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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 166, 167, 168, 169. 1855. 635 shall be authorized to locate a quantity of like amount, upon any of the public lands subject to entry, at one dollar and a quarter per acre, or less, and patents shall issue therefbr, upon the terms and conditions enumerated in the act aforesaid: Provided, however, That the said decisions of the Commissioner of the General L2md—OfIice shall be approved by the H Secretary of the Interior. AP1·R0vrzD, March 2, 1855. CHA?. CLXVI.-—-An Act to increase the Compensation: of the Registers of Land·Ojiee.q March 3, 1855. and Receivers ey" public Moneys under the Act entitled an Act to graduate and reduce the --—·—···-"‘ Phce of the Public Lands io actual Settlers and Uultivators, approved August jburth, eighteen hundred and fifty;}‘bur. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That each register of a land OfC;°§§°:§:3t:3,lQ office and receiver of public moneys shall receive the same amount of repeivers for enpay for each and every entry of land made under the act entitled “4An E_‘:;’du;gg$"1,f;‘t° act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers of 1864, ch, 244, and cultivators, approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four," as such officer is by law entitled to receive for similar entries of land at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre: Provided, That the whole amount received per year shall in no case exceed the limitation fixed by existing laws. APPROVED, March 3, 1855. CHAP. CLXVII.-—An Act to provide jbr the erection of Public Buildings in the Terri- March 3, 1855. tory of Kansas. ——-—-—-—-··· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-Eva thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of amy A1>1>1’Q1>1‘?¤@$<>¤ money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the continuation §g’éf§‘f1{fa;°$;f1' and erection of public buildings for the use of the legislature of the Territory of Kansas, to be expended under the direction of the governor of said territory: Provided, Said money, or any part thereof, or of any portion of the money heretofore appropriated for this purpose, shall not be expended until the legislature of said territory shall have fixed by law the permanent seat of government. APF120V1m, March 3, 1855. CHAP. CLXVIII.-An,Act to provide for the erection of Publzb Buildings in the Terri- March 3, 1855. tory of Nebraska. ··—-—-——-——-· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand _ _ dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the fOf;g’ggQ”§‘£Q?§_ treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of public build- ings inlicbrasku. ings in the Territory of Nebraska, to be expended under the direction of the governor of said territory: Provided, Said money, or any part; thereof, shall not be expended until the legislature shall have fixed by law the permanent seat of government. Approved, March 3, 1855. CHAP. CLXIX.——An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the AHM/,_/b¢‘ the March 3, 1855. year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fif2_y·six, cmdfor other —-—·-·—-———-·‘ Pumoses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,