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 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29, 30, 31, 40. 1853. 153 CH}?. XXIX. -·An Act to extend the provisions of an Act approved the third of March, JM- 25, 1853• etghteen hundred and jbrty-seven, and the Act approved the twenty/—si:t·th of Februa, —···‘······* etqhteen hundred and fortzirzirze, for carrying into eigect the existing compacts wid: ge 1847, °h· 64- States <f Alabama and zsmsippi, in relation to I¢Yve per Cent. Fund and School 1849, ch- 72- Reservatzons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of "An Aiabamg, anewact to amend an act entitled ‘An act to amend an act to carry into Gd three Wm eftcct, in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts g§§'1£§s,:;°‘€;31,°§`G with those States with regard to the five per cent. fund, and school reser— selections. vations,’ " approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and 1847,¤h- 34- forty-seven, and the act to extend the provisions of said act, approved 1849, ch. 72. February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be, and the same are hereby extended, so as to allow the State of Alabama three years from the passage of this act, to complete the selections of land authorized by the said acts to which this is an amendment. Approved, January 25, 1853. Cxur. XXX.—An Act to Erect at the Capital of the Nation an Equestrian Statue of Jan. 25, 1853. Washington. ··—-—————————-— Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand $50,000 ¤.ppmdollars is hereby appropriated, to enable the President of the United g“;;Qgi?;`;b;m° States to employ Clark Mills to erect, at the City of Washington, a O? Georgg washcolossal equestrian statue of George Washington, at such place on the i¤g*<>¤· public grounds in said city, as shall be designated by the President of the United States. Approved, January 25, 1853. CHAP. XXXI.—~An Act to prohibit Public Executions in the District of Columbia. Jan. 25, 1858. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That persons now under sen- Capital punishtence of death, or who shall hereafter be adjudged to suifer death, within g;°g;{;¤b;;“Q:° the District of Columbia, shall be executed within the walls of some bg p1·;vw,_ prison in the said District, or within a yard or enclosure adjoining such prison, and not elsewere: And it shall be the duty of the Marshal of the Marshal Svc. District, or one of his deputies, with such officers of the prison, constabies, m ”‘°l°“d‘ and other peace-officers as such marshal or deputy may deem necessary and proper, to attend at such execution. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Marshal or his who to bg deputy shall invite the District Attorney, and the counsel of the prisoner, P1‘<>¤<>¤$· two or more physicians, and twelve respectable citizens to be present at every such execution; and, at the request of the person to be executed, shall also allow any ministers of the Gospel, not more than three in number, and any of his or her near relatives to be present thereat; but no person or persons other than those in this act mentioned, and no person whatever under the age of twenty-one years, shall be allowed to witness any such execution. Approved, January 25, 1853. CHAP. XL.—·An Act concerning Bail in Civ:] Causes in the District of Columbia. Fab 3» 185:* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That from and after the passage be hz1g1I2g';;?}?!; of this act, no person shall be held to bail in the District of Columbia, the Dgsmct in in any action of debt, assumpsit, or other action founded on or arising any ¤¤ti<>¤_¤·¤ out of any contract or agreement, or in any suit or proceeding in equity }gg’Hg;;%;*°g;bt brought or prosecuted for enforcing the payment of any debt, or of any or commu:. von. x. PUB. —— 2O