2 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 9, l1, 12. 1856. March 28, 1856. CHAP. IX. - An Act relating to Punishment in the Penitentiary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives rgf the pim. of cm. United States of America in Oengresg assembled, (Tha]? where any ’d}1<·>¤1¤¤H`¤¢‘¤¤¤- judicial district has been or may herea ter be divide the circuit and Yf£ci,Yh,§;2,i°: district courts of the United States shall have power itc sentence any lies been or shall one convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment and hard labor, l’° d“’*d°d- to the penitentiary within the State, though it be out of the Judicial district in which the conviction is had. SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said courts in the northern Place or cen. district of Ohio, and in the northern district of Illinois, be authorized 6!¤‘z¤€¤*§f%°; to transfer to the penitentiary of the respective States any prisoner or 3§,,0}°0h{0 and prisoners who may now be confined in jail in either district, whose lik pimict of ofence by law is punishable by confinement to hard labor in the moms. · · penitentiary. Approved, March 28, 1856. April 6, 1856- Cmir. XI.-An Act to continue tempcrard the Land-0 ces at Kalamazoo, in the State 1/ ‘""_"""" ofMichi an, and at Palm a, in the State c e yr f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
- _餤d—<>if¤¤ ¤-pd States of America in Congress assembled, That the offices of register and
g“f°£ K';_,°;;Q receiver of the Land-Oilice at Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, and zoo, Mich. the office itself, shall be continued until such time as, in the opinion of the President the same can be discontinued without prejudice to the public interests. , And that until that time, the act of Congress approved June $‘l;°·°h-B;4 tvéelfth, eighteen hundred forty, shall not apply to the said office or °·"·P· -0 cers. Pay of officers. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the said register and receiver shall be allowed them agreeably to law, during the time of discontinuance under the existing order. _ Same pmvis- Sac; 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of sections one
- g';a,”M:i° Pd- and two of thi act are hereby made applicable to the Land—Oiiice at
Palmyra, in the State of Missouri, and the register and receiver thereof Approved, April 5, 1856. April 6, 1856. Crnr. XII.- An Act to constitute the Cities of Hannibal, Missouri, and Peoria, Illinois, Ports of Delivery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Representatives of the United mfdgqbgkrlig, gatéstag dwa in gemress gssembled, That the city of Hannibal, in ,1,,;,,,,,,., ,,, ,,,,1_ e 0 issouri, s a e an is hereby constituted a port of delivery Lgotlggnv Opzmt annexed to and made a part of the collection district of New Orleans; · and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States, and all the privileges and facilities Act of 1831 by the act of (Congiess of the second March, eighteen hundred ,,h_8y ox, d J all _111‘t_v·0ne, cntite " ll act allowing the duties on foreign merto md ° chandise impprted into Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, Si. VOL ,v_ p_ 480_ Iiouisi) Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places," s al e and are hereby extended to said crt A F S . . _ _ _ p - SUl`V€y0I‘0 the cusp”l*"°Y°’ He toms shall be appointed to reside at said port and perform the duties prescribed by law, and shall receive in full compensation for his services P · a salary of one thonsand dollars per annum. madeegnpmllkf bl Sec. And be at further enacted, That Peoria, in the State of Illinois, 3},,;,,3, m that dpsuanld ?£8I8ig Iconstitutpdha polrtauof delivery within the collection “ ° ‘ ‘° ° ew ¥"~"·¤S» an ¢1‘¢ S be appointed a surveyor of the Surveyor. His customs for such port, who shall be resident thereat. Said surveyor Qujgg ,,,,4 P,,_y_ shall perform the duties and receive the salary and emoluments prescribed 1881 ch 87 py tglzfct of Cpngress apppoved on the second day of March, eighteen » · - 1111 and thirty-one, entitled “An act allowing the duties on foreign
