Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-13
BY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE T"ENAA
SECOND CONGRESS.
lpuBL1c No. 23.I

jPuB1c No. %.
AN ACT to provide the means OF .ne pov
of vaccination, as q preventative OF tne one' L,a
to the Indian tribes, and thereby, as lar as po ~.
+ cave them from the destructive ravages 81 Hdt ds
ease.
Re it enacted BY the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatives of the United States of america IN
.embed That it shall be the duty of the several lnoah
Agents and SubAgents under the direction OF tne
reary of War; take such measures as he sha ueeih
most efficient to conene the Indian tribes in their res
pecye towns or in such other places and numbers, anu
at such seasons shall be most convenient 10 the III
dian population for he purpose of arrelg the prog
res of small pox aiming the several tribes oy Vacciha
tion. -,
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That the Secreta-
nv of War be and he hereby empowered to employ as
many Physicians Surgeons, from the army resident
On the point where their services shall
be required, he may ind necessary for the execution
of this act; agd If necessary, two competent persons
to conduct the Physicians to the remote Indians who are
infected may be in Immediate danger of being infec-
ted with the small pox, whose compensation shall be
sly dollars per day, and six men, whose compensation
shall be twenty -fve dollars per month.
SEC 3. And be 1t further enacted, That 1t shall be
the duty OF the Secretary of War; to all Indian
Agents to be supplied with genuine vaccine matter and
all Agents and Sub-Agens shall all proper means te
pursuade the Indian population to submit to vaccina
ton.
SEC a. And be it further enacted, That all Agents
SubAgents, Physicians and Surgeons, employed in tn
execution of this act, shall make monthly returns o
reports of their proceedings to the War Department.
And the Secretary thereof shall submit to Congress- OIL
or before the first OF February next general report
all proceedings in the premises
SEC. S. And be it further enacted, That to carry thi
act into effect the Of twelve thousand dollars
appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury nc
otherwise appropriated.
Speaker Of che House of Representative
J. c. CALHOUN,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senat
fF'''' '' . 49, ANDREW JACKSON.
PUBLIC No. %.
AN ACT for the apportionment of Representative
among the several States, according to the lift
census. -
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of RepFesel
tatives of the United States of America in Congress
sembled, That from and after the third day of Marc
thousand eight hundred and thirty three the Hou
of Representatives shall be composed of members cleo
ed agreeaby ratio of representative for ever
thousand and hundred persons in eac
State computed according to the rule prescribed by tt
Constitution of the United States, that is to say, will
in the State of Maine, eight within the State of Ne
Hampshire, five; within the State of Massachusetts
twelve; within the State of Rhode lsland two with
the State of Connecticut six; within the State OF We
mont, FIVE; within the State of New York, forty; will
in the State Of New jersey, six; within the State
pnnsylvania, twenty within the State of Del;
ware, Ofa within the State of Maryland, eight; will
IN the State of Virginia. twenty within tho Sta,
OF North Caroina, thirteen within the State of Sout
Carolina, nine; within the State of Georgia, nine
within the State of Kentucky, thirteen; within til
State of Tennessee, thirteen within the State of Obi
nineteen within the State of Indiana, seven with
nos, three within the State of Louisiana, three; witt
in the State of Missouri, two and within the State
Alabama, five. I'll
Approved, May %, 1882.