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[BY .AUTHORITY.]
LAW or TQC tTXlTED STATES PASSED AT
THE TWENTY FOCKTU CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.
[Pcslic?No. 41.]
AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled
** An act for the admission of the Slate of
Arkansas Into the Union, and in provide
for the due execution of the laws of the
United States, within the same, and for
other purposes."
Bt it raactcd, djpe. That in hcu of the
propositions submitted to the C ongress of the
United States by an ordinance passed by tbc
contention of delegates at Little Rock, assembled
for live purpose of making a Constitution
for the State of Arkansas, wbtcb ore
hereby rejected, and that tlie following propositions
be, and ike same are hereby, ottered
<*_. .I r> . ?? tr .> f. ? *
w lira ucncm ADcnixr u iuc ouuoi Arkansas,
for their fr<Jc'ec& i<p;tncc or rejection,
which, if accepted under the authority granted
to the General Assembly for this purpose
by the convention which framed tiic convitution
of the said state, shall be obligatory upon
the United .States.
First That section numbered sixteen in
every township, and, woe a ?ucb reelkm has
been sold, or otherwise di?po*rd of. other
lands equivalent thereto, aud as contiguous'
as may be, shall be granted to the slate Cor j
the use of the mbtmtiDO of such township.'
for the use of schools.
Second. That a9 salt springs, not exceeding
twelve in number, with six sections of
land adjoining to each, shall be granted to
the said state, for the use of said state, thei
same to be selected by the General Assembly j
thereof, on or bcfcwe the fii*t day of January,'
onethousand eight hundred and font; and
the same, when HO sel< ctrd, to l?c u-cd under
euch term?, condumns, cud regulations, as j
tlw General Assembly of Mid state shall d?- 3
/ rect: Provided, Thai no salt spring, the
- right whereof ts now rested in any indivtd-.
4 tiaJ or individuals, shall, by this section, be
granted to said slate: And prooidrd, also,
... That the General Assembly shall never sell
or lease the same, at any one lime, (or a lunger
period than ten years, without the consent]
'of tx>ngrcM ; and ihat nHhiug contained m
the act ol Congress entitled " An act au- j
thorizing the Gov- rnor of the Territory of]
Arkansas 10 lease (be salt springs in said
Territory, and for other purposes," or ?n any
other act, shill be construed to give to tfur
said state any further or other claim wh !soever,
to any salt springs or lands adjoining
thereto, than to -hose hereby granted.
Third. Thil fife per cent, of the nctt pro*
cecds of th* tale of laods lying wnlm. tin*
said Stale, tnd which shall be ?dd by ?*?great,
from and after the day of
next, after deducting at! expense* incident to
the fame, shall be rcscrred for making publie
roads and canals within the said state, under
the direction of the General Assembly
thereof.
Fourth. That a quantity of land not exceeding
five sections be, and the same is
hcrtbyLgrao ed to the said State, in addition
to therms |0ttions It bicb hare already been
graotfd, lor the purpose of completing the
puhfic buildings ol the said State, at Little
Boclt; which said five sections shall, under
the direction of the Gcner! Assembly of
said State, be located, at any time, in legal
divisions of not leas than one quarter see
a . I _
lion, in tucn towosmps ana ranges as we
General Assembly aforesaid uny select, on
ao) of (he unapf r >priatrd public lands of the
United States within the said state.
Fifth. That two entire township* of land
which bare already been located by virtue of
the act entitled "An act concerning a seminary
of learning in the Territory of Arkansas,"
approved the second of March, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven,
and hereby vested in and cotifirmed to the
General Assembly rf the s id fctate, be appropriated
solely to i ho t *e of such seminary
by the Genera' A? ^mbly : Provided, Thai
the five foregomg propositions bercirr offered
arc on the condition thai the (Jrncral Assembly
or Legislature of the said Stale, hy virtue
of the powers conferred upon it by the convention
which framed the constitution of the
-aid State, shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable
without the consent of ibe United
States, that the said General Assembly ol
ttd State shall never interfere with the primary
disposal of the soil within the same by
.1; United States, not with anj regulation*
ngrcss may find necessary lor securing the
.iie in soil to the ban* fide purchasers there
>i; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands
the property of the United .Mates; and that
in no case shall non-resident proprietors be
taxed higher than residents; and that the
bounty lands granted, or hereafter to be granted,
for military services during the late war,
shall, whilst they continue to be held by the
patentees or their heirs, remain exempt from
any tax laid by order or under the authority
of the state, whether for state, county, township,
or any other purpose, for the term of
three years from and aliei the date of the patents
resnectivelv.
JAMF.SK.roLK.
Speaker of the House of Kepresentatires.
M. VAN MJRKN,
Vice President of the United Stares, r.nd
President of the Senate.
Arrnovco, June 23, INjfi.
* ANDREW JACKSON*.
[prnnc -No, 47.]
AN ACT to regulate the compensation ol
certain Officer* of Rcrentie CuttersBe
it coveted by the Sennit and House of Rrprcsm
UU'ttcs of the United Stales of Juuriea. in Congress
Tt,.? i ... ?r t
WM4WMTUII, ? it?? III IIVU U| J**J ? IM(U Villi I
allowance* now authorized by la\r to the
captain* and tirst, second and third lieutenants
uf the United Stale*, there shall
; be allowed and paid, quarterly, from and
and after the passage of this act, to each
captain, at the rate of twelve hundred
dollars per annum; to each first lieutenant
at the rate of nine hundred and sixty dollar*
per annum; to ear.h second lieutenant
at the rale of eight hundred and sixty dollars
per annum; to each third lieutenant,
at the rale of scrcn hundred and ninety
dollars per annurc.
?_
[PfHttC? No. -IS.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the
suppression of Indian hostilities and fur
other purposes.
Fir it martfid *nt tkr Sauttf and Firms* rf Rrprrsm
Istrrui of tit* VnluA Stairn of .fmtrice, in Cra^nil
aservMtd. TUnI the balance of thr apjiropniUun >.(
one million of dollars, made by ii?r act of
April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and
thirty-nix. and now remaining in tin Treasury,
nh?ll be. am! the same iV hi re by,
made applicable. to the payment nf any!
expi-nditun a authorized by the said. aCL.1
and rendercd-m rn^caTItng out
by the I'ri-aidrnl of the United Stairs, of,
any part of the militia or ??luntrcra of
the United Stair* for the suppression or
prevention of s v Indian hos'ilitir?.
Sec 2 JtnJ U >t fmrtker tnccitd, That the turn
of two uiUt>>ns f ti? hutidn d thousand
dollars sh-}! he, and the ?arm ? bercbt,
appropriated, out of any ii'Oucj in the
. r. i..,:rv nut oihrrKif appropriated, to
defray ?iiV expenses ahieh hate been or
may be incurred in preventing or suppressing
the hostilities ol any India.is, by calling
out, under the direction of the President
of the United States, any part of the
militia mlunirt rs according to the prori
ions *>f the constitution and laws; which
sum. if expended shall be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of War,
conf? r.oably to the provisions of the act
of Congress ( January second, seventeen
hundred and nincty-fivo, of the act
of April fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two,
making appropriations for the
support of the army, and of the net of
March nineteen, eighteen hundred ami
lbiriy-?ix prorid ne for the pay nent ol
iliiia -nrn, iii rtf
ilit- United States.
ArrRoi?.o. July *dd, 1S)0. j
[Pi BLir?No. 49 ]
AN %OT i?. i?rasii i? ihr Nr\? Orleans and
Na?htilir Railroad Company, ihr nghl
of way through the public lands of ihc
United Stales.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
>f America in Congress assembled, That
1 there be, and is hereby granted to the
New Orleans and Nasbvi.lc Railroad Com*
pany incorporated by the several Stales
. ihrough which the said road is intended
; to pans, the right uf way through such
: portions of thr public lands ns remains
unsold. Provided That the portion of the
public lands occupied therefor, shall not
exceed eighty feet in breath; that the
route of the said road shall be surveyed
and designated through the public lanus,
I by plnin marks, or monuments, ami ro:
pics of the n.-te* of surrey, with a plat or
plats thereof, and a description of the
| said landmarks or monuments, and their
connection with the prior official surreys
:ot the a<.jncnt lands, be transmitted to
the (icnernl Land Office in Washington,
within -ixty days after the said surreys
'and plats ore completed, and tltnt they be
completed within two years from the date
'of this net
{ Sr.r. .inti bt il/vrlJtrr macisd. That for ?ruc!i
jdepot*, watering place* and workshop*,
as may he essentia! to the convenient use
of the said road, there be also granted to
'the said company, such portion* of the
! public land, os they may, under like re*
jstriction* nnd conditions, select, on either
jsidr of the pnid road.?Pmritlrd That not
J more than live acres, tobc laid oil in a
sqonre form, ?!n!l be selected f-Tsuch
use or purpose, at any one plate : Provided,
also. That not more than one such square
shall be granted for every fifteen miles of the
said road lying within the public lands And
provided moreover, That such selections,
shall be approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury for the time being.
Sec 3. And l* it further enacted. That
so long as the public lands in the vicinity of
the said road shall remain unsold, the said
company shall have power to .take therefrom,
such a atcrials of earth, stone or wood, as
| may be necessary for the construction of the
said road Provided, That the grants herein
'contained, as well of the use of the public
j lands, as of tho materials for the coostrurjtiunol
the said road, shall cease and detlimine,
unless the .oad be begun within tbc
! period o( two years from die date of ibis act,
! and completed within eight years thereafter:
And, provided, moreover. That if tbs said
; road shall, at any time after its completion,
be discontinued or abandoned by the said
company, the grants, hereby made, shall cease
aod determine.
Approved, July 2, 1630. .
[Pt;nuc?No. 50.]
A N ACT to renew the gold medal struck and
presented to G ncral Morgan, by order of
Congress, in honor of the baule of the
! Cortpens.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoose of
Representatives of the United States of Amcr.
tea in Congrms assembled, That in pursuance
of thv request of Morgan Neville, in
i his memorial presented at the present session
of Congress, the director of the mint, be and
* i i - .? a a j ! I . _
ne is iitrroT autoortzea ana aircctca 10 cause
to bo struck, a gold undal of tho intrinsic value
of one hundred and lift y dollar*, in honor
of the baulc of ibe t.owpens, which was
fought on lite seventeenth day of Januarj,
?ci inter n hundred and eighty-one, lo replace
the original medal presented by a resolution
| of the continental Congress, of March ninth,
seventeen hundred and eighty-one, to Brigadier
General Daniel Morg^u; tin* said medal
to be struck from tbe original die, and delivered,
when executed, to tht said Morgan Neville,
the lineal heir of General Morgan; the
expense of tbe same to be paid out of any
- -a . m .L
mo of j in mo treasury not omrrwue appropriated.
JA.ME- K POLK,
Speaker of tbc House ol Kepreacmaltr cs.
W. K. KIN(J,
President of tbc Senate pro .cmporc.
?AiXflumi^lolr 2d. lg&i
?-j
[Prw.ic.--No. 51 ]
AN ACT to repair and curuu the United
Slate* Arsenal at Charleston, South Carolina.
lie a enacted by the Senate and l)ou?o of
Repr acntaurcf of the United States ol America
I.. Congress assembled. That the Secretary
of War lie. and he is hereby, authorized
and ilirrriw! in rAiia> ?nrh renaira and im
prove menus to be inade to th- United States
arsenal in Charleston, South Carolina, as
maj be deemed uccessary fur the public service
; md that the sum of twenty thousand
d .liars bo, and tbo same is hereby appropriated
lor this purpose, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 2d, J&3&
[Public?No. 52.]
AN ACT to provide for the better protection
of the western frontier.
Be it enacted by ibe Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
President be, and lie is hereby, authorized to
can?e to be surveyed and opened, a military
road, from some point upon the right bank of
! the Misstsninoi river, between the mouth ol
I - ' - f ? ?
1 the Dcsmoincs ritor, a poo such route u may
appear best calculated to effect the purposes
of tbi? act to Red ri'tr.
Sac. "3, And be it further enacted, That
the said road shall ptas west ot the stato of
Missouri and of tlw territory of Arkansas,
on condition that lie assent of ih? Indian
tribes who hare noMicrctofor? given their as*
sent, through who* territory said road is to
pass, shall be first >btained , and it such av'
scut cannot bo otairn-d, then vast of the
western boundario of said state ana territory
; and shall be 0 constructed as to enable
troops to miiTc al<*g the same with proper facility.
And thc<ollo? ii?f? mode of construe-.
tion ?ha|| U ad'tted, subject to such alterations
as tlw Prrfodctit may from time to time,
direct to be rude. The timber shall be cut |
down io a reaOnahle width, and tlto wet and.
mar>liy place shall be causewayed, or other- :
wise render** passable, cheap bridges shall I
he erected err the smaller streams, not liar-j;
wg good fird* across them; and, where it i
;may be fotid necessary, tho road may be
I throw n up } tho ccntie.
Sr.c. JJ. And be it further enacted, That i
the mihi.tr posts shall be constructed at such I
places log the said road aa in the opinion
ol the 1'fsidcnt, may be most proper for the i
protection of the frontier, and for the preser- i
'ration olhe necessary communication.
Sec. y And be it forthcr enacted, That i
the <roe# of the United States shall be cm- t
ployed / performing the labor herein roquir- J
ed, w poorer, in the opinion of the Presi- 'i
deni, fu same can be done with a just regard i
to the oilier duties; and the othef la'ior ren-!
derednecessary shall be procured in such l
mnnfr as the President may direct. I
Sr And Ir it further enacted, Thai
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars
J shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,
to be applied towards the accomplishment
of the objects specified by this act
Approved, July 2d, 1836.
[Public, No. 53.]
AN ACT mcking additional appropriations
for the Delaware breakwater, and
for certain harbors, and removing ob- !
structions in and at the months of certain
rivers, and for other purposes, for <
the year one thousand eight handred l
and thirty-six.
Be it attried by At Senate and HctiM of Rcvrt- i
sentaiircs rf At United Stelai of America r? t?grtss
anemhltd. That the following rams be, and
, the same arc hereby, appropriated, to be .
paid out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for carrying
on and completing certain works hereto* .
fore commenced. via.?
For continuing (he Delaware brcakwa- :
tor, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
.harbor of Chicago Illinois, thirty-two |'
| thousand dollars. i
For continuing the improvement of Big i1
; Sod us bay, twelre thousand six hundred H
dollars. .
For the continuation of the works for
the preservation of the beach at Proviee- 1
town harbor, Massachusetts, four thou-,,
sand four hundred dollars.
For the continuation of the works for i(
die preservation of Plymouth beach Mas- i
sachusclts, five hundred dollars.
For the continuation of the works atj
; the harbor near the mouth of the river;1
Raisin, Miohigau Territory, fifteen thou-j1
sand dollars. J*
For continuing the removal of okstruc-;
lions at black nrcr, Uhio, six thousand;
six hundred and sixty dollars.
For continuing the permanent improve* '
mcnt of Cleveland harbor, Ohio, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For continuing the removal of obstruc- 1
lions at Urand river, Ohio, six thousand!1
dollars.
For continuing the removal of obstructions
at Cunningham creek, one thousand
two hundred aud seventy-five dollars.
For continuing the removal of obstructions
at Conneaut creek, Ohio, two thou- '
sand five hundred dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania,
according to Colonel Toiicn*s recommen- '
'tlatioo, driven thousand rtuHa**.? -J
I Pur cuiitinning ike improvement at
! Dunkirk harbor, Mew York, eleven thou- 1
sand dollars. -1
For a dredging machine on Lake Erie,
eight thousand dollars.
For continuing the works at the mouth
of <Jcnc.?cc river. New York, twenty 1
thousand dollars.
For continuing the pier and mole at J
Oswego harbor, New York, twenty thou*
sand dollars. !'
For continuing the pier at Kennebunk,;
Maine, seven thousand liTe hundred dol-j
lars.
For continuing the improvement of thc^
navigation of tne Hudson river, above
*nd below Albany, in the State of New
York, one hundred thousand dollars, to
be expended according to the plan and *
estimate recommended by the Secretary "
of War. 1
For eoniioning the improvement of the 1
hatborof New Castle, Delaware, twenty- J
live thousand dollars. ;
For continuing the removal of obstructions
a: Ocracock inlet. North Carolina, 4
nine thousand dollars. 1
For continuing the improvement of the 1
navigation of Cape Fear river, below j*
Wilmington, IHorli) Carolina, tvrrnt) thou
and dollar*. ;
For the improvement of the navigation i
of the Ohio river, between Pittaburg,
and the fail* of the Ohio, twenty thousand
dollars, which, together with the
unexpended balance of the appropriation
for this purpose by the act of the third of'
March, A. D. eighteen hundred and thir-:
ly-fivr, tdiall be expended by direction of
the Secretary of War, under the supcrin;endcnce
of the officers of the engineer!
corps heretofore employed on that service.
For the improvement of the navigation
of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from
Louisville to New Orleans, sixty thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the Mississippi
river, above the mouth of the Ohio river,
and for the Missouri river forty thousand
dollars, to be expended in such manner
and for the rcmovnl of such obstructions
ss the Hecrciarv of War shall direct.
For continuing the removal of obstruc
lions in lieu river, Louisiana, ami Terri- '
lory of Arkansas, forty thousand eight *
hundred dollars. a
For constructing n boat to prevent o 1
new accumulation of obstructions in said *
rircr, within the old limits of the Great
Raft, so railed, fifteen thousand dollars, *
snd the additional sum of fifteen thou- *
wnd dollars to work and support llie same. *
For continuing the improvement of the
Cumberland rircr, in Kentucky and Tennessee,
twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the removal of obstructions
in tltc Chipola river, in the Terri- A
lory of Florida, four thousand dollars
For completing the inland channel be
tween St. Mary's and St. John^.iii the 9
Territory of Florida; in addition lo unexpended
appropriations, according to the
estimate of the Engineer Department,
five thousand. '
For continuing the removal of obsirttelions
in, and improving the navigation of
the Escambia river, in the Territory of
Florida, fire thonsand fire hundred dollars.
^
For further improvements at the mouth
of Huron rieer, in the Slate of Ohio, four:
thousand -three hundred dollars.
And the following sums, necessary to
close accounts, in the office of the Third
.\nditor, viz.
For removing obstructions at Cunning-,
bam crecfc, Ohio, thirty-two dollars and
thirty-six cento.
For completing the pier at La Plaisanee
bay, Michigan Territory, three hundred
ind twenty-three dollars and fifteen cents.
For removing obstructions at Cleveland;
uarbor, Ohio, six. dollars and fifty-aihn
cents.
For repairing breach in thejpeninsala*
it Presque Isle, one hundred and twenty*,
two dollars and eighty cento.
Far erecting a beacon light at Erin .
Pennsylvania, sixty-nine dollars and ?x-/
ly-oine cents.
For erecting a light-house at Bnfilo
New York, four hundred and nincty-Jonr
dollars and seventy-eight cents.
For improvement of the navigation of
ihe Ohio sod Mississippi rivers from Pitts-/
burg to New Orleans, under the act of
iceond of Mareh, eighteen hundred and
thirty-one, seventeen thousand eight hundred
dollars and five cents.
For defraying the expenses incidental
to making examinations and surveys, umrl..
ll<. ..I lit. llti.l i.fk rtS Anvil
u* t HIV ?V? "1 Mill MVVU y?
eighteen hundred and twenty-fonr, of
which sum fire thousand dollars shall he
appropriated and applied to Geological
and Mineralogies! surveys and researches
in (he Indian country on the public lauds .
and in the Territories of Che United States,
thirty thousand dollars. .
Approved, 3d July, 1830.
(Pcmic^-No. 54.) i-K
AN ACT to extend the charters of certain
Batiks in the Dirtrict of Columbia, and
** for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houm
of Representatives of the United States
af Am>rict IB COBpWw M*cUiblcJ, Thai
the charters of tho several Banks herein
enumerated, naircly; the Union Bank,
and Farmers and "Mechanics Bank of
Ucorgetoirn; The Bank of the Metropolis.
Patriotic Bank of Washington, and
Rink nf \Viiliin?li<n. in ihn nitr of Wiik.
ington: and ihc Farmer* Bank of AlexaaJria.
and Bank of Potomac, in the Town
Alexandria, be, and the came are here-.
?y extended till the fourth day of Jftly,
eighteen bunded thirty-eight.
Approved, July 2d. 1836.
[Public. No. 66.]
AN ACT regulating the terms of the ?*~
ncrior courts of the middle district of
Florida, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
?f Representative# of the United States
>f Arncrtc* in Uungrcs# assembled, That
in act entitled 44 An act to alter and change
he terms of tho superior court for the
middle districtof Florida," passed by tho
Sovernor and Legislative Council of said
IVrritory.and approved February twelfth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, bo, and
ilu same is hereby, approved, so fa; as >
It <!?.. ?. will. lit. Inrni, tif ttin
It MWV? IIU1 IMIV'UVIV V?4H? "*?
our directed to bo holdcn in the coonQf
it Franklin, which has been annexed tf|..
he said middle district.
Sac. And be it further enacted,
rhat if in any prosecution lor piracy, or
>ny othar criminal offence against the
awsof the United States, or of theTaiy
itoiy of Florida, it shall be fou d imiracticablc
to obtain e sufficient number
if jurors for the trial of any person or
icrsons charged with said criminal ofencesinihe
southern judicial district of
Florida, it shall be lawful for the judge
o send said person or person^ with ifia
ndictment and othar papers, ho the csUh
ern or middle district for \rtal, and to
akc recognisances from the witnesses <o
ippear in the said eastern or middle disrict,
in the same manner as he is cmlowered
by law to do in the district of
rhich he is the judge.
Sec. 3. And be it lorther enacted. Thai
n ??< ik. ..i iU.I "An art
? ?vi iu aiiivnu mv av.% cuti??v? ?w
ncorporaling the town of Appalarhicola,"
pproved twelfth ol February, eighteen
Kindred and thirty-six, and * An aot to
hangc the county seat of the county of
?ranklin,M paused January fourteenth,
ud approved January seventeenth, eighrcn
hundred and thirty-six, be, and the
ame are hereby, annulled,
Mlc. 4. And belt further enacted. That
o much of the act of the Legislative
'owncil as directs a superior court for the
nuthcrn judicial district at Indian Key
c, and the same is hereby, annulled.
Approved, 2d July, 1636.
(Public. ?No. 56.)
N ACT for laying off the towns of Fort
Madisnn and Burlington, in tly? county
of Dcs Moines, nud the town* of Belle*