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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 135

Chap. CXXXV.—An Act granting to the state of Ohio the right of pre-emption to certain quarter sections of land.
Right of pre-emption at minimum price, to one quarter section, in the centre of each county, in the purchase by the Indian treaty of St. Mary’s granted to Ohio, for a seat of justice. Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the state of Ohio, at the minimum price for which the public lands are sold, the right of pre-emption to one quarter section, in or near the centre of each county, included in the purchase recently made of the Indians, by the treaty concluded at St. Mary’s, on the twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, for the establishment of a seat of justice in the said counties: Provided, The purchase be made before the commencement of the public sales: And provided also, That the proceeds of the sale of each quarter section, which may be made under the authority of the state of Ohio, shall be appropriated for the purpose of erecting public buildings in said counties, respectively, after deducting therefrom the sums originally paid by the state aforesaid: And provided further, That the seat of justice for said counties, respectively, shall be fixed on the lands so selected.
Approved, May 15, 1820.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 14

Chap. XIV.—An Act to remit the duties on a statue of George Washington.
Duties on a statue of George Washington remitted to North Carolina.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the duties which have been accrued, or may accrue fo the United States, upon the importation of a statue of George Washington, by order, and for the use, of the State of North Carolina, be, and they are hereby remitted.
Approved, February 24, 1820.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 131

Chap. CXXXI.—An Act to continue in force the act, entitled “An act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court,” approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Act of 3d March, 1817, ch. 63, continued for three years. Act of Feb. 22, 1827, ch. 18. Act of August 29, 1842, ch. 264.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled “An act to provide for reports of decisions of the Supreme Court,” approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for three years and no longer.
Approved, May 15, 1820.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 132

Chap. CXXXII.—An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to amend the act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force.”
Second sec. of the act of 31st Jan., 1809, ch. 11, amended— So as to authorize enlistments for the service of the cruise.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the act, entitled “An act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force,” passed on the thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so far as to authorize the enlistment of able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, during the continuance of the service or cruise for which they shall be enlisted; not, however, to exceed the period of three years.
Approved, May 15, 1820.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 152

Chap. CLII.—An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Cherokee tribe of Indians, concluded at Washington, on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Appropriation.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Cherokee nation of Indians, concluded and signed at Washington, on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, the sum of twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 16

Chap. XVI.—An Act concerning certain courts of the United States, in the State of New York.
No effect on the proceedings of the court of the northern district of New York shall take place by the terms of the court not having been held at Utica and Canandaigua.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no legal proceeding whatever in the courts of the United States for the northern district of New York, shall be discontinued, abated, impaired, or affected, by reason that the last terms of the district court for the said northern district, appointed to be held at Utica and Canandaigua were not held, but that every proceeding whatever shall be in the same state, and have the same force and effect as if the said terms had been duly held.
Approved, February 5, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 163

Chap. CLXIII.—An Act declaring the consent of Congress to acts of the State of South Carolina, authorizing the city council of Charleston to impose and collect a duty on the tonnage of vessels from foreign ports; and to acts of the State of Georgia, authorizing the imposition and collection of a duty on the tonnage of vessels in the ports of Savannah and St. Mary’s.
Act of May 7, 1822, ch. 61. Consent of Congress given to act of South Carolina.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby granted and declared to the operation of any act of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, now in existence, or which may hereafter be passed, so far as the same extends, or may extend, to authorize the city council of Charleston, to impose and levy a duty, not exceeding ten cents per ton, on all ships and vessels of the United States, which shall arrive and be entered in the port of Charleston from any foreign port or place, for the purpose of providing a fund for the temporary relief and maintenance of sick or disabled seamen in the marine hospital of the said port of Charleston.
Collector of Charleston to receive the duties.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the collector of the port of Charleston be, and he is hereby authorized to collect the duties imposed or authorized to be imposed by this act, and to pay the same to such persons as shall be authorized to receive the same by the city council of Charleston.
Consent of Congress given to the act of the state of Georgia.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby granted to the operation of any act, of the general assembly of the state of Georgia now in existence, or which may hereafter be passed, so far as the same extends, or may extend, to authorize the levying and collecting a tonnage duty, not exceeding two cents per ton upon coasting vessels, and four cents per ton upon vessels from foreign ports, arriving at and entering the ports of Savannah and St. Mary’s, for the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of the fees of the harbour master and health officer of those ports respectively: Provided,Proviso. the said acts shall not contain provisions inconsistent with the operation of any law of the United States made in execution of existing treaties.
Act limited to five years.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for five years, from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 155

Chap. CLV.—An Act to alter certain parts of the act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri.
Act of June 4, 1812, ch. 95. Act of March 2, 1819, ch. 49. Electors to choose members of legislative council. Act of June 4, 1812, ch. 95.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the electors of the territory of Missouri, entitled to vote for members of the house of representatives of the territory at the time of electing the representatives to the general assembly, shall in each county in said territory elect one member of the legislative council to serve for two years and no longer, qualified according to the provisions of the fifth section of the “Act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri,” passed June fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, a majority of whom shall be a quorum, and shall possess the same powers as are granted to the legislative council by the said recited act; and in case of a vacancy of a member of the legislative council by resignation or otherwise, the governor of the territory shall issue a writ to the county to elect another person to serve the residue of the term.
Biennial meetings of the general assembly to be held at St. Louis. Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the eighth section of the said recited act as requires the general assembly of said territory to meet once in each year be repealed, and the said general assembly shall meet once in every other year at St. Louis, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day: Provided, That the governor for the time being shall have authority by proclamation to convene the general assembly whenever he shall deem the interest of the territory may require it.
Judges of the superior court may be required by the general assembly to hold superior and circuit courts at the times and under rules to be prescribed by it. Proviso.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the general assembly of the said territory shall be, and are hereby authorized, to require the judges of the superior court of the said territory to hold superior and circuit courts, to appoint the time and places of holding the same, and under such rules and regulations as the general assembly may in that behalf prescribe; the circuit courts shall be composed of one of the said judges, and shall have jurisdiction in all criminal cases, and exclusive original jurisdiction in all civil cases of the value of one hundred dollars, and the superior and circuit courts shall possess and exercise chancery powers as well as common law jurisdiction in all civil cases; Provided, That there shall be an appeal in matters of law and equity, in all cases from the circuit courts to the superior court of the said territory.
Repeal of parts of former acts.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That such part of the said recited acts as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 153

Chap. CLIII.—An Act providing for the sale of certain lands in the state of Ohio, formerly set apart for refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia.
Certain lands set apart for Canadian and Nova Scotia refugees, not yet located, made a part of the land district of Chillicothe. Act of Feb. 18, 1801, ch. 11. To be exposed to sale, and sold to the highest bidder.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That such part of the tract of land which was set apart for refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia, by the act of Congress, passed the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, entitled “An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada, and Nova Scotia,” which has not been located by the said refugees, shall be attached to, and made a part of the land district of Chillicothe; and the said unlocated land shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office and of the receiver of public moneys for the said district, at Chillicothe, on such day as shall, by proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose; the sale shall remain open six days, and no longer; the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect be sold in tracts of the same size, and on ​the same terms and conditions as have been or may be provided for lands in the said district.Lands, undisposed of this way, to be sold by private bargains. All the said unlocated land, remaining unsold at the close of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the said land office, in the same manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms as are or may be provided by law for the sale of lands in the said district; and patents shall be obtained in the same manner, and on the same terms, as for other public lands in the said district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superintendents of the public sales directed by this act shall each receive four dollars a day for each day’s attendance on the said sales.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 160

Chap. CLX.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Specific appropriation for defraying the expenses of the military establishment.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 military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for the Indian department, for fortifications, for the expenses of the public buildings at West Point, and for the purchase of maps, plans, books and instruments for the military academy at said place, the following sums be, and the same are hereby respectively appropriated, that is to say: For the pay of the army of the United States, one million one hundred ninety-six thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars. For subsistence, one million forty-three thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars. For forage, for officers, twenty-five thousand six hundred and ninety-two dollars. For bounties and premiums, fifty-six thousand dollars. For clothing, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the medical and hospital department, one hundred thousand dollars. For the quartermaster’s department, three hundred and and fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications, eight hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars. For contingencies, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the Indian department, two hundred thousand dollars. For the purchase of horses for the artillery, fifty thousand dollars. For the purchase of maps, plans, books and instruments for the war office, twenty-five hundred dollars. For the erection of buildings at West Point, including arrearages, one hundred fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars. For the purchase of maps, plans, books and instruments for the military academy, twenty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-one dollars. For defraying the expenses incurred by calling out the militia during the late war, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated by law to that object, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the payment of damages sustained by the ships and vessels sunk at the entrance of the port of Baltimore, to prevent the ships of the enemy from passing the fort and entering the harbour, fifteen thousand one hundred eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents, being part of the amount of an appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, heretofore made, and by the President of the United States, transferred to other objects.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums specifically appropriated by this act shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 162

Chap. CLXII.—An Act concerning the pre-emption rights given in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the state of Louisiana, and in the territory of Missouri and Illinois.
Pre-emption right secured.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person, and the legal representatives of any person entitled to a preference in becoming a purchaser, from the United States, of a tract of land, at private sale in the state of Louisiana, and in the territories of Missouri and Illinois, according to the provisions of the act, entitled “An act giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois territory,”Act of Feb. 5, 1813, ch. 20. Act of April 12, 1814, ch. 52. passed February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and the fifth section of the “Act for the final adjustment of land titles in the state of Louisiana, and territory of Missouri,” passed April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, who is settled on a fraction of a section of fractional quarter section ​containing less than one hundred and sixty acres, shall have privilege of purchasing one or more adjoining fractional quarter sections, or the adjoining quarter section, including their improvements, or the fraction improved by them, at their option; and the provisions of the said recited acts are hereby made applicable to them, so far as they are consistent with the provisions of this act.
How the claims of several persons settlers upon land are to be adjusted.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in cases where two or more persons entitled to the right of pre-emption, shall be settled upon one quarter or fractional quarter section of land, each person shall be authorized to purchase one or more quarter sections, or fractional quarter sections, of the section or fractional section of land upon which they are so settled; and the section or fractional section upon which such persons are settled shall be equally divided between them, in such manner as the register and receiver, within whose district the land lies, shall determine and direct, so as to secure, as far as may be practicable, to every such person their improvements respectively, and where the improvement of such person shall be upon two or more quarter sections, such person shall be entitled to purchase the quarter sections upon which his improvements shall be.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/Appendices/Appendix 1/Chapter 3

ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
An act confirming an act of the legislature of Virginia, entitled “An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,” and an act of the state of Maryland, confirming the same.
1852, ch. 25. Act of Congress.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of the legislature of the state of Virginia, entitled “An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,” be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed, so far as any be necessary for the purpose of enabling any company, that may hereafter be formed by the authority of said act of incorporation, to carry into effect the provisions thereof, in the District of Columbia, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and no further.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, should the state of Virginia or Maryland desire at any time, to avail itself of the rights secured to it, by the twenty-first section of the act aforesaid, to take and continue a canal, from any point of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, to any other point within the territory of the District of Columbia, or through the same, on application to the President of the United States, by the executive of a state, the President is authorized and empowered to depute three skilful commissioners of the United States’ corps of engineers, to survey and examine so much of the route of such canal as may affect, in any manner, the navigation of the Chesapeake of the Ohio canal. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall ascertain, as far as practicable, whether the canal proposed to be constructed by the state aforesaid will injure or impede the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, and report to the President of the United States the facts and reasons on which they may ground their judgement thereupon; and, if Congress shall be of opinion that the said canal may be cut in the manner proposed as aforesaid, without impeding or injuring the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the same shall be conclusive thereon.
Approved, March 3, 1825.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/Appendices/Appendix 1/Chapter 4

PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE POTOWMAC COMPANY.
Georgetown, D.C., 16th May, 1825.
Proceedings of the general meeting of Potowmac Company.At a special meeting of the stockholders of the Potowmac Company, held this day at Semmes’ Tavern, previous notice thereof having been given conformably to law—
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
That this meeting having duly considered the act of the General Assembly of the state of Virginia, passed at the December session thereof, in the year 1823, entitled “An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,” and the acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, and of the Congress of the United States, confirming the same, and being willing and desirous that the charter shall be granted and confirmed to the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, do hereby declare the full and free assent of the Potowmac Company, to the said act incorporating the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and to all the provisions thereof.
Surrender of charter by the Potowmac Company.That the president and directors of the Potowmac Company be, and they are hereby, authorized and required, in the name and behalf of this company, whenever, agreeably to the terms and provisions of the aforesaid act of Virginia, entitled “An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,” the subscribers therein mentioned and referred to shall have become incorporated, to make a surrender of the charter of the Potowmac Company, to the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and to convey in due form of law to the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, all the property, rights, and privileges, owned, possessed, and enjoyed, by the said Potowmac Company, under their said charter, to be held, used, and occupied, by the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, in the same manner and to the same effect, as the said Potowmac Company now hold, possess, and occupy the same by law. And it is hereby resolved and declared, that, upon the completion of the said surrender and conveyance by the said president and directors, to be evidenced by deed or deeds, in the name of this company, under the hands of the said president and directors, or a majority of them, and the corporate seal of this company, the said charter shall be, and hereby is, effectually surrendered, and all the said property, rights, and privileges, shall be, and hereby are, effectually conveyed to the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, according to the tenor and effect, true intent and meaning, of the said act and acts so incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, as the corporate act of the Potowmac Company, &c.
Office of the Potowmac Company,
Georgetown, 16th May, 1825.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and faithful extract from the records of the proceedings of the Potowmac Company.
Robert Barnard
Treasurer and Clerk, Potowmac Company.