AN ACT for the sale of a house and lot in New Orleans, and a storehouse at the Quarantine ground in Lats iana. AN ACT to confirm certain Claims to Lands in the District of Opelousas, in Louisiana. district, as near as may be, an equal number of free white inhabitants, for the purpose of electing members of the Legislative Council of said Territory; and he shall also designate places for holding elections in each Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatie district, and appoint judges or managers to pres de at, of the United States of America in Congress assemb and conduct the same, who shall take the same oath, and That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here observe the same formality as is pow required by law, by, authorized to sell a house and lot, in Royal street, in the election of Delegate to Congress. The time and in the city of New Orleans, heretofore used for the Dis place of holding the elections shall be made known, by trict Court of the United States, and a public store. proclamation; and sent to each district, respectively; house and lot of land at the quarantine ground, in the and it shall be lawful for the inhabitants within the re-State of Louisiana, whenever, in his opinion, the same spective districts, who are, or may be qualified voters, shall be deemed expedient. under the laws of the same, to elect one person in each Approved: May 15, 1826. district, as a member of the Legislative Council. And it shall be the duty of the said judges or managers, in each district, to make a return to the Governor of every person voted for as a member of the Legislative Council, in such district, together with the number of votes which Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreniaeach person shall have received, written in full, oppo- tives of the United States of America in Congres amsite his name; and the votes in each district shall be bled, That the several claims to lands, recommended for canvassed by the Governor and Secretary of the Terri- confirmation in the Report of the Register of the Land tory, or by such other persons, or in such other manner, Office at Opelousas, in the State of Louisiana, dated on as the Legislative Council may hereafter direct by law; the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and the person in each district, having the greatest and twenty-five, and which are designated in that report number of legal votes, shall be declared elected, and en-by letter A, and numbered one, two, three, four, eight, titled to a seat in the Legislative Council; and in case nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, se two or more persons shall have the greatest, and an equal venteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twennumber of votes in any district, it shall be lawful for the ty-two, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-one, Governor to order a new election in such district, in thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-eight, thirtysuch manner, and at such time, as the Legislative Coun-nine. forty, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, cil may by law prescribe. And the said Legislative "oun- forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, fifty-two, fifty-three, cil shall hold a session in every year, commencing on fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, the second Monday in December, in each year, at the sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty-nine, seat of Government in said Territory, and continue not seventy, seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven, sevenlonger than six weeks; and the members of said County-eight, seventy-nine, eighty, eighty-two, eighty-three, cil shall receive three dollars each per day, during their eighty-seven, and ninety, be, and the same are bereby, attendance in Council, and three dollars for every twen-confirmed agreeably to the the said report: Provided, ty miles, to be estimated by the actual distance from that that this confirmation shall operate only as a rethe place of residence to the Seat of Government, and linquishment of the claim of the United States to the so distinctly certified by the Governor of said Territory, lands hereby confirmed. in going to, and returning from, any meeting of the LeApproved: May 16, 1826. gislative Council, once in each session, and no more; and the first election shall be held on the first Monday of October next, and at such times thereafter, and under AN ACT to alter the lines between the Land Districts such regulations, as the Governor and Legislative Coun cil shall direct. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the members of the Legislative Council shall not be eligible to any office created during the period of their service, or the fees of which were regulated by laws passed whilst they were members, or for one year thereafter. in the Territory of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the boundaries of the Southern Land District, in the Territory of Michigan, as established by the act passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An an act to establish an additional Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That it shall not land office in the Territory of Michigan," shall be so be lawful for the Legislative Council to pass any law im-altered, as that, from the point where the present bounposing a higher tax on the lands of non residents, than those of residents of said Territory Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That so much of the several acts of which this is an amendment, as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and so much of any of the laws of said Territory, as are repugnant to the same, are disapproved and annulled. dary line between the third and fourth townships Southintersects the meridian line, the boundary of the said District shall run North with the meridian line, until it shall intersect the base line, and thence with the said line West to Lake Michigan. Approved: May 16, 1826. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the several AN ACT to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases. acts passed by the Governor and Legislative Council, granting divorces; the four first sections of "An act to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa amend an act to define crimes," &c. approved Decem- tives of the United States of America in Congress assem ber 10 1825; and "An act to prescribe the forms of bied, That the time allowed for the redemption of lands actions," &c. approved December 5, 1825; the act "in which have been, or may be, sold for the non-payment addition and amendment of an act to determine fees," of taxes, under the several acts passed on the second &c approved December 9 1825; and "An act to August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen; the amend an act regulating judicial proceedings." &c. ap-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and proved December 8, 1825; "An act to provide, in part, for raising a revenue," approved the 9th of December, 1825, be, and the same are hereby, disapproved and annulled. Approved: May 15, 1826. fifteen, &c.; the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for laying and collecting a direct tax within the United States, so far as the same have been purchased for, or on behalf of the United States, be re Laws of the United States. vived and be extended for the further term of two years, from and after the expiration of the present session of Congress: Provided, also, That, on such redemption, interest shall be paid at the rate of twenty per cent. on the taxes aforesaid, and on the addition of twenty per centum chargeable thereon; and the right of redemption shall enure, as well to the heirs and assignees of the land so purchased on behalf of the United States, as to the origianal owners thereof. Approved: May 16, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Clark McPherrin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place Clark McPherrin on the list of Invalid Pensioners, (who served in Captain and Brevet-Majos H. Bradley's Company, third regiment of infantry of the United States,) at the rate of twelve dollars per month, commencing on the tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five; and that the said Clark McPherrin shall continue to receive said pension, until otherwise directed by law. Approved: May 13, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Lewis, executrix of 19th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. otherwise disposed of, then the said Moses Kenney may locate the said quantity of two hundred and ninety seven acres, and seventy-four hundredths, in parcels, conformable to sectional divisions and subdivisions, upon any lands belonging to the United States, and liable to be sold at private sale; and if, after locating part of said quantity, there should remain a fractional excess, not equal to the smallest subdivision of a section, then the party interested may enter for such part, and pay for the remainder with ready money. Approved: May 15, 1826. AN ACT to extend and continue in force "An Act for the relief of the Representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Herd, and others." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act, entitled "An Act for the relief of the Representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Herd, and others," passed the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, be, and the same is hereby, extended and continued for twelve months, from and arter the passing of this act. Approved: May 15, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Charles Anderson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives tives of the United States of America in Congress assemof the United States of America in Congress assembled, bied, That Charles Anderson be, and he is hereby, auThat Elizabeth Lewis, executrix of Thomas Lewis, de- thorized to relinquish and surrender to the Government ceased, be, and she is hereby, released from all suits and of the Uni ed States, the east half of the southeast quarcauses of action which the United States have against ter of section twenty-eight, in township four, range six, her, as executrix of the last will and testament of Tho-west, in the Huntsville Land Office District, containing mas Lewis, deceased, upon any bond which the said seventy-nine acres, and seventy-five hundredths of an Thomas Lewis may have executed, as the security of Thomas L. Patterson, formerly a Collector of internal duties and direct tax in the State of Kentucky. Approved: May 13, 1826. acre, for which a patent was issued in his name, on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, upon a declaration for relinqu shment erroneously made, upon which said relinquishment and surrender, as above mentioned, to the Register and Receiver of the Land OfAN ACT remitting the duties upon certain articles im- fice in Huntsville and in consideration thereof, they are hereby authorized and required to cause a patent to ported for the use of the University of Virgin a. be issued, in the name of the said Anderson, for the west Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-half of the said southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, tives of the United States of America in Congress assem-in township four, of range six, west, in lieu of the east half bled, that the duties arising from certain case of marble of the said southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, capitals imported into the port of Boston, in the brig hereby authorized to be relinquished: Provided, appliTamworth and there entered in the year eighteen hun- cation shall be made to the Register and Receiver of the dred and twenty-five, for the use of the University of Land Office at any time previous to the land being of; Virginia, be, and the same are hereby, remitted, and the fered for sale by the United States. bond or bonds taken therefor directed to be cancelled; Approved: May 16, 1826. and that the sum of three hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-two cents, being the amount of duties paid by Thomas Jefferson, Rector of the said University, on thirty-one cases of marble bases imported into New York, in the ship Caroline, for the use of the said University, be, and the same is hereby, refunded, and authorized to be paid to said Thomas Jefferson, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: May 13, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Davis Floyd. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to allow and pay unto Davis Floyd, one of the commissioners for ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in East Florida, the sun of five hundred dollars, as a full compensation for having brought to the seat of Government the report of the said commissioners; and the said sum shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: May 16, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Moses Kenney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Moses Kenney, or his legal representative, shall be, and hereby is, authorized to change the location of survey, number three hundred and ninety-nine, founded upon a Spanish concession in Upper Louisiana, for three AN ACT for the relief of James Gibson, of Vincennes, hundred and fifty arpens of land, equal to two hundred and ninety-seven acres, and seventy-four hundredths, so Indiana, and James Kay, of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives as to make the survey conformable to the true location; of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and if the land, or any part thereof which would be in- íhat the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directcluded in such true location, shall have heen sald, ored to place James Gibson on the list of invalid Pension VOL. II.-C ers, who served in Captain Bigg's company of light dragoons, in the battle with the Indians at Tippecanoe, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the fourth of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place James Kay, of Kentucky, on the list of Invalid Pensioners, who was wounded in the battle of Brandywine, during the Revolutionary war, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence upon the fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. Approved: May 16, 1826. end of Sandy Neck, at or near the mouth of the Barnstable Harbor. A Light House at or near the end of Long Pint, Provincetown Harbor. In the State of Connecticut, a Light House at or neg the mouth of Norwalk Harbor, to be located on the Ear ton Neck, or on the West end of Norwalk, Long Island, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; after an examination of those sites shall have been made by suitable persons, to be by him appointed for that purpose. A Beacon on the Round Shoals, at the mouth di Ousatonic River. In the State of New York, a Light House at or near Dunkirk, on Lake Erie. One at the East end of Lake AN ACT for the relief of William Hambly and Edmund Erie, on a proper site to be selected, at or near the Doyle. mouth of Buffalo Creek. One on the west end of Plum House upon the Bluff, near Fort Tompkins, on Staen In Delaware Bay, a Light House on the Brandywine Point, instead of Bear Point, as heretofore ordered. A Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-in Lake Ontario. tives of the United States of America in Congress assem Bled, That there be granted to William Hambly and Ed mund Doyle, each, a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres, in one body, in lieu of tracts of the same quantity, which they respectively claimed, and were entitled to by the opinion of the commissioners for ascer taining claims and titles to land in West Florida, situated on the Appalachicola river, and which, by a late treaty with the Indians of the Territory of Florida. were reserved for chiefs, to be located on uninhabited lands, under the direction of the Receiver and Register of the land office of West Florida, within twelve months from the passage of this act; and that they be, respectively, enti In the State of Virginia, a Light House on Smith's tled to patents for the same, upon the presentation of certificates of survey thereof, to the Commissioner of Island, near Cape Charles, on a proper site to be select the General Land Office; and that, if the location be noted, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. made before the survey of the public lands, the said tract shall be bounded by sectional lines: Provided, That this act shall only be considered as a relinquish ment of title on the part of the United States. Approved: May 16, 1826 AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Hodsden. be under fifty, nor to exceed eighty tons, to be anchorIn the State of North Carolina a Light Vessel, not to ed at the Southwest Straddle of the Royal Shoal. And the Beacon on Federal Point, at the New Lulet of Cape Fear River, to be made a Beacon Light. In the State of South Carolina, a Light House on Cape Romaine, or its vicinity, or a Light Vessel to be anchored off the said Cape, or its vicinity; the preference In the State of Georgia, a Beacon on Grass Island at the entrance of Cockspur Harbor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representato be given to the one or the other, which, in the opinves of the United States of America in Congress assem-ion of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall best subserve bled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is the purposes of navigation, and afford security to the hereby, directed to pay to Isaac Hodsden the sum of same. four hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, being the amount paid by the said Isaac Hodsden, on judgments recovered against bim, in the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, by reason of his enforcing the laws of the United States while acting as Captain in her service during the late war, and for his expenses in defence of a proceeding against him before the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire. Approved: May 16, 1826. AN ACT for authorizing the building of Light Houses and Light Vessels, erecting Beacon Lights, placing Buoys, removing obstructions in the River Savannah, 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 Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, empowered to provide by contract, for building Light Houses and Light Vessels, and erecting Beacons and Beacon Lights, and placing Buoys, on the following sites, or shoals, to wit: In the State of Maine, a Light House on Matinicus Rock, and one on Pemaquid Point. In the State of Massachusetts, a Light Vessel to be anchored at or near Tuckanuck Shoal, in the Vineyard Sound; the tonnage of the Light Vessel not to be under one hundred and twenty-five tons; a Light House on the In the State of Mississippi, a Light House on the Mississippi River, at the town of Natchez. sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriat. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following ed, to wit: In the State of Maine, four thousand dollars for a Light House on Matinicus Rock; and four thousand dollars for one on Pemaquid Point. In the State of Massachusetts, two thousand five hundred dollars for a Light House at or near the end of Long Point, Provincetown Harbor; eight thousand for light vessel to be anchored at or near Tuckanuck shoal, in the Vineyard Sound; and ninety dollars for spar buoys, to be anchored, one on the Middle Ground shoal, near the entrance of Salem harbor, and one on the Ledge Rocks, off Dorchester Flatts, in Boston harbor; three thousand five hundred dollars for a light house on the end of Sandy Neck, at or near the mouth of Barnstable harbor; and two hundred dollars for placing buoys on proper sites, in or near the harbor of Gloucester. In the State of Rhode Island, sixty dollars for buoys on Sally Rock, at or near the entrance of the harbor of East Greenwich. In the State of Connecticut, four thousand dollars for a light house, to be located on Rauton Neck, or on the west end of Norwalk, Long Island; one thousand dollars thousand dollars for a light house on Sambo Keys, or Sand Key. or a beacon on the Round Shoals, at the mouth of the Ousatonic river; one hundred and twenty-five dollars or placing buoys on the following sites, to wit: one on Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the keeper of Brown Reef, and one on Bird's Reef, at or near the en- Quoddy Head Light House, in the State of Maine, shall trance of Branford harbor; and one hundred dollars for be allowed, in addition to his present salary, the sum of making an examination and a survey, if necessary, to as-sixty dollars annnally, for ringing the bell connected certain the utility and expense of erecting beacons in with said Light House, from the time he commenced Long Island Sound, on Shipinan's Reef, lying near the ringing said bell. promontory of the same name, in Stamford, on Smith's Ledge, opposite the town of Darien, and on a Reef known by the name of Patrick's Horse, at the west ex-tremity of Norwalk harbor. In the State of New York, a light house at or near Dunkirk, six thousand dollars, on Lake Erie ; two thousand five hundred dollars for one at the east end of Lake Erie, on a site to be selected; four thousand dollars for one on Plum Island, in Long Island Sound; three thousand dollars for one on Tibit's Point, Lake Ontario. In the State of New Jersey, three hundred dollars for placing buoys at proper sites, five buoys at the entrance of the harbor of Little Egg Harbor. In the Bay of Delawar, twenty-nine thousand two hundred dollars for a light house on the Brandywine Shoals. In the State of Mary land, three thousand five hundred dollars for a light house on Smith's Island; two thousand five hundred dollars for one on Concord Point, at or near the mouth of Susquehannah River; and four thousand dollars for a light vessel at Hooper's Straits. In the States of Maryland and Virginia, six hundred and sixty dollars for placing buoys in the river Potomac, to wit: One at Port Tobacco shoals, four on the south side of Nanjemoy Reach, one on Lower Cedar Point bar, one on Craney Island bar, and four for designating the channel in that part of the river called the Kettle Bottoms. In the State of Virginia, ten thousand dollars for a light house on Smith's laland, near Cape Charles, on a proper site to be selected. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, when the Light Houses directed to be built on the high lands of Never. sink, in the State of New Jersey, shall be built and lighted, the Light Vessel, at present anchored at the Hook, shall be removed, and anchored at or near Five Fathom Bank, off the Capes of Delaware Bay. And, also, that when the Brandywine Light House shall be lighted, the Brandywine Light Vessel, if the same will answer the purpose, shall be anchored at or near Tuckanuck Shoal in the Vineyard Sound. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, whenever the Light House, directed to be built on a proper site, near Buffalo Creek, in the State of New York, shall be built and lighted, the present Light House near Buffalo shall not be lighted. And that the Secretary of the Treasu ry be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the Light House heretofore directed to be built on Throgg's Neck, to be erected either on the said Neck, or the Reef Adjacent thereto, as he may deem expedient. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein made, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: May 18, 1826. AN ACT supplementary to "An act for the gradual in◄ crease of the Navy of the United States." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to cause the building of one of the ships au In the State of North Carolina, nine thousand five hun-thorized by the act for the gradual increase of the Navy of the United States, to be suspended, and the timber dred dollars for a light vessel, to be anchored at the for the same to be laid up and secured. And he is hereSouthwest Straddle, Royal Shoal; and two thousand dollars for a beacon light on Federal Point, Cape Fear by further authorized, if, in his opinion, the same can be River; and one hundred and sixty dollars for buoys, to done on advantageous terms to the United States, to be placed on proper sites, on the North and South sides cause to be purchased for the United States, a ship, of of New Inlet, near Federal Point. not less than the smallest class authorized to be In the State of South Carolina, two hundred and forty into effect, the amount for which the purchase may be built by the said act; and, for carrying such purchase dollars for buoys, to be placed on the bar of George-made may be paid out of the appropriation heretofore =town; and seventeen thousand dollars for a light house on Cape Romaine, or a light vessel to be anchored off made for the gradual increase of the Navy of the United Approved May 17, 1826. 1 1 said cape. In the State of Alabama, three hundred and twenty dollars for buoys, to be placed on the following points, to wit: Aspar buoy on the Southeast extremity of the shoal projecting from Mobile Point, one on the West side of the channel on the bar, one on the Southeast side of the spit projecting from Sand Island, and one on 1 Dog River Bar. In the State of Louisiana, one thousand one hundred dollars for placing eleven buoys on proper sites, at the entrance of the Missisippi River, and six hundred dollars for three lamps or lights, to wit: One for Petit Coquelles, one for Chef Menteur, and one for Fort St. Philip. In the State of Georgia, fifty thousand dollars, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to remove obstructions in the river Savannah, below the city of Savannah; one thousand five hundred dollars for a beacon on Grass Island, at the entrance of Cockspur Harbor. States. AN ACT making further appropriation for ten sloops of war, and re-appropriating certain balances carried to the Surplus Fund. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the objects following, that is to say: For building ten sloops of war, as authorized by the act of third March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For pay of laborers and teams, employed in loading and unloading vessels, piling, docking, and removing timbers and stores, in the service of the Navy, being the balance of the appropriation of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, as carried to the surplus fund, seventeen thousand six hundred and ninety In the State of Mississippi, not exceeding one thou-three dollars and forty-five cents. sand five hundred dollars for a light house on the Mississippi River, at the town of Natchez. In the Territory of Florida, not exceeding sixteen For the inclined plane at the Navy Yard in Washington, being the balance of the appropriation by the act of the third March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, 19th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. Laws of the United States. came to the surplus fund, ten thousand and seventeen AN ACT to authorize the sale and conveyance of the dollars and forty-one cents. Fr ship houses,being the balance of an appropriation by the art of third March, eighteen hundred and twenty tores, carried to the surples fund, forty-four thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty-two cents. For contingent expenses of the naval service, prior to the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents; fifty dollars whereof being the balance of appropriation by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and carried to the surplus fund. For pay to the superintendents, naval constructors, storekeepers, inspectors of tin:ber, clerks of the yards. and artificers in the naval service, being the balance of appropriation by the act of the third March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, carried to the surplus fund, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars and eighteen cents. For the suppression of piracy, being the balance of appropriation by the act of the twentieth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, carried to the surplus fund, three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-seven cents. For rewarding captors of Algerine vessels, as author ized by law, being the balance of a former appropriation, carried to the surplus fund, fourteen thousand seven hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents. Approved: May 18, 1826. House belonging to the United States at the Hague. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repres tives of the United States of America in Congress asm. bled, That the President be, and he is hereby, ato be sold and conveyed, the thorized to cause house and lot belonging to the United States at the Hague, which was conveyed to the United States, by virtue of a resolution of the Continental Congress, of the twenty-seventh of December, seventeen hundred and Approved: May 18, 1826. eighty-two. AN ACT for the relief of Penelope Denny. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a pension of one hundred and eight dollars per annum, for the term of five years, from the ninth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, be allowed, and paid in half-yearly payments, out of the Navy Pension Fund, to Penelope Denny, the mother of James Denny, late a Quarter Gunner in the Navy of the United States: Provided, however, That, in case of the marriage or death of the said Penelope, before the expiration of said term, the said pension shall cease, from and after the time of such marriage or death. Approved: May 16, 1826. AN ACT for the subscription of stock in the Dismal of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Swamp Canal Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby; authorized and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of the United States, for six hundred shares of the capital stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal, and to pay for the same,at such times, and in such proportions, as may be required by the existing rules and regulations of the said Company. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for the President and Direct ors of said Company, according to said number of shares, and shall receive, upon said stock, the proportion of tolls and emoluments which shall, from time to time, become due to the United States, on the shares of stock aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall no go into effect until the United States' Board of Engineers shall examine said canal, and make a report, in writing, to the Secretary of War, that, in their opinion, the plan on which the canal is to be executed will answer, as far as circumstances shall permit, as a part of the chain of canals contemplated along the Atlantic Coast, and that, in their opinion, the sum hereby authorized to be subscribed for, will be sufficient to finish the canal according to said plan. And be it further provided, That, to carry this act into effect, the sum of one hun dred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not other wise appropriated AN ACT for the relief of William M. Dever. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives That it shall be lawful for William M. Dever, of the county of Perry, and State of Indiana, to enter with the Register of the Land Office, at Vincennes, in the State aforesaid, the west half of the northwest quarter of section seven, in township six, south of range one, west, in the Vincennes district; and, upon such entry being made, it shall be the duty of the Register aforesaid to issue to the said William M. Dever a certificate for the aforesaid half quarter section. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a patent for the half quarter section of land so entered, whenever the certificate aforesaid shal! be presented to him for that purpose: Provided, That, before such entry shall be made, the said William M. Dever shall surrender to the Register of the Land Office aforesaid, the patent which he now holds from the United States, for the west half of the northwest quarter of section seven, in township five, south of range one, west, accompanied by such a release of his interest to the land therein specified, as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall direct: And provided, also, That the said William M. Dever shall produce evidence, to the satisfaction of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Vincennes aforesaid, that his entry with the said Register, of the half quarter section of land described in the foregoing proviso of this act, and for which a patent was issued to the said William M. Dever, was occasion. ed by an error of the Surveyor, in marking the number of the township, in the range aforesaid. same shall be previously applied for, by the said William M. Dever, under the provisions of this act. Approved: May 16, 1826. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the west half of the northwest quarter of section seven, in township six, south of range one, west, in the district aforesaid, Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the money shall be reserved from entry, for the term of one subscribed on behalf of the United States shall be actu-year from and after the passage of this act; unless the ally expended in the completion of the canal, and not in the payment of any debt or debts now owing by the company; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, before the payment of any part of the money subscribed on behalf of the United States, to adopt such measures as shall ensure the application of the same to the completion of the said canal, according to the plan proposed, and to no other purpose whatsoever. Approved: May 18, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Shomo, late a Captain in the United States' Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assem |