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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/11th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 21

Chap. XXI.—An Act to make public a Road in Washington County, in the District of Columbia.
Road to the lower eastern branch bridge to be opened and kept in repair.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the road heretofore opened by the consent of the owners of the land over which the same passed, from the line of the district of Columbia, through the land of John Masters and John L. Nayler, to the lower bridge over the eastern branch of Potomac river, shall be, and is hereby declared to be a public highway; and shall be kept in repair, as other public roads in Washington county, in the district of Columbia, are kept in repair.
Commissioners to be appointed by the levy court of Washington to lay out the road, and make return to the clerk of Washington county.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That three commissioners to be mutually appointed by the levy court of the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia, and the proprietors of the land over which the said road does or may pass or be laid out, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to review the said road, and to cause the same to be surveyed and laid out, not exceeding thirty feet in width, and to cause a plot to be made thereof, and return the same, under their hands and seals, to the clerk of Washington county, to be by him recorded among the land records of said county.
Damages to be ascertained by them to be paid by the county.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall ascertain and value the damage which any person, through whose land the said road passes, may sustain, by making the said road a public highway, and shall return to the levy court of Washington county a certificate of such valuation, the amount of which shall ​be levied by said court on the assessable property of said county and the city of Washington, and paid over to the person or persons entitled to receive the same.
Approved, March 30, 1810.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 160

Chap. CLX.—An Act further to regulate the inspection of flour in the county of Alexandria.
Course to be pursued for the better regulation of the inspection of flour in the county of Alexandria. Said county to be divided into two inspection districts.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the better regulation of the inspection of flour within the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, the common council of the town of Alexandria, shall be, and they are hereby, empowered and required to divide the said county and town into two inspection districts; that to each of those districts, there shall be appointed a flour inspector, in the mode now authorized by law, to perform alternate duties in the said districts; each of the said inspectors shall be liable to removal from office, at any time within the term for which he shall have been appointed by the court making the appointment; and during his continuance in office, shall enjoy the same rights, and be subject to like duties and restraints, as the present inspector of flour in the said county of Alexandria.
Power vested in the common council.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said common council be, and they are hereby, empowered, to provide for a re-inspection of flour in store, whenever, in their opinion, it may require it, and to regulate the exportation and shipment thereof; to pass laws for the punishment of all persons who shall be guilty of fraud, or otherwise violate their regulations, and to alter or amend the present inspection laws, so far as may be necessary to effect that object.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 158

Chap. CLVIII.—An Act to allow a salary to the collectors of the districts of Nantucket and Pensacola, and to abolish the office of surveyor of the district of Pensacola.
250 dollars to be paid to the collector for Nantucket, and 500 dollars to the collector for the district of Pensacola, annually. After the 30th June next, the office of surveyor for the district of Pensacola, to be abolished. After the 30th June next, the office of surveyor for the district of Pensacola, to be abolished.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 following annual salaries be, and the same are hereby allowed, to wit: To the collector of the port of entry for the district of Nantucket, in the state of Massachusetts, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; and to the collector of the port of entry for the district of Pensacola, in the territory of Florida, the sum of five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the office of surveyor of the port of entry for the district of Pensacola, in the territory above mentioned, be, and the same is hereby, abolished.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 16

Chap. XVI.—An Act authorizing the commissioners of the sinking fund to purchase the seven per cent. stock of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
Commissioners of sinking fund to purchase, during the year 1824, seven per cent. stock, to an amount not exceeding 8,610,000 dollars.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners of the sinking fund be, and they are hereby, authorized to purchase, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, any stock of the United States, bearing an interest of seven per centum per annum, not exceeding the sum of eight millions six hundred and ten thousand dollars, upon such terms as they may think proper, not exceeding the following rates above the principal sum purchased, that is to say:
For all such stock as they may purchase before the first day of April next, at a rate not exceeding two dollars for every sum of one hundred dollars, in addition to the interest which would have accrued on that day upon the said stock:
For all such stock which they may purchase between the first day of April and the first day of July next, at a rate not exceeding seventy-five cents on every sum of one hundred dollars, in addition to the interest which would have accrued on the day last mentioned:
For all such stock which they may purchase between the first day of July and the first day of October next, at a rate not exceeding, on every sum of one hundred dollars, the amount of interest which would have accrued on the day last mentioned: and
For all such stock which they may purchase between the first day of October next, and the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, at a rate not exceeding the principal and the interest which shall have accrued at the day of purchase.
The commissioners authorized to make such purchases under certain restrictions.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners are hereby authorized to make such purchases, under the foregoing ​restrictions, at such times and places as they may deem most expedient, out of any moneys in the treasury, heretofore appropriated for the redemption of the public debt, or out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 22, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 165

Chap. CLXV.—An Act to authorize the state of Indiana to open a canal through the public lands, to connect the navigation of the rivers Wabash and the Miami of Lake Erie.
A route for a canal to be surveyed and marked, by which the navigation of the Wabash and Miami of Lake Erie may be connected.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of Indiana be, and is hereby, authorized to survey and mark, through the public lands of the United States, the route of a canal, by which to connect the navigation of the rivers Wabash and Miami of Lake Erie; and ninety feet ​of land, on each side of said canal, shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United States, and the use thereof, be vested in the state aforesaid, for a canal, and for no other purpose whatever.
The reservation and grant to be void, if a canal be not completed in twelve years.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the said state shall not survey, and direct by law said canal to be opened, and furnish the commissioner of the general land office a map thereof, within three years from and after the date of this act; or, if the said canal be not completed, suitable for navigation, within twelve years thereafter; or, if said land, hereby granted, shall ever cease to be used and occupied for the purpose of constructing and keeping in repair a canal, suitable for navigation; the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void, and of none effect:Proviso. Provided, That nothing in this act contained, or [that] shall be done in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed to imply any obligation on the part of the United States, to appropriate money to defray the expense of surveying or opening said canal:Proviso. And provided, likewise, That the said canal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, on public business, passing through the same.
Each section of land through which said canal may pass, to be reserved from future sale.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every section of land through which said canal route may pass, shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved from future sale, under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office, until hereafter specially directed by law; and the said state is hereby authorized, without waste, to use any materials on the public lands adjacent to said canal, that may be necessary for its construction.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 166

Chap. CLXVI.—An Act authorizing an examination and survey of the harbour of Charleston, in South Carolina, of St. Mary’s in Georgia, and of the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.
The secretary of the navy authorized to have surveyed the harbours of Charleston, South Carolina, and St. Mary’s in Georgia, for certain purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made, an examination and survey of the harbours of Charleston, in South Carolina, and St. Mary’s, in Georgia, in reference to the expediency of establishing a navy yard at either of those places, for the building and repairing sloops of war and other vessels of an inferior class; and, also, to cause to be made and perfected an examination and survey of the harbour of Pensacola, and the coast of Florida, in order to ascertain the expediency of establishing a naval depot at Pensacola, or at such place in the vicinity of it, as may be most advantageous to the United States; and that the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 161

Chap. CLXI.—An Act to authorize masters of vessels in certain cases, to clear out either at the custom-house of Petersburgh, or that of Richmond.
Ships or vessels owned in, or consigned to Richmond, loaded in the district of Petersburg, may be cleared out at Richmond.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any ship or vessel, owned by, or consigned to, any person or persons in the collection district of Richmond, and which shall be loaded, in whole or in part, in the district of Petersburgh, by such owner or owners, consignee or consignees, may be cleared out by the collector of the district of Richmond, on application of the owner, consignee, or captain, of such ship or vessel: Provided, That the entire cargo shall be bona fide taken or shipped from the district of Richmond.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 162

Chap. CLXII.—An act for the relief of certain distillers in the United States.
The Secretary of the Treasury to refund to certain distillers in the United States such sums as they have paid into the treasury.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 and required to refund, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the distillers of ​spirituous liquors, or their legal representatives, of any state or district within the United States, who, at any time since the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, have used stills made according to Henry Witmer’s improvement upon Anderson’s condensing tub, and who have paid a duty upon the capacity of the globes of such stills, all the moneys which such distillers may have, respectively, paid, as a duty, on the capacity of the globes of their said stills.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 164

Chap. CLXIV.—An Act granting donations of land to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida.
The commissioners for ascertaining titles to lands in Florida authorized and required to receive and examine all claims presented to them within their respective districts.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners for ascertaing titles and claims to lands in Florida, be, and they are hereby, authorized and required, within their respective districts, and in addition to their former duties, to receive and examine all claims that may be presented to them, and the evidence in support of each of such claims, founded on habitation and cultivation of any tract of land, town, or city lot, or out-lot, by any person, being the head of a family, and twenty-one years of age, who, on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, actually inhabited and cultivated such tract of land, or actually cultivated and improved such lot, or who, on that day, cultivated any tract of land in the vicinity of any town or city, having a permanent residence in such town or city, in said territory; and to grant certificates of confirmation for any tract of land thus inhabited and cultivated, or cultivated by any person of the above description, residing in any town or city in the vicinity of the tract so cultivated; which land shall be located in an entire body, as nearly as possible, in conformity to the surveys of contiguous public lands, and so as to embrace the principal improvements then made on any tract so claimed, and shall not exceed in quantity six hundred and forty acres:Duty of said commissioners. And it shall also be the duty of said commissioners to receive claims to land founded on habitation and cultivation, commenced between the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and the seventeenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, when Florida was surrendered to the United States, and evidence in support of the same; and to report an abstract of all such claims to Congress, and of the claims by them confirmed, to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the claims merely reported on, shall be laid before Congress at their next session, with the evidence of the time, nature, and extent, of such inhabitation and cultivation, in each case, and the extent of the claim:Proviso. Provided, That no claim shall be received, confirmed, or reported, to Congress, by the said commissioners, for confirmation, in favour of any person, or the legal representatives of any person, who claims any tract of land in said territory, by virtue of any written evidence of title derived from either the British or Spanish government.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 160

Chap. CLX.—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to make experiments for the safety of the steam engine.
Secretary of the Navy to test engine devised by B. Phillips.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to examine and test the steam engine devised by Benjamin Phillips, of Philadelphia, and to [employ] said Phillips, and such other persons as he may deem proper to make the experiment.
Other improvements to be tested, and result reported to Congress.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a discretionary power be vested in the Secretary of the Navy to examine and test such other improvements in the same line, as may hereafter be presented, and for that purpose to employ such person or persons as he may deem proper; and that he report to Congress, as soon as may be, the result of any experiment made in pursuance of this act.
Appropriation to carry act into execution.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying this act into execution, the sum of five thousand dollars, out of any ​money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and is hereby, appropriated, and placed at the disposal of the Secretary of the Navy.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 157

Chap. CLVII.—An Act supplementary to the act to amend the several acts respecting copyrights.
Deeds of transfer to be recorded, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all deeds or instruments in writing for the transfer or assignment of copyrights, being proved or acknowledged in such manner as deeds for the conveyance of land are required by law to be proved or acknowledged in the same state or district, shall and may be recorded in the office where the original copyright is deposited and recorded; and every such deed or instrument that shall in any time hereafter be made and executed, and which shall not be proved or acknowledged and recorded as aforesaid, within sixty days after its execution, shall be judged fraudulent and void against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for valuable consideration without justice.
Fees of clerk of district court.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of the district court shall be entitled to such fees for performing the services herein authorized and required, as he is entitled to for performing like services under existing laws of the United States.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 16

Chap. XVI.—An Act to change the times for commencing the sessions of the courts of the United States in the district of Delaware.
1789, ch. 20, sec. 3. Sessions of the circuit court to commence at Newcastle, on Tuesday after 4th Monday in May; Dover, on the Tuesday after 3d Monday in Oct. District court, at Newcastle, on 3d Tuesday in dec. Dover, Tuesday after the 3d Monday, March, and after 4th in September. Return of process, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sessions of the circuit court and district court of the United States in the district of Delaware, shall commence at the times hereinafter mentioned, instead of the times now appointed by law; that is to say: the sessions of the said circuit court shall commence at Newcastle, on the Tuesday next following the fourth Monday of May, and at Dover on the Tuesday next following the third Monday of October annually; and the sessions of the said district court shall commence at Newcastle on the third Tuesday of June, and second Tuesday of December; and at Dover on the Tuesday next following the third Monday of March, and the Tuesday next following the fourth Monday of September annually; and that no process, recognisance, or bail bond, returnable to the next term of either of said courts shall be avoided, or impaired, or affected by this change as to the commencement of said term; but that all process, bail bonds, and recognisances, returnable to the next term of either of said courts, shall be returnable and returned to the said court next held, according to this act, in the same manner as if so made returnable on the face thereof, and shall have full effect accordingly, and that all continuances in either of said courts shall be from the last term to the day appointed by this act for the commencement of the next session thereof.
Approved, March 24, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 165

Chap. CLXV.—An Act making compensation for certain diplomatic services, and for other purposes.
Deficiency in former appropriation to be paid to W. H. D. C. Wright.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed and paid to W. H. D. C. Wright, to supply the deficiency of a former appropriation, in payment of the balance found due to him in the adjustment of his accounts, and for his diplomatic services at the court of Brazil, after the death of Mr. Tudor, and before the arrival of Mr. Brown, the sum of five thousand and thirty-seven dollars.
State of Maine to be reimbursed for supporting prisoners.Also, to the state of Maine, to reimburse the expense of supporting certain American citizens, in prison at Fredericton, in New Brunswick, seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Salary of J. C. Pickett.To James C. Pickett, secretary of legation, left in charge of the affairs of the United States at Bogota, on the termination of the mission of Mr. Moore, one quarter’s salary, for the expense of his return to the United States, five hundred dollars.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 158

Chap. CLVIII.—An Act to provide for rebuilding the frigate Congress.
Appropriation for rebuilding the frigate Congress.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 and eighty-one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to rebuild the frigate Congress; and no part of said sum shall be carried to the surplus fund, notwithstanding any general provision in any other act to the contrary.
Approved, June 30, 1834.