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 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 39, 40, 48. 1860. 15 the provisions of this act, and provided, Thai: the powers herein granted shall not be exercised by said Corporation until after the second Monday in June next; and that this act shall, immediately upon its passage, be published by said Corporation in at least two newspapers published in the city of Wasliington, and be continued until after the Corporation election in said city in J unc next. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no more than two hundred Not over and twenty thousand dollars shall be expended in building said market- $2“?·°»°g°d'>P b° house, nor shall any contracts be entered into which involve 2. larger g°Q5?£ng m expenditure For the completion of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case this act shall take Tieleto the cfect as hex·cinbefore provided, it shall be so construed as to vest the title l’*“dth;'t‘;bg _ _t0 said lots in said Corporation, so long as the market-house and apart- 5,1 wg;} ments shall be continued thereon, and used for the purpose aforesaid, and marlger,-iiouse no kmgeu ggntmucs there- A1>1>x0vm>, May 9, 1860. ` CHAP. XL.-An Act lo provxde Payment jbr Depredeztions committed by the Whites upon May 9, 1860, the Shawnee Indians in Kansas Zbrrilory. —···—····—·· Be it enacted 6g the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, That for the purpose of paying A. t. claims of certain members of the Shawnee tribe of Indians, presented to t0p§§!31I;r§'h:),$, Congress, at its present session, for deprcdations committed upon their ness in Kansas property by citizens or inhabitants of the United States, there be, and is g’1;i;”'Q;'g;rtd°;‘° hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise citings_Q3m,? O? appropriated, the sum of thirty-six thousand seven hundred and eleven W6 U- $· dollars. Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, That the whole or such part of said Qlaims to be claims as shall be proved to his satisfaction shall be adjusted and paid, gfJ¤g*°d *i‘°· Wt. under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the rules and ty: I¤;;;$O:Ty 0 regulations prescribed in the “Act to regulate trade and intercourse with 1834, ch, 16;, Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the fr0ntiers," approved June VOL iv- P- 729· thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty~four: Provided, That it shall not be P¤>ViS¤· incumbent upon the parties claimant, from the peculiar condition of affairs in the Territory of Kansas at the time the spoliations were committed, to show that the offénders were apprehended and brought to trial. A1>1>1z0v1zD, May 9, 1860. and the Republic q/' Paraguay. -"";'*‘ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhe United Q States of America in Oangress assembled, That the President of the Umid $*8** r United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall 3i:§gg?.t°°°m` V appoint a commissioner, whose duty it shall bc, conjointly with a coma missioner appointed by the government of Paraguay, to investigate, ad- L just, and determine the amount of the claims of the “United States and Paraguay Navigation Company " against the government of Paraguay. g secretary to said commissioner, in behalf of the United States, versed g in the English and Spanish languages. i Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioner on the Commissioners g part, of the United States, in conjunction with the commissioner on the gn m“k° “'·l°“» l part; of Paraguay, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make all. g needful rules and regulations for conducting the business of their said Q commission; such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution, of the United States, the provisions of this act, gr the provisions of the
 * CHAP. XLVIII.-—An Act to carry {uio Ejéct a Convention between the United States May 16, 1860.
 * SEO. 2. And be it fur:/zer enacted, That the President of the United ¤¤<1¤ secre-
 * States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a mV'
 * said convention.