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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cii.66,67,68. 1842.
Expenses oftreating withthe Camanches,&c.
Proviso.
Further pro-viso*.
The poundsterling to becomputed at$4.84.
Acts, &.c. in-consistent here-with, repealed.
July 27, 1842.
[Obsolete.]
Expense of re-pairs limited.
Act of May 8,1840, ch. 23.
Time of hold-ing the Octoberterm changed tothe first Mon-day in October.
Process, &c.
expenses of further negotiations with the two former tribes, viz. the Sacand Fox, and Winnebagoes, six thousand two hundred dollars.
For this sum, in addition to the appropriation per act of eighteenhundred and thirty-five, for the expenses of treating with the Caman-ches and other wild tribes of the Western tribes, eight hundred andseventy-eight dollars and fifty-five cents: Provided, That no part of themoney appropriated by this act, shall be applied to the payment of anysalary or other compensation to, or on account of, any officer or office,unless the same has been created by law or treaties, or is specificallyprovided for in the appropriations in this act: Provided, further , Thatthe commissioners appointed to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribesshall not be allowed more than ten cents per mile for travelling on themost direct route to and from his residence to the place of making thetreaties, and eight dollars per day while engaged in making said treaties.
Approved, July 17, 1842.
Ciiap. LXVI_ An Act to regulate the value to he affixed to the pound sterling by
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That in ail paymentsby or to the Treasury , whether made here or in foreign countries, whereit becomes necessary to compute the value of the pound sterling, it shallbe deemed equal to four dollars and eighty-four cents, and the same ruleshall be applied in appraising merchandise imported where the value isby the invoice in pounds sterling.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in-consistent with these provisions, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, July 27, 1842.
Chap. LXVII .—An Act making an appropriation for the repair of the custom-house
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreasury is authorized and directed to cause the custom-house at theport of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island , to be repaired, at anexpense not exceeding one thousand dollars; and that the sum of onethousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not other-wise appropriated, is hereby appropriated therefor.
Approved, July 27, 1842.
Ciiap. LXVIII .—An Act to amend “ An act for altering the time of holding thedistrict court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania atWilliamsport, ” approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and forty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the October term ofthe district court of the United States for the western district of Penn-sylvania, which is now directed to be holden at Williamsport , in Ly-coming county, on the third Monday of October in each year, shallhereafter commence and be holden on the first Monday of October ineach and every year; and all process, pleadings, motions, suits, andbusiness heretofore begun, pending and undetermined, or which mayhereafter be commenced or instituted, prior to the next October term,shall be held returnable and be returned to the first Monday of Octobernext.
Approved, July 27, 1842.
(a) Notes of the acts which have been passed relative to foreign coins, vol. 2, 374.