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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 5

Chap. V.—An Act to repeal the act, intituled “An act to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New Orleans, and therein to amend the act intituled An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.”
Act of April 5, 1800, ch. 21. Drawback on goods shipped to New Orleans abolished.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed on the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred, intituled “An act to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New Orleans, and therein to amend the act, intituled An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” be, and the same hereby is repealed.
Approved, November 25, 1803.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 52

Chap. LII.—An Act to amend the act intituled “An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels.”
Act of Dec. 31, 1792, ch. 1. No ship or vessel to be registered as a vessel of the U. States, if owned by persons residing in foreign countries a certain length of time. Any ship or vessel before registered, &c. Satisfactory proof of the citizenship of the purchaser to be first exhibited to the collector. Proviso in a former act extended to the representatives of a deceased owner of a ship. Act of June 27, 1797, ch. 5.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no ship or vessel shall be entitled to be registered as a ship or vessel of the United States, or if registered, to the benefits thereof, if owned in whole or in part by any person naturalized in the United States, and residing for more than one year in the country from which he originated, or for more than two years in any foreign country, unless such person be in the capacity of a consul or other public agent of the United States: ​nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the registering anew of any ship or vessel before registered, in case of a bona fide sale thereof to any citizen or citizens resident in the United States: And provided also, that satisfactory proof of the citizenship or the person on whose account a vessel may be purchased, shall be first exhibited to the collector, before a new register shall be granted for such vessel.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proviso in the act, intituled “An act in addition to an act, intituled An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels,” passed the twenty-seventh of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, shall be taken and deemed to extend to the executors or administrators of the owner or owners of vessels, in the said proviso described.
Approved, March 27, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 49

Chap. XLIX.—An Act to erect a Lighthouse at the mouth of the Mississippi river, and also a Lighthouse at or near the pitch of Cape Lookout, in the state of North Carolina; and a beacon at the north point of Sandy Hook.
Lighthouse to be built at the Mississippi under contract to be approved by the President.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under the direction of the President of the United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, to be approved by the President, for building a lighthouse at the mouth of the river Mississippi, on such site as the President of the United States may deem most proper for the convenient and accommodation thereof.
Lighthouse to be built at or near the pitch of Cape Lookout in North Carolina, under contract to be approved by the President. Jurisdiction of the soil to be first conveyed to the United States. Lighthouses at both places to be provided with keepers, &c. &c. Appropriation for the foregoing purposes.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as land sufficient shall be obtained at a reasonable price for the purpose and the jurisdiction of the land so to be obtained shall have been ceded to the United States by the state of North Carolina, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide by contract, for building a lighthouse on or near the pitch of Cape Lookout, in the said state of North Carolina, which contract shall be approved by the President of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the said secretary to furnish the said lighthouses on Cape Lookout and the mouth of the Mississippi with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same. And the President is hereby authorized to make such appointments.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the charges and expenses which shall accrue in consequence of the two first sections of this act, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
A beacon to be erected at the north point of Sandy Hook. Appropriation.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the fee of the soil shall have vested in the United States, to cause a beacon to be erected on the north point of Sandy Hook, and the sum of two thousand dollars out of any unappropriated monies is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Approved, March 26, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 47

Chap. XLVII.—An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.”
Certain aliens permitted to become citizens of the U. States who resided in the U. States between the 18th June, 1798, and 14th April, 1802. Act of April 14, 1802, ch. 28.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any alien, being a free white person, who was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, at any time between the eighteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and who has continued to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, without a compliance with the first condition specified in the first section of the act, intituled ​“An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.”
After an alien shall have complied with certain directions his widow and children made citizens of the U. States.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any alien who shall have complied with the first condition specified in the first section of the said original act, and who shall have pursued the directions prescribed in the second section of the said act, may die, before he is actually naturalized, the widow and the children of such alien shall be considered as citizens of the United States, and shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as such, upon taking the oaths prescribed by law.
Approved, March 26, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 53

Chap. LIII.—An Act supplementary to the act, intituled “An act providing for a Naval Peace Establishment, and for other purposes.”
A captain of the navy to be attached to the navy yard and vessels in ordinary at Washington. His duties, pay and emoluments. Who else are to be attached to the navy yard and vessels in ordinary at Washington.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to attach to the navy yard at Washington, and to the frigates and other vessels laid up in ordinary in the Eastern Branch, a captain of the navy, who shall have the general care and superintendence of the same; and shall perform the duties of agent to the navy department, and shall be entitled to receive for his services, the pay and emoluments of a captain commanding a squadron on separate service. And the President of the United States is hereby further authorized to attach permanently to the said navy yard and vessels, one other commissioned officer of the navy, who shall receive for his services, the pay and emoluments of a captain commanding a twenty gun ship, one surgeon and one surgeon’s mate of the navy, who shall be severally allowed for their services, the same pay, rations and emoluments, as are allowed to a surgeon and to a surgeon’s mate in the army of the United States; one sailing master, one head carpenter, one plumber, one head block maker, one head cooper, two boatswains, two gunners, one sail maker, one store keeper, one purser, one clerk of the yard, and also, such seamen and marines, as in the opinion of the President shall be deemed necessary:Proviso. Provided, that the number of seamen or marines, shall not at any time be greater than what is at present authorized by the act to which this is a supplement.
Repeal of a part of a former act.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That that part of the act to which this is a supplement, which attaches to each frigate laid up in ordinary, one sailing master, one boatswain, one gunner, one carpenter, and one cook, one serjeant or corporal of marines and eight marines, and to the large frigates twelve, and to the small frigates ten seamen, and which declares that the sailing master shall have the care of the ship, and shall execute such duties of a purser as may be necessary, shall be, and hereby is repealed.
Approved, March 27, 1804.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 51

Chap. LI.—An Act to repeal a part of the act intituled “An act supplementary to the act concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen.”
Act of April 14, 1792, ch. 24. Act of Feb. 28, 1803, ch. 9. Repeal of part of a former act. Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 40.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ninth section of the act, intituled “An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen,” passed the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and three, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Powers of attorney for the transfer of stock and receipt of interest, in other respects formal, not to be affected by the want of consular certificates.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all powers of attorney for the transfer of any stock of the United States, or for the receipt of interest thereon, executed in a foreign country, since the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and three, according to the forms in use at the treasury of the United States prior to the said thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and three, shall be valid to all intents and purposes: any provision in the aforesaid section hereby repealed to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, March 27, 1804.
# War and Peace (Tolstoy)/Book 12

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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 126

Chap. CXXVI.—An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes.
Appropriation to defray the expenses of holding treaties with the Miami and Potawatomi Indians, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to defray the expense of holding treaties with the Miami and Potawatami tribes of Indians, and any other tribes claiming lands in the state of Indiana.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 127

Chap. CXXVII.—An Act allowing fees to the district attorney of Missouri.
A fee of six dollars to be allowed to the attorney for the district of Missouri. Proviso. Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 173.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to the attorney of the United States, for the district of Missouri, a fee of six dollars in each case now pending, or hereafter to be by him prosecuted on behalf of the United States, to be paid by the unsuccessful party, in addition to the salary and compensation allowed by law: Provided, That the fees herein provided for shall not be taxed on any suit now commenced, or to be commenced, or any petition filed, or to be filed, in relation to the confirmation of land claims, in Missouri, under the provisions of the act of the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
250 dollars to be allowed and paid him, from the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, as a compensation to the said district attorney, in all cases in which he has already prosecuted suits, for the United States, to judgment, he shall receive the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid to him by the proper officer of the Treasury Department.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
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Chap. CXI.—An Act further to amend the charter of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.
Levy court of Washington county, District of Columbia, shall not possess the power of assessing any tax on real or personal property within the limits of Georgetown, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the levy court of Washington county, in the District of Columbia, shall not possess the power of assessing any tax on real or personal property within the limits of the corporation of Georgetown, nor shall the corporation of the said town be obliged to contribute in any manner towards the expenses or expenditures of said court, except for the one fourth part of the expenses incurred on account of the orphans’ court, the office of coroner, the jail of said county, and one half of the expenses for the opening, and repairing of roads in the county of Washington, west of Rock Creek, and leading to Georgetown:Proviso. Provided, always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said court, or the collector by them appointed, from collecting all taxes which have been levied by the said court on real and personal property within the limits of Georgetown, before the passage of this act, and of appropriating the same according to present existing laws; but that it shall be the duty of the said court, and they are hereby authorized and directed to use all the powers with which they are now invested, for collecting the said tax:Proviso. And provided further, That all laws now in force, which make it the duty of the said court to provide for the support of the poor residing within the limits of Georgetown, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and that henceforth it shall be the duty of said court to provide for the support of such only of the poor of the county as reside out of the limits of Washington and Georgetown.
The corporation to lay a tax on all real and personal property, not exceeding 70 cents in the 100 dollars.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may, for the general purposes mentioned in the charter of said town, and for the support of the poor annually, lay a tax on all real and personal property within the limits of Georgetown, not exceeding seventy cents in the hundred dollars, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
The act to take immediate effect.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
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Chap. CXXIII.—An Act for altering the time for holding the courts of the United States, in the western district of Virginia.
Times for holding the courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, changed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, shall be thereafter held on the days herein provided for, instead of the times now provided for by law, that is to say: at Clarksburg, on the first Mondays in April and September: at Lewisburg, on the first Wednesday after the second Mondays in April and September; at Wythe Courthouse, on the first Wednesday after the third Mondays in April and September; and at Staunton, on the first Wednesdays after the fourth Mondays in April and September; and all matters in said courts, returnable, or continued to the terms heretofore provided for, shall be taken to be returnable, and continued to the terms herein provided for. This act to take effect from and after the first day of July next.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 129

Chap. CXXIX.—An Act to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina.
Act of Feb. 4, 1807, ch. 5. Act of March 9, 1808, ch. 29. Act of May 20, 1812, ch. 17. Time of holding the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, changed. All suits, &c., &c., to be proceeded with, as if no change had taken place.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, shall, after the passing of this act, commence and be holden on the following days, instead of the times heretofore established by law, that is to say: At Edenton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on the third Monday of April and October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the Thursday next after the third Monday of April and October; and at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the fourth Monday of April and October.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, writs, process, and other proceedings, commenced or to commence, or which shall be now pending in any of the district courts of the district of North Carolina, as heretofore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with, in the said district courts, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 124

Chap. CXXIV.—An Act relative to the issuing of executions, in the district and circuit courts of the United States, in certain cases.
Writs of execution, where the district or circuit courts in any one state have been, or may be, divided into two judicial districts, may be executed in any part of such state.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all writs of execution, upon any judgment or decree, obtained in any of the district or circuit courts of the United States, in any one state, which shall have been, or may hereafter be, divided into two judicial districts, may run and be executed, in any part of such state; but shall be issued from, and made returnable to, the court where the judgment was obtained, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 125

Chap. CXXV.—An Act concerning the seat of justice in Gallatin county in the state of Illinois.
State of Illinois to sell in fee simple, to the county of Gallatin, a tract of land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois is hereby authorized to give or sell, in fee simple, to the county of Gallatin, ​in the state, for the purposes of locating and fixing the seat of justice in said county, a tract not exceeding one hundred acres of the tract of land, sitaute in said county, and granted to said state, for the use thereof, by the act of the eighteenth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitledAct of April 1818, ch. 67. “An act to enable the people of the Illinois territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states,” any restriction in said act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 128

Chap. CXXVIII.—An Act supplementary to “An act providing for the disposition of three several tracts of land in Tuscarawas county, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes,” passed the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 174. The provisions of the act to be carried into effect.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to adopt such measures as, in his judgment, the interests of the United States, and the parties concerned, may require, for the purpose of carrying into full and complete effect the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, and the intentions of Congress, as expressed in the act.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 112

Chap. CXII.—An Act to provide for paying certain pensioners at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania.
A pension agency in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to establish a Pension agency at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania, for the payment of pensioners of the United States, resident in the counties of Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Guernsey, Belmont, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Holmes, Wayne, Stark, Columbiana, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, and Richland, in the state of Ohio, and the counties of Alleghany, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland, Indiana, and Jefferson, in the state of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury to make arrangements with the Bank of the United States for paying pensioners therein.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the Bank of the United States, for paying the before-mentioned pensioners, at the office of discount and deposit of said bank, at Pittsburg, as in other cases.
Approved, May 20, 1826.