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 262 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 8, 9. 1858. Senate during the thirty-third and thirty-fourth Congresses, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixty- four cents. Aprnovno, Nlurch 11, 1858. March 29, 1858. CHAP. XII.-—An Act to create tzldjltitioncilll Lind Districts in the State of Chlgfornia, i ” f-`-`;-' dit OT DZ 87* |D7I08C$· Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the _ Thi-ee addi; United States be and he is hereby authorized to establish additional land iwaligéi districts, in his discretion, not exceeding three, in the State of California, nig, 9,um(,m6d_ and to tix, from time to time, the boundaries thereof, as the public interest Name. may require; which districts shell, resplectivfly, be rpimppl aftpr thehplltfccs at which the offices shall first be estab ishe ; and tle . resit ent s e be ,mBf;1‘::Z{]’;,Yl°s.°f authorized hereafter, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to . istrlcts _ _ . . . . in the State my adjust the boundaries of any and all of the land districts in said State, b° ¤d.l“S*°d and and remove the offices when the same shall be expedient. Offices mm°v€d` Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President is éiereby authorized to a oint b and with the advice and consent o the enete, R‘?$l“°’ md or (1L\I'll]°’ the i·§d)ess thetyeof and until the end of the next ensuinv session, receiver may be, ¤ . ,. . . . . . _. ¤ appointed. a register and a receiver lor each ol said additional districts, who shall, Residence. respectively, be required to reside. the site of the offices, shall be subject Compensation pp the same, laws and repyagiibllitiesfl ancllivhtise Lptglpipensftplplp tsgtt be ' ie same as is now prescrl e y aw or 0 er an ces 1 a e. Approved, March 29, 1858. April 1, 1858. Cru?. XIII.—AnActt0 provide jbr the Organization of a Regiment of Zlfnmted Volun- ' " ""—'_‘ teen for the Defence of the Frontier of Texas, and to authorize the President to cull into the Service of the United States two additional Regimeuts of Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcnf»1tz'ves of the Ulzited Regiment vf States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the $5’;Kcc:°30"t§i United States be authorized to receive into the service of the United received into the States one regiment of Texas mounted volunteers, to be raised and organ- U¤¤l*§>d Smeé ized by the State of Texas for the defence and protection of the frontier €§;:’$0${ui*§l;:tl1ereof, to continue in service from the time that the whole regiment less sooner dis- shall be mustered into service, for the term of eighteen months, unless °£:;€°£m 0s8d sooner discharged by the President. Said regiment shall be composed of Pone colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutnnt with the rank of iirst lieutenant, one quartermaster and commissary with similar rank, one surgeon and two assistant surgeons, one sergeant-major, one quarter— master and commissstry sergeant, and ten compallies—c:acll of which shall be composed of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, two buglers, one terrier, and seventy- Omcm md foplnprivates. Each of said officers belowthe rank of ma_)or-non-ronxp,.,,,,,,,,, to s,,p_ missioned officersymusicians, fl·\I`l'1(.?I', and pr1v*ates—sll21ll furnish and keep ply themselves himself supplied with a good serviceable horse and horse equipments, for xshprggzis me the use and risk of which, in add1tion to the pay and allowences herein ` provided, he shall receive forty cents a day while in service with his horse; and if any non-commissioned officer, musician, farrier, or private shall, from carelessness or neglect, injure, or render his horse unfit for service, and shall fail to supply a serviceable horse within the period of ten days from the loss, such soldier shall, from such time until he shall furnish himself with a. horse, be entitled only to the pay of a private of infantry. Otheerslmd Slcc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned 3"°”mi;?l;.°$v‘:r° officers, musicians, farrier, and privates of said regiment shall, when mus- 0` tered into the service of the United States, be subject to the rules and articles of war. They shall he armed at the expense of the United