The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-05-05

be reserved in the various Offices in Washington
for special distribution, and the residue to bedis
tributed in the States and Territories, in proper
ton to their Representatives in Congress.
SO. Supplementary to the several acts relative
to direct taxes and internal duties.
SO. TO defray the expenses OF the Militia when
marching to places of rendezvous.
81. Respecting the organization of the army,
and for other purposes.
90. In addition to the act for the punishment
ofcertain crimes against the u States, &c.-l06.
To establish and alter certain post roads.
lO8 Providing for the deposit Of Wines aud
distilled Spirits in public warehouses, &c.-ill.
To increase the duties on iron in bars and bolts,
iron in pigs; castings, nails, and alum.
1l2. Concerning tonnage and discriminating
duties in certain cases.
115. To increase the pay of the militia, while
in actual service of the Y. ;.
I27. To authorize the Secretary Of the Treasu-
ry to repay or remit certain alien duties therein
described.
1873. To increase the duties on certain manu-
featured articles imported into the u. S.
1919. Supplementary to the act (passed March
g 1897 to regulate the collection of duties on
imports and tonnage"
100. To continue in force until June 80, 1926,
the 4t par. of the lst section of the act to reg
ulate the duties on imports, &C." By The Sec
ton here continued for eight gears, the heqry dat-
ties OF, certai, cotton and ieooIer cloths imported,
are extended to that period, an encouragement
TO american manufactured
LOCAL .iCTS. &C.
Ofthe local Laws, &c. passed, the following
only are interesting in this part Of the Union -
4 An act further to prolong the continuance
ofthe Mint at Philadelphia.
81. Altering the time for holding session OF
the District Court in Maine.
81. To authorize the payment Of certain GER
tifcates.
e5. Making the port of Bath, in Massachusetts,
port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from
the Cape of Good Hope, and from places be-
yond the same and for establishing collection
district. whereof Belfast shall be the port Of en-
try.
+ i18. An act to increase the salaries of the
JUDGES of the Circuit Court for the District Of
higher than those Of the District Judges an tn,
several States (sare only Of Loussiana) whose du
Ties, zoe bel,ere, are equally Why thes,
salaries hare been raised, and those Of the other
Judges Overlooked, or postponed indefinitely, ,
may be, but as get ia, not been, satisfactorily er
planned.
OF the RESOLUTIONS passed, are the
following -
l. For the admission Of the State of Mississippi
into the Union. 0C~Y- An act also passed, au-
thorizing the people of the Illinois Territory to
form Constitution, &c. previous to being admit
ted into the Union
IL. Requesting the President to present Z
Sword to Col. Johnson.
II. Directing Medals, with the thanks of Con
gress, to be presented TO Gen. Harrison and Gov
Shelby.
10. Directing the completion Of the survey 0
Chesapeake bay, &c.
The other Resolutions are, for The procurement
and distribution, Of certain laws, &c. and direct
| ing the Supreme Court to be furnished with
Waits State Papers.
or Five TREATIES, concluded with tribes
chiefs or warriors, Of the Monomenee, Ottoes
Pencarar, the Arkansas river Cherokees, and the
Creek Indians, ratified in December and Janua.
~ last, have been communicated TO Congress.