viii LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS. n La d I di U' . An actto indemnify the State of Indiana for the Gm t filu; oiotityle guitftlbfwhzhipnhlialdhtd granted to said State on her admission mto the Umon in eighteen hundred and sixteen. Feb. 23, 1854, ch. 12 . 267 Limits of the Port ez" Mw Orleans. An act to extend the limits of the Port of New Orleans. Feb. 23, 1854, c . 13 . ... , . ... . 268 'Ml' certCla' be Cal' iaLandCornmissioner. An actsn plemental Ez¢m8t>ngtZ:>Lt¢`£i'titledn‘({‘AnmhIct tdnirsscigtnsin azlwgettle the private land claims in the State of California," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one. Feb. 23, 268 1854, ch. 14 Extension ¢y‘Preemption. Privilege in California. An ac! for the extension of the preemption privilege in the State of California. March, 1, 1854, ch. 17 . 268 Pa ent S Wecko the San Fmncboo. An act for the relief of the United States W T;op:`€h:iv?m sdiferelrfs by the recent disaster to the steamship San Francisco. March 69 27, 1854, ch. 24 . . .. . . . . 2 Preemption in Railroad Reserves. An act for the relief of settlers on lands reserved for railroad purposes. March 27, 1854, ch. 25 . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . 269 Sentences in Arkansas, Crimes in the Indian An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to divide the State of Arkansas into two udicial Districts," approved March the third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. March 27, 1854, ch. 26 . . .. . 269 Private Bonded Warehouses. An act to extend the Warehousing System by establishing Private Bonded Warehouses, and for other purposes. March 28, 1854, ch. 30 ... . . 270 Construction of Steam Frugate. An act to authorize the construction of six iirstoclass steam frigates, and for other purposes. April 6, 1854, ch. 32 .. 273 Reliqfqf Owners and Occupants of Land at Council Bluffs. An act for the benefit of citizens and occupants of the town of Council Blutfs, in Iowa. April 6, 1854, ch. 33 .. . . ... 273 Additional Land Districts in Jmnnesota. An act to establish additional land districts in the Territory of Minnesota. April 12, 1854, ch. 35 .. . ... 274 Land Qgicelfn Michigan. An act establishing a land-oliice in the lower Peninsula of Michigan. 75 pr' 20, 1854, ch. 46 ... 2 Grant of Land to a Township in Abzbama. An act to authorise the school commissioners of fractional township number one, of range number ten east, in Alabama, to locate one half section of lan for school purposes. April 20, 1854, ch. 47. .. .. . 275 Salaries of Clerks, and others in the Departments. An act to amend the third section of the “Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year Xrdipgéhe thirtielph of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four," and for other purposes. pr` , 1854,c . 52 ... . ... 276 Mili Academy, Appropriation Bill . An act makin ro riati s f the s rt f the mhilitary Academ for the yeaifziding the thirtieth gipglurile, onieuthoznand dighshuhdred and fifty-tive. Mhy 10, 1854, ch. 54 .. 276 (Lgqanization of Nebraska and Kansas. An act to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. May 30, 1854, ch. 59 . . . .. .. 277
Ajzpropriation Bill. An act to supply dericiencies in the appropriations for the service o the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
four, and for other purposes. May 31, 1854, ch. 60 290 Pay of iepgy-Postmaster. An act regulating the pay of deputy-postmasters. June 22, 1854, c . . 298 Land for School Districts in An act to authorize the selection of school districts in lieu gf Jagzgxzitggpmchmggrons within the Twelve Miles Square Reservation, State of Alabama. u , , . ... . 299 Confirmation of Lands in the Bastrgr Grant, Louisiana. An act confirming certain land claims in Louisiana, in the Bastrop rant. June 29, 1854, ch. 68. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 299 Payment to Common Council o/`Neru York. A11 act to re`mb to th C C 'I f e · EE0;} Sgtyggexpenditures made for the first regiuientu<:;eNew Iorhmaldntegglcl JhnF29v, 8 , . . . . . 300 RegistersofV'esseIs¢y'theAccessoryTransitCiz 1. A ttoathth 'se ‘ vessels owned by the “Accessory Tf8':1I;(;;•%)0m;:l·l‘:;." Jhn§;l;F1854Teh. 300 Appropriation to ca out Treaty with Mexico. An oct t bl the P ‘ r u · States to fuldlthe third article of the treaty betweznmiho United Slsslgslinhd) the (lidgniligh Republic, of the thirtieth of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three as amended by the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1654, ch. 71. .. I . . . 301 Grant of Land to Minnesota for a Railroad. An actto a'd the Tf Minn ae construction of a Railroad therein. June 29, 1854: ch. 72. .. f . 902
