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40 THIR.TY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10l, 102. 1852. 1851 I age in the United States, and for other purp0ses,” approved Marolilthird, ’°" 2O' eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as releteslto the postage orofree circulation or transmission of newspapers, periodicals, and other printed matter, and all other provisions of law inconsistent with the proviswns of this act, are hereby repealed. _ Pubnmirm of Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That wlien a. _11st of unce.l1ed—i’oi· MS °f “”?‘mi9d letters shall be published in any newspaper printed m any foreign len- f§§;,$‘§§,‘g,f,‘,§g,‘§j guage, said list shall be published in such newspaper having the largest circulation within the range of delivery of said 0Hice. Ayrnovnn, August 30, 1852. August 20, 1852. Gun. CI.- An Aafor the Relief of the Wilmington and Mmwlwmer Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q" Representatives of the Time ggtgndgd United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of f°¥_P¤·Y¤°¤l¤ vf the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to extend the d"°°“‘ time of payment of all duties, exeept only the amount due in fees to custom-house officers, upon all iron rails, spikes, bolts, fastenings, and other iron necessary for the construction of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, now or hereafter to be imported at the ports of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina, by the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company, to be used on said road Dutiesto be se- for the term of four years. Providei That before the delivery of said °“"d by b°”d“· iron spikes, rails, bolts, fastenings, as above, the payment of the said duties, so suspended by this act, shall be secured by the bonds of the said company with good personal security, to be approved by the United States District Judges for the States of North and South Carolina. And Comms for provided also, That so soon as such portion of said railroad shall be commi¤6 Nw pleted, as will render it expedient in the judgment of the Postmaster- ' · General to contract with said company for the transportation of the mail along the route of said road and upon said road, the Postmaster-Gene ral do make a contract with said company to carry the mail as aforesaid, within such rates as are charged by other railroad companies, and that all such sums as may arise in favor of said company for the carriage of the mail as aforesaid, within the said term of four years, shall be reserved by the Postmaster-General for the benefit of the treasury, and applied, as they fall due, towards the payment and satisfaction of the bonds of said company, to be executed by them for the payment of the duties aforesaid. ' Agggmgnt to SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That before the said company shall M t 111569 *0 be entitled to the benefits of this act, they shall enter into an agreement °°‘”Y °h° ‘°°"l‘ to transport the mails of the United States upon the terms and conditions prescribed by law and the regulations of the Post-Oflice De- Dutiestodrew pnrtment, made in pursuance thereotl Provided, That the bonds to f;‘;°;°°" **’* ° P°” be executed to secure the payment of the duties suspended by this act, shall be so drawn as to secure the payment of interest on said duties, at the rate of six per centum. Approved, August 30, 1852. August ao, waz. Cum CII.—-An Act to create an additional Land—0_§iee in me Tenimy of bhmiewza. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ry the gms mw, United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the kaeggggrpmchw public lands of the United States, in the Territory of Minnesota, east of mM8d_ * °°“` the Mississippi River, and west of the range line between ranges twenty- seven hud twenty-eight west, and that portion west of the Mississippi River in said Territory, lying north of the nearest township line where the above-mentioned range line intersects the east bank of the Missisy