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THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 52, 54. 1848. 235 . Court of the Territory of Wisconsin shall deliver over to the clerks Territory ofWisof said District Court all records and papers in the office of the clerk gQ::‘Q0‘°c,‘;f,lQ";;. of the said Supreme Court relating to proceedings in bankruptcy under md District the late bankrupt law of the United States. He shall also certify, C°¤¤¤¤<=¤¤¤i¤¥¤· under seal, and deliver to said clerk, all records of judgments and of °°"l°’6°°‘ proceedings in suits pending, and all papers connected therewith, in cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That from and after the fourth S¤id$¤¤¤¤¤>l>¢ day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and until another cen- ::;.2::u,;2,:l;:€§ sus and apportionment shall be made, the State of Wisconsin hall be Congress. entitled to three representatives in the Congress of the United States Approved, May 29, 1848. Crier. LII. — An Act to provide for the Purchase of the Manuscript Papers of the M3? 3]; W48- late James Madison, former President of the United States. 1;* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of ,825,000 aPP*`°· twenty-fire thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, ;Qf§g,6f°;f if out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pur- the unpublished chase of Mrs. D. P. Madison, widow of the late James Madison, for- $;““?s;P‘§am§; merly President of the United States, all the unpublished manuscript Madism papers of the said James Madison now belonging to and in her possession; and upon delivery thereof to. the Secretary of State, with a proper conveyance of title to the United States, the said sum of money, upon the certificate of the Secretary of State of the delivery and conveyance of said papers, shall be paid at the treasury, agreeably to the wishes of the said Mrs. Madison, and in the manner following, namely : five thousand dollars of said sum of twenty-Eve thousand dollars to be 55l*§l¤¢\' i¤ paid to her; and the residue of twenty thousand to James Buchanan, 1,;, glieatglg now Secretary of State, John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, and to Mrs. Madison. Richard Smith, Esq., of Washington City, to be held, put out to interest, vested in stocks, or otherwise managed and disposed of by them, or the survivor or survivors of them, as trustees for the said Mrs. Madison, according to their best discretion and her best advantage - the interest or profit arising from the said principal sum to be paid over to her as the same accrues——the said principal sum to be and remain inalienable during her lifetime, as a permanent fund for her maintenance, but subject to be disposed of as she may please by her last will and testament. Approved, May 31, 1848. Curr. LIV.—./!n Act making .£pprop1-iations for the Support of the Military May 31, 18441. Academy for the Year ending the thirtiezh of June, one thousand eight hundred ———— and forty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the Uizited States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Al>l>¤>pri¤¤i¤¤¤- sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine : For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, seventy-nine Pay. thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars. For commutation of subsistence, five thousand six hundred and Cmamutation twenty-one dollars. _ of °ubmt°n°°' For forage for omcers’ horses, four thousand five hundred and Forage. twelve dollars. For clothing for officer¤’ servants, four hundred and twenty dollars. Clothing.