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 160 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 76, 79. 1853. Provision for hundred and forty acres at any one point or place: Provided, That if it °°,f‘P°,’;%'g,’} shall be deemed necessary, in the judgment of the President, to include Q5;`,.,, ,,,,,1,:;. in any such reservation the improvement of any settler made previous edwitbin Me- to such reservation, 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 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. ¤»»»~i‘?·"°5?L`- *`£E°‘£°t;’”“’ °?¥·’°Z‘T"' °"“‘$’”"’.itZ`“° Zh';fii“1bS“”li’°f}GZi‘F{Z“’ m e isc rgeo IS uiesuner ac sa esujec o e gg2bn3i2t5g?` provisions of the act entitled "An act to providefor the better organiza i846,ch· 90- tion of the Treasury, and for the collection, safe—keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue," approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, February 14, 1853. Feb. 16, 1853. Cm?. LXXVI. —An Act to presse;} i7® certain cgseéod {glure or delay of Jusnbe in the ·—·———·—· Courtso te istrict 0 u ia. Be it enacted  t/ie Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where, at any tem; of when-ia me the Circuitor Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, a jury shall  be empannelled to try any cause or any issue or issues joined in any ,;,,3,,,,,,, my cause, and it shall happen that no verdict shall be found, nor the jury bqpwceedpd otherwise discharged before the day appointed by law for the commence- tswsimoncf proceed with the trial by the same jury in every respect as if such term •¤°*l¤¤ Wm- had nobcommenced; and all subsequent proceedings to final judgment, 1f such judgment shall be rendered, shall be entered and have legal effect and operation as of the term at which the jury shall have been cmpan— nelled, any law lor usage to the contrary notwithstanding. A1>1>novm>, ebruary 16, 1853. F¤b· 21. 1858- Cnr. LXXIX.—Avé "g"  to me Half Dclhzr, Stge it}nacted  the igcnate and Mage of Representatives of the United 1853ch. 96§ 7. es 0 a in ongress assem ed, That from and after the lirst Wei tof the day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two [three] the weight of the gslgrggémgd half dollar or piece of fifty cents shall be ode hundred and ninety-twomd ,,,,1;,,,,,,,,, grains, and the quarter dollar, dune, and half dime, shah be, respectively, · Such com f_ Sup} 2._ beat   enap§1d,bThat the silver coins issued in conhentoboa orm1 wi eaoves ons e alt dtfdbts lggul f¢¤d¤r· for all sums not exceeding iivd dollars. eg an Gm m Paymcn 0 6 mcsgrpprgaspuor Sec. 3. nnd be it further enacted, That in order to procure bullion much  far thetriguisiriz wmagefpfhthpbsubdltgions of the dollar authorized by 15 ac e asurer o e ’nt s wit the a roval of the D' — tor, punfchase such bullion with the bullion fund of Itlle mint. Ifile ghialll charge, himself with the gain arising_from the coinage of such bullion mto coms of a nominal value exceeding the intrinsic value thereof, and $::11 be credlitfed mtg {hl; dnferelnce pegyveen such intrinsic value and pncepai orsan u on an wit tee t‘dit'b t' 'd coins as hereinafter provided., The balances thpliibsdrgdit, drrlahld pIi·€iii:adl` said coinage, shall be, from time to time, on a warrant of the Director of the mmt, transferred to the account of the Treasury of the United States. how gugpecpm, Sec. rind be tt further enacted,. That such coins shall be paid out dmggdlmy at the mmt, in exchange for gold coms at par, in sums not less than one ,,,,,6 0,,, ofmim hundred dollars; and 1t shall be lawful, also, to transmit parcels of the (a) Act of Jan. 18, 1837, oh. 8, sec. 9; 5 Stat. at Large, 187; 1853, ch. 90, nec._7.
 * ‘uj,’g;°‘,Q;li;1_ ment of the next succeeding term, the Court shall and may, nevertheless,
 * g:;Jmc 1, one bali} one fifth, and one tenth of the weight of said half dollar.