson, to Buffalo, on the Trinity. From county site of Upshur, via county site of Titus, to Clarksville, and from Paris to Tarrant. From county site of Cherokee, via the "Saline (Neches)" and the county site of Smith, to county site of Upshur. From Galveston to Sabine Pass. From Houston, via Linchburg and Cedar Bayou to Liberty. From Austin, via San Marco and New Braunfels, to San Antonio.. From La Grange, via Lyons, Chaudoin's, Hallett's, Petersburgh, and Shibblings' Mills, to Victoria. From Gonzales, via Cuero and Victoria, to Port La Bacca. From Port La Bacca, via Indian Point and Port Caballo, to Matagorda. From Galveston, via Springfield and Shelton's, to Chamber's Creek. From Victoria, via Goliad, Refugio, and San Patricio, to Corpus Christi. Certain routes legalized. From Brasos Santiago, via Point Isabel, to Fort Brown. From San Antonio to Castroville. SEC. 2. Whereas the following routes have been put in operation by the agent, under a misconstruction of the law, viz: from Crockett to Fort Houston; from Columbia, via Hinds, Liverpool, and Parker's Point, to Galveston; from Port La Bacca, via Victoria and Cuero, to Gonzales; from Matagorda to Port Caballo; from Port Caballo, to Port La Bacca, Be it further enacted, That they are hereby legalized by this act up to the time the new routes established by this act go into operation, when they shall cease. Approved, February 2, 1847. CHAP. 7.-AN ACT to provide for the payment of any interest falling due on the public debt. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Payment pro- hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid, out of vided for any interest falling any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any due on the pub- interest falling due or accruing on, any portion of the public debt authorized by law. lic debt. Approved, February 9, 1847. raised. CHAP. 8.-AN ACT to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress as One regiment sembled, That in addition to the present military establishof dragoons and ment of the United States, there shall be raised and organnine regiments of infantry to be ized, under the direction of the President, for and during the war with Mexico, one regiment of dragoons and nine regiments of infantry, each to be composed of the same number and rank of commissioned and non-commissioned officers, buglers, musicians and privates, &c., as are provid ed for a regiment of dragoons and infantry respectively, under existing laws, and who shall receive the same pay, rations, and allowances, according to their respective grades, and be subject to the same regulations, and to the rules and articles of war: Provided, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States alone to appoint such of the Proviso. commissioned officers authorized by this act below the grade of field officers, as may not be appointed during the present session: Provided, That one or more of the regiments of infantry authorized to be raised by this section may, at the discretion of the President, be organized and equipped as voltigeurs, and as foot riflemen, and be provided with a rocket and mountain howitzer battery. SEC. 2. And be further enacted, That, during the continuance of the war with Mexico, the term of enlistment of the men to be recruited for the regiments authorized by this act, shall be during the war, unless sooner discharged. Term of en. listment. rized, SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of One additional the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and major to each with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one regiment authoadditional major to each of the regiments of dragoons, artillery, infantry, and riflemen, in the army of the United States, who shall be taken from the captains of the army. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to each of the A regimental regiments of dragoons, artillery, infantry, and riflemen, there quarterinaster shall be allowed a regimental quartermaster, to be taken from allowed to each the subalterns of the line, who shall be allowed ten dollars additional pay per month, and forage for two horses. regiment. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said officers, The officers & musicians, and privates, authorized by this act, shall imme- privates anthrorized by this act diately be discharged from the service of the United States to be discharged at the close of the war with Mexico. at the close of the war. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may One surgeon & be lawful for the President of the United States, by and with two assist❜t surthe advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one surgeon geons allow'd to and two assistant surgeons to each regiment raised under each regiment. this act. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That during the war Chaplains, how with Mexico it shall be lawful for the officers composing the to be appointed. councils of administration of the several regiments constituting a brigade, either regular or volunteer, in the service of the United States, to employ some proper person to officiate as chaplain to such brigade, and the person so employed shall upon the certificate of the commander of the brigade, receive for his services seven hundred and fifty dollars, one Their pay and ration, and forage for one horse, per annum, provided that allowances. the chaplains now attached to the regular army, and station- Chaplains at the ed at different military posts may, at the discretion of the different posts Secretary of War, be required to repair to the army in may be requir'd Mexico, whenever a majority of the men at the posts where to repair to the they are respectively stationed shall have left them for service in the field; and should any of said chaplains refuse or decline to do this, when ordered so to do by the adjutant general, the office of such chaplain shall be deemed vacant, and the pay and emoluments thereof be stopped. army in Mexi co. Two additional twelve assistant SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President be, surgeons and and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and surgeons to be consent of the Senate, to appoint two additional surgeons appointed in the and twelve additional assistant surgeons in the regular regular army. privates, under ceive a wariant land. army of the United States, subject to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to increase and regulate the pay of the surgeons and assistant surgeons of the army," approved June 30, 1834; and that the officers whose appointment is authorized by this section, shall receive the pay and allowances of officers of the same grades respectively; and that the rank of the officers of the medical department of the army shall be arranged upon the same basis which at present determines the amount of their pay and emoluments: Provided, That the medical officers shall not in virtue of such rank be entitled to command in the line or other staff departments of the army. Non-commis- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That each non-comsioned officers, missioned officer, musician, or private enlisted or to be enmusicians, and listed in the regular army, or regularly mustered in any volcertain circum unteer company, for a period of not less than twelve months, stances, to e- who has served or may serve during the present war with for 160 acres of Mexico, and who shall receive an honorable discharge, or who shall have been killed or died of wounds received or sickness incurred in the course of such service, or who shall have been discharged before the expiration of his term of service in consequence of wounds received or sickness incurred in the course of such service, shall be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant from the War Department for the quantity of one hundred and sixty acres, and which may be located by the warrantee, or his heirs at law, at any land office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands in such district then subject to private entry; and upon the return of such certificate or warrant, with evidence of the location thereof having been legally made, to the General Land Office, a patent shall be issued therefor. That in the event of the death of any such non-commissioned officer, musician, or private during service, or after his discharge, and before the issuing of a certificate or warrant as aforesaid, the said certificate or warrant shall be issued in favor, and enure to the benefit, of his family or relatives, according to the following rules: first, to the widow and to his children; second, his father; third, his mother. And in the event of his children being minors, then the legally constituted guardian of such minor children shall, in conjunction with such of the children, if any, as may be of full age, upon being duly authorized by the orphans' or other court having probate jurisdiction, have power to sell, and dispose of such certificate or warrant for the benefit of those interested. And |