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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10, 11, 12. 1854. 267 Crisp. X. — An Ast giving further Time for Sans/`ying Oluimsfpr Bounty Land; andjbr Feb. 8, 1854. other purposes. ———-——-—— Be it enacted Z4; the Senate and House if Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act Am of 183% to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands for military services $h;,,gfia{l&;h:EQ in the late war with Great Britain, and for other purposes," approved Gb, respectihg July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and also the two acts approved January twenty-seventh eighteen hundred and thirty-ive, therein {cme, and thereby revived, shall be and the same are hereby revived and con- 1848, Ch- 74- tinued in force for five years, to be computed from the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred` and fifty-three. Approved, February 8, 1854. Cnr. XI. —-An Act to Regulate the Disbursement of the Contingent Fund of the Senate Feb. 10, 1854. and for other purposes. ·i-———-···—- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omagwess assembled, That the moneys which have Contingent been, or may hereafter be, appropriated for the compensation of members gg? °§.§°('f;“‘ and oincers, and for the contingent expenses of the Senate, shall be paid out ,2.i iécphwn at the Treasury on requisition drawn by the Secretary of the Senate, and S<·><=¤‘¤¤¤jy ¤¤¤·d¢ shall be kept, disbursed, and accounted for by him, according to law: and geiisming °m' the said Secretary shall be deemed a disbursing officer. Sec. 2. And be it fwrther enacted, That in lieu of the bond now B¤¤d<>Y S¢<=¤‘¤- required bylaw, to be given by the Secretary of the Senate, he shall my °f S°““t°‘ give bond to the United States, within ten days after the passage of this act, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller of the '1`reasury, in the penal sum of "twenty thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful application and disbursement of such funds as may be drawn from the Treasury under this act, which bond shall be deposited in the ComptrolIer’s office; and it shall be the duty of each and every Secretary of the Senate, who may hereafter be chosen, to give bond, as aforesaid, within thirty days after he enters upon the duties of his oihee, and before making any requisition as aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be itjitrtlter enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said t_ HW; QP gmf Secretary of the Senate to deposit the moneys aforesaid which may come tf;g°é’;m,_f;nsb;°_u into his hands with the depositary who may be designated by the Secre- be deposited and tary of the Treasury, for other disbursing officers in the city of Washing- dmwn °“*· ton, and all payments on account of the pay and mileage of members of the Senate, and all payments of their officers and for the contingent expenses of the Senate shall be by drafts drawn by the Secretary on such depositary. Approved, February 10, 1854. Cnsr. XII. — An Act to Indemnm; the State <y"1ndtanajbr the Failure of Title to a Town- Feb nn 185* ship if Land granted ta said State on her admission into the Union in eighteen hundred and "‘_"' sixteen. Whereas by zz decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, made January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, the State of 14 H°"• 268* Indiana. has lost one out of the two townships of land granted to her for the use of a State University by act of April sixteenth [nineteenth] 1816, <>h· 67- eighteen hundred and sixteen, and has become liable to refund to a private corporation the proceeds of said township heretofore appropriated to the support of the State University of Indiana——for remedy thereof: Be it enactedllgy the Senate and [base of Representatives of the United 1w1g0g x;? ig States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor of the State Indiana fora, of Indiana be authorized to select out of lands of the United States, with- University.