500 THIRTY·—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 77. 1850. tion of the same, or by which the said land shall enure to the benefit of any other person. And all andavits required by this act shall be entered of record, by the surveyor-general, in abook to be kept by him punishmentog for that purpose; and on proof, before a court of competent jurisdicperjury. tion, that any of such oaths or aflirmations are false or fraudulent, the persons making such false or fraudulent oaths or aflirmations shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury. Surveyor-gen- Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all questions arising $“‘1ma;““’°ll”°fl under this act shall be adjudged by the surveyongeneral as preliminary ,,2,,.,. 2g:,;;,`; to a final decision according to law; and it shall be the duty of the ¢i¢>¤¤ of _ ¢1¤¤¤- surveyor-general, under the direction of the commissioner of the gen-
- f§,“§Q;';L';_g un` eral land office, to cause proper tract books to be opened for the lands
in Oregon, and to do and perform all other acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this act. }R¤S¤rva¤i¤¤ ¤f Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That no mineral lands, nor §K’,;"j;,,d,_°'°d lands reserved for salines, shall be liable to any claim under and by virtue of the provisions of this act; and that such portions of the public lands as may be designated under the authority of the President of the United States, for forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful public uses, shall be reserved and excepted from the operation Prcviso- of this act: Provided, That if it shall be deemed necessary, in the judgment of the President, to include in any such reservation the improvements of any settler made previous to the passage of this act, it shall in such case be the duty of the Secretary of War to cause the value of such improvements to be ascertained, and the amount so ascertained shall be paid to the party entitled thereto, out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Armtovrzn, September 27, 1850. Sept. 28, 1850. Cru?. LX XVII. -— .811. Act making Appropriations for Lighthouses, Light-Boats, ·——···—— Buoys, Qc., and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same, and for other Purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Appropriation. United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the following appropriations be, and the same are hereby, made, and directed to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry the provisions of this act Proviso. into effect: Provided, however, If a good title to any land, which it may be necessary to use, cannot be obtained on reasonable terms, or the exclusive right to uch land cannot be acquired by cession, when the interest of the United States demands it, before the appropriation would by law fall into the surplus fund, in any and all such cases, the appropriations shall be applicable to the objects for which they are made, at any time within two years after the first meeting of the legislature, in any State wherein such land may be situated, subsequent to the passage of this act, to wit: Mom. In Maine. —-- For a buoy on a ledge about one league east of Boon Boon Island. Island, one hundred and fifty dollars. _Drunkon and For dumb beacons on Drunken and Fidler’s Ledges, at the mouth I-°**u°*" L°'18°s- of the thoroughfare between Northhaven and Vinalhaven, one th0u· sand dollars. Black Saddle- For a lighthouse on Black Saddleback Island, in the county of Hanl’*°k I’l’·“'l- cock, four thousand dollars. N; Hampshire. In New Ha1n_pshirc.—For a beacon and buoys at the mouth of Lif- L*”l° H¤*l>°¤‘· tle Harbor, near Portsmouth, two thousand five hundred dollars. L¤zy’ 1=¢dg¤· d 501* a beacon on Logy’s Ledge, in Piscataqua River, five hundred o ars.
