Laws of the United States. For filling up and securing a breach in the south embankment at Presqu' Isle, Pennsylvania, three thousand and forty-five dollars. For improving the harbor at Mobile, in removing the bar at the entrance of the harbor, called Choctaw pass, ten thousand dollars. For improving the navigation of the river Savannah, in removing the obstructions in said river from the city of Savannah to its mouth, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing and securing the works at Oswego harbor, New York, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvements at Big Sodus bay, New York, on the present plan, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the works at Genesee river, New York, on the present plan, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvements of Black Rock harbor, New York, twelve thousand dollars. For completing the works at Buffalo, New York, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvements at Dunkirk harbor, New York, four thousand dollars. For securing the works at Presqu' Isle, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars. For completing and securing the works at Cleveland harbor, Ohio, thirteen thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars. For repairing and securing the works at Grand river, Ohio, ten thousand dollars. [23d CoNG. 1st SESS. For the departments of mineralogy, artillery, and sword exercises, one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars. For increase and expenses of the library, one thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-two cents. For completing the out buildings and culvert attached to the cadet barracks,-one thousand and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents. For miscellaneous items and incidental expenses of the Military Academy, one thousand six hundred and seventyone dollars and forty-seven cents. For the erection of a-building for military and other exercises in winter, in addition to six thousand dollars appropriated last session, fourteen thousand dollars. For pay of the officers, cadets, and musicians, and subsistence of officers and cadets, ninety-five thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars. For forage of officers, one thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars. For clothing for servants of officers, three hundred and thirty dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to cause such transfers to be made, from specific heads of appropriation for the Military Academy, as may be necessary to enable the accounting officer to settle the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel S. Thayer, late superintendent, for expenses incurred in procuring philosophical apparatus for said academy, under an order of the War Department, in eighteen hun For securing the works at Black river, Ohio, five thou-dred and twenty-nine. sand dollars. For extending and securing the works at Huron river, Ohio, six thousand seven hundred dollars. For continuing the improvements at Ashtabula creek, Ohio, five thousand dollars. And for defraying the expense of surveys, pursuant to the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, including arrearages for eighteen hundred and thirty-three, twenty-nine thousand dollars; of which sum five thousand dollars shall be appropriated and applied to geological and mineralogical survey and re searches. To rebuild the monument on Steel's ledge, in Penobscot bay, four thousand six hundred dollars. For the continuation of the improvement of the navigation of the Cumberland river, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the War Department. Approved, June 28, 1834. AN ACT making appropriations for the Military Academy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Approved, June 28, 1834. AN ACT making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That the following sums be, and are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter mentioned, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, viz: To carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Seminoles, of the ninth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, viz: To pay for improvements relinquished to the United States by the first article, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars. To defray the expense of investigating claims against the Seminoles for property alleged to have been stolen or destroyed by them, and of liquidating such as may be satisfactorily established, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Western Cherokees, of fourteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz: Be it enacted, &c., That the following sums be, and the For support of blacksmiths, of a wheelwright and wagsame are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any un-gon maker, and their establishments, and the purchase of appropriated money in the Treasury: corn mills, under the fourth article, eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For defraying the expenses of the board of visiters at West Point, two thousand dollars. For fuel, forage, stationary, printing, transportation, and postage, eight thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty cents. For repairs, improvements, and expenses of buildings, grounds, roads, wharves, boats, carts, and fences, nine thousand six hundred and ten dollars and ninety-six cents. For pay of adjutant's and quartermaster's clerks, nine hundred dollars. For philosophical apparatus and repairs of the same, six hundred and ninety-eight dollars. For models for the department of engineering, eight hundred dollars. For models for the drawing department, apparatus and contingencies for the department of chemistry, and repairs of instruments for the mathematical department, one thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Western Creeks, of fourteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz: For support of a blacksmith, wheelwright or waggon maker, and their establishments, and for the purchase of saws and corn mills, under the fifth article, three thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars. For education, one thousand dollars. To pay for improvements abandoned, under the sixth article, three thousand eight hundred and one dollars and fifty-eight cents. To pay the expense of appraising these improvements, five hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Quapaws, of thirteenth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz: To pay for stock, implements of agriculture, rifles, blankets, and other articles stipulated to be furnished in the third article, five thousand and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents. For support of a farmer, six hundred dollars. For support of a blacksmith and his establishment, one thousand and seventy-five dollars. For payment of debts of the Quapaws, under the fourth article, four thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. For pay of laborers, one thousand dollars. For payment of the limited annuity, two thousand dollars. For pay of an interpreter, by the sixth article, three hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaties with the Appalachicolas, of eighteenth June, eighteen hundred and thirtythree, viz: For payment of reservations to be surrendered, under the fourth article of each of the treaties, six thousand dollars. To carry into effect the treaties with the Ottoes and Missourias, of twenty-first September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz: For education, under the fourth article, five hundred dollars. For support of farmers and the erection of a mill, under the fifth article, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For purchase of stock, under the sixth article, one thousand dollars. For payment for merchandise, under the ninth article, four hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Pawnees, of ninth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz: For payment of the annuity provided for in third article, four thousand six hundred dollars. For purchase of agricultural implements, under the fourth article, two thousand dollars.. For education, under the fifth article, one thousand dollars. For support of blacksmiths and their establishments, under the sixth article, two thousand dollars. For the support of farmers, under the seventh article, two thousand four hundred dollars. For the purchase of stock, four thousand dollars. For the erection of mills, under the eighth article, one thousand dollars. For the purchase of guns and ammunition, under the twelfth article, one thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars. For payment for merchandise, under the thirteenth article, one thousand six hundred dollars. To complete the north line of the Kanzas reservation, under the second article of the treaty of third June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, one thousand dollars. To cover the excess of expenditure over the appropriation for running the line under the treaty with the Sacs and Foxes, and others, of fifteenth July, eighteen hundred and thirty, two thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty-one cents. To locate reservations under the fifth article of the treaty with the Winnebagoes of first August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, four hundred dollars. To defray the expense of locating reservations, under the treaty with the Choctaws of twenty-seventh September, eighteen hundred and thirty, three thousand five hundred dollars. To pay for improvements relinquished by the Chippewas, under the sixth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars. To pay for improvements relinquished by the Cherokees who have emigrated, under the eighth article of the treaty of the sixth May; eighteen hundred and twentyeight, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents. For the balance of the expenses of the Chickasaws, who explored the country west of the Mississippi, in eighteen hundred and thirty, and eighteen hundred and thirty-one, two thousand four hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty-six cents. To pay expenses incurred by the Indian agent at Prairie du Chien, in collecting Indians to attend the treaties at Rock island, in eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and in effecting the capture of Black Hawk and the Prophet, six hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-four cents. To pay the expenses of a delegation of New York Indians in exploring the country west of the Mississippi, four thousand five hundred dollars. To pay for three thousand and fifty bushels of corn for the Choctaws, "who were suffering for want of food," three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. To pay for one thousand bushels of corn, purchased for the relief of the Osages, one thousand dollars. To pay balances ascertained to be due by the Second Auditor for capitation money, provisions, &c., under the treaty of twenty-fourth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, with the Creeks, nine thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and twelve cents. To compensate the Western Cherokees for stock and other property lost during their emigration, under the eighth article of the treaty of sixth May, eighteen hunFor payment of transportation and other incidental ex-dred and twenty-eight, fourteen thousand three hundred penses, under the above treaties, two thousand dollars. and sixty-four dollars and fifty cents. To survey and lay off the lands of the Senecas and To remunerate the Western Cherokees for spoliations Shawnees, under the second article of the treaty of twen- on their property, under the fifth article of the treaty of tieth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and of the sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, one thouQuapaws, under the third article of the treaty of thir-sand and forty-three dollars. teenth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, twelve hundred dollars. To survey and lay off the reservation provided for in the second article of the treaty with the Sacs and Foxes, of twenty-first of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, eight hundred dollars. To lay off and divide the lands of the Sac and Fox half-breeds, under the first article of the treaty of fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, one thousand dollars. To complete the surveys of the Kickapoo reservations, under the twelfth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, eight hundred dollars. To complete the north line of the Osage reservation, under the second article of the treaty of second June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, one thousand dollars. To defray expenses incurred in holding treaties with the Pawnees, Ottoes, and Missourias, and the general treaty of peace, and councils with the Osages and Kickapoos, six thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars. That the Secretary of War ascertain the amount paid by Joseph M. Street and Stephen W. Kearney, for attor ney fees in defending a suit or suits brought against them for acts done in performance of their official duties by Jean Brunette, not to exceed four hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. For expense of surveys and marking certain lines in the Creek and Cherokee country, by order of the commissioners, under the treaties with said tribes of Indians of the fourteenth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. For improvements abandoned on ceded lands, under the Laws of the United States. treaty with the Cherokee Indians of the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars. For refunding to Colonel Pierre Minard six hundred and eighty-one dollars eighty-two cents, for that sum advanced by him to the commissioners for holding treaties with the Winnebagoes, Chippewas, Ottoways, and Potawatimies. For expenses of thirteen delegates from the Eastern Cherokees, five thousand six hundred dollars. For the expenses of five delegates from the Western Cherokees, two thousaud six hundred dollars. For the purchase of a house and lot at Prairie du Chien, for the use of the agency at that place, two thousand five hundred dollars. Approved, June 28, 1834. AN ACT further to provide for the location of certain land in the Territory of Arkansas. Be it enacted, &c., That the proviso to the act entitled "An act to extend the time for locating certain donations in Arkansas," approved the thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and all locations of said claims, made or to be made, shall in no wise be affected by said proviso. Approved, June 28, 1834. [23d CONG. 1st SESS. commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the State of New Jersey, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and jurisdiction between the States of New Jersey and New York," passed February 6th, 1833, of the other part. Art. 1. The boundary line between the two States of New York and New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river, opposite the point on the west shore thereof in the forty-first degree of north latitude as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea, shall be the middle of the said river, of the bay of New York, of the waters between Staten island and New Jersey, and of Raritan bay, to the main sea; except as hereinafter otherwise particularly mentioned. Art. 2. The State of New York shall retain its present jurisdiction of and over Bedlow's and Ellis's island; and shall also retain exclusive jurisdiction of and over the other islands lying in the waters above mentioned and now under the jurisdiction of that State. Art. 3. The State of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the bay of New York; and of and over all the waters of Hudson river lying west of Manhattan island and to the south of the mouth of Spuytenduyvel creek; and of and over the AN ACT in reference to pre-emption rights in the south-lands covered by the said waters to the low water mark eastern district of Louisiana. on the westerly or New Jersey side thereof; subject to Be it enacted, &c., That the pre-emption rights granted by the register and receiver of the land office at New 1. The State of New Jersey shall have the exclusive Orleans, to certain individuals claiming the same, in the right of property in and to the land under water lying southeastern land district of Louisiana, under the act of west of the middle of the bay of New York, and west of Congress approved fifth April, eighteen hundred and the middle of that part of the Hudson river which lies thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the several between Manhattan island and New Jersey. laws for the sale of public lands," and the act approved 2. The State of New Jersey shall have the exclusive fifteenth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improve"An act to authorize the inhabitants of the State of ments, made and to be made on the shore of the said State; Louisiana to enter the back lands," be, and they are and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or hereby, confirmed; and the register of the land office is fastened to any such wharf or dock; except that the said hereby directed to issue patent certificates accordingly. vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the resurvey and laws in relation to passengers, of the State of New made under the supervision of the surveyor general of York, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed. Louisiana, of certain lands on the bayou St. Vincent, in 3. The State of New Jersey shall have the exclusive sections designated as numbers one hundred and ten and right of regulating the fisheries on the westerly side of one hundred and forty-three, in township thirteen of the middle of the said waters: Provided, That the navigarange fourteen east, situate in the southeastern district of tion be not obstructed or hindered. Louisiana, and which resurvey purports to include the Art. 4. The State of New York shall have exclusive improvements of the actual settlers within its limits, jurisdiction of and over the waters of the Kill Van Kull, claiming the right of pre-emption thereto, under the act between Staten island and New Jersey, to the westernmost of fifth April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, aforesaid, end of Shooter's island, in respect to such quarantine laws be, and the same is hereby, confirmed; and payments may and laws relating to passengers, as now exist or may herebe made and patents issued in accordance therewith. after be passed under the authority of that State, and for Approved, June 28, 1834. executing the same; and the said State shall also have exclusive jurisdiction, for the like purposes, of and over the waters of the sound, from the westernmost end of Shooter's island to Woodbridge creek, as to all vessels bound to any port in the said State of New York. AN ACT giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, respecting the territorial limits and jurisdiction of said States. Art. 5. The State of New Jersey shall have and enjoy Whereas commissioners duly appointed on the part of exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the the State of New York, and commissioners duly appointed sound, between Staten island and New Jersey, lying south on the part of the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of Woodbridge creek, and of and over all the waters of of agreeing upon and settling the jurisdiction and territo- Raritan bay lying westward of a line drawn from the rial limits of the two States, have executed certain articles, light-house at Prince's bay to the mouth of Mattavan which are contained in the words following, viz: creek; subject to the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the State of New York; that is to say: Agreement made and entered into by and between Benjamin F. Butler, Peter Augustus Jay, and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the State of New York, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled "An act concerning the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the State of New York and the State of New Jersey," passed January 18th, 1833, of the one part; and Theodore Frelinghuysen, and James Parker, and Lucius Q. C. Elmer, 1. The State of New York shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water lying between the middle of the said waters and Staten island. 2. The State of New York shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on the shore of Staten island, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or [fastened to any such wharf or dock; except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passengers, of the State of New Jersey, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed. 3. The State of New York shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries between the shore of Staten island and the middle of the said waters; Provided, That the navigation of the said waters be not obstructed or hindered.. Art. 6. Criminal process; under the authority of the State of New Jersey, against any person accused of an offence committed within that State; or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that State as aforesaid; or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that State in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the third article; and also civil process, issued under the authority of the State of New Jersey, against any person domiciled in that State, or against AN ACT to enable the Secretary of State to purchase property taken out of that State to evade the laws thereof; the papers and books of General Washington. may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New York, unless Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of twenty-five thousuch person or property shall be on board a vessel sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, aground upon, or fastened to, the shore of the State of to be paid out of any [money] in the Treasury not otherNew York, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or wise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of State to unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property purchase the manuscript papers and a portion of the shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority printed books of General George Washington; the said papers and books to be deposited and preserved in the Department of State, under the regulations the Secretary shall prescribe. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to annex a part of the State of New Jersey to the collection dis trict of New York; to remove the office of collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sackett's Harbor, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi, to make two new districts, to be called the districts of Sandus ky and Teche, and for other purposes." Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be paid, annually, to the collector of the port of Franklin, in the district of Teche, in lieu of all demands against the Government of the United States for house-rent, storage, and so forth, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, June 30, 1834. of the State of New York. Art. 7. Criminal process, issued under the authority of the State of New York, against any person accused of an offence committed within that State; or committed on Approved, June 30, 1834. board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction AN ACT authorizing to President of the United States of that State as aforesaid; or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that State in relation to the to cause certain roads to be opened in Arkansas. fisheries mentioned in the fifth article; and also civil proBe it enacted, &c., That the sum of ten thousand dol cess, issued under the authority of the State of New York, lars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any against any person domiciled in that State, or against money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to property taken out of that State to evade the laws enable the President of the United States to cause a road thereof, may be served upon any of the said waters within to be opened from Helena, in Arkansas Territory, to the the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey, un-mouth of Cache river; also, a road leading from Jackson, less such person or property shall be on board a vessel in the county of Lawrence, by Liberty and Fayetteville, in aground upon, or fastened to, the shore of the State of the county of Washington, in the aforesaid Territory, to New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or Fort Smith: And, also, That the sum of seven thousand unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority purpose of locating and constructing a road from Strong's of the State of New Jersey. (a point on the military road from Memphis to Little Rock) by Letchfield, in Jackson county, to Batesville, in the Territory of Arkansas. Art. 8. This agreement shall become binding on the two States when confirmed by the Legislatures thereof, respectively, and when approved by the Congress of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1834. AN ACT to suspend the operations of certain provisoes of "An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Done in four parts, (two of which are retained by the commissioners of New York, to be delivered to the Governor of that State, and the other two of which are retained by the commissioners of New Jersey, to be delivered to the Governor of that State,) at the city of New York, this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and of the independence of the United States the fifty-passed July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, eighth. B. F. BUTLER, LUCIUS Q. C. ELMER. Be it enacted, &c., That the consent of the Congress of Be it enacted, &c., That the provisoes of the tenth and twelfth clauses of the second section of the act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, be, and the same are hereby, suspended until the third AN ACT for the better organization of the United States "Marine Corps." Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the passage, of this act, the marine corps shall consist of the following officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pri vates, viz: one colonel commandant, one lieutenant colonel, four majors, thirteen captains, twenty first lieuten ants, twenty second lieutenants, one adjutant and inspecthis act, no person shall receive the appointment of as tor, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant sistant surgeon in the army of the United States, unless quartermaster, one sergeant major, one quartermaster he shall have been examined and approved by an army sergeant, one drum major, one fife major, eight ser- medical board, to consist of not less than three surgeons geants, eighty corporals, thirty drummers, thirty fifers, or assistant surgeons, who shall be designated for that and one thousand privates. purpose by the Secretary of War; and no person shall receive the appointment of surgeon in the army of the United States, unless he shall have served at least five years as an assistant surgeon, and unless, also, he shall have been examined by an army medical board, constituted as aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corps shall, at all times, be subject to, and under the laws and regulations which are, or may hereafter be, established for the better government of the navy, except when detached for service with the army by order of the President of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surgeons in SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers, the army of the United States shall be entitled to receive non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, shall the pay and emoluments of a major; and the assistant take the oath prescribed by law, and that all enlistments surgeons, who shall have served five years, shall be enshall be for the term of four years, during which period titled to receive the pay and emoluments of a captain; marines so enlisted shall be, and are hereby, exempt from and those who shall have served less than five years the all personal arrest for debt or contract. pay and emoluments of a first lieutenant; and that said SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officers of assistant surgeons shall be entitled to receive the same the marine corps shall be, in relation to rank, on the allowance for forage as they are at present entitled to. same footing as officers of similar grades in the army: Provided, That no officer of the marine corps shall exercise command over any navy yard or vessel of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every surgeon and assistant surgeon, who shall have served faithfully ten years in these grades, respectively, shall be entitled to receive an increase of rations, per day, equal to the number of rations to which he may be entitled under this act. Approved, June 30, 1834. sion fund. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the marine corps shall be entitled to, and receive, the same pay, emoluments, and allowances, as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed to officers of similar grades AN ACT concerning naval pensions and the navy penin the infantry of the army, except the adjutant and inspector, who shall be entitled to the same pay, emolu. ments, and allowances, as are received by the paymaster of said corps; and the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, shall be entitled to the same pay, rations, clothing, and allowances, as they now receive. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the staff of said corps shall be taken from the captains or subalterns of the corps. Be it enacted, &c., That all the provisions and benefits of the act of the twenty-eighth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act further to extend the pension heretofore granted to the widows of continued for another term of five years to all those persons killed, and who died in the naval service," be widows who have heretofore had the benefit of the same, and the same are hereby also extended to the widows of SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissions officers, seamen, and marines, who bave died in the naval of the officers now in the marine corps shall not be vaca- service since the first day of January, one thousand eight ted by this act, and that the President of the United States hundred and twenty-four, or who may die in said service, may, during the recess of the Senate, first by promotions by reason of disease contracted, or of casualties by drownaccording to rank, and then by selections, appoint the ing or otherwise, or of injuries received while in the line officers hereby authorized, which appointments shall be of their duty, and the pensions of such widows shall comsubmitted to the Senate, at their next session, for their mence from the passage of this act: Provided, That every SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President Pension hereby granted shall cease on the death or marbe, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such milita- riage of such widow. ry regulations for the discipline of the marine corps, as he may, in his judgment, deem expedient. advice and consent. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be reimbursed to the navy pension fund, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the cost of the stock of the Bank of Columbia, heretofore purchased by the commissioners of the said fund, and which now remains unredeemed by the said bank, together with in terest thereon from the period at which the said bank ceased to pay interest to the time of the reimbursement, herein directed to be made; and at the period of said reimbursement, the said stock shall be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the Treasurer of the United States. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fourth section of an act, passed the sixth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act making further provision for the army of the United States, and for other purposes," or of any other act as authorizes the President to confer brevet rank on such officers of the army or of the marine corps, as shall have served ten years in any one grade, shall be, and the same hereby is, repealed; and so much of the second section of an act passed the sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers," as may be applicable to the clause herein above repealed, shall be, and AN the same hereby is, also repealed: Provided, Nothing herein shall effect any right already acquired by ten years' expired service to brevet rank. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 30, 1834. AN ACT to increase and regulate the pay of the sur- Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the passing of Approved, June 30, 1834. ACT to establish a port of entry at Natchez, in Mississippi, and creating certain ports of delivery, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That all the ports, harbors, shores and waters of the Mississippi river, within the State of Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, constituted a collection district, by the name of the Natchez district, and a port of entry shall be established at Natchez for said district, and a collector shall be appointed, who shall give the usual bond required of such officers, and be entitled to a salary of five hundred dollars per annum. SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels pro |