270 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 80. 1854. and imprisonment with hard labor for the same length of time, and shall be carried into eftect as provided in the preceding section. Construction of Sec. 3. And 6e it further enacted, That nothing contained in the Mt of 183*;<=h- twenty-iiftb section of an act entitled "An act to regulate intercourse §,$,§,§§§§§*§§§h with the Indian tribes, and preserve peace on the frontiers," approved Indians. thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, shall be construed to extend or apply to said Indian country any of the laws enacted for the District of Columbia, and that nothing contained in the twentieth section of the said act, which provides for the punishment of offences therein specified, shall be construed to extend to any Indian committing said offences in the Indian country, or to any Indian committing any offence in the Indian country who has been punished by the local law of the tribe, or in any case where, by treaty stipulations, the exclusive jurisdiction over such offences may now or hereafter be secured to said Indian tribes, respectively, and any thing in said act inconsistent with this act be, and the same is hereby repealed. PGPNW T9? Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any white person who shall l’Q;f"§,g tk?'?; hereafter set iire, or attempt to set fire, to any house, out-house, cabin, dinn country. stable, or other building, in said Indian country, to whomsoever belonging; and any Indian who shall set tire to any house, out-house, cabin, stable, or other building, in said Indian country, belonging to or in lawful possession of a white person, in whole or in part, and whether the same be consumed or not, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be pun— ished by confinement and imprisonment, with hard labor for not more than twenty-one nor less than two years. Pyltgglfygff gi- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That any white person who shall gan °0"Q¤,,;,_make an assault upon an Indian, or other person, or any Indian who shall make an assault upon a white person, within said Indian country, with a gun, rifle, sword, pistol, knife, or any other deadly weapon, with intent to kill or maim the person so assaulted, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, on conviction, be punished with confinement and imprisonment, with hard labor, for not more than Eve years, nor less than one year. EX°°“*¥2¤ M`, Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all criminal cases, upon iirgggu l`g,,,°;Q_ indictment, for ofences committed in said Indian country, prior to the dim country. creation of said Western District of Arkansas, now pending in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, process for witnesses residing or to be found in said Western District, may issue to the marshal of `said Eastern District, and be executed by him in any part of said Western District; and that the fees of all witnesses so summoned shall be paid by the United States. Approved, March 27, 1854. March 88, 1854- Cru}-. XXX.-—An Act to Extend the Warehousing System by establishing Private 1864, cb 169. Bonded Warelcauses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United d$°3s‘§ea“”·i; l’° States of rimcrica in Oemgress assembled, That from and aiter the paspug1g0c, ,,,;,,,,,6 sage of this act, any goods, wares or merchandise subject to duty, with W¤¤¤¤h<>¤¤¤¤· the exception of perishable articles, also gunpowder, fire-crackers, and other explosive substances, which shall have been duly entered and bonded for warehousing, in conformity with existing laws, may be deposited at the option of the owner, importer, eonsignee, or agent, at his expense and risk, in any public warehouse owned or leased by the United States, or in the private warehouse of the importer, the same being used exclusively for the storage of warehoused goods of his own importation or to his consignment, or in a private warehouse used by the owner, occupant, or lessee,as a general warehouse for the storage of warehoused goods, such place of storage to be designated on the warehouse entry at
