Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of James Norris, of Sandwich, in the State of New Hampshire, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and pay him a pension at such rate per year as is provided by law for the total disability of an of an assistant surgeon in the navy of the United States, to commence on on the first day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and continue during his natural life.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby are, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the following sums, for the government of the Territory of Minnesota:

For salaries of governor, three judges, and secretary, nine thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of said Territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.

For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, pay of officers and attendants, printing, stationery, fuel, and other incidental expenses, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

Approved, March 3, 1849.