THIRTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 55, 57. 1852. 13 Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That before the Secretary of the Nothing to be Treasury shall procure or erect the buildings provided for in the second g?,“:m}‘d€;°““d°5 section of this act, or commence operations under any of the provisions mums gag;. of the same, at San Francisco, State of California, it shall first be his tmwd Agn at duty to make a contract or contracts, for the erection of said buildings, than and procuring the machinery necessary for the operations of said mint, p;,,; ,,_ Q6_ at a sum or sums which shall not, in the whole, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, which said contract or contracts shall be secured by good and suflioient sureties, to the satisfaction of the said Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the United States. Approved, July 3, 1852. Cum. LV.——An Act to amend an Ace entitled "An Act for the Punishment of Crimes July 3, 1852. {TI MB of 00l1Lmb1:d.” Whereas, it has been represented that so much of the third section of PrehmlS1¤.` the act to which this act is an amendment, as provides e punishment for the maliciously, wilful, or fraudulent burning of stores, barns, or outhouses not adjoining o. dwelling-house, has been construed to apply to the cases of burning such houses only when they contain merchandise, tobacco, grain, or hay, whereby offenders have escaped punishment for burning buildings in which none of said articles were kept, Be it enacted by the Senate and lhasa of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after pemmy {0,- the passage of this act, if any person or persons shall maliciously, wil- Q¤1‘¤i¤g of 599- fully, or fraudulently, and with intent to injure or defraud any other g°t§u°l°,Omg°up`;1g}Q person or persons, or body politic or corporate, burn, or set on fire with sctemptingmset intent to burn, or attempt to set on ire or burn, any house or outhouse, °¤ g" °' bm; in the District of Columbia, whether the same be iinished or in process ;g?,'S,,°§“,°°t§: of erection, though the said house or outhouse shall not, at the time of triclgcf Colum. such burning or setting on fire, or attempting to set on fire or burn, have ;:£*dm*°”t°°d° any goods, tobacco, hay, or grain therein, nor be adjoining to any dwel- ` 1ing—house, nor be occupied or used for any purpose whatever; he, she, or they, on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to suffer the same punishment and labor, as is provided in the said third section of the said act 1831, eh. 87. to which this is an amendment for the offences therein enumerated. Approved, July 3, 1852. .LVII.—-An Act makin A 0 'ations or the Pa o Jnvalid and other Cylgehsionslof the United Statesiqfwplllinepillhar ending the June, one tlwusaml eight hun red and f3_/Zy·three. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hama of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Appmpmuom sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three :— For invalid pensions, under various acts, four hundred thousand dollars. For pensions for widows and orphans under the acts of July the fourth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and July the twenty- 1836, Oh, 36;, first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, three hundred and seventy-seven 18487 ch_ 10g_ thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For pensions to widows, under the act of seventh July, eighteen hun- 1838, oh. 189. dred and thirty-eight, ninety thousand dollars. For pensions to widows, under the act of third March, eighteen hun— 1843, oh. 102. dred and forty-three, thirty thousand dollars. For pensions to widows, under the nots of the seventeenth of June, eigh- 1844, eh. 10a. teen hundred and forty-four, second of February, eighteen hundred and
