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 4 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 8, 9, 10. 1860. guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof; shall forfeit to the said ship or vessel his wages for the voyagelof the said ship or vessel during which the said offence has been committed. Any master or comm§ti:;“;:?wl;” mander who shall direct or permit any officer or seaman or other person to fretzuent such employed on bomd of such ship or·vessel, to visit or frequent any part Pm ° *“°h '°¤‘ of said ship or vessel assigned to emigrant passengers, except for the pur- “°H° b° {md' pose of doing or performing some necessary act pr duty as an officer, seaman, or person employed on board of said ship ior vessel, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each occasion on which he shall so direct or permit the provisions of this section to be violated by any officer, seaman, or other person employed on board of such ship or vessel. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the master or commander of every ship or vessel bringing emigrant passen- Notices hereof; gers to the United States to post a written or printed notice in the i¤ di€¢1‘¢¤N¤¤· English, French, and German languages containing the provisions of the gxé? t° b° second section of this act in a conspicuous place on the Iiorecastle, and in pe,,Q,pv 0,, the several parts of the said ship or vessel assigned to emigrant passengers, master for neg- and to keep the same so posted during the voyage; and upon neglect so 1°°*‘ to do, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in case of the conviction of Fine under the any person under the provisions of the iirst section of this act, and the €;‘°;f,°:;°l‘h;",*lé*; imposition of a nne, the court sentencing the person so convicted may, in mi; seduced, its discretion, by an order to be entered on its minutes, direct the amount &<>· of the fine when collected, to be paid for the use or benefit of the female seduced, or her child or children, if any. Testimony of Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no conviction shall be had the female must under the provisions of this act on the testimony of the female seduced 2;, °i‘:;P;°u';:*‘;“» uncorroborated by other evidence, nor unless the indictment shall be found found within 2,,,, within` one year after the arrival of the ship or vessel at the port for year. which she was destined when the offence was committed. Approved, March 24, 1860. Mamh 27s 186** Cntr. IX.—An Act lo establish Mail Routes in the Territory of Emacs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress aasenzbled That there be, and are hereby, K,E:g_'°°t°° "‘ established in the Territory of Kansas, the following mail routes: A mail route from Denver City to Missouri City, via Arrapahoe, Golden City, Golden Gate, and Mountain City, a distance of forty miles.. A mail route from Denver City to Breckenridge, via Baden and Tarryall, a distance of one hundred miles. A mail route from Denver City to Boulder, in Nebraska Territory, a distance of forty miles. A mail route from Denver City, down the Platte River, to J ulesburg, a distance of two hundred and forty miles. A mail route from Denver City to Colorado City, a distance of sixty- eight miles, via. Belmont. Approved, March 27, 1860., a , Cntr. X.—An Act makin A ’' Jlwzy‘ ‘ Ponca Indians, and with gatagmw  o   il of Washington, for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen lumdfd and sixty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative.: of the United Appmprmim States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not