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THIRTY·EIG·HTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 160, 162, 163. 1864. 195 as “Punta de Quintin," or “Point San Quintin," lying east of the north Laliils é'*Z°·¤t$°d and south line, dividing sections number three and ten from number two ;€ag,:,?;Q;°p§:_ and eleven in township number one north range number six west, of poses. Mount Diablo meridian, embracing portions numbers eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of the said township number one, north range number six west, upon which the State prison of the State of California is now located, not exceeding in quantity four hundred and fifty acres, be, and the same is hereby, ceded, granted, and conhrmed to the said State of California, without prejudice to the rights or claims of any other parties. APPROVED, June 25, 1864. Crux. CLXH. ——An Act to vang into Eject a Treaty between the United States and her June 27, 1864. Britannia llffajeszz/`or thejinal edlementof the Claims of the Hudsorfs Bay and Puget’s ’—;‘“‘“" SaundAg·r1cuIlu Companies. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall C<>mmiS¤i<>¤¤¤ appoint a commissioner, whose duty it shall be, conjointly with the com- ;‘Q,lQ,f:i°}§§$,i,_ missiouer appointed by her Britauuic Majesty’s government, to investigate, son’s Buy. &e., adjust, and determine the claims of the Hudson’s Bay Company and of C°‘“P°¤Y» the Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company against the government of the P 65, United States, pursuant to the terms of a treaty signed at Washington on m' p' ' the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and the commissiouer shall be authorized to appoint a clerk, with a compensation at the Clerk. rate of eight dollars a day. S20. 2. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the pay ,,5 com. commissioner shall be Eve thousand dollars in full for his services and m¤§<>¤¤1‘ Md personal expenses. And the sums necessary to pay the compensation ump"°‘ aforesaid, the share of contingent expenses of the commission on the part Contingent exof the United States, and of the compensation of the umpire, chosen P°“°s· under the convention, are hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner on the Rules, &c., for part of the United States, in conjunction with the commissioner on the d°i“€ b“S" part of Great Britain, is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and gg2Q3U_ 6 comregulations for conducting the business of the commission ; such rules and regulations not coutravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act, or the stipulations of the treaty. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State is Secretary of _ hereby authorized and required totransmit to the said commission such §;;;‘:;° Mn5m" papers or records relating to the business of the commission as he may deem proper, or as may be called for by the commissioner; and at the close of the commission, and of the duties of the umpire, all the records, documents, and all other papers which may have been presented on behalf of the United States, shall be returned to the Department of State. APPROVED, June 27, 1864. Cusp. CLXIH.—An Act in Relation to the Fees and Emelumente of the Marshal, Jung g7_ 1354, fattorney, and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Cblumbia, and for other ········—······ urposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fees of the pm, 0;,,;,,,;, 0; clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, except so far as supreme court, hex-einaftcr specifically provided, and of the United States attorney and £,,,g,L’;%‘;;::: the marshal of said district, except so far as hereinafter provided, shall sh;]. be the same as the fees respectively allowed to clerks of the district and circuit courts, attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, and marshals, by the act