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States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act approved the twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twentyfour, entitled "An act to enable claimants to lands within the limits of the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims," shall be, and the same hereby is, continued in force; that is to say, for the purpose of filing petitions in the manner prescribed by that act, to and until the twenty-sixth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and for the purpose of enabling the claimants to obtain a final decision on the validity of their claims, in the courts of Missouri and Arkansas respectively, the said claims having been exhibited within the time above specified. The said act shall be continued in force

to and until the twenty-sixth day of May; in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and no longer; and the courts having cognizance of said claims, shall decide upon and confirm such as would have been confirmed under the laws, usages, and customs of the Spanish government, for two years, from and after the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and all the claims authorized by that act, to be heard and decided, shall be ratified and confirmed to the same extent, that

the same would be valid, if the country in which they lie had remained under the dominion of the sovereignty in which said claims originated.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act as subjects the claimants to the payment of costs in any case where the decision may be in favour of their claims, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the costs shall abide the decision of the cause, as in ordinary causes before the said court; and so much of the said act as requires the claimants to make adverse claimants parties to their suits, or to show the court what adverse claim ants there may be to the land claimed of the United States, be also hereby repealed. And the confirmations had by virtue of said act, and the patents issued thereon, shall operate only as relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall in no wise affect the right or title, either in law or equity, of adverse claim

ants of the same land.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That where any claim, founded on concession, warrant, or order of survey, shall be ad

judged against and rejected, the claimant or his legal representatives, by descent or purchase, being actual inhabitants and cultivators of the soil, the claim to which shall have been rejected, shall have the right of pre-emption, at the minimum price of the public lands, so soon as the land shall be surveyed and subdivided by the United States, of the quarter section on which the improvement shall be situate, and so much of every other quarter section which contains any part of the improvement, as shall be within the limits of the rejected claim.

CHAP. 93. An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Indiana, to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that

state.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate States of America, in Congress assembled, and House of Representatives of the United That the legislature of the state of Indiana shall be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, all or any part of the lands heretofore reserved and schools within said state, and to invest appropriated by Congress for the use of the money arising from the sale thereof which shall be for ever applied, under the in some productive fund, the proceeds of direction of said legislature, for the use and support of schools, within the several townships and districts of country for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. Provided, said land, or any part thereof, shall in no case be sold

without the consent of the inhabitants of in such manner as the legislature of said such township or district, to be obtained state shall by law direct. And provided, also, that in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each township and district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district.

if the proceeds accruing to any township SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That or district from said fund, shall be insufficient for the support of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest the same, as is herein before directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund belonging to such township or district, shall be adequate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools within the same.

CHAP. 94. An Act to confirm claims to landa in the district between the Rio Hondo and Sabine rivers, founded on habitation and cultivation.

CHAP. 95 An Ac: supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Mississippi.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the claimants of lands within that part of the limits of the land district of Jackson court house, in the state of Mississippi, lying below the thirty-first degree of north latitude, whose claims have been presented to the commissioners appointed to receive and examine claims and titles to lands in said district of Jackson court house, or to the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson court house, acting as commissioners under the provisions of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled" An act for adjusting the claims to lands, and establishing land offices in the district east of the island of NewOrleans," and which have not been reported to Congress, or whose claims have not been heretofore presented to said commissioners, or to the register and receiver acting as commissioners, or whose claims have been acted upon, but additional evidence adduced, be allowed until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to present their titles and claims, and the evidence in support of the same, to the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson court house, in the state of Mississippi, whose powers and duties in relation to the same shall, in all respects, be governed by the provisions of the acts before recited, and of the act of the eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices in the district east of the island of New-Orleans."

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver shall have power to receive and examine such titles and claims, and for that purpose shall hold their sessions at Jackson court house and the town of Shieldsborough. They shall give immediate notice after the passage of this act, of the time and place of their meeting, but may adjourn from time to time, as may best suit the convenience of claimants, upon giving due notice thereof. And the said register and receiver shall have power to appoint a

clerk, who shall be a person capable of translating the French and Spanish lan guages, and who shall perform the duty of translator, and such other duty, as may be required by the said register and receiver; and the said register and receiver shall each be allowed, as a compensation for their services in relation to said claims, and for the services to be performed under the provisions of the several acts to which this is a supplement, the sum of eight hundred dollars each, and the clerk the sum of eight hundred dollars, which several sums of money shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Provided, that the payment of the whole of the aforesaid compensation shall be withheld by the secretary of the treasury, until a report, approved by him, shall have been made to him by said register and receiver, of the performance of the services herein required.

CHAP. 96. An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. CHAP. 97. An Act making appropriations for the purchase of books, and for other purposes.

CHAP. 98. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the land offices," passed March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act, entitled "An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the land offices," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, are hereby declared to extend to cases where patents have issued, or shall hereafter issue; upon condition, that the party concerned shall surrender his or her patent to the commissioner of the general land office, with a relinquishment of title thereon, executed in a form to be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury. CHAP. 99. An Act to enable the President of the

United States to hold a treaty with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawattimas, Winnebagoes, Fox, and Sacs nations of Indians.

CHAP. 100. An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of the Slave Trade.

CHAP. 101. An Act to authorize the Postmaster

General to erect an additional building, and employ five additional clerks.

CHAP. 162. An Act allowing compensation to the members of the legislature of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.

CHAP. 103. An Act to provide for opening and

making a Military Road in the state of Maine. CHAP. 104. An Act making an appropriation for the Navy Hospital Fund.

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CHAP. 105. An Act to repeal a part of the act, entitled "An act supplementary to, and to amend an act, entitled An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' passed the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the thirty-seventh section of the act, passed on the first of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act supplementary to, and to amend an act, entitled An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

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CHAP. 106. An Act to increase the pay of Lieutenants in the Navy.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, all lieutenants in the navy of the United States shall, in addition to the pay and emoluments now allowed them by law, each receive ten dollars per month, and one ration per day.

CHAP. 107. An Act authorizing the establishment of an Arsenal on the waters of Mobile or Pensacola bays.

CHAP. 108. An Act to authorize the selection of lands for the benefit of a seminary of learning, in the state of Alabama, instead of other lands heretofore selected.

CHAP. 109. An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Illinois, to sell and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said state for the use of the Ohio Saline.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Legislature of the state of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said Legislature shall by law direct, such part or parts of the tract of land reserved and granted to said state, for the use and support of the Salt Works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the county of Gallatin, in the said state, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the said Legisla

ture may by law hereafter direct. Provided, that the Legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousand acres of the land reserved and granted for the use of the Saline aforesaid. CHAP. 110. An Act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said state, to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas territory. SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be and is hereby granted to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said state in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Anglaize, so far as the same shall be located through the public land, and reserving each alternate section of the land unsold to the United States, to be selected by the commissioner of the general land office, under the direction of the

President of the United States; and which

land, so reserved to the United States, shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby granted to the state of Ohio, to be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of said state, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other. Provided, that said canal, when completed, shall be, and for ever remain, a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll, or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same. And provided, also, that the extension of the said Miami canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed within twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold; and that the title to purchasers, under the state, shall be valid.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the route of the said canal shall be located, and agreed on by said state, it shall be the duty of the Governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the said state will be entitled under the provisions of this act, and report the

same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the state of Ohio, under the authority of the Legislature thereof, after the selection shall have been so made, as aforesaid, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or any part of said land, and to give a title, in fee simple, therefor, to the purchaser thereof.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That the state of Indiana be, and hereby is, authorized to convey and relinquish to the state of Ohio, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by said states, all the right and interest granted to the state of Indiana, to any lands with the limits of the state of Ohio, by an act, entitled, "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said state in opening a canal, to connect the waters of Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," approved on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven; the state of Ohio to hold said land on the same conditions upon which it was granted to the state of Indiana, by the act aforesaid.

SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the state of Ohio, five hundred thousand acres of the lands owned by the United States, within the said state, to be selected as hereinafter directed, for the purpose of aiding the state of Ohio in the payment of the debt, or the interest thereon, which has heretofore been, or which may hereafter be, contracted by said state, in the construction of the canals within the same, undertaken under the authority of the laws of said state, now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, for the extension of canals now making; which land, when selected, shall be disposed of by the Legislature of Ohio for that purpose, and no other. Provided, the said canals, when completed or used, shall be, and for ever remain, public highways, for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing along the same. And provided, further, that the said canals, already commenced, shall be completed in seven years from the approval of this act; otherwise the state of Ohio shall stand bound to pay over to the United States the amount which any lands, sold by her within that

time, may have brought; but the validity of the titles derived from the state by such sales, shall not be affected by that failure.

SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That the selection of the land granted by the fifth section of this act, may be made under the authority and by the direction of the governor of the state of Ohio, of any lands belonging to the United States within said state, which may at the time of selection be subject to entry at private sale, and within two years from the approval of this act. Provided, that in the selection of the lands hereby granted, no lands shall be comprehended which have been reserved for the use of the United States, as alternate sections, in the grants hitherto made, or which may be made during the present session of Congress, of lands within the said state, for roads and canals. And provided, that all lands so selected shall, by the governor of said state, be reported to the office of the register of the district in which the land lies, and no lands shall be deemed to be so selected, till such report be made, and the lands so selected shall be granted by the United States to the state of Ohio.

SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, Provided, the legislature of Ohio, at the first session thereof hereafter to commence, shall express the assent of the state to the several provisions and conditions hereof; and unless such expression of assent be made, this act shall be wholly inoperative, except so far as to authorize the governor of Ohio to proceed in causing selection of said land to be made, previous to the said next session of the legislature.

SECT. 8. And be it further enacted, That each head of a family, widow or single man, over the age of twenty-one years, actually settled on that part of the territory of Arkansas which, by the first article of the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi, ratified the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, has ceased to be a part of said territory, who shall remove from such settlement according to the provisions of that treaty, shall be authorized to enter with the proper register of the land office in Arkansas, a quantity not exceeding two quarter sections of land on any of the public lands in that territory, the sale of which is authorized by law, and in conformity with the lines of

the public surveys, at any time within two years from the passage of this act; and upon presenting the certificate of such entry to the secretary of the treasury, a patent shall be issued to such settier, or to his, her, or their heirs, for the lands so entered, as a donation from the United States, as an indemnity for the improvements and losses of such settler under the aforesaid treaty.

SECT. 9. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of the land office, to which application may be made to enter such lands, shall be authorized to take the proper testimony of such actual settlement and subsequent removal, as in cases of pre-emptions heretofore granted to actual settlers, for which a reasonable compensation shall be made to such registers and receivers by the United States. CHAP. 111. An Act to revive and continue in forco ao act, entitled "An Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the revolutionary war."

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled " An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the revolutionary war," passed on the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, and limited, as in said act declared, to the term of six years, and afterwards revived and continued in force for and during the term of six years, by an act, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war, and for other purposes," passed on the twenty-fifth of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and afterwards revived and continued in force for the term of one year, by an act, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the revolutionary war,"" passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and further revived and continued in force for the term of six years, by an act, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the revolutionary war," passed on the fourth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, shall be, and

the said act is hereby, revived and continued in full force and effect, for and during the term of six years from and after the passing of this act, and from thence unto the end of the next session of Congress. Provided, that any evidence which has been taken to support any claim of any person disabled in the revolutionary war, under the authority of the act of the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, reviving and continuing in force for one year "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the revolutionary war," shall be received and acted upon by the secretary of war, in the same manner as if said act was still in force, and had not expired. And provided, also, that this act, and any thing contained in the act hereby revived and continued in force, shall not be construed to repeal or make void the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act concerning invalid pensions," passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and the said fourth section of the said last mentioned act shall be, and the same is hereby, declared to be, and to continue to be in full force and effect, any thing in the said act hereby revived and continued in force, to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right any person has, or hereafter may acquire, to receive a pension in virtue of any law of the United States, shall be construed to commence at the time of completing his testimony, pursuant to the act hereby revived and continued in force.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the agents for the payment of pensions to invalid pensioners of the United States, shall in future be required to give bonds, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the secretary of the department of war, in such penalty as he shall direct, for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them respectively.

CHAP. 112. An Act to incorporate the Sisters of Charity, of St. Joseph, and the Sisters of the Visitation, of Georgetown, in the district of Columbia.

CHAP. 113. An Act altering the duties on Wines imported into the United States.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of January next, the duties now imposed on wines imported into the United States.

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