Newspaper Page Text
BY GUIEU & TIIOJIPSOY. AUGUSTA ( Ga .) TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1836. VOU. SERIES, NO. 15.
. < - v :
tiia: const* nnownsr.
OFFICE IN MACINTOSH-STREET,
Third door from ihe N. W. comer of Broad-Street.
Sales of I,AND, by Administrators, Executors, oi
Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on th«
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours ol
ten in the forenoon anil three in the afternoon, ai
the Court-house in which the property is situate.—
Notice of these sales must be given in a public Ga
zette sixty days previous tothe day of sale.
Sales of N EGROES must he at public auction,on the
first Tuesday of the month, between the usua
hours ofsale, at the place of public sales in the coun
ty where the letters Testamentary, or Administra
tion or Guardianship, mav have been granted, first
giving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the pub
lic Gazettes of this State, and at the door of the
-oart-house where such sales are to be held.
N >tice for the sale of Personal Property must be (riv
en in like manner, forty days previous to day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate,
must be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court o
Ordinary lor leave to sell LAND, must be pub
lished (or four months.
Notice for leave to sell N ECHOES, must he publish
edfour months, before any order absolute can be
made bv the Court.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
LAWS OFTIIE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE TWEN
TY FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.
[Public. —No. 07.]
AN ACT to re-organize the General
Land Office.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
1 of Representatives of the United Slates of
America in Congress assembled, That
from and after the passage of this act, the
executive duties now prescribed, or which
may hereafter he prescribed by law, ap
pertaining to the surveying and sale of
the public lands of the United States, or
in any wise respecting such public lands,
and, also, such as relate to private claims
of land, and tiie issuing of patents for all
grants of land under the authority of the
Government of the United States, shall
be subject to the supervision and control
of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, under the direction of the Presi
dent of the States.
Sec. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That
there shall be appointed in said office, by
the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, two subordinate
officers, one of whom shall be called
Principal Clerk of the Public Lands, and
the other Principal Clerk on Private Land
Claims, who shall perform such duties as
may be assigned to them by the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office; and
in case of vacancy in the office of the
Commissioner of the General Land
Office, or of the absence or sickness of
the Commissioner, the duties of said of
fice shall devolve upon and he performed,
ad interim, by the Principal Clerk of the
public lands.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That
there shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, an officer to be styled the
Principal Clerk of the Surveys, whose
duty it shall he to direct and superintend
the making of surveys, the returns there,
of, and all matters relating thereto, which
are done through the offices of the Sur
veyor General; and he shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned to
him by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office.
Sec. 4. Andie U further enacted, Thai
there shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the consent of the Senate, a
Recorder of the General Land Office,
whose duty it shall he, in pursuance ol
instructions from the Commissioner, to
certify and affix the seal of the General
Land Office to all patents for public lands,
and he shall attend to the correct engros
sing and recording and transmission oi
such patents. Ho shall prepare alpha
betical indexes of the names of patentees,
and of persons entitled to patents; and
he shall prepare such copies and exem
plifications of matters on file, or record
ed in the General Land Office, as the
Commissioner may from time to time di.
rect.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, Thai
there shall be appointed by the President,
hr and with the advice and consent o,
the Senate, an officer to he called the So
licitor of the General Land Office, will
an annual salary of two thousand dot
lars, whose duty it shall be to examine
and present a report to the Commissioner
of the state of facts in all cases referrec
by the Commissioner to his attention
which shall involve questions of law, or
where the facts are in controversy be
tween the agents of the Government anc
individuals, or there are conflicting claim:
of parties before the Department, will
his opinion thereon ; and also, to advise
the Commissioner, when required thereto
on all questions growing out of the man
agement of the public lands, or the title
thereto, private land claims, "V irginia mi
litary scrip, bounty lands, and pre-emp
tion claims; and to render such further
professional services in the business ol
the department as may be required, and
shall he connected with the discharge ol
the duties thereof.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, Thai
it shall be lawful for the President ot the
United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint a Se
cretary, with a salary of fifteen hundrec
dollars per annum, whose duty it shall be,
under the direction of the President, tc
sign in his name, and for him, all patents
for land sold or granted under the autho
xity of the United States.
Sec. 7. And be itfurther enacted, Thai
it shall be the duty of the Commissionei
to cause to be prepared, and to certify
""Jer the seal of the General Land Office
such copies of records, books, and papers
on file in Lis ofiice, as may bo applied lor,
to he used in evidence in courts of justice.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
> r whenever the office of Recorder shall be
jj- come vacant, or in case of the sickness
u or absence of the Recorder, the duties of
~ his office shall he performed, adinterim,
1 by the Principal Clerk on Private Land
ie Claims.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That
i- the Receivers of ihe land offices, shall
make to the Secretary of the Treasury
e monthly returns of the moneys received
in their several offices, and pay over such
[' moneys pursuant to his instructions. And
>, they shall also make tothe Commis
sioner of the General Land Office, like
monthly returns, and transmit to him
quarterly accounts current of the debits
g and credits of their several offices with
the United States.
- Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That the Commissioner of the General
Land Office shall be entitled to receive an
annual salary of three thousand dollars;
the Recorder of the General Land Office,
an annual salary of fifteen hundred dol
lars; the principal clerk of the surveys,
an annual salary of eighteen hundred dol
lars; andeach of the said principal clerks,
an annual salary of eighteen hundred
dollars; from and after the date of their
respective commissions; and that the said
commissioner he authorized to employ,
for the service of the General Land Office,
| one clerk, whose annual salary shall not
exceed fifteen hundred dollars; fourclerks,
; whose annual salary shall not exceed
fourteen hundred dollars each; sixteen
t clerks, whose annual salary shall not ex
. ceed thirteen hundred dollars each; Iwen
i ty clerks, whose annual salary shall not
. exceed twelve hundred dollars each; five
f clerks, whose annual salary shall not ex
• ceed eleven hundred dollars each; thirty.
, five clerks, whose annual salary shall
j not exceed one thousand dollars each;
1 one principal draughtsman, whose annual
: salary shall not exceed fifteen hundred
I dollars; one assistant draughtsman, whose
annual salary shall not exceed twelve
1 hundred dollars; two messengers, whose
. annual salary shall not exceed seven hun
dred dollars each; three assistant messen
t gers, whose annual salary shall not ex
ceed three hundred and fifty dollars each,
and two packers, to make up packages
of patents, blank forms, and other things
necessary to he transmitted to the district
land offices, at a salary of four hundred
and fifty dollars each.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted,
That such provisions of the act of the
twenty-fifty of April, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and twelve, en
titled “An act for the establishment of a
General Land Office m the Department
of the Treasury,” and of all acts amencla
! tory thereof, as are inconsistent with the
' provisions of this act, he, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
*• Sec. 12. And be it further enacted,
’ That from the first day of the month of
October, until the first day of the month
3 of April in each and every year, the
3 General Land Office and all the bureaus
and offices therein as well as those in the
‘ Departments of the Treasury, War, Na
-1 vy, Sute, and General Post Office, shall
he opet for the transaction of the public
1 business at least eight hours in each and
3 every diy,except Sundays, and the twen
ty-fifth cay of December; and from the
first day of April until the first day of
t October, -n each year, all the aforesaid
■i offices andbureaus shall he kept open for
a the transacion of the public business at
least ten hoirs, in each and everyday,
h except Sundiys and the fourth day of
0 July.
d Sec. 13. Xnd be it further enacted,
That if any pe-son shall apply to any re
gister of any laid office to enter any land
d whatever, and the said register shall
- knowingly and fdsely inform the person
h so applying that the same has already
d been entered anc refuse to permit the
* person so applying to enter the same,
- such register shall be liable therefor to
e the person so applying for five dollars for
i- each acre of land wbidi the person so
applying offered to cover, to be recover
d cd by action ot debt ia mv court of re
g cord, having jurisdiction of the amount.
)[ Section 14. And be il further enacted,
’■ That all and every ot the officers whose
1 salaries are hereinbefore pnvidedfor, are
hereby prohibited from dirtctlv or indi-
G reedy purchasing or in any wiy becoming
I j interested in the purchase o?any of the
c public land; and in case of a delation of
this section by such officer, anj on proof
r thereof, being made to the President of
the United Stales, such officer, sa offend
c ing, shall be, forthwith, removed from
13 office.
h JAMES K. POLK,
:e Speaker of the House of Representatives.
>• W. R. KING,
’* President of the Senate pro tempore.
e Approved, July 4th, 1836.
ANDREW JACKSON.
I-
r , [Public. —No. 68.]
>[ AN ACT in addition to the act entitleu
, “An act making appropriations in
II part for the support of Government,
for the year eighteen hundred and thir
lt ty-six, and for other purposes.
e Be it enacted by the Senate and House
d of Representatives of the United States
■- of America in Congress assembled. That
d the following sums be and the same are
b hereby appropriated, to be paid out of
o any money in the Treasury not other
s wise appropriated : For compensation
>- granted by law to the members of the
Senate and House of Representatives, in
it addition to Wo appropriation heretofore
ir made for that O' thou
-, sand two hundi
for compensate-
presentatives elected by Michigan, seven
thousand seven hundred and seventy-six
dollars ; for the contingent expenses of
Senate, dollars ; for al
lowance for wastage in gold and silver
coinage at the mint ; for labor and for
alloy, in addition to the former appropri
ation, thirty.three thousand dollars; for
extra clerk hire in the General Land
Office, for the year eighteen hundred and
thirty six, fourteen thousand six hundred
and sixty-six dollars and tliirty.four cents;
for messengers in the offices of the Chief
Engineer, Adjutant General, the Com
manding General, Surgeon General and
Inspector General and in the Clothing
Bureau, Topographical, Ordnance, and
Subsistence Departments, two thousand
five hundred and sixty-eight dollars ; for
the assistant messenger in the first comp
troller’s office, ia addition to a former
appropriation, fifty dollars ; for compen
sation to the surveyor in Alabama, in
addition to a former appropriation, five
hundred dollars ; for compensation to the
clerks in the office of the Secretary of
the Navy, and in the Navy Commission
er’s Office, in addition to the sum already
appropriated for the present year, nine
teen hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted,
That so much of the act of the ninth May,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, “provid
ing for the salaries of certain officers
therein named, and for other purposes,”
as provides for the employment of an
additional clerk in the office of the Navy
Commissioners, and for his compensation
for the year eighteen hundred and thir
ty-six, he, and the same is hereby repeal
ed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the third section of the act making
appropriations for the civil and diploma
tic expenses of the Government, for the
year one thousand eight hundred thirty,
five, is hereby repealed ; and that the Se
cretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized to pay to the collec
tors, naval officers, surveyors, and their
respective clerks, together with the
weighers, guagers, measures, and mark
ers, of the several ports of the United
States, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, such sums as
will give to the said officers, respectively,
the same compensation in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,
according to the importations of that year,
as they would have been entitled to re
ceive, if the act of the fourteenth of July,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty,
two, hud not gone into effect : Provided,
That no officer shall receive, under this
act, a greater annual salary or compen
sation than was paid to such officer for
the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two ; and that, in no case shall the
compensation of any other officers than
collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and
clerks, whether by salaries, fees, or oth
erwise, exceed the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars each per annum ; nor shall the
union of any two or more of those offi
ces in one person, entitle him to receive
more than that sum per annum : Provi
ded, further, That the said collectors,
naval officers, and surveyors, shall ren
der an account quarterly to the Treasu
ry, and the officers herein named, or re
ferred to, shall render an account quar
terly to the respective collectors of the
customs, where they are employed, to he
forwarded to the Treasury, of all the
fees and emoluments whatever by them
respectively received ; and of all expens
es incidental to their respective offices,
which accounts shall be rendered on
oath or affirmation, and shall be in such
form, and he supported by such proofs,
to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, as will, in his judgment, best
enforce the provisions of this section, and
show its operation and effect: Provided,
also, That any salary or compensation
due for the year one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-five, shall not be af
fected by this section : Provided, howev
er, That in the event of any act being
passed by Congress at the present ses
sion to regulate and fix the salaries or
compensations of the respective officers
of the customs, then this section shall op
erate and extend to the time such act
goes into effect, and no longer.
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted.
That the following sums are hereby ap
propriated to he paid out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for interpreters, guards, and other expen
ses incidental to the Consulates in tiie
Turkish Dominions, five thousand five
hundred dollars. For refunding the duty
paid upon the Belgian vessel Antonins
and her cargo beyond the amount which
would have been paid by a Dutch vessel,
fourteen hundred and twenty-six dollars
and seven cents. For compensation to
the clerks in the office of the Commission
er of Indian Affairs, in addition to a former
appropriation, fifty dollars. For an out
fit of a Charge d’Affaires to Russia, four
thousand five hundred dollars. For com
pensation to the third Assistant Postmaster
General, one thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars. For compensation to the
clerks, messengers and watchmen in the
Post Office Department as provided by
the act to change the organization of the
said Department, in addition to the sum
heretofore appropriated for compensation
to the clerks and messengers in the office
ot die Postmaster General, four thousand
and fifty dollars. For compensation to
the Auditor of the Post Office Department,
one thousand five hundred dollars; for
compeasation to the clerks and messen
gers in the office of the Auditor for the
Post Office Department, as provided by
the act tc change the organization of said
Department, twenty-seven thousand se
"en hundred and fifty dollars. For con
in the office of the Auditor for
the Post Office Department, fifteen hun
dred dollars. alterations and repairs
of the Capitol, including repairs of the
roof over the principal stairway to the
Representatives Hall and coppering the
projecting steps and top surface ot the
cornice round the ba-e of the dome of the
Rotunda, six thousand three hundred and
eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents.
For lighting lamps and keeping the
grounds and walks of the Capitol square
in order, including the cost of trees and
shrubs, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For tiie gardener employed in superin
tending the Capitol square and other pub
lie grounds, one thousand dollars. For
alterations and repairs of the President's
House, for the gardener’s salary, and for
keeping the grounds and walks in order,
including the cost of trees and shrubs,
three thousand four hundred and sixty
dollars. For the annual expenses of two
fire engines, two hundred dollars. For
gravelling the yard east of the Capitol,
two thousand dollars. For repairing cul
verts, two hundred and thirty-one dollars.
For purchase of Smith’s spring, including
one acre of land and for enclosing the
same, for building culverts and keeping
the water pipes in order, five thousand
three hundred dollars. For attendants
on the furnaces of the Rotunda during the
recess, one hundred and fifty dollars.—
For replanting trees anfi keeping boxes
in order on the Pennsylvania Avenue,
purchase of trees and planting in Fountain
square, Lafayette square, and across the
public reservation at seventh-street, one
thousand two hundred dollars. For a
work shop, one thousand two hundred
dollars. For conveying the surplus wa
ter of the Capitol to the Botanic garden,
making a basin, and purchasing a foun
tain of Hiram Powers, five thousand
dollars. For enclosing the garden and
grounds of the Magazine and Marine Hos
pital near the Eastern Branch, five hun.
dred dollars. For a dwarf wall and fence
between the Executive buildings and the
President’s House, one thousand one hun
dred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents.
For extending the Capitol square and
improving the grounds within and adja
cent to the same as far west as the first
street intersecting the Pennsylvania Ave
nue from the east, the sum of twenty.five
thousand dollars, to he paid out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated. For enlarging the folding
room of the House, three hundred and
fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the President of the United States
be and he hereby is authorized to cause
to be erected on or near the site of the
former Treasury building, or any other
public lot which he may select, a fire
proof building of such dirnentions as may
be required for the present and future
accommodations of the Treasury Depart
ment, upon such plan and of such materi
als as he may deem most advantageous,
and that for this purpose there he appro
priated out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the material of which the walls of the
Capitol and President’s Mansion are con
structed shall be adopted for the construc
tion of the atoresaid building: Provided,
upon full inquiry, a cheaper and more
suitable material cannot be ohtaind. And
provided always. That the foundation walls
of the said buildings below the surface of
the earth and two feet above shall be of
the hardest and most solid rock.
Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That
there be erected, on some appropriate
site, under the direction of the President
of the United States, a fire proof building
with suitable accommodations for the Pa
tent Office, and to be provided with the
necessary cases and furniture; the ex
pense of which shall not exceed one hun
dred and eight thousand dollars.
Sec. 8. And bent further enacted. That
there be and hereby is appropriated for
defraying the expense of such building
and cases, the sum of one hundred and
eight thousand dollars, to be paid out of
the patent fund in the Treasury, not oth
erwise appropriated.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the same kind of material of which the
walls of the Capitol and the Mansion of
the President are constructed, shall be
adopted for the construction of the afore
said building: Provided a cheaper and
more suitable material cannot be pro
cured.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That the duties and poweis of the com
missioners of the sinking find are hereby
suspended until revived by law, and the
records of the commissione*s be transfer
red to the custody of the Secretary of the
Treasury, who is hereby aitliorized and
directed to pay out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
any outstanding debts of ihe U. States
anil the interest thereon.
Sec. 11. And be it fuflier enacted.
That for the purchase of eight acres of
land, with the improvements thereon,
near the Barracks at Key West, if the
opinion of the Secretary of War, the pub
lie service and the health of the troops
require it, a sum not exceed.ng six thou
sand dollars is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted.
That so much of the third section of the
act entitled “An act making appropria
tions for the civil and diplomatic expen
ses of the Government for the year eigh
teen hundred and thirty-five* as provides
that “the whole number of cistom house
officers in the United States on the first of
January, eighteen hundred and thirty,
four shall not be increased until other
wise allowed by Congress,” be and the
same is hereby suspended until the fourth
dav of March next.
Approved, July 4, 1935.
[Public. —No. 69.]
AN ACT supplementary to an act enti
tled “An act to regulate the deposites
of the public money,” passed twenty
third June, eighteen hundred and thirty
six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of ihe United States
of America in Congrest assembled, That
nothing in the act to which this is a sup
plement, shall be so construed as to pre
vent the Secretary of the Treasury from
making 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 and inconvenient accumulations in
particular places, or in order to produce
a due equality, and just proportion, ac
cording to the provisions of said act.
Approved, July 4th, 1836.
[Public—No. 70.]
AN ACT to carry into effect,in the States
of Alabama and Mississippi, the exist
ing compacts with those states in re
gard to the five percent, fund, and the
school reservations.
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 Chickasaws
by the treaty of the twentieth of October,
eighteen hundred and thirty two, which
have been or may hereafter be sold by
Congress, shall be, and is hereby, reserv
ed, 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 the act of Congress of
the first of March, eighteen hundred and
seventeen.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted,
That there shall be reserved from sale,
in the Stale of Mississippi, a quantity ol
land, equal to one-thirty-sixth part of the
lands ceded by said Chickasaws as afore
said, within said State of Mississippi,
which land shall be selected under the di
rection of the Secretary of the Treasury,
in sections, or half sections, or quarter
sections, out of any public lands remain
ing unsold, that shall have been offered
at public sale within either of the land
districts in said State of Mississippi, con
tiguous to said lands within said State, so
ceded by the Chickasaws as aforesaid ;
which lands, when so selected as afore
said; the same shall vest in the State of
Mississippi, for the use of schools within
said territory in in said State, so ceded
as aforesaid by the Chickasaws; and said
lands, thus selected, shall be holden by
the same tenure, and upon the same
terms and conditions, in all respects, as
the said State now holds the lands here
tofore reserved for the use of shools in
said State.
Sec. 3, And be it further enacted, That
a sum equivalent to five per cent, of the
nett proceeds ol the lands within the State
of Alabama, ceded by the Chickasaws by
the treaty aforesaid, which have been or
may hereafter he sold by Congress, shall
be, and is hereby, reserved, out of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be applied in the same
manner, and for the same uses and pur
poses, as is designated by the sixth sec
tion of the act of Congress of the second
of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be reserved from sale in the
State of Alabama, a quantity of land e
qual to one-thirly-sixth part of the lands
ceded by the Chickasaws as aforesaid,
within said State of Alabama, which land
shall be selected under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury, in sections,
or half sections, or quaiter sections, out
of any public lands remaining unsold that
shall have been offered at public sale
within any land district in said Slate of
Alabama, contiguous to said lands within
said State, so ceded by the Chickasaws,
as aforesaid; which lands, when so select
ed, as aforesaid, the 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 Chickasaws;
and said lands thus selected, shall be
holden by the same tenure, and upon 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 4th, 1836.
[Public. —No. 71.]
AN ACT to authorize the appointment
of additional Paymasters and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
o f Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
President of the United Slates he and he
hereby is authorized and empowered to
appoint three additional Paymasters, to
he attached to the Pay Department of the
army : Provided, That the appointments
be submitted to the Senate for their con
firmation, 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 pre
sent Paymasters of the army ; and shall
in like manner he subject to the rules and
articles of war ; and previous to enter
ing upon the duties of their office shall
give such bonds to the United States as
the Secretary of War may direct for the
faithful performance of their duties.
Sec. 3. And he it further enacted,
That when volunteers or militia are call
ed into the service of the United States,
so that the Paymasters authorized by law
shall not be deemed sufficient to enable
them to pay the troops with proper punc
tuality, It shall be lawful for the President
to assign to any officer of the army the
duty of Paymaster, who, while so assign
ed shall perform the same duty, give the
same bond, be subject to the same liabili
ty and receive the same emoluments as
are now provided for Paymaster of the
army; Provided, however. That the num
ber of officers so assigned shall net ex
ceed one for every two regiments of mi
litia or volunteers ; And, provided also,
That the whole emoluments of tlio said
officers, including their pay and allowan
ces in the line, shall not exceed the pay
and emoluments of a Paymaster.
Sec. 4. And be il further enacted,
That the President of the United States
be and he hereby is authorized and em
powered to appoint three additional Sur
geons and five assistant Surgeons, to be
attached to the medical staff of the army.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted.
That during the absence of the Quarter
master General, or the chief of any oth
er military bureau of the War Depart
ment, the President he authorized to eim
power some officer of the Department or
corps whose chief is absent to take charge
thereof and to perform ihe duties of Quar
termaster General or chief of the Depart
ment or corps, as the case may he during
such absence : Provided, That no addi
tional compensation be allowed therefor.
Sec. 6. And be il further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the Secretary
of the Senate and Clerk of the House of
Representatives, as soon as may be after
the close of the present session, and of
each succeeding session, to prepare and
publish a statement of all appropriations
made during the session, and also a state
ment of the new offices created and the
salaries of each and also a statement of
the offices the salaries of which are in
creased and the amount of such increase.
Approved, July 4th, 1836.
Office Augusta Insurance and Banking
Company.
20th April, 1836.
THE Board of Directors of this Bank have
determined to allow four per cent, interest
on Deposits on all sums of money not less than
five hundred dollars—which may remain for a
longer period than thirty days. Notice will be
required at the time the deposit is made should
the depositor wish to avail himself of this ar
rangement.
In reference to the Insurance department, the
business will be conducted as heretofore, the
rates of Premium will be fixed in accordance
with a liberal view of the hazard proposed, and
the principle adopted by the Board of Directors
from the commencement of the Institution, “ to
do business on as good terms as other good offi.
ces.” The agents of the Company are fully au
thorised to pay all losses promptly where the
risk is taken, when there is no objection to the
nature of the claim—and every effort will be
made, consistent with equity and justice, to re
instate the insured, whether at home or abroad.
By order of the Board.
ROBERT WALTON, Sec’y & CashT.
April 22 160
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber has purchased of Messrs.
J. & D. Morrison, their entire stock of
GOODS—and will conduct the GROCERY
BUSIN ESS at the stand recently occupied by
them—corner Washington and Broad-streets.
HE HAS NOW IN STORE,
A complete assortment of GROCERIES—
which ho offers for sale on accommodating
terms. CHARLES A. GREINER.
April 29, 1836 162
CiEO3I«E A, WALKER,
Is now opening at. No. 285 Broad street, (store
formerly occupied l>y Mr. L. IT. Hamilton,)
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
Staple and Fancy S>ry Goods,
BOOTS, SHOES, sc.
THE Stock is entirely new, has been care
fully selected, and will be sold upon as
favourable terms as can be obtained in this city
or Charleston. Merchants are respectfully re
quested to give his Goods an examination be
fore making their purchases.
Being about to relinquish the retail part of his
business—he will dispose of the Goods at his
old stand. No. 231, at very low prices.
April 19 1.59
NEW
LIVERY STABLES
AND CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
Augusta, Georgia.
Ci MINER, respectfully informs his
/• friends, that he has Leased the Ware
house and Lot, known as Burton's, late Mr.
John Rees, near the Planter’s Hotel—and has
all those superior buildings constructed into
Stables and Carriage Houses.—Has on hand—
and will keep, a general assortment of CAR
RIAGES for sale of the latest fashions and best
finish. His connection in this branch of his bu
siness, is such, as to induce him to believe, he
can offer greater inducements to the purchaser,
than any like Establishment at the South. His
Stables are all Dirt Stalls— wide, high and airy ;
can accommodate any number of Horses on Liv
ery from 1 to 200—price per day, each Horse,
longer or shorter time, 50 cents.—Horses and
Carriages of every kind usually hired, can be
had on the most reasonable terms. The pro
prietor pledges himself to do every justice to
his friends—who may patronise him.
May 24 169
Look at Tills.
TJIHE Subscriber wishing to retire from pub.
JL lie business, will dispose of the unexpired
lease of the Hotel known as the MERCHANTS
or MIO PS HOTEL, with all the furniture and
fixtures attached to it; situated in Charleston,
S, C. at the corner of King and Society streets.
It is as extensive and as well furnished as any
Hotel in the city,—it is also one of the best
stands, being located in the center of all of the
principle Wholesale Stores. This establish
ment is so well known through Georgia, that
any further discription of it is useless —persons
wishing to purchase this valuable establishment,
will do well to apply immediately. Terms will
be made know by applying to thj proprietor, and
possession can he given at any time from the
Ist of August, CHAS. IL MIOP.
Charleston, July 6, 1836.
July 15 8
O’ The Milledgeville Recorder and Macon
Messenger, will copy the above weekly for six
weeks, and send their accounts to C, H, Miot
for payment.
Co-partnership Notice.
THE subscriber having this day taken into
Co-partnership his brother JAMES U
JACKSON, the Auction &. Commission Busi
ness will in fu-ure, be conducted under the firtc
ot W.E.& J. U. JACKSON.
W. E. JACKSON.
July I 4
Molasses.
TS HHDS. W. India Molasses, for sale b>
iff W. E. & J. U. JACKSON.
July 26 11 Auctioneers
Pendleton Academy.
I HAVE made arrangements with the Trus
tees to take charge of this Institution. The
Academy will be opened on the first day of Au
gust. The Classical and Mathematical course
of studies will be such as to qualify youth for ad
mission into the South Carolina College; to
which French, Drawing, and the principles qf
Music will be added, if desired by parents or
guardians. The Terms -of Tuition, $lO per
quarter. Admission will be limited to such only
as can read and write, and know the four funda
mental rules of Arithmetic.
For qualifications I would refer to the Mon.
JOHN C. CALHOUN, in whoso family I have
been engaged as private tutor for the last seven
or eight months, and would remark further, that
I received my classical Education in England,
under the celebrated Dr. Valpy ; and was lor
more than three years student of Mathematics
under Mr. Staines, who was for many years
Professor of Mathematics in St. John’s College,
Cambridge; and I am a member of the Hono
rable Society of Lincoln’s Inn London.
The situation of Pendleton is so well known
for health and other advantages, that it is unne
cessary to say any thing in relation thereto, ex
cept that good boarding can be had on reasona.
ble terms in the vicinity of the Academy.
I feel anxious faithfully to discharge the du
ties devolving on this situation ; and to promote
the morals, exercise, and health of the youth
who may be entrusted to my care, as well as lo
advance their education.
Vacation from the 15th of December to tho
15th of January, and from the 16th of June to
the 15th of July.
I have taken up my residence at Mrs. Lotton’s,
where I shall be ready to receive applications
f r admission to the Academy,
TH. WAYLAND.
July 29 w 4 12
The Greenville Mountaineer, and the Charles;
ton, Columbia and Augusta papers are request
ed to insert this advertisement weekly lor tho
next month, and forward their accounts.
PROPOSALS
For erecting the new City of C LIFTOS, on
the hay of Mobile, ilccording to the report of
Mr. Ziniple, Engineer, annexed.
HEREAS, it is proposed to erect a no w
v w City, on the Day of Mobile, and for that
purpose, to form a Joint Stock Company, We
the subscribers do therefore, in consideration of
the engagements mutually assumed by the par
ties to the said undertaking, hereby declare the
intent and object of our association.
Ist. There shall be formed a Joint Stock Com.
patty ; and there shall be ten thousand shares of
stock, at one hundred dollars each, to which the
subscribers shall be rateably entitled according
to their subscriptions, and scrip shallbe issued
therefor; and in the conduct of nil affaire relating
to said Company, shall be entitled to a vote for
each share.
2nd. The subscribers agree to pay for each
of said shares, fifteen dollars, in cash, the re
mainder to be paid by instalments, from time to
time, as may be required by the Trustees, by giv
ing sixt / days notice.
3rd. There shall be appointed two Trustees
to manage the affairs of the Company, and the
said Trustees shall be William Bayart and Lau
rent Millaudon.
4th. The said William Bayard hereby agrees
to convey to the Trustees the land which shall
be necessary to effectuate the object of tho asso
ciation.
sth. There shall be sold, under the direction
of the Trustees, and as soon as practicable, ten
thousand lota of the plot of ground annexed,
which lots shall be taken alternately, from the
lots designated in the map of said City, and the
avails ol the sales, and the amount of the sums
subscribed, shall be appropriated by the Trustees
to the formation of new lots, by filling in the
land on the bay of Mobile, anvi for the construe,
tion of permanent improvements thereon, such
as stores, cotton presses, and so forth, within
the following limits, commencing twelve huu.
dred feet from the south side of the Rio Volante,
and extending thence to the south west corner
of the old English plantation, commonly called
Wigg’s plantation, about eighty arpens, more or
less, with the depth of sixteen hundred feet; and
the stockholders shall be entitled to one half of
the lots thus formed, together with the wharves
adjacent, and the proprietor shall be entitled to
the remainder of said lots, to be also taken alter,
nately; and ail the property shall be sold as soon
as the Trustees and a majority of the stockhol
ders may deem expedient for the parties con.
cerned.
6ih. None of the subscriptions shall be bind
ing until five thousand shares shall have been
subscribed for, nor until the title to the property
shall have been approved by counsel learned in
the law.
Dated this fifteenth day of March, New Or
leans, 1836.
CLIFTON COMPANY.
The books for subscription of one thousand
shares, will be opened at the Counting Room of
Messrs, Stovall, Simmons &, Co. on Thursday,
I2th June, and will remain open until Ist Octo.
her, in order to give persons in the country an
opportunity to subscribe, under the management
of PLEASANT STOVALL, ) „ .
GEORGE R. JESSUP. $ trustees.
Augusta, June 3, 1836 172
OThe city papers will copy the above once
a week, until Ist Oct.
Notice to Contractors.
JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL.
PROPOSALS will be received at the Office
ol tlie James River and Kanawha Com.
pany, in the City of Richmond, from the 15th to
23rd day of August, for the construction of all
the Excavation, Embankment and Walling, not
now under contract, together with nearly all
the Culverts and the greater portion of the Locks
between Lynchburg and Maiden’s Adventure.
The work now advertised embraces the twenty
miles between Columbia and the head of Maid,
ens’ Adventure Pond, the eight miles between
Sever. Islands Falls and Scottsville, and about
twenty isolated sections, reserved at the former
letting, between Scottsville and Lynchburg.
The quantity of masonry offered is very gteat,
—consisting of about two hundred Culverts of
from three to thirty feet; nine Aqueducts, thirty
five Locks, a number of Wastes, with several
farm and road Bridges.
General plans and specifications of all the
work, and special plans of the most important
Culverts and Aqueducts, will be found at th
offices of the several Principal Assistant Engt
neers on the line of the Canal.
The work will be prepared for examination
by the 25th July; but mechanics, well recom
mended, desirous of immediate employment, can
obtain contracts for the constructions of a num
ber of culverts at private letting.
Persons offering to contract, who are unknown
to the subscriber, or any of the Assistant Engi
neers, will be expected to accompany their
proposals by the usual certificate of character
and ability.
CHARLES ELLET, Jr.
Chief Engineer rtf the James River
and Canowha Company.
Note. —The Dams, Guard-Locks, most of
the Bridges, and a r umber of Locks and Culverts,
are reserved for a future letting. Persons visit
ing the line for the purpose of obtaining work,
would do well to call at the office of the Co m
pany n the city of Richmond, where snv ir.lor,
mation whi« h 'he" may d-sire wi»: etc er ;Hv
cottpnunica'ed.
The valley ot James River, between Lynch
burg and Richmond, is healthy. C. E.Jr.
June 7 22
5T ©T® 3* Si S
igr ITf. Y f)o' IHIt i