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taining several thousand names.
ADV ERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rales. Sales of LAND, by Admi
nistrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held en the first Tues
day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon andjhrec in the after
noon, at the Court House in the county in which the property io situate. Notice of
these oalee mast be given in a public gasolte SIXTY DAYS previous ty the day of
Sales of NEGROES must bo at public auction, on the tret Tuesday of the month
between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the
letters textimentary, of Adminietratiouor Guardianship, may have been granted,first
giving SIXTY DAYS notice thereof, in one of the public gaiotteoof thia Slate,
cod at th-' door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. _ * (
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in like manner, FORTY
DAYS previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY
DAYS.
Notice that application will be made 40 the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell
LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must bo published for FOUR MONTHS
before any order absolute shall be made by the Court thereon.
Notice ol Application for Letters of Administration must bo published THIRTY
DAYS.
Notice ol Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administration of aa Es
tate, are required to be published monthly for SIX MONTHS.
' [III AUTHORITY.!
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE THIRD
SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
[Public —No. 12.]
AN ACT to revive and extend “An act to authoriae the is
suing of Treasury notes to meet the current expenses of the
Government,** approved the twenty-first of May, eighteen
hundred and thirty-eight.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Haute of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congreu assembled, That
the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the
President of the United States, is hereby authorised to cause
to be issued the remainder of the Treasury notes authorised to
be issued by the act to authorise the issuing of Treasury notes
to meet the current expenses of the Government approved the
twenty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight,
according to the provisions of said act, at any time prior to the
thirtieth day of June next, any limitation in the act aforesaid
or in the act "to authorise the issuing of Treasury notes,” ap
proved the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and thir
ey-teven, to the contrary notwithstanding.
JAMES K. POLK,
Speaker of the House of Repretenlativet.
RH. M. JOHNSON,
Vice President of the United Statet, and
Precedent of the Senate.
Approved, March 2d, 1339.
M. VAN BUREN.
[Public —No. 14.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contin
gent expenses of the Indian Department, and fur fulfilling
treaty stipulations with tl<e various Indian tribes, for the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houte of Repretentativet
of the United Stalet of America in Congreu auembled, That
the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, for
the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, for the
purpose of paying the current expenses of the Indian depart
ment, fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes,
and contingent expenses; to be paid out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated:
For the current and contingent expenses of the Indian de
partment, vis:
For the pay of the superintendent of India* affairs at St.
Louis, and the several Indian agents, as provided by the acts
of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and of
March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, sixteen thou
sand five hundred dollars ;
For pay of sub-agents, authorised by the act of June thirti
eth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, thirteen thousand dollars;
For the pay of interpreters, as authorised by the same act,
nine thousand three hundred dollars;
For presents to Indians authorised by the same act, five
thousand dollars;
For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribu
tion of annuities, while on visits of business with the superin
tendents and agents, and when assembled on public business,
eleven thousand eight hundred dollars;
Fur the necessary buildings required at the several agencies,
and repairs thereof, ten thousand dollars;
For postages, rents, stationary, fuel for offices and other con
tingencies of the Indian department and for transportation and
incidental expenses, thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars;
For the salary of one clerk in the office of the superintend
ent of Indian affairs, south of the Missouri river, one thousand
dollars;
For carrying into effect the stipulations of certain Indian
treaties, and the laws connected therewith, vix:
For tlie Six Nations of New York, four thousand five hun
dred dollars;
For the Senecas of New York, six thousand dollars;
For the Ottawas, four thousand three hundred dollars;
For the Wyandots, six thousand eight hundred and forty dol
lars ;
For the Wyandots, Munsees, and Delawares, on* thousand
dollars;
For the Christian Indians, four hundred dollars;
For the Miainies, forty thousand one hundred and ten dol
lars;
For the Eel Rivers, one thousand one hundred dollars;
For the Poltawatamies, twenty thousand two hnudred dol
lars.;
For die Poltawatamies of Huron, four hundred dollars;
For the Pottawatamies of the Prairie, sixteen thousand dol
lars;
For the Poltawatamies of the Wabash, twenty thousand dol-
Jars:
For the Pottawatamies of Indiana, seventeen thousand dol
lars;
For the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies, thirty-fout
thousand two hundred and ninety dollars;
For the Winnebagoes, ninety-two thousand eight hundred
and sixty dollars;
For the Menomonies, thirty-two thousand six hundred and
fifty dollars;
For the Chippewas of the Mississippi, thirty-five thousand
dollars?
For the Chippewa* of Saginaw, five thousand eight hundred
dollars;
For the Chippewas, Menomonies, Winnebagoes, and New-
York Indians,fifteen hundred dollars;
For the Sioux of the Mississippi, forty-two thousand five
hundred and ten dollars;
For the Yancton and Santie Sioux, four thousand three hun
dred Bod forty dollars i
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For the Omahas, three thousand nine hundred and forty dol
lars ;
For the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri, twelve thousand
five hundred and seventy dollars;
For the lowas, eight thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;
For the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, fifty-four thous
and five hundred and forty dollars;
For the Sacs, Foxes, Sioux, lowas, Otnabas, and Oltoes and
Missourias, three thousand dollars;
For the Oltoes and Missourias, five thousand six hundred
and forty dollars ;
For the Kanzas, six thousand and forty dollars;
For the Osages, fourteen thousand four hundred and ninety
six dollars;
For the Kickapoos, five thousand five hundred dollars;
For the Kaskaskias and Peorias, three thousand dollars;
For the Piankeshaws, eight hundred dollars;
For the Weas, three thousand dollars;
For the Delawares, ten thousand four hundred and forty-four
dollars;
For the Shawnees, seven thousand ofoe hundred and eighty
dollars;
For the Senecas and Shawnees, two thousand and sixty dol
lars;
For the Senecas, two thousand six hundred and sixty dol
lars;
For the Choctaws, fifty-seven thousand six hundred and
Iwenty-five dollars;
For the Chicasaws, six thousand dollars;
For the Creeks, forty-six thousand four hundred and forty
dollars;
For the Quapaws, four thousand six hundred and sixty dol
lars;
For the Florida Indians, nine thousand six hundred and ten
dollars;
For the Pawnees, twelve thousand dollars;
For the Cherokees, seven thousand six hundred and forty
dollars;
For the ttaOwas and Chippewas, sixty-two thousand four
hundred and sixty-five dollars;
For the Caddoes, ten thousand dollars;
For the following expenditures in the Indian Department,
the appropriations having been carried to the surplus fund on
the thirty-first December last, viz:
For blacksmiths’ establishments, twenty-seven thousand five
hundred and eiuht dollars and sixty six cents;
For treaty stipulations, fifteen thousand four hundred and
thirty-two dollars and eighty-four cents;
For the expenses of treating with the Chippewas of Saga
naw, ninety-seven dollars and thirteen cents;
For the expenses pf Indian deputations, two thousand six
hundred and thirty dollars;
For the education of Indian youths, twenty thousand five
hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents;
For holding treaties with certain Indian tribes, four hundred
and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents;
For locating reservations, two hundred and five dollars and
thirteen cents;
For purchase of rifles for Pottawatamies, one hundred and
twelve dollars and thirty-eight cents;
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ottawas and
Chippewas, forty-three thousand seven hundred and four dol
lars and twenty-four cents;
For the removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi, nineteen
thousand nine hundred and ten dollars;
For the removal and subsistence of Indians, seventy-seven
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy cents;
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Miami Indians of
the sixth of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, viz:
For the payment to be made upon the ratification of the trea
ty, by a provision contained in the third article of the same,
sixty thousand dollars;
For the first of ten annual instalments stipulated to be paid
by the same article, twelve thousand five hundred and sixty
eight dollars;
For the payment of claims provided for in the fourth and
fifth articles, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
For the expenses of valuing buildings and improvements up
on the ceded lands, and for the erection of others, as stipulated
by the seventh article, three thousand three hundred dollars;
For the expenses es surveying and marking the boundary
lines of the Miami lands in the Slate of Indiana, as stipulated
by the ninth article, two hundred dollars;
For the expenses attending the examination of claims which
have accrued since the twenty-third day of October, eighteen
hundred and thirty-four, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For the expenses of the commission to examine claims under
the treaty with the Miamis, of the tenth day of November,
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, not covered by the former
appropriation for that object, two thousand dollars;
For the payment of the PoUawatamies of Indiana for the
corn crop abandoned by them upon their emigration west of
the Mississippi, which was appraised by agents appointed by
the Government, seven hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty
cents;
For the payment to the same Indians of the value of twelve
log houses appraised in the same manner, and destroyed before
their removal, six hundred dollars;
For the expenses of the removal and subsistence of these In
dians, fifty thousand dollars;
For the expenses of fencing and breaking up ground for til
lage for the Omaha Indians, as stipulated by the thrid article of
the treaty with them of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in ad
dition to the sutn of twelve hundred dollars appropriated in the
year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, eight hundred dollars;
For the salary of the farmer to be supported among the said
Indians as stipulated by the same article of the same treaty,
eight hundred dollars;
For the-balance of the expenses incurred by the commission
for the examination of claims under the second article of the
treaty with the Sacs and Fox Indians of Mississippi, of October
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, over and above the former
appropriation fer that object, one thousand five hundred dol
lars;
For the support of a miller for the Sacs and Fox Indians of
Mississippi, as stipulated by the third article of the treaty of
September eighteen hundred and thirty-six, six hundred dol
lars;
For the expenses of procuring rations for these Indians for
one year, as stipulated by the third article of the same treaty,
over and above the provision heretofore made for that object,
fourteen thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and thir
ty-seven cents;
For the balance of the expenses incurred in examining claims
under the secund article of the treaty of September eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven with the Sioux Indians, by the com
mission appointed for that purpose, over and above the former
appropriation for that object, five hundred dollars;
!or compensation to a commissioner and clerk to be ap
pointed to re-examine the claims under the last mentioned trea
ty, the re-examination to be made in the Indian country, five
thousand five hundred dollars;
For the payment of the expenses of the investigation into
frauds practised in the reservations of the Creek Indians for the
year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, five thousand dollars;
For the payment of the expenses of the removal and subsis
tence of the Creek Indians to be applied in payment of claims
settled by the accounting officers and to reimburse to other ap
f ropriations funds used for the removal and subsistence of these
ndians, including outstanding claims not yet settled, eighty
five thousand dollars;
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Creek Indians of
the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, viz:
To make the payment in stock animals, stipulated to be
made by the second article of the said treaty, fifty thousand dol
lars ;
To pay the interest at five per cent, for one year upon the
sum ol three hundred and fifty thosand dollars, pursuant to the
stipulations of the third article of the said treaty, seventeen
J thousand five hundred dollars;
YIILEEIKmEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORKIKG, MARCH 26, 1539.
Our Conscience- Our Country—Our Perty.
To pay the claims of the Mclntosh party, pursuant to the
stipulations in the fifth article of the said treaty, twenty-one
thousand one hundred and three dollars and thirty-three cents;
To purchase stock animals for the Creeks removed as hos
<iles, as stipulated by the sixth article of the treaty, ten thousand
dollars;
To meet the expenses of the purchase and distribution of the
stock animals, according to the requirements of the second and
sixth articles, three thousand dollats;
For the payment to the CheroKee Indians of the value of the
improvements upon the Missionary reservations, pursuant to
a stipulation in the fourth article of the treaty of December,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five, in addition to the former ap
propriation for that object, fifteen thousand one hundred and
eleven dollars and seventy-five cents;
For compensntion to the commissioner under the above
treaty, in addition to the appropriations of eighteen hundred
and thirty-six and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight for that
object, eight thousand dollars; to be applied only to the pay
ment of expenses incurred prior tjj. the twenty-third day of May
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight;
For carrying into effect the treaty of the seventh day of Feb
ruary, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, with the Chippewas
of Saginaw, viz:
For the payment of the purchase money of forty acres of
land ceded by the first article of (he treaty, three hundred and
twenty dollars;
For the expenses incurred in the negotiation of the treaty,
one hundred and twenty-five dollars;
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Great and Little
Osages of the eleventh day of January eighteen hundred and
thiriy-nine, viz:
For the payment of the annuity stipulated in the second arti
cle, twenty thousand dollars;
For the support of two blacksmith a
grist and saw mill, pay of attendants and assistants, tools fortlie
mills, and the erection of mill houses, seven thousand eight hun
dred dollars;
For furnishing cows, calves, hogs, ploughs, harnesses, axes
and hoes, as stipulated by the treaty, seven thousand three hun
dred dollars;
For the erection of houses for chiefs, and furnishing wagons,
carts, oxen and chains, as stipulated by the treaty, six thousand
nine hundred and eighty dollars;
For the payment ofclaims for depredations, thirty thousand
dollars;
For the expenses of a commissioner to examine and settle
those claims, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For the payment of tbe purchase money for reservations,
forty-three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars;
For the reimbursement of the annuity deducted in the year
eighteen hundred and twenty-five" three thousand dollars;
For the reimbursement to the Clermont band of the annuity
deducted in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, three
thousand dollars;
For the payment to the loway Indians of the interest at five
percent, for one year, upon the sum of one hundred and fifty
seven thousand five hundred dollars, seven thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-five dollars;
For building ten houses for the loway chiefs as per stipula
tion of the treaty, two thousand dollars;
For the completion of the surveys under the treaty with the
Delaware Indians, and for the expenses of locating the Miamis
and Winnebagoes, two thousand dollars;
To enable the Executive to purchase from Wa-pan-seb, a
Pottawatamie, five sections of land reserved for him by the
second article of the treaty of the twentieth of October eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, four thousand dollars;
For defraying the expenses of holding a treaty, under the di
rection of the Secretary of War, with the Stockbridge Indians,
two thousand dollars;
For the employment of physicians to vaccinate the Indians,
to be expended under the direction of tbe Secretary of War,
five thousand dollars;
For paying the travelling expenses and board while detain
ed in the city of Washington, of the delegations of the Stock
bridge, Mansee, and Seneca tribes of Indians, in proportion to
the distance they have travelled, or may travel in returning to
their respective tribes, a sutn not exceeding two thousand dol
lars;
To enable the Secretary of War to have executed under his
direction twelve maps for the use of the’Yar Department and
of the Senate, showing the position of the lands of each Indian
tribe in amity with the United States, one thousand dollars;
For defraying the expenses of surveying and marking the
boundaries between the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi,
ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the second section
of an act passed the twenty-eighth day of May eighteen hun
dred and thirty, entitled “An act to provide for an exchange of
lands with the Indian tiibes residing within any of the States or
Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi,” be,
and the same i« hereby repealed.
Approved, March 3d, 1839.
[Public —No. 23]
AN ACT to provide for taking the sixth census or enumera
tion of the inhabitants of tbe United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate anti House of Representatives of
the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, That
the marshals of the several districts of the United States, and
of the District of Columbia, and of the Territories of Wiscon
sin, lowa, and Florida, respectively, shall be, and are hereby
required, tinder the direction of the Secretary of the Depart
ment of State, and according to such instructions as he shall
give, pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabit
ants within their respective distiicts and territories (omitting,
in such enumeration, Indians not taxe<‘) to be taken according
io the directions of the act. The said enumeration shall dis
tinguish the sexes of all free white persons, and ages, of the
free white males and females, respectively, under five years of
age; those of five and under ten years of age; those of ten
years and under fifteen; those of fifteen and under twenty; those
of twenty and under thirty; those of thirty and under fortv;
those of forty an<T under fifty; those of fifty and under sixty;
those of sixty and under seventy; those of seventy and under
eighty; those of eighty and under ninetv; those of ninety and
under one hundred; those of one hundred and upwards: and
shall further distinguish the number of those free white persons
included in such enumeration who are deaf and dumb, under
the age of fourten years; and those of the age of fourteen years
and under twenty five; and of the age of twwenty five years
and upwards; and shall further distinguish the number of those
free white persons included in such enumeration who are blind:
and also in like manner of those who are insane, or idiots, dis
tinguishing further such of the insane and idiots as are a pub
lic charge. The said enumeration shall distinguish the sexes
of all free colored persons and of all other colored persons bound
to service for life or for a term of years and the ages of such free
other colored persons, respectively, o each sex, under ten years
of age; those of ten and under twenty-four; those of twenty-four
Si under thirty-six; those of thirty-six St under fifty-five; tho»-e of
fifiy-five and under one hundred, and those of one hundred
and upwards: and shall further distinguish the number of those
free colored St other colored persons included in the foregoing
who are deal St dumb without regard to age, 8c those who are blind:
& also in likemanner of thosewho are insane or idiots distinguish
ing further such of the insane and idiots as are a public chaige,
For effecting which the marshals aforesaid shall have power,
and are hereby required to appoint one or more assistants in
each city and county in their resspective districts and territo
ries, residents of such city or county for which they shall be
appointed, and shall assign to each of the said assistants a
certain division of territory, which division shall not consist,
in any cas-‘, of more than one county, but may include one or
more towns, townships, wards, hundreds, precincts or parishes,
and shall be plai.ily and distinctly bounded. The said enu
meration shall be made by an actual inquiry by such marshals
or assistant*, at every dwelling house, or by personal inquiry
of the head of every family. The marshals and their assistants
shall respectively, before entering on the performance of their
duty under this act, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation
before some Judge or Justice of the Peace resident within their
respective districts or territories, for the faithful performance of
their duties. The oath or affirmation of the marshal shall be
as follows : “I, AB, marshal of the district (or territory) of—
, do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that 1 will truly and
faithfully cause to be made a full and perfect enuineraiion and
description of all persons resident within my district (or terri
tory,) and return the same to the secretary of State, agreeably
to the directions of an act of Congress entitled ‘An act to pro
vide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the Inhabit
ants of the United States.’ according to the best of my ability."
The oath or affirmation of an assistant shall be as follows:
“I, A B, appointed an assistant to the marshal of the district
(or territory) of , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
will make a just, faithful and perfect enumeration and descrip
tion of all persons resident within the division assign*! to me
for that purpose by the marshal of the dsitrict (or territory) of
11 "—. and make due return thereof to the said marshal, agree
ably to tbe directions of an act of Congress entitled ‘ An act
toprovide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the in
habitants of the United States,’ according to the best of my
ability, and that I will take the said enumeration and descrip
tion by actual inquiry at every dwelling house within said di
vision, or personal inquiry of the head of every family, and
het otherwise.” The enumeration shall commence on the first
day in June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty,
and shall be completed and closed within ten calendar months
thereafter. The several assistants shall, within nine months,
and on or before the first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and forty, deliver to the marshals by whom they shall
be appointed, respectively, two copies of the accurate returns
of all persons, except Indians not taxed, to be enumerated as
aforesaid, within their respective divisions, which returns shall
be made in a schedule, and which shall distinguish, in each
county, city, town, township, ward, precinct, hundred, district,
or parish, according to the civil divisions of the States or Ter
ritories respectively, the several families, by the name of the
head thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant
failing or neglecting to make a proper return, or making a
false return of the enumeration to the marshal, within the time
limited by this act, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars,
recoverable in the manner pointed out in the next section here
of.
S£c. 5. And be it further enacted, That the marshals shall
file one copy of each of the several returns aforesaid, and,,
also an attested copy of the aggregate amount hereinafter di
rected, to be transmitted by them, respectively, to the Secreta
ry of State, with the clerks of their respective districts, or su
perior courts, as the case may be, who are hereby directed to
receive and carefully to preserve the same; and the marshals re
spectively, shall, on or before the first day of December, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and forty, transmit to the Se
cretary of Slate one copy of the several returns received from
each assistant, and, also the aggregage amount of each de
scription of persons within their respective districts or territo
ries and every marshal failing to file the returns of his assistants,
or the returns of any of them, with the clerks of the respective
courts, as aforesaid, or failing to return one copy of the seve
al returns received front each assistant, and, also, the aggre
gate amount of each description of persons in their respective
districts or territories, as required by this act, and as the same
shall appear from said returns, to the Secretary of State, within
the time limited by this act, shall, for every such offence, forfeit
the sum of one thousand dollars; which forfeiture shall be reco
verable in the courts of the districts or territories where the
said ofl'ences shall be committed, or within the circuit courts
held within the same, by action of debt, information, or indict
ment; the one-half thereof to the use of the United States, and
the other half to the informer; but where the prosecution shall
be first instituted-on behalf of the United States, the whole
shall accrue to their use; and, for the more effectual discovery
of such offences, the judges of the several district courts in the
several districts, and of the supreme courts in the territories of
the United Slates, as aforesaid, at their next session to be held
after the expiration of the lime allowed for making the returns
of the enumeration hereby directed to the Secretary of Stale,
shall give this act in charge to the grand juries in their respec
tive courts, and shall cause the returns of the several assistants,
and the said attested copy of the aggregate amount, to be laid
before them for their inspection. And the respective clerks of
the said courts shall, within thirty days after 'he said original
returns shall have been laid before the grand juries aforesaid,
transmit and deliver all such original returns, so filed to the
Department of State.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every assistant
shall receive at the rate of two dollars for every hundred per-,
sons by him returned, where such persons reside in the coun
try; and where such persons reside in city or town containing
more than three thousand persons, such assistant shall receiv.
at the same rate for three thousand, and al the rale of two dol-'
lars for every three hundred persons over three thousand, resi
ding in such city or town; but where, from the dispersed situa
tion of the inhabitants in some divisions, two dollars will ml
be sufficient for one hundred persons, the marshals, with the ap
probation of the judges of their respective districts or territ- -
ries, may make such further allowance to the assistants in such
divisions as shall be deemed an adequate compensation: Pro
vided, The same does not exceed two doll irs and fifty cents
for every fifty persons by them returned: Provided, further.
That before any assistant, as aforesaid, shall, in any case, be
entitled to receive said compensation, he shall take and sub
scribe the following oath or affirmation, before some Judge or
Justice of the peace, authorised to administer the same, to wit:
“ I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the number of pri
sons set forth in the return made by me, agreeably to the pre*
vision of the act entitled ‘An act to provide for taking the sixth
census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,’
have been ascertained by an actual inquiry at every dwelling
house, or a personal enquiry of the head of every family, in
exact conformity with the provisions of said act; and that 1
have, in every respect, fulfilled the duties required of me by
said act, to the best of my abilities; and that the return afore
said is correct and true according to the best of my knowledge
and belief?’
The compensation of the several marshals shall be as fol
lows i
The marshal of the district of Maine, four hundred dollars;
The marshal of the district of New Hampshire, four hund
red dollars;
The marshal of the district of Massachusetts, four hundred
and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of Rhode Island, two hundred
and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of Vermont, font hundred dob
lars-.
The marshal of the district of Connecticut, three hundred
and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the southern district of New York, four hun
dred and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the northern district of New York, four
hundred and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of New Jersey, three hundred
and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the 'eastern district of Pennsylvania, four
hundred dollars;
The marshal of the western district of Pennsylvania, four
hundred dollars;
The marshal of the district of Delaware, two hundred and
twenty-five dollars;
The marshal of the district of Maryland, four hundred and
fifty dollars;
The marshal of the eastern district of Virginia, four hund
red dollars;
P. L. RDS INSON, PROPRIETOR.
The marshal of the western district of Virginia, four hund
red dollars;
The marshal of the district of Kentucy, four hundred and
r fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of North Carolina, four hundred
r and fifty dollars;
I The marshal of the district of South Carolina, four hundred
I and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of Georgia, four hundred and
’ fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of East Tennessee, two hundred
- dollars;
The marshal of the district of West Tennessee, two hundred
■ dollars;
The matshal of tbe middle district of Tennessee, two hun-
. dred dollars;
The marshal of the district of Ohio, five hundred dollars;
The marshal of the district.of Indiana, four hundred and fif
r ty dollars;
The marshal of the district of Illinois, three hundred dollars;
The marshal of the northern district of Mississippi, two hun
dred dollars;
The marshal of the southern district of Mississippi, two hun
dred dollars;
The marshal of the districts of Louisiana, two hundred dol
lars each;*
The marshal of the northern district of Alabama, two hun
dred dollars;
The marshal of the southern district of Alabama, two bun-
, dred dollars;
Toe marshal of th* District of Columbia, one hundred and
I fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of Michigan, two hundred and
i fifty dollars;
I The marshal of the district of Arkansas, two hundred and
i fifty dollars;
The marshals of the Territory of Florida, respectively, fifty
■ dollars; :
The marshals of the Territory of Wisconsin, two hundred
and fifty dollars;
The marshals of the Territory of lowa, two hundred and
fifty dollars.
Sec. i. And be it further enacted, That every person whose
usual place of abode shall be in any family on the said first day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and forty, shall he returned
as of such family; and the name of every person who shall be
an inhabitant of any district or Territory, without a settled
place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the
schedule which is allotted for the heads of families in the divis
ion where he or she shall be on tire said first day of January, and
every person occasionally absent at the lime of enumeration,
as belonging to the place in which he or she usually resides in
the United States.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That each and every
free person more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of
’ families or not, belonging to any family within any division,
1 district, or Territory, made or established within the United
Slates, shall be, and hereby is, obliged to render to the assistant
of the division, if required a true account, to the best of his or
her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, re
spectiv ‘ly, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on
pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered
' in any action of debt, by such assistant; the one half to his
own use, and the other half to the use of the United States.
i Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every as
t sistant, previous to making his return to the marshal, shall cause
■ a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule.containing
* the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at
s two of the most public places within the same, there to remain
■ for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which copies
I the said assistant shall be entitled to receive five dollars: Pro-
I vided, Proof of the schedule having been set up shall be trans
: milted to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons;
1 and in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the
■ marshal, with the return of the number of persons, as afore-
F said, he shall forfeit the compensation allowed him by this act.
I
. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of
State shaH be aird hereby is, authorized and required to trans-
' mit to the marshals of the several districts and Territories, reg
ulations and instructions, pursuant to this act, for carrying the
j same into eff ct: anil, also, the forms contained therein of the
I schedule to be returned, and such other forms as may be ne-
I cessary in carrying this act into execution, and proper interro
gatories, to be administered by the several persons to be em-
' ployed in taking the enumeration.
Sec. 9. And be it farther enacted, That, in those States
composing two districts, where a part of a county may be in
1 each district, such county shall be considered as belonging to
that district in which the court house of said county may be
situate.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where
■ the superficial content of any county or pari.-h shall exceed
twenty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in said pa
rish or county shall not exceed three thousand, the marshal or
, assistants shall be allowed, with the approbation of the judges
<»f the respective districts or territories, such further co npensa
tion as shall be deemed reasonable; Provided, The sime does
not exceed four dollars for every fifty persons by them returned;
and wlien any such county or parish shall exceed foty miles
-quare, and the number of inhabitants in the same shall not ex
ceed three thousand, a like allowance shall be ntr.cb', not to ex-
’ ceed six dollars for every fifty persons so returned.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That when the afore
. said enumeration shall be compl ted and returned to the office
. of the Secretary of Slate by the marshals of the Slates and
, Territories, he shall direct the printers to Congress to print,
. for the use of Congress, ten thousand copies of the aggregate
, returns received from the marshals: And provided, That if
> any marshal in any district within the United States or Territo
ries, shall, directly or indirectly-, ask, demand, or receive, or
( contract to receive, of any assistants to be appointed by him
I under this act, any fee, reward, or compensation, for the ap»
. pointment of such assistant to discharge the duties requirjd of
. such assistants under this r.ct, or shall retain from such assistant
, any portion of the compensation allowed to the assistant by
this act, the said marshal shall be deemed guilty of a misdemea
nor in office, and shall forfeit and pay the amount of five hun
dred dollars for each offence, to be recovered by suit or inditt-
ment in any circuit or district court of the United States or the
Territories thereof, one-half to the use of the Government, and
the other half to the informer; and all contracts which may be
made in violation of this law shall be void, and all sums of mo
ney or property paid may be recovered back by the party
paying the same, in any court having jurisdiction of the same.
Sec. 12. And be it farther eancted, That there shall be al.
lowed and paid to the marshals of the several Stales, Territo
ries, and the District of Columbia, the amount of postage by
them respectively paid on letters relating to their duties under
this act.
Sec. 13. And be it farther enacted, That the aforesaid mar
shals and their assistants shall also take a census of all persons
receiving pensions from the United States for revolutionary or
military services, stating their names and ages; and also shall
collect and return in statistical tables under proper heads ac
cording to such forms as shall be furnished, all such information
in relation to mines, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and
schools, as will exhibit a full view of the pursuits, industry, ed
ucation and resources of the country, as shall be directed by
the President of the United States. And it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State, under the direction of the President,
to prepare such forms, regulations, and instructions, as shall
be necessary and proper to comply with the provisions of this
act.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twen
ty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for tire purpose of
Carrying this act into effect.
Approved, March 3d, J 839.
WHOLE KO. 269.