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TWENTY-NINI‘H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 15, 16. 1846. 9 For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, seven thousand five Es‘g’;*,K?:r;f"; hundred dollars. ?:,_m,,,,,,,,_ g For salary of the commissioner to reside in China from the first of _$!l¤¤'! **7 April to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, one g§;f‘°"°°°'°° thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, May 8, 1846. Cnn. XV.-./Yu .9:2 to repeal c Part of the Ac! entitled **.5:; Ant supplementary M,] 3, |3q,5_ to the scum! Laws for the Sale of the public Lands," approved Apriljifth, mw -——·-——· tlurusand eight hundred and thir¢y·two, and for other Purposes. Bc it enacted by lhc Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and Repenl gr the after the passage of this act, the second proviso to the act entitled Et¥’;‘}"';‘;3g‘ Elf "An Act supplementary to the several Laws for the Sale of the public 65, Wm5in,` Lands," approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- ¤¤¤i¤•» &<=-. <5` two, which is as follows, viz., “That no person shall be permitted Ind` to enter more than one half quarter section of land under this act iu quarter quarter sections, in his own name, or in the name of any other person, and in no case, unless he intends it for cultivation, or for the use of his improvement. And the person making application to make an entry under this act shall file his or her adidavit under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, that he or she makes the entry in his or her own name, for his or her own benefit, and not in trust for another," shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and all entries, selections, or locations of lands now suspended in the Entries &c., General Land Ofiiee, because made contrary to the restrictions in this °°¤H¤¤°d· proviso, shall be, and they are hereby, conlirmed, provided they are, in all other respects, fair and regular. Arvnovzo, May 8, 1846. Cxnr. XVI.-dn dd providing for the Proucuxion of the existing War between May 13, 1846. the United Seanaid zlmxepublieqfuezew. Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists ‘°°· l’°"* P' "· between that Government and the United States: P"‘“‘m°‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P .d United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur- m,,',?; if Q; pose of enabling the government of the United States to prosecute ploy militigfnasaid war to a speedy and successful termination, the President be, and ;::ée:°‘3“.“J‘;“{{ he is hereby, authorized to employ the militia, naval, and military s.,mdu>¤um»} forces of the United States, and to call for and accept the services of md *°°¢P* '°l· any number of volunteers, not exceeding filly thousand, who may offer *35 OY; their services, either as cavalry, artillery, infantry, or ridemen, to l serve twelve months alter they shall have arrived at the place of ren- Time volunteer-: dezvous, or to the end of the war, unless sooner discharged, according ve <¤ ¤¤¤*¢· to the time for which they shall have been mustered into service; and that the sum of ten millions of dollars, out of any moneys in the Ten millions treasury, or to come into the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, °*` d°ll¤” ¤PP*’°· and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of carrying the P"°°°d` provisions of this act into effect. S1-:c. 2. And be it further enacted, That the militia, when called Mjlitinwservc into the service of the United States by virtue of this act, or any other f°' '“ “‘°°°"‘ act, may, if in the opinion of the President of the United States the public interest requires it, be compelled to serve for a term nc exceeding six months after their arrival at the place of rendezvous, i.. any one year, unless sooner discharged. ` Von. IX. Pun.-?