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30 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 81, 82,83. 1856. ,.. t 't d "An Act to establish a Cburt Aug- 6, 1856- €£;,1“aZaS,Z?"f}t“’b;$€Lze'§Z?t$,»· approved Ftmq, ¢.W?}L,.$‘;j 1855, ch_ 122_ eighteen hundred and_]€jty;five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Any of the two States of America in Congress assembled, That any- two of the Judges of judges ¤f Q10 the Court of Claims, authorized by the act to whnch this IS an amend- §§%‘:a°§ugf;$_S ment, approved the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred VOI_X_p_ 6u_ and fifty-five, shall constitute a. quorum, and rnay hold;2.·court for the transaction of business, and the court may appoint commxssmuers to take testimony in the manner prescribed in the said act. Assistantsolic- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an assistant solicitor shall be i*°*`- Y appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to aid the solicitor in the performance of 0¤»th· the duties mentioned in the said act, and shall take an oath to suppo;-1; the Constitution of the United States, and discharge faithfully the duties Salary- of his office, and he shall receive a. salary of three thousand five hundred dollars 'per annum, and shall hold his office for a period of four years, Solicitor may unless sooner removed by the President. And the solicitor of the United ¤PP<>i¤¤ ¤`d¤P¤— States, mentioned in the act to which this is an amendment, shall have ty' power, and he is hereby authorized to em ploy a deputy, who shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and whose duty it shall be to aid the said solicitor in the performance of the duties mentioned in said act, in such way as the said solicitor shall direct. Clerk to dis- Sec. 3. And be itfurtker enacted, That the clerk of the said court shall g:*;g° °°“““€°“* be, and he is hereby authorized to disburse, under the direction of the said ` court, the contingent fund which may hereafter be appropriated from time BGM_ to time for the use of the said court: Provided, he shall first give bond in such an amount and in such form, and with such security, as shall be His accounts- approved by the Secretary of the Treasury : And, provldedfurther, That his accounts shall be settled by the proper accounting officers of the treasury in the same way as the accounts of other disbursing agents of Salaryofclerk the government are now` settled. And from and after the first day of

£k“”'sm“* April one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, the salary of the said

° clerk shall he three thousand dollars per annum, and the salary of the assistant clerk shall be two thousand dollars per annum. Approved, August 6, 1856. Aug_ 7, 1g5g_ CHAP. LXXXiI.—An Act to alter and amend "An Act to appropriate Money to re- .__._._._. move Qbstruetzows in the Savannah River, below the Cigyfzzf Savannah, in the State of Georgza, approved Jlarcfe thzrd, ezghteen hundred an fty;]‘lve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United batppgeeigonrot States of Amerlcdin Uangress assembled, That the balance of the unexprmiou of $5*55, pcnded appropriation made by the act of third March, eighteen hundred ch, yn_ for m- and fifty-five, "for removing certain obstructions in the Savannah River," g*§£¤§1<>g?1';¤¤: may be, and is hereby authorized to be applied, under the direction of mh Riveh V H the Secretary of War, to remove the bars, shoals, banks, and other impediments in said river, caused by said obstructions, as proposed in VOL XP. 640. the project of the commissioners, approved by the War Department in February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. .APPROVED, August 7, 1856. Aug_ 1], 1g5g_ CHA?. _LXP€XIII:—-ln Act granting Public Lands in alternate Sectzbns to the State af plggzsszppz to azd m the Construction <y" Railroads in said State, and for other Pur- Be it enacted by the Senate and lbmse of Representatives of the United toglxgnt or lnpd States of Ame*rtca in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, mm_0;;§f*PP' °* granted to the State of Mxssissippi, for the purpose of aiding in the coustruction of railroads from Jackson to the line between the State of Mis-