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HILLED6EVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 99, 1S50.
J OKIEVE & OKIE,
ebitoks and proprietors.
tr Th :
anied
jj EC orbE« is published weekly, and is also
with a monthly Agricultural Supplement,
p r i c e of Two Dollars per annum, when
,:t j, advance—i( not in advance, Two Dollars and
'‘r'-T CEST£ ._and if not within the year, Three Dol-
” perannum. No paper, in any case, sentout of the
* 5 f without being first paid for IN ADVANCE; or any
'* /abscriber take* for a less period than one-year,
...paid for at the rate of Three Dollars per an-
1 tS in advance.
, . vK btisemests conspicuously inserted at the usual
' 1 . Tuose sent without a specification of the number
r^ r ti,„s. will be published until ordered out, and
arcordiQgly. . _
!!, . r L s of Laud and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex-
?l or Guardians, are required by law to be held
• first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
" :3e lie forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
«» in h0US e in the county in wbbh the property is situate.
I C f , “ r L s of ihese sales must be given in a public gazette
daT s previous to the day of sale.
i‘ 5 J T . , e3 f 0 r the sale of personal properly must be given
I m inner. FORTY DATS previous to the day ot sale.
• t0 the debtors and creditors of an estate must also
^hlished FORTY DATS.
V . e that application will be made to the Court of
. . for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
Wished for FOUR MONTHS. .
f'V- r tions for Letters of Administration, must be
u d thirty days—for dismission from administra-
Pensile mo ,ah*—for dismission from Guardian-
UOOf .
I ^BcLl^lor foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
III .far foul- months— for establishing lost papers, for
" fJl tpau of thru month*—(or compelling titles from
V ■ „tor, or Administrators, where a bond has been
, fbv the deceased, the full space of three months.
•publications will always be continued according to
•me legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
“Vfl'business in the line of Printing, will meet with
JL, attention at the Recorder Office.
? Utteks on busiuess must be paid-paid.
ADAMS, HOPKINS 8c CO.
UUBQUSB & C0MISS10S MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
F. T. WILLIS & CO.
I factors S Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GA.
R ETURN thanks to their friends and customers
for the liberal patronage bestowed in past years,
I ,ml .sam tender their services both in Augusta and
irtnah. in the storage and sale of Cotton, and all
| xoercountry produce, (affording at all times a choice
L mrkets.) purchase of Merchandise and planters
Particular attention is given to the general
Liberal cash ad
IHppIlC
receiving and forwarding business,
nude on Cotton and other articles. Address
JOHN M, ADAMS.
LAMBETH HOPKINS,
FRANCIS T. WILLIS.
36 8 in*
unc^s i
y above
Sept. 10, I860
BEHN 8c FOSTER,
I {ACTORS XUK.'rBIt.MC CO.7t.UMS8MO.M
J1ERCHAN TS.
BAY STREET, SAVANNAH,
p. H. Behs. | John Foster.
Julv y, 1850 27 tf
CLOTHING!
W E beg leave to call be attention of out custo
mers and the public generally, to an examina
tion of our slock of
Fall & Winter Clothing !
which we are now daily receiving, and which we are
determined to sell at as low rotes as any other house
in the State. The past season having favored us in
the disposal of our entire stock of heavy goods, we are
enabled to show our customers an entirely new and
extensive stock, consisting of
Three Hundred Dress and Frock
COATS, from $ S to $ 3a !!
500 business Coat®, from $3 to $15.
200 over Coats, from $4 to $-25.
50 Cloth Cloaks, from $10 to $25.
1000 Vests of various grades and styles, from 75
cents to $5,00.
600 pairs Pants (a great variety) fiom $1.00 to
$8,00.
75 doz Shirts of various qualities and prices, to-
gether with Under-shirts, Drawers, Cravats, Suspen
ders, Gloves, &c. See.
—ALSO—
A splendid lot of Cloths, Cassimeres and
Vestings, of the latest importations, which we
are prepared to make to order in the latest styles, and
a perfect fit warranted.
J. & E.SAULSBURY.
Macon, October 8, 1850. 40 3m
GEORGIA, Putnam County.
B ROUG HT f o the jail in this county, on the 29th
of September ult., a runaway slave, about 28
years old, dark complexion, 5 feet 8 inches high,
who says his name is Bob, and that be belongs to
Ashley Viccus, Laurens county, Ga. The owner is
requested to come forward, prove property, pay
charges, and take him away, or said slave will be
dealt with as the law directs.
THOMAS GAMBLE, Jailor.
Oct. 22, 1850. 42 tf
[NO. 43,
BY AUTHORITY.
PARKER'S WATER WHEEL.
T HIS is to certify that I have used the Parker
Water Wheel, applied to my Grist Mill, by
Messrs. Mallory & Albert, and that I am well pleased
with its work. With a head of six feet water, the
runner three feet four inches in diameter, and twelve
inches thick, I have timed her to grind ten bushels of
good meal in an hour. 1 suppose the above wheel
will take one-fourth less water than the old tub.
D. SOLOMON.
June 18, 1850 24 20t
G unny bagging, bale rope, twine,
Gin Band, Harness. Sole and Wax’d Upper
Leather, Fiench Calf Skins, Shoe Pegs, Cut and
Wrought Nails and Brads—just received and for sale
by HURD & HUNGERFORD.
Monticello, Sept. 24, 1850 38 tf
Remington Spring Bed Laths.
1 1HESE celebrated Springs for Beds, Sofas, and
. Co
ouches, can be had at the Georgia Penitentiary.
They can be applied to any bedstead in use. Those
wishing these laths can send their orders, accompanied
with the width from outside to outside of each long i equally divided between th’e officers aforesaid
Pwhile Acta
Potted during the first session of Ike 31sf Congrest.
[Public—No. 39.]
AN ACT providing for the examination and settle
ment of claims for land at the Sault Sle. Marie,
in Michigan.
Be il enacted by the Senate and Haute of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America t* Con
gress assembled, That the register and receiver of
the land office at the Sault Stc. Marie be, and they
are hereby, authorized to examine and report upon
claims to lots at the Sault Ste. Marie, in township
forty-seven north, of tanges one east and one west,
in Michigan, accoiding to the provisions hereinaf
ter contained, and pursuant to such insiructions as
may be given by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office,
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the aaid
commissioner shall cause the register and leceiver
to be furnished with a map, on a large scale, of the
lines of the public surveys at the Sault Stc. Marie,
and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to
direct the proper military officer, on the applica
tion of the register and receiver, to designate, or
cause to be designated, upon the map aforesaid,
the position and the extent of lots neces.ary for mili
tary purposes, as also the position and the extent of
any other lot or lots, which may be required for oth
er public purposes, and also the position and extent
of the Indian agency tract, and of the Indian reserve.
Sec. 3. And best further enacted. That in the case
of any person or persons or the legal representatives
of any person or persons, who are the present bona
fide claimants, under the original claims, which are
entered in book number seven of the report of the
Board of Commissioners, under the act of Congress
approved twenty-first February, eighteen hundred and
twenty-three, entitled “ An act to revive and continue
in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims
in the Territory of Michigan,” it shall and may be
lawful for such person, within one year from the pass
age of this act, to present a sworn notice in writing to
the register and receiver, setting forth the nature of
his claim, with the front and depth necessary to em
brace his settlement and improvements, and its posi
tion and limits, as accurately as piarticable, on the
public surveys; also the length of time it has been
settled by the present claimant, and the estimated val
ue at the time his right originated, and the estimated
value at the present time, exclusive of improvements ;
and it shall be the duty of the register and recever to
receive uud consider testimoney which mBy be.present-
ed in each case, and to call for such further testimony
as the may deem necessary, in order to enable them to
determine the precise nature of each claim or title,
and ascertain under »bom the same originated, and
to fix its position and extent on the public surveys, and j
its present value, exclusive of improvements ; and al
so to ascertain the value of the improvements, and
further to ascertain whether it interferes with any ad
verse claim, and the extent of, and nature of, such in
terferance ; and, for the purpose aforesaid, the register
and receiver are hereby authorized each to administer
oaths, or affirmations, and it shall also be the duty of
those officers to record all notices and testimony in
support of each claim; and for administering oaths
they shall be allowed a fee of twelve-and-a-ha!f cents,
and a like sum for every bundled words of testimony
which they may record, to be paid by the claimants,
• i ■ * . , _ , 1 more than one donation of load in said Territory in
paid over by the secretary of the Treasury to the •t™- y, ■ ■ . — ... — ' - ,n
rail of the bedstead. Various lengths always on baud.
Price Three Dollars a sett. A bed with these springs
requires only one Ma.rass.
W.Vl. W. WILLIAMSON, P. K. Ga. Pen.
Milledgeville, June 4, 1850 22 tf
WASHBURN, WILDER Ac CO.
| factors S Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Julv 2, 1850 26 tf
HOLT 86 BOTHWELL,
| iiCTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
JTv. 88, Bap Street,
8.1 »vi.r.rjH, gjm.
Asa Holt. I D. E. Bothwell.
July 2, 1850
26 12m
RABUN 86 FULTON,
Commission merchants,
SAVANNAH. GA.
Julv 16, 1850.
23 4m
R. S. HARDWICK & COOKE,
| Factors if Commission Merchants,
telfair’s buildings,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
R S. HARDWICK.
October 9, 1849
G. COOKE.
40 tf
J. B. MURPHY,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
REFERENCES
Dr. T. Fort.
Dr. B. A. White,
Dr. R. E. Martin,
Dr. C. J. Paine,
Dr. G. D. Case,
W. H. Mitchell,
Col. M. Grieve,
O. Childs.
AGRICULTURAL WARE HOUSE.
T HE undersigned having purchased the entire
Stock of Agricultural Implements from Messrs.
DENSLOW & WEBSTER, would announce to the
public that they have greatly increased said stock,em-
bracing besides a great variety of other material and
article*, generally of the fallowing character and dis
cretion :
Agricultural and Horticultural Implements
of every variety, of the most recent and improved des
criptions.
Five hundred Plows of every description.
Materials for Tanners, Curriers, and Brass and Iron
Founders, embracing every article used in their line,
including ail necessary Tools, &c., at Manufacturers
prices.
Miscellaneous.—Roller and common Gins, Jack
Screws, Store and Cotton Trucks, Wheel Barrows,
Road Scrapers, Hydrnulic Rams Force Pumps, Patent
Chains to facilitate the drawing water.
Georgia and French Burr Mill Stones, Calcine Cast
ings, Plasterers and Raw for Farmers; Plantation
Mills, Corn and Smutt Mills, Screws, Mill Irons, Bolt-
ing Cloths, Picks, Reeds,Shuttles, and general finding
for Colton and wooling Manufactories.
Mill Machinert, Tools, &c.—Having the agen
cy for various and extensive Machine Manufactories,
we shall be prepared at all times to furnish every spe
cies of Machinery in the shortest notice.
Ilering’s celebrated Salamander Safes, (Wilder’s
patent,) the best in use and of all sizes; Patent Scales
and Balances ditto; Ditto Force Pumps, various sorts;
Galvanized Endless Chain Do. with fixtures, (an arti
cle now in general use ;) Nails and Axes of every de
scription—all furnished at manufacturer’s prices.
Planters and others may have their orders executed
for almost every article of merchandize not embraced
in the above general description, by addressing us at
Savannah.
The highest market prices paid at all times for
Wool, Sheep Skins and Hides.
All Produce of the State received and sold for the
usual commission.
S. & H- HOYT & CO„
No. 171 Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia.
References: Messrs. Padleford, Fay & Co., Swift,
Denslow & Webster.
Savannah, July 23d, 1850. 30 1 It
Milledgeville, Nov. 13, 1849
45 tf
MEDICAL. NOTICE.
DR. A. A. GILTENAN,
QUALIFIED
[SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR,
I S permanently located at Mr. Ira Stanley’s, where
ail professional calls will meet prompt attention.
Laurens county, July 30, 1850 30 tf
rRAXHJLIN & BRANTLEY,
MOTORS «J- COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Savannah, Georgia,
H AVING engaged in the above Business, respect
fully state to their friends and the public gener-
ll L v . who may favor them with tbeir business, that
tM y will use ail efforts in their power to give general
ntkfaction, and feel confident, from their knowledge
| of the necessities i f the people, of pleasing all.
are also bound in an especial contract not to
•ftculale in cotton. W* intend to sell the arti-
ct -t_*sn not to but it.
hf t hose of our friends sending us Cotton from
Wellington county, can receive their fundsfrom Mr.
“ Brantley, who is our egent at Sandersville ; and
“J leaving coders with him for Bagging, Rope, Family
-•pplie., &c , will have them sent to any point on tte
Central Railroad without further trouble.
’• o FRANKLIN ] [w. F. BRANTLET.
Savannah, January 29, 1850 4 12m
Hamilton 8c haroeman,
factors S Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
^HasiAs Hardeman, | Charles F.
"gust 27, ia 5 o
Notice to Contractors.
P ROPOSALS will be received at the Engineer’s
Office, until the 1st of November, Bext, for th
timber superstructure of the Milledgeville and Gordon
Railroad, viz:
740,000 ft. B. M. heart pine stringers; sawed 6
by 8 inches ; in lengths of 14, I7J or 21 feet.
27.000 cross ties of post oak or pine, 8 feet long,
hewn on two sides to a thickness of 6 inches, having a
heart surface of 8 inches.
Proposals are also invited for laying the superstruc
ture, and for the building of 2,000 feet of bridging.
Plans and specification* mav be seen at the Engi
neer’s Office. WM. G. BONNER.
Engineer M. & G. R- R. Co.
Milledgeville, Sept. 10, 1850. 36 8t.
Gunny Bagging and Bale Rope.
A fv BALES heavy GUNNY BAGGING.
200 coils prime Rope.
J ust received and for sale at Savannah prices and
freight, by BEECHER & HORNE
Milledgeville, July 30, 1850
Masonic Hall.
30 tf
An.
Hamilton.
34 12m
Hardeman & Hamilton
WILL OCCUPY THE
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE
Y H.' be ' n S erected on the corner of Third and
u * ‘'piar Streets, lu location is convenient to the
[ road Depots and to the Hotels, and is in a central
part of the business of the city.
Wi !‘ ®' ve l’ rom pt attention to all business com-
! muted to them.
HAnr;-r nec r w ' lh,he house of Hamilton &
advantage* inf tVAI> ' NAH ' vvi " afford them superior
advantages in forwarding Cotton, or transactinv anv
business in their line in that cilv an-l n.h! . 6 *
Macon, August27, 1850 * ' her markets.
“4 12m
1L T. DAVIST
attorney at law,
EATONTON, GA.
LATEST ARRIVAL.
P EPPER, Cinnamon, Mace. Nutmegs, Cloves,
Ginger, Allspice, Oil and essence of Lemon and
Vanilla for Cooking, Gelatine, Irish Moss, Sago, Arrow
Root, Isinglass, Ginger and Lemon Syrups, Pepper
Sauce, Mustard, Citron, White and Cider Vinegar,
Sweet. Linseed, Train, Lard and Castor Oil, Paints.
Glass, Putty, Whiting. Lamp Black, Chalk, Ivory
Black, Black and Red Lead, Litharge, Spanish
Brown, Venetian Red, Logwood, Spirits Turpentine,
Camphine, Burning Fluid, Potash, Sal Soda, Sal jEra-
lus, Bristol Brick, Rotten Stone, Graham’s polishing
paste, Emory, Blacking. See.
Perfumery.—Lubin’s Extracts, Essence of Rose,
Lavender, Florida, and Rose Water, Cologne, Jessa
mine, Aromatic Vinegar, Bay Rum, Soaps of all kinds.
Chewing Tobacco and Snuff.
Drugs and Medicines, of every variety, warranted
pure and of good quality
BOOKS.
L*w, School and Miscellaneous ; also a few of the
latest novels,
Harrison’s Columbian and Indelible Inks.
Patent Medicines.—Cherry Pectoral, Daily’s
Pain Extiactor, See.
Persons wishing to subscribe to Mrs. Whittlesey’s
Magazine, can do so by calling at the New Drug
Store, where they will find the above mentioned arti
cles for sale, by E. J. WHITE, Agent.
Termscash.
Milledgeville, June 25,1850 25 tf
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That in the
case of any bona fide claimant who has no right under
an original claim, entered in the aforesaid book num
ber seven,but who, on the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine, had
reduced a lot into possession, and is an actual ar.d bo-
ne fide settler thereon, or occupant thereof, it shall
and may be lawful for him to file a sworn notice, stating
bow long he ha« been in the actual possession of the
lot, the nature of his improvements, the extent of front
and depth requisite to embrace his actual settlement
aud improvements, the estimated value of the lot at
the time of his settlement, and its present value, ex
clusive ofimprovements, as also the value of such im
provements, and also designating, as accurately as
practicable, its position upon the public surveys , and
it shall and may he lawful for the aforesaid officers, al
so, to take all necessary testimony in this class of ca
ses in like manner, and perform) similar duties as re
quired in the foregoing section, and to receive any no-
tice and evidence of any missionary claim from any
party authorized to act, both as to the nature and ex-
tent of the same, and the grounds on which it may be
entitled to equitable consideiation.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall
also be the duty of the land officers to examine and
arrange the notices and testimony in all cases filed
under this act; and the cases contemplated by the
third section, which they may confirm, shall be
placed in abstract A, first class, and those under that
section which may be rejected by them, shall be plac
ed in nbstract A, second class ; and in all cases con-
templated by the lourtb section of this act, the con-
firmalion of the commissioners shall be placed in ab
stract B, first class, and their rejections in abstract B,
second class.
Sec. 6. Aud be it further enacted, That in the
aforesaid abstracts, the register and receiver shall des
ignate the number of each claim, name of present
and of original claimant, area, present value of the
lot exclusive of improvements, and the amount which,
in ibeir opinion, it would be just to require as a pay-
ment for the same to the Government; and the said
officers shall designate on the aforesaid map of the
public surveys the location of each claim as near as it
can be ascerteined from the testimony, with the estima
ted actual value, and the assessment thereon of the
sum which, in theirjudgmenr, should be paid for the
same to the Government.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the sur
veyor general at Detroit, on being notified of the com
pletion by the land officers of the afoiesaid abstracts
and map, shall dispatch a skilful deputy te the Sault
Ste. Marie, who shall file in the land office at that
place his affidavit faithfully and impartially to dis
charge his duty ; and thereupon there shall be deliver
ed to him the said abstracts and map, and be shall
then proceed forthwith to lay off and survey the village
of Sault Ste. Marie into town lots, streets, avenues,
public squares, out-lots having regard to the lots and
stieets already actually surveyed, existing or establish
ed, and having regard, also to the existing limits and
extent of the lots, and to the existing limits and extent
of the lots covered by the claims which shall baveheen
adjusted by the register and receiver ; and after such
surveys shall have been completed, the aforesaid depu
ty shall prepare a plat exhibiting, in connexion with
the lines of the public surveys, the exterior lines of the
whole village, also the squres, individual lota, and the
public lots, and also the out lots, designating the lota
reserved fur military or other purposes, according to
the extent and limits of the same, as fixed by the prop
er military officers, pursuant to the requirements of
the second section of this act, and specify ing the name
of each claimant of the individual lot, and whethei
confirmed or rejected, the sum assessed by the register
and receiver as a payment which should be made in
each caseby the patty, and also designating the vacant
in-lots and out-lots, the former of which shall be sub
divided into lots not to exceed each a quarter of an
acre, and the latter not to exceed two acres each ; and
it shall be the duty of the said deputy, from the best
information he can obtain, and after conference with
the land officers, to specify on the survey of each va
cant lot, the actual present estimatedvalue, and it shall
be the duty of the aforesaid deputy to return to the reg
ister and receiver their abstracts and map, and to sub
mit to them his plat of the actual surveys, and if they
shall be satisfied that it is in accordance with their ad
judications, tiiey shall append a certificate to that ef
fect, and the said deputy shall then transmit the said
plat with the field notes to the surveyor general at De
troit for examination of the work, and if that officer
shall find il faithfully and properly executed, be shall
allow the.said deputy a per diem of five dollarafor eve
ry day actually and necessarialiy engaged in the prelim
inary examination and surveys, and in the construc
tion of the plat, and shall also pay all necessary expen-
tees, or otherconstitoted authorities, of Saolt Ste. Ma
rie, to be expended by them in the improvements of
rhe streets and erection of public Luildings.
HOWELL COBB,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM R. KING,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved September 26, 1850.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
[Public—No. 40.]
AN ACT to reduce the minimum price of the mineral
lands in the Lake Superior district in Michigan, and
in the Chippewa district in Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of tbe United Slates of America ia Con
gress assembled. That the mineral lands in the Lake
Superior district in Michigan, and in tbe Chippewa
district in Wisconsin, shall be offered for sale in the
same manner, and be subject to tbe same minimum
price, and the same rigbis of pre-emption, as the other
public lands of the United States ; and such portions
of the act of first March, eighteen hundred aud forty-
seven, • to establish a land office in the northern parr
of Michigan, and to provide for the sale of tbe mineral
lands in the State of Michigan,* and of the act of the
third March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, 1 to
create aa additional land district in the Territory of
Wisconsin,and for other purposes,’ as are inconsist
ent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and tbe
same are hereby, repealed: Provided however, that
the rights given by those acts of first and third March
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to lessees,occupants,
and permittees to enter to the extent of tbe leases
and permits, and no less, shall not be considered as
impaired by this act; but said lessees, occupants, and
permittees shall be authorized to enter the land cover
ed by their leases, occupancy, and permits, respective
ly, at therein provided, at the minimum price fixed by
this act.
Sic. 2. And be it further enacted, That the hol
der of a lease or permit covering more than one full
section of the mineral lands, as aforesaid, shall be en
titled, on the surrender and annulment of said lease,
or permit at the proper land office, to purchase, if he
shall elect to do so, one full section, and no more, of
the land covered by said lease or permit, at a minim
um price bf two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved September 26,1850.
[Public—No. 41.]
AN ACT to provide for carrying into execution, in
further part, the twelfth article of the treaty with
Mexico, concluded at Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United Stales of America in Con
gress assembled, That the sum of three million three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars be and the same
is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the in
stalment and interest which will fall due on the thirti
eth of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, under the
twelfth article of the treaty between the United States
and Mexico, made and concluded at Guadalupe Hidal
go, on the second of February, eighteen hundred aud
forty-eight.
Approved September26, 1850.
[Public—No. 43 ]
AN ACT to create the office of Surveyor General of
the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the
survey, and to make donations to settlers of the said
Public Lands.
Southern Mutual Insurance Company.
T HIS Institution, chartered by the last Legisla
ture, is now in successful operation, issuing
policies of Insurance on tbe
MUTUAL PRINCIPLE.
A plan long in operation in other sections of our conn-
tty and in England, which saves in the insuree from
one-tmtr to nine-tenths of the expense of insurance, as
he has to pay only his proportion of the actual issues
of the Company.
Particular information may be obtained of Ro
binson & Windsor, Agents, Milledgeville; or W.
M. Morton. Agent, Athens; Thomas Cunningham,
Agent,, Greenesboro; John Robson or J. E. Veall,
.°»Ehtdo callaod«Miniii«. ’ J. G. HILL, PrwideM.
Sept. i 0 1B - n WILLIAM P. MELSON. > John U. Parsons, Sec.
’ 36 m3m f February 22,1848 7 if
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the surveyor geneial, upon the approval of
the plat, or actual survey by his deputy, to return the
said plat to the register and receiver, who shall there
upon transmit the same, with the abstracts, maps, and
record of testimony, to ihe Commissioner ofibeGener-
al Land Office, whose decision in every case shall be
final, and binding upon tbe parties and the Govern
ment, and who shall have power either to affirm, mod
ify, or reverse the decision uf the register and receiver,
and to authorize them to giant a certificate upon the
cash payment to the receiver, of what may he deter- j
mined to be a fair assent ment on the lot confirmed; I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United Stales of America in Con
gress assembled, That a Surveyor General shall be
appointed for the Territory of Oregon, who shall havo
the same authority, perform the same duties respect
ing the public lands and private land claims in the
Territory of Oregon, as are vested in and required of
the surveyors of the lands of the United States north
west of the Ohio, except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said
Surveyor General shall establish his office at such
place within the said Territory as the President of the
United States may from time to lime direct; he shall
bn allowed an annual salary of two thousand five hun
dred dollars, to be paid quarter yearly, and to com*
mence at such rime as he shall enter into bond, with
competent security, for the faithful discharge of the
duties of his office. There shall be, and hereby is,
appropriated the sum of four thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as is necessary for clerk hire in his office,
and the further sum of one thousand dollars per an
num for office rent, fuel, books, stationery, and other
incidental expenses of his office, to be paid out of the
appropriation for surveying the public lands.
Sec. 3, And be it further enacted. That if, in the
opinion of the Secretary of the Interior it be preferable
the surveys in said Territory shall be made alter what
is known as the godetic method, under such regula
tions and upon such terms as may be provided by tbe
Secretary of the Interior or other Department having
charge of the surveys of the public lands, and that said
godetic surveys shall be followed by topographical sur
veys as Congress may from time to lime authorize and
direct; but if the present mode of survey be adhered
to, it shall be tbe duty oi said surveyor to cause a base
linu and meridian to be surveyed, marked and estab
lished, iD the usual manner, at or near the Wiliiamette
river; and he shall also cause to he surveyed in town
ships and sections in the usual manner, and in accord
ance with the laws of the United Stares which may be
in force, the district of country lying between tbe sum
mit of the Cascade mountains and the Pacific Ocean
and south and north of the Columbia river: Provided
however. That none other than township lines shall
be run where tbe land is deemed unfit for cultivation.
That no deputy surveyor shall charge for any line ex
cept such as may be actually run and marked, nor for
any line not necessary to be run ; and that the whole
cost of surveying shall not exceed ihe rate of eight
dollars per mile for every mile and part of mile actu
ally surveyed and marked.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That there
aball be, and hereby it, granted to every settler or oc
cupant of the public lands, American half-breed Indi
ans included, above tbe age of 18 years, being a citi
zen of tbe United States, or having made a declaration
according to law of his intention to become a citizen,
or who shall make such declaration on or before the
first day of December, 1851, now residing in said Ter
ritory, or who shall become a resident thereof on or
before the first day of December, 1851, and who shall
have resided upon and cultivated the same for four
consecutive years, and shall othei wise conform to the
provisions of this act, the quantity of one-half section or
320 acres of land, if a single man, and if a married
man, or if be shall become a married man within one
year from the first day of December, 1850, the quan
tity of one section or 640 acres, one-half to himself and
the other half to his wife, to be held by her in her own
right, and tbe Surveyor General shall designate
the part inuring to tbe husband and that lo the
wife, and enter the same on the records of his office;
and in all cases where such mairied persons have
complied with the provisions of this act, so as to entitle
them to the grant as above provided, whether under
the late provisional government of Oregon, or since,
and either shall have died betore patent issues, tbe sur
vivor and children, or heirs of the deceased, shall be
entitled to tbe share or interest of the deceased in
equal proportions, except where the deceased shall
otherwise dispose of it by testament duly and properly
executed according to the laws of Oregon: Provided,
That no alien shall he entitled to a patent to land
granted by this ant until he shall produce to the Sur
veyor General oi Oregon record evidence that his nat
uralization as a citizen of the United States hat been
completed ; but if any alien having made bis declara
tion of intention to become a eitizen of tbe United
States after the passage of this act, shall die before
his naturalization shall he completed, tbe possessory
right acquired by him under Ihe provisions of this act
shall descend to his heirs at law, or pass to bit devi
sees, to whom, as tbe case may be, tbe patent shall is
sue: Provided further, That in all cases provided
for in this section, the donation shall embrace the land
actually occupied and cultivated by the settler thereon:
Provided further, That all future contracts by any
person or persons entitled to the benefit of this
act, for tbe sale of the land to which he or they
may be entitled under this net before he or they have
received a patent therefor, shall be void: Provided
further, however, That this section shall not be so
construed as to allow those claiming possessory rights
under the treaty with Great Britain relative to the
Oregon Territory, to claim both under this grant and
the treaty, but merely to secure them the election, and
to confine them to n single grant of land.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That to all
or her own right: Provided. That no mineral
lands shall be located ar granted under the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That within
three months after tbe suivey has been made, or
where the survey has been made before the settlement
commenced, then within three months from the com
mencement of such settlement, each of said settlers
shall notify the Surveyor General to be appointed un
der ibis act, of the precise tractor tracts claimed by
them respectively under ibis law, and in all cases it
shall be in a compact form; and where it is practica
ble so to do, the land so claimed shall be taken at
nearly as practicable by legal sub-divisions, but where
that cannot be done it shall be the duty of the said
Surveyor General to survey and mark each claim with
the boundaries as claimed, at the request and expense
of Ihe claimant; the charge for the same in such
case not to exceed the price paid far surveying the
public lands. The Surveyor General shall enter a de
scription of such claims in a book to be kept by him for
that purpose, and note temporarily on the township
pints the tract or tracts so designated, with the bound
aries; and whenever a conflict of boundaries shall
arise prior to issuing tbe patent, the same shall be de
termined by the Surveyor General: Provided, That
after the first December next, all claims shall be
bounded by lines running east and west, and north
and south: And provided further. That after the
survey is made, ail claims shall be made in conformity
to the same, and in compact form.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That within
twelve months after the surveys have been made, or
where tbe survey has been mnde before the settlement,
then within twelve months from the time the settle
ment was commenced, each person claiming a dona
tion right under this act, shall prove to the satisfac
tion of the Surveyor General, or of such other officer
as may be appointed by law tor that purpose, that the
settlement and cultivation required by this act had
been commenced, specifying the time of the com
mencement; and at any time after tbe expiration of
four years from the date of such settlement, whether
made under tbe laws of the late provisional govern
ment or not, shall prove, in like manner, by two disin
terested witnesses, the fact of continued residence and
cultivation required by the fourth section of this act,
and upon such proof being made, the Surveyor General
or other officer appointed by law for that purpose,
shall issue certificates, under such rules and regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, setting forth the facts in the
case, and specifying the land to which the parries are
entitled. After tbe aaid Surveyor General shall return
the proof so taken ro the office of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, and if the said Commissioner
shali find no valid objection thereto, patents shall issue
for the land, according to the certificates aforesaid,
upon the surrender tbeieof.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That upon the
death of any sealer before the expiration of the four
years’ continued possession required by this act all
tbe rights of the deceased under this act shall descend
to the heir* at law of such settler, including the widow
where one is left, in equal parts ; and proof of compli
ance with the conditions of this act up to the rime of
the death of such settler shall be sufficient to entitle
them to the patent.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That ro claim
to a donation right under the provisions of this act,
upon sections sixteen and thirty six, shall be valid or
allowed, if the residence and cultivation upon which
the same is founded shall have commenced after the
purvey of the same; nor shall such claim attach to
any tract or parcel of land selected fora military post,
or within one mile thereof, or to any ather land reserv
ed for governmental purposes, unless the residence
and cultivation thereof shall have commenced previ
ous to the selection or reservation of the same for such
purposes.
Sec. 10. And be il further enacted, That there be
and hereby is granted to the Territory uf Oregon, the
quantity of two townships of land in said Territory,
west of the Cascade mountains, and to be selected in
legal subdivisions, after the same has been surveyed,
by the Legislative Assembly of said Territory, in such
manner as it may deem proper, one to be located north
and the other south of the Columbia river, to aid in the
establishment of a university in the Territoly of Ore
gon, in such manner as the said Legislative Assembly
may direct, the selection to be approved by the Sur*
veyor General,
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That what is
known as the “Oregon City claim,” excepting the Ab-
ernethy island, which is hereby confirmed to the legal
assigns of the Wiliiamette milling and trading compa
ny, shall be set apart and be at the disposal of the
Legislative Assembly, the proceeds theieof to be
applied by said Legislative Assembly to the establish’
ment and endowment of a university, to be located at
such place in the Territory as the Legislative Assembly
may designate : Provided, however, That all lots and
parts of lots in said claim, sold or granted by Dr.
John McLaughlin previous to the 4th day of March,
1849, shall be confirmed to the purchaser or donee, or
their assigns, to be certified to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, and
patents to issue on said certificates as in other cases :
Provided, further, That nothing in this act shall be
so construed or executed as in anyway to destroy or
affect any rights to land in said Territory, holden or
claimed under the provisions of the treaty or treaties
existing between this country and Great Britain.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That ail per
sons claiming land under any of the provisions of this
act, by virtue of settlement and cultivation commenc e
subsequent to the first of December, in the year 185 0
The district of San Joaquin shall include all the I lsil j; r ,
i, nvers ana i i emor* c - • • ui uuurs on imi
of Calaberas, San Joaquin.Tu-I Ling en,i'h!d“-"An!! 1^1° m ? r,ti . oned . the
territory, bays, harbors, rivers and [shores
ed within the counties
alumna, and Maripoza, and ■ collet tor of the district
shall be appointed to reside at the town of Stockton,
which shall be the sole port of entry for the period.—
And the towns of Santa Barbara and Saa Pedro, in
the collection district of San Diego, shall be, and are
hereby, constituted ports of delivery for said districts,
and surveyors shall be appointed to reside at ea‘h,
with such other officers as the Secretary of the I rea-
sury may deem necessary for the public service.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted. That in addi
tion to the officers hereinbefore provided for at the
port of San Francisco, there shall be appointed two
principal and two assistant appraisers for said port,
and the compensations of the officers provided for in
this act shall be os follows, to wit: the collector of
the district of San Francisco shall be allowed a com
pensation not exceeding ten thousand dollars per an
num ; the naval officer a compensation not exceeding
eight thousand dollars per annum ; the surveyors com
pensation not exceeding seven thousand dollars per
annum; the principal appraiser* a compensation not
exceeding six thousand each per annum, and the as
sistant each a sum not exceeding the sum of five hun
dred dollars per annum. The collectors of the dis
tricts of Monterey, San Diego, Sacramento, Sonoma,
and San Joaquin shall be allowed $3,00t) each pet
annum, with additional maximum compensatinn of
$2 ,000 each per annum, should their official emolu
ments and fees provided by existing laws amount to
that sum respectively. The surveyors at Santa Bar
bara and San Pedro shall be allowed, in addition to
the fees authorised by existing laws, a compensation
of 2,000 dollars per annum, and the deputy collector
appointed in pursuance of existing laws at the port of
San Francisco shall be allowed a compensation not to
exceed $5,000 per annum.
Sec. 3. Aud be it further enacted, That until oth
erwise directed by Congress, the provisions of law in
relation to the pay ment uf expenses incidental to the
collection of the revenue from customs, existing prior
to the act of 3d Match, eighteen hundred and forty-
nine, entitled ” An act requiring all moneys receiva
ble from customs and fiom all other sources to be
paid immediately into the Treasury without abate
ment or reduction, and for other purposes,” shall be
and are hereby made applicable to the several collec
tion [districts] in the State of California and the ter
ritory of Oregon, any thing in the aforesaid act to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That in all ca
ses of fine, penalty, or forfeiture, mentioned and em
braced, in the act entitled “ An act to provide for mit
igating or remitting the foifeitures, penalties, uad dis
abilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned,”
or in any acts in addition to or amendatory of sail act.
that have occurred or may occur in the collection dis
tricts in tbe State of California and territory of Ore
gon, the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is here
by authorized, if in his opinion the said fine, penalty,
or forfeiture was incurred, without wilful negligence
or intention uf fraud, to prescribe such rules or modes
of proceeding to ascertain tbe facts as in his opinion
may be convenient and proper, without regard to the
provisions of the act above referred to, and upon the
•aid facts so to he ascertained as aforesaid, tbe said
Secretary may exe:cise all the power conferred upon
him in and by said act as fully as he might have done,
had said facta been ascertained under and according
to the provisions of said act: Provided, That where
any ships or vessels, or any goods, wares, and mer
chandise may have been subjected lo seizure or coufis-
cation or detention by any officer of the customs in
the collection district of Upper California or the dis
trict of Oregon, prior to tbe passage of this act, and
it shall be made to appear to tbe saiiafactii n of the
Secretary of the Treasury that tne owner or owners
or importers of any such goods, wares, and merchan
dise, has or have sustained damage or loss by reason
of any improper seizure, confiscation or detention
thereof, the said Secretary is hereby authorized to ex
tend such relief in the respective cases, as he may deem
just and proper.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the
territory, harbors, rivers, and waters on the eastern
shore of the State of Wisconsin bordering on Lake
Michigan, lying south of the forty-fourth parallel of
north latitude, beretuforaembraced in thodistrict of Chi
cago, as are contained within the limits and jurisdic
tion of the State of Wisconsin, shall be, and are here
by, constituted a collection district, to be called the
district of Milwaukie, and the port of entry for said
district is hereby established at Milwaukie; and
Southport, Racine, Sheboygan, Green Bay and Depre,
shall be ports of delivery only ; and the town of W aw-
kegan, in the State of Illinois, in the callection dis
trict of Chicago, shall be a port of delivery also.—
And all the territory, harbors, rivers, and waters on
the eastern shore of the State of Wisconsin, bordering
on Lake Michigan and Green Bay, lying north of the
said forty-fourth parallel of latitude, shall he, and the
same are attached loand made pan of tbe collection
district of Mackinac.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That there
•hall be appointed, in pursuance of law, a Collector of
Customs for the aforesaid districts, who shall reside
at the port of entry created by this act, together with
such other subordinate officers of the customs as are
provided for by law, and the compensation of said
collector shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, together with such commissions and fees as
are authorized by existing laws,
i Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That Deputy
- Colectors of the Customs shall be appointed and com-
I pensated for their services in the mode prescribed by-
existing laws, to reside at the lespective ports of de
poned
same
and upon such payment being made, and tbe return of 1 white male citisens of tbe United States, or persons
the certificate to the General Land Officer, a patent i who shall have made a declaration of intention to be
stial) issue. And ibe said register and receiver shall) come such, above the'age of twenty-one years, emigra-
W ILL practice in the several counties of the
Ocmulgee Circuit, and in Newton countv of
| l »e Flint Circuit. 3
August 20,1850 33 eow3m
T up Land for Sale.
m Su ^ sci '^ er oflers his land for sale, lying in
Monroe county, near the road leading from For-
■f^Uumaslon, and near the county lfne,
It can
each receive, from Ihe proceeds of such sales tha sum
of five dollars for every cluim examined and adjudica- ,
ted by'them under this act. j
Sec 9. And be it further enacted. That it shall
and may be lawful for the commissioner to ordet into
market, after public notice of at least two months, all 1
vacant lots, or lots to which a claim may be rejected,;
and to sell the same for cash to the highest bidder,
subject to a minimum of two-thirds of their value; and I
npon such|»ale* being made, and proper returns report
ed to the General Land Office, the commissioner, if the
proceeding are found regular, shall be authorised to ia*]
sue patents.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That after all
tbe claims shall beve been adjudicated, surveyed, and
tbe vacant lots sold, it shall be the duty of tbe proper
accounting officers of the treasury to ascertain the nett
amount of sales, after deducting nil expenses incident
to tbe execution of this act, end such amount shall be
ting to and settling in said Territory between the first
day of December, eighteen faondred and fifty, and tbe
first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-three,
and to ail white male American citisens, not hereinbe
fore provided for, becoming one and twenty years of
age in said Territory, and settling there between tbe
times last aforesaid, who shall in other respects com
ply with the foregoing section and the provisions of
this law, there shell be, and hereby is, granted the
quantity of one quarter section-or one hundred and
sixty acres of land, if a single man ; or if married, or
if be shell become married within one year from tbe
time of arriving in said Territory, or within one year
after becoming twenty-one years of age as aforesaid,
then the quantity of one half section or three hundred
and twenty acres, one-half to the husband and the oth
er half to the wife in her own right, to be designated
by tbe Surveyor Geneial as aforesaid ; Provided at-
waye, That no person shall ever receive a patent for
shall first make affidavit before the Surveyor Geneial, i livery constituted by this act, and said officers shall
l j ! - >■ ■ -i i exerc j se a || t |, e powers and duties vested in Deputy
Collectors under existing laws.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That all that
part of the territory of the United States lying north
of the northern boundary line of tbe States of Wiscon
sin and Iowa, and east of the Rocky mountains, is
hereby created a collection district, to be railed the
Minnesota District, whereof Pembina shall be the
port of entry ; and a collector shall be appointed
who shall give the usual bond required of such officers,
and who shall be entitled to a salary of twelve hundred
dollars per annum, and who shall not reeeive any oth
er compensation whatever in tbe shape of extra al
lowance or fees of any description whatever.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Secre
tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, at his dis
cretion, to appoint a Deputy Collector or an Inspector
of the Customs for said district, at a rate of compen
sation not to exceed three dollars a day when he is
employed.
Sec. 10, And be it further enacted. That the
town of Jeffersonville, in the Stale of Indiana, shall
be attached to and made a part of the port of delivery
as now existing at Louisville in tbe State of Kentucky ;
and goods imported into the port of Louisville, in
pursuance of existing laws and destined for Jefferson
ville, may be landed and warehoused urder the pro
visions of the warehousing act of the 6ih of August,
1846, at Jeffersonville, under the control of the survey
or of the port of Louisville.
Sec. 11. And be il further enacted, That th«
town of Memphis, in tue State of Tennessee, shall be
a port of de ivery, and shall be subject to the sanr.e
regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery
in the United States ; and there shall be appointed
surveyor of tbe customs, to reside at the said port,
who shall, in addition to his own duties, also perform
the duties and receive the salary and emolument of
surveyors, prescribed by the act of Congress passed
on the second of March, 1831, providing for tbe pay
ment of duties on imported goods at certain ports
therein mentioned, tbe same being entitled “ An act
allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported
into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St.
Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be received and
paid at those places;” and the said town of Memphis,
and the said port of delivery be, and the satr.e is here
by, annexed to and made part of the collection district
of New Orleans, and ail tbe privileges and facilities
afforded to Pittsburg, and Wheeliug, and Cincinnati,
Sic.. by th; act of Congress, eighteen hundred and
thirty-one, be, and the same are hereby, extended to
the said port of Memphis.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That Ibe port
of entry now existing by law as the port of entry in
the collection district of Miami, Ohio, is hereby chang
ed and transferred to the town of Toledo, in the State
ot Ohio, and all tbe laws now in force in regard to
said port of entry in the said collection district of Mi
ami.be, and the same is hereby declared to be in full
force, and to apply to the new port of Toledo, and tbe
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby author
ized and directed to cause the archives and custom
house of said district of Miami to be transferred to tbe
district of Toledo. . ,
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted. That the town
of Chelsea, in the State of Massachusetts, shall be at
tached loand be a part of ‘he port of entry and col
lection district of the town of Charlestown, lathe
Slate of Massachusetts, as now existing by law, and
goods imported into the port of Boston and Charles
town, and destined for ihe port of Chelsea, maybe
landed and warehoused under the provisions of the
Warehousing act of the sixth of August, eighteen hun
dred and farty-six, at Chelsea, under the custody and
control of the Collector of Boston and Charlestown ;
and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is here
by authorized to appoint nn Inspector for said port of
Chelsea.
Sec. 14. And be il further enacted. That the
towns of Evansville and New Albany shall be porta of
delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations
and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United
Stales ; and there shall be appointed a surveyor of tbe
customs to reside at each of said port*, who shall,
in addition to their own duties, also perfoim the du
ties and receive the salary mod emoluments prescribed
by the act of Congress passed on the second of March,
who is hereby authorized to administer all such oaths
or affirmations, or before some other competentofficer,
that the land claimed by them is for their own use
and cultivation ; that they are not acting directly or
indirectly as agent lor or in the employment of others
in making such claims ; and that they have made no
sale or transfer, or any arrangement or agreement for
any sale, transfer or alienation of the same, or by
which the said land shall inure to the benefit of any
other [>ersuii. And all affidavits required by this act
shall be entered of record by tbe Surveyor General in
a book to be kept by him for that purpose; and ou
proof before a court of competent jurisdiction, that
any of such oaths or affirmations are false or fraudulent,
the persons making such false or fraudulent oaths or
affirmations shall be subject to all tha pains and penal
ties of purjury.
Seo. 13. And be itfurther enacted. That all ques
tions arising under this act. shall be adjudged by tbe
Surveyor General, as preliminary to a final decision
accoiding to taw ; and it shall be the duty of the Sur
veyor General, under the direction of the Commis
sioner of tbe General Land Office, to cause proper
tract books to be opened for tbe lands in Oregon, and
to do and perform all other acts and things necessary
and proper to carry out the provisions of this act.
Sec. 14. Andbe it further enacted. That no min
eral lands, nor lands reserved for salines, shall be lia
ble to any claim under and by virtue of the provisions
of this act; and that such portions of tbe public lands
as may be designated under the authority of the Pres
ident of the United Slates far forts, magazines, arsen
als, dock yards, and other Deedful public uses, shall
be reserved and exeepted from the operation of this
act: Provided, That if it shall be deemed necessary,
in the jndgmenl of the President, to include in any
such reservation the improvements af any settler mede
previous to the passage of ibis act, it shall, in
such case, be the duty of tbe Secretary of War to
cause the value of such improvements to be ascertain
ed, and the amount to ascertained shall be paid to the
party entitled thereto, out of any money not otherwise
appropriated.
Approved, September 27, 1850.
[Public—No. 44.]
AN ACT to create additional collection districts in
California, and to change the existing district there
in, and to modify the existing collec.ion districts
in the United States.
Be il enacted by the Senate and Hovse of Rep-
resentatives of the United States of America m
Congress assembled, That ikera shall be in the
State of California six collection districts, to wit:
San Francisco, Monterey, San Diego, Sacramento,
Sonoma, and San Joaquin. Tbe district oi San Fran
cisco shall include ail tbe territory, bays, harbors,
rivers, and ahotes embraced within the counties of
San Francisco, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin,
Mondocino, and Trinidad; and a collector, naval offi
cer, and survey for the district shall be appointed,
to reside at tbe city of San F rancisco, which shall
be tbe sole port of entry for the district.
Tbe district of Monterey shall include all the ter
ritory, bays, harbors, rivers, and shores embraced
within the counties of Monterey, San Luis, Obispo,
and Santa Cruz; and a collector shall be appointed
for said district, to reside at the town of Monterey,
which shall be the sole port of entry for tbe district.
Tbe district of San Diego shall include all the ter
ritory, bays, harbors, rivers, and shores of tbe conn-
ties of San Diego, Los Angelos, and Santa Barbara ;
and a collector shali be appointed for said district,
to reside at tbe town of San Diego, which shall bs
the sole port of entry for said district.
Tbe district of Sacramento shall include all 'he
territory, bays, harbors, rivers, and shores of Sacra
mento, ^Sutter, El Dorada, Yuba, Bulte yolo, Coluse,
and Shasta; and a collector for tbe district shall be ap
pointed, to reside at Sacramento city, which shall be
tbe sole port of entry fur tbe district,
Tbe district of Sonoma shall include all the terri
tory, hays, harbors, rivers, and shores embraced with
in the counties of Sonoma, Massa, and Solano ; and
a collector shall be appointed for said district, to in
side at tbe town of Benicia, which, together with tha
town of Ballejo, shall be the sole port of entry for the
district.
merchsnHi*. : A ° a,lo » in S ‘he duties on foreign
cCan l'T ‘u'o Pitl.burg, Wheeling, CiL
tobe rweiv“d Lid «-3 L0U, 'e N *'«=he*.
town® of lho * e place®,’and th# said
port, of delivery be * n "d Alban - V ’ ‘he said
ed to, aud made J„ ** * aroo « re hereby, annex-
New Orleans,.«d all ,he c °hection district of
folded to Pittsburg and P Wt T* “ nd . fa = i,il j M af ‘
&c., by the act of Congral, Z L “"d
eighteen hundred and thirtj- one be^at d° iK
csfcr -- ” mJ
at Saluna, the State of Texas, and for other purp£
ses approved the third day of March, eighteen hun
dred and forty-seven, as fixes the port at Saluria, and
,b T of the collector to be there,
shall be, and tbe same is hereby, repealed, and here-
after the port of e mry th e residenco of the col
lector shall be at La Salle, in said district.
vUi ° r bt U f urthfr enacted. That the pro
visions of the seventh section of the act entiiled - An
ooL.edTrl-^ r, r b * Ck * J ° n forei * n "'-chandise cx-
th« E h ' buabu * and S * n ‘» Fe, in Mexico, and to
N ?, r,b American provinces adjoining ihe
ire ^proved third March, eighteen hun-
( a o j° rt5, five - •* and ‘>>e same are hereby, so
tar modified a. to allow any foreign imported mer-
“*^ dl4e tb * “nginal packages w hich has been en
tered, and the duties paid according to law, to be
ransported with benefit of drawback by land or by
of the ° r P " r ! ly - by ,and and P’ttty by water, to either
P ort * <*«*ignmted ?n said section or ®uch ports
nun»i!!n! &Ve f ^ een » or may hereafter be, He»ignaied, in
such merch au,hor,t J therein conferred ; and any
aforesaid n^rr T ay **" e *P orted from either of the
-Or-.. ~,.h. ...bo.,a
c . cn ® n dise may, under existing laws, be
l ^ r ben «&t »f drawback, and be transported
hence In hke manner, to ports i„ the adjoining Bri-
ajrrt - ports and { ' ucesin yiexic °-
Gw «! .he ^ T! ati ° n *’ not ‘"consistent with
'r’ a V be r ^ re,ar y 'he Treasury may prescribe:
Provided, that so much of the eighth section of said
act as requires tbe production of the affidavit of the
master of tbe vessel in which any such goods may bo
exported, may be dispensed with when such goods
are not exported in vessels ; ami the residue of the
provisions of said section are hereby extended to cases
ansing under this acf.
Sec. 17. And be U further enacted, That so much
of the proviso to the fifth sec.ion of the act of third
Match, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled “ An
act req nring all moneys leceivable from customs, and
from all other sources, to be paid immediately into the
treasury, without abatement or reduction, and for other
purpose. as exempts from the operations of said
section the provision of law rc!r.::ng to the exportation
of merchandise to Canada and Chihuahua, be, and the
saift* i® hereby repealed.
Sec, 18. Andbe it further enacted, That any on-
ginal imported merchandise, in the original package®,
which shall have been duly entered and warehoused,
in pursuance of the warehousing act of the sixth Au
gust, eighteen hundred and (orty*six t may be exported
therefrom in conformity with law, and be transported,
in the manner indicated in the first section of this act,
to ports in the adjoining B.iii-h province®, and become
entitled to the benehts ot the warehousing act before
mentioned
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the
privilege® granted by the act of second March, eigh
teen hundred arid thirty-one, entitled “An act allow-
ing the duties on foreign meichandi-e imported in the
Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis,
NashviHe, and Natchex, to be secured and paid at those
places, 1 be, and aie hereby extended to any foreign
merchandise intended for either of the port® mention-
d in said act, which may be imported into such ports
i. entry on toe seaboard of the United States, as may
be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and
be thence transported to either of the aforesaid ports,
by such inland routes as ;he Secretary of the Treasury
may designate, under such rules and regulations, not
nconsistent with law, as he may prescribe, and sub
ject to the forfeitures and penalties prescribed in and
by said act of March second, eighteen hundred and
thirty-one.
Sec. 20. And be il further enacted, That the Col
lector of the district of New Orleans be, and he is
hereby authorised to employ such number of tempora
ry inspectors not exceeding ten, in addition to the per
manent and temporary inspectors, not authorized by
law, as may be necessary for the prompt and conve
nient despatch of business in said district; and that
each of said temporary inspectors be allowed a com
pensation of three dollars per day for every day he
shall be employed in actual service; Provided* hotc
ever, That the said collector shall not be authorized
at any tim# to employ a larger number of inspectors,
including the permanent and temporary inspectors,
heretofoie authorized, than the actual number of ves
sels from foreign poits having cargoes to be discharg
ed. then lying in said port or district of New Orleans.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the Pre
sident of the United States, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, be, and he is hereby, au
thorized to appoint two additional assistant appraisers
for the collection district of New Orleans, with tbe
same salary as that now authorized by law to the as
sistant appraisers of said collection district.
Sec- 22. And be il further enacted, That Ihe
town of Jacksonville, in the State of North Carolina,
shall be a port of delivery, subject to the same regula
tions as other ports of delivery in the United States,
and shall be attached to the collection district of Wil
mington, North Carolina ; and that there shall be ap
pointed, in pursuance of law, a Surveyor of Customs,
and compensated for his services in th# mode pre
scribed by existing laws; said Surveyor shall exercise
all the powers and perform tbe duties vesfed in Deputy
Collectors under existing la vis; the said Surveyor of
Customs aforesaid to reside at said poit of delivery.
Approved December 28,1850.
NEW GOODS.
HURD & HUNGERFORD
R ESPECTFULLY inform their customers and the
public, that they are receiving theii usual supply
of GOODS, adapted to the present and approaching
season, embracing a complete assortment of the most
YaAitsaWt Styles, f.r La4ir> tk Gcstlc-
wear, *f tuperfer qsality,
Ail of which are offered at the lowest prices.
Monticello, Sept. 24, 1850 38 tf
Notice.
I WILL sell SIXTY N KtiKOES, men, women and
children, on the first Tuesday in January Dext, at
the Court-house door in Monticell >, on tweive months
credit, without reserve, to the highest bidder, the pur
chaser giving bond with two approved securities.
JEREMIAH PEARSON.
Oct. 15* 1850 41 12t
notice.
A MALE TEACHER is wtnted to teach a fam
ily school, who must come well recommended
as a com pent teacher of all the English branches and
Ibe Latin language. Address
W. W.WHITEHEAD,
At Dublin, Geo.
Oct. 22,1850. 42 4t
Telfair MMtcemsbtr Sates.
W ILL BE SOLD on the fiisi Tuesday in Decem
ber next before tbe Court-house door in the town
of Jacksonville, Telfair county, within the legal boors
of sale, tbe following property, lo-wit:
One lot of pine land, well improved, number not
known, in the first district of originally Appling,
now Telfair county, and known as the place whereon
Francis M Hall now lives ; levied on as the property
of Francis M.Hall, to satisfy a fi. fa. from a Justice’s
Court of the 437th Dist. G. M . of said sounty, in ia-
vi't of IVillinm A. McRae vs said Francis M.Hall
t.,,4 John A. Hall, security on the stay. Levy made
and returned to mebya constable.
JOHN PICKREN, Sheriff.
Oct. 22,1850; 42 tda
Patamas MMeetmber Sates.
W ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in De
cern ber next, before the Court-house door
in the town of Eatonton, Putnam county, within the
usual hours of sale, the following property, to-wit:
One negro woman by tbe name of Jinnev, about fif-
ty-five years old, levied on lo satisfy two fi- fas issu
ed from the Justice s Court of the 308th Dist. G. M-,
in favor of William P. Edmundson vs. Wiley Register
—sold as the property of said Register ; also, to satis
fy another fi fa. Property levied oa by Jebn B.
Fitts, constable, and turned over to me.
STEPHEN WRIGHT, D. Sheriff
Oct. 22,1850. 42 '<*»
G eorgia, Montgomery county.
Whereas James Hail, Administrator on tha
estate ot Henry M- Prescott, late of said county, de
ceased, applies to me for letter* of dismission from
said Administration:
These aP* therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular tbe kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within tbe time pro
scribed by law. and show cause, if any they have, why
letters of dismissioo should not be granted to tbe
said applicant.
Given under my hand at office this Oct- 9, 1850.
FARQUHAR McRAE, c.c.o.
Oct. 22,1150, <3 »6m
