State of Arkan- manner as the legislature of said State shall by law direct, sas authorized. 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. as established. CHAP. 57.—AN ACT to establish a port of entry at Saluria, in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, That all that part of the State of Texas south and New Collection west of the counties of Matagorda and Wharton, and includDistrict in Tex- ing said counties, shall be detached from the district of TexBaluria created as, and shall constitute a collection district: That Saluria, on a port of entry. the northeasterly 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. Ports of Delive ry. Collector to be appointed. Salary. Surveyors to be appointed. Salaries. 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 tor to reside at Aransas, 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 Aransas. Fees. business he may transact, and no more; and that the surveyor for the port of Cavallo shall be discontinued. discontinued & SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor for Surveyor for the port of Sabine shall be discontinued, and a deputy collec- Port of Sabine tor shall be appointed for said port of Sabine, with the same Deputy Collee powers as the deputy collector of Aransas, provided for in tors to be apthird section of this act, whose salary shall be at the rate of pointed. one thousand dollars per annum. lector at Galve. ston. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the salary of the Salary of Colcollector for the district of Texas, residing at Galveston, shall be, from and 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. CHAP. 58.-AN ACT relinquishing to the city of Madison, in the State of tract of land [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all that unsurveyed strip or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Jefferson, and State of Indiana, bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the southeast Boundaries of a corner of fractional section number one; thence westwardly, hereby relinalong the south line of fractional sections one, two, and three, quished to the all in township "three" north, of range "ten" east, until city of Madison. said line strikes the southwest corner of said fractional section numbered "three;" thence from the corner last mentioned, due south, to low-water mark on the Ohio river; thence eastwardly, up and following the meanderings of the river at low-water mark, to a point directly opposite the southeast corner of said fractional section numbered one; thence north, from the point last aforesaid, to the place of beginning of the lands, lying and being in the Jeffersonville land district, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the city of Madison, for the sole use and benefit of said city. Approved, March 3, 1847. the 9th section CHAP. 59.-AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to raise for a limited [SEC. 1.] 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 How scrip shall Scrip therein provided, on the certificate of the Secretary of be issued under War, showing the claimant entitled thereto, and not otherof act of Febru-wise; and that the stock thus issued shall bear interest from ary 11th, 1847. 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 How certificates certificates of stock shall be signed by the Register of the shall be signed Treasury, under the direction of the of the Secretary, who shall cause the seal of the Department to be affixed thereto, and no other signature shall be required to said stock. Approved, March 3, 1847. Interest when payable. and sealed. CHAP. 60.--AN ACT creating a collection district in Maine, and consti- [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asCollection dis- sembled, That the counties of Penobscot and Piscataquis, trict of Bangor 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. created. Bangor made a port of entry. Collector to be appointed. Frankfort to said district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a collector of customs appointed for said district, together with such other officers 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 form a part of county of Waldo, shall form a part of said district of Bangor, in the same 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 same manner as the same were performed and exercised when Frankfort CHAP. 61.-AN ACT making provision for an additional number of general officers, and for other purposes. the act of 11th [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he The ten regts. is hereby, authorized to organize the ten regiments to be authorized by raised by virtue of the act of the eleventh of February, eigh- Feb. 1847, to be teen hundred and forty-seven, into brigades and divisions, organized. either by allotting portions of the same to the brigades and diyisions of the regular army or volunteer forces in the service of the United States, and if the efficiency of the service shall require it, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, such number of additional brigadier Major Generals generals, not exceeding three, and major generals, not ex- and Brigadier ceeding two, as the organization of the said forces may re- appointed. quire: Provided, That each brigade shall consist of not less Proviso. than three regiments, and each division of not less than two brigades: And provided further, That the said general officers shall be immediately discharged from the service of the United States at the close of the war with Mexico. Generals to be General and two SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be added to the Adjutant General's department one assistant One Adjutant adjutant general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a assistant genelieutenant colonel of cavalry, and two assistant adjutants rals to be apgeneral, with the brevet rank, pay, and emoluments of a cap- pointed. tain of cavalry, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the same manner, and be charged with the same duties, as those authorized by existing laws. au SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, President and he is hereby, authorized to accept the services of such thorized to aecept the serof the volunteers now in Mexico as, in his opinion, the state vices of volunof the public service may require, and who may, at the ter- teers now in mination of the present term, voluntarily engage to serve organize Mexico, and to during the war with Mexico; and to organize the same into same. companies, battalions, and regiments, agreeably to existing laws, and to commission the officers for the same. the to volunteers SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to Additional pay the pay and allowances provided for the volunteers now in and allowances the service of the United States, under existing laws, each who shall revolunteer who shall re-enter the service under the provisions enter the serof this act, in Mexico, immediately after the close of his vice. present term of service, shall be entitled to a bounty of twelve dollars, to be paid as soon as the company shall have been duly mustered and received be [by] the mustering and inspecting officer. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President be, Individual vol- and he is hereby, authorized to accept the services of indiunteers may be vidual volunteers to fill vacancies which may occur by death, accepted to fill vacancies, &c. discharge, or other cause, in the volunteer regiments or corps now in the service of the United States, or which may be received during the existing war with Mexico. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the officers to be appointed in the ten regiments to be raised and organized under the "act to raise for a limited time an additional miliHow officers tary force, and for other purposes," shall take rank, in case shall take rank of equal grade, in such manner as the President of the United States may direct, without regard to priority of appointment. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That to each company of said ten regiments there may be appointed the same numNumber of sub- ber of subaltern officers as are provided by existing laws for alterns to a com- the companies of volunteers whose term shall expire as provided in the fifth section of the act of eleventh of February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. pany. men. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act approved May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forMounted rifle-ty-six, entitled "An act to authorize an increase of the rank and file of the army of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the regiment of mounted riflemen authorized by the act of the ninth of May, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Teamsters for SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That to each regiment the regiments of of dragoons, artillery, and mounted riflemen, in the regular dragoons, artillery & mounted army, there shall be added one principal teamster, with the riflemen. rank and compensation of quartermaster sergeant; and to each company of the same, two teamsters, with the compensation of artificers. Lieutenants SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the proviso to the second section of the act approved March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act giving holding the ap- further compensation to the captains and subalterns of the pointments of army of the United States, in certain cases," shall be so inadjutant and regimental quar- terpreted as not to include lieutenants who hold the aptermaster. pointments of adjutant and regimental quartermaster. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That so much of any Sutlers to have army regulation as gives to any sutler a lien upon any part of no liens on pay the pay of the soldiers, or a right to appear at the pay table of soldiers, &c. to receive the soldier's pay from the paymaster, shall be, and the same is hereby, abrogated; and all regulations extending the rights and privileges of sutlers beyond the rules and articles of war shall be, and hereby are, abrogated. |