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172 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 82, 89, 90. 1853. of said court, as follows: At Dubuque on the first Mondays of January and July; at Iowa City on the first Mondays of May and October; and at Burlington on the third Mondays of May and October. Pwvisicmas Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all process, bail bonds, and

  • ° P'°°°”‘ reoognizsmces, returnable at the term of said court at Dubuque, Iowa, (my

and Burlington, respectively, shall be returnable and returned to the court next to be held at the place where said process, bail bonds and rocognizances are made returnable, and all continuances may be made to conform to this Act: IP€P€**l°fi¤· Sec. 3. And be itfurtlzcr enacted, That all acts and parts of nots in-

 consistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby

repealed. APPROVED, February 26, 1853. Mmm 3, 1853, CHA?. LXXXIX.——An Act to provide _C'ompensat£on to suchpersons as`may be designated —.— by me Seoretag of the Treasury to recezve and keel? the Publzo Money, under the Zijieepzh 1846, ch. 90. sectzones/`tfua ct of szxth August, czghteen lzundr and forty-stx, for the addztzomz servzces regutr under that Act. Compensation Ba it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United °f d9P°*l**“l"’ Of States of America in Congress assembled, That the depositaries which public money . under gmt0f1Q4G, have been or may be demgnated by the Secretary of the Treasury, under ch- 90- the fifteentb section of the act of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to receive payments and give receipts or certificates of de— posit for public money from miscellaneous sources, other than the transactions of the respective offices for which they are or may be commissioned, may be paid in full compensation for receiving, safely keeping, and paying out such public money, after the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, at the rate of one half of one per centum for the first one hundred thousand dollars; one fourth of one per centum for the second one hundred thousand dollars; and one eighth of one per oentum for all sums over two hundred thousand dollars; any sum which may have been allowed to such depositary for rent or any other contingent expenses in respect to the custody of such public money, being deducted from such compensation before any payment shall be made therefor: Proviso- Provided, That no compensation shall be allowed for the above services when the emoluments of the office of which said designated depositary is in commission, amounts to the maximum compensation fixed bylaw; nor shall the amount allowed to any of said designated depositaries for such services, when added to the emoluments of the office of which he is in commission be more than sufficient to make the maximum compensation fixed P¤>Vi¤0- by law: And provided further, That the whole allowance to any designated depositary for such services, shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Appy0p,~m;;(m_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to meet the allowances which may be made under the provisions of this act. Arpnovmn, March 2, 1853. Merch 2, 1853. CHAP. XC. -An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pm of OM- States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- §§Q tf;,‘;‘;‘t§;1y‘“;‘} sage of this act, all that portion of Oregon Territory lying and being Washington. south of the forty-ninth degree of north latitude, and north of the middle of the main channel of the Columnia River, from its mouth to where the forty- sixth degree of north latitude crosses said river, near Fort Wallawalla, thence with said forty-sixth degree of latitude to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, be organized into and constitute a temporary government by