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THIRTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 154. 1858. 327 me decisions of the district officars, in cases of contest between diH'e1·<-mt v01,v,p. 456. settlers for the right of preémption, shall hereafter be decided by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, whose decision shall be final, unless appeal therefrom be taken to the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers Statue of Imxiua of the Treasury be directed to ascertain as among the expenditures of the g‘;sl;g;;l';§Sg State of Maine, in defending the territory heretofore in dispute with tm mm-es; wu Great Britain, the amounts paid in borrowing money for {hose expgudi- 6 per c¤{¤¤· OH tures beyond the rate of six per centum per annum, whether in the form lggillesgérgggge of discounts or otherwise, in all cases in which the principal of such cx- umilory hammpenditures, and interest upon them, at the rate of six per ceutum, have @3 *3 ‘“;P§5‘; heremfore been refunded to said State by the United States, and that the ma Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pay the amount so ascertained out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to any properly authorized officer of said State. In making the, ascertainment herein directed, the accounting officers shall compute the principal and iuterest of the difference between the cash received by Maine, in negotiating stocks and notes, and the nominal amount of such stocks and notes, and the interest accrued thereon, and in cases where Maine was obliged in negotiating for moneys, to increase the rate of interest on previous loans, the amount of such increase shall be computed and allowed, but not so as to reckon interest upon interest. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much of all acts and A9? "°P°’;l°d parts of acts, as require or authorize the Postmaster-Ge>11eral to publish ILOG;? notice of letting contracts to carry the mails in the respective States, in tmgc no carrythe newspapers published in the city of Washington, in the District of C0lum— t§lb‘Q,`};;£Q bla, ba, and the same is hereby, repealed. ixggton news- Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Unc surveyed by John C. P**P9Y$· McCoy, in eighteen hundred and thi1·Ly-eight, as the western boundary of W<>S;°§¤l¥%‘{¤dé the half-breed tract, specified in the tenth article of the treaty made be- ggcgungwf lee tween commissioners on the part, of the United States, and certain Indian trgatff wyith gertribes at Prairie du Chien, on the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and t“b“ thirty, be, and the same is hereby, established as the true western bound- V0} Vg_ p_‘330, ary of said tract. Posh P- 401· Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That all the ruling and binding for _R*{U¤$ wig the several executive departments shall be executed by practical a11dE€f5;“§8;mfe°` competent bookbinders, to be appointed by the head of the department. ments. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States cause the sum of six thousand dollars to be advanced to Clark $6v°°°d*°gf k Mills, in addition to the sum already advanced out of the fifty thousand 2x1;",?,? Omg;:,,, dollars appropriated by the acl: of January twenty-five, eighteen hundred of liqucstriuh and fifty-L11rce, to erect at the Capitol of the nation, an Equestrim1 Statue of ll Mh' of Washington, on the personal application and receipt of the said Mills: jg5g; eh_ 3Q_ Provided, that the said Mills furnish the Secretary of the Interior such Vol- X- p. 153· security for the completion of the statue as the Secretary may require. pmviso, Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State be, Mmmm Oi. L and he is hereby, authorized to adjust, upon principles of equity and jus- D_ Andygws to ticc, the accounts of I. D. Andrews, late agent of the United States, for begrdjusted FH expenses and disbursements in connection with the Reciprocity Treaty, {’lf;;°;f;§§u;ti§§` and that the same be paid according 00 said adjustment. C 11 t f Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the Collectors of the Customs Customs to diS_ in the several collection districts be, and they are hereby and hereafter, burse all moneys required to act as disbursing agents for the payment of all moneys that Q; g;‘;“é“gurt are 01* may hereafter be appropriated for the construction of Custom- Houses; gw, at Houses, Court-Houses, Post-Offices, and Marine Hospitals, with such com- <=<>¤11><=¤¤S=*~*i0¤f°i pensation, not exceeding one quarter of 0né per cent. as the Secretary of ¥)`;rC;;° the '1`r¢a.sury may deem equitable and just: And pmvidedfurt/Aer, That If Fhcrc is no V\`l1€1`€ there is no collector at the place of location of any public work 5}* herein specified, zhc superim,end<ent of such public work shall act as dis- EM building to