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Proviso:

The territory to be divided into thirteen

tricts.

approving any act or acts heretofore passed by the legislative council of the territory of Florida.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the governor and legislative council, at the next session of said counelection dis- cil, to divide said territory into thirteen election districts, in such manner as to give to each the same number of qualified electors, as nearly as conveniently may be, and to secure to each district an equal representation; and the said governor and council shall have power, from time to time, to alter and regulate the several districts in such manner as the increasing population of the territory may require.

Judges of the
Superior
Courts to or-
der extra

courts.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That the judges of the Superior Courts in said territory, shall have power to order extra terms of said courts, or to adjourn them to any other time and place when terms of said the public interest may require it, and when from sickness or other cause, the judges cannot hold the regular terms, giving due notice of the same; and it shall also be lawful for the said judges to hold Courts in either of the districts, when the judge of the district is absent, or prevented from attending by sickness or other cause. [Approved, 28 April, 1828.]

Regulations

for the preservation of the public peace, &c. ex

tended to the

capitol and capitol

&c.

CHAP. 45. An act making appropriations for the public buildings, and for other purposes.

§4. And be it further enacted, That the regulations of the city of the city of of Washington for the preservation of the public peace and order, Washington be extended to the capitol and capitol square, whenever the application of the same shall be requested by the presiding officer of either house of Congress, or the commissioner of the public buildings; and that it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the public buildings, to obey such rules and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed, jointly, by the presiding officers of the square, when, two houses of Congress, for the care, preservation, orderly keeping, and police of all such portions of the capitol, its appurtenances and the enclosures about it, and the public buildings and property in its immediate vicinity, as are not in the exclusive use and occupation of either house of Congress; that it shall also be his duty to obey such rules and regulations, as may be from time to time, prescribed by the presiding officer of either house of Congress, for the care, preservation, orderly keeping, and police of those portions of the capitol and its appurtenances, which are in the exclusive use and occupation of either house of Congress respectively; and that it shall also be his duty to obey such rules and regulations, as may from time to time be prescribed by the President of the United States, for the care, preservation, orderly keeping, and police of the other public buildings and public property in the city of Washington; and the commissioner and his assistants are hereby authorised and empowered to use all necessary and proper means for the discharge of the aforesaid duties; and the necessary assistants of the commissioner shall receive a reasonable compensation for their services, to be allowed by the presiding officers of the two houses of Congress, one moiety of the said sums to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate,

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and the other moiety of the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. [Approved, 2 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 46. An act to authorise the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the laws of the United States.

scribe for se

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the secretary for the department Secretary of of state be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to subscribe state to subfor, and receive for the use and disposal of Congress, five hundred venth volume and fifty copies of the seventh volume of the laws of the United of the laws of States, to contain an index to the same, to be well bound; and the U. S. cause to be distributed, one copy thereof to the President of the United States, one copy to the Vice President of the United States, one copy to each of the heads of departments; to the attorney general of the United States, to each of the senators and representatives, and to each delegate of territories of the twentieth Congress; fifteen copies to the secretary of the senate for the use of the senate, and thirty copies to the clerk of the houses of representatives for the use of that house; one copy to each branch of the legislature of each state and territory, and one copy to each of the executives of the several states and territories; and cause the residue to be deposited in the library of Congress.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose aforesaid, the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 48. An act to authorise a Rail Road within the District of Co

lumbia.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the assent of Congress to the con- Assent of structing a rail road by a company incorporated by the legisla- Congress to ture of Maryland, from Baltimore to the city of Washington, be the constructing a rail and the same is hereby given to the extent that Congress has road. jurisdiction of the soil over which it may pass; conceding to said company to exact such tolls, and to enjoy such benefits and privileges as the act of incorporation of the state of Maryland gives to said corporation within the limits of the state of Maryland: Pro- Proviso: vided, In the location of the road it shall not be lawful for said. company to pass through any of the reserved squares or open spaces of the city without the consent of Congress. [Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 49. An act regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe.

islands of

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all French vessels coming directly French vesfrom the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with sels from the articles, the growth or manufacture of either of said islands, and Martinique which are permitted to be exported therefrom in American ves- and Guadasels, may be admitted into the ports of the United States on pay- loupe, with ment of no higher duties on tonnage, or on their cargoes, as aforesaid, than are imposed on American vessels, and on like cargoes admitted on imported in American vessels: Provided, That if the president of certain condithe United States shall at any time receive satisfactory informa- Proviso:

articles the

growth, &c.

tions.

Act of 1827, ch. 193, vol. 3, p. 2048.

Eighth section repealed.

Commission

not to con

tinue.

Surviving of

resolve of Oc

tion that the privileges allowed to American vessels and their cargoes at said islands, by the French ordinance of February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby authorised, by proclamation, to suspend the operation of this act, and withhold all privileges allowed under it, [Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 52. An act supplementary to "An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants of the sum paid and to be paid by the government of Great Britain, under a convention between the United States and his Britannic Majesty, concluded at London on the thirteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six," passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the eighth section of the aforesaid act shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the commission created by the said act, shall not continue after the first day of September next. [Approved, 15 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 53. An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That each of the surviving officers of ficers entitled the army of the revolution in the continental line, who was entito half pay by tled to half pay by the resolve of October twenty-first, seventeen tober 21st, hundred and eighty, be authorised to receive out of any money 1780, to re- in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full cording to his pay in said line, according to his rank in the line, to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided, That under this act, no officer shall be entitled to receive a larger sum than the full pay of a captain in said line.

ceive pay ac

rank in the

line. Proviso;

Money received of U. S. since 3d

March, 1826,

to be deduct. ed.

sioned officer,

full pay.

§2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any of said officers has received money of the United States as a pensioner, since the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twentysix, aforesaid, the sum so received shall be deducted from what said officer would otherwise be entitled to under the first section of this act; and every pension to which said officer is now entitled shall cease after the passage of this act.

Surviving § 3. And be it further enacted, That every surviving non-comnon-commis- missioned officer, musician, or private in said army, who enlisted &c. to receive therein for and during the war, and continued in service until its termination, and thereby became entitled to receive a reward of eighty dollars, under a resolve of Congress, passed May fifteenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, shall be entitled to receive his full monthly pay in said service, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided, That no non-commissioned officer, musician, or private in said army, who is now on the pension list of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act.

Proviso;

officer or sol

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That the pay allowed by this Pay to be act, shall, under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, be paid to the paid to the officer or soldier entitled thereto, or to their authorized dier entitled attorney, at such places and days as said secretary may direct; thereto. and that no foreign officer shall be entitled to said pay, nor shall any officer or soldier receive the same, until he furnish to said secretary satisfactory evidence that he is entitled to the same, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and the pay allowed by this act, shall not in any way be transferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the personal benefit of the officer or soldier entitled to the same by this act.

3d March,

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of said pay as Pay before accrued by the provisions of this act, before the third day of 1828, to be March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, shall be paid to the paid to the of officers and soldiers entitled to the same, as soon as may be, in ficers, &c. the manner and under the provisions before mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue after said day, shall be paid semi-annually, in like manner, and under the same provisions. [Approved, 15 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 55. An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on

imports.

there shall be

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the first day of After 1st SepSeptember, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, in lieu tember, 1828, of the duties now imposed by law on the importation of the arti- levied the fol cles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and lowing du paid the following duties; that is to say:

ties:

First. On iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured in whole or On iron. in part by rolling, one cent per pound.

Second. On bar and bolt iron, made wholly or in part by roll- On bar and ing, thirty-seven dollars per ton: Provided, That all iron in slabs, bolt iron. blooms, loops, or other form less finished than iron in bars or bolts, except pigs or cast iron, shall be rated as rolled iron in bars or bolts, and pay a duty accordingly.

Third. On iron in pigs, sixty-two and one half-cents per one On iron in hundred and twelve pounds.

pigs.

steel wire.

Fourth. On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number fourteen, On iron or six cents per pound, and over number fourteen, ten cents per pound.

zier's rods.

Fifth. On round iron, or brazier's rods, of three sixteenths to On round eight sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive; and on iron in nail iron, or braor spike rods, slit or rolled; and on iron in sheets, and hoop iron; and on iron slit or rolled for band iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, three and one half cents per pound.

Sixth. On axes, adzes, drawing knives, cutting knives, sickles, On axes, or reaping hooks, scythes, spades, shovels, squares of iron or steel, adzes, &c. bridle bits of all descriptions, steelyards and scale beams, socket chisels, vices, and screws of iron, for wood called wood screws, ten per cent. ad valorem, in addition to the present rates of duty. Seventh. On steel, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred On steel. and twelve pounds.

Eighth. On lead in pigs, bars, or sheet, three cents per pound; On lead, in

sheets.

pigs, bars, or on leaden shot, four cents per pound; on red or white lead, dry or ground in oil, five cents per pound; on litharge, orange mineral, lead manufactured into pipes, and sugar of lead, five cents per pound.

After 30th

June, 1828, on the articles

hereinafter mentioned,

the following

duties:

On wool unmanufactur

ed.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, the following duties, in lieu of those now imposed by law.

First. On wool unmanufactured, four cents per pound; and also in addition thereto, forty per cent. ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine; from which time an additional ad valorem duty of five per cent. shall be imposed annually, until the whole of said ad valorem duty Wool import- shall amount to fifty per cent. And all wool imported on the skin, shall be estimated as to weight and value, and shall pay the same rate of duty as other imported wool.

ed.

On manufac

&c.

Second. On manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be tures of wool, a component part, (except carpetings, blankets, worsted stuff goods, bombazines, hosiery, mits, gloves, caps, and bindings,) the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost fifty cents the square yard, and be charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That on all manufactures of wool, except flannels and baizes, the actual value of which at the place whence imported shall not exceed thirty-three and one third cents per square yard, shall pay fourteen cents per square yard.

Proviso:

Third. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which at the place whence imported, shall exceed fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed one dollar the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost one dollar the square yard, and be charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty five per centum ad valorem.

Fourth. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which at the place whence imported, shall exceed one dollar the square yard, and shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and be charged with a duty thereon of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty five per centum ad valorem.

Fifth. All manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which at the place whence imported, shall exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed four dollars the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost at the place whence imported, four dollars the square yard, and a duty of forty per cent. ad

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