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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 52

Chap. LII.—An Act making additional appropriations for completing and repairing piers, for the improvement of certain harbours, and for the navigation of certain rivers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:
Piers at Oswego river.For repairing the damages sustained by the piers under construction at the mouth of Oswego river, from a severe gale in October last, seven thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars.
Repairs at Presque Isle bay.For closing the breach made in the peninsula at Presque Isle bay, Pennsylvania, seven thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-five cents.
Dunkirk harbour.For completing the erection of piers at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, in the state of New York, nine thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-five cents.
Ashtabula creek.For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio, six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars and twenty-five cents.
Cunningham creek.For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Cunningham creek, Ohio, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars.
Cleveland harbour.For improving Cleveland harbour, Ohio, twelve thousand one hundred and seventy-nine dollars.
Huron river.For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, Ohio, five thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars.
La Plaisance bay.For completing a pier at La Plaisance bay, Michigan territory, two thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars.
Ohio and Mississippi rivers.For continuing to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars.
Savannah river.For removing obstructions in the Savannah river, below the city of Savannah, in Georgia, being a balance of appropriations carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
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Chap. LIII.—An Act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road.
Cumberland road, east of Wheeling, to be repaired.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred ​thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby granted, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the purpose of repairing bridges, walls, and other works, on the Cumberland road, east of Wheeling, where the same may be necessary, in the judgment of the superintendent, for the purpose of putting the said road in repair; and the said superintendent shall be appointed by the President of the United States,Appointment and compensation of superintendent. and shall receive the same compensation as the superintendent of the said road west of Wheeling.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
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Chap. LVII.—An Act providing for ceding to the state of South Carolina the jurisdiction over, and the title to, a certain tract of land, called Mount Dearborn, in the said state.
United States commissioner to be appointed to assess, with S. Carolina commissioner, the value of Mount Dearborn, &c.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 required to appoint a commissioner, to meet such commissioner as may be appointed on the part of the state of South Carolina, to assess the value of a tract of land on the Catawba river, at or near Rocky Mount, (and commonly known as Mount Dearborn,) or so much thereof as in the opinion of the superintendent of public works in South Carolina may be important or necessary for the completion or preservation of the public works of said state: And if said commissioners shall disagree as to the value of said land, they are hereby authorized to choose, jointly, a third commissioner, the assessment and valuation of any two of whom, when certified under their hands and seals, shall be conclusive.
South Carolina to pay the valuation, and the land to be retroceded to her.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the state of South Carolina shall pay into the treasury of the United States the amount of such valuation, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to convey to the state of South Carolina, all the right and title of the United States in or to said land so assessed: and from and after the execution of said conveyance, the jurisdiction of the United States over the soil so conveyed, be, and the same is hereby, retroceded to the state of South Carolina.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
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Chap. VII.—An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy,” approved twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Exemption of certain surgeons in the navy from certain requisites to the allowance of pay and rations provided for by act of May 1828, ch. 121.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every surgeon who was in the navy, at the time of the passage of the act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy, approved twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, shall be entitled to the additional pay and rations (according to length of service) provided for by the fourth section of that act, notwithstanding such surgeons may not have been examined, or received their appointments in the manner prescribed by the first section thereof.
Approved, January 21, 1829.
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Chap. LV.—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved lead mines, in the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale, and for other purposes.
Act of June 26, 1834, ch. 76. President U. S. authorized to sell lead mines.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, at any time that he shall think proper, to cause the reserved lead mines, and contiguous lands, in the state of Missouri, belonging to the United States, and unclaimed by individuals, to be exposed to sale, in the same manner that other public lands are authorized, by law, to be sold, except as hereinafter provided.
Six months’ notice to be given, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That six months’ notice, at least, of the times and places of the said sales, shall be given in such newspapers of general circulation in such of the states as the President may think expedient, with a brief description of the mineral region in Missouri, and of the lands to be offered for sale, showing the number and the localities of the different mines now known, the probability of discovering others, the quality of the ore, the facilities for working it, the further facilities, if any, for manufactories of shot, sheet lead, and paints, and the means and expense of transporting the whole to the principal markets in the United States.
Confirmations or sales of lead mines to be the same as of other lands.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of confirmation or sales of lands in Missouri, reported to contain lead ore, the patent shall be issued to the person in whose favour the confirmation has been made, or to the purchaser from the United States, or their heirs or assignees, as in ordinary cases of confirmation or sales.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
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Chap. V.—An Act to allow a salary to the marshal of the district of Connecticut.
Salary of two hundred dollars allowed to the marshal of Connecticut.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same hereby is, allowed annually, as a salary to the marshal of the district of Connecticut.
Approved, January 6, 1829.
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Chap. LIV.—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved salt springs, in the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale.
President of United States authorized to sell salt springs.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, at any time that he shall think proper, to cause the reserved salt springs and contiguous lands, in the state of Missouri, belonging to the United States, and unclaimed by individuals, to be exposed to sale, in the same manner that other public lands are authorized, by law, to be sold.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
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Chap. XXXVI.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.
Sums appropriated, for—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the expenses of the navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated:
Provisions.For provisions, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-one dollars.
Medicines.For medicines, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, thirty-two thousand dollars.
Repairs of vessels.For repairs of vessels, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
Navy yards, &c.For improvement of navy yards, docks, and wharves, pay of superintendents, storekeepers, clerks, and labourers, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Ordnance, &c.For ordnance and ordnance stores, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, two hundred thousand dollars.
Marine corps.For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, one hundred and sixty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars.
For clothing the same, thirty thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty-one cents.
For fuel for the same, six thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
For contingent expenses of the same, fourteen thousand dollars.
Equipment of small vessels of war.For completing the equipment of the vessels constructed in pursuance of the act authorizing the building of a certain number of small vessels of war, ten thousand dollars.
Removing obstructions in river Thames.For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the navy to remove obstructions places in the river Thames, in Connecticut, by the commander of the American ships, during the late war, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Out of moneys in the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. XL.—An Act establishing the salaries of the commissioners and agents appointed under the treaty of Ghent.
2500 dolls. per annum to each commissioner. 2500 dolls. per annum to each agent. In full.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, each commissioner now appointed, or who may be appointed agreeably to the provisions of the treaty of Ghent, shall be entitled to receive at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum; and each agent appointed, or who may be appointed, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum; which said sums, so allowed to said officers, respectively, shall be a full compensation for services and all personal expenses incurred while in the performance of the duties of their respective offices:Proviso. Provided, That the compensation by this section allowed, shall not be continued longer than two years from the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.
Commissioners and agents not entitled, before Jan. 1, 1821, to more than 4444 dollars per annum in full, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each commissioner and agent shall not be entitled to receive, for services performed in their respective offices, before the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, any greater sum than the rate of four thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars per annum, which shall be considered a full compensation for services, and all personal expenses incurred while in the discharge of their respective duties.
25,000 dollars for payment of salaries, &c., during 1821.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the salaries of the said commissioners and agents, and for the expenses under the several commissions under the treaty of Ghent, for the present year.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. XLII.—An Act to extend the time for unloading vessels arriving from foreign ports, in certain cases.
Vessels exceeding 300 tons allowed 20 days for unlading.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the capacity of any vessel, arriving with a cargo from a foreign port, shall exceed three hundred tons, the term for unlading such vessel shall hereafter be twenty days from the report of arrival, Sundays excepted.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. XLIII.—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to sell and convey a certain tract of land in Northumberland county, in the state of Virginia.
The Secretary of the Treasury authorized to sell the right of the United States to a piece of land formerly owned by Presly Thornton, in Virginia.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 of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of, at public or private sale, all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand, of the United States of America, of, in, and to, all that certain tract, or piece of land, situate in Northumberland county, in the state of Virginia, formerly owned by Presly Thornton, of the said county and state, and late of Sharp Delany, containing about two thousand five hundred acres, be the same more or less; the same being the premises which William Lewis and Thomas Robinson, by deed of indenture, executed on the second day of June, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and nine, granted and conveyed to the United States; the moneys arising from the saidAppropriation of the moneys arising from the sale. sale to be appropriated towards the payment of a debt due from the late Sharp Delany to the United States; and the residue thereof, if any there be, to be paid over to the legal representatives of the said Sharp Delany.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. XLIV.—An Act to regulate the location of land warrants, and the issuing of patents, in certain cases.
Act of March 5, 1816, ch. 25. Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 106. Assignees of warrants issued to Canadian volunteers, may locate them, &c. Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the holders, by assignment, of warrants issued under the acts of Congress, of the fifth of March, eighteen hundred and sixteen, the third of March eighteen hundred and seventeen, to Canadian volunteers, may be, and hereby are, authorized to locate the said warrants, and to receive patents therefor in their own named, as had been the practice before the twenty-sixth of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen: Provided, however, That in no case shall lands be so located, until, after having been exposed to public sale, shall remain unsold.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. XXXVII.—An Act making appropriations for the public buildings.
Sums appropriated, for—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for continuing the work on the centre building of the capitol, and other improvements on the public buildings, the following sums of money be, and hereby are, appropriated:
Centre building.For continuing the work on the centre building, the sum of eighty thousand dollars.
President’s house.For covering the roof of the President’s house with copper, seven thousand eight hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
Ground round the Capitol.For graduating and improving the ground around the Capitol, two thousand dollars.
Senate chamber, hall, and library.For improvements in the Senate chamber, and in the hall of the House of Representatives, and in the library, seven hundred dollars.
Unexpended balance to the centre building.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balances of appropriations to other public buildings, are hereby appropriated to the centre building.
Out of moneys in the treasury.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums of money be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. XLI.—An Act to authorize the collectors of customs to pay debentures issued on the exportation of loaf sugar and spirits distilled from molasses.
Debentures issued upon the exportation of spirits distilled from molasses, or refined sugar, to be payable within thirty days, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all debentures which have been, or may hereafter be issued upon the exportation of spirits distilled from molasses, or sugar refined within the United States, shall be payable within thirty days after the passing of this act, or thirty days after the date of their issue, as the case may be, and shall be discharged by the collector of the customs, by whom they may have been, or shall be, issued, out of the product of the duties upon imports and tonnage; any thing in any act or acts of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, March 3, 1821.
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Chap. X.—An Act to extend the provisions of the act to authorize certain officers and other persons to administer oaths, approved May the third, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
Act of May 3, 1798, ch. 36. The chairman of any standing committee empowered to administer oaths to witnesses, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the chairman of any standing committee, either of the House of Representatives or of the Senate of the United States, shall be empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses in any case under their examination; and any person who shall be guilty or perjury before such committee shall be liable to the pains, penalties, and disabilities, prescribed for the punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury.
Approved, February 8, 1817.
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Chap. CII.—An Act respecting the district court of the United States in the northern district of New York.
The court for the northern district to be holden by the judges thereof and judge of the southern district.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the district court of the United States, within and for the northern district of New York, shall be holden by the judges of said northern district, together with the judge of the district court of the United States for the southern district of said state: Provided, nevertheless, That either of said judges shall be competent to hold said court in the absence of the other.Altered by act of April 3, 1818, ch. 32.
Times and places of holding the court for the northern district. Act of March 2, 1821, ch. 32.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the district court of the United States, within and for said northern district, shall be holden at the village of Utica, on the third Tuesday of January, and second Tuesday of July; at Canandaigua on the second Tuesday of October; and at Salem on the third Tuesday of April, in each year. And all suits and proceedings in said court shall be revived and continue in full force, in the same manner as if the said court had been adjourned to the term next to be holden by virtue of this act.
1000 dollars annually additional to the judge of the southern district.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, there shall be paid to the judge of the district court of said southern district, in addition to his present salary, the annual sum of one thousand dollars, as compensation for the duties required to be performed under this act.
This act in force for a year only.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for one year, and no longer.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
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VII. Resolution authorizing the President of the United States to employ a skilful assistant in the corps of engineers.
An assistant in the corps of engineers to be employed.Resolved, 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 employ, in addition to the corps of engineers as now established, a skilful assistant, whose compensation shall be such as the President of the United States shall think proper, not exceeding the allowance to the chief officer of the corps.
Approved, April 29, 1816.