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STATUTP II.
March 3,117. CRAP. XXXlI.-In qCt making apropiationsfor the support f government
for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Sums appro- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
priated for the
expenditure of United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following
the civil list, sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, that is to
&c. for the year say:
1817.
For Congress. For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and
House of Representatives, their officers, and attendants, four hundred
and twenty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For the expenses of firewood, stationery, printing, and all other con-
tingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, forty-two thousand
dollars.
For the expenses of the library of Congress, including the librarian's
allowance for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, one
thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
ForPresident For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five
and Vice Presi- thousand dollars.
dent. For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five
thousand dollars.
For the Depart- For compensation to the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.
ment of State. For compensation to the clerks employed in the Department of State,
thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the messenger in said department, and for the
patent office, six hundred and sixty dollars.
For the incidental and contingent expenses of the said department, in.
cluding the expense of printing and distributing copies of the laws of
the second session of the fourteenth Congress, and printing the laws in
newspapers, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and two dollars.
For the Trea- 'For compensation to the Secretary ofi the Treasur, five thousand
sury Depart- dollars.
ment. For compensation tQ the clerks employed in the office of the Secretary
of the Treasury, ten thousand four hundred and -hirty-three dollars.
For compensation to the messenger and assistant messenger in the
officeof the Secretaiy of the Teasury, seven hundred and ten dollars.
For defraying To provide for the payment of the sums directed to be paid by an act
expenses inci- of the last session, entitled " A n art for setting the compensation of the
dent to lands. A
1816, ch. 149. commissioner, clerk and translator of the board for land claims in the
eastern and western district of the territory of Orleans, now state of
Louisiana," forty thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and
thirty-two cents.
For defraying the expense of surveying the public lands within the
several states and territories of the United States, one hundred and
eighty thousand and eighty-eight dollars.
For bringing For bringing the votes for President and Vice President of the United
votes
dent for.Presi-
and Vice States to the seat of government, two thousand four hundred dollars.
president. For the salaries, allowances, and contingent expenses of ministers to
For objects of foreign nations, and of secretaries of legation, eighty-seven thousand dol-
foreign inter- lars.
course. For the contingent expenses of intercourse between the United States
and foreign nations, seventy thousand dollars.
For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, forty-seven
thousand dollars.
For the expenses necessary during the present year for carrying into
effect the fourth, sixth, and seventh articles of the treaty of peace, bon-
eluded with his Britannic majesty on the twenty-fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, including the compensation
of the commissioners appointed under those articles, thirty-four thousand
three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-two cents.
For the salaries of the agents for claims on account of spoliations,
and for seamen at London, Paris, Copenhagen, and the Hague, eight
thousand dollars.
For the relief of distressed American seamen, for the present year,
and to make good a deficiency in the preceding year, fifty thousand dol-
lars.
On account of the paintings authorized by the resolution of Congress,
eight thousand dollars.
For erecting For purchasing or erecting, for the use of the United States, suitable
custom-houses, buildings for custom-houses and public warehouses, in such principal
district in each state where the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem it
necessary for the safe and convenient collection of the revenue of the
United States, fifty thousand dollars.
SEc. 2. And be it ftrther enacted, That the several appropriations
herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of the fund of six
1790, ch. 34. hundred thousand dollars, reserved by the act "making provision for the
debt of the United States," and out of any moneys not otherwise appro-
priated.
APPROVED, March 3,1817.
STATUTE II.
March 3,1817. CHAP. XXXIV.-Sn Act repealing the act, entitled "An act for the safe keeping
[Obsolete.] and accommodationof prisoners of war," passed July the sixth, one thousand
eight hundredand twelve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Relresentativesof the United
Act ot' July 6, States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act
1h, ac.128.
The act for the
for the safe keeping and accommodation of prisoners of war,"passed on
safe keeping of the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and
prisoners, &c. the same hereby is, repealed; and the Secretary of the Treasury is here-
repealed
An account to
by required to cause an account to be rendered of the fund appropriated
be rendered, by the act hereby repealed, and report the same to Congress at their next
session.
APPROVED. March 3, 1817.
STATUTE i.
CHAP. XXXVI.-An 2t authorizing the payment of a sum of money to the
state March 3, 1817.
of Georgia,under the articles of agreement and cession between the United States tOb
and that state. solete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Representatives of the United A sum to be
States of-America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid paid to the state
ofGeorgia equal to the state of Georgia, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
to the amount appropriated, a sum equal to the amount of Mississippi stock which has
ot. Mississippi
stock xeceived been or shall be received in payment of the public lands in the Mississip-
in payment of pi territory, until the payment of one million two hundred and fifty, thou-
public lands in sand dollars, secured to the said state by the articles of agreement and
Mississippi ter-
ritory, until, cession between the United States and the state of Georgia shall be com-
&c. pleted; and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid in the same
manner as if the payments in the said Mississippi stock had been made
Proviso; in money. Proided, That the payments which shall be made in pur-
amount of pay-
ments limited, suance of this 4ct shall not in the whole exceed three hundred and fifty
and repayment thousand dollars; and the same shall be repaidto the treasury out of the-
to be made to nett proceeds of the sale of public lands in the Mississippi territory be-
the treasury+w-
fore, &c. fore ary of the moneys thence arising shall be paid for the redemption
of the outstanding certificates of Mississippi stock.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE Ir.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. XXXVII.--dn .Atfor erecting a light-house on the west chop of Holmees
of Massachusetts.
Hole harbour, in the state
A lighthouse Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
to be built on States of America, in Congress assembled, That, as soon as a cession
the west chop
of Holmes's shall be made by the state of Massachusetts to the United States of the
Hole, as soon as jurisdiction over a piece of land proper for the purpose, the Secretary
Massachusetts of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized to provide, by con-
cedes jurisdic-
tion, &c. tract, to be approved by the Presiddnt of the United States, for building
a light-house on the west chop of Holmes's Hole harbour in the said state,
and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies; and also to agree for
the salaries or wages of the person, or persons, who may be appointed
Superintend- by the President for the superintendence and care of the same; and the
ent, &c. President shall be authorized to make the said appointments.
5,000 dolls. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, And there shall be appropriated
appropriated. and paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropria, d,
the sum of five thousand dollars for the purposes aforesaid.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
hTATUTE II.
CHAP. XXXJX.-An Act to regulate the trade in plaster of Paris. March 3, 1817.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Post, pp. 791,
'792.
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from .and after Importation
the fourth day of July next, no plaster of Paris, the production of any of plaster pro-
hibited in for-
country, or its dependencies, from which the vessels of the United States eign vessels
are not permitted to bring the same article, shall be imported into the from countries
United States in any foreign vessel. And all plaster of Paris imported, whence vessels
or attempted to be imported, into the United States, contrary to the true of the United
States are not
intent and meaning of this act, and the vessel in which the same may be allowed to bring
imported, or attempted to be impor.-ted, together with the cargo, tackle, it.
apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such
plaster of Paris, vessel and cargo, shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted,
and condemned, in like manner, and under the same regulations, restric-
tions, and provisions, as have been heretofore established for the recovery,
collection, and distribution, and remission, of forfeitures to the United
States by the several revenue laws.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and This act to be
be in force five years from the thirty-first day of January, one thousand in force for five
eight hundred and seventeen: Provided, nevertheless, That if any foreign years.
Proviso; a
nation or its dependencies, which have now in force regulations on the foreign nation
subject of the trade in plaster of Paris, prohibiting the exportation there- discontinuing
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STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817.
CHAP. XL.-n tI authorizing the deposit of the papers of foreign vessels, with
the consul of their respective nations.
Act of Feb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oJ the
26, 1803, ch. 9.
Ships' papers United States of America, in. Congress assembled, That the register, or
to be produced other document'in lieu thereof, together with the clearance and other
to the collector papers, grated by the officers of the customs to any foreign ship
before entry.
or ves-
sel, at her departure from the port or place from which she may have
arrived, shall, previous to entry in any port of the United States, be pro-
The papers to duced to the collector with whom such entry is to be made. And it
be deposited shall be the duty of the master or commander, within forty-eight hours
with the consul after such entry, to deposit the said papers with the consul or vice-consul
of the nation
within forty- of the nation to which the vessel belongs, and to deliver to the collector
eight hours. the certificate of such consul or vice-consul, that the said papers have
been so deposited; and any master, or commander, as aforesaid, who
shall fail to comply with this regulation, shall, upon conviction thereof in
Fine in case any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum not less than five
of non-compli-
ance. Proviso; hundred dollars, nor exceeding two thousand dollars; Provided, That
as to foreign na- this act shall not extend to the vessels of foreign nations in whose ports
tions in whose American consuls are not permitted to have the custody and possession
ports American
consuls are not
of tie register and other papers of vessels entering the ports of such
allowed to have nation, according to the provisions of the second section of the act sup-
custody of pa- plementary to the act "concerning coisuls and vice-consuls, and for
pers according
to the act men-
the further protection of American seamen," passed the twenty-eighth of
tioned. February, one thousand eight hundred and three.
1803, ch. 9. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
Consul not to any foreign consul to deliver to the
deliver the pa- master or commander of any foreign
pers to the mas- vessel the register and other papers deposited with him pursuant to the
ter until he pro- provisions of this act, until such master or commander shall produce to
duces a clear- him a clearance in due form from the collector
ance.
of the port where such
vessel has been entered; and any consul offending against the provi-
Consuls of- sions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof before theSupreme Court
fending to be of the United States, be fined at the discretion of the court in a sum not
fined. less than five hundred dollars, nor exceeding five thousand dollars.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817.
CHA. XLI.-n .&et to provide for furnishing the house of the President of the
[Obsolete.] United States.
Decayed fur-
niture to be Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
sold, and the States of America, in Congress assembled, That after the third day of
proceeds and
20,009 d ol s. ad-
March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, the President of the
ditional appro- United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, to cause
priated for ir- to be sold such articles furnished by the United States for the President's
nishing. he Pre- household, as may be decayed, out of repair, or unfit for use; and that
sident's house
anew. the proceeds of sales, and so much of a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars, in addition thereto, out of any money -in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, as the President of the United States may judge
necessary,,be, and hereby are, appropriated for the accommodation of
the household of the President, to be laid out and expended for such ar.
ticles of furniture as he shall direct.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. XLII.--an Aetfurther to regulate the territoriesqf the United tates, and March 3, 1817.
their electing delegates to Cngress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Delegates to
Congress to be
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in every terri- elected every
tory of the United States in which a temporary government has been, or second year.
hereafter shall be established, and which by virtue of the ordinance of
Congress of the thirteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and vol. i, 51.
eighty-seven, or of any subsequent act of Congress, passed or to be
passed, now hath or hereafter shall have the right to send a delegate to
Congress, such delegate shall be elected every second year, for the same
term of two years for which members of the house of representatives of
the United States are elected; and in that house each of the said dele-
gates shall have a seat with a right of debating, but not of voting.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the first Monday of Au- The citizens
gust next the citizens of the territory of Missouri, qualified according to of Missouri to
elect a delegate
the act, entitled "An act providing for the government of the territory to Congress.
of Missouri," shall elect a delegate to Congress; and it shall be the duty Act of June
of the general assembly of the said territory to make provision by law 4, 1812, ch. 95.
Provision to
for the annual or biennial meetings of the said general assembly, as the be made for the
interests of the territory may in their opinion require; and such annual meeting of the
or biennial meeting shall be on the first Monday of December, unless general assem-
bly.
they shall by law appoint a different day. And so much of any law, or
laws, as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE IT.
CH/p. XLIIL-S-n Sct to continue in force an act, eatilled "Anact for establish- March 3, 1817.
ing tradinghouses with the Indiantribes."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An 2, The 1811, act oh.
for rO.
act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," passed on the establishing
second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and which trading houses
was continued in force for a limited time by an act passed on the third. with the Indian
tribes continued
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, shall be, and the until the lstof
same is hereby, further continued in force until the first day of May, one May, 1818.
thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and no longer. 6 Act of May
1822, ch. 54.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
2 Hi2
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. XLV.-.Sn Set toprovidefor the prompt settlement of publicaccounts. (a)
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
3, 1797, ch. 20. States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the third
Act of Feb.
24, 1S19, ch. 43. day of March next, the offices of accountant and additional accountant
Act of May of the Department of War, the office of accountant of the navy, and the
7, 1922, ch. 90. office of superintendent general of military supplies, be, and they
Act of March
are
1. 1823, ch. 20. hereby abolished.
Accountants' SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,That, from and after the said third
offices of the day of March next, all claims and demands whatever, by the United
War and Navy
Departments, States or against them, and all accounts whatever, in which the United
and office of su- States are concerned, either as debtors or as creditors, shall be setiled
perintendent
general of mili- and adjusted in the Treasury Department.
tary supplies, SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the third day
abolished. of March next, in addition to the officers in the Treasury Department, al-
All accounts ready established by law, there shall be the following officers, namely,
to be settled in
the Treasury four auditors and one comptroller.
Department. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
Four auditors first auditor to receive all accounts accruing in the Treasury Department,
and one comp-
troller addition- and, after examination, to certify the balance and transmit the accounts,
al, in the Trea- with the vouchers and certificate to the first comptroller for his decision
sury Depart- thereon; that it shall be the duty of the second auditor to receive all
ment.
Duty of the accounts relative to the pay and clothing of the army, the subsistence
first auditor. of officers, bounties, and premiums, military and hospital stores, and the
Duty of the contingent expenses of the War Department; that it shall be the duty of
second auditor.
Duty of the the third auditor to receive all accounts relative to the subsistence of the
third auditor. army, the quartermaster's department, and generally all accounts of the
War Department other than those provided for; and it shall be the duty
Duty of the of the fourth auditor to receive all accounts accruing in the navy de-
fourth auditor.
partment, or relative thereto, and the second, third, and fourth auditors,
aforesaid, shall examine the accounts respectively, and certify the
balance, and transmit the accounts, with the vouchers and certificate, to
the second comptroller for his decision thereon; and it shall be the duty
Duty of the of the fifth auditor to receive
fifth auditor. all accounts accruing in, or relative to, the
department of state, the general post office, and those arising out of
Indian affairs, and examine the same, and thereafter certify the balance,
and transmit the accounts, with the vouchers and certificate, to the first
Proviso; as to comptroller for his decision thereon: Provided, That the President of the
the accounts of
the additional United States may assign to the second or third auditor the settlement
accountant. of the accounts which are now confided to the additional accountant of
the War Department.
(a) The comptroller of the treasury has a right to direct the marshal to whom he shall pay money
received upon executions, and a payment according to such directions is good; and it seems he may
avail himself of it upon the trial without having submitted it as a claim to the accounting officers of the
treasury. United States v. Giles, 9 Cranch, 212 ; 3 Cond. Rep. 377.
No debtor to the United States can at the trial set off a claim for a debt due to him by the United
States, unless such claim shall have been submitted to the accounting officers of the treasury, and by
them rejected, except in cases provided for by the statute. Ibid.
The rules prescribed by the Treasury Department for the adjustment of claims against the govern-
ment,will, if reasonable, be respected ; but if these rules go to a complete denial of justice, the court, if
it have jurisdiction of the subject, cannot disregard the rights of parties. United States v. Maurice, 2
Brokenb. C. C. R. 96.
A transcript from the treasury which contains sums charged in gross as balances, is not evidence as
to such balances. The United States v. Edwards, 1 MtLean's C. C. R. 467.
By the act of 1817, ch. 38, § 5, the above act is made to take effect from its date.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Further dutes
auditors, charged with the examination of the accounts of the War and of the auditors.
Navy Departments, to keep all accounts of the receipts and expenditures
of the public money in regard to those departments, and of all debts
due to the United States on moneys advanced relative to those depart-
ments; to receive from the second comptroller the accounts which shall
have been finally adjusted, and to preserve such accounts, with their
vouchers and certificates, and to record all warrants drawn by the secre-
taries of those departments, the examination of the accounts of which
has been assigned to them by the preceding section. And it shall be
the duty of the said auditors to make such reports on the business assign-
ed to them, as the Secretaries of the War and Navy Departments may
deem necessary, and require, for the services of those departments.
SEc. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said auditors shall anl- Auditors to
f h report to the
nually, on the first Monday in November, report to the Secretary of the Seretary of the
Treasury the application of the money appropriated for the Military and Treasury.
Naval Departmcnts, for the preceding year, which shall be laid before
Congress by him, with the annual statement of the public expenditure.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the United to The treasurer
disburse all
States shall disburse all such moneys as shall have been previously or- todeys Ordered
dered for the use of the War and Navy Departments by warrants from for the use of
the treasury, which disbursements shall be made pursuant to warrants the War and
drawn by the Secretary of the War and Navy Departments respectively, ,meats,Navy Depart-
&c.
countersigned by the second comptroller, and registered by the auditors
respectively.
SEc. S. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Duty of the
first comptroller to examine all accounts settled by the first and fifth to first compuol-
auditors, and certify the balances ariing thereon to the register;
countersign all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, which
shall be warranted by law; to report to the secretary the official forms to
be issued in the different offices for collecting the public revenue, and
the manner and form of keeping and stating the accounts of the several per-
sons employed therein; he shall also superintend the preservation of the
public accounts, subject to his revision, and provide for the regular pay-
ment of all moneys which may be collected.
SEc. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Duty of the
second comptroller to examine all accounts settled by the second, third, second comp-
and fourth auditors, and certify the balances arising thereon to the trotter.
secretary of the department in which the expenditure has been incurred;
to countersign all warrants drawn by the Secretaries of the War and Navy
Departments, which shall be warranted by.law; to report to the said
secretaries the official forms to be issued in the different offices for
disbursing the public money in those departments, and the manner and
-form of keeping, and stating, the accounts of the persons employed there-
in; and it shall also be his duty to superintend the preservation of the
public accounts subject to his revision. First comp-
SEc. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of troller to super-
the first comptroller to superintend the recovery of all debts to the intend the re-
United States; to direct suits and legal proceedings, and to take all such dey of alt
det,&c.
measures as may be authorized by the laws, to enforce prompt payment Act of May 7,
of all debts to the United States. 1822, ch. 90.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the provision contained The prd inision
contained the
in the second section of the act, passed the third March, one thousand second section
seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide more of the act of
effectually for the settlement of accounts between the United States and March 3, 1797,
receivers of public money," which directs that in every case where suit in regard to the
has been, or shall be, instituted, a transcript from the books and proceed- accounts of the
ings of the treasury, certified by the register, shall be admitted as War and Nay
evidence, be extended, in regard to the accounts of the War and Navy &c.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. XLIX.--.&n .Set respecting the compensation of the collectors therein
mentioned.
[Obsolete.]
Additional an- Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of 'Representativesof the United
nual allowance States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the
to the collector last day of March instant, there shall be allowed and paid, annually, in
of the customs
at Edgartown. addition to the sum now allowed by law to the collector of the customs
for Edgartown, in the state of Massachusetts, the sum of one hundred
And to the
and fifty dollars; and to the collector of the customs for Plymouth, in
collector of the the state of North Carolina, there shall also be paid annually the sum of
customs, Ply- one hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the fees and other emolu-
mouth. ments of office.
Per centum SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the last day of
allowance to March instant, there shall be allowed to the collector of the customs for
the collectors of Middletown, in Connecticut, and to the collector of the customs in New-
Middletown
buryport, in the state of Massachusetts, three per centum on all moneys
STATUTE II.
.
CaAP. L.-,In .Act to continue in force the second section o the act, entitled " An March 3, 1817.
act supplementary to an act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage." [Obsolete.]
Act of Jan.
* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 14, 1817, ch. 3.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That on all foreign ships or
vessels which shall be entered in the United States, after the thirtieth day perTwo dolls.
ton on for-
of June next, from any foreign port or place, to and with which vessels eign vessels
of the United States are not [ordinarily] permitted to enter and trade, from foreign
there shall be paid a duty [at] the rate of two dollars per ton, to be.levied ports withwhich
vessels of the
and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations, as are United States
prescribed by law in relation to the duties upon tonnage now in force. are not permit-
ted to enter and
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
trade.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. LI,-An Act supplementary to "IAnact to regulate the duties on imports March 3, 1817.
and tonnage." [Obsolete.]
Act of July
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United 20, 1790, ch. 30.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases where Act of April
an ad valorem duty shall be charged, it shall be calculated on the net 27, 1816, ch.
107.
cost of the article at the place whence imported, (exclusive of pack- Act of Jan.
ages, commissions, charges of transportation, export duty, and all other 14, 1817, ch. 3.
charges,) with the usual addition, established by law, of twenty per cent. Ad valorem
duty to be on the
on all merchandise imported from places beyond the Cape of Good net cost of the
Hope, and of ten per cent. on articles imported from all other places. article whence
APPROVED, March 3, 1817. -imported.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. LV.-AIn Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, sea- March 3, 1817.
men, and marines, who were lost in the United States brig .Epervier. [Obset]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The widows
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the widows, if any and orphans of
officers and men
such there be, and, in case there be no widow, the child or children, lost in the Eper-
if there be no child, then to the parents or parent, and if there be no vier, to receive
parent, thee to the brothers and sisters of the officers, seamen, and six months' pay
marines, who were in the service of the United States and lost in the additional, &c.
brig Epervier, shall be entitled to, and receive, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to six months'pay of their
Tespective deceased relatives aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the
said deceased on the fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen, to which day the arrears of pay due the deceased shall be al-
lowed and paid by the accounting officers of the Navy Department.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE I.
PHAP. LVI.---An Act authorizing the Secretary of'the Treasury to remit the duties March 3, 1817.
therein mentioned. [Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United The Secretary
~authorized
States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any person to whom of the Treasury
to
a license shall have been granted before the first day of July,in the year remit propor-
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for a term ex- tion of duties
VOL. 1I.--47
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LVII.-an et authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the
state of Georgia fifteen per centum upon the quota of direct taxfor the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, assumed and paid by that state.
The Secretary Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
of the Treasury
authorized to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
pay to the order Treasury shall be authorized to pay to the order of the .Governor of
of the governor Georgia, for the use ef that state, the sum of fourteen thousand one
of Georgia an
abatement of 15 hundred and eighty dollars and forty-seven cents, being an abatement of
per cent. on the fifteen per cent. on the quota of direct tax, payable by that state, for the
quota of direct year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen: which quota was paid,
tax, &C. but notice of an intention to assume it not given in time to entitle the
Act of Jan.
9, 1816, ch. 21. said state to the deduction of fifteen per cent. under the act of January,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, laying a direct tax upon the
United States.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the above sum of fourteen
thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and forty-seven cents shall be
paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LVIII.-.dn dct more effectually topreserve the neutral relations of the
United States.
Repealed by " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
act of April States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any person shall,
20, 1818, ch. 88,
sec. 12. within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit
Persons fitting out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly
out and arm- be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out or arming, 6f any such ship
ing, &c. vessels
intended to be or vessel, with intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the
employed to service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district or peo-
commit lostili- pIe, to cruise or commit hostilities, or to aid or co-operate in any warlike
ties against a
friendly power,measure whatever, against the subjects, citizens, or property, of any
liable to fine prince or state, or of any colony, district or people, with whom the United
and imprison- States are at peace, every such person so offending shall, upon convic-
moot, &c. tion, be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined and
imprisoned at the discretion of the court in which the conviction shall
be had, so as the fine to be imposed shall in no case be more than ten
thousand dollars, and the term of imprisonment shall not exceed ten
Vessel, &c. years: and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furni-
forfeited. ture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition, and stores, which
may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall
t-Ialfto the in- be forfeited, one half to the use of any person who shall give informa.
former. tion, and the other half to the use of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owners of all armed ships, Owners of
sailing out of the ports of the United. States, and owned wholly, or in armed vessels
sailing from
part, by citizens thereof, shall enter into bond to the United States, with ports of the
sufficient sureties, prior to clearing out the same, in double the amount United States,
of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, including her armament, the owners be-
ing wholly or in
that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed by such owners in part citizens, to
cruising or committing hostilities, or in aiding, or co-operating, in any give bond, &c.
warlike measure against the subjects, citizens, or property, of any prince
or state, or of any colony, district or people, with whom the United
States are at peace.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,That the collectors of the customs be, The collec-
and they are hereby, respectively, authorized and required to detain any tors of the cus-
toms authorized
vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes, and about to depart from the to detainvessels
United States, of which the cargo shall principally consist of arms and built for warlike
munitions of war, when the number of men shipped on board, or other purposes, the
cargoes of
circumstances, shall render it probable that such vessel is intended to be which consist
employed by the owner, or owners, to cruise or commit hostilities upon principally of
the subjects, citizens, or property, of any prince or state, or of any colony, arms, &c.,wben
circumstances
district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, until the render it proba-
decision of the President be had thereupon, or until the owner enters in- ble they are in-
to bond, and sureties, to the United States, prior to clearing out the same, tended to com-
mit hostilities
in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, in- against friendly
cluding her armament, that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed powers, &c.
by the owner, or owners, in cruising or committing hostilities, or in aid-
ing, or co-operating, in any warlike measure against the subjects, citizens
or property, of any prince or state, or of any iolony, district, or people,
with whom the United States are at peace.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall, within Persons in-
creasing or
the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, increase or augment, or augmenting the
procure to be increased or augmented, or shall be knowingly concerned force of armed
in increasing, or augmenting, the force of any ship of war, cruiser, or vessels in the
service of afor-
other armed vessel, which, at the time of her arrival within the United eign power en-
States, was a ship of war, cruiser, or armed vessel, in the service of a gaged in hos-
foreign prince, or state, or any colony, district, or people, or belonging tilities with a
nation at peace
to the subjects, or citizens, of any such prince, state, colony, district, or with the United
people, the same being at war with any foreign prince, or state, with States, &c., sub-
whom the United States are at peace, by adding to the number or size ject to fine and
imprisonment.
of the guns of such vessels prepared for use, or by the addition thereto
of any equipment solely applicable to war, every such person, so offend-
ing, shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court in which the
conviction shall be had, so as that such fines shall not exceed one thou-
sand dollars, nor the term of. imprisonment be more than one year.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in
force for the term of two years.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LIX.-Sn det to establish a separate territorialgovernment for the east-
March 3, 1817.
ernpart of the Mississippi territory.
[Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United That part of
States of America, in Congress assembled, That all that part of the the Mississippi
Mississippi territory which lies within the following boundaries, to wit: territory de-
scribed, to form
beginning at the point where the line of the thirty-first degree of north a territory to be
latitude intersects the Perdido river, thence east to the western boundary called Alabama.
line of the state of Georgia, thence along said line to the southern bound-
ary line to the state of Tennessee, thence west along said boundary line
to the Tennessee river, thence up the same to the mouth of -Bear creek,
Act of April 20, thence by a direct line to the north-west corner of Washington colnty,
1818, ch. 126. thence due south to the Gulf of Mexicohence eastwardly, including all
the islands within six leagues of the shore, to the Perdido river, and thence
up the same to the beginning, shall, fer the purpose of a tempora'v go-
vernment, constitute a separate territory, and be called "Alabama."
Laws in force SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted,That all offices which may exist, and
to continue un- all laws which may be in force, in said territory, within the boundaries
til otherwise
provided.
above described, at the time this act shall go into effect, shall continue
Governor and to exist, and be in force, until otherwise provided by law. And the Pre-
secretary, &c. sident of the United States shall have power to appoint a governor and
Act of March secretary for the said Alabama territory, who shall respectively exercise
2, 1810, ch. 16. the same power, perform the same duties, and receive for their services
the same compensation, as are provided for the governor and secretary
of the Mississippi territory: Provided, that the appointment of said
governor, and secretary, shall be submitted to the Senate, for their advice
and consent, at the next session of Congress.
An additional SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an addi-
judge, &c. tionaljudge for the Mississippi territory, who shall reside in the eastern part
Act of March thereof, and receive the same compensation as the other judges; and that
27, 1804, coh.59. opnaio ugs
1818, ch. 127. the judge appointed by virtue of an act, passed the twenty-seventh day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and four, for the appointment of an-ad-
ditional judge for the Mississippi territory, together with the judge appoint-
ed for Madison county, and the judge to be appointed by virtue of this
act, shall possess and exercise exclusive original jurisdiction in the supe-
rior courts ofWashington, Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Montgomery, Wayne,
Green, Jackson, Mobile, Madison, and of such new counties as may be
formed out of them, and shall arrange the same among themselves, from
time to time: Provided,that no judge shall sit more than twice in sue-
cession in the same court, and that the other judges of the Mississippi
territory shall exercise, as heretofore authorized by an act of Congress,
or of the territorial legislature, exclusive jurisdiction in the superior courts
A general of the other counties. That a general court, to be composed of the
court,
&c. judge appointed by virtue of the act of twenty-seventh of March, -one
thousand eight hundred and four, the judge appointed for Madison county,
and the judge to be appointed by virtue of this act, or any two of them,
shall be holden at St. Stephens, commencing on the first Mondays of
January and July, annually, who shall have the same power of issuing
writs of error to the superior courts of the counties mentioned in this
section, or which shall hereafter be formed in the eastern division of the
territory, which was given by the act for the appointment of an additional
judge, passed the year one thousand eight hundred and four, to the supe-
rior court of Adams district, and which shall -possess, exclusively of the
courts of the several counties, the federal jurisdiction given to the supe-
rior courts of the territories, by an act passed the third day of March, one
180b, ch. 38. thousand eight hundred and five, entitled "An act to extend jurisdiction
in certain cases to the territorial courts."
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the governor, to be appointed
under the authority of this act, shall, immediately after entering into
office, convene, at the town of St. Stephens, such of the members of -
Legislative the legislative council and house of representatives, of the Mississippi
council, territory, as may then be the representatives from the several counties
within the limits of the territory to be established by this act; and the
said members shall constitute the legislative council, and house of repre-
sentatives for the aforesaid Alabama territory, whose powers, in relation
to the said territory, shall be, until the expiration of the term for which
they shall have been chosen, or until Congress shall otherwise provide,
the same in all respects as are now possessed by the legislative council,
and house of representatives of the Mississippi territory; and the said
legislative council, and house of representatives of the Alabama territory,
STATUnT II.
CHAP.LX.-An oct to amend and explain an .Sct giving pensions to the or. March 3, 1817.
phans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the
United Sates."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March
4 4,11,c.20.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any officer, seaman, or Wi4 ow, &c.
marine, belonging to the navy of the United States, shall die, or shall of officers and
have died, since the eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one men in the navy
21
STATUTIE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LXI.-An dct to set apart and dispose of certainpublic landsfor the en-
couragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive.
Four contigu- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
ous townships,
each six miles States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of
square, in the the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of
Mississippi ter- the United States, to designate, and set apart, any four contiguous town-
ritory, to be set
apart and re- ships, each six miles square, of vacant public lands lying in that part of the
served, &c. Mississippi territory which was formed into a land district, by the act,
Act of March entitled "An act for the ascertaining and surveying of the boundary lines
3, 1815, ch. 88.
fixed by the treaty with the Creek Indians, and for other purposes," pass-
ed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen;
and the four townships, so designated and set apart, shall be reserved
from public and private sale, any thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The Secretary SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-
of the Treasury sury be, and he is hereby, authorized to contract for the sale of the said
to contract for
the sale of the four townships, which shall have been designated and set apart, as afore-
townships at said, at the rate of two dollars per acre, to be made payable fourteen years
two dolls, per after the contract shall have been concluded with any agent, or agents,
acre, &c.
of the late emigrants from France, who have associated together for the
Proviso; as purpose of forming a settlement in the United States: Provided,That
to the agents of
French emi- satisfactory evidence shall be produced that such agent, or agents, are
grants being duly-authorized to form such contract, and that the number of such emi-
duly authorized grants, being of full age, for which he or they are authorized to act, are
to form a con-
tract, &c. equal at least to the number of half sections contained in the four town-
ships proposed to be disposed of.
The secretary SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said secretary shall have
empowered to power to make such allotment of the lands among the individuals, and-to
make allotment
of the lands stipilate, in the proposed contract, for such conditions of settlement and
among indivi- cultivation of the vine, and other vegetable productions, as may to him
duals, and to appear reasonable; and that on the fulfilment of such conditions shall
stipulate for the
cultivation of the issuing of grants for the lands, be made to depend: Provided,That
the vine, &c. no patent shall be granted for any of the lands aforesaid, nor shall any
Proviso; no title.be obtained therefor, either at law or equity, until complete payment
patent or title shall have been made for the whole four townships, and until they com-
until complete
payment for the ply with the conditions of the contract, so to be made as aforesaid; nor
whole, &c. shall a patent be granted for a greater quantity than six hundred and
forty acres to any one person.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LXIT.-An Set to rovide for reports of the decisions of the S eremc
Court. (a)
Reporter to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
receive 1,000 States of America, in Congress assembled, That the reporter who shall,
dolls, per an-
num. from time to time, be appointed by the Supreme Court of the United
States, to report its decisions, shall be entitled to receive, from the trea-
sury of the United States, as an annual compensation for his services,
Proviso; de- the sum of one thousand dollars: Provided, nevertheless, The said com-
cisions to be pensation shall not be paid unless the said reporter shall print and publish,
printed and
published with- or cause to be printed and published, the decisions of said court, made
in six months, during the time he shall act as such reporter, within six months afier
&c. such decisions shall be made, and shall deliver eighty copies of the
Eighty copies
to be delivered decisions, so printed and published, to the Secretary of State, without
to the Secretary any expense to the United States, and which copies shall be distributed
of State. as follows, to wit: to the President of the United States, the judges of
Distribution
of the eighty the Supreme Court, and the judges of the district courts, the attorney
copies, &c. general of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the comp-
troller of the treasury, the Postmaster General, the commissioner of the
revenue, the commissioner of the general land office, the judges of the
several territories of the United States, the secretary of the Senate, the
clerk of the House of Representatives, the auditor of the treasury, the
register of the treasury, the treasurer of the United States, the paymaster
general, the accountants of the War and Navy Departments, and to the
commissioners of the navy, one copy each: and the residue of said co-
pies shall be deposited in, and become part of, the library of Congress.
Copies distri- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,That, in case of the death, resignation,
buted to be de- or dismission from office, of either of the officers before mentioned, the
livered up to
successors, &c. said copies of the decisions, delivered'to them as aforesaid, shall belong
to, and be delivered up to, their respective successors, in the said offices.
This act in SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and con-
force for three
years. tinue in force for three years, and no longer.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LXV.-Sn Yct tofix thepeace establishment of the marine corps.
[Obsolete.] Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United
Number of
officers and States of America, in Congress assembled, That the peace establishment
men. of the marine corps shall consist of the following officers, non-commis-
(a) The acts in relation to the reporter, and reports of decisions of the Supreme Court, have teen-
An act to p-ovide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court, expired, March 3, 1817, ch. 63.
An act to continue in force " An act to provide for reports of decisions of the Supreme Court," May
15, 1820, expired, ch. 131.
An act to continue in force the act entitled "An act to provide for reports of the decisions of the
Supreme Court," passed the third day of March,one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, March 3,
1823, expired, ch. 34.
An act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court, expired, Feb. 22, 1827, ch. 18.
An act to provide for the reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Aug.
29, 1842, ch. 264.
sioned officers, musicians and privates, viz : one lieutenant colonel corn- Act of April
mandant, nine captains, twenty-four first lieutenants, sixteen second 16,1814, ch. 58.
lieutenants, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster and one quarter-
master, to be taken from the said captains and lieutenants, seventy-three
corporals, forty-two drums and fifes, and seven hundred and fifty privates.
Szc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United
States cause the provisions of this act to be carried into effect on the first
day of April next, or as soon thereafter as circumstances will admit,and Supernume-
rary officers to
cause any supernumerary officers to be discharged from the service of be discharged,
the United States; and to all persons so discharged, there shall be paid &c.
three months' additional pay.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United The President
may appointany
States may, in the recess of the Senate, appoint any of the officers au- of the officers
thorized by this act, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate in the recess.
at their next session, for their advice and consent.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. LXVII.-./An Act making an appropriationfor opening and cutting out a March 3, 1817.
road therein described.
[Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United 4,000 dolls.
States of America, in Cong-ress assembled, That the sum of four thou- appropriatedfor
cutting out a
sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, and payable out of road agreeably
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose to the survey,
of opening and cutting out a road from Reynoldsburgh, on Tennessee &c. of Johnson
and Dickson.
river, in the slate of Tennessee, through the Chickasaw nation, to inter-
sect the Natchez road near the south end of the Chickasaw old town,
agreeable to the survey and marked lines heretofore made by Messrs.
Johnson and Dickson, commissioners, appointed by the President of the Under direc-
United States; and that the opening of said road shall be under the tion of the Sec-
direction of the Secretary of War. retary of War.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. LXIX.-.dn A8ct to authorizethe Secretary of the Treasury to cause repay- March 3, 1817.
ments to be made of certain alien duties. [Obsolete.]
Be it enactedby the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United Discrimina-
ting duties paid
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trea- on British ves-
sury be, and he is hereby directed to cause to be repaid, or remitted, all sels, from the
alien or discriminating duties, either upon tonnage or merchandise im- 17th Aug. to 22d
ported, in respect to all British vessels which have been entered in ports Dec. 1815, to be
repaid, &c.
of the United States at any time between the seventeenth of August,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and the twenty-second of De-
cember in the same year, excepting only such duties as may have been Exception.
paid or secured on the tonnage of ships, or upon the mercandise im-
ported therein, which ships have been entered in the United States from
a colony or district, into or with which vessels of the United States are not
ordinarily permitted to enter and trade.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE Ir.
C AP. LXXXV.-n ,et to repealso much q( any acts now in force as author- March 3, 1817.
ize a loan of money, or an issue of Treasury ntes. [Obsolete.]
Acts author-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the r'nited izing loans, &c.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That so inch of any act, or repealed.
VOL. If l.-48 2 1,2
STATUTH I.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LXXXV.-'8n Set maksig additional ap-opsriationsto defray the ex-
[Obsolete.]
pemes of the army and militia during the late war with Great Britain.
Additional Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
appropriation States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the ex-
for defraying
the expenses of penses of the military establishment, and those incurred by calling out
the military es- the militia during the late war with Great Britain, in addition to the sums
tablishment, heretofore appropriated by law for these objects, the following sums be,
and those in-
curred by call- and the same are hereby appropriated, viz :
ing out the mili- For pay of the army and militia, including the sum of three hundred
tia. thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, advanced by the state of Pennsyl-
vania for defraying the expenses of the militia of said state, during the
late war, seven hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For subsistence, two hundred thousand dollars.
For the quarter [master's] department, four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For the ordnance department, one hundred and forty-four thousand
dollars.
For the payment of balances due to certain states, on account of dis-
bursements for militia employed in the service of the United States,
during the late war, seven hundred and seventeen thousand dollars.
15,000 dolls. For paying the expenses incurred in ascertaining and surveying the
for ascertaining boundary lines established by the treaty lately made with the Creek In-
Indian boun-
dary line, &c. dians, fifteen thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby ap-
propriated, be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE 1.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. LXXXVIII.-An 2et makingprovision for the location of the lands re-
served by the first article of the treaty of the ninth of August, one thousand
eight hundred and fourteen, between the United States and the Creek nation, to
certainchiefs and warriorsof that nation, and for other purposes.
Act of Feb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Chiefs and United States of America, in-Congress assembled, That the chiefs and
warriors of the warriors of the Creek nation, who, by virtue of the first article of the
Creek nation tobe treaty of the ninth of August, one thousand eight hundred
authorized and fourteen,
locate their re between the United States and that nation of Indians, are entitled to a
servations of reservation of land, which shall include their improvements, shall
land. be authorized to locate said reservation in the following manner, viz :
Every such chief, or warrior, shall and may select such four quarter
to decide final- them respectively. And the Secretary of the Treasury, with the appro-
ly, &c. at bation of the President, shall finally decide on the validity of such claim.
The agent to SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the agent shall transmit,
transmit to the without delay, to the register of the land office for the district in which
register of the the lands may be, a statement of the names of the claimants, and the
land office, the
names of claim- numbers of the quarter sections which have been reserved for each claim-
ants and num- ant; and the register of the land office shall not offer any such quarter
bers of quarter section for sale, unless specially directed otherwise by the Secretary of
sections, &c.
the Treasury.
Three dollars SEc. 7. And be it further enacted, That the agent of the United States
per day to the shall be allowed, in addition to his salary, the sum of three dollars per
agent in addi- day, whilst occupied in performing the duties assigned to him by this
tion to salary,
&c. act; and he shall be authorized to employ a surveyor, in those cases
The agent where it may be necessary, for the purpose of ascertaining the quarter
may employ a sections of land to be allotted to each claimant.
surveyor.
SEc. S. And be it further enacted, That the expenses which shall be
incurred in carrying into effect this act, shall be paid out of any moneys
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATrUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. XCI.---S2n 2et making appropriationsfor the support of the'Aavy of the
United States,for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Appropria- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
tions for defray-
ing the expen- States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the ex-
ses of the navy penses of the navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and
for 1817. seventeen, the following sums be, and they are hereby, respectively,
appropriated, that is to say:
For pay-and subsistence of the officers, and pay of seamen, one mil-
lion ninety-two thousand seven hundred and thirty-two dollars.
For provisions, four hundred and ninetysix thousand seven hundred
and sixty-five dollars.
For medicine, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of sick,
including those of the marine corps, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs of vessels, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ammunition, and military stores, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For the purchase of satpetre and sulphur, twenty thousand dollars.
For navy yards, docks, and wharves, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For contingent expenses, including freight, transportation, and recruit-
ing expenses, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For expenses in procuring gold and silver medals and swords, in con-
formity with sundry resolutions of Congress,fifteen thousand dollars.
For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, one hundred and eighty-
seven thousand three hundred and eight dollars.
For clothing for the same, thirty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-
six dollars.
For military stores for the same, one thousand one hundred and eighty-
eight dollars.
For contingent expenses for the same, fourteen thousand dollars.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations,
hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
CHA. XCITI.-In Sfct to incorporate the subscribers to certain banks inthe Dis- March 3, 1817.
trict of Columbia, and to prevent the circulationof the notes of unincorporated
associations within the said district.
.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
• Farmers and
-of the Crited Mechanics'
States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the the pas- Bank ofGeorge-
any share of joint
sage of this act, all those persons who shall hold
(a) Congress have power to regl ate commerce among the Indian tribes, which affords a wide scope
for legislation. Under a similar power as regards foreign relations, Congress have passed non inter-
course acts, acts laying esnbargoes,and other acts which are admitted to be constitutional. United
States v. Baily, I McLean's C. C. R. 234.
Congress have a rie ht to select the means which have a direct relation to the object, in the regula-
tion of commerce with the Indians. Such are the provisions of the act of 1802. Ibid.
But Congress cahnot under this investure of power exercise a general jurisdiction over an IndiAn tr~r-
ritory within a state. In a territory of the United States, in which Congress possesses legislative power,
there can he no objection to the exercise of the power. Ibid.
Congress cannot punish for an offence, within the Indian territory, in a state, which has no relation
to the Indians, and which cannot affect their commerce. Ibid.
The act of March 3, 1817. ch. 92, which assumes to exercise a general jursdietioo over Indian
countries, within a state,is unconstitutional and of no effect. Ibid.
The crime of murder, charged against a white man for killing another white man in the Cherokee
country, within the State of Tennessee,cannot be puniished in the courts of the United States. Thid.
the Treasury, within thirty days from the time of passing this act, charter, &c.
assenting to and accepting the charter granted by this act, upon the terms
and conditions herein expressed, this act shall have no force or effect,
and the charter hereby granted shall be void.
SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That if the whole amount of the Capital limit-
capital aforesaid of said bank, shall not have been paid in, on or before ed to the
the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and paid in on the
nineteen, then the capital stock shall be limited to the sum" which shall first of Jan.,
at that time be paid in, and the books of subscription be thenceforth 1819, &o.
closed immediately, after which it shall be the duty of the president and
directors to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the whole amount of
the capital of said bank so paid in.
SEc. 23. And [be] itfurther enacted, That all -those persons, their legal Central Bank
representatives and assigns, who have heretofore subscribed certain arti- of Georgetown
cles of association, and formed a company or limited partnership, under andWasbigtn
the name and style of the president and directors of the "Central Bank incorporated.
of Georgetown and Washington," and their successors, shall be, and they
are hereby incorporated with the like capital, and limitation thereof, and
with the like number of directors, and time and manner of electing them,
and a president, as is hereinbefore provided in relation to the Farmers
and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown, and with only the difference here-
in specially provided and set forth, the said Central Bank of Georgetown
and Washington, and the president and directors thereof, shall be sub-
ject to the rules, duties, regulations, conditions, and impositions, and
be vested with the like rights, privileges, and immunities, as a body cor-
porate, as appertain to the said Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of George-
town, and as if all the general provisions of this act were herein again
repeated and enacted, with express reference to the said Central Bank
of Georgetown and Washington.
SEc. 24. And be it further enacted, That all those persons, their legal Bank of the
representatives and assigns, who have heretofore subscribed certain arti- Metsopolis in-
corporated.
cles of association, and formed a company, or limited partnership, under
the name" and style of the "President and Directors of the Bank of the
Metropolis," and their successors, shall be, and are hereby, incorporated,
with the like capital and limitation thereof, with the like number of di-
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XCIVo-An SCImaking further provisionfor repairingthe public build- March 3, 1817.
ings, and iraprovingthe public square. [Obsolete.]
100,000 dolls.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives ofthe United appropriated
States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of re- forrepairingthe
pairing the public buildings, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand public build-
dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be applied, by the ings.
commissioner, under the direction of the President of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of completing 38,658 dolls.
the enclosure and improvement of the public square, near the capitol, a cppropriatedfr
sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dot- completing the
2K2
STATUTE I.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. XCVI.--An ct suplementary to an act, entitled "An act further to amend
the several acts for the establishmentand reguLation of the Treasury, War, and
Navy Departments."
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
3, 1809, ch. 28. States of America, in Congressassembled, That nothing contained in the
The President
restrained from act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, entitled
making trans- "An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regu-
fers of appro- lation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," shall be construed
priations for
specified ob- to authorize the President of the United States to direct any sum appro-
jects to any priated to fortifications, arsenals, armories, custom-houses, 4ocks, navy
other objects. yards, or buildings of any sort, or to munitions of war, or to the pay
1818, ch. 10.
of the army or navy, to be applied to any other object of public
expenditure.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STAT TE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. C.-.n Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United
Resolution of States within the itate of Indiana.
Dec. 11, 1816.
All the laws Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United
States, not lo- States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and
cally inapplfea-
ble, to be in effect within the said state of Indiana as elsewhere within the United
force in Indi- States.
ana. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said state shall be one dis-
The state to
be a judicial trict, and be called the Indiana District; and a district court shall be held
district; a dis- therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and
trict court to be be called a district judge. He shall hold, at the seat of government of the
held therein,
&c. said state, two sessions annually, on the first Mondays in-May and Novem-
ber, and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and
STATUTV II.
CniaP. CI.-n et to authorize the extension of the Columbia Turnpike Road March 3, 1817.
witkin the district of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United aend The company
to
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Columbia Turnpike authorized the road
Road Company, incorporated by an act of the general assembly of Mary- from the line of
laud, passed the sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and the District to
Rock Creek,
ten, entitled "An act to incorporate a company to make a turnpike road &c
from near Ellicott's lower mills towards Georgetown, in the district of
Columbia," be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to ex-
tend the said road from its intersection with the line of the district of
Columbia to Rock Creek, near Georgetown, and to locate and complete
the same in the nearest and most practicable direction, and in the man-
ner required by the twelfth section of the act of assembly of Maryland
hereinbefore mentioned.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said company may demand, Tolls.
and receive, the same tolls as are allowed for a like distance by the act of
assembly of the state of Maryland, incorporating the said company, and
shall possess and enjoy the same privileges, and be subject to the same
limitations, pains, and penalties, as by the said act are prescribed, enjoin-
ed and directed: Provided always, and be it further enacted,That if the road Proviso; the
to be ex-
said company shall fail or neglect to extend, locate, and improve, the said tended within
road in the direction, and in the manner, authorized and required by this .flve years, &c.
act, within five years, to commence from the first day of May next en-
suing the passage of this act, then, and in that case, the authority and
privileges hereby granted shall be, and they are hereby declared to be,
forfeited and withdrawn, and this act shall cease and be of no effect.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. CV.--Jn Set to continue inforce an act, 'entitled ".n act relating to set- March 3, 1817.
tlers on lands of the United States." [Expired.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March
25,1816,oh.35.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That an act, entitled " An act The act men-
relating to settlers on the lands of the United States," passed the twenty- tioned continu-
fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and the same ed by act of
is hereby, continued in force for one year from and after the passage of April 20, 1818,
oh. 90.
this act.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE IL
CHAP. CV.-S-n -de to amend the act, entitled ".n act grantingbounties in land March 3, 1817.
and extra pay to certain Canadianvolunteei's," passed the fifth of March, one [Expired.]
thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
1816, ch. 25.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the pass-
VOL. II.-50
Six months' ing of this act, no bounty in land shall be given to any Canadian volun-
service, and teer, except where it shall appear that the full term of six months' service
name on the
muster roll a shall have been performed in some corps in the United States service,
condition of and whose name shall appear upon the muster-rolls of such corps: Pro-
bounty. vided, That where it shall appear that the said term of service had not
Provided, &c.
Act of March been performed by reason of wounds received in battle, or other disabili-
6 ,1816, oh. 26. ties, occasioned by the performance of his duty while in such corps, such
claimant shall be considered as having performed the full term of service
for which he had engaged.
Warrants to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all warrants issued in pursu-
be located on ance of the act, entitled "An act granting bounties in land and extra pay
lands offered at
public sale. to certain Canadian volunteers," and which have not been located, and
Act of Marcb those which shall be issued in pursuance of this act, shall be located on
5, 1816, ch. 25. such lands as have been offered at public sale according to law, and no
other,
Rates of land SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That instead of the bounty given
to grades speci- in the act hereby amended, the following rates shall be given: For a
fied. colonel, four hundred and eighty acres; for a major, four hundred and
eighty acres; for a captain, three hundred and twenty acres; for a subal-
tern, three hundred and twenty acres; to a non-commissioned officer,
musician, or private, one hundred and sixty acres; and to the medical and
other staff, in proportion to their pay.
Contrary pro- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all such parts of the act hereby
visions of for- amended, as shall be inconsistent with, or contravene, the provisions of
mer act repeal-
ed. this act, are hereby repealed.
This and for- SEC, 5. And be it further enacted, That this act, together with the
mer actin force act hereby amended, shall continue, and be in force, for the term of one
for a year.
year, and no longer.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STAT5IZT II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. CVII.-.n .ct to amend an act, entitled "A.dn act makingfurtherprovision
for military services during the late war, andfor other pvrposes."
[Obsolete.]
Act of April Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
16,1816, ch. 55. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the widovts and children
1819, ch. 94.
Widows and of soldiers, of the militia, thevolunteers, the rangers, and the sea-fencibles,
children of sol- who served during the late war, and for whom half pay for five years
diers, of militia,
volunteers, was provided, by an act passed the sixteenth day of April, one thousand
rangers, and eight hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act making further provision
sea-kencibles, for military services during the late war, and for other purposes," shall
&c., placed on be placed on an equality as to their annual allowance, that is to say:
an equality.
Such widows, and in case of no widow, such children as may be em-
Rate of an- braced in the before recited act, shall be entitled to receive, (as the half
nual allowance.
pay to which they are entitled,) at the rate of forty-eight dollars per an-
num, and no more; and the widows and children, aforesaid, of the offi-
cers of the different corps, aforesaid, shall be entitled to the half pay of
the officers of the infantry.
Provisions of SEC. 2. And be it firther enacted, That the provisions contained in
the act referred an act, entitled "An act fixing the military peace establishment of the
to concerning
additional pay United States," passed on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred
extended to and fifleen, granting to the commissioned officers of the regular army,
wagon-masters, who were deranged by said act, three months' pay in addition to the pay
&c.
Act of March and emoluments to which they were entitled by law at the time of their
3, 1815, oh. 79. discharge, shall equally extend to wagon-masters, forage-masters, barrack-
masters, and other warrant officers of the staff of the regular army, who
were deranged by the before recited act, except those provisionally re-
tained by the President of the United States.
SEc. 3. And be it fartAir unacted, That the farther time of two years
shall be allowed to the guardians pf the minor children of deceased sol- Further time
to guardians for
diers, to relinquish their claims to bounty lands for five years' half pay, relinquishment
according to the second section of the before recited act, to which this is of bounty lands,
a supplement, passed ithe sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight &c.
Act of April
hundred and sixteen. 16, 1816,ch.55.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the widows and children of Widows and
the non-commissioned officers of the rangers, shall be placed on the same children ofnon-
commissioned
footing as to half pay, for five years, with the widows and children of the officers of the
infiutry. rangers.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the secoid Provisions of
the second sec-
section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be, and the same tion of the act
are hereby, extended to all cases where either of the children therein referred to ex-
mentioned shall have been under sixteen years of age at the time of the tended, &c.
father's decease: Provided,The guardian of such minor children shall, Proviso; asto
the assent of
in addition to the relinquishment by said act required, file, in the office other heirs.
of the Department of War, evidence of the assent of all the other heirs, if
any there be, of said deceased soldier, or of their guardians, to such relin-
quishment.
Ssc. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the child Relinquish-
ment of title to
or children of a regular soldier, deceased, have the right, under the laws bounty land
of the United States, to relinquish their bounty in land, for five years' entitles chil-
half pay, the said child or children shall be entitled to the same amount dren of regular
soldiers to four
as is given by the act to the widows of the militia soldiers who died in dollars per
service during the late war, viz: four dollars per month. month.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. C VII.-Sdn Aet supplementary to the act, entitled .8n act directin the March 3, 1817.
diposition of money paid into the courts of the United States."
Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of April.
is, 1814, oh. 62.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty Money th e
of the judges of the circuit and district courts of the United States, deposited in the
within sixty days from and after the passing of this act, in all districts in branch banks of
the United
which a branct of the bank of the United States is, or shall be, established, States, &c.
to cause and direct all moneys remaining in said courts respectively, or
being subject to the order thereof, to be deposited in such branch bank,
in the name and to the credit of the court, and a certificate thereof from
the cashier of said bank, stating the amount and time of such deposit to be
transmitted, within twenty days thereafter, to the Secretary of the Treasury;
and in districts in which no such branch bank is, or shall be established,
such deposit shall be made in like manner, and within the same time,
in some incorporated state bank, and a certificate thereof, in like manner,
and within the same time as aforesaid, transmitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
SEc. t2. And be itfurther enacted,That all moneys which shall here- Moneys here-
after be paid into said courts, or received by the officers thereof, in to received
afterbe also de-
causes pending therein, shall be immediately deposited in the branch posited, &c.
bank within the district, if there be one, otherwise in some incorporated
state bank, within the district, in the name and to the credit of the
court.
Snc. 3. And be it further enacted,That no money, deposited as afore- No money to
said, shall be drawn from said banks, except by order of the judge or be drawn from
the banks ex-
judges of said courts respectively, in term or in vacation, to be signed cept by order,
by such judge or judges, and to be entered and certified of record by the &c.
clerk, and every such order shall state the cause in, or on account of
which it is drawn.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any clerk of such court, or Clerks, &c.
other officer thereof, having received any such moneys as aforesaid, shall rethsing to obey
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. CIX.---n Set to continue in force an act, entitled "An act further to pro-
vide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the third day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the United
Act of 1815,
ch.94,continued States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act
in force, except further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,"
as to §§ 6, and 8.
passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
be, and the same is hereby, continued in force, excepting the sixth and.
eighth section thereof.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any suit or prosecution be
Collectors, commenced in any state court against any collector, naval officer, sur-
naval officers, veyor, inspector, or any other officer, civil or military, or any other person
&c. empowered aiding or assisting, agreeably to the provisions of the act hereby con-
to remove tinued in force, or under colour thereof, for anything don6 or omitted to
causes from
state to circuit be done, as an officer of the customs, by virtue of said act, ox under colour
courts, &c. thereof, and the defendant shall, at the time of entering his appearance
in such state court, file a petition for the removal of the cause of trial at
the next circuit court of the United States to be holden in the district
where the suit is pending, and offer good and sufficient surety for his
entering in such circuit court, on the first day of its session, copies of
said process against him, and also for his there appearing at the court
and entering special bail in the cause, if special bail was originally requir-
ed therein, it shall then be the duty of the state court to accept the surety
and proceed no further in the cause; and the bail that shall have been
originally taken shall be discharged. And such copies being entered as
aforesaid in such court of theUnited States, the cause shall then proceed
in the same manner as if it had been brought there by original process,
whatever may be the amount of the sum in dispute, or damages claimed,
or whatever the citizenship of the parties, any former law to the contrary
notwithstanding; and any attachment of the goods or estate of the defen-
dant by the original process shall hold the goods or estate so attached to
answer the final judgment, in the same manner as by the laws of such
state they would have been holden to answer final judgment, had it
been rendered by the court in which the suit was commenced: Provided
Proviso; as to nevertheless, That this act shall not be understqod to apply to any prose-
corporal pun- cution for an offence involving corporal punishment.
ishment. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful hereafter for
As to the de-
livery of mani- the master, or person having charge or command of any steamboat, on
fests by steam- lake Champlain, when going from the United States into the province of
boats to Can- Lower Canada, to deliver a manifest of the cargo on board, and take a
ada on lake
Champlain. clearance from the collector of the district through which any such boat
1822, ch. 56 § 4. shall last pass, when leaving the United States, without regard to the place
from which any such boat shall have commenced her voyage, or where her
STATUTE II.
CHAP. CX.--n let to amend the act "authorizing thepayment for property lost, March 3,1817.
captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the militdry service of the United
States, and for otherpurposes," passed the ninth of .ipril, one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the ninth section of the
act, entitled "An act authorizing the payment for property lost, captured, Act of April
or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United 9, 1816, ch. 40.
Restriction as
States, and for other purposes," passed on the ninth of April, one thou- to ninth section
sand eight hundred and sixteen, shall be construed to extend only to of the act refer-
houses or other buildings, occupied by an order of an officer or agent of red to.
the United States as a place of deposit for military or naval stores, or Act of April
20, 1818, ch.
as barracks for the military forces of the United States; and that, in act- 124.
ing on all claims arising under the aforesaid ninth section, as well these
whereon commissions are now returned, and remain undecided, as those
on which commissions may be hereafter executed, it shall be the duty of
the commissioner, appointed in virtue of the act aforesaid, carefully to ex- Commissioner
amine and investigate the same, and to report the facts in such case to to investigate,
Congress as soon as may be, that such provision may be made for the re- &c. report facts
to Congress, &c.
lief of the respective claimants as shall he deemed just and proper.
Szc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioner shall, in
2L
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1817. CHAP. CXI.--Sn ?et authorizing a subscrption for the printing of the tenth
volume of public documents.
500 copies Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
of the 10th vol- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be,.
ume of public and he is hereby, authorized ta subscribe for, and receive, for the use and
documents to
be subscribed disposal of Congress, five hundred copies of the teath iolume of public
for. documents, proposed to be printed by Thomas B. Wait and Sons. The
aforesaid volume to be delivered in strong leather binding, at the Depart-
ment of state, at the rate of two dollars and a quarter for each five hundred Two dollars
twenty-five
pages contained in the same. cents for each
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand five 500 pages.
hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, to be 1500 dollars
appropriated.
paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
STATUTE IL
STATUTE I.
CHAP. CXIV.--n Set- supplementary to "S6n act for the relief of persons im- March 3, 1817.
prisoned for debts due the. United States."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of June
States of America, in Congress assembled, That any person imprisoned 6, 1798, ch.49.
Relief of per-
upon execution for a debt due to the United States, which he shall be sons imprisoned
unable to pay, if his case shall be such as does not authorize his dis- for debts due
charge by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the powers given him by United States.
On conditions
the act, entitled " An act providing for the relief of persons imprisoned such as the Pre-
for debts due to the United States," may make application to the Presi- sident may
dent of the United States, and upon proof being made t5 his satisfaction deem proper.
that such debtor is unable to pay the debt, and upon a compliance by the
debtor with such terms and conditions as the President shall deem proper,
he may order the discharge of such debtor from his imprisonment, and
he shall be accordingly discharged, and shall not be liable to be impri-
soned again for the same debt; but the judgment shall remain good and
sufficient in law, and may be satisfied out of any estate which may then,
or at any time afterwards, belong to the debtor.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
RESOLUTIONS.
1. RESOLUTION for admitting the state of Indiana into the Union. Dec. 11, 1816.
WHEREAS in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the nineteenth Indiana ad-
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act mitted into the
union as a state.
to enable the people of Indiana territory to form a constitution and state
government, and for the admission of that state into the union," the peo- Act of April
ple of the said territory did, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the 19, 1816,ch. 57.
present year, by a convention called for that purpose, form for themselves
a constitution and state government, which constitution and state govern-
ment, so formed, is republican, and in conformity with the principles of
the articles of compact between the original states and the people and
states in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed on the thirteenth
day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Indiana
shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of
Feb. 6, 1817. 11. RESOLUTION to employ John Trumbull, to compose and execute certain
Paintings.
Four paintings Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
to be placed in States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
the capitol. United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ John Trum-
bull, of Connecticut, to compose and execute four paintings commemo-
rative of the most important events of the American Revolution, to be
placed, when finished, in the capitol of the United States.
APPROVED, February 6, 1817.
March 3, 1817. III. RESOLUTION respecting contracts for the printingfor Congress.
Public doc- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
mentspitdi
royatadn States of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the Se-
page. nate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, be directed, in
making any future contract for the printing of Congress, to stipulate, and
require, that the same, excepting only the bills, or when otherwise spe-
cially directedby either house,shall be done in royal octavo form, the size
of the pages to be the same as those of the late edition of the laws of
the United States; and that when any tables will not admit, with the use
of a small type, of compression into that size, they shall be so printed
as to fold conveniently into the volume.
APPROVED, March 3, 1817.
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of
Washington, in the District of Columbia, on 1onday the first day
of December, 1817, and ended on the twentieth day of April, 181.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. I.-S.n .&et toabolish the internalduties. Dec. 23, 1817.
by them, proportionate to the part of their term which may remain unex-
pired on the said thirty-first of December; and the several banks or
bankers which may have agreed to make the annual composition of one
and a half per centum on their dividends, in lieu of the stamp duty, on
the notes issued by them, shall pay only at the rate of one and a half per
centum per annum on such dividends for the portion of a year that shall
remain from the time of the last annual payment to the said thirty-first
of December, to be estimated upon the dividend or dividends that have
been or shall be declared and made by such bank or bankers, respect-
ively, within a year from the time of such last annual payment; and in
all cases in which payments shall have been made, or duties secured, for
a term extending beyond the said thirty-first of December, on account
of any certificates for the use of a carriage, or license to distil or retail,
so much of the sums so paid or secured, as shall be proportioned to the
part of the term which may remain unexpired, shall be refunded or
STATUTE I.
CHAP.IV.-AYn.dctfurtherto prolongtheecontinuanceoft/eMintatPhiladelphia.(a) Jan. 14, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act to con-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An tinue the mint
a t Philadelphia,
act concerning the mint," approved March the third, one thousand continued for
eight hundred and one, is hereby revived, and continued in force and five years.
operation for the further term of five years from the fourth day of
March next.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of The collector
the mint at the city of Philadelphia, the duties which were enjoined on perform
of the port to
the du-
the commissioner of loans for the state of Pennsylvania, by the second per hinedodn
section of the act, entitled "An act concerning the mint," passed on the commis-
the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, shall be sioner of March
Act of loans.
performed by the collector of the port of Philadelphia for the time being. 3 1801, ch. 21.
APPROVED, January
14, 1818.
(a) Acts of Congress relative to the compensation of members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
An act for allowing compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States, and to the officers of both houses. (Obsolete.) September 22, 1789, ch. 17.
An act for allowing full mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives. July
6, 1797, ch. 13.
An act to change the mode of compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Represen
tatives, and the delegates from the territories. March 19, 1816, ch.30.
An act to repeal, after the close ofthe present session of congress, the act, entitled "An act to change
the mode of compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States, and the delegates from the territories." Feb. 6, 1817, ch. 9.
An act allowing compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States, and to the delegates of territories, and to repeal all other laws on that subject. Jan. 22,
1818, ch. 5.
STATUTE I.
STATUTE L.
CHAP. X.--Sn Set making appropriationsfor the paymentof the arrearageswhich Feb. 16, 1818.
have been incurredfor the support of the military establishment, previous to the
first of January, one thousand eight hundredandseventeen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United 500,000 Aol-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying any expenses lars
ed forappropriat-
the pur.
which may have been incurred for the support of the military establish- poses mention-
ment, and those which have been incurred for calling out the militia, pre- ed.
vious to the first of July, one thousand eight huiidred and fifteen, there
be appropriated the sum of four hundred thoui~nd dollars; and that
there be appropriated a further sum of one hundred thousand dollars,
to defray any of the aforesaid expenses which may have been incurred
from the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the first
of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
The Presi- SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the third
dent may make
transfers of ap-
of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act
propriations, supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act further to amend the several
&c. acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy
Act of March
3, 1817, ch. 96. Departments,"' shall not be so construed as to prevent the President
1820, oh. 52 § 9. from making transfers from any appropriation which may have been
made for the support of the military establishment, previous to the first
of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, agreeably to the
Act of March provisions of the act passed on the third of March, one thousand eight
3,1809, oh. 28. hundred and nine, further to amend the several acts for the establish-
ment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments.
APPROVED, February 16, 1818.
STATUTE i.
Feb. 17, 1818. CHAP. XII.-An Sct making provision for the' establishment of additional land
offices in the territory of Missouri.
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
2, 181, oh. 49. States of America, in Congress askembled, That, for the disposal of
A land office
at the seat of the lands of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and in the
justice in the territory of Missouri, in addition to the land office now established by
Howard. law, there shall be established within the said territory the following
offices, to wit: one at the seat of justice in the county of Howard for all
the lands lying within the following boundaries; beginning at a point
where the western line of range ten, west from the fifth principal meridian,
intersects the north line of township thirty-four; thence, west with said
township line, to where the same intersects the Osage boundary line; thence,
north with the Osage boundary line, to the Missouri river; thence, up
and with the Missouri river, to the western Indian boundary line at the
mouth of Kansas river; thence, north with the said western Indian
boundary line, to where the same shall intersect the northern' Indian
boundary line; thence, east with the said northern Indian boundary, to
where the same shall intersect the aforesaid west line of range ten;
thence, south with the said range line, to the place of beginning. And
A land office a land office shall be established in the county of Arkansas, at such place
in the county of as the President shall deem most convenient, for all the lands in the dis-
Arkansas. trict bounded as follows: beginning on the river Mississippi, at the thirty-
third degree of north latitude; thence, up and with the Mississippi river, to
the mouth of St. Francis river, where the base line intersects the same;
thence, west with the said base line to where the same shall intersect the
meridian on which the Osage boundary line is run; thence, due south,
A land office to the thirty-third parallel of latitude; thence, east with the said paral-
at the seat of lel, to the place of beginning. And a land office shall be established
justice in the at the seat of justice in the county of Lawrence, for all the lands in the
county of Law- district bounded as follows: beginning on the base line, at the mouth of
rence.
Act ofMarch St. Francis;-thence, up and with the Mississippi river,
to the intersection
2, 1821, ch. 25. of the same by the north line of township fifteen north; thence, west
with the said north line of township fifteen, to where the same shall in-
tersect the Osage boundary line; thence, due south to the aforesaid base
line; thence, east with the said base line, to the place of beginning.
A land office And a land office shall be established at the town of Jackson, in the
at the town of county of Cape Girardeau, for all the lands in the district bounded as
Jackson. follows: beginning on the Mississippi river, where the north line of town-
ship fifteen north intersects the same; thence, up and with the Mississippi,
to its intersection by the north line of township thirty-four north; thence,
west with the said north line of township thirty-four, to the Osage
boundary line; thence, south with the said boundary, to the north line
oftownship fifteen; thence, east with the said township line, to the
place of beginning. And all the lands within the following boundaries District of the
shall form a district for the land office established by law at St. Louis, in St.
landLouis.
ofie at
the county of St. Louis, viz: beginning on the Mississippi river, where
the north line of township thirty-four north intersects the same; thence,
up and with the Mississippi river to the mouth of Desmoin river; thence,
up and with the Desmoin to the north Indian boundary line; thence,
west with the said boundary, to the west line of range ten west; thence,
south with said range line, to the north line of township thirty-four north;
thence, east with the said township line, to the place of beginning.
S.c. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as, in the opinion of Time ofopen-
the President of the United States, there shall be a sufficient quantity of ieg the land
the public lands surveyed, within all or either of the land districts hereby offices, &e.
established, to authorize the opening of all, or either of the land offices
aforesaid, he shall cause the same to be opened, and shall proceed, from
time to time, to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for Register and
each of the said offices, a register and a receiver of public moneys, who receiver to be
shall give security in the same sums, and in the same manner, and whose appointed.
compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority shall, in every re-
spect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at
their offices, as are, or may be, provided by law, in relation to the regis-
ters and receivers of public moneys in the several land offices established Act of May
for the disposal of the lands of the United States north-west of the river 18, 1796, ch.29.
Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky river.
SFc. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever a land office shall Whenever a
have been established in any of the Aistricts aforesaid, and a register and laud
have office
been shall
es-
receiver of public moneys appointed for the same, the Presidentof the talihed, &c.
United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct so much of the President to
the public lands lying in such district as shall have been surveyed ac- direct to
landsf'or
be offered
cording to law to be offered for sale, with the same reservations and ex- sale, &c.
ceptions, and on the same terms and conditions in every respect, as was
provided for the sale of the public lands in the territory of Louisiana, by
the tenth section of an act entitled "A n act providing for the final adjust- Act of March
ment of claims to lands, and for the sale of the public lands, in the territo- 3, 1811, ch. 46.
ries of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed for the same
purpose, and approved February sixteenth,(a) one thousand eight hundred
and eleven," except that the register and receiver of public moneys alone
may be competent to superintend the public sales, and that, instead of
one township for the support of a seminary of learning, there shall be two Two town-
townships located for the purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, and ships for the
reserved from sale: Provided,That one of said townships shall be located seminaryofofa
support
on the waters of the Missouri, and the other on the waters of the Arkansas, learning; pro-
APPROVED, February 17, 1818. vided, &c.
STATUYTEI.
Cts. XIII.-An Act making appropriationsfor the militar4 service of the Unhited Feb. 19, 1818.
States for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following suris be,
and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated, viz:
For the pay of the army of the United States, one million three hun- Pay.
dred and three thousand dollars:
For subsistence, one million twenty-five thousand nine hundred and Subsistence.
twenty-seven dollars:
For forage for officers, three thousand one hundred and sixty-eight Forage.
dollars:
(a) This act was passed on the 15th Feb., 1811.
March 9, 1818. CHAP. XIV.-.dn Set concerning the district of Brunswick, in the state of
Georgia.
Collector to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
resideatDarien. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the collector of the district
port of entry. o f Brunswick shall reside at Darien, which shall be the sole port of
entry for the said district; and that, instead of a surveyor for the port of
One surveyor Darien there shall be one surveyor for the said district of Brunswick,
for Brunswick, who shall reside at such place in the said district as may be directed by
instead, &c. the Secretary of the Treasury.
APPROVED, March 9, 1818.
STATUTE I.
March 9, 1SIS. CRIAP. XVI.-An Set supplementary to the act, entitled "Sn aetfuerther extending
the time for issuing and locating military land warrants, and,for other
purposes.
Act of April Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United
16,1816, cli.49. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the time limited
by the act, passed on the sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen, and to which this is a supplement, for issuing mili- Time for is-
suing military
tary land warrants, shall be extended to the first day of March, one thou- land warrants
sand eight hundred and nineteen ; and the time, limited by the said act, extended.
for the location of unlocated military land warrants, shall be extended to Act of Feb.
24,1819,ch.41.
the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Time for lo-
APPROVED, March 9, 1818. cating unlocat-
ed warrants ex-
tended,
CHAP. XVIII.--n act providing for the sale f certain lands in the district of OTATUTE 1.
Marietta, andfor the location of claims and sale of certain lands in the district March 18, 1818.
of Vincennes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The surveyor
general to re-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of quire Rufus
ascertaining the quantity, and providing for the sale of the lands belong- Putman, &c., to
ing to_ the United States, within the limits of a tract of one hundred make a report
thousand acres granted to Rufis Putman, Manassah Cutler, Robert of lands con-
veyed, &c.
Oliver and Griffin Green, in trust for the persons composing the Ohio
Company of Associates, in pursuance of the third section of an act,
entitled "An act authorizing the. grant and conveyance of certain lands
to the Ohio Company of Associates," passed on the twenty-first of April, Act of April
seventeen hundred and ninety-two, it shall be the duty of the surveyor 21,1792,ch.25.
general, and he is hereby authorized, to require of the said Ruaus Putman
and other surviving patentees, in trust as aforesaid, to make a report to
him of the quantity and situation of the lands by them conveyed, as boun-
ties, to actual settlers, according to the conditions of the said third section
and grant aforesaid ; and also, a duly attested copy of the field notes and Copy of field
plat of the surveys of the lands by them conveyed to actual settlers as notes, and plat
of surveys.
aforesaid. And the surveyor general, on receiving a satisfactory report Surveyor gene-
of the quantity and situation of the lands so conveyed, shill cause the ral to cause the
residue of the lands within the said tract to be surveyed in the same residue of the
lands to be sur-
manner as the other public lands; or, if he shall deem itmore convenient, veyed, &c.
into tracts of one hundred acres, conforming, as far as practicable, to the Return of sur-
plan on which lots granted to actual settlers were laid off; and lie shall veys to the
general land
make return of the surveys to the general land office and the register of office, &c.
the land office at Marietta.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person, or their legal Confirmed
representatives, whose claims were confirmed by any of the several acts claims to laiid
in the district
for confirming claims to land in the district of Vincennes and which of Vincennes,
claims have not been located, shall be authorized to enter their locations may be located
with the register of the land office at Vincennes, on any part of the tract on thetract set
apart, &c.
set apart for that purpose in the said district, bv virtue of an act, entitled
1'An act respecting claims to land in the Indiana Territory and state of Act of April
Ohio," and in contbrnity to the provision of that act, and shall be entitled 21 1806; ch. 40.
to receive certificates and patents in the same manner as provided by
former laws respecting locations in the same tract: Pravidcl, That the Proviso; loca-
locations authorized by this act, and those authorized by an act, entitled tions to bemade
" An act tbr the relief of certain claimants to land in the district of Vin- before 1stSept.
ISIs.
cennes," passed on the sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred Act of April
and sixteen, shall be made before the first day of September next; and, 16, 1916, ch.52.
after the said locations shall have been made and the surveys thereon Residue of
tract to be sur-
completed, the surveyor general shall cause the residue of the said tract to veyed.
be surveyed, conforming, as far as practicable, to the plan for surveying
the other public lands, and he shall make a return o; the surveys, to the Return of
general land office, and to the register of the land office at Vincennes. surveys, &c.
SEc. 3. And be it fnrther enacted, That such part of the tract, described Part of one
by the first section of this act,.ns shall appear to belotg to the United tract to be sold
States, shall be offered for sale at Marietta, and such part of the tract at Marietta; and
part of the
described by the second section of this act, as shall not have been located other at Via-
under confirmed claims, shall be offered for sale at Vincennes. The said cennes-
Vol. III.-52 2 4
lands, in the said respective tracts, with the exception of the usual pro.
portion for the support of schools, shall be offered for sale to the highest
to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office .and the
bidder, &c.
Days of sale. receiver of public moneys for the said districts, on such days, respectively,
as shall, by proclamation of the President, be designated for that purpose;
Sales open the sales at each place shall remain open six days, and no longer; the
six days. lands shall not. be sold for less than two dollars an acre; and shall, in
Price.
every other respect, both as to public and private sales, be sold on the
same terms and conditions as other public lands in the same districts;
Patents. and patents shall be obtained in the manner, and on the terms, provided
in case of other public lands sold by the United States.
4 dollars a SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the superintendents of the
day to superin- public sales, directed by this act, shall each receive four dollars a day for
tendents.
each day's attendance on the said sales.
APPROVED, March 18, 1818.
RTATUTE I.
March 18, 1818. CHAP. XIX.-.n Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and
naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War.
Act of March Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
3,1819, ch. 81. States of America, in Congress assembled, That every commissioned
Act of May
1,1820, ch. 53. officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, and private soldier, and all
Act of March officers in the hospital department and medical staff, who served in the
1, 1823, ch. 59. war of the revolution until the end thereof, or for the term of nine
Officers and
privates who months, or longer, at any period of the var, on the continental establish-
served in the ment; and every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, mar-
army or navy ner, or marine, who served at the same time, and for a like term, in the
during the re- naval service of the United States, who is yet a resident citizen of the.
volutionary war
entitled io pen- United States, and who is, or hereafter, by reason of his reduced circum-
sions. stances in life, shall be, in need of assistance from his country for sup-
port, and shall have substantiated his claim to a pension in the manner
Officers, 20 hereinafter directed, shall receive a pension from the United States : if
dollars per an officer, of twenty dollars per month during life; if a non-commission-
month,
Non-commis- ed officer, musician, mariner, marine, or private soldier, of eight dollars
sioned officers, per month during life: Provided,No person shall be entitled to the pro-
&c. 8dolls, per visions of this act, until he shall have relinquished his claim to every
month. pension heretofore allowed hiin by the laws of the United States.
claims to pre- SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That to entitle any person to the
vious pensions provisions of this act, he shall make a declaration, under oath or affirma-
to be relin- tion, before the district judge of the United States of the district, or
quished.
A declaration before any judge or court of record of the county, state, or territory, in
under oath, and which the applicant shall reside, setting forth, if he belonged to the army,
other evidence the company, regiment, and liue, to which he belonged: the time he
necessary to the
obtaining the entered the service, and the time and manner of leaving the service; and
benefit of this in case he belonged to the navy, a like declaration, setting forth the name
act. of the vessel, and particular service in which he was employed, and the
time and manner of leaving the service, and shall offer such other
evidence as may be in his power; and, on its appearing, to the
satisfaction of the said judge, that the applicant served in the revolution-
Testimony, ary war as aforesaid against the common enemy, he shall certify and trans-
&c. tobe trans- mit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the
mitted to the Secretary of the Department of War, whose duty it shall be, if satisfied
Secretary of the applicant comes under the provisions of this act, to place such officer,
War, &c. musician, mariner, marine, or' soldier, on the pension list of the
Payment to be United States, to be paid in the same manner as pensions to invalids who
made as in case have been placed on the pension list are now paid, and under such
of other pen. restrictions and regulations, in all respects, as are prescribed by law.
sions. Sac. 3. And be it further enacted, That every pension by virtue of
this act shall commence on the day that the declaration under oath or Pension to
commence on
affirmation, prescribed in'the foregoing section, shall be made. the.day of oath.
SeC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage Sale, transfer,
of this act, no sale, transfer, or mortgage, of the whole, or any part, of or mortgage, of
pension, not
the pension payable in pursuance of this act, shall be valid; and any per- valid.
son who shall swear or affirm falsely in the premises, and be thereof con- False swear-
victed, shall suffer as for wilful and corrupt perjury. ing, perjury.
Act of April
Arpnovn, March 18, ISIS. 30, 1790, ch. 9,
sec. 18.
STATUTE 1.
CHAP. XXI.-A a Act making appropriationsfor the support of the navy of the March 18, 1818.
United States, for the yearone thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sums appro-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expenses priated for the
expenses of the
of the navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the navy, for 1818.
following sums be, and they are hereby, respectively, appropriated, viz :
For pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, one mil- For pay and
lion one hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and ninety-five subsistence.
For provisions.
dollars. For provisions, five hundred and eleven thousand dollars. For For medicine,
medicine, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, in- &c.
cluding the marine corps, twenty-five thousand dollars. For repairs of For repairs of
vessels.
vessels, three hundred thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, For contin-
three hundred thousand dollars. For repairs of navy yards, docks, and gent expenses.
wharves, one hundred thousand dollars. For pay and subsistence of For repairs
of navy yards,
marine corps, seventy-three thousand dollars. For clothing for the same, &c.
thirty-two thousand dollars. For military stores for the same, eleven For pay, &a.
hundred dollars. For contingent expenses for the same, sixteen thousand ofmarine corps.
dollars. For the purchase of medals and swords, directed by different For clothing
marine corps.
resolutions of Congress, fifteen thousand dollars. For military
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations stores.
hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not For medals
and swords.
otherwise appropriated.
APROVED, March 13, 1818.
STATUTE I
CHAP. XXI.-Anectfor altering the time for holding the district court .for the March 19,'8ISS
district of Virginia.(a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and Iouse of Representatives of the United The terms
.holden on the
,$fates of America, in Congress assembled, That the terms of the district 1h21, shall be
court for the district of Virginia, which are now directed by law to be holden on the
holden on the twelfth day of April, in each year, shall hereafter be holden, 2d of April, in
each. ycar, ex-
for the said district, on the second day of April, in each year, except cept, &c.
where such day shall occur on Sunday, when the term of the said court
shall commence and be holden on the next succeeding day.
APPROVYD, March 19, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XXIII.-.n aet extending the time for obtaining militay land war- March 27, 1818.
rants in certain cases.
i enatedb
Seate
B eacted by tieBeSenate and i
thouseoof Representatives of the United
nd House tion the sec-
of 2nd
The act
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provision of the referred to not
second section of the act, entitled "An act to provide for designating, to apply to the
heirs, &c. of
surveying, and granting, the military bounty lands," passed on the sixth persons killed,
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, which limits the &e.
(a) See act of March 24. 1814, ch. 31. See notes to act of Feb. 4, 1819, oh. 12.
STATUT]E .
March 27, 1818. CHAP. XXIV.--Jn Set in addition to "Afn act making appropriationfor repair-
ing certain roads therein described."
Act of April Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
27, 1816, ch.
112.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand
5000 dollars dollars, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and payable out of any
for repairing moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of
&c. the road be-
tween fort repairing, and keeping in repair, the road between fort Hawkins, in the
Hawkins and state of Georgia, and fort Stoddard, in the Alabama territory.
fort Stoddard. SEC. 2. Aid be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dol-
5000 dollars
for repairing, lars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and payable out of any
&c. the road moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of
leading from repairing, and keeping in repair, that part of the road leading from Co-
Columbia to lumbia, in the state of Tennessee, by the Choctaw agency, to Madison-
Madisonville,
&c. ville, in the state of Louisiana, which lies between the southern boundary
Sums to be of the state of Tennessee, and the Indian boundary line, near Zadock
expended under
direction of the
Brashears, in the state of Mississippi, which sums shall be expended
Secretary of under the direction of the Secretary for the Department of War.
War. APPROVED, March 27, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 3, 1818. CHAP. XXVI.-In vct allowing additionalsalary and clerk hire to the surveyor
for tie Illinois and Missouri territories,andfor other purposes.
Surveyor of Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
lands in Illinois
and Missouri al- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the surveyor of the lands
lowed two thou- of the United States in the territories of Illinois and Missouri, shall here-
sand dollars after be allowed an annual compensation of two thousand dollars, in lieu
per annum, in
lieu, &c. of the compensation now fixed by law, and shall also be allowed three
Three clerks, clerks, whose whole comoensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars
&c. per annum.
Accounting SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of the
officers of the
treasury to set- Treasury Department be authorized to adjust and settle the accounts of
tle the accounts William Rector, for his services as principal deputy surveyor, and sur-
of William veyor of the Illinois and Missouri territories, and to allow him, in addi-
Rector, and al-
low him the tion to his salary as fixed by law, the following fees, that is to say: for
fees specified, examining and recording the surveys executed by pny of his deputies, at
in addition to the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the boundary line of the
salary. surveys executed under his direction in the offices aforesaid: Provided,
Proviso; no
allowance The allowance shall not be made on the surveys of private claims in any
where he has case where he has received, or is entitled to receive, similar fees from
received simi-
lar fees from individuals.
individuals. APPROVED, April 3, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XXX.---Rn 2ct altering the time for holding a session of the district April 3, 1818.
court in the districtof Maine.
The district
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United vourt for Maine
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district court, to be heeafter
heretofore by law holden on the last day of May,. in each year, holden at Port-
at Portland, within, and for the district of Maine, shall hereafter be land on the first
Tuesday of3une
holden, at the same place, on the first Tuesday of June in each year. in each year.
APPROVED, April 3, 1818.
STATIUTE 1.
CUH&P. XXXII.--Anctrespecting the courts of the United &tates within the April 3, IS18.
state of New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United The courts
for the"northern
States' of America, in Congress assembled, That fiom and after the district to be
passing of this act, the district court of the United States, for the holden by the
northern district of New York, shall be holden by the judge of the said judge In case of his
thereof.
district, and in case of his inability on account of sickness, absence, or inability, by the
2 M2
by law. And the jurisdiction of all suits or causes, whether at common Jurisdiction of
law, or of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, whether the same hath causesi the
sotendis-
or hath not been instituted in the district court, for the former district of trict vested in
New York, wherein the cause of action shall haveof arisen, or the ofNewthat
te sothen
ditrit seizure the court for
district,
shall have been made, within the limits of the southern district of New whether they
York, and which have net been proceeded in to final judgment or decree, have or have
shall be vested in the district court for the said southern district of New not'en
toted in thets
York, and the said court shall have as full power to hear, try, and de- former district
termine the said suits and causes, as the district court for the district court.
of New York had by law. Original
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the original jurisdiction of diction of the's"
the circuit court of the southern district of New York shall be confined circuit court of
to causes arising within the said district, and shall not be construed to the southern dis-
extend to causs of action arising within the northern district of New to causes ais-
York. tog witbin that
APPROVED, April 3, 1818. district.
STATUTE L
CHAP. XXXIII.-An Act to proridefor the erection of a court-house, jail, and pub-
lic offices, within the county of Alexandria, in the Districtof Coumbia. April 3, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
-
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and The levy court
may be lawful for the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the of Alexandria
may erect a jail
District of Columbia, to erect, or cause to be erected, a good and suf- for that county.
ficient jail for said county; arid, whenever the levy court of the said
county shall transmit to the marshal a certificate, that the jail hereby The marshal to
provided for is so far finished as to be ready for the reception of per- remove prisoners
when certified
sons, it shall be the duty or the marshal forthwith to remove to the the jail is in a
said jail all prisoners who shall at that timerisoersceive
saidjailall them.to re-
be confined in the present condition
jail of the said county.
SEe. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said levy court may The levy court
cause to be erected, if they deem expedient, at the expense of the may erect a
court-house and
county, a good and convenient court-house, and a fire-proof office for fire-proof office
records, to be built of stone or brick; and that it shall be the duty of for records at
the said court to causb the jail before provided for, and the saifdpourt- the expense of
when erected, to be kept in a good state of repair. the county, &c.
house and office,
And if it should be considered expedient by the said court to erect The levy court
the said court-house and office in any other place than the present mar- may purchase a
ket square, the said court is hereby authorized and empowered to pur- otin Alexandria
chase, within the limits of the town of Alexandria, a lot of ground, of the buildings,
not exceeding two acres, for the erection of the said buildings and of &c.
the said jail, and for no other use whatever.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the levy court of the county, The court to
of Alexandria shall, from time to time, as it shall be necessary, levy levy the money
on the titheables, and other taxable property, within the said county, 'from time to&c.
necessary,
the sums of money which shall be necessary to carry into full effect the time.
several provisions of this act.
APPROVED, April 3, 1818. STATUTE 1.
CHAP. XXXIV. -An Act to establish the flag of the United States. April 4, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the After the- 4th
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after July, 1818, the
the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes and 13
flag to'be 20
horizontal stripes, alternate red and white : that the union be twenty stars.
stars, white in a blue field.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the admission of every A star to be
new state into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag ; added for every
and that such addition shall tile effect on the fourth day of July then new state.
next succeeding such admission.
APPROVED, April 4, 1818.
Grant to be West Tennessee, who shall thereupon be authorized to make out a grant
executed by the thereon, to be executed by the governor, and countersigned by the secre-
governor, &c. tary of the said state, in the manner provided by the laws of the same:
Proviso. Provided, That no surveys shall be made, grants issued, or titles perfect-
ed by virtue of this act, for any land to which the Indian claim has not
been previously extinguished.
Persons who SEC. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That those persons who have had
have had grants surveys made, and obtained grants from the state of North Carolina, since
tom North Car-
olina since the twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
Dec. 23d, 1811, eight hundred and eleven, for lands lying within the state of Tennessee,
for lands in
Tennessee, on shall, upon surrendering such grants to the said commissioner of land
surrendering claims for West Tennessee, for the time being; to be cancelled and va-
them to be can- cated, be allowed to produce the entries, warrants, or other evidences
celled, may ob oh founded; and if the said claims
tai grants from of claims, upon which such grants were
Tennessee. shall be deemed good and valid by the said commissioner, then it shall
be lawful for the state of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles on
such claims in the same manner as if no such grants had been issued
by the state of North Carolina.
APPROVED, April 4, 1818.
CHAP. XXXVI.-An l4et declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state STATUTE 1.
of North Carolinafor the relief of sick and disabledAmerican Seamen. April 4, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the The assent of
United States of America, in Congress assembled, -That the assent,. of Congress
granted to an
Congress be, and hlreby is, granted and declared to an act of the legis- act of North
lature of the State .of North Carolina, entitled " An act for the relief Carolina for the
of sick and disabled, American seamen," and passed on the twenty-third relief of sick
and disabled
day of December laet; and the said act is hereby ratified and confirmed. American sea-
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for men.
Thisforactfive
in
five years and no longer, force
APPROVED, April 4, 1818. years.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XXXVII. -An ACt concerningthe bounty or allowance to fishing vessels in April 4, 1818.
certamn-cases.
Where fish-
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United ing vessels,
States of America, in Congress assembled, That where any fishing vessel since the ]8th
Feb., 1815, have
of the United States has been, since the eighteenth day of February, in been prevented
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, prevented, by illegal by illegal cap-
capture or seizure, under authority, or pretence of authority, from any ture, &c., from
fishing'at sea
foreign government, from fishing at sea, for any part of the term of four for any part of
months required by law to be employed by such vessel in fishing, in order the four months
required, &c.,
to entitle the owner of such vessel to the bounty or allowance prescribed the time to be
by law, the time of the uniawful detention of such vessel shall be compu- computed, and
ted as a part of the said four months, and such bounty or allowance shall the bounty, &c.,
to be paid.
be paid accordingly: Provided,That such vessel has, in all other respects, Proviso : the
complied with the tequisites of the laws now in force. other requisites
APPROVED, April 4, 1818. must have been
complied with.
CHAP. XL. - An Act to regulate the fees of public notariesin the county of Washing- STATUTE L
ton, in the Districtof Columbia. April 4, 1818.
CHAP. XLII. - An Act limiting the time for claims being produced for lands April 9, 1818.
authorize to be granted to the inhabitantsof Jew Madrid. Act of Feb.
Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 17 1815, ch. 45.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person claim- ing .'ersons claim-
lands, in
ing lands in virtue of the act entitled "An act for the relief of the virtue of the
inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri territory, act mentioned,
who suffered by earthquakes," passed on the seventeenth day of February, to make caincappli-
on
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, shall make application therefor, or before the lst
and produce evidence, in support of his claim, to the recorder of land Jan., 1819.
Recorder not
titles for the said territory, on or before the first day of January next : and to issue certifi-
the said recorder shall not issue a certificate for any claim as aforesaid, cate where the
the evidence in support of which shall not have been produced to him not been haspro-
evidence
within the time limited as aforesaid. duced within
APPROVED, April 9, 1818. the time.
STATUTE 1.
STATUTE I.
April 9, 1818.
CHAP. XLV. -An Act making appropriationfor
the support of government for
the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Sums appro-
priated for the Be it enactedby the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United
support of gov- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,
ernment, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated; that is to say :
Compensation For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and
of members of House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, two hundred
Congress, &c. thousand dollars.
Contingent For the expenses of fire wood, stationery, printing, and all other con-
expenses of tingent expenses, of the two houses of Congress, thirty-seven thousand
Congress. dollars.
Library and For the expenses of the library of Congress, including the librarian's
librarian of allowance, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, one
Congress. thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
President. For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Vice President. For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five
thousand dollars.
Rent, &c., of For rent and repairs of a house occupied by the President of the
a house occu-
pied by the Pres- United States, eight hundred and ninety dollars.
,dent. For compensation to the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.
Secretary of For compensation to the clerks employed in the Department of State,
Clerks in De. thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
State.
artment of" For compensation to the messenger in said department, and for the
atare.
Messenger. patent office, six hundred and sixty dollars.
Contingent For the contingent and incidental expenses of the said department,
expenses of including the expenses of printing and distributing copies of the laws of
Department of
State. the first session of the fifteenth Congress, and printing the laws in news-
papers, and to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, nineteen thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty dollars.
Secretary of For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand
the Treasury. dollars.
Clerks. For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, ten thousand four hundred and thirty-three dollars.
Mestnger. For compensation to the messenger and assistant messenger in
the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, seven hundred and ten
dollars.
First comp- For compensation to the first comptroller of the treasury, three thou-
troller. sand five hundred dollars.
First comp- For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of the first
troller's clerks, comptroller of the treasury, fifteen thousand five hundred and sixteen
and messenger. dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hun-
dred and ten d611ars.
Second comp. For compensation to the second comptroller of the treasury, three
troller. thousand dollars.
Second comp- For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of the second
troller's clerks, comptroller of the treasury, eight thousand eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and Second comp-
ten dollars. ter
For compensation to the first auditor of the treasury, three thousand r auditor,
dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in the first auditor's.and his clerks
and messenger.
office, fifteen thousand dollars. For compensation to the messenger in
said office, four hundred and ten dollars.
For compensation to the second auditor of the treasury, three thousand Second audi-
dollars. tor.
For compensation to the clerks employed in the second auditor's office, Second atndi-
sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. For compen- tor's clerks and
sation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars. messenger.
For compensation to the third auditor of the treasury, three thousand Third auditor,
dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the third auditor's office, and his clerks
twenty thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. For compensation and messenger.
to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.
For compensation to the fourth auditor of the treasury; three thou- Fourth auditor,
sand dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in the fourth and his clerks
auditor's office, fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars. For conr- and messenger.
pensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten
dollars.
For compensation to the fifth auditor of the treasury, three thousand Fifth auditor,
dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in the fifth auditor's and his clerks
office, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation and messenger.
to the messenger in said office, including a provision for his services in
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, for which no appropriation
was made, seven hundred and thirty-three dollars fifty cents.
For compensation to the treasurer of the United States, three thousand Treasurer, and
dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in the treasurer's his clerks.
office, five thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and Messenger.
ten dollars.
For compensation to the commissioner of the general land office, Commissioner
three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in of general land
the office of said commissioner, eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty office,
clerks, and his
additional
dollars. For compensation to additional clerks employed in that office, clerks, and mes-
during the last quarter of one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, senger.
one thousand dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office,
four hundred and ten dollars.
For compensation to the commissioner of the revenue, three thousand Commissioner
dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of the of the revenue,
said commissioner, nine thousand dollars. For compensation to the and his clerks
and messenger.
messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.
For compensation to the register of the treasury, three thousand Register, his
dollars. For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of clerks and mes-
said register, seventeen thousand and twenty-eight dollars. For com- senger.
pensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten
dollars.
For stating and printing the public accounts for the years' one thou- For stating
sand eight hundred and seventeen, and one thousand eight hundred and printing
and eighteen, two thousand four hundred dollars. public accounts.
For the expense of translating foreign languages, allowed to the per- For transla-
son employed in transmitting passports and sea-letters, for stationery, ting
guages,foreign lan-
and
printing, fuel, and other contingent expenses in the said department, other contingent
and in the several offices therein, thirty-three thousand six hundred expenses.
and fifty dollars.
For compensation to a superintendent and two watchmen, employed Superintendent
for the security of the treasury buildings, and for repairs of two fire and watchmen of
engines, hose, and fire buckets, one thousand one hundred dollars. the treasury.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XLVIL-An Act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land April 11, 1818;
warrants, and returningsurveys thereon to the General Land Office; and for
designating the western boundary line of the Virginia military tract.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March
3, 1807, ch. 31.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the officers and soldiers Act of Feb.
of the Virginia line on continental establishment, their heirs, and assigns, 9, 1821, ch. 11.
entitled to bounty lands, within the Virginia military tract, between the Act of March
1, 1823, ch. 39.
Little Miami and the Sciota rivers, shall be allowed a further terra of two Officers and
years, from the ratification of any treaty extinguishing the Indian title to soldiers of the
lands within the said boundaries not heretofore extinguished, to obtain Virginia line
entitled to
warrants and complete their locations; and a further term of three years, bounty lands,
from the ratification of any treaty extinguishing the Indian title to lands allowed two
within the said boundaries not heretofore extinguished, as aforesaid, to years from ofthe
ratification
return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies of warrants, to the any treaty ex-
general land office; any thing in any former act to the contrary notwith- tinguishing In-
standing, dian titles, &c.
to obtain war-
SEc.2. And be itfurther enacted, That the provisions of the act, entitled rants, &c.
"An act authorizing patents to issue for lands ' located and surveyed by And three
virtue of certain Virginia resolution warrants, (a) passed on the third years to return
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, shall be revived their surveys,
and in force, with all its restrictions, except that the respective times al- The act au-
lowed for making locations and returning surveys thereon, shall be limited thorizing pa-
to the terms prescribed by the first section of this act for the location and tentslands
for to issue
sun-
return of surveys on other warrants, and that the surveys shall be returned veyed in virtue
to the general land office: Provided, That no locations, as aforesaid, in of Virginia re-
virtue of this, or the preceding, section of this act, shall be made on solution war-
rants, revived,
tracts of lands for which patents had previously been issued, or which &c.except, &c.
had been previously surveyed; and any patent which may, nevertheless,
(a) An act authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed under Virginia resolution war-
rants, March 3, 1807, ch. 31.
The line de- SEc. 3. And be it flrther enacted, That from the source of the little
signated by the Miami river to the Indian boundary line established by the treaty of
act of the 23d Grenville, in one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, the line desig-
of March, 1804, nated as the westerly boundary line of the Virginia tract, by an act of
ch. 33, to re-
main the Congress, passed on the twenty-third day of March, one thousand eight
westerly boun- hundred and four, entitled "An act to ascertain the boundary of the lands
dary line of the ved the
Virginia tract,reser by state of Virginia north-west of the river Ohio, for the
until otherwise satisfaction of her officers and soldiers on continental establishment, and
directed by law. to limit the period for locating the said lands," shall be considered and
The line run held to be such until otherwise directed by law: And from the aforesaid
by Charles Rn- Indian boundary line to the source of the Sciota river, the line run by
berts, to be con-
sidered the Charles Roberts, in one thousand eight hundred and twelve, in pur-
westerly boun- suance of instructions from the commissioners appointed on the part of
dary. the United States, to establish the western boundary of the said military
tract, shall be considered and held to be the westerly boundary line
Patents for thereof; and that no patent shall be granted on any location and survey
locations, that has or may be made west of the aforesaid respective lines.
APPROVED, April 11, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 11, 181Sf CHAP. XLIX.-AIn Act to provide for paying to the state of Indiana three per
cent. of the net proceeds arisingfrom the sales of the United States lands within
the same.
The Secretary Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
of the Treasury,
from time to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
time, to pay 3 Treasury shall, from time to time, and whenever the quarterly accounts
per cent. of the of public moneys of the several land offices shall be settled, pay three per
net proceeds of cent. of the net proceeds of the lands of the United States, lying with-
public lands in
Indiana, to per- in the state of Indiana, which, since the first day of December, one thou-
sos authorized sand eight hundred and sixteen, have been, or hereafter may be, sold by
by the legisla- the United States, after deducting all expenses incidental to the same, to
ture of that
state to receive such person or persons as may be authorized by the legislature of the
it. said state to receive the same; which sums,thus paid, shall be applied to
The sums to making public roads and canals within the said-state, in conformity to
be applied to
making public the provision on the subject, contained in the act, entitled "An act to
roads, &c. enable the people of the Indiana territory to form a constitution and state
Act of April government, and for the admission of such state into the union, on an
19, 1816, ch.67.
An annual ac- equal footing with the original states," and to no other purpose what-
count of the ap- ever; and an annual account of the application of the same shall be
plication of the transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, by such officer of the state
money to be
sent to the Se- as the legislature thereof shall direct; and in default of such return
cretary of the being made, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to withhold
Treasury, &c. the payment of any sum that may then be due, or which may thereafter
become due, until a return shall be made, as herein required.
APPROVED, April 11, 1818.
STATUTE 1.
STATUTE I.
STATUTE 1.
April 14, 1818. CHAP. LX.-An &ct making further appropriationsfor the construction of the
Cumberland road.
[Obsolete.]
52,984 dolls. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
60 cents appro- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sun of fifty-two thou-
priated for
claims due on sand nine hundred and eighty-four dollars and sixty cents be appropriated
account of the for the claims due and remaining unpaid at the treasury, on account of
Cumberland the Cumberland road, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not
road, &c.
otherwise appropriated.
260,000 dolls. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That to meet the demands which
appropriated to
meet demands will be made under existing contracts, on account of the Cumberland
under existing road, the sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars be, and the same
contracts. is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, April 14, 1818.
STATUTE I.
STATUTE 1.
CHAP. LXIV.-AneActtre-utatingthepay and emoluments of brevet offcers. April 16,. 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Brevet of-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the officers of the Sieers -io re-
army, who have brevet commissions, shall be entitled to and receive the ceive pay, &c.
pay and emoluments of their brevet rank when on duty, and having a 1839, ch. 85.
c-)nimand according to their brevet rank, and at no other time.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That no brevet commission shall Brevet cor-
hereafter be conferred but by and with the advice and consent of the missions with
Senate. consent of the
APPROVED, April 16, 1SS. Senate.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LXV.-An .Act in additiontS "Sn act giving pensions to the orphans and
Widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United April 16, 1818.
States."
1814, ch. 20.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United Act of March
States of America, in Cong-ress assembled, That in every case where a 18,1818, ch. 19.
person has been put on the pension list, or granted a certificate of pen- Act of April
9, 1824, ch. 34.
sion, by virtue of the first section of an act, passed the fourth day of Persons put
March, in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act on the pension
list in virtue of
STATUTE I.
April 16, 1818. CHAP.LXVI.-/n ct directing the manner f appointing Indian Agents, and
continuing the "Act for establishing tradinghouses with the Indian tribes."
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
2, 1811, ch. 30. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the superintendent of
Superintend-
ent of Indian Indian trade, the agents and assistant agents of Indian trading houses,
trade, agents, and the several agents of Indian affairs, shall be nominated by the Presi-
&c. dent of the United States, and appointed by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate.
After 18th
April, 1818, no SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the eighteenth
person to act instant, no person shall act in either of the characters aforesaid, who shall
without the con- not have been thus first nominated and appointed. And every agent as
sent of the aforesaid, before he shall qnter upon the duties of his office, shall give
Senate.
Agents to bond to the United States, with two or more sufficient securities, in the
give bond in penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned faithfully to perform
10,000 dollars. all the duties which are or may be enjoined on them as agents as afore-
The act for
establishing said.
trading houses SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act for
with the Indian establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes,"passed on the second
tribes continued
until 1st March, day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and which was
1819. continued in force for a limited time by an act passed third day of March,
Act of 1811, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, shall be, and the same is
ch. h0.
Act of March hereby, further continued in force until the first day of March, one thou-
3, 1817, ch. 43. sand eight hundred and nineteen, and no longer.
Act ofMarch APPROVED, April 16, 1818.
3, 1821, ch. 45.
STATUTE I.
April 18, 1818. CHAP. LXVII.-.n gct to enable the peeople of the Illinois territory to form a
' constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the
Resolution f Union on an equal footing with the originalstates.(a)
Dec. 3, 1818.
The inhabi- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
tants of Illinois .States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the ter-
(a) An act for dividing the Indiana territory into two separate governments. Feb. 3, 1809, ch. 13.
An act to extend the right of suffrage to the Illinois territory, and for other purposes. May 20,
1812, ch, 90.
ritory of Illinois be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for them- authorized to
form a constitu.
selves a constitution and state government, and to assume such name as tion, &c.
they shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admit- The state to
ted into the union upon the same footing with the original states, in all be admitted
respects whatever, into the Union,
&c.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state shall consist of Boundaiies of
all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit; Begin- the state.
ning at the mouth of the Wabash river; thence, up the same, and with the
line of Indiana, to the north-west corner of said state; thence, east-with
the line of the same state, to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence, north
along the middle of said lake, to north latitude forty-two degrees thirty
minutes; thence, west to the middle of the Mississippi river; and thence,
down along the middle of that river, to its confluence with the Ohio Proviso: the
river; and thence, up the latter river, along its north-western shore, to the convention to
beginning: Provided, That the convention hereinafter provided for, ratify the boun-
when formed, shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid; otherwise they shall daries, or they
will remain as
be and remain as now prescribed by the ordinance for the government by ordinance.
of the territory north-west of the river Ohio : Provided also, That the said Proviso: con-
state shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state of Indiana on the currentjurisdic-
tion on the
Wabash river, so far as said river shall form a common boundary to both, Wabash.
and also concurrent jurisdiction on the Mississippi river, with any state And also on
or states to be formed west thereof, so far as said river shall form a corn- the Mississippi.
mon boundary to both.
S.Ec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all white male citizens of Qualifications
of electors of
the United States, who shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one representatives.
years, and have resided in said territory six months ptevious to the day to form a coo-
of election, and all persons having in other respects the legal qualifications vention.
to vote for representatives in the general assembly of the said territory,
be, and they are hereby, authorized to choose representatives to form a Apportionment
convention, who shall be apportioned amongst the several counties as of represents-
follows: tives.
From the county of Bond, two representatives: ' Bond county.
From the county of Madison, three representatives: Madison.
From the county of St. Clair, three representatives: st. Clair.
From the county of Monroe, two representatives: Monroe.
From the county of Randolph, two representatives: Randolph.
From the county of Jackson, two representatives: Jackson.
From the county of Johnson, two representatives: Johnson.
From the county of' Pope, two representatives: Pope.
From the county of Gallatin, three representatives: Gallatin.
From the county of White, two representatives: White.
From the county of Edwards, two -representatives: Edwards.
From the county of Crawford, two representatives: Crawford.
From the county of Union, two representatives: Union.
From the county of Washington, two representatives: Washington.
And from the county of Franklin, two representatives: Franklin.
And the election for the representatives aforesaid shall be holden on Election to
the first Monday of July next, and the two following days, throughout be holde's on
the first Mon-
the several counties in the said territory, and shall be conducted in the day of July,
same manner, and under the same regulations, as prescribed by the laws 1818, &c.
of the said territory regulating elections therein, for members of the House
of Representatives.
Anct supplementary to the act, entitled "1An act dividing the Indiana territory into two separate
governments." June 10, 1812, ch. 98.
An act to enable the people of the Illinois territory to form a constitution and state government, and
for the admission of such state into the union on an equal footing with the original states. April 18,
1818, ch. 67.
An act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Illinois.
March 3, 1819, ch. -70.
An act to ascertain and mark the line between the state of Alabama and the territory of Florida,
and the northerni boundary of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes. March 2, 1831, ch. 86.
the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall Proviso.
remain exempt from any tax laid by order, or under any authority of, the
state, whether for state, county, or township, or any other purpose what- Lands sold
ever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale: And further, by the United
States shall be
That the bounty lands granted, or hereafter to be granted, for military free from taxes
services during the late war, shall, while they continue to be held by the for five years.
patentees, or their heirs, remain exempt, as aforesaid, from all taxes, for And military
bounty lands
the term of three years, from and after the date of the patents respec- whilst held by
tively; and that all the lands belonging to the citizens of the United the patentees or
States, residing without the said state, shall never be taxed higher than their heirs to be
free from taxes
lands belonging to persons residing therein. for three years.
Srec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of Non-resident
the United States lying north of the state of Indiana, and which was inclu- citizens' lands
ded in the former Indiana territory, together with that part of the Illinois not to be taxed
higher than
territory which is situated north of and not included within the bounda- those of resi-
ries prescribed by this act, to the state thereby authorized to be formed, dents.
shall be, and- hereby is, attached to, and made a part of the Michigan Additional
territory added
territory, from and after the formation of the said state, subject, neverthe- to Michigan
less, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress, according to the right after Illinois is
reserved in the fifth article of the ordinance aforesaid, and the inhabitants formed into a
state, subject to
therein shall be entitled to the same-privileges and immunities, and the disposition
subject to the same rules and regulations, in all respects, with the other of Congress, &c.
citizens of the Michigan territory.
APPROVED, April 18, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LXVIII.-re .Aet to abolish the port of delivery established at the mouth of April 18, 1818.
Slade's creek, in the state of North Carolina.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The port of
delivery at the
States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thir- mouth of
tieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the port of Slade's creek
delivery established at the mouth of Slade's creek, within the district of to cease afler
the 30th April,
Washington, and state of North Carolina, shall cease, and the office, 1818.
authority, and emoluments, of the surveyor of said port shall also, from
thenceforth, terminate and be discontinued.
APPROVED, April 18, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LXIX.-An Act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate April 18, 1818.
and clerk of tAe House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offIces, 1821, oh. 54.
and of the librarian. 1830, ch. 211.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of Feb.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the 20,Feb. J824,1,ch.20.
1826,
Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives shall severally receive ch.Secretary
4. of
the sum of three thousand dollars annually, payable quarterly, as here- the Senate and
tofore; and that their principal clerks shall receive one thousand eight clerk of the
hundred dollars each, and their engrossing clerks one thousand five hun- House to re-
dred dollars each. ceiveeach,
lars dol-
3000annu-
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the librarian of the libraryl aly.
of Congress shall annually receive, as a compensation for his services, Their clerks,
the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, payable quarter yearly at &c.5 00 dolls
the treasury. to the librarian
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be held to take annually, paya-
effect from .the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eigh- ble quarterly.
teen, and shall continue irr force for three years therefrom, and no longer;
and that so much of any act heretofore passed, as provides compensation,
STATUTE I.
CHAI. LXXI.-.gn dctfieing the time for the next meeting of Congress. April 18, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United meetCongress to
on the
States of America, in Congress assembled, That after the adjournment third Monday
of the present session, the next meeting of Congress shall be on the third of November.
Monday in November next.
APPROVED, April 18, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LXXV.-A nAettosuspendfora limited time, the sale orforfeiture of lands April 18, 1818.
for failure in completing the payment thereon. [Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of May 10,
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the operation of the 1800, cli. 55.
Act of March
sixth condition of the fifth section of the act, entitled "An act to amend 3, 1819, ch. 74.
the act, entitled 'An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United
States north-west of the Ohio and ab-)ve the mouth of Kentucky river,"'
be, and the same is hereby, suspended until the thirty-first day of March
next, in favour of the purchasers of public lands at any of the land offices
cf the United States: Provided, That the benefit of this act shall not be
extended to any one purchaser for a greater quantity than six hundred and
forty acres of land.
APPROVED, April 18, 1818.
STATUTE 1.
CHAP. LXXVI.-/n Sct to establishaport of entry and delivery at Cape Fincent, April 18, 1815.
at the fork of lake Ontario, and the head of the. river St. Lawrence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The President
States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the may establish
President of the United States to establish, when it shall appear to him another port of
entry, &c. on
to be proper, in addition to the ports of entry and delivery already esta- lake Ontario, at
blished on lake Ontario, one other port of entry and delivery at the vil- Cape Vincent-
lage of Cape Vincent, at the fork of lake Ontario, and the head of the and appoint a
collector.
river St. Lawrence, and to appoint a collector of the customs to reside
and keep an office thereat.
APPROVED, April 18, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LXXIX.-Sn Set supplementary to an act, entitled "n act to regulate April 20, 1818.
the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second day of March,
one thousandseven hundred and ninety-nine. Act of March
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United 2, 1799, ch. 22.
Act of April
States of America,in Congress assembled,That from and after the passing 18, 1820, ch. 46.
VOL. 1II.-55 20
dise, shall be deposited and remain in the public warehouse, at the ex- be entered, &c.
pense and risk of the owner, until the person authorized to receive them main they inshall re-
the pub-
shall appear and make the additional oath required by the fifth section of lic warehouse,
this act, or (if such person shall not reside at the place of such importation) &c.
until the invoice of such goods, wares, and merchandise, accompanied
by a notarial act of his having taken the said oath, shall be produced to If the oath is
the collector in whose district such goods, wares, or merchandise, may not madeorpro-
duced within
be: Provided,That, if the provisions of this section shall not be com- four months,
plied with in four months from the time of the importation of such goods, the goods are to
wares, or merchandise, the same shall be subject to the appraisement be appraised.
required by this act.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted,That when goods, wares, or mer- Imported
chandise, imported, and subject to duty as aforesaid, shall be reshipped goods subject
to ad valorem
and transported coastwise, from one district to another, in the packages duty, reshipped
in which the same were imported, an invoice, or a copy of such invoice, and transported
verified by the additional oath required by the fifth section of this act, 'tocoastwise, &c.
be produced,
and certified under the official seal of the collector with *whom the entry &e
on the importation of such goods, wares, or merchandise, was made, shall
be produced at the port to which the same shall be transported, and the
same inspection of such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be made, as
if they had been brought direct from a foreign port or place; and if the If the invoice
invoice, verified as aforesaid, shall not be so produced, such goods, wares, and oath are not
or merchandise, shall be deposited and remain in the public warehouse, produced.
at the expense and risk of the owner thereof, until the invoice, verified
and certified in the manner above required, shall be produced; and goods, Goods sub-
wares, or merchandise, imported, and subject to duty as aforesaid, may be ject to ad va-
transported coastwise, to one or more districts within the United States. he loremtransported
duty may
SEC. S. And be itferther enacted, That any goods, wares, or mer- coastwise.
chandise, imported and subject to duty as aforesaid, and belonging to a Imported
person or persons residing, and, at the time of such importation, being, goods subject to
ad valorem du-
out of the United States, shall not be admitted to entry, after six months ty, belonging to
from the passage of this act, if imported from a port or place on this non-residents,
side the Cape of Good Hope, or, after fifteen months from the , ssage must he accom-
panied by an in-
thereof, if imported from the Cape of Good Hope or any port beyond the voice, &u.
same, unless the invoice of such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be
verified in the manner required by the fifth section of this act, before the
consul of the United States at the port at which the said goods, wares,
or merchandise, were shipped, or before a consul of the United States in
the country in which the said port may be; and such owner or owners The owner to
shall further declare on oath, whether he or they are the manufacturers, declare on oath
whether le is
in whole, or in part, of such goods, wares, or merchandise, or are con- the manufactu-
cerned, directly or indirectly, in the profits of any art or trade by which rer, &c.
they have been brought to their present state of manufacture;- and, if so,
he or they shall further swear, that the prices charged in the aforesaid
invoice are the current value of the same at the place of manufacture,
and such as he or they would have received if the same had been there
sold in the usual course of trade: Provided, That if there be no consul Proviso.
of the United States in the country from whence the shipment of such
goods, wares, or merchandise, is made, the oath hereby required shall
be made before a notary public, or other officer duly authorized to ad-
minister oaths, whose official character shall be certified by a consul of a
nation at that time in amity with the United States, if there be one in
such counfry.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That, for the appraisement of in Two persons
the ports of
goods, wares, or merchandise, required by this act, or by any other act Boston, New
concerning imports and tonnage, the President of the United States, by York, Philadel-
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint, in each of phia,Baltimore,
the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and Charleston, and
make oath diligently and faithfully to inspect and examine such goods,
wares, or merchandise, as the collector may direci, and truly to re-
port, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the true value thereof
when purchased, at the place or places from whence the same were im-
Appraisement ported; and, when any appraisement is to be made in the said principal
to be made by ports, the two appraisers so appointed therein, together with a respectable
the appraisers resident merchant, chosen by the party in interest, and sworn in like
and a resident
merchant, manner, to examine and report, shall make such appraisement, the said
meraint merchant having also made oath that he has no direct or indirect interest
in other ports. in the case; but when any appraisement is to be made in ports other than
those above named, two respectable resident merchants, selected by the
collector, together with a respectable resident merchant, chosen by the
party in interest, who shall have severally taken the oaths required by
Proviso. this section, shall be the appraisers; Provided, That in any case where
the party in interest shall decline or neglect to choose a respectable resi-
dent merchant to join in such appraisement, the collector shall make the
selection necessary to the due execution of this act, and the appraisement
so made by them, or a majority of them, shall be valid and effectual in
law : and the Secretary of the Treasury shall have authority to direct the
appraisers for any collection district to attend in any other district for the
purpose of appraising any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported therein;
and for such service they shall, respectively, receive at the rate of five
dollars a day whilst engaged therein, and at the rate of five dollars for
every twenty-five miles in going to, and returning from, such district;
which shall form no part of the salary provided for by this act. And the
President
The appoint
may in President of the United States is hereby authorized, in the recess of the
the recess of Senate, to appoint the appraisers of the said ports, which appointment
the Senate, &c. shall continue in force until the end of the next session of Congress.
Merchants SEc. 10. And be it furtherenacted, That any merchant who shall be
chosen to make chosen by the collector, or by the party in interest, to make any appraise-
appraisement
declining or ment required under this act, or under any other act respecting imports and
neglecting to tonnage, and who shall, after due notice of such choice has been given,
assist subject to decline or neglect to assist at such appraisement, shall be subject to a
afine of fifty
dollars, &c. fine of not more than fifty dollars, and to the costs of prosecution in any
court of the United States having cognisance of the same.
Whenever SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That whefiever, in the opinion
the collector
sespects that of the collector, there shall be just grounds to suspect that goods, wares,
imported goods or merchandise, subject to an ad valorem duty, and imported into his
subject to ad distribt, have been invoiced below the true value of such goods, wares,
valorem duty or merchandise, in -their actual state of manufacture, at the place from
have been in- which they were imported, such collector shall direct the same to be ap-
voiced
the true below
value, praised in the manner prescribed by the ninth section of this act; and if
&c.he shall di- the value at which the same shall be appraised shall exceed, by twenty-
rect them to be five per centum, the invoice prices thereof, then, in addition to the ten or
twenty per centum, as the case may be, laid upon correct and regular in-
voices according to law, there shall be added fifty per cent. on the ap-,
praised value; on which aggregate amount the duties on such goods,
wares, or merchandise, shall be estimated.
The apprais- SEc. 12. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the ap-
ed, to be con- praised value of any goods, wares, or merchandise, appraised under this,
sidered the true
value, where it or any other act concerning imports and tonnage, shall exceed, by less
exceeds the in- than twenty-five per centum, the invoice value thereof, such appraised
voice value by value shall be considered the true value of such goods, wares, or mer-
less than 25 per chandise, upon which the duty is to be estimated, with the addition of
such per centum as is by law required: but in all cases where the ap-
praised value shall be less than the invoice value, the .duty shall be charged
tion of the Se- said copies shall be under the direction of the Secretary of State, or
cretary of State. such officer as he shall, for that purpose, authorize.
300 copies to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That three hundred of the said
the library of copies shall be annually placed in the library of Congress; and every
Congress.
100 copies to member of Congress, and every delegate shall be entitled to the use of
tbe Secretary of a copy during the session, and the same shall be returned and accounted
War, and 50 tbr, as may be prescribed by the rules of the library. And one hun-
copies to the
Secretary of the dred of the said copies, authorized by this act to be printed, shall be
Nay, &c. delivered to the Secretary of War, and fifty copies to the Secretary
be 4b 0 copiesbyto of the Navy, to be by them respectively distributed among such officers
reserved
the Seeretary of of the army and navy as the public service may require. Four hundred
State, for minis- copies shall be reserved by the Secretary of State, to be distributed by
ters and on- him, at his discretion, among the public and foreign ministers and con-
suls. suls and other public agents.
The residue SEC.6. And be it further enacted, That the residue of the said num-
of the copies to
be distributed ber of copies, authorized to be printed, shall be distributed among the
amongthestates several states and territories, in proportion to the number of representa-
and territories. tives and delegates to which each state and territory may be entitled in
Congress, at the time of such distribution.
Contracts for SEC. 7,And be it further enacted, That whenever the Secretary of
in thu the
publishing
laws State shall enter into any contract, with any person for the publication
pamphlet form. of the laws, in the pamphlet form, as aforesaid, he shall require at least
two good and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of the con-
tract; and, in every such agreement, it shall always be stipulated that the
number of copies hereby authorized to be printed, shall be delivered at
the off.ice of the Secretary of State within thirty days after the adjourn-
ment of each session of Congress, and that, for every day's delay in such -
delivery, the person so contracting shall forfeit the sum of one hundred
dollars, to be deducted from the compensation to which be otherwise
would have been entitled.
Former and SEc. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts, here-
costravenling tfr asd hc
actsraed. tofore passed, which in any manner contravene the provisions of this act,
or which may be inconsistent with the same; and all acts or parts of acts,
in which are contained any provisions for the publication of the laws,
either in a pamphlet form or in newspapers, be, and the same are hereby
Proviso. repealed; Provided, That such repeal shall not be construed to prevent
the payment of any compensation that may be due, for the publication
of the laws, previous to the promulgation of this act.
Money ne- SEc. 9. And be it further enacted, That whatever sum of money may
cessary to carry be necessary to carry into effect this act, besides any specific appropria-
this act into
effect appro- tions, for the same objects, that have been, or may be, made, shall be
priated. paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPRov., April 20, 181S.
nate the names of the persons taxed, 'vhere resident, the amount of the Siatements to
designate the
tax and additions, the description, situation, and quantity, of the property names of the
sold for taxes, the name of the owfner or p.resumed owner, when sold, persons taxed,
the name of the purchaser, and the amount paid by the purchaser; and &c.
the said collectors or other officers shall likewise pay over, to the said Collectors,
&n. to pay the
clerk, the moneys received for [from] the purchasers and in their hands, for moneys re-
which statements and moneys the clerk shall give them a receipt. The ceived t9 the
said clerk shall thenceforth have exclusive authority to grant deeds, and clerk, &c.
Clerk to grant
to perform all the other duties previously performed by the collector, or deeds, &e.
other officer aforesaid, in regard to the direct tax:-Provided,That one- Proviso.
half of the compensation made therefor be for the use of the clerk, and
the other half for that of the collector, any law to the contrary notwith-
standing. And the same course shall be pursued, in regard to the re-
spective designated collectors, whenever their offices shall be abolished
by the Presidentof the United States, in which case the right of redemp-
tion that may still remain shall be effected through the said clerks. The Clerks of dis-
clerks of the district courts shall, on the first of January in each year, trict courts to
render to the Secretary of the Treasury distinct statements of their pro- render to the
Secretary of the
ceedings in such form as shall be prescribed by him, and shall pay over Treasury state-
the moneys received by them for the use of the United States. ments of pro-
SnE. 6. And be it fitrther enacted,That an abatement from the amounts ceedings, &c.
Abatement on
of the bonds given for internal duties, at the rate of eight per centum bonds for inter-
per annum, shall be made on the payment thereof previous to their be- nal duties ifpaid
before due.
coming
Ssc. 7.due.
And be itfurther enacted, That in all cases in which deeds
for Deeds for
property sold for the direct tax imposed in the year one thousand seven property pold
for the -direct
hundred and ninety-eight, shall not have been made, or in which defec- tax imposed in
tive deeds have been made, deeds may and shall be-granted therefor by 1798.
the marshals of the respective districts in which the property is situate,
within two years from the passage of this act, where the right of redemp-
tion has expired, and in other cases within two years after the said right
may expire, on the terms, and sulject to the conditions, fixed by law:
Provided,That where, new deeds may be made, the same shall only be Proviso.
granted on the delivery of the defective deed to the marshal, who shall
Defective
cancel the same as soon as the new deed is made, which shall, after re- deeds to be re-
citing at length the defective deed, declare the property to be conveyed cited at length.
to the original grantee, his heirs or representatives, subject to any right Property lia-
ble for claims
or claim thereto that may have accrued subsequent to the date of the subsequent to
defective deed; and said marshal shall receive two dollars for preparing defective deed.
and executing each deed.
SF.c. S. And be itfurther enacted, That in any suit or action which shall In suits in-
be hereafter instituted by the United States against any corporate body, stituted by the
United States,
for the recovery of money upon any bill, note, or other security, it shall be debtors ofa cor-
lawful to summon, as garnishees, the debtors of such corporation; and it poration maybe
shall be the duty of any person, so dummoned, to appear in open court, and summoned as
garnishees.
depose, in writing, to the amount which he or she was indebted to the
said corporation, at the time of the service of the summons, and at the time
of making such deposition; and it shall be lawful to enter up judgment,
in favour of the United States, for the sum admitted by such garnishee
to be due to the said corporation, in the same manner as if it had been
due and owing to the United States: Provided,That no judgment shall
be entered against any garnishee, until after judgment shall have been
reAdered against the corporation defendant to the said action, nor until
the sum in which the said garnishee may "inbd indebted be actually due.
Spec. 9. And be itfirther-enacted,Thal where any person summoned If persons
a. garnishee, shall depose in open court that he or she is not indebted to summoned as
garnishees de-
such corporation, nor was not, at the time of the service of the summons, pose they are
it shall be lawful for the United States to tender an issue upon such not indebted,
demand, and if, upon the trial cf such issue, a verdict shall be rendered issue may be
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. LXXXIV.-n .ct to defray the expenses of the militia when marching to
places of rendezvous.
Act of Fqb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
28, 1795, ch. 36, States of America, in Congress assembled, That the expenses incurred,
vol. i. 424.
Expenses in- or to be incurred, by marching the militia of any state or territory of the
curred by United States to their places of rendezvous, in pursuance of a requisi-
marching mili-
tia to places of tion of the President of the United States, or which shall have been, or
rendezvous to may be, incurred in cases of calls made by the authority of any state or
be adjusted and territory, which shall have been, or may be, approved by him, shall be
paid in the same
manner as ex- adjusted and paid in like manner as the expenses 'incurred after their
penses incurred arrival at such Olaces of rendezvous, on the requisition of the President
after arrival. of the United States: Provided,That nothing herein contained shall be
Proviso. considered as authorizing any species of expenditure, previous to arriving
at the place of rendezvous, which is not provided by existing laws to be
paid for after their arrival at such place of rendezvous.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE 1.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. LXXXVI.-An Act for the relief of volunteer mounted cavalry.
Officers and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
privates who States of America, in Congress assembled, That every officer, non-com-
served in the
volunteer caval- missioned officer, or private, who served in any volunteer corps of
ry during the cavalry during the late war, and furnished his own horse or horses, while in
late war. the public service aforesaid, shall be allowed at the rate of forty cents
per day for each horse so furnished, which such officer, non-commissioned
officer, or private, was entitled by law to keep in such service. And that
when any offider, non-commissioned officer, or private, in the cavalry
service aforesaid, having lost the horse or horses which may have been
taken by him into the sa:d service, and having )received from the United
States another horse or horses, in lieu or in part payment for the horse
or horses so previously lost as aforesaid, such officer, non-commissioned
officer, or private, shall be e iitled to receive the allowance of forty cents
per day for the use and risk;of the horse on which he may have been so
remounted.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred
andfifty dollars each; four clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one
thousand dollars each; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed
Clerks in the eight hundred dollars. For the office of the fifth auditor, one chief clerk,
fifth auditor's whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars
office. per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand
four hundred dollars; four clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed
one thousand one hundred and fitly dollars each; two clerks whose com-
pensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one clerk,.,
whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. For the
Clerks in tre office of the treasurer, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not ex-
treasurer's of- ceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, whose
fice. compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars; one
clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred
and fifty dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed
Clerks in the one thousand dollars. For the office of the register, one chief clerk,
register's office, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dol-
lars per annum ; four clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one
thousand four hundred dollars each ; three clerks, whose compensation
shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each; six
clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; :and
seven clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars
terks in the each. To the office of the commissioner of the land office, one chief
general land clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred
office. dollars per annum ; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one
thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, whose compensation
shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each ; five
clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each ;
and twelve clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred
dollars each.
Clerks in the SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the War
War Depart- Department be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ, for the office of
ment. the War Department, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not'ex-
ceed two thousand dollars per annum; three clerks whose compensation
shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks, whose
compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each;
eight clerks, wfiose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars
each: and five clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred
Clerks in the dollars each. For the office of the paymaster general, one chief clerk,
paymaster gen- whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dol-
eral's office. lars per annum ; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one
th6usand four hundred dollars; two clerks, whose compensation shall
not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each ; three clerks.
whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one
Clerks in the clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. For
adjutant and in- the office of the adjutant and inspector general, one clerk, whose compen-
spector gene- sation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; and one
ral's office.
Clerks in the clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars. For the
ordnance de- office of the ordnance department, one clerk, whose compensation shall
Dartmeat. not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one
clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; and
one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.
Clerks in the For the office of the superintendent of Indian trade, one clerk, whose
office of super- compensation shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fift dollars
intendent of a y
Indian trade, per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thou-
sand dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight
hundred dollars.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy
Department be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one chief clerk
whose compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum:
one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hun- Clerks 'in the
dred dollars; two clerks whose compensation shall not exceed one thou- Navyment.
Depart
sand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, whose compensation shall
not exceed one thousand dollars ; and one clerk, whose compensation
shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. And be it fitrther enacted, That the commissioners of the Clerks in the
navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to employ one clerk whose office of the
commissioners
compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars per of the navy.
annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand
one hundred and fifty dollars; and one clerk, whose compensation shall
not exceed eight hundred dollars.
Sac. 6. And be itfitrtherenacted, That the attorney general be allowed Clerk to the
to employ one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand attorney
ral.
gene-
dollars per annum.
Src. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General be, Clerks in the
and he is hereby, authorized to employ one chief clerk, whose compen- General
office.
Post-
sation shall not exceed one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum;
two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four
hundred dollars; five clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one
thousand two hundred dollars each; nine clerks, whose compensation
shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, whose
compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars each.
SEc. 8. And be itfurther enacted,That the Secretary of the Treasury Additional
be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ in the office of the third clerks in the of-
auditor; until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fice of the third
auditor.
twenty, six additional uerks, at a compensation not exceeding one thou- ,180, ch. 5.
sand dollars each per annum; and three additional 'clerks, at a compen- Additional
sation not exceeding eight hundred dollars each; and in the office of the clerks in the
second comptroller, for the same period, two additional clerks, at a corn- second ofconip-
office the
pensation not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum each; and one troller, until 1st
additional clerk, at a compensation not exceeding eight hundred dollars. Jan. 1820.
SEC. 9. And be itfprther enacted, That the compensation allowed by Compensation
this act to clerks, shall commence from and after the thirty-first day of to commeuco
March last. And it shall be the duty of the Secretaries for the Depart- lstReport
April, 1818.
to Con-
ments of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, of the commissioners of the gress the names
Navy, and the Postmaster General, to report to Congress, at the begin- of 'clerks, the
time each was
ning of each year,the names of the clerks they have employed respectively employed, and
in the preceding year, together with the time each clerk was aciually sums paid each.
employed during the year, and the sums paid to each; and no higher or No higher or
othel allowance shall be made to any clerk in the said departments and other allow-
ance.
offices than is authorized by this act: And all acts and parts of acts,
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. LXXX VIII.-And.et in additionto the ,ldctfor the punishment of certain April 20, 1818.
crimes againstthe United States," and to repeal the acts therein mentioned.(a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the United Fine of 2000
States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any citizen of the dolls, and im-
United States shall, within the territory or jurisdiction thereof, accept prisonment, for
ny citizen's en-
and exercise a commission to serve a foreign prince, state, colony, dis-
ercising a corn-
trict, or people, in war, by land or by sea, against any prince, state,mission within
the United
colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, States, &,c. to
the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, serve a foreign
and shall be fined not more thn two thousand dollars, and shall be im- state, &c.
prisoned not exceeding three years.
(a) An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, Apri! 30,1790, ch. 9. Act
of March 3, 1817, ch. 58.
ing to the subjects or citizens of any such prince or state, colony, district,
or people, the same being at war with any foreign prince or state, or of
any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace,
by adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those
on board of her for guns of a larger calibre, or by the addition thereto of
any equipment solely applicable to war, every person, so offending, shall
be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars and be imprisoned not more than one year.
SEc. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall, within Fine and
the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or imprisonment
provide or prepare the means for, any military expedition or enterprise, for any per-
so n's setting
to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any on foot within -
foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the jurisdiction
[at] peace, every person, so offending, shall be
the United States are~States, of the United
any mili-
deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding tary expedition
three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years. against a friend-
SEc. 7. And be it further enacted, That the district courts shall take ly power.
cognisance of complaints, by whomsoever instituted, in cases of capturei to take cogni-
made within the waters of the United States, or within a marine league sance of corn-
of the coasts or shores thereof. plaints.
SEC. S. And be it further enacted, That in every case in which a The President,
vessel shall be fitted out and armed, or attempted to be fitted out and armed, suchmayperson
orahe au-
or in which, the force of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, thorize, in the
shall be increased or augmented, or in which any military expedition or cases mention-
enterprise shall be begun or set on foot, contrary to the provisions and ed, may em-
ploy the land or
prohibitions of this act; and in every case of the capture of a ship or yes- naval forces, or
sel within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States as before the militia, for
defined, and in every case in which any process issuing • out of any court the the of
purpose
carrying
of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or per- provisions of
sons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel this act into ef-
of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or of fect.
any subjects or citizens of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony,
district, or people, in every such case it shall be lawful for the President
of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered
for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the
United States, or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking posses-
sion of and detaining any such ship or vessel, with her prize or prizes, if
any, in order to the execution of the prohibitions and penalties of this act,
and to the restoring the prize or prizes in the cases in which restoration
shall have been adjudged, and also for the purpose of preventing the carry-
ing on of any such expedition or enterprise from the territories or juris-
diction of the United States against the territories or dominions of any
foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, orpeople, with whom the
United States are at peace. T
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Pre- &e. may em-
sident of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that ploy the land or
purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United naval forces, or
States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any the militia, to
compel be d,
foreign ship or vessel to depart the United States in all cases in which, parture of a
by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United States, they ought not vessel-which
to remain within the United States. ought not to re-
main, &c.
SEc. 10. And be it further enacted, That the owners or consignees of Owners, &c.
every armed ship or vessel sailing out of the ports of the United States, of armed yes-
belonging wholly or in part to citizens thereof, shall enter into bond to sels sailing out
of the United
the United States, with sufficient sureties, priQr to clearing out the same, States to give
in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, in- bond, &c. not
cluding her armament, that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed to commit 11s8
by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citi- tilities, &c.
VOL. III.-i7 2 Pi2
render it proba- circumstances, shall reader it probable that such vessel is intended to be
ble that they employed by the owner or owners to cruise or commit hostilities-upon the
are intended to
commit hostili- subjects, citizens, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any
ties, gainst a colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace,
friendly power. until the decision of the President be had thereon, or until the owner or
owners shall give such bond and security as is required of the owners of
armed ships by the preceding section of this act.
The acts of SEC. 12. And be it farther enacted,That the ad passed on the fifth day
5th June, 1794, of June, one thousand seven hunred and ninety-four, entitled, "An act
ch. 50, of 14th Jue.ucre myor
June, 1797, ch. in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against'the
1, of April 24, United States," continued in force, for a limited time, by the act of the
1800, ch.35,and second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and
of 3d March,
1817, ch. 58, re- perpetuated by the act passed on the twenty-fourth of April, one thousand
pealed. eight hundred, and the act, passed on the fourteenth day of June, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled , An act to prevent
citizens of the United States from privateering against nations in amity
with, or against the citizens of, the United States," and the act, passgd the
third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled,
"An act more effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United
Proviso. States," be, and the same are hereby, severally, repealed: Provided,never-
theless, That persons having heretofore offended against any of the acts
Offenders aforesaid, may be prosecuted, convicted, and punished as if the same
againstrepealed
acts punished. were not repealed; and no forfeiture heretofore incurred by a violation
of any of the acts aforesaid shall be affected by such repeal.
Nothing in SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the foregoing act
the foregoing shall be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of treason,
act to prevent
the punishment or any piracy defined by the laws of the United States.
of treason, &c. APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE 1.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. XC. - Act to continue in force an act entitled ".n act relating
to settlers on lands of the United States."
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United
25, 1816, ch. 35. States of America,' in Congress assembled, That an act, entitled, " An
The act con-
tinued until 3d act relating to settlers on the lands of the United States," passed the
March, 1819. twenty-fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and
the same is hereby, continued in force for one year from and after the
third day of March last.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. XCI.-An Act in addition to "Aln act to prohibit the introduction
(importation) of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdictionof the
Act of March, United States,from and after the first day of January,in the year of our Lord
2, 1807, ch. 22. one thousand eight hundred and eight, " and to repeal certainparts of the same.
Act of March
3, 1819, ch. 77. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United
Act of May States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the pass-
15, 1820, oh. ing of this act, it shall not be lawful to import or bring, in any manner
113.
Negroes not whatsoever, into the United States, or territories thereof, from any foreign
kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, with to be imported,
of With intent to
intent to hold, sell, or dispose of, any such negro, mulatto, or personpesnohold
them as
colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour; and any ship, vessel, slaves.
or other water craft, employed in any importation as aforesaid, shall be Vessels in
which they are
liable to seizure, prosecution, and forfeiture, in any district in which it imported for-
may be found; one half thereof to the use of the United States, and the feited.
other half to the use of him or them who shall prosecute the same to effect.
SEC. 2: And be it further enacted, That no citizen or citizens of the No person to
of fqte slave
United States, or any other person or persons, shall, after the passing
this act, as aforesaid, for himself, themselves, or any other person or per- trade in the
sons whatsoever, either as master, factor, or owner, build, fit, equip, load, ports of the
United States.
or otherwise prepare, any ship. or vessel, in any port or place within the
jurisdiction of the United States, nor cause any such ship or vessel to sail
from any port or place whatsoever, within the jurisdiction of tife safne,
for the purpose of procuring any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, from
any foreign kingdom, place, or country, to be transported to any port or
place whatsoever, to be held, sold, or otherwise disposed of, as slaves, or
to be held to service or labouri and if any ship or vessel shall be so built; Vesselsfor the
fitted out, equipped, laden, or otherwise prepared, for the purpose afore- equipped
slave trade for-
said, every such ship or vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, and lading, feited, &c.
shall be forfeited, one moiety to the use of the United States, and the person to the
Half suing,
other to the use of the person or persons who shall sue for said forfeiture, r su
and prosecute the same to effect; and such ship or vessel shall be liable
to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in any court of the United
States having competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons so Persons con-
building, fitting out, equipping, loading, or otherwise preparing, or send- crned in foring
Out vessels for
ing away, or causing any of the acts aforesaid to be done, with intent the slave trade,
to employ such ship or vessel in such trade or business, after the passing &c. subject to a
of this act, contrary to 'he true intent and meaning thereof, or who shall, fine.
in any wise, be aiding or abetting therein, shall, severally, on conviction
thereof, by due course of law, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, nor less than one thousand dollars, one moiety to the
use of the Upited States, and the other to the use of the person or per-
sons who shall sue for such forfeiture and prosecute the same to effect,
and shall moreover be imprisoned for a term not exceeding seven years, Imprisonment,
nor less than three years. &c.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any citizen or citizens of Citizens or
the United States, or other person or persons resident within the juris- to a fine and to
diction of the same, shall, from and after the passing of this act, take on imprisonment,
board, receive, or transport, from any of the coasts or kingdoms of Africa, I for transporting
persons not .
or from any other foreign kingdom, place, or country, or from sea, any held to servie
negro, mulatto, or person of colour, not being an inhabitant, nor held to &c. by the lairs
service by the laws of either of the states or territories of the United of the United
States, in any ship, vessel, boat, or other water craft, for the purpose of States, &e.
holding, selling, or otherwise disposing of, such person as a slave, or to
be held to service or labour, or be aiding or abetting therein, every such
person or persons, so offending, shall, on conviction, by due course of
law, severally forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five thousand, nor
less than one thousand dollars, one moiety to the use of the United States,
and the other to the use of the person or persons who shall sue for such
forfeiture and prosecute the same to effect; and, moreover, shall suffer
imprisonmnent, for a term not exceeding seven years nor less than three
years; and every ship or vessel, boit, or other water craft, on which such Vessel, &c.
negro, mulatto, or person of colour, shall have been taken on board, forfeited.
received, or transported, as aforesaid, her tackle, apparel, and furniture,
and the goods and effects wHich shall be found on board the same, or
shall have been imported therein in the same voyage, shall be forfeited,
one moiety to the use'of the United States, and the other to the use of
tdon, or action, may be sustained, for any offence under this act, at any Prosecutions
time within five years after such offence shall have been committed, any may
tainedbe within
sus-
law to the contrary notwithstanding. five years.
SEC. 10. And be it furtherenacted, That the first six sections of the The first six
shal
nd te be sme ae heebysections of the
act to which this is in addition, shall be and the same are hereby act of 2d
repealed: Provided, That all offences committed under the said sections March, 1807,
of the act aforesaid, before the passing of this act, shall be prosecuted repealed.
Act of March
and punished, and any forfeitures which have been incurred under 2, 1807, ch. 22.
the same shall be recovered and distributed, as if this act had not been
passed.
APriomnv, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XCII.-Aan Oct to establis4 and alter certain post roads. April 20, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post-roas
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the post roads here-
after named be discontinued:
In New Hampshire.-FromConcord, by Loudon, Gilmanton Middle- New Hamp-
ton, Lewis, Eaton, Conway, and Fryeburg. shire.
In Mlassachusetts.-FromKingston to Halifax. Massachu-
From Northampton, by Hadley, to M6ntague. setts.
In Connecticut.-From Hartford, by Springfield, to Northampton, Connecticut.
Mass.
In Vfrginia.-From Clarksburg, by Lewis Courthouse, to Point Virginia.
Pleasant.
From Clarksburg, by Buchanan, to Beverly.
In Kentucky.-From Glasgow to Lebanon, Tennessee. Kentucky.
In Georgia.-From Madison to Monticello. Georgia.
From Montgomery Courthouse, by Blackmore's and Hardin's, to
Riceborough.
In Pennsylvania.-From Montrose, by Orwell and Warren, to Pennsylvania.
Athens.
From Middleton to York Haven.
In Alabama.-From Fort Stoddert to Ford's, on Pearl river. Alabama.
In IMissouri.-From St. Louis to St. Charles. Missouri.
In New York.-From Esperanza, by Schoharie Courthouse, to Mid- New York.
dleburg.
From Albany, by Spencertown, to Sheffield, Massachusetts.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following be established Post-roads es-
post roads: tablished.
In 3faine.-From Augusta, by Belgrade and Dearborn, to Mercer. Maine.
From Canaan, by Cornville, Athens, Harmony, Ripley, Dexter, Garland
and Corinth, to Bangor.
From North Yarmouth, by Pownal, Durham, Lisbon, and Litchfield, to
Gardiner.
From Alfred, by Sanford and Lebanon, to Shapleigh.
From Warren, by Thomaston, to Camden.
From Belfast, by Brooks and Jackson, to Dixmont.
From Norridgewalk, by Stark's and Mercer, to New Sharon.
From Bath to Phippsburg.
From Anson, in Somerset county, by New Portland, Freeman, Phillips,
Avon, and Strong, to Farmington.
In New Hampshire.-FromWalpole, by Alstead, to Ackworth. New Hamp-
From Washington, by Newport, to Claremont. shire.
From Concord, by Canterbury, Northfield, Meredith, Moultonborough,
Sandwich, Tamworth, on the North road, by Gilman's Mills, Eaton, and
Conway, to Fryeburgh.
From Amherst, by Goffstown, West Meeting House, Dunbarton, Hop-
From Mason Hall, by Cannon's Mills and the Shallow Ford, on Haw
River, to Greensborough.
From Snow Hill, by Hookerstown, to Kingston.
From Currituck Courthouse, to Knot's Island.
From Currituck Courthouse to Powell's Point.
From Lewisburg, by William's Store. Ransom's Bridge, and Moon's
Store, to Enfield.
From.Duplin Courthouse to Newberne.
South Caro- In South Carolifa.-FromYork Courthouse, by Harmony, George
ina. Caruth's and Rutherfordton, to Asheville, North Carolina.
From Cambridge to Hickory Grove.
From Andersonville, by Beaver Dam, to Houstonville.
From Pendleton Courthouse to Socony.
Georgia. In Georgia.-FromMilledgeville, by Eatonton, and Gardner's Ferry, to
Greensborogh.
From Milledgeville to Monticello.
From Montgomery C. H. by Tatnall C. H. to Darien.
Ohio. In Ohio.-From Marietta, by Brown's Mills and Oliver's Settlement,
to Lancaster.
From Lancaster, by Royaltown, Circleville, to Washington.
From Marietta, by Bellepre, Wilkesville, Jackson Courthouse and
Piketown, to West Union.
From New Salem, by Rumley, New Hagerstown, Leesburgh New
Philadelphia, and Paintville, to Wooster.
From Columbus, by Mount Vernon, Loudenville, Wooster, and Harris.
ville, to Granger.
From Delaware, by Oxford, Florida, and Lexington, to Mansfield.
From Hamilton, by Jacksonborough, to -New Lexington.
From Coshocton to Newark.
From Troy to Dark Courthouse.
From Granville, by Johnstown, Sunsbury, and Berkshire, to Worthing-
ton.
From Warren, by Parkman, Burton, and Chardon, to Painesville.
From Warren, by Newton, to Canton, in Starke county.
From Youngstown to New Bedford, Pennsylvania.
From Ravenna to Burton.
From Stow by Medina Courthouse, to Huron Courthouse.
From Brookfield to Mercer, Pennsylvania.
From Marietta, by Toulman's and Lexington, to Woodfield.
From West Union, by the mouth of Brush Creek and Sandy Spring,
to Vanceburgh, in the state of Kentucky.
Indiana. In Indiana.-From Hartford to Rising Sun.
From Lawrenceburg, by the Rising Sun, to Vevay.
From Corydon, by Elizabeth and Liconia, to Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
From Fort Harrison, through Monroe county and Lawrence county, to
Brownstown.
From Peola, by Orleans, to Lawrence Courthouse.
From Salem, by Bono, to Monroe Courthouse.
From Madison, by Graham's, to Brownstown.
From Vevay, by Edenborough, Ripley Courthouse, to Brookville.
From Centerville to Jacksonborough.
From Lexington, by Provine's, New Washington, Bethlehem, and New
London,. to Lexington.
From Ripley Courthouse, by Vernon, to Brownstown.
From Jeffersonville to New Albany.
Missouri In iissouri Territory.-FromSt. Genevieve to St. Michael.
Territory. From Jackson to Betts' Ferry.
From St.Genevieve, by Potosi, to Franklin, Howard county.
CoAp. XCIV. -An Act to increase the salaries of the juges of the circuit April 20, 1818.
courtfor the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representativesof the United Act of March
States of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to the corn- 3, 1811, cb. 40.
pensation heretofore allowed by law to the judges of the circuit court for 500 dolls. ad-
the District of Columbia, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum be ditional to each
of the judges of
paid to the chief justice of the said court, and the same sum per annum the circuit court
to each of the assistant judges of said court, payable quarter yearly; the for the district
firs' quarterly payment to be made on the first day of April, one thou- of Columbia.
sand eight hundred and eighteen.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
VOL. 1II.-58 2Q
STATUTZ I.
April 20, 1818. for the publie buildings, and for
C011A. XCV.-.n.At making aPPropriations
furnishing the Capitol and President's house.
Appropriations. Be it enactedby the Senate and House ofRepresentatives of the United
For the capi- States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated,
tol. for the completion of the wings of the capitol, in addition to the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars already appropriated, the further sum of
eighty thousand dollars.
Centre build- For procuring materials, laying the foundation, and other preparations,
ing of the Capi- for the centre building of the Capitol, one'hundred thousand dollars.
tol.
Finishing For finishing the President's house, fifteen thousand two hundred and
President's fourteen dollars.
house. For offices to the President's house, seven thousand dollars.
Offices to
President's For the wall north of the'President's house, with gates and iron railing
house. the widh. of the house, three thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars.
Walls, gates, For contingencies, four hundred and thirty-seven dollars.
and iron railing.
Contingencies. For graduating and improving the President's square, ten thousand
President's dollars.
square. For erecting a temporary building for committee rooms near the capi-
Committee
rooms. tol, three thousand six hundred and thirty-four dollars.
Representative For furnishing the representative chamber and committee' rooms,
chamber, &c. thirty thousand dollars.
Senate cham- For furnishing the Senate chamber and committee rooms, twenty
ber, &c. thousand dollars.
Furnishing For furnishing the President's house, twenty thousand dollars.
President's For making good a deficiency in the appropriation of the past year for
house.
For deficien- famishing the President's house, ten thousand dollars.
cy of appropria- Which said several sums of money, hereby appropriated, shall be paid
tion, &c. out of any money in the treasury 'ot otherwise appropriated.
Suc. 02. And be it further enacted, That the sum hereby appropriated
for furnishing the representative chamber, shall be expended under the
direction of the Speaker of the House of Representatives; that for the
Senate, under the direction of the Vice President of the United States;
and the remaining sums under the direction of the President of the United
States.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE, I.
April 20, 191S. CHAP. XCVII.-An Act to inerease the duties on eertainmanufaeturedarticles im-
ported into the United States. (a)
Act of April 27, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
1816, ch, 107. States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thir-
Act of May tieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the duties
22, 1824, ch.
136. now in force upon the articles hereinafter enumerated and described, at
Duties now in their importation into the United States, shall cease; and that, in lieu
force upon the thereof, there shall be thenceforth laid, levied, and collected, upon the
articles de-
scribed to cease said articles, at their importation, the several and respective rates or
after the 30th duties following, that is to say: on articles manufactured from copper, or
June, 1818. of which copper is the material of chief value, twenty-five per centur ad
Duties in lieu,
&C. valorem; on silver-plated saddlery, coach and harness furniture, twenty-five
Articles from per centum ad valorem; on cut glass, thirty per centum ad valorem : on
copper. tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand,
Silver plated
saddlery, &c. five cents on every thousand thereof; and on tacks, brads, and sprigs,
Cut glass, &c. exceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand, the same duty as on nails;
brown Russia sheetings, not exceeding fifty-two archines in each piece,
one dollar and sixty cents per piece; white Russia sheetings, not exceed-
(a) See notes to act ot'July 4, 1789, ch. 2, vol. i. 24.
STATUTE I.
Cap. CI. -An Act to increase the pay of the militia while in aciudZ service, and April 20, 1818.
for otherpurposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouseof Representativesof the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the monthly pay of the maiita caled
militia, which have been called into the service of the United States since into the, service
the first day of September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, or which of the United
States against
hereafter may be 6alled into the said service, in prosecuting the war the Seminole
against the Seminole tribe of Indians, shall be the highest allowed by Indians, to be
law to the militia in the service of the United States, during the late war the highest al-
lowed by law
with Great Britain, during the late
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widows and orphans'of war, &c.
the militia who have been called into [the] service of the United States Widows and
since the said first day of September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, orphans of mili-
or who hereafter may be called into the said service, in prosecuting said service against
war, and who may have died or been killed, or hereafter may die or be the Seminole
Indians, &e. en-
killed, in such service, shall be entitled to the same half pay, for five titled to half-
years, and pensions .allowed by the laws now in force to the widows and pay and pen-
orphans of the militia who died, or were killed, in the service of the siona, &c.
United States during the late war with Great Britain.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. CT-.-n .8ct to increase the duties on iron in bars and bolts, iron in
pigs, castings, nails, and alum.
Act of May Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
136. United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after
The existing the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the
duties on the duties now by law levied, collected, and paid, on iron in pigs, iron castings,
articles enu-
merated to nails, on iron in bars and bolts, excepting iron manufactured by rolling;
cease after 30th and on alum, imported into the United States, shall cease and deter-
June, 1818. mine; and there shall be levied, collected, and paid, in lieu thereof, the
Dutiesin lieu,
& . several and specific duties hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: on iron
Irob in pigs, in pigs, filly cents per hundred weight; on iron castings, seventy-five
iron castings, cents per hundred weight; on nails, four cents per pound; on spikes,
nails, spikes,
iron in bars and three cents per pound; on iron in bars and bolts, manufactured without
bolts, anchors, rolling, seventy-five cents per hundred weight; on anchors, two cents per
and alum. pound; and on alum, two dollars per hundred weight.
Addition of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum
10 per cent. on shall'be made to the several rates of duties above specified and imposed
the rates ofdu- upon the several goods, wares, and merchandise, aforesaid, which, after
cles are imprt- the said thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
ed in vessels shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States: Provided,
not of the That this additional duty shall not apply to such goods, wares, and met-
United States.
Proviso. chandise, imported in ships or vessels not of the United States, entitled
by treaty, or by any act or acts of Congress, to be entered in the ports of
the United -States, on the payment of the same duties as are paid on
goods, wares, and merchandise,' imported in ships or vessels of the
United States.
Drawback of Sc. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a draw-
the duties, if back of the duties by this act imposed on goods, wares, and merchandise
the goods are imported into the United States, upon the exportation thereof within the
STATUTE I.
CatP. CIV.- An Act fixing the compensation of Indian agents andfactors. April 20, 1818.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indian agents
States of America, in. Congress assembled, That, from and after the and factors to
receive the sal-
passage of this act, Indian agents and factors shall receive the following aries specified.
salaries per annum, in lieu of their present compensation, to wit:
The agent to the-Creek nation, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Creeks.
The agent to the Choctaws, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Choctaws.
The agent to the Cherokees on Tennessee river, one thousand three Cherokees, on
hundred dollars. Tennessee river.
The agent to the Cherokees on the Arkansas river, one thousand five Cherokees, on
hundred dollars. Arkansas river.
The agent to the Chickasaws, one thousand three hundred dollars. Chickasaws.
The agent in the Illinois territory, one thousand three hundred dol- In Illinois.
lars.
The agent at Prairie du Chien, one thousand two hundred dollars. At Prairie du
The agent at Natchitoches, one thousand two hundred dollars. Chien.
The agent at Chicago, one thousand three hundred dollars. Natchitoches.
At Chicago.
The agent at Green Bay, one thousand five hundred dollars, At Gre'en Bay.
The agent at Mackinac, one thousand four hundred dollars. At Mackinac.
The agent at Vincennes, one thousand two hundred dollars. At Vincennes.
The agent at Fort Wayne and Piqua, one thousand two hundred dol- AtFort Wayne,
lars. &c.
The agent to the Lakes, one thousand three hundred dollars. To the Lakes.
The agent in the Missouri territory, one thousand two hundred In Missouri.
dollars.
And all sub-agents,five hundred dollars per annum. Sub-agents.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all factors shall receive one Factors and
thousand three hundred dollars, and assistant factors seven hundred dol- assistant fac-
lars, per annum. tors.
Sac. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sums hereby allowed to The sums al-
Indian agents and factors shall be in full compensation for their services; ]owed to be in
and that all rations, or other allowances, made to them, shall be deducted fall, &c.
R'ations, &c.
from the sums hereby allowed. to be deducted.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATDTE 1.
CaP. CVII.-An Act to continue in force, from and after the thirtieth of June, April 20, 1818.
one thousandeight hundred and nineteen, until the thirieth of June, one thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty-six, the fourth paragraphof the first section of
the act, entitled "A/n act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage." Act of 1816,
ch. 107.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United The 4th para-
graph of the lst
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the fourth paragraph section of the
2Q 2
STATUTE I.
April 2o0,1818. CHAP.CVIU.-An act to divide the state of Pennsylvania into two judicial
distrits. (a)
Pennsylvania Be it enactee by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
divided into two States of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Pennsylvania
districts, be, and the same is hereby, divided into two districts, in manner following,
to wit: the counties of Fayette, Greene, Washington, Alleghany, Westmore-
land, Somerset, Bedford, Huntingdon, Centre, Mifflin, Clearfield, M'Kean,
Potter, Jefferson, Cambria, Indiana, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Mercer,
Crawford, Venango, Erie and Warren, shall compose one district, to be call-
Western dis- ed the Western district; and the residue of the said state shall compose
trict.
Eastern dis- another district, to be called the Eastern district; and the terms of the
trict. district court for the said Eastern district, shall be held in the city of
Terms of the Philadelphia, at the several times they are now directed to be held in said
eastern district.
Terms of the district of Pennsylvania; and the terms of the circuit court for the
circuit court for Western district shall commence and be held in the city of Pittsburg,
the western dis- on the first Mondays of the months of June and December, in eact and
trict.
See act of May every year, and be continued and adjourned, from time to time, as the
15,1820 ch. 11. court may deem expedient for the despatch of the business thereof.
Richard'Peters SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Richard Peters, now judge
to hold the of the district court of Pennsylvania, shall be, and he is hereby, assigned
courts in the
eastern district, as the judge to hold the courts in the Eastern district, and to do all things
&c. appertaining to the office of a district judge, under the constitution and
laws of the United States.
The consent
with President,
of SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United
Senate, toap- States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, by and with the ad,-
point a judge vice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a district judge for the said
for the western western district of Pennsylvania; which judge, when appointed, shall re-
district, with a easlryo
salarr of 1600 ceive a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; to be paid
dolls, per an- in the same manner as the salary of the judge of the eastern district of
num. said state, and he shall also do and perform all such duties as are enjoined
States.
Circeit court ' on, or in anywise appertaining to, a district judge of the United
for the eastern SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the circuit court of the United
district to be States shall be held, for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, at the city
held as directed of Philadelphia, at the times, and in the manner now directed by law to
hytlaw, &e. be held for the district of Pennsylvania ; and the district court for the
Western dis-
trictcourt to said western district, in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers
have jurisdic- of a district court, shall, within the limits of the said western district,
tion as a circuit have jurisdiction of all causes, except of appeals and writs of error, cog-
court. nisable by law in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same
Writs of er- manner as a circuit court; and writs of error shall lie from decisions
ror to the cir- therein to the circuit court in the said eastern district of Pennsylvania, in
court in
cuilt the same manner as from other district courts to their respective circuit
the eastern dis-
trict, &C. courts.
(a)Ah act concerning the western district of Pennsylvania, Dec. 16, 1818, ch. 4. Act of May 26,
1824, ch. 170. Act of April 5,1826, ch. 23.
STATUTE I.
For additional clerk hire, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
APPRovED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. CX.-.n Set concerning tonnage and discriminating duties, in certain
cases.
Act of Mar. 3, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
185, ch. 77.
Act of March
States of America, in Congress ass'embled, That so much of the several
3, 1819, oh. 75. acts imposing duties on the tonnage of vessels in the ports of the United
Acts respect- States, as imposes a discriminating duty between foreign vessels and
ing discrimina-
tions between
vessels of the United States, is hereby repealed, so far as respects vessels
fureivfn vessels truly and wholly belonging to the subjects of the king of the Netherlands;
and those ofthe such repeal to take effect from the time the government aforesaid abol-
United States, ished the discriminating duties between her own vessels and the vessels
repealed so far
as respects ves- of the United States arriving in the ports or places aforesaid.
sels belonging SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the several acts
to subjects or imposing duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the
the Nether-
lands, &c. United States, as imposes a discriminating duty between goods imported
Discriminating into the United States in foreign vessels and in vessels of the United
duties on goods, States, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, so far as the same respects
&c. repealed in
favour of pro- the produce or manufactures of the territories, in Europe, of the king of
duce, &c. of the the Netherlands, or such produce and manufactures as can only be, or
Netherlands, most usually are, first shipped from a port or place in the kingdom afore-
&c.
said, the same being imported in vessels truly and wholly belonging to
subjects of- the king of the Netherlands; such repeal to take effect from
the time the government aforesaid abolished its discriminating duties
between goods, wares, and merchandise, imported in vessels of the United
States and vessels belonging to the nation aforesaid.
APPROV.D, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I
April 20, 1818. C HAP. CXII.-n Act authorizinga subscriptionforthe StatisticalAnnals of Adam
[Obsolete.] Seybert, and the purchase of Pitkin's Commercial Statistics.
The Secretary Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
ofState directed
to subscribe for States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for the
and receive, Department of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to
&c. 500 copies subscribe for, and receive, for the use and disposal of Congress, five
of Seybert's
Statistical An- hundred copies of the Statistical Annals proposed to- be published by
nals, S d 250 Adam Seybert, of Philadelphia; and that he also be directed to pur-
copies of Pit- chlase, for the purpose aforesaid, two hundred and fifty copies of Pitkin's
kin's Statistics. Commercial Statistics of the United States.
The subscrip- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum or sums of money
tion and pur- necessary to defray the cost of the subscription and purchase afore-
chase money
5750 dolls.,&c. said, shall not exceed the sum of five thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars; and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. CXIII.- n Aet making the port of Bath, in Massachusetts, a port of
entry for ships or vessels arrivingfrom the Cape of Good Hope, andfrom places
beyond the same; andfor establishing a collection district, whereof Belfast shall
be the port of entry.
Bath, in Massa- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
chusetts, made
a port ofentry States of America, in.Congress assembled, That the port of Bath, in the
for vessels, &c. stale of Massachusetts, be, and hereby is, made a port of entry for ships
STATUTE .
CHAP. CXIV.-ss Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to repay or April 20, 1818.
remit certain alien duties therein described.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alien duties to
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the be-repaid or re-
mitted, in re-
Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be repaid or remitted spect to British
all alien or -discriminating duties, either upon tonnage or merchandise vessels which
imported in respect to all British vessels which have been entered in ports have entered
between 3d July
of the United States, at any time between the third day of July, inclusive, and 18th Aug.,
and the eighteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, 1815, paid, &c.
which have been paid, or secured to be paid, contrary to the provisions contrary to the
provisions of
of the convention regulating commerce between the territories of the the convention,
United States and of his Britannic Majesty, bearing date the third day of &c.
July, eighteen hundred and fifteen: Provided, That this act shall not Proviso; the
British must
take effect'until a similar provision shall be made by the government of have made a
Great Britain, in favour of American vessels, in regard to duties on ton- similar pro-
nage and merchandise entered in the British European ports during the vision, &c.
same period.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. CXV.-Adn Act authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in April 20, 1818.
the city of New Orleans and town of Mobile.
1822, ch. 16.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repiesentatives of the United The President
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United may abandon
States shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, whenever in his the use of the
navy, arsenal,
opinion it shall be consistent with thepublic interest, to abandon the use military hospi-
of the navy arsenal, military hospital, and barracks in the city of New tal and barracks
in New Orleans,
Orleans, and of Fort Charlotte, at the town of Mobile; to cause the lots and of Fort
of ground whereon the said arsenal, hospital, and barracks in New Or- Charlotte, at
leans, and Fort Charlotte, at Mobile, now stand, to be surveyed and laid Mobile, and
off into lots, with suitable streets and avenues, conforming as near as cause the
ground where-
may be, to the original plan of the city and town aforesaid; and when on they stand to
the surveys are completed, one plat thereof shall be returned to the Se- be laid off into
cretary of the Treasury, and another to such officer or agent as the Presi- lots, &c.
A plat thereof
dent shall have authorized to dispose of the said lots; and the said lots of to the Secretary
ground shall be offered at public sale at the city of New Orleans and town of of the Treasury,
Mobile respectively, on such day or days as the President shall, by his procla- &c.
The lots to
mation, designate for that purpose, in the same manner, and on the same be offered at
conditions and terms of credit, as is provided by law for the sale of public sale, &c.
public lands of the United States, and patents shall be ganted therefor,
as for other public lands sold by the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United The President
may cause Fort
States is hereby authorized, as soon as in his opinion the public interest St. Charles to
will permit, to cause the Fort St. Charles to be demolished, and the navy be demolished,
yard in said city to be discontinued; and the lot of ground on which and navy yard
to be discontin-
the said fort is erected shall be appropriated to the use of a public square, ued.
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A public and may be improved for that purpose by order of the corporation of the
square. said city.
APPRoVED, April 20, 1818.
"STATUTT I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. CXXIH.-dn dat for changing the compensation of receivers and regis-
ters of the land qfices.
Instead of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
present com- States of America, in Congress assembled, That, instead of the compen-
pensation, re-
ceivers to be sation now allowed by law to the receivers of public moneys for the lands
paid an annual of the United States, they shall receive an annual salary of five 'hundred
salary of 500 dollars each, and a commission of one per centum on the moneys re-
dolls, each, and
commission of ceived, as a compensation for clerk hire, receiving, safe. keeping, and
one per cent. transmitting, such moneys to the treasury of the United States: Provided
&C. always, That' the whole amount which any receiver of public moneys
Proviso.
shall receive under the provisions of this act, shall not exceed, for any
one year, the sum of three thousand dollars.
Registers to SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That, instead of the compensation
receive, each, now allowed by law, to the registers- of the land offices, they shall re-
500 dolls, per
annum and com- ceive an annual salary of five hundred dollars each, and a commission
mission of one of one per centum on all the moneys expressed in the receipts by them
per cent. &c. filed and entered, and of which they shall have transmitted an account
Proviso. to the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided always, That the whole
amount which any register of the land offices shall receive, under the
provisions of this act, shall not exceed, for any one year, the sum of
three thousand dollars.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CHAP. CXXI.-AqnActfor transferring the claims in the offiee of the commis-
sioner to the third auditor of the Treasury Department.
All claims Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
under the act States of America, in Congress assembled, That
authorizi ng pay- all claims under the
ment of proper- act, entitled "An act to authorize the payment of property lost, cap-
ty lost, &C. not tured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the
finally acted on United States, and for other purposes," passed on the ninth of April,
&c., transferred
to the office of one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and the act in amendment
the third audi- thereof, passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and
tor. seventeen, now remaining in the office of the commissioner of claims, and
Act of 1816,
ch. 40. not acted on finally by said commissioner before the ninth of April, one
Act of 1817, thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same are hereby,
ch. 110. transferred to the office of the third auditor of the-Treasury Department;
The third au-
ditor to be go- and the said third auditor, in all adjudications upon the tlaims aforesaid,
verned by the shall be governed, in all respects, by the same niles, regulations, and
same rules, &c. restrictions, as have heretofore been prescribed to the commissioner of
claims under the above-recited acts.
500 dolls, for SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the third auditor aforesaid,
performing the for performing the duties hereby required of him, shall be allowed and
duties under
this act. paid the sum of five hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818. CAP. CXXVI.-.dn.qct respectingthe surveying and sale of the public lands in
the .9labama territory.
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
2, 1819, eh. 47. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powersand duties
April 20, 1818. CHAP. CXXVII.-An det to alter and amend an act, approved the third day of
[Obsolete.] March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act to establish
a separate territorialgovernment for the eastern part of the Mississippi terri-
tory." (a)
Judicial power Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
ofjudges in Aa- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the judicial power of the
bama extended judges of the Alabama territory, appointed, or hereafter to be appointed,
to all the coun-
ties under the authority of the government of the United States, shall extend
in the tern-
tory. as well to any other county or counties which have been or may be,
found [formed] within the limits of said territory, as to those which are
Act of March specially mentioned and named in the act, entitled "An act to establish a
3, 1817, ch. 59. separate territorial government for the eastern part of the Mississippi ter-
be holden in tory," approved
toSuperiorcourt ppoe March the third, one thousand eight hundred and seven-
ail counties teen. And that in such county or counties, superior courts shall be
alike. holden by said judges in the like manner and with the like powers and
Powers of jurisdiction, as the superior courts are now directed by law to be holden
general court
to extend to ad- in the counties specially mentioned, as aforesaid, in the act aforesaid.
miraltyjurisdic- And the powers of the general court of the said territory shall extend to
tion. all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction: And their judgments or
peabjct to ap- decrees in such cases shall be subject to appeals to the supreme court of
peals to the su-
preme court, the United States, in like manner, and upon the like terms, as appeals in
&c.Act of" April similar cases are allowed and prosecuted from the judgments or decrees
,120,ch. 47. of the circuit courts of the United States.
The legisla- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of the said
ture may regu- territory shall have power to appoint, change, and regulate, the times and
late the holding
the hopding places of holding the superior courts in each of the counties of said
courts, &c. not territory, and also to prescribe the number of terms to be holden in each
exceeding two county: Provided, They do not exceed two annually.
terms annually. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act, ap-
Part of see. 3,
or act of 1817, proved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, as
c. 59, repeal- provides "cthat no judge shall sit more than twice in succession in the same
ed. court," be and the same is hereby, repealed.
Officers to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,That the secretary of the said terri-
take an oath or tory, judges, members of the legislative council, members of the House
affirmation to
support the con- of Representatives, justices of the peace, and all other officers, civil and
stitution before military, who may not have taken an oath of office, shall, before they enter
the governor or on the duties of their respective offices, take an oath or affirmation to
person appoint- support the Constitution of the United States, and for the faithful discharge
ed by him. of the duties of their office; which oath or affirmation shall be taken
before the governor of the said territory, or such person as he shall appoint
and direct.
APPRoVED, April 20, ISIS.'
STATUTE I.
April 20, 1818.CHAP. CXXVIII.-sn Act to adjust the claims to lots in the town of Vincennes,
andfor the sale of the land appropriatedas a common for the use of the inhab-
itants of the said town.
The trustees Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
of Vincennes States of America, in Congress assembled, That the trustees of the town
authorized to
adjust claims of Vincennes shall have power and they are hereby authorized to examine
to lots in that and adjust all claims to lots in the town of Vincennes; and if, upon an
town. accurate survey, it shall be found that there are lots within the precincts
If lots are
found within of the town to which no individual claims can be substantiated, the same
the precincts to are hereby granted to the inhabitants thereof, to be sold by the trustees,
which individu- and the money arising from the sale to be applied to such public pur-
al claims can-
(a) See notes to act of March 2, 1819, ch. 47, for the acts relating to Alabama.
poses as may be agreed upon by a majority of the citizens. And the not be substan-
tiated, they are
said trustees are hereby empowered, in all cases, when they shall confirm granted to the
claims to lots, to give deeds to the claimants for the same. inhabitants, and
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the town of may be sold,
Vincennes shall have power, and they are hereby authorized, to dispose &o.
The trustees
of a tract of land containing about five thousand four hundred acles, empowered to
which, by the fifth section of the act, entitled "An act for granting lands dispose of a
tract of land,
to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois country, in which, by act of
the territory north-west of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their March 3d, 1791,
possessions," passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven ch. 27, was ap-
propriated as a
hundred and ninety-one, was appropriated as a common, to the use of common.
the inhabitants of the said town: the said tract shall be divided into lots, The tract .to
as the trustees shall direct, of not more than fifty nor less than the quan- be divided into
tity of five acres, and shall be sold in the manner, and on the terms, lots and sold,
&c.
which may by them be deemed most expedient and advantageous. They
shall also have power to convey, by complete title, the lots sold to the
purchasers; and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, or so much Proceeds to
thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, shall be applied, under the be applied to
the draining of
direction of the said trustees, to the draining of a pond in the vicinity of a pond.
the town; and the residue of the money arising from the said sales, if Residue to
any there be, shall be paid over to the trustees of the Vincennes Univer- Vincennes Uni-
versity.
sity, and shall, by them, be applied to the benefit of the said University.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, when they Trustees to
report to Con-
shall have performed the duties assigned to them under this act, shall gress.
make a report thereof to Congress.
APPRovED, April 20, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. CXXIX.-S.n .et providingfor the deposit of wines and distilled spirits April 20, 1818.
in public warehouses, and for otherpurposes. [Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United Act of March
3,_1819, ch. 82.
States of America, in Congress assembled,That it shall be lawful for any Any importer
importer of wines or distilled spirits, which may be imported into the of wines or dis-
United States at any time after the first day of June next, at his option, tilled spirits,
may either se-
to be determined at the time of making an entry therefor, either to secure cure the duties,
the duties thereon, on the same terms and stipulations as on other goods, as usual, or give
wares, and merchandise, imported, or to give his bond, in double the bond in double
amount of the duties thereupon, with condition for the payment of the the amount,
without surety,
said duties, in twelve calendar months from the date of such bond; which &c.
bond shall be accepted by such collector, without surety, upon the terms
following, viz : the wines or distilled spirits, for the duties whereof such Upon bond
bond shall be accepted, shall be deposited at the expense and risk of the without surety
the wines or
importer, in such public or other storehouses as may be agreed upon spirits must be
between the importer and the surveyor, or officer of inspection of the deposited.
revenue, for the port where the said wines or spirits shall be landed: and
such wines or spirits shall be kept under the joint locks of the inspector
and the importer; but no delivery shall be made of such wines or spirits
without a permit in writing, under the hand of the collector and naval
officer of the port.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That no permit shall be given for No permit to
the removal of the wines or spirits deposited under the provisions of the be given for the
removal of the
foregoing section, unless the duties upon the wines or spirits, for which wines or spirits,
it shall be required, be first paid or secured, in the manner following, unless the du-
viz: the importer, or his assignee, shall give bond, with one or more ties are first paid
or secured, &c.
surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the
amount of the duties, upon the wines or spirits in each case to be de-
livered, with condition for the payment of the said duties, at the same
-credits, to be computed from the date of the permit, as would have been
2R
allowed on bonds for the same articles, if they bad'not been deposited
Proviso: that under the provisions of this act: Provided, That :the time to be allowed
the credit shall for the payment of the duties upon any wines or spirits so delivered, or
not be extended
beyond twelve for any part of such duties, shall not be such as to extend the credit be-
months. yond the term of twelve calendar months, originally allowed, upon depo-
siting such wines and spirits.
If the duties SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the duties on any wines
are not paid or spirits, deposited under the provisions of this act, shall not have been
within twelve paid, or secured to be paid, in the manner described in the foregoing
months, part of
the wines and section, within the term of twelve calendar months from the 'time of
spirits may be their importation, it shall be the duty of the collector to cause so much
sold, and the of such wines or spirits, as may be necessary, to be sold at public auction,
amount of du-
ties, &c. re- and, retaining the sum necessary for the payment of the duties which
tained, &c. have not been secured or paid, together with the expenses of safe keep-
Overplus to ing and sale of such wines or spirits, shall return the overplus, if any,' to
the owner, &c. the owner, or to his agent or lawful representative; and the amount of
Amount of
the bonds, &c. each bond, taken for the duties on wines or spirits delivered, after being
to be endorsed deposited, as directed by this act, shall be endorsed immediately on the
on the original. original bond given by the importer, specifying the articles delivered,
and the date of the delivery.
No drawback SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no drawback shall be allowed
on wines or of the duties paid on any wines or spirits, which shall be imported into
spirits, unless
they have been the United States, after the first day of June next, unless such wines or
deposited, &c. spirits shall have been deposited in public or other stores, under the pro-
visions of this act, and there kept, from their landing to their shipment.
Wines or spi- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, if any wines, or other spirits
rits embezzled, deposited under the provisions of this act, shall be embezzled, or fraud-
or fraudulently
hid or removed, ulently hid or removed, from any store or place, wherein they shall have
forfeited, &c. been deposited, they shall be forfeited, and the person or persons so em-
bezzling, hiding, or removing, the same, or aiding or assisting therein,
shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as if such wines or spirits
had been fraudulently unshipped or landed without payment of duty.
Bonds for du- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day
ties on articles of June-next, the bonds for duties on articles imported by sea, the pro-
from foreign
places, when to duce of foreign places or islands, situated on the eastern shores of Ame-
be payable. rica, north of the equator, or in its adjacent seas, bays, and gulfs, salt
excepted, shall be payable, one-half in six and one-half in nine calendar
months; and the bonds for duties on goods, wares, and Merchandise,
(other than wine, salt, and teas,) imported from any other place than
Europe and the West Indies, shall be payable, one-third in eight, one-
third in ten, and one-third in eighteen, calendar months.
APPROVED, April 20, 1S1S.
The following resolution and acts,passed in 1811 and 1813, were not
promulgated until their publication in "the sessions acts" of the Fifteenth
Congress, ending April 20, 1818. They are altogether omitted in Mr.
Justice Story's edition of the laws of the United States, and they are also
omitted in Davis' and Force's edition of the laws, from 1816 to 1827,
published under the authority of Congress, in 1822 and 1827. They were
passed in the secret sessions of the Eleventh and the Twelfth Congress.
The editor has not considered it proper to insert these laws in this edition,
before their promulgation under the authority of the Secretary of State;
under whose directions the laws of each session of Congress are published.
Act of 1818, ch. 80, see. 1.
R ES OLUTI ON.
Taking into view the peculiar situation of Spain, and of her Ameri-
can provinces; and considering the influence which the destiny of the 3d session 11th
territory adjoining the southern border of the United States may have Congress.
Jan.15, 1811.
upon their security, tranquillity, and commerce: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The United
States cannot,
States of America, in Congressassembled, That the United States, under without inquie-
the peculiar circumstances of the existing crisis, cannot, without serious tude, see the
inquietude, see any part of the said territory pass into the hands of any Floridas pass
into the hands
foreign power; and that a due regard to their own safety compels them of a foreign
to provide, under certain contingencies, for the temporary occupation of power, &c.
the said territory; they, at the same time, declare that the said territory
shall, in their hands, remain subject to future negotiation.
APPROVED, January 15, 1811.
An Act to enable the Presidentof the United States, under certain contingencies, to Jan.15, 1811.
takepossession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the
state of Georgia and the lississippiterritory,and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United In case of an
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the arrangement
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, to take possession of, with the local
authority, or an
and occupy, all or any part of the territory lying east of the river Perdido, attempt by any
and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, in case foreign govern-
an arrangement has been, or shall be, made with the local authority of the ment to occupy
it, the Presi-
said territory, for delivering up the possession of the same, or any part dent authorized
thereof, to the United States, or in the event of an attempt to occupy the to take posses-
said territory, or any part thereof, by any foreign government; and he sion of the ter-
ritory east of
may, for the purpose of taking possession, and occupying the territory the Perdido, &c.
aforesaid, and in order to maintain therein the authority of the United
States, employ any part of the army and navy of the United States which
he may deem necessary.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That one hundred thousand dol- 100,000 dolls.
lars be appropriated for defraying such expenses as the President may appropriated to
defray the ex-
deem necessary for obtaining possession as aforesaid, and the security of penses oftaking
the said territory, to be applied under the direction of the President, out possession, &c.
of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 3. And be itfurtherenacted,That in case possession of the territory In case of
aforesaid shall be obtained by the United States, as aforesaid, that until taking posses-
sion, the Presi-
other provision be made by Congress, the President be, and he is hereby dent may estab-
authorized to establish, within the territory aforesaid, a temporary govern- lish atempora-
ment, and the military, civil, and judicial, powers thereof shall be vested ry government.
March 3, 1811. An Aet concerninganx act to enable the President qf the United Sates, udee erhin
contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido,
and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other
purposes, and the declarationaccompanying the same.
This act, and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repnsentatives of the United
the act referred States of America, in Congress assembled, That this act, and the act
to, not to be
published until passed during the present session of Congress, entitled "An act to enable
the end of the the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take
next session of possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the
Congress, un-
less, &c. state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes,"
and the declaration accompanying the same, be not printed or published,
until the end of the next session of Congress, unless directed by the
President of the United States, any law or usage to the contrary not-s
withstanding.
APPROVED, March 3, 1811.
Feb. 12, 1813. An Set authorizing the Presidentof the United States to take possession of a tract
of country lying south of the Mississipi territory and west of the river
.Perdido.
2d session, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
12th Congress. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he
The President i
authorized to is hereby, authorized to occupy and hold all that tract of country called
occupy West West Florida, which lies west of the river Perdido, not now in posses-
Florida west of sion of the United States.
the Perdido,&c.
The President SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of occupying
may employ the and holding the country aforesaid, and of affording protection to the in-
military and na- habitants thereof, under the authority of the United States, the President
val force for
holding the may employ such parts of the military and naval force of the United States
country, &c. as he may deem necessary.
20,000 dolls. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the necessary
appropriated to expenses, twenty thousand dollars are hereby appropriated, to be paid out
defray the ex-
pessincident ~ moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be ap-
of an' p
to the occupa- plied for the purposes aforesaid, under the direction of the President.
tion, &c. APPROVED, February 12, 1813.
RESOLUTIONS.
Dec. 10, 1817. I. RESOLUTIrN for the admission of the State of Mississiupi into the Ution.
Resolution for WnnAs, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the first day
the admission of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act
of Mississippi
into the Union. to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi territory to form
Act of March a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state
1, 1817, ch. 23. into the union on an equal footing with the original states," the people
of the said territory did, on the fifteenth day of August, in the present
year, by a convention called for that purpose, form for themselves a con-
stitution and state government, which constitution and state government
so formed, is republican, and in conformity to the principles of the articles
of compact between the original states and the people and states in the
H. A REsoLuTIoN directing a distribution of certain laws among the members Dec. 23, 1817.
and delegates of territories of the fifteenth Congress.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Distribution
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State of ioren & Co.
be directed to distribute copies of the laws of the United States, published
by Bioren & Co. among the members and delegates of territories, of the
present Congress, who may not have received the same in pursuance of
any former act or resolution of Congress.
APPROVED, December 23, 1817.
V. RESOLaUTION relative to the distribution of the late edition of the land laws. March 9, 1818.
Resolved by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the copies of the laws pre-
V. 111-619 2 a 2
pared and printed under the authority of the act, entitled "An act to
Jan. 20, 1817. authorize a new edition of the collection of laws respecting the public
ah. 4. lands," shall be distributed in the manner following; that is to say: one
Distribution
of land laws. copy shall be delivered to the President of the United States, the Vice
President, and to-each member of the Senate, House of Representatives,
and delegate from territories; fifteen copies shall be delivered to the sec,
retary of the Senate, and thirty copies to the clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives, for the use of said houses, respectively; one copy shall be
delivered to each of the judges of the supreme court and clerk thereof,
to each of the judges of the district courts, and to each of the clerks,
marshals, and attorneys, of each district; one copy shall be delivered to
the Secretary of State, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Secretary
of War, to the Secretary of the Navy, to the Attorney General, to ie
director of the mint, to the first and second comptrollers of the treasury :
to the first, second, third,, fourth, and fifth auditors, and register of the
Treasury; to the Treasurer; to the Postmaster General, and the two
assistant postmasters general, and to the commissioner of the genhral
land office; two copies shall be delivered to the legislatures of the several
states and territories, respectively; and one copy shall be delivered to
each of the governors of the several states and territories; and one copy
shall be delivered to each of the judges of the courts of the several terri-
tories ; one copy shall be delivered to the surveyor general of the United
States, the surveyor of the lands of the United States south of Tennessee,
to the surveyor of the public lands in the northern part of the late Missis-
sippi territory, and the surveyor of the public lands in the territories of
Illinois and Missouri; to each of the principal deputy surveyors one copy;
there shall be delivered one copy to each of the registers and receivers of
public moneys in the land offices established, or that may hereafter be
Fifty copies in established, in the several states and territories;' and fifty copies shall be
the hands ofthe placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be distributed
Secretary of the among the officers and clerks in his department, as he may think proper;
Treasury, for two hundred and fifty copies shall be placed in the library, and remain
distribution.
250 copies in there under the same regulations as the other laws of the United States;
the library, &c. and the remainder shall be placed in the library, and each member of
Remainder in Congress hereafter elected shall, so long as any remain, exclusive of the
the library for
members of two hundred and fifty copies before mentioned, be entitled to one copy
Congress, as at the commencement of that session of Congress next succeeding his
elected. election.
APPROVED, March 9, 1818.
March 18, 1818. VI. REsoLwION directing the judges of the Supreme Court to be furished with
Wait's state papers.
One set of" Resolved by the Senate and House qf Representatives of the United
Wait's edition s of Ute
of state papers tates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State
tob distributed cause to be distributed one set of state papers and public documents,
to each of the printed by T. B. Wait and Sons, in pursuance of acts of Congress here-
judges of the
Supreme Court. tofore passed, to the chief justice, and to each of the judges of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
APPROVED, March 18, 1818.
of the House of Representatives, be, and they are hereby authorized to transmit the
transmit, free of postage, the message of the President of the United President's
message of 14th
States, of the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and March, 1818.
eighteen, and the documents accompanying the same, printed by order
of the Senate and by order of the House of Representatives, to any post-
office within the United States and the territories thereof.
APPROVED, March 19, 1818.
VIII. RESOLuTION directing the publication and distribution of the journal and March 27, 1818.
proceedings of the convention which formed the present constitution of the
United States.
Resolved by the Senate -andHouse of Representatives of the United Journal, &c.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the journal of the con- of the conven-
vention which formed the present constitution of the United States, now tion which
formed the con-
remaining in the office of the Secretary of State, and all acts and proceed- stitution of the
ings of that convention, which are in the possession of the government United States,
of the United States, be published under the direction of the President of to be published
under the direc-
the United States, together with the secret journals of the acts and pro- tion ofthe Presi-
ceedings, and the foreign correspondence of the Congress of the United dent.
States, from the first meeting thereof down to the date of the ratification Secret jour-
nals of acts and
of the definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United proceedings,
States, in the year seventeen hundred and eigaty-three, except such parts and foreign cor-
of the said foreign correspondence as the President of the United States respondence, of
may deem it improper at this time to publish. And that one thousand Congress, prior
to the peace of
copies thereof be printed, of which one copy shall be furnished to each 1783, to be also
member of the present Congress, and the residue shall remain subject to published.
the future disposition of Congress. Distribution.
APP-ROVED, March 27, 1818.
IX-REsoLvTio directing the distribution of the laws of thefourteenth Congress March 27, 1818.
among the members of the fifteenth Congress.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Distribution.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the
Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives be directed to procure
from the Secretary of State as many Copies of the laws of the fourteenth
Congress as shall be necessary, and to distribute one copy thereof to each
senator, representative, and delegate from the territories, of the fifteenth
Congress who have not been supplied therewith.
APPROVED, March 27, 1818.
X. REsoLUrToN directing the Secretaryfor the Department of State to prepare an April 3, 1818.
index to the acts and resolutions of Congress, after the close of every session.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United An alphabeti-
States of America, in Congress assemblcd, That after the close of each cal index of the
acts and resolu-
session of Congress, an alphabetical index of the acts and joint resolu- tions to be pre-
tions passed at the preceding session shall be prepared, printed, and dis- pared, printed,
tributed, therewith, under the direction of the Secretary for ise Depart- and distributed,
therewith.
ment of State.
APPROVED, April 3, 1818.
April 4, 1818. XI. RESOLUTION requesting the President of the United States topresent a sword
to Colonel RichardM. Johnson.
The Presi- Resolved by the Senate' and House of Representatives of the United
dent request- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
ed to present
Col. Richard M. United States be requested to present to Colonel Richard M. Johnson a
Johnson with a sword, as a testimony -of the high sense entertained by Congress of the
sword. daring and distinguished valour displayed by himself and the regiment of
volunteers under his command, in charging, and essentially contributing
to vanquish, the combined British and Indian forces, under Major General
Proctor, on the Thames in Upper Canada, on the fifth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
APPROVED, April 4, 1818.
April 4, ISIS. XI1. RESOLUTION directing medals to be struck, and, togetherwith the thanks of
Congress,presented to Major GeneralHarrison,and Governor Shelby; and for
other purposes.
Thanks of Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Congress to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congruss
Gene. Q1Harri- be, and they are hereby, presented to Major General William Henry Har-
son and Govern-
or Shelby, &c. rison, and Isaac Shelby, late governor of Kentucky, and, through them,
to the officers and men under their command, for their gallantry and
good conduct in defeating the combined British and Indian forces under
Major General Proctor, on 'the Thames, in Upper Canada, on the fifth
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, capturing the
British army,with their baggage, camp equipage and artillery; and that
the President of the United States be requested to cause two gold medals
Gold medals to be struck, emblematic1 of this triumph, and presented to General
to them. Harrison, and Isaac Shelby, late Governor of Kentucky.
APPROVED, April 4, 1818.
April 20, 1818. XIII. RESOLUTION directing the completion of the survey f the waters of the
Chesapeake bay, aslitfor other purposes.
Surveys pre- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
paratory to the States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
establishment United States be, and he hereby is, requested to cause to be resumed and
of two naval
arsenals to be completed the surveys heretofore commenced, preparatory to the estab-
resumed and lishment of two naval arsenals; and that, to the naval officers employed
completed, &c. in this service, officers of the corps of engineers bejoined, with instructions
to prepare plans of the fortifications necessary to be erected for the de-
Plans of forti-
fications and es- fence of such arsenals, with an estimate of the expense of erecting
timate of ex- the same. And that the President be further requested to cause such
pense. a survey of the Chesapeake Bay to be made, as may be requisite to as-
Survey of the
Chesapeake certain what points are necessary to be fortified for the protection of
Bay, &c. the commerce of said bay; and a report of the same, with a plan of the
Report, with works necessary to be erected, with an estimate of the expense of the
a plan, &c.
same, to be made to Congress in the first week of their next session.
APPROVED, April 20, 1818.
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held in the City of
Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sixteenth
day of November, 1818, and ended on the thirdday of March, 1819.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. .--. dn fc to providefortheremoval of the library of Congress to the north Dec. 3,1818.
wing of the Capitol. [Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Suitable
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the joint library com be fitted up tofor
apartments
mittee of Congress be, and they are hereby, authorized to cause suitable the library in
apartments, in the north wing of the Capitol, to be fitted up and furnished the north wing
for the temporary reception of the library of Congress, and to cause the of the capitol.
said library to be removed to, and placed in, the same.
SEc. 2-..And be it further enacted, That the arcounting officers of the Accounts to be
treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the settled at the
treasury.
accounts of the expenditures which may be incurred under this act; and
that the amount, so settled, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand 2000 dollars
dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to the further purchase further for
'of books for the said library. books.
APPRovEn, December 3, 1818.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. II--.dn .A.ct to increase the number of clerks in the Department of W'ar. Dec. 6, ISIS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United Act of MIav
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 15, 18M0, ch.
Department of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to 134.
employ an additional number of clerks in his department, not exceeding The Secreta-
ry of War au-
twelve; and that the sum of twelve thousand dollars be, and the same is thorized to em-
hereby, appropriated for their compensation; to be paid out of any money ploy addition-
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. This act to continue in force al clerks.
for one year, and no longer.
APPROVED, December 5, 1818.
STATUTE II.
Dec. 16, 1818. CHAP. IV.-S9-n Set concerning the western district court of .Pennsylvania.
No suit, ac- Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representativesof the United
tion, &c. de- States of America, in Congress assembled, That no suit, action, plea,
pending and un-
determined on process, or proceeding, at law or in equity, which, on the twentieth day
the 20th April, of April last, was depending and undetermined in the district or circuit
1818, to be dis- court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania, and by law
continued or
abated, on ac- directed to he removed to the district court of the United States for the
count of the western district of Pennsylvania, shall be discontinued or abated on ac-
court not having count of the said court not having been opened and holden on the first
bon holden on
the first Monday Monday of June last, agreeably to the act of Congress passed on the
of June, 1818. twentieth day of April last; but that all such suits, actions, pleas, process,
Act of April 20, and proceedings, both at law and in equity, shall be deemed, taken, and,
1818, ch. 108.
Act of May 26, to all intents and purposes, be held to be depending in the said district
1824, ch. 170. court for the western district of Pennsylvania, as fully and effectually as
if the said court had been opened and holden on the said first Monday
of June last.
The court SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said court be, and is here-
authorized to
make rules and by, authorized and empowered, from time to time, to make all such rules
orders touching and orders touching such suits, actions, pleas, process, and proceedings,
such suits, as if at law and in equity, as they might or could have done, if said court had
it had been
holden.
been opened and holden on the said first Monday of June.
Suits, &c., SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, pleas, pro-
hereafter trans- cess, and proceedings, aforesaid, which may be hereafter certified and
ferred to be transferred from the district or circuit court of the United States for the
deemed de-
pending as if district of Pennsylvania, to the district court of the United States for the
they had been western district of Pennsylvania, shall, to all intents and purposes, be
entered, and
the court hold- deemed and taken to be depending in the said court on the said first
en on the 20th Monday of June last, and the same proceedings may be had therein as if
of June last. the same had been on that day entered in the said court agreeably to the
act of Congress aforesaid.
APPROVED, December 16, 1818:
STATUTE 1I.
Feb. 4, 1819. CHAP. XII-n Set to establish a judicial district in Virginia, west of the
[Obsolcte.] Allegheny Mountain.
Limits of the
district.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the state of
Virginia as is situate west of the summit of the mountains which sepa-
rate the waters emptying into the Chesapeake Bay and Roanoke river
from the waters which fall into the Ohio rivet, shall be one judicial dis- A district
trict; and there shall be a district court therein, to consist of one judge, court.
who shall xeside in the said district, and be called a district judge, and One judge to
annually hold six sessions, as follows: At Clarksburg, on the fourth reside in the
Mondays of March and September; atLewisburg, on the second Mon- district.
Six sessions
days of April and October; and at Wythe Courthouse, on the first Mon- annually, &c.
days of May and November.(a)
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said court shall, besides Jurisdiction
the ordinary jurisdiction of a distridt court, have jurisdiction of all causes, of the court.
Writs of er-
except of appeals and writs of error, cognisable by law in a circuit court, ror to the Su-
and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court; and preme Court.
writs of error shall be from decisions therein to the Supreme Court, in
the same manner as from circuit courts.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a clerk ap- A clerk, dis.
pointed for the said court; and that a district attorney and marshal be trict attorney
appointed for the said district, in like manner as in other judicial dis- and marshal.
tricts.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,That there shall be allowed to the Yearly corn-
said judge of the said district court, the yearly compensation of one thou- pensation to the
sand six hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; judge.
that there shall be allowed to the said district attorney, the yearly corn- Compensation
pensation of two hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his of the district
appointment; and there shall be allowed to the said marshal the yearly attne. mar-
sum of two hundred dollars, to commence from tlfe date of his appoint- shal.
lrent; to be paid quarterly at the treasury of the United States.
APPROVED,
, February 4, 1819.
STATUTE IL,
(a) The acts relating to the district courts in Virginia have been : Act of September 22, 1789, (ob-
solete,) cb. 20, sec. 3. Act of April .29, 1802, (obsolete,) see. 4, ch. 31. Act of March 23, 1804, ch.
31, sec. 1, 2, 3. Act of March 24, 1814, ch. 31. Act of March 19, 1818, ch. 22. Act of February
4, 1819, ch. 12. Act of February 10, 1820, ch. 9. Act of April 26, 1822, ch. 81. Act of May 26,
1824, ch. 167. Act of March 3, 1895, ch. 102. Act of May 20, 1826, ch. 89. Act of April 20, 1832,
ch. 69. Act of March 3, 1835, ch. 36. Act of July 1, 1336, ch. 232. Act of March 2, 1838, clh. 15.
Act of January 20, 1848, ch. 3. 1844. ch. 12.
STATUTE II.
Feb. 15, 1819. CHAP. XVIm.-sn Act macing appropriations for the military service of the
[Obsolete.] United Statesfor the year eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Sums appro- Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United
priated for the States of America, in Congress assembled, That the fohowing sums be,
and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated:
Pay of the For the pay of the army of the United States, one mil_:on of dollars.
army. For subsistence, in addition to two hundred thousand dollars already
Subsistence. appropriated, seven hundred and eighty-nine thousand two hundred and
thirteen dollars.
Forage. For forage for officers, twenty-six thousand four hundred and ninety-six
dollars.
Clothing. For clothing, four hundred thousand dollars.
Bounties, &c. For bounties and premiums, sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
Medical and For the medical and hospital department, fifty thousand dollars.
hospital depart- For the quartermaster's department, five hundred and forty thousand
ment. dollars.
Quartermas-
ter's depart- For arrearages, arising from a deficiency in the appropriation for the
ment. quartermaster's department, during the year eighteen hundred and
Arrearages. eighteen, twenty-six thousand dollars.
Extra pay for For extra pay to non-commissioned officers and soldiers employed in
construction,
.&c. of military the construction and repairs of military roads, ten thousand dollars.
roads. For contingencies of the army, sixty thousand dollars.
Contingencies For arrearages arising from a deficiefcy in the appropriation to pay
of the army. outstanding claims, one hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred
Arrearages. and seven dollars.
Fortifications. For fortifications, five hundred thousand dollars.
Survey of For making a survey of the water courses tributary to, and west of, the
water courses. Mississippi; also those tributary to the same river, and north-west of the
Ohio; six thousand five hundred dollars.
Ordnance de- For the current expenses of the ordnance department, one hundred
partment. thousand dollars.
Armorts, Fox the armories at Springfield and Harper's Ferry, three hurdred and
seventy-five thousand dollars.
Arsenals, &c. For the erection and completion of arsenals, to wit: for completing
the arsenal at Augusta, in Georgia, fifty thousand dollars; for erecting a
powder magazine at Frankford, near Philadelphia, fifteen thousand dol-
lars ; for completing the arsenal 4nd other works at Watertown, near Bos-
ton, twenty thousand dollars; for completing the arsenal and other works
-at Pittsburg, Penhsylvania, five thousand dollars; for a levee round the
arsenal at Watervliet, New York, six thousand dollars; for building a
powder magazine at Baton Rouge, twenty thodsand dollars.
For cannon, powder, and shot, to fulfil existing contracts, for mounting Cannon,pow-
cannon, and for purchase of lead, one hundred and ninety-one thousand der, &c.
two hundred 'dollars.
To provide for the payment of the retained bounty, and the per diem Payment
retained of
bounty
travelling allowance of pay and subsistence to soldier' discharged from perdiem,travel-
the army, in the year eighteen hundred and nineteen, ninety-two thou- ling allowance,
sand five hundred dollars. &c.
For the purchase of maps, plans, books, and instruments, for the War Maps, &c. for
Department, one thousand five hundred dollars. the War Depart-
ment.
For fuel, maps, plans, books, erection of quarters, and other buildings, Maps, &c.
and for contingent expenses for the academy at West Point, thirty-five for the academy
thousand six hundred and forty dollars. at West Point.
For marking and running the boundary line of the several cessions of Marking, &a.
land made by the Indians, fifteen thousand dollars. Indian bounda-
For the payment of the half-pay pensions to widows and orphans, two ry Psymeat
lines. of"
hundred thousand dollars. half pay pen-
For the annual allowance to the invalid pensioners of the United States, sions to widows
three hundred and sixty-eight thousand and thirty-nine dollars. and orphans.
For the annual allowance to the revolutionary pensioners, under the sioners.
law of March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred aod eighteen, one Revolutionary
million seven hundred and eight thousand five hundred dollars. pensioners.
1818, ch. 19.
For arrearages arising from a deficiency in the appropriation for paying
Arrearages
the revolutionary pensions in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, one for paying revo-
lundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred dollars and 6ighty-five lutionary pen-
sions in 1818.
cents.
For the Indian department, including arrearages incurred by holding Indian de-
Indian treaties, two hundred and forty thousand two hundred and seventy- partment.
nine dollars, including twenty thousand dollars to defray an expense in-
curred under te Chickasaw treaty lately concluded; and including also,
the further sum of seven thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars,
being the aggregate amount of certain sums stipulated to be paid within
sixty days, to certain individuals named ir the above-mentioned treaty.
For annuity to the Creek nation, under the treaty of one thousand Annuity to
eight hundred and two, three thousand dollars. the Creek na-
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations tion.
hereinbefore made, shall be paid oul of any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED5, February 15, 1819.
SfATUTE II.
CHAP. XIX.---n Sct to extend the jurisdictionuf the circuit courts of the United Feb. 15, 1819.
States to cases arising under the law relating to patents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United The circuit
courts to have
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the circuit courts of the original cogni-
United States shall have original cognisance, as well in equity as at law, sance, inequity
of all actions, suits, controversies, and cases, arising under any law of the and at law, in
controversies
United States, granting or confirming to authors or inventors the exclu- respecting the
sire right to their respective writings, inventions, and discoveries: and right to inven-
upon any bill in equity, filed by any party aggrieved in any such cases, tions' and
wvritings.
shall have authority to grant injunctions, according to the course and Act ofgFeb. 21,
principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of the rights of 1793, ch. 11.
any authors or inventors, secured to them by any laws of the United Act of May
States, on such terms and conditions as the said courts may deem fit and 31,1790, ch. 15,
VOL. 111-61 2S
STATUTE 1.
Feb. 15, 1819. CHAP. XXI.--Xn .Rt to authorize the President and Managers of the 1?ockville
and Washington turnpike roadcompany, of the state of Maryland, to extend and
make their turnpike road to orfrom the boundary of the city of Washington,
in the District of Columbia, through the said district, to the line thereof.
That'part 'of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
the law ot States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the law of
Maryland appli-
cable to the the state of Maryland, entitled, "An act to incorporate companies to
Rockville and make certain turnpike roads through the counties of Montgomery, Fre-
Washington derick, and Washington, and for other purposes," passed at December
Turnpike Road
Company, in session, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, as relates to the
full force in the Rockville and Washington turnpike road company, be, and it hereby is,
district of Co- declared to be in full force within tife District of Columbia.
lumbia.
The road may SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the president and managers of
be made from the said turnpike road company, be, and they are hereby, authorized to
the boundaryof to make said road from the boundary of the District of Columbia t the
the district- to
the boundary boundary of the city of Washington.
of the city. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in relation to the process of
I The powers constructing said road, and to toll gates, and the rates of toll thereon,
and obligations
of the Company
the said company shall be, and hereby is, invested with all the rights, privi-
of the Turnpike leges, and immunities, and shall be subject to all the obligations, Which,
Roads, trans- by the act of Congress, "to incorporate a company for making certain
ferred to the turnpike roads in the District of Columbia," passed April twentyfifth,
Rockville and
Washington one thousand eight hundred and ten, are given, granted, imposed on,
Turnpike Road and vested in, the company of the Columbia turnpike roads, had, that
Company. company proceeded to make the said road according to the terms of the
Act of April
25, 1810, ch. 21. act of Congress aforesaid: Provided, That the formal written release, by,
Proviso. the company last mentioned, of their right to make said road, according
to their act of incorporation, be filed, within ten days after the passing
of this act, in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the United
tates for Washington county, in the District of Columbia.
The corpora- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the corporation of Washing-
tion of Wash- toh are hereby authorized and empowered, at any time, to purchase out
in'gtofi may pur-
chase out the the said road hereirmauthorized to be made, with all the rights and profits
road, on pay- thereto belonging, on paying to the said company a sum which shall be
ing the capital equal to the total amount expended on said road, with six per cent. inte-
expended, and
6 per cent. rest thereon from the date of its expenditure.
thereon. APPROVED, February 15, 1819.
STATUTE II.
Feb. 16, 1819. CHAP. XXI.-Sn aet authorizingthe election of a delegatefrom the Michigan
territory to the Congress of the United States, and extending the right of suf.
frage to the citizens of said territory. (a)
The citizens Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
of Michigan an- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the citizens, of the Michi-
(a) The acts which havebeen passed relative to the territory of Michigan, are:-
An act to divide the Indiana territory into two separate governments. Jan. 11, 1805, oh. 5.
An act authorizing the election of a delegate from the Michigan territory to the Congress of the
United States, and extending the right of suffrage to the citizens of that territory. Feb. 16, 1819, eh. 22.
An act to provide for the apportionment of an additional judge for the Michigan territory and for
other purposes. Jan. 30, 1823, ch. S.
gan territory be,. and they are hereby authorized to elect one delegate to thorized to
elect a delegate
the Congress of the United States, who shall possess the qualifications, to Congress,&
and exercise the privileges, heretofore required of, and granted tothe dele-
gates from the several territories of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every free white male citi- Qualifications
zen of said territory, above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have 'of the electors.
resided therein one year next preceding an election, and who shall have
paid a county or territorial tax, shall be entitled to vote at such election
for a delegate to the Congress of the United States, in such manner, and
at such times and places, as shall he prescribed by the governor and judges
of said territory.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the person, duly qualified The governor
according to law, who shall receive the greatest number qf votes at such to certify the
election of the
election, shall be furnished, by the governor of said territory, with a cer- delegate.
tificate, under his official seal, setting forth that he is duly elected, by the
qualified electors, the delegate from said territory to the Congress of the The certifi-
United States, for the term of two years from the date of said certificate,t cate entitles
the delegate to
which shall entitle the person to whom the same shall be given to take his seat in tho
his seat in the House of Representatives in that capacity. House of Repre-
APPROVED, February 16, 1819. sentatives.
STnrxZn II.
CHAP. XXV.-An &ot making appropriationsfor the support of the navy of the Feb. 16, 1819.
United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United Sums appro-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the ex- priated for the
expenses of the
penses of the navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and nine- navy.
teen, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated:
For pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, nine Pay of offi-
hundred and eighty-six thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars cers and payof
and seventy-five cents.
For provisions, four hundred and five thousand five hundred and fifteen Provisions.
dollars.
For medicines, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, Medicines,
including the marine corps, thirty-six thousand dollars. &.
For repairs of vessels, three hundred and seventy-five thousand Repairs of
dollars. vessels.
An act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan
and for other purposes. March 3, 1823, oh. 36.
An act in addition to an act entitled It An act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the
government of the territory ofMichigan, and for other purposes." Feb. 5, 1825, oh. 6.
An act to allow the citizens of the territory of Michigan to elect the members of their legislative
council, and for other purposes. Jan. 29, 1827, oh. 6.
An act authoriiing the legislative council of the territory of Michigan to take charge of the school
lands in said territory. May 24, 1828, oh. 122.
An act relative to the plan of Detroit in Michigan territory. May 28, 1830, oh. 151.
An act for improving the navigation of certain rivers in the territories of Florida and Michigan.
March 2, 1833, oh. 64.
An act prolonging the second session of the fifth legislative council of the territory ofMichigan. March
2, 1833, ch. 72.
An act authorizing an alteration in the election districts for members of the legislative council of the
territory of Michigan. March 2, 1833, ch. 82.
An act to attach the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river and north of the
state of Missouri, to the territory of Michigan. June 28, 1834, oh. 98.
An act authorizing an extra session of the legislative council of Michigan. June 30, 1834, oh. 151.
An act to establish the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio, and to provide for the admission
of the state of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed. June 15, 1836, ch. 99.
An act to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio. June 23, 1836, oh. 117.
An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to establish the northern boundary line of the state
of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the state ofMichigan into the Union on certain conditions.
June 23, 1836, oh. 121. See Act of 1836, h. 234.
An act to admit the-state of Michigan ifito the Union on an equal footing with the original states.
Jan, 26, 1837, ch. 6.
STATUTE 11.
Feb. 20, 1819. CHAP. XXVII.-dn .$ct to increase the salaries of certain officers of government.
6000 dolls, per 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
annum to the States of America, in Congress assembled, That instead of the salaries
Secretaries (of
State, Treasu- now allowed by law to the following officers, there shall be paid to them,
ry, War, and quarterly, the following annual salaries respectively; that is to say: to the
Navy, in lieu of Secretary -ofState, six thousand dollars : to the Secretary of the Trea-
former salaries.
Attorney Gene- sury, six thousand dollars: to the-Secretary of War, six thousand dollars:
ral, 3,500 dolls. to the Secretary of the Navy, six thousand dollars: to the Attorney Gene-
P.M. General, ral, three thousand five hundred dollars: to the Postmaster General,
4000.
Chief Justice, four thousand dollars: to the Chief Justice of the United States, five
5000, and each thousand dollars: and to each of the judges of the supreme court of the
judge of the United States, four thousand five hundred dollars: and to the assistant
Supreme Court,
4,500. Postmaster General, and additional assistant Postmaster General, two thou-
Assistants to sand five hundred dollars each: to commence the first day of January,
P. .M. G. 2,500 one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and to be paid out of any money
each.
From lst Jan., in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
1819. APPROVED, February 20, 1819.
STATUTE II.
Feb. 20, 1819. CHAP. XXVIII.-n Act authorizing the -Presidentof the United-States to pur-
chase the lands reserved by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and
seventeen, to certain chiefs, warriors, or other Indians, of tle Creek nation.
The President Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
may purchase
any tract ofland States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for
reserved, by the President of the United States to purchase for, and on behalf of, the
act of March, United States, any tract or tracts of land, reserved by the act of the third
1817, to the
Creeks. day of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, to the chiefs, warriors,
Act of March or other Indians, of the Creek nation, which they, or either of them, may
3, 1817, ch. 88. be disposed to sell; and the amount of such purchase shall be paid out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Lands acquired SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any tract or tracts of land, the
by virtue of this title to which may be acquired by the United States, by virtue of this act,
act to be offered
for sale upon shall be offered at public sale, at the land offices of th6 district in which
such days as they may be situate, upon such day or days as the President shall, by
the President
may designate. proclamation, designate for that purpose,in the same manner, and on the
same conditions and terms of credit, as is provided by law for the sale
of public lands of the United States; and patents shall be granted there-
for, as for other public lands and town lots sold by the United States.
APPROVED, February 20, 1819.
STATUTE 1I.
CnAP. XXXV.-an Act supplemental to the act, entitled "An act further to
Feb. 20, 1819.
amend the charter of the City of Washington."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of May
States of America, in Congress assembled, That any lot, or part of a lot, 4, 1812, oh. 75.
or other real estate whatsoever, in the City of Washington, heretofore Lots sold for
taxes in the city
sold, or hereafter to be sold, for any tax due to the corporation of said of Washington
city, or laid or assessed under the authority of the said corporation, pur- may be redeem-
suant to the powers vested in it by virtue of the act to which this is a ed within two
years, on pay-
supplement, or of any other act, passed, or to be passed, shall and may ment of the pur-
be redeemed, so as effectually to reinstate and invest the proprietor, or his chase money
legal representatives, in and with all his former estate, as fully and effect- and ten percent.
per ann. inter-
ually as if such- sale had never been made, upon payment, or tender of est.
payment, being made, at any time within two years from the time of such And if the
sale, by such proprietor, or by his heirs, executors, or administrators, or purchaser can-
not be found,
by any other person, in his or their behalf, to the purchaser of such lot or refuses to ac-
or part of a lot, or other real estate, his executors or administrators, of the cept the re-
money actually paid by him for the same, with the addition of interest, at demption mo-
ney, may be
the rate of ten per centum per aunum, to be computed from the time of paid to the
the payment of the said money by such purchaser; and if such purchaser, clerk of the cir-
his executors, or administrators, have no known place of residence within colit court for
Washington
the District of Columbia, or be not to be found at such place of residence, county.
at the time such redemption is desired to be made ; or if such proprietor,
his heirs, executors, or administrators, or any other person in his behalf,
shall offer to pay such money, with interest as aforesaid, and such pur-
2s2
STATUrE I.
Feb. 20, 1819. CHAP. XXXVI.--Jn ct providing additionalpenalties for false entriesfor the
I benefit of drawback, or bounty on exportation,
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
2, &1799,
sum ch. 22. States of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to the for-
equal
to the value of feitures and penalties heretofore provided by law, for making a false entry
the articles, for- with the collector of any district, of any goods, wares, or merchandise,
feited by per- for the benefit of drawback or bounty on exportation, the person making
false emakingfor such false entry shall, (except in the cases heretofore excepted by law,)
benefit of draw- forfeit and pay to the United States a sum equal to the value of the articles
back or bounty, mentioned or described in such entry; to be sued for, recovered, distri-
.in addition to
former penal- bated, and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act entitled
ties. "An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage," passed on the
second day of March, one thousand'seven hundred and ninety-nine.
APPROVED, February 20, 1819.
Cnnp. XLI.--An Act allowing forther time to comple the isming and locating Feb. 24, 1819.
o military land warrants. 1829, ch. 14.
The authori-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United ty granted to
States of America, in Congress assembled,That the authority granted to the Secretary
.of War, by the
the Secretary for the Department of War, by the second section of the act acts of6th May,
to provide for designating, surveying, and granting, the military bounty 1812, and 10th
lands, approved the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and Dec. 1814, to is.
twelve, and by the fourth section of the act making further provision for sue military
bounty land
filling the ranks of the army of the United States, approved December warrants, con-
tenth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, to issue warrants for tinued until 4th
the military land bounties to persons entitled thereto, shall be revived, March, 1824.
1814, ch. 10.
and continued in force for the term of five years from and after the fourth 1812, ch.77.
day of March next. Act of Dec.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the time limited by the act 10,1814, ch. 10.
The time limit-
supplementary to the act further extending the time for issuing and lo- ed 'for issuing
cating military land warrants, and for other purposes, approved March and locating
ninth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, for issuing military land military land
extended.
warrants, shall be extended to the fourth day of March, one thousand 1818, ch. 16.
eight hundred and twenty-one, and the time limited by the said act for 1821, ch. 15.
the location of unlocated military land warrants, shall be extended to the 15, oh. 46.
1824, ci. 177.
first day of October thereafter. 182, ch. 111.
APPROVED, February 24, 1819. 1827, ch. 35.
STATUTE II.
CuAP.XLIU.-An Act supplemen7ary to the act entitled "An act to provide for Feb. 24, 1819.
the prompt settlement of public accounts."
Act of March
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 3, 1817, oh. 45.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the third Act of Feb.
day of March next, it shall be the duty of the second auditor of the 24, 1819, ch.43.
treasury, to receive all unsettled accounts arising out of Indian affairs, The 2d audi-
tor to receive
with the exception of those appertaining to Indian trade, and examine unsettled ac-,
the same, and thereafter certify the balance, and transmit the accounts, counts of Indian
with the vouchers and certificates, to the second comptroller, for his de- affairs.
1834, ch. 161 §29.
cision thereon: Provided, That if, in the opinion of the President of the Proviso.
United States, the public interest and convenience would be promoted by
assigning all, or any part of, the said accounts to the third auditor, he shal
be, and hereby is, authorized to make such assignment accordingly.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
auditor charged with the examination of the accounts, as aforesaid, to
keep all accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money
in regard to them; to receive from the second comptroller the accounts
which shall have been finally adjusted, and to preserve such accounts,
with the vouchers and certificates. And it shall be the duty of the said Duty of the
auditor to make such reports on the business hereby assigned to him, auditor.
as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, and require, from time to
time, for the service of the War Department.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the United The treasur-
States shall disburse all such moneys as shall have been previously or- er to disburse
dered for the use of the Indian Department, with the exception of those moneys for In-
dian depart-
relating to Indian trade before mentioned, by warrants from the treasury; meot.
which disbursements shall be made pursuant to warrants drawn by the
Secretary of War, and countersigned by the second comptroller, and Counter-
registered by the second and third auditor, as the case may be. signed' &c.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act to which
this is a supplement, as is inconsistent with this act, be, and the same is
hereby, repealed.
APPROVED, February 24, 1819.
at the time of leaving the last port whence such ship or vessel shall sail, of salted provi-
one gal-
shall have on board, well secured under deck, at least sixty gallons of sions,
)on of vinegar,
water, one hundred pounds of salted provisions, one gallon of vinegar, and 100 lbs. of
and one hundred pounds of wholesome ship bread, for each and every wholesome
passenger on board such ship or vessel, over and above such other pro- erp-br e r
every passenger
visions, stores, and live stock as may be put on board by such master or to Europe, over
passenger for their use, or that of the crew of such ship or vessel; and and above, &c.
in like proportion for a shorter or longer voyage; and if the passengers,
on board of such ship or vessel in which the proportion of provisions
herein directed shall not have been provided, shall at any time be put In case of
on short allowance, in water, flesh, vinegar, or biead, during any voyage short allowance,
aforesaid, the master and owner of such ship or vessel shall severally pay to pay three
to each and every passenger who shall have been put on short allowance dolls, a day to
as aforesaid, the sum of three dollars for each and every day they may every passen-
have been on such short allowance; to be recovered in the same manner
as seamen's wages are, or may be, recovered.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the captain or master of any
ship or vessel arriving in the United States, or any of the territories there-
of, from any foreign place whatever, at the same time that he delivers a
manifest of the cargo, and, if there be no cargo, then at the time of
making report or entry of the ship or vessel, pursuant to the existing
laws of the United States, shall also deliver and report, to the col-
lector of the district in which such ship or vessel shall arrive, a list manifest of all
or manifest of all the passengers taken on board of the said ship or the passengers
vessel at any foreign port or place; in which list or manifest it shall to be de-
be the duty of the said master to designate, particularly, the age, sex, livered to the
collector, &c,
and occupation, of the said passengers, respectively, the country to Age, sex, and
which they severally belong, and 'that of which it is their inten- occupation, of
tion to become inhabitants; and shall further set forth whether any, passengers,
he to
designated
and what number, have died on the voyage; which report and manifest and also the
shall be sworn to by the said master, in the same manner as is directed countrytowhich
by the existing laws of the United States, in relation to the manifest theybelong,and
that where they
of the cargo, and that the refusal or neglect of the master aforesaid, mean to reside
to comply with the provisions of this section, shall incur the same together with
penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures, as are at present provided for what number
have died on
a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo the voyage.
aforesaid.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That epoh and every collector of Statements to
the customs, to whom such manifest or list of passengers as aforesaid be laid before
Congress.
shall be delivered, shall, quarter yearly, return copies thereof to the
Secretary of State of the United States, by whom statements of the
same shall be laid beore Congress at each and every session.
APPROVED, March 2, 1819.
STATUTE 11.
CHAP. XLVT.--n .sct to enable the people of the Alabamsa territory to form a March 2, 1819.
constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the
Union on an equal footing with the originalstates. (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Resolution of
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the Dec. 14, 1519.
(a)Acts relative to Alabcsa.-An act to establish a separate territorial government for the east-
ern part of the Mississippi territory, March 3, 1817, ch. 59.
An act to alter and amend the act approved the third day of March, 1817, entitled "An act to es-
tablish a separate government for the eastern part of the Mississippi territory, April 20, ISI, ch. 127.
An act to enable the people of the Alabama territory to form a constitution and state government,
and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, March
2, 1819, ch. 47.
An act to establish a district court in the state of Alabama, April 21, 1820, oh. 47.
An act concerning the apportionment of representatives in the state of Alabama, Jan. 14, 1823, ch. 2.
VOL III.--62
STATUTE 11.
CHAP. XLVIII.--Sn Act supplenmentary to the acts eoncerning the coasting
March 2, 1819.
trade. (a)
Act of Feb Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
1S, 1793, ch.S. States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the more conve-
(a)The acts passed relating to the coasting trade have been:
An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes,
(obsolete) Sept. 1, 1789, ch. 11.
An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries,
and for regulating the same, Feb. 18, 1793, ch. S.
An act relative to the passing of coasting vessels between Long Island and Rhode Island, March 2,
1795, ch. 41.
An act for enrolling and licensing of steamboats, March 12, 1812, ch. 40.
An act to continue in force "An act further to provide for the collectidn of duties on imports and
tonnage," passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes,
March 3, 1817, ch. 109, sect, 4.
An act concerning the navigation of the United States, March 1, 1817,ch. 31, sect. 4, 5.
nient regulation of the coasting trade, the seacoast and navigable rivers Act of May 7.
1e22 I
of the United States be, and hereby are, divided into two great districts; Isec. 62
I1
the first, to include all the districts on the seacoast and navigable rivers, The seacoast
between the eastern limits of the United States and the southern limits and navigable
of Georgia, and the second, to include all the districts on the seacoast rivers of the
United States
and navigabie rivers, between the river Perdido and the western limits divided into two
of the United States. great districts,
SzC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every ship or vessel, of the for the conveni-
ence of the
burden of twenty tons or upwards, licensed to trade between the different coasting trade.
districts of the United States, shall be, and is hereby authorized to carry Licensed yee-
on such trade between the districts included within the aforesaid great eels, of 20 tons
and upwards,
districts, respectively, and between a state in one, and an adjoining state may carry on
in another, great district, in manner, and subject only to the regulations trade between
that are, now by law required to be observed by such ships or vessels, in the districts
within theand
great
trading from one district to another in the same state, or from a district districts,
in one state to a district in the next adjoining state, any thing in any law between a state
to the contrary, notwithstanding. in one, and an
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every ship or vessel, of the adjoiing state
burden of twenty tons or upwards, licensed to trade as aforesaid, shall be, great district,
and is hereby, required, in trading from one to another great district, &c.
other than between a state in one, and an adjoining state in another,
great district, to conform to and observe the regtilations, that, at the time Regulations
of passing this act, are required to be observed by such vessels in trading to be observed.
from a district in one state to a district in any other than an adjoining
state.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trade between the districts Trade be-
not included in either of the two great districts aforesaid, shall continue tween districts
not included,
to be carried on in the manner, and sibject to the regulations, already &c. to be car-
provided for this purpose. ried on as al-
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be Thisprovided
ready act to be
in force, from and after the thirtieth day of June next after the passing in force from
thereof. 30thJune, 1819.
APPROVED, March 2, 1819.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. XLIX.-S.n.ct establishing a separate territorialgovernment in thesouth- March 2, 1819.
ern part of the territoryof Missouri. (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Part of the
States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the fourth Missouri teri-
An act supplementary to the acts concerning the coasting trade, March 2, 1819, ch. 48.
An act to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage in Florida, and for other pur-
poses, May 7, 1822, ch. 62, sec. 11.
An act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fisheries, May 24, 1828,
ch. 119. Act of April 20, 1836, ch. 55.
An act to authorize surveyors, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to enrol and
license ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, Feb. 11, 1830, ch. 14.
An act concerning vessels employed in the whale fishery, March 3, 1831, oh. 115.
An act to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, north-eastern and north-western
frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes. Act of March 2, 1831, oh. 98.
An act of Dec. 22, 1837, oh. 1.
(a) Acts relating to the territory, afterwardthe state of Arkansas.
An act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri, June 4, 1812, oh. 95.
An act establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri,
March 2, 1819, ch. 49. Act of 1832, ch. 115.
An act relative to the Arkansas territory, April 21, 1820, ch. 48.
An act to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes, May26,
1824, ch. 155.
An act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory
of Arkansas from the state of Louisiana, May 19, 1828, ch. 58.
An act for-the admission of the state of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide fbr the due execution
of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes, June 15, 1836, oh. 100.
An act supplementary to the act, entfted "An act for the admission ofthe state of Arkansas into the
2T
Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for
other purposes," June 23, 1836, ch. 120.
An act supplementary to an act, entitled e An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers," passed thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-four, June 17, 1844, ch. 103.
SnC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the judicial power of the terr- Judicial pow-
tory shall be vested in a superior court, and in such inferior courts as the er to be vested
sn a superior
legislative department of the territory shall, from time to time, institute and inferior
and establish, and in justices of the peace. The superior court shall be courts.
composed of three judges, who shall reside in the territory and continue Superior court
in office Ibr the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the Presi- three judges,
dent. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in all criminal and penal &c.
cases, and exclusive cognisance of all capital cases, and shall have 'and Jurisdiction
exercise original jurisdiction, concurrently with the inferior courts, and court.
exclusive appellate jurisdiction in all civil cases in which the amount in
controversy shall be one hundred dollars or upwards. The superior court Times and
shall be holden at such times and place, or places, as the legislative de. places of hold-
partment shall direct, and continue in session until the business therein court.
shall be disposed of, or as long as shall be prescribed by law. Provided, Appellate
That any two of the judges -shall constitute a court of appellate, and any f original j-
one a court of original jurisdiction. risdiction.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, judges Governor, se-
and all other officers, of the territory, civil and military, shall, before they cretary, judges,
&c. to take an
enter on the duties of their respective offices, take an oath or affirmation oath.
to support the constitution of the United States, and to "discharge, with
fidelity, the duties of their offices; the governor before a judge of the Before whom.
supreme or district court of the United States, or a judge of the supe-
rior churt of the said territory; the secretary and judges, before the said
governor, or a judge of the supreme or district court of the United States;
and all other officers, before the governor, or any 'of the judges of the
supreme or inferior courts, or justices of the peace, of said territory.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, and Governor, sic.
judges of the superior court authorized for said territory, during the tem- to be appointed
by the Presi-
porary government thereof, shall be appointed by the President of the dent, with con-
United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, sent of senate.
That the President shall have full power, during the recess of the Senate, to Proviso: the
President may
commission all or any of the said officers, until the end of the session commission
of Congress next succeeding the date of the commission. . The gover- during the re-
nor, secretary, and judges of the superior court, shall receive the same es
compensation, payable quarter yearly, which the governor, secretary, and of the gover-
superior judges, of the Missouri territory are entitled to by law. nor, &c.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all the laws which shall be in Laws in force
on
in force in the territory of Missouri, on the fourth day of July next, not 4thMissouri,
July, 1819,
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and which shall be applicable not inconsistent
to the territory of Arkansaw, shall be, and continue, in force in the latter &c.to be in
force in Arkan-
territory, until modified or repealed by the legislative authority thereof, saw,
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the bounty lands granted, or Military boun-
hereafter to be granted, for military services during the late war, shall, . ty lands
from exempt
taxes for
while they continue to be held by the patentees or their heirs, remain three years from
exempt from all taxes, for the term of three years from and after the date date of patents,
of the patents respectively, while, &c.
SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That whenever, according to the Members of the
provisions of this act, the people of the Arkansaw territory shall have a House of Re-
right to elect members of the house of representatives of their general preseutatives,
assembly, they shall also have the right to elect a delegate from the said 'Congress, &c.
territory to the Congress of the United States, who shall possess the same
powers, enjoy the same privileges, and receive the same compensation,
granted and secured by law to the delegates from other territories.
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That until otherwise directed by Seat of go-
the legislative department of the said territory of Arkansaw, the seat of vernment.
the territorial government thereof shall be-the post of Arkansaw, on the
Arkansaw river. The line be-
SEc. 14. And be it further enacted, That the linenow established by tweden certain
law, between the land offices at the seat of justice in the county of Law- altered.
rence, and at the town of Jackson, in the county of Cape Gireadeau, shall,
from and after the passage of this act, be so altered as to run, be the same
and correspond with the northern line of the said territory of Arkansaw,
any thing in the act, entitled "An act making provision for the establish-
ment of additional land offices in the territory of Missouri," passed the
Act of Feb. seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
17, 1818, ch. 12. to the contrary notwithstanding.
APPROVED, March 2, 1819.
STATUTS 11.
March 2, 1819. CHAP. LTI.-AnSact authorizing the Postmaster General to contract, as in other
cases, for carrying the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the state of
Louisiana, and Louisville, in the state of Kentucky.
The Postmas- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representates of the United
ter general an- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General
thorized to con-
tract for carry- may, and he is hereby, authorized to contract for the transportation of
ing the mail in the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana,
steamboats, and Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, for any term of time, not exceed-
from New Or-
leans to Louis- ing four years in any one contract, in the same way and manner as he
ville, &c. lawfully may, for the carriage of it, by land ; but the whole expense of
Expense not sending the mail in steamboats shall not exceed that of ttransmitting the
to exceed that
of transmitting same by land.
by land. APPROVED, March 2, 1819.
STATUTE It.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LIV.-.n qct making appropriationsfor the support of government for
the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Sums appro- Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United
priated, for- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums
be and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated; that is-to say:
Members of Por compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and
Congress, &c. House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, three hundred
and sixty thousand and ten dollars.
Contingent For the expense of firewood, stationery, printing, and other con-
expenses, tingent expenses, of the two Houses of Congress, forty-two thousand
dollars.
Library of For the expense of the library of Congress, including tne librarian's
Congress. allowance, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
The President. For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Vice President. For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five
thousand dollars.
Secretary of For compensation to the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars.
State.
Clerks. For compensation to the clerks in the Department of State, per act
1818, ch. 87. of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand nine
hundred dollars.
Extra copying. For additional clerk hire, to cover expenses of extra copying, in the
Department of State, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent For the contingent and incidental expenses of the said department,
exrenses. inclding expenses of printing and distributing copies of the laws of the
second section of the fifteenth Congress, and printing the laws in news-
papers, twenty-four thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.
Messengers. For compensation to the messengers in said office, including the
messenger to the patent office, six hundred and sixty dollars.
Secretary of For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, six thousand
the Treasury. dollars.
Clerks. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of the
ment, per act of twentieth April, eighteen hundxed and eighteen, two 1818, ch. 87.
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For the contingent expenses of said office, eight hundred and seventy Contingent
dollars. expenses.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the engineer depart- Clerks.
ment, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent expenses of said Contingent
office, one thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars. expenses.
For compensation to the clerks employed in the office of the surgeon Clerks.
general, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For the contingent expenses of said office, three hundred and seventy- Contingent
four dollars. expenses.
For compensation to the Secretary of the Navy, six thousand dollars. Secretary of
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of the the Navy.
Navy, per act of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight Clerks.
thousand two hundred dollars. 1818, ch. 87.
For expense of fuel, stationery, and other contingent expenses, in said Contingent
office, two thousand five hundred dollars. expenses.
For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten Messenger.
dollars.
For compensation to the commissioners of the navy board, ten thou- Commissioners
sand five hundred dollars. of navy board.
For compensation to their secretary, two thousand dollars. Secretary
navy board. of
For compensation to the clerks in the office of said commissioners, Clerks.
per act of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, three thou- 1518, ch. 87.
sand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For an addition to the allowance for clerk hire in said office, four Additional
thousand dollars. clerk hire, &c.
For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and Messenger.
ten dollars.
For the contingent expenses of said office, two thousand dollars. Contingencies.
For compensation to a superintendent, and two watchmen, and for State, War,
other expenses incurred for the security of the State, War, and Navy and Navy De-
Departments, one thousand one hundred dollars. partments.
For compensation to the Postmaster General, four thousand dollars. Postmaster
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Postmaster General, ,General.
Clerks.
per act of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, twenty-two 1818, ch. 87.
thousand seven hundred dollars.
For compensation to the messengers in the general post-office, six Messengers.
hundred and sixty dollars.
For compensation to the assistant postmaster general, two thousand Assistant
postmaster ge-
five hundred dollars. neral.
For compensation to the second assistant postmaster general, two Second as-
thousand five hundred dollars. sistant.
For the contingent expenses of the general post-office, four thousand Contingent
dollars. expenses.
For compensation to the surveyor general, two thousand dollars. Surveyor ge-
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the surveyor general, neral.
two thousand one hundred dollars. Clerks.
For
dollars. compensation to the surveyor south of Tennessee, two thousand Surveyor
dollars.nessee. south of Ten-
For compensation to the clerks in his office, and for contingent ex- Hisclerks,&c.
penses, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
For compensation to the surveyor in the state of Illinois and the Mis- Surveyor in
Illinois and
souri territory, two thousand dollars. Missouri.
For compensation to his clerks, per act of third April, eighteen hun- Clerks.
dred and eighteen, two thousand dollars. 1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the surveyor in the Alabama territory, two thou- Surveyor in
sand dollars. Alabamw.
two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: which several sums, hereby
appropriated, together with the amount heretofore advanced by the United
States for making said road, shall be repaid out of the fund reserved for
laying out and making roads to the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,
by virtue of the several acts for the admission of the aforesaid states into
the Union. ureying
For surveying the public lands of the United States, one hundred suring
and sixty thousand dollars. puhliu lands.
For expenses attending the occupancy of the new executive buildings, New execu-
including fuel, furniture, and other incidental expenses, twenty-three tive buildings.
thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents.
For covering with slate the two executive buildings now occupied
by the State, Treasury, War, and Navy, Departments, ten thousand dol-
lars:
For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United Miscellaneous
States, not otherwise provided for, as shall have been admitted in due claims, &c.
course of settlement at the treasury, six thousand dollars.
For additional compensation allowed to the clerks in the office of the Clerks in
superintendent of Indian trade, per act of twentieth April, eighteen office of super-
hundred and eighteen, four hundred and fifty dollars. than trade.of In-
intendent
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissary gene- 1818, ch. 87.
ral of purchases, two thousand eight hundred dollars. Cterka of-
For compensation to the messenger in said office, three hundred and commissary
sixty dollars. sixt dolars.general chases. of per-
For expense of fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent ex- Messenger.
penses, in said office, nine hundred and thirty dollars. Clerks.
Contingent
For allowance to the clerks in the office of the commissary general expenses.
of subsistence, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For the contingent expenses of said office, two thousand seven hun-
dred dollars.
For salaries to the ministers of the United -States to London, Paris, Salaries to
Sinisters, &o.
St. Petersburg, 1Rio Janeiro, and Madrid, with the salaries of their seve- ofthe United
ral secretaries of legation, and the salary of a charg6 des affaires at the States at for-
Hague and at Stockholm, and for the usual allowance of three months' eign courts, &o.
salary to the minister at Stockholm, payable on his return home, sixty-
six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For outfit for a minister plenipotentiary at Rio Janeiro, and Madrid, Outfit of min-
and also for the chargd des affaires at London, the Hague, aind Stock- ister to Rio Ja-
holm, thirty-one thousand five
, hundred dollars. • neiro,
&c. Madrid,
For the contingent expenses of the missions aforesaid, ten thousand Contingent
dollars. expenses.
For a deficiency in the appropriations of formeryears, for the payment Deficiency of
of expenses on foreign intercourse, including losses on drafts and the dif- priation appro-
former for for-
ference of exchange, twenty-five thousand dollars. eign inter-
For the contingent expenses of intercourse between the United States course, &c.
and foreign nations, thirty thousand dollars. Contingent
For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, forty-two eipenses of for-
thousand dollars. corse.
For the expenses, during the present year, for carrying into effect the Intercourse
fifth, sixth, and seventh, articles of the treaty of peace, concluded with with Barbary
powers.
his Britannic majesty on the 24th day of December, one thousand eight Expenses un-
hundred and fourteen, including the compensation of the commissioners, der the articles
agents, and surveyors, and their contingent expenses, forty thousand of the treaty
Gbhent, muc- of
dollars. ding, &c.
For the salaries of the agents for claims on account of spoliations, and Agents of
for seamen at London and at Paris, four thousand dollars. claims at Paris
For the relief of distressed American seamen in foreign countries, andDistressed
London.
eighty thousand dollars. American sea-
For cost of paper, engraving, and printing certificates of registry, and men.
STATUTE II
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LX.-Sn Set extending the term of half-pay pensons to the widows and
children of certain officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service.
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representativesof the United
4, 1814, cli. 20. States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases where pro-
Act of April vision has been made by law for five years, half pay to the widows and
16, 1818, ch. 65.
Act of April children of officers, seamen, and marines, who were killed in battle, or
9, 1824, ch. 34. died of wounds received in battle, or who died in the naval service of
Five years' ad- the United States, during the late war, the said provision shall be continu-
ditional half
pay to the wid- ed for the additional term of five years, to commence at the end of the
ows and chil- first term of five years, in each case, respectively, making the provision
dren of officers, equal to ten years half pay; which shall be paid in the manner, and out
seamen, and
marines, killed of the fund, heretofore designated by law; and the said pensions shall
in battle, &c. also cease for the reasons mentioned in the said law.
or who died in APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
service.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LXX.-Sn S-et to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United
States within the state of Illinois. (a)
Laws of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
United States States of America, in Congress assembled, That the laws of the United
not inapplica-
ble, in force in
States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and
Illinois. effect, within the state of Illinois as elsewhere within the United States.
Illinois a dis- SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state shall be one
trict.
district, and be called the Illinois district. And a district court shall be
(a) See notes to the act of April 18, 1818, ch. 67.
heWd therein, to consist of one judge who shall reside in the said district, District court,
and be called a district judge. iie shall hold, at the seat of govern- one judge.
Two sessions
meat of the said state, two sessiqns annually, on the first Mondays in of the court an-
May and December; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the nually.
same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of
the Kentucky district, under an act, entitled "An act to establish the Act of Sept.
judicial courts of the United States." He shall appoint a clerk for the 24,1789, ch. 20.
said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court, at the A clerk.
place of holding the same, and shall receive, for the services performed Clerk's fees.
by him, the same fees to whih the clerk of the Kentucky district is en-
titled for similar services.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the 1000 dolls.
judge of the said district court, the annual compensatioh of one thou- yearly compen
sation to the
sand dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid judge.
quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States. Payable quar-
Sue. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in terly.
District attor-
the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the ney.
United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, he paid, by the 200 dolls, per
United States, two hundred dollars, as a full compensation for all extra ann. for his ex.
tra services.
services.
5EC. 5,. And be it further enacted, That a marshal be appointed for A marshal.
the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the
same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are pre-
for his'an-
200 dolls,
scribed to marshals in other districts; and shall, moreover, be entitled to nually
the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra etra serices.
services.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
SrAT'rt II.
CHAP.LXXI.-n Act supplementary to the dat, entitled "An act to authorize and March 3,1819.
empower the president and managers of the WPashington Turnpike Company Act of Feb. 27,
of the state of Maryland, when organized, to extend and -make their turnpike 1813, ch. 39.
road to or from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, through the said
district,to the line thereof."
The law of
Be it enacted by the Senate "andHouse of Representativesof the United Maryland in
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the law of the state force in the Dis-
of Maryland, entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled an act to incor- trict of Colum-
porate a company to make a turnpike road from the line of the district bia.
of Columbia, where it crosses the post-road leading from Georgetown to
Fredericktown, through Montgomery and Frederick counties, to Frede-
ricktown," passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
be, and the same is hereby declared to be,in full force within the District
of Columbia.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE I.
From Pine Plains, on the Ulster and Delaware turnpike, to North Post-roads
established.
Amenia.
From Waterloo to Port Glasgow, by Clyde village, town of Galen..
From the village of Peekskill, by Crumpond, to Somerstown, in the
county of West Chester.
From South Nunda, by M'Clure's, to Ellicottville, in the county of
Cataraugus.
In New Jerseiq.-From Newtown, in Sussex county, by Stillwater, New Jersey.
Marksborough, Butt's bridge, to Columbia glass manufactory, on the
Delaware river.
From Baskenridge, by Liberty Corner, to Doughty's mills, in Morris
county.
From the city of New York, across Staten Island, by the Richmond
and Woodbridge turnpike roads, to New Brunswick.
In Pennsylvania.-FromFannetsburg, in Franklin county, by Miffin- Pennsylvania.
town, M'Allisterstown, and Stroupstown, to Selinsgrove.
From New Bedford to New Castle.
That the mail from Chambersburg to' Huntingtop, return by Trough
Creek, Three Springs Valley, and Fort Littleton, to the Burnt Cabins.
From Allentown, by M'Leansburg, Orwigsburg, and Hamburg, to
Cootstown.
That the mail from Washington to New Lisbon, pass on from Brice-
lands, by Manchester, and from thence by Hookstown, Georgetown, and
Little Beaver Bridge.
From the Yellow Springs, in Huntingdon county, by Williamsburg
and Martinsburg, to Bloody Run.
That the post-road from Womelsdorf to Sunbury, pass by Gratz.
From Easton, by the Wind Gap, Hamilton, Pocono, Sterling, Salem,
Canaan, and Mount Republic, to Mount Pleasant.
From Mount Republic to the Courthouse in Bethany.
From Halifax, in Dauphin county, to Sunbury, in Northumberland
county, on the east side of the.Susquehannah river.
From Greensburg, by Salem cross roads, Crawford's mills, Freeport,
Kittaning Courthouse, Woodward's mills, Indiana Courthouse, Cono-
maugh salt works and New Alexandria, to Greensburg.
From Chester, in Delaware county, by Newtown, Spread Eagle, and
King of Prussia, to Norristown, in Montgomery.
From Philadelphia, by Merion, Mill Creek, Gulf Mills, Lowry, Elliott's
and Mason's Tavern, to Kimberton.
In 3laryland.-FromHancock to Bath, in Berkley county in Virginia. Maryland.
From Port Tobacco, by Bryantown, to Benedict.
That the mail pass on the turnpike road between Hagerstown and
Cumberland.
From Bladensburg to Magruder's tavern, in Maryland.
From Fredericksburg, by Cartersville, Cumberland c. h.,Prince Edward
c. h., Charlotte, c. h., and Halifax c. h., in Virginia, by Milton, Salisbury,
and Charlotte, in North Carolina, by York c. It., Pickneyville, Union c.
h.,Lawrenee c. Ii., and Abbeville c. h., in South Carolina; and by Peters-
burg, Washington, Powelton, and Sparta, to Milledgeville, in Georgia.
In P'hginia.-From Bowling Green, in Carolina county, by Golans- Virginia.
ville, to Oxrord.
That the post-road called the Three Notched Road, from Richmond
to Milton, shall pass by Price's store, N. J. Poindexter & Co's. store, and
Dobb's store.
From Morgantown, by Barnes' mills, and Shinston, to Clarksburg.
From Moorfield's, by Smith's, and the German settlement, to King-
wood.
From Preston to Howell's mill, on the Litile Kenhawa.
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STATUTE II.
body politic granting such power, in the words following: "I ,do Form of the
ath to ie en-
solemnly swear, (or affirm as the case may be,) that I am (or that the co- dorsed.
partnership, consisting pf myself and , are, or that the corporation
known by the name of , is, as the case may be,) truly, and in good
faith, the owner (or owners, as the case may be,) of the shares in the
capital stock of the Bank of the United States, specified in the within
power of attorney, and of no other shares; that no other person has
any interest in the said shares, directly or indirectly, except as stated in
the said power; and that no othr power has been given to any person,
which is now in force, to vote for me (or for the co-partnership aforesaid,
or for the body politic aforesaidas the case may be,) at any election of
directors of the said bank ;" which oath or affirmation may be taken be- taken Oath beforea
may be
fore a notary public, judge, or justice of the peace, and shall be certified notary, &c.
by him.
SEC. 3. And be itffurther enacted, That if the judges of any election Judges of elec-
of directors, to be held as aforesaid, shall permit any person to give more tions permitting
persons to give
than thirty votes, in the whole, at any such election, without the said more than thirty
person's having taken the aforesaid oath or affirmation, or shall suffer votes without
any person whatever to vote as attorney, agent, or proxy, for any other making oath, or
suffering any
person, or for any co-partnership, or body politic, without a power for person to vote
that purpose, as prescribed in the foregoing section, with the oath or as proxy witbout
affirmation and certificate aforesaid; such of the said judges as shall con- spwer, as pre
scribed, te be
sent thereto, shall severally be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on deemed guilty,
due conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding two &c.
thousand dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding one year, at the dis-
cretion of the court before which such conviction shall be had. And Personsswear-
if any person shall wilfully and absolutely swear or affirm falsely, in 0ject ing falsely, sub-
to the pen-
taking any oath or affirmation prescribed by this act, such person, so atietofpen-ury
offending, shall, upon due conviction thereof, be subject to the pains and
penalties which are by law prescribed for the punishment of wilful and
corrupt perjury.
SEC. 4. And be it farther enacted, That if any person shall, directly or The person
indirectly, give any sum or sums of money, or any other bribe, present, giving, and the
president or di-
or reward, or any promise, contract, obligation or security, for the payment rector accept-
or delivery of any money, present, or reward, or any tiling td obtain or tug, any money,
procure the opinion, vote, or interest, of the president of the Bank of the or bribe, &c., to
United States, or either of the directors thereof, or the president or a direc-e-imprisoned,
be fined andand
tor of either of the branches of the said bank, in any election, question, for ever disquat-
matter, or thing, which shall come before the said president and directors ified, &c.
for decision, in relation to the interest and management of the busi-
ness of the said bank, and shall be thereof convicted; such person or
persons, so giving, promising, contracting, or securing to be given,
paid, or delivered, any sum or sums of money, present, reward, or other
bribe as aforesaid, and the president or director who shall, in any wise,
riccept or receive the same, on conviction thereof, shall be fined and im-
prisoned at the discretion of the court, and shall forever be disqualified
1o hold any office of trust or profit under thesaid corporation, and shall,
also, for ever, be disqualified to hold any office of honour, trust, or profit,
under the United States.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. LXXIV.-Sn .0ctfurther to suspend,for a limited time, the sale or for- March 3, 1819.
feiture of landsforfailurein completing the payment thereon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United The opera-
States of Amcrica, in Congress assembled, That the operation of the sixth tion of the 6th
condition of the fifth section of the act, entitled "An act to amend the condition ofthe
5th section of
act entitled ' An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United the acd for the
2 u2
STATUTP 1.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LXXV .n det in addition to ".n act concerning tonnage and dis..
criminating duties in certain cases."
Act of.April Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United
20, 1818, ch. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act passed on the
110.
The act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled
20th April, "An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases,"
1818, extended be, and the same hereby is, extended, in all its provisions and limitations,
to the vessels to the vessels of Prussia, of the city of Hamburg, and of the city of
of Prussia,
Hamburg and Bremen.
Bremen. SEc. 2. And be it furtherenacted, That the act passed on the third of
The act of 3d
March, 1815, March, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to repeal so much
ch. 77, the act of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage on [of] ships and ves-
April 20, 1818, sels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United
ch. 110, and this States, as imposes a discriminating duty on tonnage, between foreign
act to cease on
1st Jan., 1824. vessels and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported
into the United States in foreign vessels and vessels of the United States,"
and also the act to which this is an addition, together with this act, shall
cease and expire on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
twenty-four.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
March 3 1819.
CHAP. LX VI.--Anetto proteet the commerce of thi United &ate&, and punish
Act of March the crime of piracy. (a)
3,1819, ch. 101.
Act of May Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
10, 1800, ci.51.
The President States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
authorized to United States be, and hereby is, authorized and requested to employ
(a) The decisions of the courts of the United States upon prosecutions for piracy, have been :
.Piracy.-A robbery committed on the high seas, although such robbery, ifcommitted on land, would
not, by the laws of the United States, be punishable with death, is piracy, under the act of Congress
of 1790 ; and the circuit courts have iurisdiction thereof. United States v. Palmer, 3 Wheat. 610; 4
Cond. Rep. 352.
The crime of robbery, as mentioned in the act, is the crime of robbery as recognised and defined at
common law. Ibid.
The crime of robbery, committed by a person who is not a citizen of the United States, on the high
seas, on board of a ship belonging exclusively to subjects of a foreign state, or on persons in a foreign
vessel, is not piracy under the act, and is not punishable in the courts of the United States. Ibid.
When a civil war rages in a foreign nation, one part of which separates itself from the old estab-
lished government, and erects itself into a distinct government, the courts of the United States must
view such newly constituted government as it is viewed by the legislative and executive departments of
the government of the United States. If that government remains neutral, but recognises the existence
of a civil war, the courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal, those' acts of hostility which war
authorizes, and which the new government may direct against its enemy. Ibid.
The same testimony which would be sufficient to prove that a vessel or person is in the service or
an acknowledged state, is admissible to prove that they are in the service of such newly created gov-
ernment. Its seal cannot be allowed to prove itself, but may be proved by such testimony as the
nature of the case admits ; and the fact that a vessel or person is in the service of such government
may be established dtherwise, should it be Impracticable to prove the seal. 'Ibid.
A commission issued by Aury, as " brigadier of the- Mexican republic," (a republic whose existence
is unknown and unacknowledged,) or as "generalissimo of the Floridas,-(a province in the possession
of Spain,) will not authorize armed vessels to make captures at s"a. United States v. Kliatok, 5
Wheat. 144; 4 Cond. Rep. 614.
boat, the crew whereof shall be armed, and which shall have attempted oi send into port
committed any piratical aggression, search, restraint, depredation or sei- aed whichvesselse
zure, upon any vessel of the United States, or of the citizens thereof, or attempted or
upon any other vessel; and also to retake any vessel of the United States, committed pi-
aggres-
or its citizens, which may have been unlawfully captured upon the ratical sion, &c.
high seas. Merchant
Sac. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commander and crew of vessels may
any merchant vessel of the United States, owfted wholly, or in part, defend against
&c.
aggression,
by a citizen thereof, may oppose and defend against any aggression, by any armed
search, restraint, depredation, or seizure, which shall be attempted upon, vessel other
than a public
such vessel, or upon any other vessel owned as aforesaid by the comman- armed vessel of
der or crew of any armed vessel whatsoever, not being a public armed a nation in ami-
vessel of some nation in amity with the United States; and may subdue ty.
and capture the same; and may also retake any vessel, owned as afore-
said, which- may have been captured by the commander or crew of any Vessels from
whbioh piratical
such armed vessel, and send the same into any port of the United States. aggression, &c.
S.c. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever any vessel or boat, has been
from which any piratical aggression, search, restraint, depredation or sei:. attempted or
made, when
zure shall have been first attempted or made, shall he captured and brought taken may be
into any port of the United States, the same shall and may be adjudged condemned.
and condemned to their use, and that of the captors, after due process
and trial, in any court having admiralty jurisdiction, and which shall be
holden for the district into which such captured vessel shall be brought;
and the same court shall thereupon order a sale and distribution thereof Sale and dis-
accordingly, and at their discretion. tribution.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons
whatsoever, shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined
To establish the crime of confederacy, there -must be some proof of criminal intentions in the
persons charged. ibid.
The language of the 12th section of the law, implies compact and association with pirates, as well
in relation to the past as to the future. Any intercourse with them which is calculated to promote
their views, is within the provisions of the law. bid.
In order to affect all the officers and crew of a piratical vessel with guilt, the original voyage must
have been undertaken with a piratical design ; and the officers and crew have acted upon such design;
otherwise those only are guilty who co-operated actively in the piracy. United States v. Gibert,
2 Sumner's C. C. R. 19.
It would not be sufficient to affect them with such, if they had known the voyage was to be an illegal
one, as in the slave trade, contrary to the laws of Spain. Ibid.
The simple fact of presence on board the piratical vessel, where there was no original piratical
design, is not of itself sufficient to affect a party with the crime. All who are present, acting and assist-
ing in the piracy, are to be deemed principals. Ibid.
The act of 1790, ch. 9, sec. 8, for the punishment of certain crimes, passed by Congress, as well as
the act of 1820, ch. 11L3, applies to all murders and robberies committed on board of, or upon American
ships on the high seas. Ibid.
The indictment charged the piracy to have been committed "con the high seas within the admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of a particular state."
Held, that this was a sufficient statement of the venue, without a further specification of the place.
Ibid.
Under the act of Congress of 1819, oh. 77, any armed vessel may be seized which shall have attempt-
ed or committed any piratical aggression, &c., and the proceeds of the vessel when sold divided between
the United States and the captors at the discretion of the court. Harmony et al. v. The United States,
2 Howard, 210.
It is no matter whether the vessel be armed for offence or defence, provided she commits the unlawful
acts specified. Ibid.
To bring a vessel within the act, it is not necessary that there should be actual plunder or intent to
plunder; if the act be committed from hatred or an abuse of power, or a spirit of mischief, it is suffi-
cient. Ibid.
The word " piratical" in the act is not to be limited in its construction to such acts as by the laws
of nations are denominated piracy, but includes such as pirates are in the habit of committing. Ibid.
A piratical aggression, search, restraint or seizure, is as much within the act, a. a piratical depreda-
tion. Ibid.
The innocence or ignorance on the part of the owner of the vessel, of these prohibitell acts, will
not exempt the vessel from condemnation. ibid.
The condemnation of the cargo is not authorized by the act of 1819. Neither does the law of nations
require the condemnation of the cargo for petty offences, unless the owner thereof co-operates in and
authorizes the unlawful act. An exception exists in the enforcement of belligerent rights. Ibid.
Where the innocence of the owners was established, it was proper to throw the costs on the vessel
which was condemned, to the exception of the cargo which was liberated. Ibid,
VOL. II.1-65
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1819. CHAP' LXXX..-.n &ctto continue in force, for a further term, the act entitled
".Sn act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," and for other
purposes.
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
2, 1811, ch. 30.
States of America'in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act
for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," passed on the
second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and which
The act con- was, by subsequent acts, continued in force until the first day of March,
tinued until 1st one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall be, and the same is
March, 1820. hereby, further continued in force until the first day of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty, and no longer.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States
Act of April
20, 1818, ch. 104. shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, in every case where he
The President shall judge it expedient, to transfer any of the Indian agents, whose com-
may transfer pensation was fixed by the act, entitled "An act fixing the compensation
Indian agents.
of Indian agents and factors," from the place designated by the said act
for the discharge of their duties, respectively, to such other places as the
. Indian agent public service may require; and shall also have power to appoint, by and
for Upper Mis- with the consent and advice of the Senate, an Indian agent for the Upper
souri with a sa-
lary of $1800. Missouri, whose annual compensation shall be one' thousand eight hun-
dred dollars.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
Repealed,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
1832, ch. 236. States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases of applica-
tion for the payment of pensions to invalids, under the several laws of
Affidavit Congress granting pensions to invalids, the affidavit of two surgeons or
of two credi-
ble ,surgeons, physicians, whose credibility, ,as such, shall be certified by the magistrate
&c., stating the before whom the affidavit is made, stating the continuance of the disabil-
continuance ity for which the pension was originally granted, (describing it,) and the
and rate of dis- rate of such disability at the time of making the affidavit, shall accom-
ability, &c., to
accompany the pany the application of the first payment which shall' fall due after the
application for fourth day of March next, and at the end of every two years thereafter;
payment.
and ifin a case of a continued disability, it shall be stated at a rate below
that for which the pension was originally granted, the applicant shall only
Proviso ; affi- be paid at the rate stated in the affidavit: Provided,That where the pen-
davit not neces-
sary in case of sion shall have been originally granted for a total disability, in conse-
total disability, quence of the loss of a limb, or other cause which cannot, either in
&c. whole or in part, be removed, the above affidavit shall not be necessary to
entitle the applicant to payment: And provided, also, That this act shall
not extend to the invalids of the revolution, who have been, or shall
be, placed on the pension list, pursuant to an, act of Congress, enti-
Act of March tled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
18, 1818, ch. 19. service of the United States in the revolutionary war," approved the
eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eight. [eighteen.]
APPRovED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LXXX1V. -n Act making appqropiationsfor the public buildings,for
[Obsolete.] the purchase of a lot of land, and furnishing a supply of water for the use of
certainpubli-c buildings.
Appropria- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
tionp for-finish- States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated
ing the wings of
the Capitol. for finishing the wings of the Capitol, in addition to the sums already
appropriated, the further sum of fifty-one thousand three hundred and
thirty-two dollars.
Centre build- For erecting the centre building of the Capitol, one hundred and
ing. thirty-six thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars.
Gates, iron For-finishing the gates, the iron railing, and the enclosure north of
railing, &c., the President's house, five thousand three hundred and forty-four dol-
lars.
Enlarging of- For enlarging the offices west of the President's house, eight thousand
fices West of
President's one hundred and thirty-seven dollars.
house. For purchasing a lot of land, and for constructing pipes, for supplying
Purchasing a the executive offices and President's house with water, nine thousand one
lot of land, and
supplying the hundred and twenty-five dollars.
esecutive of- Which said several sums of money, hereby appropriated, shall be paid
flces with water. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
To be paid out
of money in the SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby appro-
treasury. priated, shall be expended under the direction -of the President of the
United States.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE I.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LXXXV.-An Act making provision for the civilization of the Indian
tribes adjoining the frontier settlements.
The President Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Rrpresentatives of the United
authorized to States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of pro-
employ capable
persons to in- viding against the further decline and final extinction of the Indian tribes,
struct Indians adjoining the frontier settlements of the United States, and for intro-
in agriculture, ducing among them the habits and arts of civilization, the President of
and to teach In- the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized, in every case
dian children
reading, writing where he shall judge improvement in the habits and condition of such
and arithmetic, Indians practicable, and that the means of instruction can be introduced
&c.
with their own consent, to employ capable persons of good moral charac-
ter, to instruct them in the mode of agriculture suited to their situation ;
and for teaching their children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and
performing such other duties as may be enjoined, according to such in-
STATUTE II.
C vAP. LXXXVI.-a./lct explanatory of the act entitled "./n act for the final March 3, 1819.
adjustme of land titles in the state 4f Louisiana and territory tf Missouri."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of April
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the 12, 1814, ch. 62.
The provision
fifth section of the act of Congress, entitled "An act for the final adjust- of the 5th see-
ment of land titles in the state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri," tios of the act
passed the twelfth passd
day of April,th
one thousand eight hundred and fourteen,
twlfthday1814, f 12thto April,
be con-
shall be so construed as to extend to the citizens of the county of Howard, strued to extend
in the Missouri territory, as established by the act of the legislature of to citizens of
the territory, passed the twenty-third day of January, one thousand eight Hiowardcounty.
hundred and sixteen, any constru-.tion to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right of pre-emption The right of
given by the aforesaid provisions, as explained and extended by this act, pre-emption.
shall not be so construed as to affect any right derived from the United
States, by purchase, at public or private sale, of the lands claimed under
the aforesaid act.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons who
have settled on, and improved, any of the lands in the said territory, re-
served for the use of schools, before the survey of such lands were actu-
ally made, and who would have had the right of pre-emption thereto by Persons who
the existing laws had not the same been so reserved, shall have the right would have had
of pre-emption thereto, under the same terms and conditions, and subject the rihtof
to the same restrictions provided for other cases of a right of pre-emp- had not the
tion in said territory and the register of the land office, and receiver of lands been re-
public moneys for the district, shall have power to select any other vacant served for
schools,to have
and unappropriated lands, in the same township, and as near adjacent as the right of pre-
lands of equal quantity and like quality can be obtained, in lieu of the erption, &c.
section, or parts of a section, which shall have been entered in right of
pre-emption, according to the provision of this section.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE 11,
CHAP. LXXXVH.-Anqct making appropriations-to carry into effect treldies March 3,1819.
concluded with several Indian tribes therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rtpresentatives of the United Appropria-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of car- tions for carry-
rying into effect a treaty between
• the United States and the Wyandot, oig into with
treaties effectthe
Seneca, Delaware, Shawanee, Pattawatima, Ottawa, and Chippewa tribes Wyandots, Se-
of Indians, concluded at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake necas, Dela-
Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of September, eighteen hundred and seven- wares, Shawa-
teen, and the supplementary treaty concluded with said tribes, at St. timas, Ottawas,
Mary's, in the state of Ohio, on the seventeenth of September, eighteen and Chippewas.
hundred and eighteen, the following sums be, and the same are hereby
appropriated, in conformity with the stipulations contained in said treaty
and supplement, to wit:
The sum of thirteen thousand three hundred dollars, for the-payment Annuities.
2X
To the Wea tribe, the annual sum of one thousand eight hundred and Weas.
fifty dollars which sum, in addition to their former annuity of eleven
hundred and fifty dollars, will make a sum total of three thousand dollars.
To the Pattawatima tribe, the annual sum of two thousand five hun- Pattawatimas.
dred dollars.
To the Delaware tribe, the annual sum of four thousand dollars. Delawares.
And a sum, not exceeding thirteen thousand three hundred and twelve To satisfy
dollars twenty-five cents, to satisfy certain claims against the Delaware claims against
the Delawares
nation, stipulated to be paid by the United States, and to be expended at Piqua and
by the Indian agent at Piqua and Fort Wayne, agreeably to a schedule Fort Wayne,
examined and approved by the commissioners. &c.
To the Miami tribe, the annual sum of fifteen thousand dollars. Miamies.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying For carrying
into effect the treaty concluded on the fourth [24] of August, eighteen into effect trea-
ties with the
hundred and eighteen, with the Quapaw tribe of Indians; and the treaty Quapaws, and
concluded on the twenty-fifth of Septetber, eighteen hundred and Peorias, Xas-
eighteen, with the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Michigania, Cahokia, and Tama: kaskias, &c.
rois tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians; the following sums be, and
the same are hereby, appropriated, in conformity with the stipulations
contained in said treaties; that is to say:
To the Quapaw tribe, the sum of four thousand dollars, and the Quapaws.
firther annual sum of one thousand dollars.
To the Peoria, Kaskaskia, the Michigania, Cahokia, and Tamarois tribes Penrias, Kas-
of the Illinois nation, the annual sun of three hundred dollars. kaskias, &c.
Sae. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying For carrying
into effect the treaty concluded on the twenty-fifth of September, eighteen into effect the
treaty with the
hundred and eighteen, With the Great and Little Osage nationa of Indi- Great and Little
ans, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, be, and the same is here- Osages, to satis-
by, appropriated, to satisfy claims of citizens of the United States, for fy claims or citi-
zens, &c.
property stolen or destroyed by the Osages, agreeably to the stipulation
contained in said treaty.
Sac. 6. And be it further enacted, That for the payment of the annuity For annuity,
granted to the Creek nation of Indians, by the treaty concluded near Fort granted by trea-
ty of 16th June,
Wilkinson, on the Oconee, the sixteenth of June, one thousand eight 1802, to the
hundred and two, and for which, no appropriation has heretofore been Creeks.
made, the annual sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is here-
by, appropriated ; and that, for the purpose of carrying into effect the For carrying
treaty concluded with said 'nation, at the Creek agency, on the twenty- into effect the
treaty with the
second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the Creeks of 22d
further annual sum of ten thousand dollars, for the term of ten successive Jan., 1818.
years, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, conformably to the stipu-
lations contained in said treaty.
SEc. 7. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying For carrying
into effect sundry other stipulations, contained in several of the treaties into effect cer-
hereinbefore mentioned, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and tain other sti-
pulations in In-
the same is hereby, appropriated. dian treaties.
SEc. S. And be it further enacted, That there be appoinied, agreeably An agent to
to the ninth article of the treaty concluded with the Wyandot, Seneca, be appointed to
reside among
Delaware, Shawanee, Pattawatima, Ottawa, and Chippewa, tribes of the Wyandots,
Indians, on the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand eight hun- &c.
dred and seventeen, an agent, to reside among or near the Wyandots, An agent to
who shall also execute the duties of agent for the Senecas, and the Dela- reside among
Wares, on the Sandusky river; and an agent to reside among or near the Shawanees.
1200 dollars
the Shawanees; who shall each receive twelve hundred dollars per an- per -annum for
num, as a full compensation for their services. each agent
SEc. 9. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereinbe- Sums to be
fore appropriated, be paid out of 'any moneys in the treasury not other- paid, &c.
wise appropriated.
ApPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. LXXXVIII.- An Act authorizing the sale of certain military sites.
The Secreta- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the Unite
ry of War, un-
der direction of States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War
the President, be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the direction of the President
authorized to of the United States, to cause to be sold such military sites, belonging to
sell certain use-
less military the United States, as may have been found, or become useless for mili-
sites. tary purposes. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, on the
The Secreta- payment of the consideration agreed for, into the treasury of the United
ry on payment States, to make, execute, and deliver, all needful instruments, conveying
to make a deed
in fee. and transferring the same in fee; and the jurisdiction, which had been
Jurisdiction specially ceded, for military purposes, to the United States, by a state,
of the United over such site or sites, shall thereafter cease.
States to cease.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
March 3,1819. CHAP. LXXXIX -An Act in addition to, and alteration of an act, entitled
"An act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish
Act of July exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries. " (a)
29, 1813, ch. 35.
Owners of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
boats and 'yes- States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passng
sels qualified to
carry on the of this act, there shall be paid, on the last day of December, annually, to the
cod fishery, and owner of every fishing boat or vessel, or his agent, by the collector of the
employed four district where such boat or vessel may belong, that shall be qualified, agree-
months at sea to
be allowed- ably to law, for carrying on the bank and other cod fisheries, and that shall
Act of May actually have been employed therein, at sea, for the term of four months at
26, 1624, oh. least, of the fishing season next preceding, which season is accounted
152.t
If more than to be from the last day of February to the last day of November in every
5, and not ex- year, fot each and every ton of such boats or vessels, burden according
ceeding 30 tons, to her admeasurement as licensed or enrolled, if of more than five tons,
&c.
.If above 30 and not exceeding thirty tons, three dollars and fifty cents; if above thirty
tons, &c. tons, four dollars; and if above thirty tons, and having had a crew of not
If above 30, less than ten persons, arid having been actually employed in the cod fish-
with a crew of
10, &c. ery, at sea, for the term of three and one half-months, at the least, but less
Proviso : al- than four months, of the season aforesaid, three dollars and fifty cents: Pro-
lowance for one vided, That the allowance aforesaid, on any one vessel, for one season,
season not to
exceed 360 shall not exceed three hundred and sixty dollars.
dolls. Sgc. 2. And be it further enacted, That.such parts of the fifth and sixth
Parts of the sections of the act hereby amended, as are contrary to the provisions of
act amended, this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
contrary, &c.
repealed. APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
(a) Although penal statutes are to be construed strictly, yet all the provisions thereof must be
taken together, and interpreted according to the import of the words, and not by the mere division
into sections, so as to give effect to the objects and intent of the statute. All statutes relating" to the
same subject matter are to be interpreted together, and such a construction is to be given to them asswill
.avoid the mischief and promote the objects and policy contemplated by the statutes. The schooner
Harriet, Boynton and others, claimants, 1 Storys C. C. R. 251.
The fifth and 6th sections of the act of July 29, 1813, and the act of March 3, 1819, ielating to the
bounty upon all vessels and boats employed in the bank and other cod fisheries as shall be employed
at sea for the term of four months, include within their terms all vessels engaged in the cod fisheries,
without limitation or specification as to the length of their fares, or the nature of their fisheries. Ibid.
A vessel is "1at sea" within the intent of the acts of 1813 and 1819, when she is without the limits
of any ports or harbours an the seacoast. Ibid.
Where a vessel was enrolled and licensed for the fisheries, and without an oath having been taken
by all the owners to the ownership, as prescribed by the statutes of 1813 and 1819, and fraud
and deceit were charged in procuring the bounty allowed by law to such vessels, it was held
that it must be satisfactorily proved on the part of the United States, that the omission by the owners,
who did not take the oath, was through fraud and deceit, and not through mistake, in order to render
the vessel liable to forfeiture. Ibid.
Where a certificate made by the agent of the owner, of the particular time of sailing and returning
of the vessel engaged in the cod fisheries, was discovered to be incorrect and false, aftdr the bounty
was received, it was held, that if the incorrectness and falsity were by mistake,there was no forfeiture
under the acts of 1813 and 1819 ; but if by fraud and deceit, there was. Ibid.
STATUTE H.
CHAP. XCI.-An Act to authorize the Secretary at War to appoint an addi- March 3, 1819.
tional agent for paying pensioners of the United States, in the state of Ten-
nessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United Act of April
States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the pass- 24, 1816, ch. 68.
ing of this act, the Secretary for the Department of War be, and he is The Secretary
of War to ap-
hereby, authorized to appoint an agent, in addition to the one already ap- point an addi-
pointed in the state of Tennessee, under the act of the twenty-fourth of tional agent, to
April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for the purpose of paying pay pensions in
E. Tennessee.
pensioners of the United States, residifig in East Tennessee; whose du- His duties the
ties shall be, in all respects, similar to those appointed under the afore- same, &c.
mentioned act.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE 11.
CHAP. XCII. -a ct to desionate the boundariesof districts, and establish land March 3, 1819.
offices fur the disposalof thepublic lands not heretoforeoffered for sale in the states
of Ohio and Indiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United
Act of April
States of America, in Congressassembled, That for the sale ofthe unappro- 24, 1820, ch.51.
priated public lands in the state of Ohio, tp which the Indian title is extin- Act of March
guished, the following districts shall be formed, and land offices therefor 2, 1821, ch. 12.
Act of May
established : All the public lands, as aforesaid, lying between the west- 8, 1822, ch. 124.
ern boundary line of the state of Ohio, and a north and south line to be Districts and
drawn at forty-eight miles east of the said boundary line, and bounded on offices for the
sale of lands to
the south by the Indian boundary, established by the treaty of Green- which the In-
ville, and on the north by the northern boundary of the state of Ohio, dian title is ex-
shall form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Piqua: tinguished, in
Ohio.
And all the public lands, as aforesaid, lying between the above-described District and
district and the western limits of the Connecticut Reserve and Canton land office at
land district as first established, and bounded on the south by the Indian Piqua.
District and
boundary established by the treaty of Greenville, and on the north by the land office at
northern boundary of the state of Ohio, shall form a district for which a Delaware.
land office shall be established at the town of Delaware. And for the dis- Districts and
offices for the
posal of the unappropriated public lands in the state of Indiana, to which sale of lands to
the Indian title is extinguished, the following districts shall be formed, which the In-
and land offices established: All the public lands as aforesaid, to which dian title is ex-
tinguished, in
the Indian tide was extinguished by the treaties concluded at St. Mary's, Indiana.
in the month of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, lying east of
the range line, separating the first and second ranges, east of the second
principal meridian, extended north to the present Indian boundary, and
VoL. 111.-66 2 x2
offices established by this act, to such suitable place, within the district for
which it was established, as he shall judge most proper.
Snc. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of the registers of the Comgensation
land office, and receivers of public moneys, shall receive five dollars for t eceier
in their respect-
each day's attendance in superintending the public sales
ive districts.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
CHAP, XCII.- ndct to authorize the Presitent of the United States to take March 3, 1819.
possession of East and West Florida,and estabrsh a temporary government [Obsolete.)
therein. (a)
Be it -enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the 3, 1821, ch.39.
(a) The acts passed relating to the territory of Florida have been
An act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of east and west Florida,
and establish a temporary government therein, March 3, 1819, oh. 93.
An act for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at
Washington on the 22d day of February, 1819, March 3, 1821, ch. 39.
An act for establishing a territorial government in the territory of Florida, March 30, 1822, ch. 13.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the establishment oa territorial government in the ter-
ritory of Florida," and for other purposes, March 3, 1823, oh. 28.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act for the establishment of a territorial gov-
ernment in the territory of Florida, andfor other purposes," May 26,1824,oh. 163.
An act granting donation lands to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida, May 26, 1824,
ch. 164.
An act authorizing the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory
of Florida from the state of Georgia, May 4, 1826, oh. 31.
An act to amend the several acts for the 6stablishment of a territorial government in Florida, May
15, 1826, ch. 46. Act of March 22, 1832, oh. 52.
An act to carry into effect the ninth article of the treaty concluded between the United States and
Spain on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, March 3,
1823, ch. 35.
An act for ascertaining claims and titles to lands within the territory of Florida, May 8, 1822, oh. 129.
An act amending and supplementary to " An act for ascertaining claims and titles to land in the ter-
ritory of Florida," and to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in FloridaMarch 3,
1823, ch. 29.
An act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in Florida, Feb.28, 1824,
oh. 25.
An act to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida and to
provide for the preservation of the public archives in said territory, and for the relief of John Johnson,
March 3, 1825, oh. 83.
An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the states of
Alabama, Mississippi, and the territory of Florida, April 22, 1826, oh. 28.
An act to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land claims in East Floridaand for
other purposes, Feb. 8, 1827, oh. 9.
An act confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to lands in the former province of West
Florida, which claims have-been reported favourably on by the commissioners appointed by the United
States, May 8, 1822, oh. 122.
An act for ascertaining the claims to lands within the territory of Florida, May 8, 1822, oh. 129.
An act to confirm the reports of the commissioners for ascertaining claims and titles to land in West
Florida, and for other purposes, April 22, 1826, oh. 29.
An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of land
claims in Florida, May 23, 1828, oh. 70.
An act to provide for the settlement of land claims in Florida, May 26, 1830, oh. 106.
An act to ascertain and mark the line between the state of Alabama and the territory of Florida,
and the northern boundary of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes, March 2, 1831, ch.86.
An act to equalize the representation in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes, June 18,
1834, oh. 46.
Resolution authorizing the President to furnish rations to certain volunteers of Florida, Feb. 1, 1836.
An act to re-organize the legislative council of Florida, and for otherpurposes, July 7,1838,oh. 168.
An act to provide for'the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of
East Florida, August 4, 1842, ch. 122.
An act to establish an additional land district in Florida, Aug. 30, 1842, oh. 271.
An act to amend an act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled parts of
East Florida, June 15, 1844, ch. 71.
An act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union, March 3, 1845, oh. 48.
An act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other
purposes, March 3, 1845, oh. 75 and oh. 76.
STMIT II.
March 3, 1819. CnA. XCIV.-An Act concernting the allowance of pensions upon a relinquish-
ment of bounty lands.
The 2d sec- Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Re resentatives of the United
tior of the act
of 16th April, Stales of America, in Congress assembled, 'That the second section of
1816, ch. 55, the act making further provision for military services during the late war,
&c. continued and for other purposes, approved April sixteenth, one thousand eight
in force.
Act of March hundred and sixteen, and so much of the act to amend the same, approved
3,1817,ch. 107. March third, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, as relates to
the subject of that section, shall be continued in force for the term of
Proviso. three years from and after the passing of this act: Provided,nevertheless,
That no pension shall be granted under the said acts, after the sixteenth
day of April next, unless, at the time of relinquishing the bounty land,
in the manner therein described, The children, for whose benefit the same
may be granted, or one of them, shall be under sixteen years of age :
Proviso. And provided also, That the pensions shall commence at the date of the
reliquishments respectively,
APPROVED, March.3, 1819.
STATUTE If.
CHAP. XCVI.---n Act authorizing the purchase of fire engines and for building March 3, 1819.
houses for the safe keeping of the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United toThe President
cause two
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the fire engines to
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to cause he purchased,
to be purchased two fire engines,
• of the first class, with proper cop- with
pipes suction
and hose,
per suction pipes, and six hundred feet of rivet leathern hose, for the &e., norpro-
purpose of protecting the public and other buildings in the city of tecting build-
Washington from fire. ings in Wash-
ington.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Engine houses
States cause to be built two good and sufficient houses, for the safe keep- to be built, &c.
tig of the said engines; one to be located on the Capitol hill near the
Capitol, and one near the President's house and public offices.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses 4500 dollars
of the same, the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars be, and is appropriated.
hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the trea-
slury.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE II.
CHAP. XCVII.-Adn Act to continue in force an act regulating the currency, March, 3, 1819.
within the United States, of the gold coins of Great Britain,France, Portugal,
and Spain, and the crowns of France, and five franc pieces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and H-ouse of Representatives of the United Act of March
3, 1821, ch. 53.
States of Amtrica, in Congress assembled,, That the gold coins of Great Gold coins of
Britain and Portugal, of their present standard, shall be a legal tender in Great Britain
the payment of all debts, at the rate of one hundred cents for every and Portugal.
twenty-sevengrains, or eighty-eight cents and eight-ninths per pennyweight.
The gold coins of France, of' their present standard, at the rate of one Of France.
hundred cents for every twenty-seven and a half grains, or eighty-seven
and a quarter cents per pennyweight: The gold coins of Spain at the Of Spain.
rate of one hundred cents for every twenty-eight and a half grains, or
eighty-four cents per pennyweight: until the first day of November next: Current until
And that, from and after that day, foreign gold coins shall cease to be a first Nov.,1819;
then to cease.
tender within the United States, for the payment of debts or demands.
SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That so much of the act, entitled So much of
"An act regulating the currency, within the United States, of the gold the act of 29th
April, 1816, as
coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain," passed on the relates to for-
twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen, as relates to eign silver
foreign silver coins, shall be, and the same is hereby, continued in force coins, in force
until 29th April,
two years from and after the twenty-ninth day of April nextrand no 1821.
longer. Act of April
APPROVED, March 3, 1819. 29, 1816, ch.
139.
STATUTE- II.
March 3, 1819. CRAP. C. - n Act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices,
in. the districts cast of the island of .New Orleans. (a)
Act of May Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
11, 1820, ch. 87. States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the claims to land,
founded on complete grants from the Spanish government, reported to
the Secretary of the Treasury, by the commissioners from the districts Claims found-
ed on Spanish
east and west of Pearl river, appointed under the authority of an act, grants, favoura-
entitled " An act for ascertfiining the tides and claims to lands in that part bly reported to
of Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New the Secretary
ofthe Treasury
Orleans," which are contained in the several reports of the commis- by the commis-
sioners, and which are, in the opinion of the commissioners, valid, sioners from the
agreeably to the laws, usages, and customs, of the said government, be, districts east
and west of
and the same are hereby, recognised as valid and complete tides Pearl river,
against any claim on the part of the United Stales, or right derived from confirmed, &c.
theUnited States: And that all claims founded on British grants, contained Act of April
25, 1812, ch. 67.
in the said reports, which have been sold and conveyed, according to the Act of May
provisions of the treaty of peace, between Great Britain and Spain, of the 8, 1822, ch.
third of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, by 122.
And on Bri-
which that part of Louisiana, lying east of the island of Orleans, was tish grants.
ceded to Spain, under the denomination of West Florida, or which were
settled and cultivated by the person having the legal title therein, at the
date of said treaty, are recognised as valid and complete tides, against
any claim on the part of the United States, or right derived from the
United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all claims reported as afore- Claims under
Spanish orders
said, and contained in the several reports of the said commissioners, "ofsurvey,re-
founded on any order of survey, requette, permission to settle, or any quette, &c.
written evidence of claim, derived from the Spanish authorities, which prior to 20th
Dec., 1803, &c.
ought, in the opinion of the commissioners, to be confirmed, and- which reported fa-
by the said reports appear to be derived from the Spanish government,
An act supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Louisiana,
Feb. 28, 1823, ch. 15.
An act to revive and continue in force the seventh section of an act, entitled" An act supplementary
to the several acts for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Louisiana," approved the 11th
May, 1820, and for other purposes, Feb. 28, 1823, ch. 18.
An act to provide for the examination of titles to land in that part of the state of Louisiana, situate
between the river Hondo and the Sabine river, March 3, 1823, ch. 30.
An act supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims
to land in the St. Helena, and Jackson Courthouse districts, May 26, 1824, ch. 175.
An act supplementary to an act providing for the examination of titles to land in that part of the
state of Louisiana, situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine rivers, May 26, 1824, ch. 182.
An act confirming certain claims to lands in the western district of Louisiana, Feb. 5, 1825, ch. 7.
An act to confirm the supplementary report of the commissioners of the western district of Louis-
iana, March 31, 1826, ch. 18.
An act to confirm certain claims to lands in the district of Opelousas in Louisiana, May 16, 1826,
ch. 62.
An act granting the right of preference in the purchase of certain lands to certain settlers, in St.
Helena land district, in the state of Louisiana; March 19, 1828, ch. 19.
An act to confirm claims to lands in the district between Rio Hondo and Sabine rivers, founded
on habitation and cultivation, May 24, 1828, ch. 92.
An act to authorize the registers of the several land offices in Louisiana to receive entries of land
in certain cases, and give to the purchasers thereof, certificates for the same, May 5, 1830, ch. 86.
An act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the south-eastern land district, of the state of
Louisiana, July 4, 1832, ch. 166.
An act in reference to pre-emption rights in the south-eastern district of Louisiana, June 28, 1834,
ch. 125.
An act for the final adjustment of claims to land in the state of Louisiana, February 6, 1835, ch. 17.
An act supplementary to the act of the fourth of July, oie thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,
entitled " An act for the final adjustmeiit to claims of lands in the south-eastern district of Louisiana,"9
March 3, 1835, ch. 48.
An act confirming claims to lands in the state of Louisiana, July 4, 1836, ch. 358.
An act to authorize the inhabitants of the state of Louisiana to enter the back lands, June 15, 1832,
ch. 140.
An act supplementary to the act, entitled " An act to authorize the inhabitants of the state of Lou-
isiana to enter the back lands," Feb. 24, 1835, ch. 24.
An act for the relief of the inhabitants of Terre aux Bceufs, June 25, 1832, ch. 149.
An act to confirm certain entries of lands, in the state of Louisiana, and to authorize the issuing of
patents for the same, April 14, 1842, ch. 21.
An act confirming certain land claims in Louisiana, July 6, 1842, ch. 50.
An act relating to lands sold in the Greensburgh, late St. Helena land district, in the state of Louisiana,
and authorizing the resurvey of certain lands in that district, August 29, 1842, ch. 258.
An act to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the states of Missouri, Arkansas, and
Louisiana, and in those parts of the states of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first, degree
of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and the Perdido rivers, June 17, 1844, ch. 95.
Vo. III.-67 2 Y
vourably, con- before the twentieth day of Deceinber, one thousand eight hundred and
firmed, three, and the land claimed to have been cultivated and inhabited, on
or before that day, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title
Proviso. had been completed : Provided, That in all such claims, where the plat
and certificate of survey, made prior to the fifteenth, day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and thirteen, under the authority of the Spanish
government, in pursuance of such claim, has not been filed with the said
Grants as do- commissioners, such claim shall not be confirmed to any one person for
nations, for more than twelve hundred and eighty acres; and that for all the other
other claims, claims to land comprised in the reports aforesaid, and which ought, in
the opinion of the commissioners, to be confirmed; the claimant to such
Proviso. lands shall be entitled to a grant therefor as a donation: Provided,That
such grant, as a donation, shall not be made to any one person for more
Confirmation than twelve hundred and eighty acres; which confirmation of the said
of incomplete incomplete tides and grants of donations, hereby provided to be made,
titles only a re- s
linquishment shal amount only to a relinquishment fotever, on the part of the United
forever of the States, of any claim whatever to the tract of land so confirmed or granted:
title of the And provided; also, That no such claim shall be confirmed to any person
United States.
Proviso. to whom the title to any tract of land shall have been recognised under the
preceding provisions.
Grants, as do- SEc. 3. Andbe itfurther enacted,That every person, or his or her legal
nations,' in the representative,
case of" laims peettvcmrsdrgsewhose claim is comprised in the lists, or register of claims,
lis
in right'of' set- reported by the said commissioners, and the persons embraced in the
tiers, &c.on or list of actual settlers, or their legal representatives, not having any written
before 15th evidence of claim reported as aforesaid, shall, where it appears, by the
April, 1813, if
comprised in said reports, or by the said lists, that the land claimed or settled on had
the'lists, &c. been actually inhabited or cultivated, by such person or persons in whose
right he claims, on or before the fifteenth day ofApril, one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen, be entitl ed to a grant for the land so claimed, or
Proviso. settled on, as a -donation: Provided,That not more than one tract shall
be thus granted to any one person, and the same shall not contain more
No grant for than six hundred and forty acres; and that no lands shall be thus granted
lands recog-
nised by pre-
which are claimed or recognised by the preceding sections of this act.
ceding sections. SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person comprised in
Pre-emption thesaid list of actual settlers, not having any written evidence of claim to
rightst; lahabi- land in said districts, and who, on the twelfth day of April, one thousand
tgnts and culti-
vators on the eight hundred and fourteen, shall have inhabited or cultivated a tract of
l2th April, 1814,land in either of the said districts, not claimed by virtue of either of the
ainthenotfcaim preceding sections of this act, shall be entitled to a preference, on be-
ed by preceding coming a purchaser, from the United States, of such tract of land, on the
sections. same terms and conditions, and at the same price for which the other
Proviso. public lands are sold at-private sale: Provided, That the first instalment
of the purchase money shall be paid to the receiver of public moneys of
the district within which the land lies, within two years after the opening
of the land office for such district.
A land office SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,That for the purpose of adjusting the
at St. Helena
Courthouse,and titles and claims to lands in the districts aforesaid, and for the disposal of
at Jackson the lands which may remain the property of the United States therein, a
Courthouse. land office shall be established, in each of the said districts, to be kept, for
the western district, at St. Helena Courthouse, and for the eastern dis-
A register trict, at Jackson Courthouse; and a register and receiver of public mo-
and receiver of' nevs shall be appointed for each of the said land offices, who shall give
public moneys
for each, &e. security in the same manner, and in the same sums, and whose compen-
sation, duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in re-
lation to the lands which shall hereafter be disposed of, at their respective
offices, as are by law provided in relation to the other registers and re-
ceivers of public moneys for the several land offices of the United States.
Claimants al- Sac. 6. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons,
lowed till 1st claiming lands in either of the said districts, whose claims have not
heretofore been filed with the commissioner of the land bffice, of the July, 1820, to
district wherein thedistrictevidences,
lands lie, shall be allowed until the first day of July, deliver noticeS,
&o.
one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to deliver notices in writing, and to the registers
the evidences of their claims, in the said' districts, respectively, to the at Jackson and
register of the land office at Jackson Courthouse and at St. Helena Courthouses.
St. Helena
Courthouse; and the notices and evidences so delivered, within the time Notices, &c.
limited by this act, shall be recorded in the same manner, and on the pay- delivered in
ment of -the same fees, as if the same had been.delivered before the co- time, tobe re-
he om-corded.
ore
missioners closed their said registers.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, who Persons who
had filed his or their notice of claims to land, within either of the said withhfiledthe noties
corn-
districts, with the commissioner of the land office, according to the missioner of the
former laws, but have not exhibited sufficient testimony in support of the land office, &c.
same, and whose claim has not been recommended for confirmation, Ihave whosenotclaims
been
shall be allowed until the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred recommended,
and twenty, to deliver written evidence, or other testimony, in support &c., allowed
of his or their claim, the notice of which had been filed as aforesaid, to till first of July,
18.20, to deliver
the register of the land office at St. Helena, for lands lying in the district written evi-
west of Pearl river, and to the register. of the land office at Jackson dence and
courthouse, for the lands lying in the district east of Pearl river; and the other testimo-
Y,&c.
evidence of.claims, the notice whereof had been filed, as aforesaid, for ny, c de-
lands lying in the said district, delivered, within the time limited by this livered in time,
section, to the said registers, shall be recorded by them, respectively, in to be record-
the same manner as was directed by former acts, on receiving the same
fees allowed by said acts, for recording evidence of claims to lands in the
same districts.
SEC. S. And be it further enacted,That the register and receiver of pub- The registers
lic moneys of the said respective land offices, at Jackson Courthouse'and and receivers at
atSt. Helena Courthouse, shall have the same powers, and perform the same Jackson and St.
Helena Court-
duties, in every respect in relation to the claims that may be filed in vir- houses to have
tue of the sixth section of this act, and in relation to the claims, the no- the same pow-
tices of which had been filed under former acts, as well as to the addi- "',same
the perform
duties,
tional evidence which shall be adduced in support thereof, agreeably to &c.as the com-
the seventh section of this act, as the commissioners for the districts east missioners for
and west of Pearl river would have had, or should have performed, if the districts
east and west
such notices had been filed, and such evidence adduced, b6fore the said of Pearl river
commissioners closed their registers. would have had,
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted,' That it shall be the duty of the &c.
The register
register of each of the said land offices, respectively, to make, to the of each of the
commissioner of the general land office, a report of all the claims fied land offices to
with the register aforesaid, with the substance. of the evidence in support report to the
thereof; and of the claims formerly filed, in support of which additional oesioner
of the general
evidence shall have been received, with the substance of such evidence; land office.
and also their opinion and such remarks respecting the claim as they'
may think proper to make; which report, together with a list of the The commis-
claims, which, in the opinion of the register and receiver, ought to be con- sioner to lay the
report, &c. be-
firmed, and also a list of actual settlers, prior to the passage of this act, fore Congress.
noting the time of their respective settlements, shall be laid, by the com-
missioner of the general land office, before Congress, at their next session,
for their determination thereon.
SEc. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said registers and receiv- Registers and
ers shall, respectively, have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a per- receivers
appoint
may
clerks.
son capable of translating the French and Spanish languages, and who 1500 dollars
shall perform the duty of translator, when required by said registers and a year to each
receivers; and each of the said registers and receivers shall be allowed, register and re-
ceiver.
as a compensatipn for their services in relation-to the said claims, at the 1000 dollars
rate of fifteen' hundred dollars a year; and each of the clerks at the rate per annum to
of one thousand dollars a year: Provided, That not more than eighteen clerk.
months' compensation be thus allowed to the register, receiver and clerk, Proviso,; not
more than for the district east of Pearl river; nor more than eighteen months' cont-
eighteen com-
months, pensation to be allowed to the register, receiver, and clerk, of the distrit
pensation, &c. west of Pearl river.
Surveyor of SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor for the lands
the lands south south of the state of Tennessee shall, with the consent and approbation
of Tennessee to of the President of the United States, appoint a principal deputy survey-
appoint a prin-
cipal deputy, or for the lands within the said districts, who shall receive an annual
with a salary of salary, of five hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, the following fees;
600 dollars and that is to say: for examining and recording the surveys executed by any
fees.
Amount of fees. of the deputies, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the
boundary line of such survey ; and for a certified copy of any plat of a
Duty oftdepu- survey in the office, twenty-five cents; and whose duty it shall be to
ty surveyor, survey, or cause to be surveyed, by his other deputies, the lands, the
claims to which are confirmed, and that are directed to be granted as
donations, where the same have not been already surveyed, and the lands
which may be claimed by right of pre-emption, whenever directed by the
register and receiver, and to execute such other surveys as maybe neces-
sary for the ascertainment of the lands, the title or claim to which is
embraced in the report of the commissioners aforesaid. And the said
Expense of principal deputy surveyor shall make out particular plats of the surveys
surveying paid directed by this act, which he shall return to the register of the proper
by the United
States. district; and also, a general and connected plat, which he shall return to
the surveyor of the lands south of the state of Tennessee; and the ex-
Proviso. pense of surveying shall be paid by the United States: Provided, The
same shall not exceed, in the whole, four dollars a mile, for every mile
which shall be actually surveyed and marked.
Books of SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the books of the former com-
former corn- missioners, in which the claims, and evidence of claims, are recorded,
missioners to
be lodged with shall be lodged with the registers of the land office, for the respective
the registers, districts; and the register and receiver' of public moneys, in each re-
&c. spective district, shall have power to examine the claims recognised, con-
Register and firmed, or provided to be granted, by the provisions of this act, as also,
receiver em- md
powered to ex- claims to the right of pre-emption; and they shall make out to each
amine claims, claimant, entitled, in their opinion, thereto, a certificate, according to the
&c.
A cert4ficate nature of the case, under such instructions as they may receive ftom the
to each claim- commissioner of the general land office; and on presentation at the ge-
ant, entitled, nerallandoffice, fsuchcertificatefor a confirmed claim, or for a donation,
&c.
The certificate according to the provisions of this act; and where it shall appear, to the
having been satisfaction of the commissioner of the general land office, that the certi-
fairly obtained, ficate has been fairly obtained, according to the true intent and meaning
a patent to is- of this act, then, and in that case, a patent shall be granted, in like
manner as for other lands of the United States.
The President SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the President shall have
tiay appoint the power to appoint the register and receiver of public moneys for the said
receiversa in the districts in the recess of the Senate, who shall be nominated to them at
recess, &c. their next meeting.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
STATUTE Il.
March 3, 1819.
CHAP. C.-An Act in addition to the Acts prohibiting the slave trade. (a)
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
3, 1819,eh. 77.
Act of May States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
15, 1820, ch. United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever he shall deem
113. it expedient, to cause any of the armed vessels of the United States, to
The President
may employ the be employed to cruise on any of the coasts of the United States, or terri.
armed vessels tories thereo , or of the coast of Africa, or elsewhere, where he may judge
(a) See notes to act of March 2, 1807, ch. 22, vol. ii. 426.
attempts may be made to carry on the slave tradeby citizens or residents of the United
States on the
of the United States, in contravention of the acts of Congress prohibiting coasts of the
the same, and to instruct and direct the commanders of all armed vessels United States
of the United States, to seize, take, and bring into any port of the United and of Africa,
States, all ships or vessels of the United States, wheresoever round, &c.Vessels un-
which may have taken on board, or which may be intended for the pur- lawfully en-
pose of taking on board, or of transporting, or may have transported, any gaged in the
negro, mulatto, or person of colour, in violation'of any of the provisions transportation
of negroes, &c.
of the act, entitled " An act in addition to an act to prohibit the importa- may b seized
tion of slaves into any porf or place within the jurisdiction of the United and brought in-
States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord toAct port, &c.
of April
one thousand eight hundred and eight, and to repeal certain parts of the 20, 1818, ob. 91.
same," or of any other act or acts prohibiting the traffic in slaves, to be The proceeds
proceeded against according to law: And the proceeds of all ships and of offending
vessels, &c. to
vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods and effects on be divided be-
board of them, which shall be so seized, prosecuted, and condemned, tween the
shall be divided equally between the United States and the officers and United States
the captors,
men who shall seize, take or bring, the same into port for condemnation, and whether armed
whether such seizure be made by an armed vessel of the United States vessels or reve-
or revenue cutter thereof: And the same shall be distributed in like nueTocutters. be dis-
manner as is provided by law for the distribution of prizes taken from tributed as
an enemy. Provided, That the officers and men, to be entitled to one half prizes.
of the proceeds aforesaid, shall safe keep every negro, mulatto, or person Officers and
men to keep
of colour, found on board of any ship or vessel so seized, taken, or brought every negro,
into port, for condemnation, and shall deliver every such negro, mulatto or &c.
person of colour, to the marshal of the district into which they arebrought,
if into a port of the United States, or, if elsewhere, to such person or
persons as shall be lawfully appointed by the President of the United
States, in the manner hereinafter directed, transmitting to the President A descriptive
of the United States, as soon as may be after such delivery, a descriptive' list to be trans-
mitted to the
list of such negroes, mulattoes, or persons of colour, that he may give di- President.
rections for the disposal of them. And providedfurther, That the com- Proviso
manders of such commissioned vessels, do cause to be apprehended, and
taken into custody, every person found on board of such vessel, so seized
and taken, being of the officers or crqw thereof, and him or them con-
vey, as soon as conveniently may be, to the civil authority of the United
States, to be proceeded against, in due course of law, in some of the dis-
tricts thereof.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United The President
States be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such regulations and ar- -authorized
make regula-
to
rangements as he may deem -expedient for the safe keeping, support, and tions for the safe
removal beyond the limits of the United States, of all such negroes, keeping, &c.,
mulattoes, or persons of colour, as may be so delivered and brought with- and removal out
of the United
in their jurisdiction : And to appoint a proper person or persons, residing States of ne-
upon the coast of Africa, as agent or agents for receiving the negroes, mu- groes, &c., and
lattoes', or persons of colour, delivered from on board vessels, seized in the may appoint
agents on the
prosecution of the slave trade, by commanders of the United States' coast of Africa
armed vessels. to receive them,
SF.C. 3. Andbe it further enacted,That a bounty of twenty-five dollars be &c.
paid to the officers and crews of the commissioned vessels of the United Bounty of twen-
ty-five dollars
States, or revenue cutters, for each and every negro, mulatto, or person of for every negro,
coldur, who shall have been, as hereinbefore provided, delivered to the &a.
marshal or agent duly appointed to receive them : And the Secretary of toSecretary, &c.
cause bounty
the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to pay or cause to be to be paid.
paid, to such officers and crews, or their agent, the aforesaid bounty, for"
each person delivered as aforesaid.
ISEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That when any citizen, or other
District at-
person, shall lodge information, with the attorney for the district of any torney to prose-
state or territory, as the case may be, that any negro, mulatto, or person cute byinform-
2v2
STATUTE: II.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. CI.-Sn Yet to authorize the building, erecting, andplacing,lighthouses,
beacons, and buoys, on places designated in Boston, Buzzard and Chegapeake,
Bays, Lakes Ontario and Erie, andfor other purposes.
The Secretary Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
of the Treasury States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of
to provid e, by o
contract, to be the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, by contract, which shall be ap-
approved by the proved by the President of the United States, for building lighthouses,
President, for
building light- erecting beacons or land marks, and placing light vessels or boats, on the
houses, &c. following sites or shoals, to wit:
Lighthouses, A lighthouse on Long-Island Head, and a beacon or land mark on
&c. Half-Way Rock, in Boston Bay; and also a lighthouse on Bird's Island,
in Buzzard's Bay, in the state of Massachusetts.
A lighthouse on Galloo Island, near the outlet of Lake Ontario, in the
state of New York.
Act of May A lighthouse, at a proper place, at or between the [mouth] of Grand
15, 1820, ch. River, in the state of Ohio, and the mouth of Detroit River, in the terri-
112, sec. 6. tory of Michigan.
Three lighthouses, on the following sites: one on the Bodkin, one on
North Point, and one on Sparrow's Point, in the state of Maryland.
STATUTE II.
March 3, 1819. CHAP. CVII.-Sn Set to repeal part of an act passed on the twenty-seventh
day of February,one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled "Sn act in
addition to I Sn act regulatingthePost-office establishment.'"
Act of Feb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
27, 1818, ch. 34. States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the last clause
The clause of
act of Feb. 27, of the "Act in addition to 'An act regulating the Post-office establish-
1813, for secur- ment,'" passed the twenty-seventh day of [February,] one thousand eight
ing the regular hundred and thirteen, as contains these words, being the concluding
transportalion
of the mail words of the clause, namely: "And that such contracts shall secure the
throughout the regular transportation of the mail throughout each year ;" be, and the
year, repealed. same is hereby, annulled and repealed.
APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
RESOLUTIONS.
Dec. 3, 1818. I. RESOLUTION declaring the admission of the state of Illinois into the Union.
Act 'of 18th Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
April, 1818, ch. States of America, in Congress assembled, That, whereas, in pursuance
67.
of an act of Congress, passed on the eighteenth day of April, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act to enable the people
of the Illinois territory to form a constitution and state government, and for
the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the
original states," the people of said territory did, on the twenty-sixth day
of August, in the present year, by a convention called 'for that purpose,
form for themselves a constitution and state government, which constitu-
tion and state government, so formed, is republican, and in conformity to
the principles of the articles of compact between the original states and
the people and states in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed
on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
Vol. i. 51.
seven: Resolved, by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United
Illinois a state States of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois
of th Unios,on shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of
an equal foot- America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the ori-
ing.
ginal states, itt all respects whatever.
APPROVED, December 3, 1818.
III. RrsoLnuno tdirecting a survey of certainparts of the coast of North Carolina. Jan. 19, 1819.
Resolved by the Senate and Huse of Representatives. of the United The President
States of America, in Congress-assembled, That the President of the requested to
United States be, and he hereby is, requested to cause surveys to be cause surveys to
be made of the
made of the points of Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout and Cape Fear, and points of Cape
of the shoals Of those capes, respectively; and to cause such an examina- Hatteras, &c.
ion to be made of those capes and shoals, respectively, as will ascertain
the practicability of erecting lighthouses, beacons, or buoys, on or near the
extreme points of them, or either of them; and also to cause the latitude Latitude and
longitude to be
and longitude of the said capes, extreme points, and shoals, respectively, ascertained.
to be ascertained with as much exactness as may be practicable; and Result to be
that the results of such surveys and examinations be reported to Congress. reported to
Congress.
APPROVED, January 19, 1819.
IV. RESOLUTIONfor the di;Tributionof Seybert's StatisticalSnnals and directing Jan. 23, 1819.
. " P.itin's Commercial Statistics to be deposited in the library.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The Secretary
States of America, in.Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State of State to cause
copies of Soy
cause to be distributed one copy of Seybert's Statistical Annals to the bert's Statistics
President of the United States; to the Vice President of thd United to be aelivered
States, and to the executive of each state and territory, one copy; two to the President,
Vice Piesident,
copies for the use of each of the Departments, viz: State, Treasury, War, &c.
and Navy ; one copy for the use of the Attorney General of the United
States; and one copy to each member and delegate of the fifteenth Con-
gress; and one copy to each college and university in the United States,
if applied for by such college or university; and the residue of the five -Residue, with
Pitkin's, to he
hundred copies of the Annals aforesaid, together with the two hundred deposited in the
and fifty copies of Pitkin's Commercial Statistics, shall be deposited in library.
the library of Congress, for the use of the members.
APPROVED, January 23, 1819.
V. RESOLUTION authorizing the transmission oJ the documents accompanying the Feb. 15, 1819.
'report of the committee to examine into the proceedingsof the Bank f the United
[States] free of postage.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Members of
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the members of Con- Congress, se-
gress, the delegates from territories, the secretary of the Senate, and c retary of the
Senate, and the
clerk of the-House of Representatives, be, and theyhereby, are autho- clerk of the
rized to transmit, free of postage, to any post-office within the United House, empow-
States, or the territories thereof, the documents accompanying the report ered to frank
the documents.
of the committee appointed by the House of Representatives to examine
into the proceedings of the Bank of the United States.
APPROVEO, February 15, 1S19.
VoL II.-68
March 3, 1819. VI. RESOLUTION directing the manner in which the printing of Cbngress shall
be executed, fixng the prices thereof, and providing for the appointment of a
printer or printers.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled,That the printing of Congress,
unless when otherwise specially ordered, shall be done in the following
form and manner, viz:
Form and man- Bills, as heretofore, with english type, on foolscap paper. Rule or
nor ef printing, table-work, in royal octavo size, where it can be brought into that size,
by any type not smaller than brevier; and where it cannot, in such form
as to fold conveniently into the volume. All other printing with a small
pica type, on royal paper, in pages of the same size as those of the
last edition of the laws of the United States, including the marginal notes.
And the following prices shall be allowed and paid for the above de-
Prices allowed. scribed work: For the composition of every page of bills, one dollar; of
Composition. every page of small pica, plain work, one dollar; of every page of small
pica, rule-work, two dollars; of every page of brevier, rule-work, three
dollars and fifty cents; and for a larger form of brevier rule-work, in
proportion.
For the press-work of bills, including paper, folding, and stitching-
Press-work. for fifty copies, twenty-five cents per page; for four hundred copies; one
dollar and twenty-five cents per page; for the press-work of tables, other
than those in the regular octavo form, for six hundred copies, including
as above, five dollars and fifty cents per form; for the press work of the
journals, of nine hundred copies, including as above, one dollar per page;
for all other printing, in the octavo form, of six hundred copies, including
as above, eighty-seven and a half cents per page; and for a larger or
smaller number in proportion.
Each house That as soon as this resolution shall have been approved by the Presi-
to ballot for a
printer.
dent of the United States,each House shall proceed to ballot for a printer
Printer to give to execute its work during the next Congress; and the person having the
bond, with sure- greatest number of votes shall be considered duly elected; and shall
ties. give bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the secretary of the Sen-
Vol. 4, p. 369. ate and clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, for the
In case of de- prompt, accurate, and neat, execution of the work; and in case any incon-
av. &c. venient delay should be, at any time, experienced by either House, in the
delivery of its work, the secretary and clerk, respectively, may be autho-
rized to employ another printer to execute any portion of the work of
the Senate or House, and charge the excess, in the account of such prin-
ter, for executing such work, above what is herein allowed, to the printer
Proviso. guilty of such negligence and delay: Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall preclude the choice of the same printer by the Senate
and by the House of Representatives.
APPnOVED, March 3, 1819.
March 3, 1819. VII. REsoLuTION declaring the manner in which the vessels composing the -navy
Ships of the of the United States shall be named.
navy to be
named by the Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Secretary, un- States of A meriba, in,Congress assembled, That all the ships of the navy
der direction of
the President. of the United States, now building, or hereafter to be built, shall be
First class named by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the Presi-
after states. dent of the United States, according to the following rule, to wit: Those
Second after
rivers. of the first class shall be called after the states of this Union; those of
Third after the second class after the rivers; and those of the third class after the
principal cities principal cities Eind towns; taking care that no two vessels in the navy
and towns.
No two of the shall bear the same name.
same name. APPROVED, March 3, 1819.
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session, whicht was begun and held in the City of
Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sizth day
of December, 1819, and ended on the fleenth day of May, 1820.
5
AMES MONROE, President; DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Vice President of
the United States and President of the Senate; JAMEs BARBOUR,
President of the Senate pro tempore, on the fourteenth of December,
1819; JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore, from
the twenty-eighth of January, 1820; HENRY CLAY, Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
STATUTE 1.
CHAP.J.An Ad authorizing the transmission f ertain documents free of Dec. 14, 1916.
pbstage.
Members,sac-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United delegates,
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the members of Congress, dets, and
of House
clerktra~nsmit
the delegates from territories, the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk may
of the House of Representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to any docament.
transmit, free of postage, to any postoffice within the United States, or
the territories thereof, any documents which have been, or may be,
printed by order of either House, during the present Congress.
APPRovED, December 14, 1819.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. ,-.nAct maling a partialappropriation fo; the military service of the Jan. 14, 1820.
United Statesfor the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United Appropriations.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,
and are hereby, appropriated to the ;bjects herein specified, to wit:
For subsistence of the army of the United States, two hundred and For subsist-
twenty thousand dollars. ence.
For the national armories, fitty-six thousand dollars. For armories.
For arrearages, on the settlement of outstanding claims, fifty thousand For arreara-
dollars. ges.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sums be paid out of
any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, January 14, 1820,
STATUTE I.
Jan. 14, 1820. CHAi'. V.-.n Act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate and fix
the compensation of the clerks in the different offices," passed the twentieth of
April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Act of April Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
20, 1818, ch. 87. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the authority given
Additional
clerks in the in the eighth section of the above-recited act, to the Secretary of the
office of the Treasury, to employ nine additional clerks in the office of the third
third auditor, auditor, and three additional clerks in the office of the second comp-
and in the office
of the second troller of the Treasury, be, and the same is hereby, continued until the
comptroller. thirty-first day of Decer'ber, one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
and no longer; and that the sum necessary to carry into effect the provi-
Appropriations. sions of this act, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and shall be
paid, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, January 14, 1820.
STATUTE I.
F'eb. 10, 1820. CHAP. IX.-,dn Aet to alter the tereis of the court of the western districtOf
Virginia. (a)
The sessions Be it enacted by te Senate and House of Rtpresentatives of the United
o f the court to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sessions of the court
bo eheld. for the judicial district of Virginia, west of the Alleghany mountain,
instead of the times heretofore appointed, shall hereafter be holden, an-
At Wythe. nually, as follows: At Wythe Courthouse on the first Mondays of May
Lewisburg. and October; at Lewisburg, on the second Mondays of May and Octo-
Clarksburg. ber; and at Clarkshurg, on the fourth Mondays of May and October;
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Process to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all process which may have
(a)See notes to act of Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12.
issued, or may hereafter issue, returnable to the next succeeding terms, returnable ae-
as heretofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned, to cordiagly.
those terms to which they are severally changed by this act.
APPROVED, February 10, 1820.
STATZTE L
CHAP. X.-In Sct making appropriations to supply the deficiency in the appro- Feb. 10, 1820.
priations heretofore made for the completion of the repairs of the north and south
wings of the Capitol,for finishing the President's house, and the erection of two
new executive qfflces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropria-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of !ions for supply-
supplying the deficiency in the appropriations ing deficiencies
heretofore made for corn- of former ap-
pleting the repairs of the north and south wings of the Capitol, for fin- propriations.
ishing the President's house, and the erection of two new executive
offices, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, ap-
propriated, that is to say:
For completing the repairs of the north and south wings of the Capi- North and
to], the suy of seventy-five
to!, thousand
te dollars.sumCapitol. south wings of
For finishing the President's house, the sum of thirteen thousand one President's
hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-six cents. house.
For erecting two new executive offices, the sum of eleven thousand Twonew
and fifleen dollars and seventy-one cents, executive oif-
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums be paid e(tofmoneys
out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in the treasury.
APPRovEj), February 10, 1820.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XI.- Jet to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the foreign Feb. 10, 1820.
commerce of the United States.-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The register
of the treasury
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the register of the treasury to prepare sta-
shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, annually pre- tistical accounts
pare statistical accounts of the commerce of the United States with of the com-
foreign countries, for each preceding year; which accounts shall be laid merce of the
United States.
before Congress, by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the first Monday To be laid
in December in every year, or as soon after as possible. before Congress.
, Suc. 2. And be it further enacted, That such. accounts shall compre- Of goods, &c.
exported.
hend and state all goods, wares, and merchandise, exported from the Of goods, &c.
United States to other countries; all goods, wares, and merchandise, im- imported.
ported into the United States from other countries; and all navigation Of all naviga-
ion employed
employed in the foreign trade of the United States; which facts shall be in foreign trade.
stated according to the principles, and in the manner, hereby directed.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the kinds, quantities, and Principles
values, of all articles exported, and the kinds, quantities, and values, of and manner of
stating the ex-
all articles imported, shall be distinctly stated in such accounts; except ports and im-
in cases in which it may appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that ports.
separate statements of the species, quantities, or values, of any particular
articles, would swell the annual statements without utility; and, in such
cases, the kinds and total values of such articles shall be stated together,
or in such lasses as the Secretary of the Treasury may think fit.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the exports shall be so stated Exports, &c.
as to show the exports to each foreign country, and their values; and to and from
that the imports shall be so stated, as to show the imports from each each country,
foreign country, and their values. and values, to
be stated.
SEC. 5. And be it farther enacted, That the-exports shall be so stated,
2Z
before a clearance shall be granted for any such vessel, the master of Where the car-
every suh vessel, and the owners, shippers, and consignors, of the car- go is tgroe land-
ed to be stated
go,.shall state, upon oath or affirmation, to the collector, the foreign place or on oath or affir-
country in which such cargo is -truly intended to be -landed; and the mation.
said oaths or affirmation shall be taken and subscribed in writing.
-SEc. 12. And be it further enacted, That every collector shall keep Accounts of
an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels national cliarac-
ters and ton-
which depart from his district for foreign countries, and of the foreign nage of vessels
places or countries for which such vessels depart; and, also, an accurate departing and
account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels which enter arriving to be
his district from foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries kept.
from which such vessels arrive.
SEC. 13. And be it furiher*enacted, That the several collectors shall Quarterly
make, quarter yearly returns to the register of the treasury, of all the returns register.
to the
facts and matters which they are hereby required to ascertain.
SEC. 14. And be itfurtherenacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of
shall give such directions to the collectors, and prescribe such rules and the Treasury to
forms to be observed by them, as may appear to him proper for attaining give drections
and prescribe
the objects of this act: Providedi That such directions or rules shall not rules and forms.
be contrary to the provisions of any law of the United States.
SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the forms of the annual state- Secretary of
ments hereby required shall be determined by the Secretary of the termine Treasury to de-
Treasury, who shall prescribe such forms as may be proper to exhibit the forms ofthe the
facts hereby required to be stated in the clearest manner, and to show statements.
the actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States
and foreign countries in each year.
SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force Act in force
from 30th Sept.
from the thirtieth day of September next. 1820.
APPROVED. February 10, 1820.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XIV.-An Act to remnit the duties on a statue of George Washington. Feb. 24, 1820.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XVI.-An Act further to extend the charter of the city of Washington. Feb. 28, 1820.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act incorpora-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An ting the inhabi-
act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, in the Dis- tants of Wash-
ington,.&c. con-
trict of Columbia," and the act supplementary to the same, passed on the tinted till 3d
twenty-fourth of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and March, 1821.
four, and the act, entitled "An act further to amend the charter of the Act of May
3, 1802,ch. 53.
city of Washington," be, and the same are hereby, extended to the third Act of Feb.
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, unless sooner 24, 1804, ch. 14
repealed. Act of May.
4, i812, ch. 75.
APPROVED, February 28, 1820.
STATUTE I.
March 4, 1820. CHAP. XX.- -An act to continue in force for a further time, the act entitled
"n act for establishing tradig-houses with the Indian tribes."
Act of March Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatisesof the United
2, 1811, oh. 30. States of America, in Congress assenbled, That the act, entitled "An
The act es- act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes," passed on
ag-houses trad-
-tablishing with the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and
the Indian which was, by subsequent acts, continued in force untilthe first day of
untilcontino-
trives,
ed March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, shall be, and the same
3deadtesm
March, 18 . is hereby, further continued in force until the third day of March, one
ct of March thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and no longer.
3, 1821, ch. 45. APPROVED, March 4, 1820.
STATUTE 1.
March 4, 1820. CHAP. XXI.-.n Act altering the place of holding the circuit and ekstrict court
in the district of Ohio. (b)
Circuit court Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
to be held at States of America, in Congress assembled, That the circuit court in and
Columbus, the for the district of Ohio, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be
first Mondays of
Sept. and Jan. held at Columbus, in said district, on the first Mondays of September and
Causes, &c. January, [in] each and every year; and that all causes, actions, suits, pro-
to be continued cess, pleadings, and other proceedings, of every description, that are, or
over, &c.
shall be, existing or depending in the said circuit 'court, shall be contin-
ued over and returnable to the said circuit court, to be held at Columbus
as SEc.
aforesaid, and shall be proceeded with in due form of law.
2. And be it furthir enacted, That the district court,
District court in and
to be held at for the district of Ohio, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be
Columbus, the held at Columbus, in said district, on the second Mondays of September
second Mon-
days of Sept. and January, each and every year; and that all causes, actions, suits, pro-
and January. cess, pleadings, and other proceedings, of every description, that are or
(a) The acts of Congress relating to the state of Maine, in addition to this act, are :
An act establishing a circuit court within and for the district of Maine, March 30, 1820, ch. 27.
An act apportioning the representatives in the seventeenth Congress to be elected in the state of
Massachusetts and Maine, and for other purposes, April 7, 1820, ch. 39.
(b) Act of April 22, 1824, ch. 36, Act of May 20, 1826, ch. 132, Act of May 5, 1830, ch. 89, sec. 3.
By the act of March 10, 1835, ch. 33, the circuit and district courts are to be holden on the first Mon-
day of July, and the third Monday in December.
By the act of June 1, 1842, ch. 31, the term of the circuit and district courts of Ohio, required to
be holden on the first Monday of July, annually, at Columbus, shall be held at Cincinnati.-
shall be existing or depending in the said district court, shall be con- Causes to be
continued over.
tinued over and returnable to the said district court to be holden at Co-
lumbus as aforesaid, and shall be proceeded with in due form of law.
APPROVED, March 4, 1820.
STATUTE I.
CHAP. XXII-An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territorytoform a March 6, 1820.
constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the
Union on an equsl footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in cer-
tain territories.(a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and-House of Representativesof the United The inhabi-
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of that tants of Missou-
ri authorized to
portion of the Missouri territory included within the boundaries herein- form a constitu-
after designated, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for them- tion and state
selves a constitution and state government, and to assume such name as government, to
be admitted in-
they shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admit- to the Union.
ted into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original sts.tes, in
all respects whatsoever.
Sac. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the said state shall consist of Boundaries.
all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Begin-
ning in the middle of the Mississippi river, on the parallel of thirty-six
degrees of north latitude; thence west, along that parallel of latitude, to
the St. Francois river; thence up, and following the course of that river,
in the middle of the- main channel thereof, to the parallel of latitude of
thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes; thence west, along the same, to a
point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing
throuigh the middle of the mouth of the Kansas river, where the same
empties into the Missouri river, thence, from the point aforesaid north,
along the said meridian line, to the intersection of the parallel of latitude
which passes through the rapids of the river Des Moines, making the
said line to correspond with the Indian boundary line; thence east, from
the point of intersectioi last aforesaid, along the said parallel of latitude,
to the middle of the channel of the main fork of the said river Des
Moines; thence down and along the middle of the main channel of the
said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the same, where it empties into
Ihe Mississippi river; thence, due east, to the middle of the main channel
of the Mississippi river; thence down, and following the course of the Mis-
sissippi river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of
from and afier the day of sale; And further, That the bounty lands
granted, or hereafter to be granted, for military services during the late
war, shall, while they continue to be held by the patentees, or their heirs,
remain exempt as aforesaid from taxation for the term of three years
from and after the date of the patents respectively.
A true and SEc. 7. And be it further enacted, That in case a constitution and
attested copy
of the constitu-
state government shall be formed for the people of the said territory of
tion to be trans- Misouri, the said convention or representatives, as soon thereafter as
mitted to Con-' m4t be, shall cause a true and attested copy of such constitution, or
gress.
frame of state government, as shall be formed or provided, to be trans-
mitted to Congress.
Slavery, &c. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded
forever prohibi- by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies
ted in the terri-
tory north of 36 north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included
deg. 30 minutes within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and in-
north latitude, voluntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof
except in Mis-
souri. the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, for-
Proviso: fugi- ever prohibited: Provided always, That any person escaping into the
tives may be re- same, from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or
claimed.
territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed
and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as
aforesaid.
APPROVED, March 6, 1820.
STATUTE 1.
CHAP. XXIII.-An oAct in additiontoan act, entitled ".n act regulating the post-
March 13, 1820.
oqfee establishment."
Act of April
3, 1810, ch. 37.
Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
The President
States of America, in Congress assembled, That during the present and
of' the Senate every subsequent session of Congress, all letters and packets to and from
pro tem. and the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the Speaker of the House
speaker of the of Representatives for the time being, shall be received and conveyed by
House of Re-
presentatives, mail, free of postage, under the same restrictions as are provided by law
entitled to frank with respect to letters and packets to and from the Vice President of the
as the Vice United States.
President of the
lUnited States. APPROVED, March 13, 1820.
STATUTE I.
March 14, 1820. CHAP. XXIV.-An .At to providefor taking the fourth census, or enumeration of
the inhabitants of the United States, andfor other purposes. (a)
Act of' March
3, 1821, eh. 49. Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
Marshals of States of America, in Congress assembled, That the marshals of the
districts and several districts of the United States, and of the district of Columbia,
territories to
cause the num, and of the territories of Missouri, Michigan, and Arkansas, respectively,
her ofiahabi- shall be, and they are hereby, authorized, and required, under the di-
touts to be rection of the Secretary of State, and according to such instructions as
taken, under
the direction of he shall give, pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants
the Secretary of within their respective districts and territories, to be taken, omitting, in
State. such enumeration, Indians not taxed, and distinguishing free persons, in-
Classes to be
enumerated, eluding those bound to service for a term of years, from all others; distin-
guishing, also, the sexes and clours of free persons, and the free males
under ten years of age; those of ten years and under sixteen; those of six-
teen and under twenty-six; those of twenty-six and under forty-five and
those of forty-five and upwards : and-, alsb, distinguishing free females
under ten years of age; those of ten and under sixteen; those of sixteen
(a) See note to act of March 1, 1790, vol. i. 101, referring to the acts providing for taking a census of
the United States.
and under twenty-six; those of twenty-six and under forty-five; and those
of forty-five and upwards; and, also, distinguishing the number of per-
sons engaged in agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, respectively.
For effecting which the marshals aforesaid shall have power, and they Marshals may
are hereby, respectively, authorized and required, to appoint one or more appoint assist-
assistants in each county and city, in their respective districts and terri- 'ants.
tories, residents of the county and city for which they shall be appointed,
and shall assign a certain division to each of the said assistants, which A division to
division shall not consist of more than one county or city, but may include each assistant.
one or more towns, townships, wards, hundreds, or parishes, plainly and
distinctly bounded by water courses, mountains, public roads, or other
monuments. And the said enumeration shall be made by an actual in- Enumeration
quiry at every dwelling-house, or of the head. of every family, and not by actual inqui-
otherwise. The marshals and their assistants shall, respectively, take an rY.Marshals and
oath or affirmation before some judge or justice of the peace, resident with- assistants to
in their respective districts or territories, before they enter on the duties take an oath.
required by this act. The oath or affirmation of the marshal shall be as
follows: I, A. B. marshal of the district of - , do solemnly swear, (or Form of mar-
shal's oath.
affirm,) that I will well and truly cause to be made, a just and perfect en-
umeration and description of all persons resident within my district or ter-
ritory,) and also an account of the manufactures, except household manu-
factures, and return the same to the Secretary of State, agreeably to the
directions of an act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for taking the
fourth census or enumeration oftheinhabitants of the United States, and for
other purposes," according to the best ofmy ability. The oath or affirma-
tion of an assistant shall be; I, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I Form of as.
will make a just and perfect enumeration and description of all persons resi- sistant's oath.
dent within the division assigned to me for that purpose, by the marshal of
-, and also an account of the manufactures, except household manu-
factures, and make due return thereof to the said marshal, agreeably to the
directions of an act of Congress, entitled" An act to provide for taking the
fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, and
for other purposes," according to the best ofmy abilities. The enumeration Beginning
shall commence on the first Monday of August, in the year one thousand and close of the
eight hundred and twenty,and shall close within six calendar months there- enumeration.
Assistants to
after. The several assistants shall, within the said six months, transmit to the transmit accu-
marshals, by whom theyshall respectively be appointed, accurate returns of rate returns.
all persons, except Indians not taxed, within their respective divisions:
which returns shall be made in a schedule, distinguishing, in each county,
city, town, township, ward, or parish, the several families, by the names
of their master, mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal person
therein, in the manner following: The number of persons within my di- Form of the
vision, consisting of-, appears in a schedule hereto annexed, sub- schedule ofro-
scribed by me this - day of- in the year one thousand eight hun- turn.
dred and twenty. A. B. assistant to the marshal of-.
Name of the
Where thecounty,
family parish,
resides.township, town, or city,
SLAVES.
Males under fourteen.
;2
Cb
Ne
9
200 dolls.for- SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant, failing or neg-
feit for neglect lecting to make a proper return, or making a false return, of the enu-
or false returns.
meration to the marshal, within the time limited by this act, shall forfeit the
sum of two hundred dollars, recoverable in the manner pointed out in
the next section of this act.
Marshals to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the marshals shall file the
filereturns, &c. several returns aforesaid, and, also, an attested copy of the aggregate
with clerks of
courts. amount hereinafter directed to be transmitted by them, respectively, to
the Secretary of State, with the clerks of their respective districts, or
superior courts, (as the case may be,) who are hereby directed to receive
Marshals to
transmit aggre- and carefully to preserve, the same. And the marshals, respectively,
gate amounts to shall, on or before the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight
the Secretary hundred and twenty-one, transmit to the Secretary of State the aggregate
of State:
amount of each description of persons within their respective districts or
Marshal fail- territories. And every marshal failing to file the returns of his assistants,
ing forfeits 1000 or the returns of any of them, with the clerks of the respective courts,
dolls.
as aforesaid, or failing to return the aggregate amount of each description