The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-20
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IAN ACT making the gold aoins Of Greal b
tain, France, Portugal gud l,ain receivable
| in payHe.is en- aeen..nl ef public lands
BE IL epa,ied ty he Ssnnfe aad IIouse o.
J Representatives efUe Dftifed .SafeF ri
merito IL Torefass assembled, That, ffoni
and after the pasage Of thls nef. The fol.
ioning gold CONS sh1ll be received in all
Payments on aeeutbl of pubic lands. 1t
| The several and respective rate following,
and aat otherwise, NJ: tlir eoid caiis o.
Great 8fitin aud Portugal, of ihpif pre-
scni stand nj, II tue faie 81 one ~ sdfed
cents lof tyefy twenty seven - ~. or
elghty-eisht cents aud eight pinths per ptlt-
uyweghi. the gold coins If France. Uf
| their present standard, at tie rate IF one
buadred eeHts for every twenly-seyen aud
IA half grains, or eighiy-seven and quar-
Ter cents PR pennyweigtt ard the gold
coins ot sphIn, of their rreseuf standard,
at the rate OF one hundred ceuts for every
twenty esht aud ii halls grains, or eighty
lu,t GEMS per pennswcight.
Sec. z. Ind be IL .fiDider enaetci, That
II shall be the duty oil the Secretary of the
Treasury, 10 valise essays oi the fore going
COINS 10 be made al lhe Mint Of The United
States, at least onee in esegy year aud
To make report of the result thereof To-
Congress.
Approved Washington, March B 1898
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AN ACT for clearing, repairing, and i'm
proving certain Roads. Tor The purpose Of
iaeilltnting the transportation OF the United
Slacs Mail.
BE IL enacted Ly The Senate and House Of
Representatives oCHe United States Of n
fus 4 Il
President OF the United sinles be, and he
hereby Is authorized, Ia causr 10 be- clear
ed, repaired e. improved the United States
Mali Road from Nashville, in the state OF
Tennessee, Ia New ORLEANS, IN the state of
Louisiana; Proeided He shall not exrend
more than seven thousand nlnc hundred g.
twenty dollars, III clening repairing and inn
proving The same, apd dat thc SAID sum slail
heexpcnded on lhnl part oi the road which
may lie within nratory ooeu I'D by the
Indians, aud 10 which lhclr title has not vet
been eAlinguiehed,
Approved Washington, March ., ISIS
s,tsA
RESOLUTION 10 direct the Withholding of
the compensation al certain Lr2e agen1s.
ReSOiotd, bV The SENATE aud Uonse Of Re
preseptatiesS d he Ubiicd .Hdtes NJ .1noi-
"a IN Congress oSsembicd That, from aud
after the fut day 0fJuIy, next ensuing, no
prize agent Who has not accounted lnr The
prize moneys with which hr has hereto
fore been entrusted for tin hrncft of the
officers aud crews Of any public armed yes-
bcl or vesstls al the United States, shall
receive from the Treasury of the United
States any salary or compensation To which
he may be entitled, until he shall have ac-
counted for, or repaid into hc Treasury,
all sums 50 entrusted to hun for d,sburpG-
meat.
Approved Washington, March 3, 1923
RESOLUTION granting 10 The Washington
| Library copy of the Public Documents,
Laws, and Journals
Resoired by he Senate and House Of Re
pressnfattres ofHe inded Suites qf.1merf-
cn m CogRress ossrmbied, That the Secrc-
tary of State be, and he ia hereby, directed
To furnish to the Washington Libnry, from
any surplus copies IN the Department. Of
State or in the Library of Congress, CO.
| by Of the Laws of The United States, the
Journals Of Congress, Documents, and
State Papers, heretofore published, and 10
furnish, annually, 10 the sad Lihmry, CO.
! by of all DocumrnIs, Journals, Laws, and
State Papers, which shalt be- hereafter pub
llshed by the authority Of Congress
Approved Washington, March 3, 1873
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