of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, as the grant aforesaid: And provided further, That a schedule Further provi duly certify [certified] by the governor, of the lands sold so. and contracted for to be sold, prior to the passage of this act, shall be filed in the General Land-Office within six months from the date of this act. Approved, June 9, 1858. June 9, 1858. 1856, ch. 55. [No. 23.] A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to expend the Appropriation made July eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, Vol. 11, p. 371. upon such Channel of the St. Mary's River as he may select. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ap- The appropriapropriation of July eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, tion may be exmade for the improvement of St. Mary's River, in the State pended in excaof Michigan, may be expended in excavating such channel as, from the evidence which he may obtain, the Secretary of War shall deem best. Approved, June 9, 1858. vating channel. CHAP. 30.-An Act for the Relief of Henry Hubbard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed and paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Henry Hubbard, the sum of six hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents, for his services as United States agent charged with the safe-keeping of the public property at the harbor of Ashtabula, in the State of Ohio, as certified by the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, with interest, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the eleventh of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, from which time payment is shown to have been delayed for want of appropriation. Approved, February 9, 1859. Feb. 9, 1859. Vol. 11, p. 559. $672.75, and inHenry Hubbard. terest, to be paid CHAP. 33.-An Act for the Admission of Oregon into the Union. Whereas the people of Oregon have framed, ratified, and adopted a constitution of State government which is republican in form, and in conformity with the Constitution of the United States, and have applied for admission into the Union on an equal footing with the other States: Therefore Feb 14, 1859. Vol. 11, p. 383 Preamble. mitted. Boundaries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Oregon ad the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Oregon be, and she is hereby, received into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all respects whatever, with the following boundaries: In order that the bounda ries of the State may be known and established, it is hereby ordained and declared that the State of Oregon shall be bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning one marine league at sea due west from the point where the forty second parallel of north latitude intersects the same; thence northerly, at the same distance from the line of the coast, lying west and opposite the State, including all islands within the jurisdic tion of the United States, to a point due west and opposite the middle of the north ship channel of the Columbia River; thence easterly, to and up the middle channel of said river, and, where it is divided by islands, up the middle of the widest ehannel thereof, to a point near Fort Walla-Walla, where the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude crosses said river; thence east, on said parallel, to the middle of the main channel of the Shoshones or Snake River; thence up the middle of the main channel of said river, to the mouth of the Owyhee River; thence due south, to the parallel of latitude forty two degrees north; thence west, along said parallel, to the place of beginning, Proposition to be submitted to popular vote. Percentage on land-sales. ditions on which SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the said people of Oregon for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obligatory on the United States and upon the said State of Oregon, to wit: * Fifth. That five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of all public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by Congress after the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State, for the purpose of making public roads and internal improvements, as the legislature Proviso: con shall direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions, propositions are herein before offered, are on the condition that the people of Oregon shall provide by an ordinance, irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof; and that in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. offered. United States property to be tion. Proviso. Sixth. And that the said State shall never tax the lands free from taxa or the property of the United States in said State: Provided, however, That in case any of the lands herein granted to the State of Oregon have heretofore been confirmed to the Territory of Oregon for the purposes specified in this act, the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity specified in this act. Approved, February 14, 1859. May 24, 1860. Vol. 12, p. 116. Louisville and Canal and branch built. [No. 12.] A Resolution authorizing the Enlargement of, and Construction of a Branch to, the Louisville and Portland Canal. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Portland President and Directors of the Louisville and Portland to be enlarged Canal Company be, and they are hereby, authorized, with the revenues and credits of the company, to enlarge the said canal and to construct a branch canal from a suitable point on the south side of the present canal, to a point in the Ohio River, opposite Sand Island, sufficient to pass the largest class of steam-vessels navigating the Ohio River: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall authorize the said president and directors, directly or indirectly, to use or pledge the faith or credit of the United States for Proviso. United States the said enlargement or construction. It hereby being to be in no way Tolls. expressly declared, that the Government of the United liable. Approved, May 24, 1860. CHAP. 99.—An Act for the relief of Shade Calloway. June 9, 1860. Vol. 12, p. 849. made to Shade Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Payment to be proper accounting officers allow and pay out of the treasury Calloway for to Shade Calloway the sum of one thousand three hundred work on Tennesand fifty dollars, for work done by him on the Tennessee see River. River, under his contract with Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. McClelland, dated the sixteenth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, according to the account approved and certified by the agent placed in charge of said work at the death of the said officer. Approved, June 9, 1860. CHAP. 114.-An Act to liquidate the unadjusted Contracts of the Tennessee River Improvement. June 12, 1860. contracts to be au Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all Certain contracts made by the duly authorized officers of the Gov-dited and paid. ernment, appointed under the act of thirty-second Congress 1852, ch. 104. making an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars for the improvement of the Tennessee River, shall be audited by the accounting officers of the treasury, and pai 1 out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 12, 1860. Jan. 19. 1861. Vol. 12, p. 125. 15, revived in 1871. 60 1822, ch. 29; CHAP. 11.-An Act to continue in force an Act therein mentioned, relating to the Port of Baltimore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Act of 1800, ch. the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the part and extend- act passed the seventeenth day of March, one thousand ed to March 3, eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the assent of See acts 1808, Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and ch. 47; 1814, ch. Georgia," and which by subsequent acts have been contin1828, ch. 15; 1838, ued in force until the third day of March, one thousand ch. 34: 1843, ch. eight hundred and sixty-one, be and the same, so far as it relates to the act of the State of Maryland, is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one: Provided, That the duty shall not be levied on any vessel more than once in any month. 45; 1850, ch. 17. Proviso. Approved, January 19, 1861. Jan. 20, 1861. Vol. 12, p. 126. Preamble. Kansas ad. mitted as a State. Boundaries. CHAP. 20.-An Act for the Admission of Kansas into the Union. Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas, by their representatives in Convention assembled, at Wyandott, in said Territory, on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, did form for themselves a constitution and State government, republican in form, which was ratified and adopted by the people at an election held for that purpose on Tuesday, the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and the said Convention has, in their name and behalf, asked the Congress of the United States to admit the said Territory into the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the other States: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared, to be, one of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever. And the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth paral lel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning: "Congress does SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act not assent, &c. shall be construed as an assent by Congress to all or to any of the propositions or claims contained in the ordinance of said constitution of the people of Kansas, or in the resoluPropositions to tions thereto attached; but the following propositions are be submitted to hereby offered to the said people of Kansas for their free popular vote. acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obliga tory on the United States and upon the said State of Kansas, to wit: land-sales shall roads and inter Proviso. Conditions. Fifth, That five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of Percentage on all public lands lying within said State which shall be sold be paid to the by Congress after the admission of said State into the State for making Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the nal improve. same, shall be paid to said State for the purpose of making ments. public roads and internal improvements, or for other purposes, as the Legislature shall direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions herein before offered are on the condition that the people of Kansas shall provide by an ordinance, irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof. Sixth, And that the said State shall never tax the lands or State not to the property of the United States in said State: Provided, dentes in tax property of however, That in case any of the lands herein granted to the said State. the State of Kansas have heretofore been confirmed to the lands heretofore Territory of Kansas for the purposes specified in this act, confirmed to the the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quan- sas. tity specified in this act. Approved, January 29, 1861. Proviso as to Territory of Kan [No. 9.] Joint Resolution giving the Assent of Congress to certain Acts passed, or to be passed, by the Legislatures of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, or any two of them, in Relation to the "Raft" of Red River, and for other Purposes. Feb. 21, 1861. Vol. 12, p. 250. gress given to tion of Red River. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Assent of Conassent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given, to acts for improv. any acts that have been, or may be, passed by the Legisla- ing the naviga tures of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, or of any two of them, Laving for their object the improvement of the navigation of Red River by the removal of the "Raft" therefrom. Tolls may be SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That Congress hereby charged, &c., for assents, that after and so soon as any company incorporated thirty years. by the States aforesaid, or any two of them, for the purpose, shall have removed the obstructions to navigation in Red River caused by the "Raft," and have rendered the same navigable, and not before, the said States, or any two of them, may, through the said company, under and in accordance with, and in the mode provided by, the acts incorporating the same, for the benefit of the company and to reimburse to it its expenditures in removing said "Raft," levy and collect, by way of commutation for duties of tonnage, tolls upon all boats or other water-crafts ascending or descending said river, and passing through the portion thereof that shall so have been improved and rendered |