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THIRTY-·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 15, 19. 1852. 3 four, entitled “An act to enable the President to hold treaties with cer- 1824, eh. 140. tain Indian tribes, and for other purposes," be and the same hereby are revivcd,an<1 extended to the State of California, for the purpose of establishing a superintendeucy of Indian affairs for said State, and that the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be, and he hereby is authorized to appoint a superintendent of Indian Affairs to reside in said State, who shall possess the same powers, and be subject His powers. to the same duties within his superintendency as belong to the Superintendent of Indian Aifairs at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, with His d“***°S· the power' also of exercising administrative examination over all claims, and accounts and vouchers for disbursements, connected with Indian affairs in the said State of California., which shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for final adjudication, and by him passed to the proper accounting officers of the treasury for settlement. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent His salary. shall have an annual salary not exceeding four thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent cl°"k· shall be allowed a clerk, whose compensation for his services shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. APPROVED, March 3, 1852. Cntr. XV.—An Act to rovide or the ir o the 8$$1bfMdL1:bTGT Room,la!el March 19, 1862. P f destroynecdaby [gre. cmgr y y ··—····*···· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oangress assembled, That the sum of Appropriation seventy-two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby QT ’°P’*¥' °f appropriated to the repair of the Congressional Library room, which was lately destroyed by fire, according to the plan described in the report and drawings which were submitted by the architect to the Secretary of the Interior, and approved by the Committee on Public Buildings of the Senate: Provided however, That the work shall be executed Execution of under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and be subject to “*° “'°'k· such a modification of the details as may be consistent with the general arrangements of the plan, and necessary and proper in the opinion of the President of the United States. Approved, March 19, 1852. Crux. XlX.—An Act to make Land Warrants assigmzble, and for other Purposes. March gg, 1g5g_ Bc it enacted by the Senate and Erme of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all warrants for Hmmm military bounty lands which have been or may hereafter be issued under ty l¤¤<! w9¤¤¤*¤ any law of the United States, and all valid locations of the same which z;‘gc;°a°;°;‘}‘;;gS, have been or may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be assign- made assignsble. able, by deed or instrument of writing made and executed after the taking effect of this act according to such form, and pursuant to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, so as to vest the assignee with all the rights of the original owner of the warrant or location: Provided, That any person entitled To be received to preemption right to any land shall be entitled to use any such land Y? l;°;¤P¤°¤ warrant in payment for the same at the rate of one dollar and twenty- P ym ' five cents per acre, for the quantity of land therein specified: Provided, That the warrants which have been, or may hereafter be issued in pur- How located. suance of said laws or of this act may be located according to the legal _ subdivisions of the public lands in one body upon any lands of the Uni- baD*§`:i'°?:°c8s*·g ted States, subject to private entry at the time of such location, at the whg,8 the mM_ minimum price. Provided, fem!/wr, That when said warrant shall be lo- mum price is cated on lands which are subject to entry at a greater minimum than ‘;f;*;cfQ#" $1%