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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 23, 25, 55. 1855. 603 (jus?. XXIII.-—An Acffo amend _ an Act entitled "An Act to establish an Auxiliargy ,]‘m,_ 3, 1g55_ PVazqh_fer the Protection of Publzc and Private Property in the City of Washington, ’ -—--;-~ approved August twenty-three, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each of the said auxiliary Psy of the augwatch shall receive an annual compensation of six hundred dollars, com-  Wgch m mcncing with the present fiscal year, to be paid out of any money in the as mg u` treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. And be ttfurther enacted, That so much of the above-recited Repeal of sets net, and of the act approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifty- °f3§gE§°hi11g,f» three, fixing the compensation of the said auxiliary watch, be, and the :gS,,Bc§,,%° pug}; same is hereby, repealed. pay. APPROVED, January 3, 1855. CHAP. XXV'. -—An Act to continue in force, jbr a limited time, the Provisions of the Act Jan. 10, 1855. of Congress of third MarcIz, ezyhteen hundred and _/my-one, and the Second Section of its ····—······ •Supplement of eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and jiftyfaur, so as to enable the 1651, Ch- 41- BaardofLand Cbmmissioners in Calybmia to close their Artjudications of Private Land 185% °h· 2· Titles in that State, andjbr other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States·0fAmeriea in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act of Congress approved third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, " to _ f ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of Californiu," Cg?}?;Q§,_°“fg§d and of the second section of the act of eighteenth January, eighteen hun- Commission. di-ed and fifty-four, continuing the same in force, be further continued in {QQ}  gh force for the term of one year, and no longer, from the third March, ’ ` eighteen hundred and fifty-tive. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States district attorney for the northern district of California bc, and he is hereby, au- Em ,0 mgm thorizcd to employ assistant counsel to aid him in defending the interests of cicgksxtnd M. of the United States in the land suits for the adjudication of such claims Siswmv ¤¤¤¤¤¤l· before the district court, at a. salary not exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars per annum, and also to employ such clerical force, not exceeding two persons, at a compensation of one hundred and fifty dollars per month each; the services of said assistant counsel, and the clerical force aforesaid, not to continue beyond the exigencies of the service, nor longer than the term of one year from the period of their several appointments. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or either of them, may issue the writ of subpoena requiring the attendance S“bP°°““'· of witnesses before the said board, and that for any contempt in refusing obedience to such writ, the said board shall have the same power to inflict punishment now possessed by the district court of the United States. Approved, January 10, 1855. iaticms or the construction officertain Militar Feb. 6 1855. CHAP. LV. of Neb}{xska and Waehingzb;. y ·———;—-—· Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the construction of f Appsopriptpg military roads in the Territories of Nebraska and Washington, to wits b4;;;;: Sand For the construction of a military road from the Great Falls of the Missouri yyaspiugwn m.. River, in the Territory of Nebraska, to intersect the military road now ntorlcs. established leading from Walla Walla. to Puget’s Sound, thirty thousand dollars. For the construction of a military road from the Dalles of the Columbia to Columbia City Barracks, twenty-five thousand dollars. For