The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-04-02


VINO shall give secui iy IN the same msnner,
IN the same sums, and whose compensstious,
enolument,, and dn'ies, and authority, shall,
In every respect, be the same, In relation 10
the land, which shall be disposed Of at their
Office, ss are, or may be, by Law provided in
relation TO The Registers and Receivers of
public moneys IN the srycrsl Offices establish
cd tor the sale of public lands.
Sec. ,. .dnd be H further enacted, That the
Provisions oi he third and filth sections ofthe
act, entitled "An act to designate the boun-
cary OF districts, and establish land olIicss, for
the disposal Of the pubic lands, not heretofore
offered Tor sale, 10 tho states oi Ohio and In.
diana," approved March thiid, one Thousand
eight hundred and nineteen, be, snd he same
ate hereby, made applicable TO the d's"ict
hereby created, SO far as they are not changed
by subsequent laws OF The Unned States
Provided, That all such public lands, em orsc.
ed within the disrlict created by this act,
which shalt have been ofseied for sale to the
highest bidder, at Detroit, pursuant 10 any
proclamation Of the President of the United
States, and Which lands remain unsoId ~ tEe
taking effect Of this act, shall be subject to be
entered and sold at private sale y the Regis
ter OF the Lsnd Office hereby created, IN the
sothc W sh"c toitHs,
and upon like conditions, as the sales OF said
lnrds would have been bjected 10 IN tho
land Office a, Detroit had they remained at
tached To ,hs, office.
Sec. 4. ind Sc IL furiher enacted, That
this act shsii take effect, and be IN force,
from and si,er the first day OF M1y nsx. en-.
spiDs The passage thereof.
Washington, Mar 3, 1928
hnDroyeu-JAMES MONROE,
An ACT msking the gold Coins Of Great
B iIain, + ance, Portugal, snd Spain, &c.
ceivable in payments on account Of Public
Lends.
BE a. enacted by he Senate and Housr Of
eGresent0Aves TThe United Sta!es Of .aoler-
tca, IN Congress assembled, THAI, from and af-
to- 'he passage u tins act, the following gold
coins shall be received ia all payments Oh &C.
coaot ot public lands, al tho several and re.
spective rates following, and no, otherwise,
viz me gold coios Of Grea, Brian and por.
tugsI, OF their present standard, at the rate OF
one hundred cents for every 'wenIy seven
g'ain,, OF eleh'y-eisht cents end eigh nin,hs
PEI pennywsigh': the gold coins of France,
oi their p'eseut STANDARD, at the rate Of one
hundred cen,s for every twenty. seven and a
cents per pennyweieh, and The gold coins Of
Spain, ii thsi' ptesen, standard, at tue rate OF
enc hundred cons for eve,y twenty eigh, and
q half 6 'ains, or eish'y four cents per penny.
| weight.
| Sec. 2. .4nd be n Glr!ber enacted 1ha, il
shall be the duty Of the Sec e,ary OF The Treas
| Wy, 10 cause sssoys Of ,he foregoing coins TO
Ie msdcs, The MINI Of the Uni,ed States, at
east once IN eveiy year ; and 10 mako reror,
| af the result thereof to Congress.
| Washington, Aar. 3, 1923.
| pproved-JAMEs MONROE.
| An hCI tor clearing, repairing, and impto ov-
| ios certain Roads, Tor The purpose OF faciIi-
| ta'ing the ,ans spoflslion Ut the DD,ted
| States Neil.
| BE H enacted by fbc Senate and House Of
| RenresenfcnOes Of lhe United States Of diner.
fea, IN Congress assembled, Tha, The Presidon,
OF the Unued StaIos be, and he hereby is, gu.
thor'scd, TO cause 10 be cisa'e ed, repsir.d, and
Improved, the United Sla'es, Mail Road from
Nashville, IN the s,ate 0! Tennessee, TO New
| Orleans, IN the state OF Louisiana Provided,
tie 'hs'i not expend more than seven thou.
sand nine bundled and twenty dollars, In clesr-
lng, repairing, and imp owing the same, and
| iha, the said suD shall be expended on iha,
| past oil The road which may lie within terrific.
~ occupied by The lndsn,, and to which ,heis
liie hss not yet been exiinguished.
Washington, Mar. 3. 1928
Approved--JAMEs MONROE.
An ACT respecting stamps.