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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES*
risaau AT THE TVVr.X TV-FOURTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.
'[Public. —No. 82.]
AN ACT to provide for the payment of
expenses incurred and supplies furnished
on account of the militia or volunteers 1
received into the service of the United
Slates for the defence of Florida.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Represen'utives of the United \
. States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Vv ar be, and he is I
.hereby, directed to cause to be paid the ex
jiepses that have been incurred, and the ;
.supplies that have been furnished, in the
States of South Carolina, Georgia Alabama,
X>ouisana, and the Territory of Florida, on
account of the uiiiita or volunteers receiv- !
ed into the service of the United States for
the defence of Florida. Provided, That
the accounts for these claims shall be ex
amined and audited at the Treasury, as in
other cases.
Sec. 2. An Ibe it further enacted, That
the Secretary of War be authorized to cause
the militia called out to defend East Florida,
by Generals Clinch and Hernandez, or by
the Governor of Middle and West Florida,
and such other rnilitiaand volunteersas have
been received and mustered into the service
of the United States and regularly discharg
ed, to be paid in like manner with the vol -
unteers and rnilita ordered into service un
der orders from the War Department.
Approved, May 23th, 183 G.
JAMES K. POLK,
Speaker of the House of Representative
W. R. KING,
President of the Senate pro temp’
ANDREW JACKSON,
Public —No. 121.
AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled
“An act to establish the northern boun
dary line of the State of Ohio, and to
provide for the admission of the State ol
Michigan into the Union on certain con
ditions.”
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That in lieu of the proposition submitted
to the Congress of the United States by an
ordnance passed by the convention of dele
gates at Detroit, assembled for the purpose
of making a constitution for the State of
Michigan, which arc hereby rejected ; ami
that the following proposition be, and t le
same are hereby offered to the Legislature ol
the State of Michigan, for their acceptance
or rejection, which if accept, d, under tin
authority conferred on the said Legislature
by the Convention which framed the consti
tution of the said State, shall be obligatory
upon the United States.
First. That section numbered sixteen in
every township of the public lands, and
where such section Ins been sold or other
wise disposed of, other lands equivalent
thereto, anti as contiguous as may be, shall
be granted to the State for the use of
schools.
Second. That the seventy-two sections of
land set tipart and reserved for the use and
support ot a university by tut act of Con
gress approved on the twentieth day of May,
eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled
**. An act concerning a seminary of lear
ning in the 1 erritoiy of .Michigan,” arc
hereby granted and conveyed to the State,
Io be appropriated solely to the use and
support of such university, in such manner,
as the Legislature may prescribe; And \
provided, also, That nothing herein con- I
tained shall be so construed as to impair or
affect in any way the rights of any person or ;
fllww©
i persons claiming any of said seventv-two
sections of land, under contract or grant
from said university.
Third. That live entire sections of land,
j to be selected and located under the direc
tion of the Legislature, in legal divisions of
not less than one quarter section, (rum an\
of the unappropriated lands belonging- to
the I nited States within the said State, are
hereby granted to the State for the pur, ose
of completing the public buildings of the
said Slate, or tor the erection ot public buil
-1 dings at the seat of Government of the said
State, as the Legislature may determine and
j direct
Fourth. That all salt springs within the
i State, not exceeding twelve in number, with
six sections of land adjoining, ot; as conti
-1 guous as may be to each, shall be granted
to the said State tor its use, the same to be
selected by the Legislature thereof, on or
i before the first of January, eighteen Lun
i dred and forty; and the same, when so se
! lecied, to be used on such terms, conditions,
I and regulations, as the Legislature of the
said State shall direct: Provided, That no
I salt spring, the right whereof is now ves
ted in any individual or individuals, or which
may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to
any individual or individuals, shall, by this
i section,be granted to said State: And pro
vided, also, '1 hat the General Assembly shall
1 never sell or lease the same, at any one
time, for a longer period than ten years,
without the consent of Congress.
Fifth. That five percent, ofthe nett pro
ceeds ol the sales of all public lands lying
, within the said Slate, which have been or
; shall be sold by Congress, from and after
the first day oi July, eighteen hundred and
thirty-six, after deducting ail the expenses
incident to the same, shall be appropriated,
! tor making public roads and canals within
the said Slate, as the Legislature may di
, reel : Provided, That the five foregoing
propositions herein offered, are on the con
dition that the Legislature of the said State,
by virtue ol the powers conferred upon it
by the convention which framed the consti
tution of the said State,“shall provide, by an
ordnance irrevocable without the consent of
the United States, that the said Stale shall
i never interfere with the primary disposal of
the sod within the same by the United States,
nor with any regulations Congress may
find necessary for securing the title in such
■ soil to the bona fide purchasers thereof: and
I that no tax shall be imposed on lands the
, property ot the United States ; and that in
Ino case shall non-resident proprietors be
taxed higher than residents; and that the
1 bounty lands granted, or hereafter to he
granted, lor military services during the
iate war, shall, whilst they continue to be
held by the patentees or their heirs remain
; exempt from any tax laid by order or tinder
the authority of the State, whether for State,
, county, tow nship, or any other purpose, for
the term of three years from and after the
date oftlie patents respectively.
Approved, June, 23d 1836.
[Pcblic. No. 253.]
AN ACT to regulate the compensation of
certain officers of revenue cutters.
Sec. f. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That iu lieu of pay, rations, and all other
allowances now authorized by law to the i
captains and first, second ami third lieuten- |
ants of the revenue cutters of the United
: States there shall be allowed and paid
quarterly, from and after the passage of this
act, to each captain, at the rate of twelve
hundred dollars per annum ; to each first
lieutenant at the rate of nine hundred and
sixty dollars per annum ; to each secon lieu
tenant, at the rate of eight hundred and six
ty dollars per annum ; to each third lieu
’ tenant, at the rate of seven hundred and
! ninety dollars per annum.
Approved, July 2d, 1836.
[Public. —No. 254.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the
suppression of Indian hostilties and for
other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the balance of the appropriation of
one million of dollars, made by the act
of April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and
thirty-six, and now remaining in the Trea
sury, shall be, and the same is hereby made
applicable to the payment of any expendi
tures authorized by tlie said act, and ren
dered necessary by the calling out by the
President of the United States, of any part
ol the militia or volunteers of the United
States for the suppression or prevention of
any Indian hostilities.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the sum of two million four hundred thou
sand dollars shall he and the same is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Trea
sury not otlicrv.be appropriated, to defray
any expenses which have been or may be '
incurred in preventing or suppressing the j
hostilities ol any Indians by calling out!
iindei the direction ol the President of the
United States, any pan of the militia or
volunteers according to the provisions of!
the constitution and laws; which sum, if!
i expended sIkiII be expended under the direc-I
I tion of the Secretary of War, conformably
to the provision of the act of Congress of
i January second, seventeen hundred and
ninety-five of the act of April fifth, eighteen
hundred and thirty-two making appropria- !
lions for the support of tlie army, mid of (he
act of March nineteen, eighteen hundred !
.and thirty-six providing for the payment of!
volunteers and militia corps io the service of;
the United States.
Approved, July 2d, 1836,
j [Plume. —No. 255.]
iAN ACT to grant to the New Orleans and
i Nashville Hail-road Company, the right i
of way through the public lands of the !
United States.
jVaBBjLIEfIMSBSVILB.4 03, GEOIittJA, TUESDAY BITO, SEPTEMBER 20 'SSJJvg.
See. I. IS it enacted by the Senate and
i louse Representatives of the United States
of Am n a in ( ongress assembled, That
there be, ami is hereby granted to the New
Orleans am! Na-hvilte Rail-Road Compa
ny incorporated by the several Slates
tnrough whit'h the said road is intended to
to pass, the right oi way through such por
tion of the public lands as remain unsold,
Provided, That the portion of the pt blic
lands occupied therefor, shall not exceed
eighty feet in breadth ; that the route of
the said road shall be surveyed and desig
nated through the public lauds, by plain
marks, or monuments, and copies of the
notes of survey, with a plat or plats there
lof, and a description of the said landmarks
'or monuments ami their connection with
the prior official surveys of the adjacent
lands, be transmitted to the General Land
Office in Washington, within sixty days af
ter the said surveys and plats are comple
ted and that they be completed within two
! years from the date of this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
lor such depots, watering places and work
shops as may be essential to the convenient
use of the said road ; there shall be also
granted to the said company, such portions
; of the public land, as they may, under like
| restrictions and conditions,select on either
! side of the said road.— Provided, That
j not more than five acres, to be laid off in
I asquare shall be granted for every fifteen
miles of the said road lying within the pub
lic land, provided moreover, That such
selection, shall be approved by the Secre
; tary of the Treasury for the time being.
Sec. 3. Aud be it further enacted, That
! so long as the public lands in the vieinity
; ofthe said road shall remain unsold, the
j said company shall have power to take
| therefrom, such materials of earth stone, or
i wood, as may be necessary for the construc
j tion of the said road, Provided, That the
I grants herein contained as well of the use
1 of the public lands, as of the materials for
| the construction of the said road, shall cease
and determine, unless the road be begun
within eight years thereafter. A.nd pro
vided, moreover, That if the said road shall
at any time after its completion, be discon
tinued or abandoned by the company, the
grants, hereby made, shall cease and de
termine.
Approved, July 2d 1536.
Public—No. 269.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled, “An ,
act authorizing the laying off a town on !
Beau river, in the State of Illinois, and ;
for other purposes,” approved fifth Feb
ruary, Eighteen hundred and twenty
nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and, House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled', That all
acts and duties required to be done and
performed by the surveyor of the States of
Illinois and Missouri, and the Territory of
Arkansas, under the act to which this is an
amendment, shall be' done and performed
by a board of commissioners of three in
number, any two of whoms shall form a
q»o:um to do business; said commissioners,
to be appointed by the President of the
United States, and shall, previous to their
entering upon the discharge of their duties,
take an oath or affirmation to perform the
same faithfully and impartially.
See. 2. /aid be it further enacted, That!
the said commissioners shall also have pow- ;
er to hear evidence and determine all claims
to lots of ground arising under the act to
which this is an amendment, and for this
purpose the said commissioners are author- ,
ized to administer all oaths that may be |
necessary, and reduce to writing all the ev-;
idence in support of claims to pre-emption ;
presented for their consideration; and when!
all the testimony shall have been heard and
considered, the said commissioners shall
file with the register and receiver of the
land office at Gilena, the testimony in each
case, together with a certificate in favor
of each person having the right of pre- j
emption; and upon making payment to i
the receiver at Galena, for the lot or lots!
to which such persons is entitled, the recei-;
ver shall grant a receipt therefor, and issue j
certificates of purchase, to be transmitted ■
to the General Land Office, as in other ca- !
ses of the sale of public lands.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That j
the register and receiver :.t Galena, after I
the board of commissioners have heard ami
determined all the cases of pre-emption
under the act to which this is an amend
ment, shall expose the residue of lots to
public sale to the highest bidder, after ad
vertising the same in three public newspa
pers at least six weeks prior to the day ofj
sale, in the same maimer as is provided for !
the sale of the public lauds in other cases;!
and after paying to the commissioners the!
compensation hereinafter allowed them, and !
all the other expenses incident to the said !
survey and sale, the receiver of the laud !
office shall pay over the residue of the mo- ,
my he may have received from the sale of!
lots aforesaid, by pre-emption as well as at I
public auction, into the hands of the coun- |
ty commissioners of Jo Daviess county, to j
be expended by them in the erection of pub
lic buildings, ami the construction of suita
ble wharves in the town of Galena.
Sec. 4. And'be it further enacted, That
the commissioners appointed to carry this
act into efiect, shall be paid by the receiver
six dollars each, per day, for their services,
for every day they are necessarily em
ployed.
Approved, July 2d, 1836.
Public—No. 351.
AN ALT supplementary to an act entitled
“An act to ventilate the deposites of the
public money,” passed twenty-third
June, eighteen hundred ami thirty-six.
Sec. I. Be it. nactcd, by the Senate and
House of i Icprcsenlalivi s of the i hiited
St at "s of America ii( Congress assembled '
” bat limbing in the art to which this j s
supplement, shall be t,o construed as to!
ttisr CostKcietice-—‘iSfi.r ('ostutiirsii—fPisi' Kharis].
| prevent the secretary of the Treasury from
! malting transfers from Banks in one" State
or Territory, to Banks in another State or
Territory, whenever such transfers may be
required, in order to prevent large ami in
convenient accumulations in particular pla
ces, or in order to produce a due equality,
aud just proportion, according to the pro
visions of said act.
Approved, July 4, 1836.
Public—No. 355.
AN ACT to carry into efiect, in the States
of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing
compacts with those States in regard to
five per cent, fund, and the school reser
vations'.
Sec. ]. Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That a sum equivalent to five per cent, of
the nett proceeds of the lands within the
State of Mississippi, ceded by the Chika
saws by the treaty of the twentieth of Oc
tober, eighteen hundred and thirty-two,
w hich have been or may hereafter be sold
by Congress, shall be, and is hereby, re
served out of any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to be applied
in the same manner, and for the same uses
and purposes, as is designated by the fifth
section of lite act of Congress of the first
of March, eighteen hundred and seven
teen.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be reserved from sale, in the
State of Mississippi, a quantity of land
equal to one-thirty-sixth part of the lands
ceded by said Chickasavvs as aforesaid,
within said Slate ot Mississippi, which laud
shall be selected under the direction of the
Secretary oftheTreasury, in sections, or half
sections or quarter sections,out ofany public
land s remaining unsold, that shall have been
offered at public sale within either ofthe land
districts in said-State of Mississippi, conti
guous to said lands within said State, so ce
ded by the Chickasavvs as aforesaid; which
lands, when so selected as aforesaid, the
same shall vest in the State of Mississippi,
for the use of’ schools within said territory
in said State, so ceded as aforesaid by the
Chickasaws; and said lands, thus selected,
shall be holden by the same tenure, am!
upon the same terms and conditions, in ail
respects, as the said State now holds the
lands heretofore reserved lor the use of
: schools in said Slate.
, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
[ a sum equivalent to five per cent, of the
j nett proceeds of the lands within the State
of Alabama, ceded by the Chickasavvs by
the treaty aforesaid, which have been or
may hereafter be sold by Congress, shall
be, and is hereby, reserved, out of any mo
neys in the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, to be applied in the same mamier,
ami for the same uses and purposes, as is
designated by the sixth section of the act of
Congress of the second of March, eigh
teen hundred aud nineteen.
See. 4. Anti be it further enacted, That
there shall be reserved from sale in the
State of Alabama, a quantity of land equal
to one-thirty-sixth part of the lands ceded
by the Chickasavvs as aforesaid, within said
State of Alabama, which lam! shall be se
lected under the direction of the Secretary
of the Treasury in sections, or half sec
tions, or quarter sections, out of any pub
lic lands remaining unsold, that shall have
been offered at public sale within any lam!
district in said Slate ot Alabama, contigu
ous to said lands within said State, so ceded
by t'ne Chickasavvs, as aforesaid; which
lands, when so selected, as aforesaid, the
f same shall vest in the State of Alabama,
for the use of schools within said territory,
in said State, so ceded, as aforesaid, by the
Chickasavvs; and said lands thus selected,
shall be holden by the same tenure, ami up
on the same terms and conditions, in all
respects, as the said State now holds the
lands heretofore reserved for the use of
schools in said State.
Approved, July 4, 1836.
Public—No. 356.
AN .ACT to authorize the appointment of
additional Paymastersand for other pur
poses.
Sec. 1 Be it enacted, by the Senate anti
House (f Representatives of the United |
Slates of America in Congress assembled, j
That the President of the United Stales ■
be ami he hereby is authorized ami empovv- I
ered to appoint three additional Paymas
ters, to be attached to the Pay Department ;
of the army: Provided That the appoint-|
merits be submitted to the Senate for their!
confirmation, in the same manner as other
officers of the army.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the officers appointed in virtue of this act
shall perform the same duties and receive
the same pay and allowances as the present I
Paymasters of the army; ami shall in like ;
manner be subject to the rules and articles !
of war; and previous to entering upon the ‘
duties <>f their office shall give such bonds !
to the United States as the Secretary ofj
War may direct for tlie faithful performance !
of their duties.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That \
when volunteers or militia are called into ;
service of the United States, so that the j
Paymasters authorized by law shall not be
deemed sufficient to enable them to pay the
tr tops with proper punctuality it shall be
lawful for the President to assigti to any
officer of the army the duty of Paymaster,
who, while so assigned shall perform the!
same duty, give the same bond, be subject!
to the same liability ami receive the same
emoluments as are now provided lor Pay
masters of the army: Provided however,
That the number of officers so assigned
shall not exceed one lor every two regi
ments of militia or volunteers; And pro
vided. also, That the whole emoluments of
the said officers, including their pay and
allowances in the line, shall not e.xceed the
pay ami emoluments ol a Paymaster.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That]
the President of the United States be and
he hereby is authorized ami empowered
to appoint three additional Surgeons and
five assistant Surgeons, to be attached to
the medical staff of the army.
Sec. 5. Anti be lt further enacted, That
during the absence of the Quartermaster
General, or the chief of any other milita
ry bureau of the War Department, the
President be authorized to empower some
officer of the Department or corps whose
chief is absent to take charge thereof and
to perform the duties of Quartermaster
General or chief of the Department or
corps, as the case may be during such ab
sence : Provided, That no additional com
pensation be allowed therefor.
Sec. 6, ylw/ be ii further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Senate ami Clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives as soon as may be after the close
ot the present session, and of each succeed
ing session, to prepare ami publish a state
ment of ail appropriations made during the
session, and also a statement of ti e new
officers created and the salaries of each,
and also a statement of the offices the sala
ries of which are increased and the amount
of such increase.
Approved, July 4, 1836.
Public.—No. 358.
AN ACT confirming claims tolandin the
State of Louisiana.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
Slates of America in Congress assembled,
That the decisions in favor claimants
made by the register ami receiver of the
land office iu New Orleans, under date die
first ot' December, eighteen hundred and
thirty-five, by virtue of an act out for the final
adjustment of claims to land in the Stale of
Louisiauia,” which have been laid before
Congress at the present session by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, be, and the same are
hereby, confirmed, with the exception of the
claims of Narcisse Carmonche, Julie Al
exandre ami Martin Major, Nicholas Bara,
and Francis Menard, saving and reserving,
however, to all adverse claimants, the right
to assert the validity of their claims in a
court ofjustice.
A; proved, July 4 h, ISC6.
Public.— No. 359.
AN ACT to suspend the discriminating
duties upon goods imported in vessels of
Portugal, aud to reduce the duties on
wines.
Sec. 1. it enacted, by the 'Senate and
House of Reprcseutatires of the United
States <f America in Congress assembled,
That so much of the several acts of Con
gress as imposes a discriminating duty upon
goods, wares, and merchandise imported in
foreign vessels be, and hereby is, suspen
ded, so far as respects the produce or man
ufactures of Portugal proper, including
Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Azores,
when imported iu vessels wholly ami truly
belonging to the subjects or citizens of said
places ; so that such produce or manufac
tures shall be subject to the same duties only
as if imported in vessels of the United
Stales : Provided hcwt vt.r, And this sus
pension shall continue no longer than this
section remains iu force.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the thirtieth day of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the duty
on all kinds of wine imported into the United
States shall be reduced one-half, so that no
more than one-half the amount new assessed
shall be thereafter assessed.
Sec. 3. A.ml be it further enacted, That
all kinds of wine, whether imported before
or after the passage of this act, may be nut
into the custom-house stores, under the
bond of the importer, or owner ; and such
of the said wines as shall remain under the
control ofthe proper officer of the customs,
on the thirtieth day ot July, one thousand
eight hundred ami thitry-six, shall be sub
ject to no other duty than if tlie same were
imported alter that day ; and if the duties
or any part thereof, on the wines deposited,
as aforesaid shall have been paid previous
to the said thirtieth day of July one thou
sand eight hundred ami thirty-six, the a
mount of excess of duty shall he refunded
to the person importing ami depositing the
same : Provided, That no wines shall be so
deposited unless in the casks or bottles as
imported .* And, provided further, That the
benefit of this act shall not be extended to
any wines not entitled to debenture.
‘Approved, July 4th, 1836.
Public. —No. 360.
AN ACT for the pnreahse of certain rights
or inventions of Wiiliam H. Bell, ofNorth
Carolina.
Sec. 1. r>e it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
Stales o f America in Congress assembled,
I 1 ! at the Secretary of the Treasury be
icrG.y authorized to pay to Captain Wil
iam H. Bell, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
•um of twenty thousand dollars, whenever
;aid Bell shall transfer and convey to the
Jniietl States all his, said Bell’s right, in
erest, and title, in and to two certain pa
ents, viz : one called a machine for eleva- !
ing heavy cannon, the other called a trav- J ;
■rse board for pointing cannon ; together | •
vith all the right to the United States to use I
■very improvement that has been made by
aid Bell on the said inventions, since pa- ,
enting the same; Provided however, That. ,
aid sum of twenty thousand dollars shall ; t
ie in full for all claims against the United ; <
States for issuing said patents. | ,
Approved. July 4th, 1836.
Public —No. 363. t
Sec. 1. .Be it enacted by the Senate and
louse of Represent a lircs of the United :
dates of America, in Congress assembled, \ ]
i'hat for the security of the navigation and ! I
ommerce of the United states, the follow-j
ng sum. of money be, ami the same arc
hereby, directed to be paid out of any mo
ney in the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, ami placed at the disposition
of the President, for the following objects,
viz:
STATE OF MAINE.
For erecting a breakwater on Stanford
ledge, in Portland harbor, according to
the plan reported by Joint .Anderson, ofthe
Engineer corps, in the sear eighteen hun
dred ami thirty-two, ten thousand doilors.
For the survey of a ledge near Owi’s
head harbor, to determine the expediency
of erecting thereon a breakwater to im
prove said harbor, four liundred dollars.
For the examination ami survey of the
passage into Cobscook bay, in the State o!
.Maine, lor the purpose of ascertaining tilt
practicobiiity of removing two ledges
whereby the navigation of said bay is
materially obstructed, three hundred dol
lars.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
For deepening the channel of the Co
checo branch ol the Piscataqua river
leading into Dover harbor, five thousanc
dolla rs.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
For the improvement of the harbor at
the mouth cl Bass river, ten thousand dol
lars and forty-one cents.
For removing the wreck in the burbot
of New Bedford, ten thoiuand dollars.
For the construction of a breakwater at
Sandy bay, agreeably to the report oft;
survey made by direction of the Depart
ment of War, transmitted to Congress bv
the President, April twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and thirty, ten thousand dollars.
For preserving the point of land leadine
to the fort and light-house at, tip: Gurnet, it:
Duxbury, by hurdles or double ranges oi
piles, five thousand dollars.
For the preservation ofßamsford island,
in the harbor of Boston, fifteen thousand
dollars.
STATE CF RHODE ISLAN D.
Fora breakwater at Church’s cove har
bor, m the town of Little Compton, ten
thousand dollars, agreeably to a survey
made by Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, o!
the United States topographical engineers,
in eighteen l.u idred and twenty-seven.
For improving the harbor of Savbrook.
by removing the bar at the mouth o
Connecticut river, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For improving the harbor of Westport
agreeably to tlie report of John Anderson
of tlie Engineer corps, three thousand do!
I lacs.
For securing the public works at Iht
harbor of Southport, one thousand fivt
hundred dollars.
For further securing the beach at Cedai
point, in Connecticut, one thousand dol
lars.
For deepening tlie channel leading intc
Bridgeport harbor, ten thousand dollars.
For deepening the channel of the rivet
Thames, leading into Norwich harbor, ten
thousand dollars.
STATE OF VERMONT.
For building a breakwater or pier at the
harbor of Burlington ten thousand dollars.
For deepening the channel to eigiit feet
between the islands of North ami South He
ro, near Saint Alban’s in Lake Champlain,
in Vermont, fifteen thousand dollars,
STATE OF NEW YORK.
For the improvement of the harbor ol
Portland, on Lake Erie, ten thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement ofthe harbor at
the mouth of Salmon river, on Lake Onta
rio, according' to the several plans of said
harbor, submitted through the Department
of War, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement ofthe harbor at
the mouth of Oak Orchard creek, on Lake
Ontario, according to the plan thereof made
by Joseph G. Swift, civil engineer, five
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the harbor at
the mouth of Black river, in the county of
Jefierson, five thousand dollars.
For building a breakwater or pier at the
harbor of Plattsburg, leu thousand dol
lars.
For improving the harbor at the mouth
of Cattaraugus creek, on Lake Erie, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For improving the entrance of White
hall harbor, on Lake Champlain, eight
thousand dollars.
For building an ice-breaker on Staten
island, nineteen thousand five hundred dol
lars.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
For improving the harbor at New Bruns
wick, by removing the obstructions in the
Raritan river, according to a plan reported
to the War Department by Hartman Bache,
seven thousand dollars.
For the protection ami improvement of
Little Egg harbor, according to the plan
reported to tlie War Department, five thou
sand dollars.
For a survey of Crow shoal in Delaware !
bay, to ascertain the expediency of eon- '
structmg a breakwater or artificial harbor, !
one thousand dollars.
STATE OF PENNSYLV ANIA.
For repairs at the harbor of Chester,
three thousand dollars.
For removing the liar on the river Del
nvare, in the neighborhood of Fort Mililhi,
r.ith the view of improving the harbor ol
Philadelphia, fifteen thousand dollars.
STATE OF DELAWARE.
Fur improving the harbor of Wilmiug
on, by removing the bar at the mouth of;
Christiana river, according to the plan re- |
’ommemled by Hartman Bache, ofthe on-!
;iueercorps, fifteen thousand dollars.
ST AT EOF MAI IY LAN D.
For deepening the harbor of Baltimore,
wenty thousand dollars.
For a surv cy of the head water*: of Ches
• penkc bay, pursuant tn a resolution ofthe
at gislaltire ol Maryland, five hundred dol j
ars.
S I’ATE OF \ IRGINI A.
lor a siifvcy pf James river, with the i
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view of improving the harbor of Ri< litr.oud,
five liundred dollars.
I-or improving the navigation efthe nat
ural ehanm. Is at 1 lie uortLei ri and fxtitiir-: n
entrances ol the Dismal Swamp canal, fif
teen thousand dollars.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
For removing a sand shoal in Porntico
river, five thousand dollars, by means ofthe '
degradinir machine now in operation at
Ocracock inlet,
For removing the oyster shoal in New
river, Onslow county., bv means of the
dredging machine now in operation in the
collection district of Wilmington, five thou
sand dollars. ‘
To improve the harbor of Beaufort. Cvq
thousand dollars.
■ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
■ Fora survey of the bar and harbor at
■ Georgetown, one thousand dollars.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
For the removal of the Brunswick bar,
with a view of improving the harbor of
, Brunswick, ten thousand dollars.
I STATE OF OHIO.
For constructing two piers and impro
ving the navigation nt the mouth of Ver
milion river, ten thousand dollars, accord-
■ intr. to the plan reported to the War Depart
ment.
STETE OF INDIANA.
For tiie construction of a harbor at
Michigan city, according to the plan re
ported to tlie Wa ■ Department, twenty
thousand dollars.
STATE CF LOUISIANA.
For increasing the depth of water iu the
mouth of the Mississippi river, by closing
■ some ol the passages leading out of it, or by
cutting a ship channel, or l.’y any other
• means w hirl) shall be deemed expedient by
’ the Secretary of War, with the approbation
'ol the President ofthe United States, sev
i eaty-five thousand dollars; the said sum to
be expended in whole or in part, as may be
thought proper by the War Department,
after the necessary survey shall have been
made.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
For a pier to give direction to the cur
rent ofthe Mississippi river, near the city of
I St. Louis, fifteen thousand dollars.
I For the survey of Saint Francis, Blak,
and Vfhite rivers, in Arkansas ami Misuiu
i ri, to determine upon the expediency ol re
, moving the natural rafts thereon, one thou
, i sand dollars.
, . TERRITORY OF FLORIDA.
-1 For removing a mud shoal, called the
' Bulk Head, in the channel from East Pass
■ to /.pnalai hicola, ten thousand dollars,
TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN,
I or tiie construction of a pier <--r break
water at the tnt>tuh ofthe river Sain'. Ju
- sepb, twenty thousat d dollars.
TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN.
i For the survey ofthe mouth of Milvvatike
river, on lake Michigan, to determine the
■; practicability of making a harbor by deep
ening the channel, four hundred dollars.
i Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted. That
! the reports upon all the aforesaid survevs
! shat! contain a statement of all such facts
; within the knowledge of the engineers re
j spectively making the surveys, as are or may
, he in any way materially connected with the
proposed improvements, and alsottith e»-
; t.mates, in detail, ol the sums cl money
! necessary for such improvements, respee
-1 lively. '
i Approved, July 4, 1836.
[Public —No. SGI.
AN ACT confirming claims to land in the
State ol Missouri, and for other purpo
ses.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
Bouse of Representatives ofthe United Seatcg
of America in Congress assembled. That the
discussions in favor of land claimants, made
by the record of land titles in the State of
Missouri, and the two commissioners asso
ciated with him by virtue of an act entitled
“Au act for the final *:djuStment of private
land claims in Missouri,” approved July
ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, amd
an actsupplemental thereto,approved March
second, eighteen hundred ami thirty-three,
as entered iu the transcript of decisions
transmitted by the said recordad and com
missioners to the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, ami by him laid befuie
Congress at the two last and prescat ses
sion* be, and the same are hereby, confirw.-
ed, saving and reserving, however, to all
adverse claimants, the right to assert thu va
lidity of their claims in a court or comits of
justice : .t rovid’Cd, J nat nothing.in this act
contained shall apply to, or be confirmation
of the claim of Don Carlos D. V'ilemout
for a tract of laud at Point Chicot: Anil
Provided, also, That nothing iu this act
contained shall apply to or ba in conforma
-1 tion of ti e following claims, to vv it: Mamie]
Liza, six thousand arpeus ; J. Uootz, and
H< mpstead, four hundred ami fifty arpe.ns;
■Mathew Saucier, one thousand two hundred
arpens ; Charles I ayon, one thousand six
liundred arpens; sons of Joseph M. Pepen,
five thousand six hundred arpens ; Louis
Lorimiere, thirty thousand arpens ; Bar
tholomew Cousen, ten thousand arpens;
Manuel Gonzales Moro, eight hundred ar-,
pens; Seneca Rollins, four hundred ar
pens; Wiiliam Long, four hundred arpens ‘
James Journey, four hundred arpens; Jua?
ehim Lisa, six thousand arpens; Francoitu
Lacomb, four bundled arpens; Israel
Dodge, seven thousand fifty-six arpens;
Aihiicu \ huxuiicr, four hundred sirpens j.
Joseph Silvaia, two liundred and fifty ar
pens ; Joiin P. ( abauis, two thousand ar
pens, William Hartly, six hundred aud fif
ty arpens; William Morrison, Seven hun
dred aud filly arpens ; Solomon Bellow,
three hundred add fifty arpeus ; Paschal'
Detehemendez, seven thousand fifty-six ar
pens ; Babtiste Auntne, two hundred ar'ct
lortv arpens; Alexander Maurice, fourbun
dred arpens ; Jean Babtiste Valle, twenty
thousand arpens; Israel Dodge, one thou
san.l ai'pci.s : >v alter I'cnvvick, ten thousand
arpens; John Smith T. fen thousand <\\\
