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[Ry Author iy.] — LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES* r ASSED AT THE TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. [Public. —No. 53.] !' AN ACT makingadditionul appropriations 1 for the Deleware breakwater, and i>r certain harborsand removingobstructions! in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, for the year one i thousand eight hundred and thirty six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the United Stales of A merica in Congress assembled, That the fol lowing sums be and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for carrying on and completing certain works heretofore commenced, vis.— For continuing the Delaware breakwater one hundred thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement of the Labor of Chicago, lllinoise thirty two thou sand dollars. For continuing the improvement of Big Sodus bay, twelve thousand six hundred dol lars- For the continuation of the worksfor the preservation of the beach at Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, four thousand four hundred dollars. For the continuation of the works for the preservation of Plymouth beach, Mas sachusetts, five hundred dollars. For the continuation of the w orks at the harbor near the mouth of the river Rai-; sin, Michigan Territory, fifteen thousand .dollars. Forcontinuingthe removal of obstructions at Black river, Ohio, sixty thousand six hundred and sixty dollais. For continuing the permanent improve- ; ment of Cleveland Labor, Ohio,.fifteen thou sand dollars. F*or continuing the removal of obstruc tions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, one thou- i sand two hundred and seventy five dol lars. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, ac cording to Colonel Totten’s recommenda tion, fifteen thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement at Dun kirk harbor, New York, eleven thousand dollars. For a dreding machine on Lake Eire, eight thousand dollars. For continuing the works at the mouth of river New Y ork, twenty thousand ,dollajs. For continuing the pier at Kennebunk, l\lain, seven thousand five hundred dol lars. For continning the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, auoveand Jbelow Albany in the Stale of New York, one hundred thousand dollars, to be expen- ! r dcd according to the plan and estimate re commended by the Secretary of War, For continuing the improvement of the harbor of New York Castle, Delaware, 1 twenty five thousand dollars. F<»r cotintiing the removal of obstructions at Ocracqck inlet, North Carolina, nine thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement of the navi gation of the Cape Fear, below Wilmington, Nonh Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river, between Pittsburg, and the falls of the Ohio, twenty thousand dollars, which, to gether with the unexpended balance of the ap propriation for this purpose by the act of the thin! of March, A. I), eighteen Imndn d and thir ty ftyp shall be expended by direction of the Settfeppy of War, under the superintcndancc, o. the officers of the engineer corps heretofore put ployed on that service. For the improvement of the navigation of the of filths @ t Ohio and Mississippi rivers front Louisville to ; New Orleans, sixty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi riv er, above the mouth of the Ohio river, and for the -Missouri river, forty thousand dollars, to be expended in such maimer mid for the removal of such obstructions as tbe Secretary of War shall direct. For continuing the removal of obstructions in Red river, Louisiana, and Territory of Arkan sas, forty thousand eight hundred dollars. For constructing a boat to prevent a new ac cumulation of obstruction in said river, within the old limits of the Great Raft, so called, fifteen thousand dollars, and the additional sum of lif i teen thousand dollars to work and support the same. f or continuing the improvement of the Cum | berlaml river, tn Kentucky and Tennessee, j twenty thousand dollars. • tor continuing the removal of obstructions in I the Chipola river, in the Territory of Florida, ' four thousand dollars. For completing the inland channel between I St. Mary s and St. John’s, io the Territory of I Floiida, in addition to unexpended appropria tions, according to the estimate of the Engineer | Department, five thousand dollars. I - or continuing the removal of obstructions , in, and improving the navigation of the Escam- ■ bia river, in the Ferritpry of Florida, five thou- I sand five hundred dollars. lor further improvements at the mouth of Hu , ton river, in the State oi Ohio, four thousand ; ■ three hundred dollars. And the following sums, necessary' to close | I accounts, in the office of the Third Auditou, I ' v,z - For removing obstructions at Cunningham! creek, Onio, thirty two dollars and thirty six ' coins. F or completing the pierat La Plaisance bay, I Michigan I’erritory, three hundred and twenty ! three dollars and fifteen cents. F or removing obstructions at Cleaveland har i bor, Ohio, six dollars and litleen-ninc cents. For reparing brunch in the peninsula, at Prcs- I que Isle,one hundred and twenty two dollars and I f eighty cents. For erecting a beacon light at Erie Pennsyl- j i vania, sixty nine Dollars and sixty nine cents. ! ' For erecting a light house at Buflalo, New I Yotk, four hundred and nine four dollars and I ! seventy eight cents. F or improvement of the navigation of the O - . J>io and Mississippi river from Pittsburg to New | Orleans, under the act ot second ot March, eigb- I teen bundled and thirty one, seventeen thousand ! eight hundred dollars and fivo cents. F or defraying the expenses incidental to ma- j king examination and surveys, under the act of I the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and I twenty four, ot which sum live thausand dollars shall be appropriated and applied to Geological I mid Mineralogical surveys and researches in she Indian country on the public lands and In the Territories of the United States, thirty thousand dollars. Approved, 2d, July 1836 [Public —No. 54.1 AN ACT to extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, and ! for other purposes. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House j of Representatives of the United States oj America in Congress assembled, That the | charters oi the several Bank herein enutner-1 ated, namely : the Union Bank, and Farm- ' ers and .Mechanics Bank oi Georgetown ; The Bank oi the Metropolis, Patriotic Bank I of Washington, and Bank of Washington, | in the city of Washington; and the Farm-j ers Bank of Alexandria, and Bank of Poto- j mac, in the town of Alexandria, be and the I same axe hereby extended till the fourth day ; July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. JAMES K. POLK, ' Speaker of the House of Representatives. W. R. KING, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, July 2, 1836. ANDREW JACKSON. [Public. —No 55.] AN’ ACT regulating the terms of tbe stipe- j rior courts of the middle district of Flor ida,and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A merica in Congress assembled, That an act entitled “ An act to alter and change the terms of the superior court for the middle district oi F lorida,” passed by the Gover nor and Legislative Council of said Terri- j , lory, and approved February twelfth, eigh- > 'teen hundred and thirty-six, be, and the ' same is hereby approved, so far as it does not interfere with the terms of the court di rected to be hidden in the county of Frank i lin, which has been annexed to the said tnid ! die district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, in any prosecution for piracy, or any ’ other criminal offence against the laws of the United States, or of the Territory of Florida, it shall be found impracticable to obtain a sufficient number of jurors for the trial of any person or persons charged with said criminal offences in the southern judi cial district of Florida, it shall be lawful for the judge t'o send said person or persons, I wirh the indictment and other papers, to the ' eastern or middle district for trial, and to I take recognizances from the witnesses to an- I pear in lite said eastern or middle district, in ! the same manner as he is empowered by law ; to do in the district of which he is the judge. Sec, 3. And be it Jurlhrr enacted, That! I an act to amend an act entitled “ An act in- ! i corporating tbe town of Apalachicola,” ap i proved twelfth of February, eighteen Imn- ■ deed mid thirty six, and “ An act to change ' the county seat of tbe county of Franklin,” passed January fourteenth, and approved January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ! thirty six, be, and the same are hereby an nulled. Sec, 4. Ami be it further enacted, That ! so much of the act of the Legislative Coun i cil as directs a superior court for the south ern judicial district at Indian Key, be, and tin; same is hereby annulled. Approved, July 2,1836, [l’lblic, —No. 56.] AN ALT for laying off the towns of Fort ! Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belle view, Du Biqite and Peru, in the county jVIiaiLLRgKMRViLL.K, TAITUIJST | of Du Bmpie, 'Territory of Winsconsin, i and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ' tracts of land in the Territory of Wiscon j sin, including the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des -Moines; Belleview, Du Buqtte and Peru, tn the county of Du Buqtte; and Mineral Point, in the county of lowa, shall, under , the direction of the Surveyor of tbe public ! lands, be laid offinto town lots, streets, ave nues and the lots tor public use called the public squares, and into out lots having re gard to the lots and streets alr< ady survey ed, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may think proper for the public good ! and the equitable t ights of the settlers, and occupants oi’ said towns: Provided, The tracts of land so to be laid of]’ into town lots, Bcc., shall not exceed the quantity of one entire section, nor the town lots one half of anacte; nor shall the out lots exceed the quantity of four acres each. W hen the ser ve*’ oi the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury, and within six months there after the lots shall be offered to the highest . bidder, at public sale, under the direction of i the President of the United States, and at I such other times as he shall think proper: Provided, That no town lot shall be sold I fora stun less than five dollars: Andpro l vidcd, further, That a quantity of land of ' proper width, on the river banks at the towns ! of Fort Madison, Belleview, Burlington, ■ Du Buqtte and Peru, and running with the i said rivers the whole length of said towns, shall be reserved from sale, (as shall also the public squares,) for public use, and re main forever fi r public use, as public higlt ) ways and for other public use's. Sec. 2. zlw/ be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Surveyor to | class the lots already surveyed in the said towns of Fort Madison, Burlington, Belle view’, Du Buqtte, Peru, and Mineral Point, into three classes, according to the relative value thereof, on account of situation and eligibility for business, without regard, how ever, to the improvements made therein; and previous to the sale of said lots as afore said, each and every person or persons, or his, her, or their legal representatives, who shall heretofore have obtained from the a gent of the United States a permit to occu py tiny lot or lots in the said towns, ot who shall have, by building or enclosure, actu ally occupied or improved any lot or lots in the said towns, or within tbe tracts of land hereby authorized to be Lid off into lots, shall be permitted to purchase such lot or lots by paying therefor, in cash, if the same fidi w itl.in the first class as aforesaid, at the rate oi forty dollars per acre; if within the second class, at the rate of' twenty dollars per acre; and if within the third class, at the rate of ten dollars per acre : Provided, That no one of the persons aforesaid shall be permitted to purchase, by authority of this section, more than one acre of ground, to embrace improvements already made. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not oth erwise appropriated, to defray the expenses ot surveying the lands covering the said towns ot Fort Madison, Burlington, Belle view, Du Bttque, Peru and Mineral Point. Approved, July 2d, 1836. [Public. —No. 57.] AN ACT torthe payment of ceriain compa nies oi the militia of Missouri and Indi ana, for services rendered against the In dians in eighteen hundred and thirty two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America m Congress assembled, That tbe Secretary ot War be, and he hereby is, au thorized and directed to ascertain the sums severally due to those persons who perform ed duty in the companies commanded by Captains Smith Crawford, George Wallis, and Mathew P. Long, of the militia of Mis- I souri, and in the company of Captain D. Si glor, oi the militia of Indiana, for the pro tection of the frontiers of those states against the Indians; and to cause them to be paid for the time they were actually engaged in said service in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, at the rate, and according to the principles established for the payment of similar services rendered the United States; for the purpose of effecting which, the sum of four thousand three hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2d, 1836. [Public. —No. 58.] AN ACT tor the continuation of the Cum berland Road in the states of Ohio, Indi ana and Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of i Representatives oj the United States of A \ nu.rica in Congress assembled, T hat the i sum of two hundred thousand dollars be, | and the same is hereby appropriated, fur | the purpose of cominuiitg the Cumberland • Road in the state of Ohio; that the sunt of' two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and th’ same is hereby appropriated, for continuing the Cumberland Road in the stale of Indiana, including materials for e reeting a bridge across the Wabash river; and tiiat the sum of one hnndred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for continuing lhe Cumber land Road in the state of Illinois; which sums shall be paid out of any moucy not J otherwise appropriated, and replaced out ol the fund reserved for laying out and making to.ins under the direction of Congress, In ; the several acts passed for the admission oi the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois aim ; Missouri into lhe Union on an equal footing j with tbe original States: Prorided, That the expenditure of the appropriation herein made lor the stale of Illinois, shall be limit | ed to the graduation and bridging of the roan therein, and shall not be construed as titer /Conscience—-Oil r Vast litre;- —(/ttr Jt*ariy. pledging Congress to future appropriations for the purpose of M’Adainizing the same. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the inonevs hereby appropriated for the con struction of the said road in tbesL.tesofOhio and Indiana, be expended in completing the greatest possible continuous portion of said road in the states, so that such finished parts thereof may be surrendered to the said states, respectively. Approved, July 2d, 1336. [Public. —No. 59.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Military Academy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty six. Be it enacted by lhe Senate tml House oj' Representatives of the United States oj' A meriea in Congress assembled, That lhe fol lowing sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, lor the support of the Military Academy, lor the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, viz: For pay of the officers, cadets, and musi cians, fifty six thousand and twelve dollars. For subsistence of officers and cadets, thirty nine thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.' For forage of officers’ horses, one thou sand one hundred and fifty two dollars. For clothing of officers’ servants, three hundred and thirty dollars. For defraying the expenses of the Board of \ isiters at West Point, two thousand dollars. For arrearages of the same in eighteen hundred and thirty five, tl-ree hundred and eighty two dollars and forty eight cents. For fuel, forage, stationary, printing, transportation and postage, twelve thou sand five hnndred and thirty five dollars. For repairs, improvements, and expenses of buildings, grounds, roads, wharves, boats and fences, nine thousand and sixty six dollars. For pay of adjutant’s and quartermaster’s clerks, nine hundred and fifty dollars. For philosophical apparatus and repairs of the same three hundred dollars. For models for the department of engi neering, five hundred dollars. For models for the drawing department, apparatus and contingencies for the depart ment of chemistry, and instruments and re pairs for the mathematical department, one thousand two hundred and thirty five dol lars. For the purchase and repairs of instru ments for the band, three hundred and nine ty two dollars. Forineidentalexpenses of lhe department of artillery, fifty dollars. For increase and expenses of the library, eight hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, two thousand two hundred and ninety three dollars. I' or completing the chapel, three thou sand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the acting professor of chemistry for services in the department from September first, eighteen hundred and thirty five, to September first,eighteen hun dred and thirty six, at twenty live dollars per inonl'-:, three hundred dollars; for the, ensiling year, three hundred dollars. Approved, July 2d, 1833. [Public. —No. 60.] AN ACT to confirm the sales of public ; lauds in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of \ Representatives oj the United States of A mcriea in Congress assembled, That in all eases where public lands, taken from the bounds of a former land district, and inclu ded within the botindsof anew district, have been sold by the officers of’such former dis trict, under the pre-emption laws or other wise, at any time prior to the opening of the land office in such new district, and in which the Commissioner of the General Land Of fice shall be satisfied that the proceedings in other respects have been fair and regu lar, such entries and sales shall be, and are hereby, confirmed; and patents shall be is sued thereupon, as in other cases. Sec. 2. And be it further inact d, That in all cases where any entry has been made under the pre-emption laws, pursuant to in structions sent to the Register and Receiv er from the I’reasury Department, and the proceedings have been in all other respects fair and regular, such entries and sales are hereby confirmed, and patents shall lie issued thereon, as in other eases. Approved, July 2d, 18a6. [Public. —No. 61.] AN ACT making further appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian trea ties Be it enacted by lhe Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A merica in Congress assembled, Thai the fol lowing sums he, and they are hereby, ap propriated out of any money in tbe Treasu ry not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, viz: For the amount stipulated to be paid for the lands ceded in the first article of the treaty with the Cherokees of the twenty ninth of December, one thousand eight hun dred and thirty five, deducting the cost of' the land to be provided for them west of the Mississippi, under the second article of said treaty, four million five hundred thousand dollars. For extinguishing the title of certain half breeds to reservations granted them in the treaty with the Osages. in eighteen hnndred and twenty five, according to the fourth ar ticle of the aforesaid treaty with the Chero kee-. fifteen thousand dollars. I’or payment for the improvements on he missionary reservations at Union and Harmony, according to the same article of .he said treaty with the Cherokees, twenty live thousand dollars. For commutation ol the permanent annui ty often thousand dollars, according to the eleventh article of said treaty, two hundred and fourteen thousand dollars. For compensation of two commissioners, for two years, to examine claims, according to the seventeenth article of said treaty, at eight dollars per day each, eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. For compensation to a secretary for two years, at five dollars per day, according to the same article of said treaty, three thou sand six hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to an interpreter for two years, at two dollars and fifty cents per day. according to the same article of said treaty, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five dollars. For the advance of two years annuity on the fund of seven hundred and fifty thou sand dollars, to be invested for the Chero kees according to the eighteenth article of said treaty, seventy five thousand dol lars. For the removal of the Cherokees and for spoliations, according to the third arti cle of' the supplementary treaty with the Cherokees, of the first ol'Mareh, one thou sand eight hundred and thirty six, six hun dred thousand dollars. For expenses attending the negotiation of »he said treaty, and of the delegation, aecor- ! ding to the filth article of said supplement-! al treaty, thirty seven thousand two hund red aud twelve dollars. For surveying the laud set apart by trea ty stipulations for the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi river, seven thou sand dollars. For carrying into effect the stipulations ol the fourth article of the treaty concluded with the Ottawa and Chippawa nations of Indians, twenty eighth March, and an arti cle supplementary thereto, the thirty first of Torch, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, viz: For the annuity in specie, thirty thousand dollars. For education, teachers, and expenses in cidental thereto, five thousand dollars. For missions, three thousand dollars. For agricultural implements, cattle, me chanic’s tools, and such other objects as the President may deem proper., ten thousand dollars. For vaccine matter, medicines, and ser vices of pliysiciatts, three hundred dollars. For provisions, two thousand dollars. For six thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco, eight hundred and twenty five dol lars. For one hundred barrels salt, two hund red and fifty’ dollars. For five hundred fish barrels, four hund red and fifty dollars. For goods and pro visions to be delivered at Michilimackinac, one hundred and fitly thousand dollars. For interest to be paid annually’ as annu ities, on the sum ol two hundred thousand dollars, per resolution of lhe senate, appen ded to the treaty, twelve thousand dollars. For the payment ot' the just debts against the Indians, according to the fifth-article of said treaty as ratified by the Senate, three hundred thousand dollars. For carrying imo,effect the sixth article of said treaty, viz: For commutation in lieu of reservations to halt breeds, one hundred and forty five thousand dollars. For taking a census of the Indian half breed population, one thousand two hund red dollars. For lhe pay and travelling expenses of a commissioner, one thousand dollars. For compensation and expenses of clerk, and for stationary, postage, w itnesses, tnes seugers to collect Indians, and canoes lor them, subsistence for two thousand Indians lor twenty day s, fuel for them while on the island, and other incidental expenses atten ding the commission, three thousand dollars. Nor carry ing into eliecl the seventh arti cle ol' said treaty, viz ; For pay of two additional blacksmith’s, nine hundred and sixty dollars. For iwo strikers, four hundred and eigh ty dollars. I* or building a blacksmith shop on reser vationjnorth ol Grand river,seventeen hund red aud fifty dollars. For iron, steel, coal and tools for two shops, five hundred dollars. For the purchase of one new set of black smith’s tools for shop on reservation, one hundred and seventy fivedo-lla s. I er rebuilding shop at Mackinac, and adding an armorer’s room, eight hundred and fifty dollars. For a gunsmith, four hundred and eighty dollars. For purchasing a set of gunsmith’s tools, one hundred dollars. For two additional interpreters, six hun dred dollars. For building a dormitory at Mackinac, and for stoves and furniture, four thousand eight hundred dollars. For one hundred and fifty cords of wood for the dormitory, three hundred and seven ty five dollars. For two farmers, one thousand dollars. For two assistant farmers, six hundred dollars. For two mechanics, twelve hundred dol lars. For carrying into effect the eighth article of said treaty, viz : For the expenses of a delegation of twen ty Indians, with an officer, three assistants, an interpreter, a guide with two assistants to explore the country, and for the purchase of horses, and other expenses incidental to lhe exyedition, twelve thousand dollars. For payment of such improvements as give additional value to tbe land ceded, twenty thousand dollars. For payment for the church on the Che boigan, nine hundred dollars. For extingiii-hing the claim of certain half-breeds, in lieu of reservations, accord ing to the ninth article of said tretity, viz: To Rix Robinson, in lieu of a section at thirty six dollars per acre, twenty three thou sand and forty dollars. To Leonard Slater, intrust forChimino- aoqnat one section at ten dollars per acre, I six thousand (bur hundred dollars. To John A. Drew, one and three quar- | ter sections at four dollars per acre, four! thousand four hundred and eighty dol- i lars. To Edward Biddle, one section at three I dollars per acre, one thousand nine hundred I and twenty dollars. , I o John Holiday, five sections at one dol- j iar twenty-five cents per acre, four thousand ! dollars. | To Eliza Cook, Sophia Biddle, and Ma- ! ry Holiday, one section each, at two dol- ! lars and fifty cents per acre, four thousand ’ eight hnndred dollars. 1 o Augustin Hamelin, Jr. tvVo sections at one dollar ami twenty-five cents per acre, one thousand six hundred dollars. To William Lusley, Joseph Daily, Jo seph i. roller, and Henry A. Lenake, two Actions each, at one rloilar aud iWertly-five cents per acre, six thousand four hundred dollars. To Luther Rice, Joseph Leframbois, Charles Butterfield, George Moran, Louis Moran, G.D. Williams, and Dattiei Marsac, one section each, at one dollar and twenty five cents peracre, five thousand six hun dred dollars. For payment to the chiefs on ra ideation of lhe treaty, according to the tenth article of the same, thirty thousand dollars. For life annuity to two chief's, provided for in the eleventh article of said treaty, one hundred and fifty dollars. i' or expenses attending the conclusion of the treaty at Washington, according to the twelfth article of the same, fifteen thousand four hu'ndred and threedoilars and twenty five cents. lor transportation and other incidental expenses in executing said treaty, two thou sand Uollars. Provided however, That no part of tbe above appropriation for carrying into effect | the treaty w ith the Chippewas and Ottawas, shall be drawn from the Treasury except what may be necessary for the expenses of collecting and subsisting the Indians, and for the expenses ol concluding the treaty, there incurred, and l<> enable a Commission er to proceed to Michiiitnackinac for the purpose of examining thedaims of the half breeds, until the assent of the said Indians shall be given to the change proposed by j the resolution of the Senate. Arrange ments may under the direction of the Fresi- I dent for paying to lhe Indians the money ! and goods as scon as their assent to such ; change is given. But no responsibility in I relation to such delivery shall be incurred ■ by lhe United States previous thereto, nor shall the said Commissioner enter upon his I duties. For Carrying into effect the stipulations of the third article of the treaty concluded with the Swan creek, ai d the Black river bauds of the Chippewa nation, of the ninth of May, eighteen hundred and thiity six, viz: For an advance in moncynn the ratifi cation of the treaty, two thousand five hun dred dollars. For tbe purchase of goods, four thousand dollars. 1* or expenses of the treaty, the journeys i of the Indians to and from Washington, subsistence and other expenses, three thou sand eight hundred and two dollars and six ty-seven cents. For transportation and incidental expen ses one thousand dollars. Forcarrying into effect the stipulations of j the treaties concluded with certain bands of! the Pottawatarnie 1 Indians of Indiana, in I Mareii aud April, eighteen hundred and j thirty six, t iz: For payment of the sum stipulated in the 1 second article of the treaty of twenty-sixth March, eighteen hundred and thirty six, with Mes-qtiaback and bis band, for a ces sion of laud to the United States, two thou sand five hundred and sixty dollars. For payment of the sum stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the twenty-ninth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, withWawkewa and bis band, for a cession of land to the United States, two thousand five hundred aud sixty dollars. For the payment of the sum stipulated in the second article of the treaty of eleventh April, eighteen hnndred and thirty-six, with Aub-ba-naub-ba and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, eleven thou sand five hundred and twenty dollars. For payment of the sum stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-second April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Kee-waw-nee and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, six thousand four hundred dollars. For payment of the sum stipulated in tbe second article of the treaty of twenty-second April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Naswaw-bee and his band, for a cession of land to tbe Ufiited States, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. For expenses attending the negotiation of the said treaties with the Pottawatamies, six hundred and thirty six dollars and seven ty-five cents. T’o defray the expenses of removing the Choctaw Indians residing in tire State of Mississippi to the country provided for them, j west of tbe Mississippi river, thirty thou sand dollars. Se. 2. And be it further enacted, That ■ the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to direct the account to be closed, upon the i productions of proper vouchers, for blanket's 'delivered to the Cherokees by order of the commissioner. Sec. 3. And be. it further cnaclc'l, Tiiat the pension allow ed by an act of t!«e present ! session of Congress to Co’onel Gideon | Morgan, shall be paid to him from the date lof his disability, to th? twenty-seventh of j March eighteen hundred and fourteen, a- I greeably to the fourteenth article of the said I treaty with the Cherokees; and that tbe sum I of eight thousand dollars be appropriated | lor that purpose. I Sec. 1. And be it further enacted. That C>UUI.I»XIA:D KY I’. 1.. WffOK< R ]W6. 133 no part of the appropriation heretofore made, for the eastern Creeks shall be paid to any Indians who hayq been engaged in hostili ties against thejßlited States, unless in such change of circttfejlai’ces as may induce the President of the United Slates to direct the same to be paid. Provided hoitctcr, That the w hole of the annuity due the Seminole Indians and to the eastern Creeks may be paid to tbe friendly portion of those tribes respectively, unless otherwise directed by the President. , Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the fu»d? appropriated by the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty six, entitled “An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian De partment, for Indian annuities and other similar objects fortheyear eighteen hnndred and thirty six, for the removal of the Win ngbagolndians, tray be expended upon such of Uie saiff Indians as actually remove, and upon no others. And the said Indians shall be removed either to the neutral ground or such country as may he assigned to them iv treaty on the southwest side qf the river Missouri. JAMES K. POLK, Speaker of the House of lleprwntatives XV. R. KING, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, the 2d of July, 1836. ANDREW JACKSON, LIFE OF MARTIN VAN BUREN. BY WILLIAM M. HOLLAND. CHAPTER X. Ma. Van Ruhen is elected a senator of the U nited. States. His participation in the Con vention to amend Ute Constitution of New York. Speech on vesting veto power iu the Governor. On the length of Governor’s ten ure of office. On pvriixing a bill of rights. Oh the Elective franchise. Vote on admit ting colored people to be electors. Speech on the appointment of Justices of the Peace, On the re-organization of the Supreme Court so as to eject lhe incumbents. / continued) il la whose name, and for whose benefit, ho inquired, were they called upon to disappoint the just expectations of their constituents, aud to persevere in what he could not but regard as I a violation of principle I It was in the name, and i for the security of ’■farmers,' that they wore called upon to adopt this measure. This, he i said, was, indeed, acting in an imposing name; ! and they who used it, knew full well that it was so. It was, continued Mr. Van Uuren, the boast, the pride, and the security of this nation, that she had in her bosom a body of men who, for sobriety, integrity, industry and patriotisn , whre unequalled by the cultivators ol the caith in any part of the known world; nay, more, to compare them with the men of similar pursuits in other countries, w’as to degrade them. And woful must be our degeneracy, before any thing which might be supjtosed to affect the interests of lhe farmers of this country, could be listened to with indifference by those who governed us, “ He could not, be said, yield to any man in respect for this invaluable class of our citizens, nor in zeal for their support: but how did this matter stand 1 enquired Mr. Van Buran. Was the allegation that they were violating the wish es, and tampering with the security of the far mers, fouaded in fact, or was it merely colora ble ? Who, he asked, had hitherto constituted a majority of the voters of the state? The/In®- fts— w ho Had called for, and insisted upon tliu Convention. Partners and freeholders! Who passed the iiw admitting those, who wore not electors, to a free participation in the decision of the question of Convention or A’o Conven tion, and also in the choice of delegates to that body. A Legislature, a majority of whom war.: fanners, aud probably every one of them free holders, of tbe value of two hundred and fifty dollais and upwards! The farmers of this state had, he said, by an overwhelming majority, ad mitted those who were not freeholders, to a full participation with themselves in every stage of this great effort to amend our Constitution, and to ameliorate the condition of tho people; could he, then, ought he, to be told, that they would be disappointed in their .expectations, when they found that by the provisions of the constitution as amended, a great portion of their fellow eti izens were enfranchised, and released, from hal ters which they themselves had done all in tlieir power to loosen? He did not believe it. Again, enquired Mr. Van Buren, who ara wo, that havu been chosen to perforin this great, and he could not but think, good work? A great majority of us are practical farmers; all freeholders, and of no small amounts. Were thoy tlieir own worst enemies? Could they be suspected of a want of filelily to the freehold interest? No J The far mers had looked for such an event; they ear nestly desired it. Whatevei ravages the pos session of power might have matin in the breasts of others, they at least had shewn that they cuuid. ‘feel power without forgetting right,’ If any thing, (said Mr. Van Buren,) could reader this invaluable class of men dearor and more estima ble than they were, it was this magnanimous sacrifice which they had made on the altar of principle, by consenting to admit those of tlieir fellow citizens, who though not so highly favor ed as themselves by fortune, had still enough to bind them to their country, to an equal partici pation iu the blessings of a free govermr.cn’. Thus, Mr. Van Buren said he unJeistood their wishes, and he would govern himself accord ingly; having the consolation to know, that if should have niisunderstgi* j them, they woujdj have the power of rescuing themsolm., the effects of such >’iisapprehensim\ by reject- . ingthe amendments, which should bo proposed I for their adoption. “ But I*’ t us, said be, consider this sub i ject in ar.otber aud different point of view it was- their duty, and he had no doubt it wa', their wish, to satisjy all, so that their proceedings might wiitb the approba ' tion of the whole comniutiity; it was his desire to respect the wishes and consult the i inteivsts of all ; lie woyld not hamper the. I rich nor tread upon the poor, hut would res pect each alike, He would, he said, sub mit a few considerations to the men of pro- J perty, who think this provision, necessary I for its security, and in doing so, he would ! speak of property in general, dropping the, j important distinction made by the amend ! ment ofieied, between real and personal ! estate. Admitting for tliesakeofargumeut, ! that the distinction wasjust, and wise, and nccessarv, for lhe security of piopcrty, w i * •' ■ »• '•
