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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
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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
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