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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 177. 1848. 323 Sec. $2. And be it further enacted, That if the Fiiih Auditor shall _It‘the FifthA¤· report, in any of the cases herein provided for, that preliminary surveys g;;';' “*‘“il '9P'”‘ are necessary to determine the site of a proposed lighthouse or light- survegeiiznrig boat, or to ascertain more fully what the public exigency demands, the ¤¢SS¤ry, the Sec- Seeremry of the Navy shall thereupon appoint one or more officers of  Eggs; the navy, possessing the requisite skill and experience, to perform the an omeerto perrequired service. f;"‘Jir;*5° '°'"°° Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any omcer so appointed (IgM8s` or 0E_ shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of the duty, and, after fully cerssoappointed. ascertaining the facts, shall report, first, whether the proposed facility to navigation is the most suitable for the exigeney which exists; and, second, where it should be placed if the interests of commerce demand it; third, if the thing proposed be not the most suitable, whether it is expedient to make any other kind of improvement; fourth, whether he proposed light has any connection with other lights, and if so, whether it cannot be so located as to subserve both the general and local wants of trade and navigation; and, fifth, whether there be any, and, if any, what other facts of importance touching the subject. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all such reports shall, as R¢P<>¤’¤¤l`¤¤¢§b speedily as may be, be laid before the Secretary of the Treasury, and if such as to authorize the work without further legislation, he shall of the Treasury, forthwith proceed with it; otherwise, such report shall be laid before °‘°· Congress at the next ensuing session; but in all cases where the Fifth Auditor does not report such preliminary examination as expedient, the provisions of this act shall without delay be carried into execution. Ssc.5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six thousand .·tppg¤Ei·iati¤¤ dollars he, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in gmaakggtélayugf the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase lenses, and to fit Mi-. Ismrivoodu up, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a lighthouse diswvery- to make trial of Mr. Isherw00d’s plan of discriminating one lightfrom another, and of determining the distance of a vessel from a light, if the said Secretary shall be of opinion that the discovery merits such a trial of its value. Approved, August 14, 1848. Can. ULXXVII. -.9n Act to establish the Territorial Government of Oregon. Aug. 14, 1848. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States if America in Gvngress assembled, That from and after Temporary rgovthe passage of this act, all that part of the Territory of the United €:“m°¤*ifg °’· States which lies west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains, north ;;%,f;,e_Q°g°n of the forty-second degree of north latitude, known as the Territory of Oregon, shall be organized into and constitute a temporary government. by the name of the Territory of Oregon: Provided, That nothing lfrcviso as to in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person ¥'g:;Q':rvl“ wd or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as ' such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make if this HG1: had never passed: And provided, also, That the title to the. land, Imme to {ms- H0! exceeding six hundred and forty acres, now occupied as missionary 8d"·“*°¤¤ stations among the Indian tribes in said Territory, together with the ' improvements thereon, be confirmed and established in the several religious societies to which said missionary stations respectively belong z And provided further, That nothing in this act contained shalllhe construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing