254 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Srzss. IH. Ras. 7, 8, 9, 12. l857. Feb. 16, 1857. [No. 7.] Joint Resolution providing for the jizrnishing of a complete Set of Weighis and Meas- '*_‘_‘_' ures to the State of Vermont. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ofqxgglghgzg States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mogsugs to bg Treasury be and he hereby is directed to cause a complete set of all the ¥`¤r¤iSh¤d *10 VM'- weights and measures adopted as standards, such as aremade for the use m°°°' of the several custom-houses, to be delivered to the governor of the State of Vermont, or such person as he may appoint, for the use of said State, and in order to replace the set recently destroyed by Eire in the capitol of said State. Approved, February 16, 1857. .' a.e¢:ertm`rdative Value a the Ooinu e o I
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of the two Countries. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Afgeut, &<=· ¢<> States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ggtgfnwgghtgmat Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appoint some coinage. suitable person as agent or commissioner to confer with the proper functionaries in Great Britain in relation to some plan or plans of so mututually arranging, on the decimal basis, the coinage of the two countries as that the respective units shall be thereafter easily and exactly commensurable, and to embody the result of such conference in a. statement and report, to be laid before Congress as early as practicable; and that the compensation of said agent or commissioner shall not exceed five thousand dollars in full for his services and expenses. Arpnovmn, February 26, 1857. pcb_ 26I 1g5g_ [No. 9.] A Resolution to prevent the Counmjfeiting of the Cbins of the United States. Resolved lg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Investigation States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the of.}, T. Bam1».y’s Treasury be authorized to cause inquiry to be made by two competent P]““ for H"“’*’"*‘ commissioners into processes and means claimed to have been discovered 1I1g 8bl'Z\.S\0I1 Rnd. , . . . . . munm-yciygug of by J. I`. Barclay for preventing the abrasion, counterfeiting, and deterio- <>0i¤- ration of the coins of the United States, and to report, the results of the said enquiry to Congress at its next session, with his opinion as to the probable value of the alleged discoveries; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated for that purpose. APPROVED, February 26, 1857. March S 1851 [N0. 12.] A Resolution relative to Sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the Territories of Jha- ———J———- nesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wh . States of America in Congress assembled, That where any settlements, ere sections . . . . . 16 0, 36 have by the erection of a dwelling-house, or the cultivation of any portion of been or shan be the land, shall have been or shall be made upon the sixteenth or thirty-
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b,,,sk,,,’,,th,,r° erected out of the same) before the said sections shall have been or shall sehoollandstobe be surveyed; or when such sections have been or may be selected or
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` proved twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, or reserved 18% 6h_ YL for public uses before the survey, then other lands shall be selected by the Vol. v. p, asv, proper authorities. in lieu thereof ngreeably to the provisions of the act
