78 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 104, 105. 1846. certify the fact to the President of the United States, that one half of said sum has been expended upon said improvement, when the said Territory or State may sell and convey a quantity of the residue of said lands, sufficient to replace the amount expended, and thus the sales shall progress as the proceeds thereof shall be expended, and the fact of such expenditure shall be certilied as aforesaid. Des Moines Sec. 3. And be it further enarted, That the said River Des Moines 1****%* d*?°l°’°d ‘* shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the gov. P°I°h° }"ghw°y' ernment of the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever for any property of the United States, or persons in their Provisc. service passing through or along the same: Provided always, That it shall not be competent for the said Territory or future State of Iowa to dispose of said lands, or any of them, at a price lower than, for the time being, shall be the minimum price of other public lands. Lands to be- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Territory of f;’:',9,;l:faP;?\l;f;; Iowa shall be admitted into the Union as a State, the lands hereby admission into granted for the above purpose shall be and become the property of the U¤i¤¤· said State, for the purpose contemplated in this act, and no other; Proviso. Provided, The Legislature of the State of Iowa shall accept the said grant for the said purpose. Approved, August, 8, 1846. Aug· 8, 1846- Crur. CIV.—An Act to regulate Writ: if Error and Appeals from the District "‘;"""" Court of tlw United States for the Middle District of dlabama. How writs of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the gf; United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter writs Disrriczccurrrcr of error and appeals shall be taken from the District Court of the pgmjgigjiigys United States, for the Middle District of Alabama, directly to the Su- ' preme Court of the United States, under the same regulations that writs of error and appeals are allowed from the Circuit Courts of the United States to the Supreme Court; and no writs of error or appeals shall lie from said District Court to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama, as heretofore allowed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all causes now pending in Cmm cause the Circuit Court of the United States for the filth judicial circuit and transferred ,0 th; Southern District of Alabama, and which were removed to that court by Supreme Court. writ of error or appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, are hereby transferred to the Supreme Court of the United States. Said Supreme Court shall hear and determine the errors assigned in said Circuit Court, in the same manner that the Circuit Court should have done had said causes not been removed. Approved, August 8, 1846. $@-8, NW6- cF4P- Cv•·*•0¤ JQ WWW €#`¢d¤¤Uy to providcfor the Enforcement ofeertain Pro~ "‘;"*' visions in the Treaties of the United States. Preamble. Whereas, in the treaty between the United States and his Majesty the King of Prussia, it is provided, that " the consuls, vice·consuls, and commercial agents, shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities, unless the conduct of the crews or the captain should disturb the order or tranquillity of the country, or the said consuls, vrceconsuls, or commercial agents, should require their assistance to cause their decisions to be carried into effect or supported; " and whereas a similar provision, in substance, exists in
