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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners arehereby authorized to appoint a secretary whose duty it shall be to recordcorrectly all the proceedings of said Board, and faithfully preserve thesame, as well as all depositions and other papers filed before said Board,and who shall take an oath to discharge the duties imposed on him bythis act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon the request of theCommissioners it shall be the duty of the District Attorney of the Stateof Mississippi , to attend said board, and give his assistance in procuringthe attendance of witnesses, and his aid and advice in their examination,the better to enable the Commissioners to ascertain the facts correctlyin each case.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of said Commissionersshall receive, while in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed, asalary at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, the secretary asalary at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the DistrictAttorney a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, to bepaid quarterly out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-priated.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shallhave full power to summon and cause to come before them, such wit-nesses as they may deem necessary, and to have them examined on oath,and if any witness shall testify falsely, with an intention to mislead saidCommissioners, such witness shall be guilty of wilful and corrupt per-jury, and shall, upon conviction before any jurisdiction having cogni-zance thereof, suffer the punishment by law inflicted on those guilty ofthat offence.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this actshall be so construed as to sanction what is called contingent locationswhich have been made by George M. Martin for the benefit of suchIndians, as were supposed to have been entitled to other lands, whichhave been sold by the United States : such contingent locations havingbeen made, without any legal authority. It being the true intent of thisact to reserve to Congress the power of doing that which may appearjust when a correct knowledge of all the facts is obtained.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force tothe first day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-eight next, and nolonger.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Commission-ers to appoint asecretary ; hisduties.
Salaries ofCommission-ers and Secre-tary.
Commission-ers authorizedto summon wit-nesses, &c.
Nothinginthisact to be so con-strued as tosanction thecontingent loca-tions made byG. M. Martin.
Act limited to1st March,1838.
Chap. XL. — An Act making appropriations for building light-houses , light-boats,beacon-lights , buoys , and dolphins, for the year one thousand eight hundred andthirty-seven.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingappropriations be, and the same are hereby, made and directed to bepaid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, toenable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, by contract, for build-ing light-houses, beacon-lights, and for other purposes hereinafter men-tioned.
State of Maine . —For a light-house to be erected on a proper site onMark island, in Harpswell sound, five thousand dollars; for a light-houseto be erected on a proper site on Mount Desert island , at the entranceof Frenchman’s bay, five thousand dollars ; for a light-house on Ramisland, at the mouth of Damariscotta river, five thousand dollars ; for afog-bell, on Seguin island, at the entrance of Kennebec river, fifteen hun-dred dollars; for placing buoys on West Quaddy bay, and for substitut-ing for the present fog-bell, at the entrance of said passage, a cast-steel
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Statute II.March 3, 1837.
Appropria-tions to enableSec. of Treas.to contract forbuilding light-houses, &c.