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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 137

Chap. CXXXVII.—An Act for reducing the duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandise.
Act of Dec. 23, 1817, ch. 1. Reduction of duties. Act of Dec. 23, 1814, ch. 16.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty-first day of December next, the additional duties laid on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors and foreign merchandise, by the third section of the act, entitled “An act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying duties on sales at auction, and on licenses to retail wines, spirituous liquors and foreign merchandise, and for increasing the rates of postage,” passed on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, shall cease and determine, and in case of ​any application for a license to retail, between the thirtieth day of June, and the first day of January next, a license therefor shall, agreeably to the present rates of duty, be granted, to expire on the thirty-first of December, next, on paying to the collector a sum which shall bear the same proportion to the duty for a year by the existing rates as the time for which the license may be granted shall bear to a year; and for neglect or failure to obtain such license, the same penalty shall be incurred, to be recovered in like manner as for the neglect or failure to obtain a license under the act, entitled1813 ch. 39. Proviso. “An act laying duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandise,” passed on the second of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen: Provided, That after the first day of January next, no retailer or imported salt alone, whose stock in trade shall not exceed one hundred dollars, shall be compelled to take out a license for retailing the same, nor be liable to any penalty or forfeiture for failing to do so.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 120

Chap. CXX.—An Act making appropriations for rebuilding light-houses and for completing the plan of lighting them, according to the improvements of Winslow Lewis, for placing beacons and buoys, for preserving Little Gull Island, and for surveying the coast of the United States.
Specific appropriations for rebuilding light-houses, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sums hereinafter mentioned be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the following purposes, to wit: For rebuilding the light-house on Point Judith, Rhode Island, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the fitting up of all the light-houses with Winslow Lewis’s improvements, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated for that purpose, sixteen thousand dollars. For the construction of works deemed necessary for the preservation of Little Gull Island, thirty thousand dollars. For rebuilding the light-house on New Point Comfort, Virginia, seven thousand dollars. For rebuilding the light-house on Baker’s Island, Massachusetts, four thousand dollars. For the following objects, being the balances of former appropriations for the same purposes, carried to the surplus fund: For erecting light-houses at the mouth of the Mississippi, and at or near the pitch of Cape Look Out, North Carolina, thirty-four thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars. For rebuilding a light-house at Naushawn Island, near Tarpaulen Cove, Massachusetts, two thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars. For erecting a beacon and placing buoys near the entrance of Savannah river, two thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and eighty-five cents. For placing buoys and beacons at or near the entrance of the harbour of Beverly, Massachusetts, three hundred and forty-one dollars and ninety-five cents. For erecting two lights on Lake Erie, to wit: at or near Bird Island, and on or near Presque Isle, one thousand five hundred and ninety dollars. For placing beacons and buoys on Georgetown bar, and in Winyaw Bay, South Carolina, one thousand five hundred dollars. For defraying the expense of surveying the coast of the United States, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-seven cents. For repairing piers in the harbour of Newburyport, Massachusetts, a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars. Provided, That the jurisdiction of the site where such piers are erected shall be first ceded to the United States.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 130

Chap. CXXX.—An Act to enable the Levy Court of the county of Alexandria to lay a tax for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting a jail and courthouse.
A tax to be laid on the county on Alexandria for building a jail and courthouse in Alexandria.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to raise, by a tax upon the taxable inhabitants of the said county, a sum sufficient to defray the expense of building a jail and courthouse, for the said county, which sum shall be appropriated to the erection of such buildings accordingly under the direction of the said court.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 131

Chap. CXXXI.—An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road in the territory of Illinois.
Commissioners to be appointed for laying off the road.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 appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark in the most eligible course, a road from Shawanee town, on the Ohio river, to the United States’ Saline, and to Kaskaskia, in the Illinois territory; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States, who, if he approves of said survey, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the treasury of the United States, and the said road shall be considered as established and accepted.
Road to be opened under direction of the President.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said road shall be opened and made under the direction of the President of the United States, in such manner as he shall direct.
Compensation payable to commissioners, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, for each and every day which they shall be necessarily employed in the exploring, surveying and marking, said road: and for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners and their assistants, and opening and marking said road, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of eight thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 135

Chap. CXXXV.—An Act concerning the annual sum appropriated for arming and equipping the militia.
Annual appropriation for the militia. Act of April 23, 1808, ch. 55.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the annual sum of two hundred thousand dollars, as appropriated for the purpose of providing arms and military equipments for the militia, either by purchase or manufacture, according to the act of the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, entitled “An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States,” shall be paid, for each year, respectively, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum appropriated, to be paid as aforesaid, shall be applied for the purpose, and according to the intention specified in said act, without being liable at any time to be carried to the account of the surplus fund. And nothing in the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, entitled1809, March 3, ch. 28. “An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the treasury, war and navy departments,” shall be construed to authorize the transferring of the sum annually appropriated as aforesaid, or any portion thereof, to any other branch of expenditure.
Approved, April 29, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 121

Chap. CXXI.—An Act to authorize the building of three light-houses, viz one on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, and on the Island of Petite Manon, in the state of Massachusetts.
Certain lighthouses to be built.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Massachusetts to the United States, of the jurisdiction over the land sufficient for the purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized to provide, by contract, to be approved by the President of the United States, for building ​three light-houses, viz. one point on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, in the town of Yarmouth, and one on the island called Petite Manon, near the Naraguages river, in the state of Massachusetts; and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the persons who shall be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same; and the President shall be authorized to make the said appointments.
Specific appropriations.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eight thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid, and also for purchasing such lots of land as shall be required for the erection of the said light-houses, and other buildings necessarily connected therewith.
Light of Scituate light-house may be extinguished.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the light of the Scituate lighthouse to be extinguished, should the extinguishment thereof be deemed expedient for the safety of navigation on that coast.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 123

Chap. CXXIII.—An Act to authorize the sale of lands forfeited to the United States, in the district of Jeffersonville, at the land office in said district.
Sale of lands in the district of Jeffersonville.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the register and receiver of the land office for the district of Jeffersonville be, and they are hereby authorized to expose to public sale, to the highest bidder, at the land office aforesaid, any tract or tracts of land which may hereafter become forfeited to the United States for non-payment, under such terms and conditions as are, or may be, prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any former act of Congress as requires the register and receiver of the district aforesaid, to expose to public sale, at the courthouse of the county in which the said land office is established, any tract or tracts of land which may become forfeited to the United States for non-payment, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 99

Chap. XCIX.—An Act for the benefit of the city of Washington.
Appropriation to extinguish interest on public debt of Washington city.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 pay, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, a sum not exceeding seventy thousand dollars, in quarterly instalments, for one year from the passage of this act, to the mayor of the city of Washington, to be applied under the direction and authority of the boards of aldermen and common council, to extinguish so much of the interest annually accruing on their public debt.
Approved, June 28, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 2

II. Resolution for distributing returns of the last census.
Librarian to deliver two copies of census to each member of the present, who was not a member of last Congress.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the librarian of Congress be authorized to deliver to each member of the present Congress, who was not a member of the last Congress, two copies of the return of the last census of the inhabitants of the United States, and that it may be lawful for the said members to transmit the said copies, free of postage, by mail.
Approved, June 19, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 3

III. Resolution giving the right of way through the property of the United States at Harper’s Ferry, to the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company.
Grant of the right of way, and restriction of its use. Post, p. 792.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States of America be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company, free of charge, the right of way through the property held by the United States at Harper’s Ferry, (and at present not improved,) if, in his opinion, it should not be inconsistent with the public service; and, also, on the same terms, so much of the ground between the arsenal and the Shenandoah river, and near its junction with the Potomac, as may be deemed consistent with the public interest: to be used for the benefit of the said company in the deposit and accommodation of the trade of said Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company only, and for no other purpose whatever: Provided, nevertheless,Proviso. That the said railroad shall be so located, in the judgment of two or more skilful engineers of the army of the United States, who may be deputed by the President of the United States to make such location, as not to impede or injure, in any manner, the future improvement of the navigation of the river Shenandoah by a lock and dam navigation, or by extending a canal along the left bank thereof, to the river Potomac, or to the canal now constructed along the left bank of the said river.
Approved, June 25, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 96

Chap. XCVI.—An Act regulating the value of certain foreign gold coins within the United States.
Act of June 25, 1834, ch. 71. Rates at which gold coins shall be receivable after July 31, 1834. Coins of Great Britain, Portugal, and Brazil. France. Spain, Mexico, and Colombia.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thirty-first day of July next, the following gold coins shall pass as current as money within the United States, and be receivable in all payments, by weight, for the payment of all debts and demands, at the rates following, that is to say: the gold coins of Great Britain, Portugal, and Brazil, of not less than twenty-two carats fine, at the rate of ninety-four cents and eight-tenths of a cent per pennyweight; the gold coins of France nine-tenths fine, at the rate of ninety-three cents and one-tenth of a cent per pennyweight; and the gold coins of Spain, Mexico, and Colombia, of the fineness of twenty carats three grains and seven-sixteenths of a grain, at the rate of eighty-nine cents and nine-tenths of a cent per pennyweight.
Annual assays to be made.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause assays of the aforesaid gold coins, ​made current by this act, to be had at the mint of the United States, at least once in every year, and to make a report of the result thereof to Congress.
Approved, June 28, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 97

Chap. XCVII.—An Act to authorize the removal of the custom-house from Magnolia, to St. Marks in Florida.
President to cause custom-house to be removed.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 remove the custom-house, now established at Magnolia on the St. Marks river in Florida, to the town of St. Marks or some other point on St. Marks harbour which may be deemed suitable, when in his judgment the public interests and convenience may require it, and after the removal aforesaid the office of surveyor at St. Marks shall be abolished.
Approved, June 28, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 98

Chap. XCVIII.—An Act to attach the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and north of the state of Missouri, to the territory of Michigan.
Territory made part of Michigan, and the inhabitants subjected to its laws, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the territory of the United States bounded on the east by the Mississippi river, on the south by the state of Missouri, and a line drawn due west from the north-west corner of said state to the Missouri river; on the south-west and west by the Missouri river and the White Earth river, falling into the same; and on the north, by the northern boundary of the United States, shall be, and hereby is, for the purpose of temporary government, attached to, and made a part of, the territory of Michigan, and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and be subject to the same laws, rules, and regulations, in all respects, as the other citizens of Michigan territory.
Approved, June 28, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 17

Chap. XVII.—An Act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the state of Louisiana.
Valid claims to be presented to register and receiver within two years.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person or persons having claims to lands in the state of Louisiana, whose claims have been recognised by former laws as valid, but which have not heretofore been confirmed to the grantees or their legal representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to present their claims to the register and receiver of the land office in which the land may lie, within two years from the passage of this act, together with the written and other testimony in support of the same, and it shall be the duty of the register and receiver to record in a book to be kept by them for that purpose, the notice of every claim so preferred, together with the evidence in support of the same; and the said register and receiver are hereby further authorized to receive any evidence for and on behalf of other individuals who may resist the confirmation of any such claim either on their own behalf, or that of the United States, and cause to be taken any evidence which shall be deemed necessary and proper by them to have such claim properly and justly settled, and to have the same likewise recorded in said book, for ​which service, in recording the applicant’s title-papers and evidence, they shall be entitled to receive from said applicant at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words.
Report of the claims, with testimony and opinions on validity of each, to be made, and laid before Congress.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the registers and receivers of the land offices, at or before the beginning of each session of Congress thereafter, to make to the Secretary of the Treasury a report of the claims which may have been presented before them, together with the testimony, accompanied by their opinions of the validity of each claim, and such other information respecting them as may be in their possession, which said report shall, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be laid before Congress as soon as practicable, with the opinion of the commissioner of the general land office, touching the validity of the respective claims.
Approved, February 6, 1835.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 4

IV. Resolution manifesting the sensibility of the two houses of Congress, and of the nation, on the occasion of the decease of General La Fayette.
Death of General La Fayette.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the two houses of Congress have received, with the profoundest sensibility, intelligence of the death of General La Fayette, the friend of the United States, the friend of Washington, and the friend of liberty.
2. And be it further resolved, That the sacrifices and efforts of this illustrious person, in the cause of our country, during her struggle for independence, and the affectionate interest which he has at all times manifested for the success of her political institutions, claim from the government and people of the United States, an expression of condolence for his loss, veneration for his virtues, and gratitude for his services.
3. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to address, together with a copy of the above resolutions, a letter to George Washington La Fayette, and the other members of his family, assuring them of the condolence of this whole nation in their irreparable bereavement.
4. And be it further resolved, That the members of the two houses of Congress will wear a badge of mourning for thirty days, and that it be recommended to the people of the United States to wear a similar badge for the same period.
5. And be it further resolved, That the halls of the houses be dressed in mourning for the residue of the session.
6. And be it further resolved, That John Quincy Adams be requested to deliver an oration on the life and character of General La Fayette before the two houses of Congress at the next session.
Approved, June 26, 1834.