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in the same manner as heretofore the per diem allowance has been, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That this law shall be in force from and after the passing of the same. [Approved, 19 May, 1828.]

Спар. 60. An act to reduce the duty on Greek and Latin books, printed previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventyfive.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the act, entitled "An act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,"* passed printed pre- twenty-second of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyvious to 1775. four, shall not be construed to impose upon books printed in *Act of 1824, Greek and Latin, which the importer shall make it satisfactorily appear to the collector of the port at which the same shall be entered, were printed previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, a higher duty than four cents per volume. [Approved, 19 May, 1828.]

ch. 136, vol. 3,

p. 1942.

Act of 3d

revived, &c.

CHAP. 67. An act to continue the Mint at the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the act, entitled "An act conMarch, 1801, cerning the mint,"* approved March the third, one thousand eight *Act of 1801, hundred and one, be, and the same hereby is, revived and conch. 92, vol. 1, tinued in force and operation, until otherwise provided by law. p. 816.

The brass troy weight

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of securing a due conformity in weight of the coins of the United States, to the provisions of the ninth section of the act, passed the second procured in 1827 to be the of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, entitled standard troy "An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the pound. United States," the brass troy pound weight procured by the +Act of 1792, minister of the United States at London, in the ch. 16, vol. 1, p. 227.

Director of the mint to procure, &c. a series of weights.

Expense of

test to be deducted from bullion.

thousyear one and eight hundred and twenty-seven, for the use of the mint, and now in the custody of the director thereof, shall be the standard troy pound of the mint of the United States, conformably to which the coinage thereof shall be regulated.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the director of the mint to procure, and safely to keep, a series of standard weights, corresponding to the aforesaid troy pound, consisting of an one pound weight, and the requisite subdivisions and multiples thereof, from the hundredth part of a grain to twenty-five pounds; and that the troy weights ordinarily employed in the transactions of the mint, shall be regulated according to the above standards, at least once in every year, under his inspection; and their accuracy tested annually in the presence of the assay commissioners, on the day of the annual assay.

§4. And be it further enacted, That, when silver bullion, brought to the mint for coinage, is found to require the operation of the test, the expense of the materials employed in the process, together with a reasonable allowance for the wastage necessarily arising therefrom, to be determined by the melter and refiner of the mint, with the approbation of the director, shall be retained

from such deposit, and accounted for by the treasurer of the mint to the treasury of the United States.

silver sepa

expense of

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That, when silver bullion, Gold and brought to the mint for coinage, shall be found to contain a pro-rated at the portion of gold, the separation thereof shall be effected at the expense of the party interested therein: Provided, nevertheless, party. That, when the proportion of gold is such that it cannot be separated advantageously, it shall be lawful, with the consent of the owner, or, in his absence, at the discretion of the director, to coin the same as an ordinary deposit of silver.

§ 6. And be it further enacted, That the director of the mint Director to may employ the requisite number of clerks, at a compensation clerks, &e. employ not exceeding in the whole the sum of seventeen hundred dollars, and such number of workmen and assistants as the business of the mint shall, from time to time, require.

cause to be

assayed bul

§ 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Director to director of the mint to receive, and cause to be assayed, bullion receive, and not intended for coinage, and to cause certificates to be given of the fineness thereof, by such officer as he shall designate for that lion not purpose, at such rates of charge, to be paid by the owner of said intended for bullion, and under such regulations, as the said director may, from coinage, &c time to time, establish. [Approved, 19 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 68. An act further to regulate processes in the courts of the

United States.

the union

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the forms of mesne process, Forms and except the style, and the forms and modes of proceeding in suits modes of proin the courts of the United States, held in those states admitted suits in courts ceeding in into the Union since the twenty-ninth day of September, in the of U. S. adyear seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, in those of common law, mitted into shall be the same in each of the said states, respectively, as are since 29th now used in the highest court, of original and general jurisdiction Sept. 1829. of the same, in proceedings in equity, according to the principles, rules, and usages, which belong to courts of equity, and in those of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, according to the principles, rules, and usages, which belong to courts of admiralty, as contradistinguished from courts of common law, except so far as may have been otherwise provided for by acts of Congress; subject, however, to such alterations and additions, as the said courts of the United States respectively shall, in their discretion, deem expedient, or to such regulations as the Supreme Court of the United States shall think proper, from time to time, by rules, to prescribe to any circuit or district court concerning the same.

lien:

§ 2. Be it enacted, &c. That, in any one of the United States, Where judg where judgments are a lien upon the property of the defendant, ments are a and where, by the laws of such state, defendants are entitled in the courts thereof, to an imparlance of one term or more, defen- imparlance. dants, in actions in the courts of the United States, holden in such state, shall be entitled to an imparlance of one term.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That writs of execution and Writs of exother final process issued on judgments and decrees, rendered ecution and in any of the courts of the United States, and the proceedings thereupon shall be the same, except their style, in each state,

other final process.

Proviso:

Secretary of the treasury

respectively, as are now used in the courts of such state, saving to the courts of the United States in those states, in which there are not courts of equity, with the ordinary equity jurisdiction, the power of prescribing the mode of executing their decrees in equity by rules of court: Provided, however, That it shall be in the power of the courts, if they see fit in their discretion, by rules of court, so far to alter final process in said courts as to conform the same to any change which may be adopted by the legislature of the respective states for the state courts.

4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to extend to any court of the United States now established, or which may hereafter be established, in the state of Louisiana. [Approved, 19 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 69. An act to authorise the building of Light-houses, and for other purposes.

1. Be it enacted, &c. That the secretary of the treasury be, to provide for and he is hereby, empowered to provide, by contract, for building light-houses and light-vessels, and erecting beacons, and light-houses, placing buoys, on the following sites and shoals, to wit:

building

&c. Maine. Massachusetts.

Rhode-Island.

Connecticnt.

New-York.

Maryland.

Virginia.

North Carolina.

Alabama.

Michigan.

In the state of Maine, a light-house at Dice's Head.

In the state of Massachusetts, a light-house on Nobsque Point; one on the point of Flats, at the entrance of Edgartown Harbor; a light-house on Dumpling rock, south of the mouth of Aponeganset river.

In the state of Rhode Island, a light house on Nayat Point; and two pyramids or spindles, to wit: one on a reef of rocks, under water, opposite to Pawtuxet, and one on a reef of rocks, opposite the Punham rock, in the northern part of Narraganset bay.

In the state of Connecticut, a beacon-light on or near the Spindle rock, at the mouth of Black Rock harbor.

In the state of New York, two small light-houses, to wit: one on the flats, two miles north of Kinder Hook, upper landing, called the Drowned Lands, and one on the point of the island on the west side of the channel, opposite the lower landing. A lighthouse at a proper site, at or near Portland, on lake Erie.

In the state of Maryland, two light-houses; one on Little Watt's island, at southeastern extremity of Tangier sound; and the other on Clay island, at the northernmost extremity of the same sound; and a beacon-light, or small light-house on point Lookout, on the Chesapeake bay.

In the state of Virginia, a light-house on Smith's point, at the mouth of the Potomac, in the Chesapeake bay.

In the state of North Carolina, a light-vessel, to be substituted for the light-house heretofore directed to be built at the point of Marsh, at the mouth of Neuse river.

A beacon-light, or small light-house, at a proper site on Pamplico point, and one at the south entrance of Roanoake Marshes. In the state of Alabama, a light-house at or near Choctaw point, in Mobile bay; and an iron spindle on Sand island on the outer bar of Mobile bay.

In the territory of Michigan, two light-houses; one at Otter

Creek Point, at the head of lake Erie, and the other on the island of Bois Blanc, near Machilimacinac.

In the territory of Florida, a light-house at the mouth of St. Florida.

John's river.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of Sums appropriated, to be money be appropriated and paid out of any moneys in the trea- paid from the sury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying the treasury. provisons of this action into effect, viz:

For building a light-house on Dice's Head, five thousand dol

lars.

For the light-house on Nobsque point, three thousand dollars; and for the pier and light-house at the entrance of Edgartown harbor, five thousand five hundred dollars.

For a light-house on Dumpling rock, four thousand dollars.

For a light-house on Nayat point, three thousand five hundred dollars; and for two pyramids or spindles, in Narraganset bay, two thousand dollars.

For a beacon-light on or near Spindle rock, at the mouth of Black Rock harbor, six thousand two hundred dollars.

For two small light-houses in Hudson river, eight thousand dollars.

For a light-house at or near Portland, on lake Erie, five thousand dollars; one thousand dollars for removing obstructions in order to make the light of the light-house at the mouth of Genesee river, on lake Ontario, visible at a distance.

For erecting a tower and placing a bell thereon with machinery, near the light house on Pool's island, Chesapeake bay, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For the light-house on Little Watt's island, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for that on Clay island, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for a beacon-light, or small light-house, on point Lookout, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For the light-house on Smith's point, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For a beacon-light or light-house on Pamptico point, five thousand dollars; and for one at the entrance of Roanoke Marshes, five thousand dollars; for a light-vessel, to be placed at or near the point of Marsh Shoal, at or near the mouth of Neuse river, six thousand five hundred dollars; this sum to be in addition to the sum already appropriated for building a light-house at the point of Marsh, at the mouth of the said river, for which lighthouse the light-vessel is substituted:

For a light-house at Otter Creek point, five thousand dollars.
For one on Bois Blanc, five thousand dollars.

For one at St. John's river, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for one on Choctaw point, six thousand five hundred dollars. For placing four buoys in Hudson river, on the following sites: one on a reef of rocks opposite Van Wee's point; one on a reef of rocks north of Constitution point; one on a reef of rocks, the south point of Conner's Hook island; and one on a wreck of a vessel sunk in Haverstraw bay; three hundred dollars.

For placing two buoys near the channel, to the eastward of the Pea Patch, in the river Delaware, viz: one on the north-east VOL. IV.

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Secretary empowered, and following sums appro

priated.

Three claims

firmed.

point of the Pea Patch; and one on a small shoal in the passage, four hundred dollars.

For spindles or monuments, and buoys, to render the navigation of Kennebec bay and river safe, fifteen hundred dollars.

For placing a buoy on Kilpond bar, in Buzzard's bay, sixty dollars.

For placing twenty buoys, at proper sites, on the river Teche, in the state of Louisiana, two thousand six hundred dollars.

For an iron spindle on Sand island, on the bar of Mobile bay, six hundred dollars.

For five buoys, in the channel, between Key West and the islands to the westward of it and the main, leading from the Gulf stream to the bay of Mexico, seven hundred dollars.

For two buoys at the mouth of St. John's river, territory of Florida, one hundred and sixty dollars.

§3. And be it further enacted, That the said secretary be empowered as aforesaid, and that the following sums be appropriated and paid as aforesaid, for the purpose hereafter designated, viz:

To build a light-house, at a proper site, near St. Mark's Harbour, in Florida, the sum of six thousand dollars.

To build a light house on a ledge of rocks, called the Whale's Back, in the harbour of Portsmouth, in the state of new Hampshire, eight thousand dollars, in addition to a former appropriation for that object.

To build a light-house near the mouth of Duck Creek, adjoining Delaware Bay, the sum of four thousand dollars.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, the secretary of the treasury be, and he is hereby, authorised and empowered to regulate and fix the salaries of the respective keepers of light-houses, in such manner as he shall deem just and proper; Provided, The whole sum allowed shall not exceed an average of four hundred dollars to each keeper.

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, to pay the salaries to the several keepers of the light-houses within the United States; to be applied under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, in conformity to the authority in him vested by the third section of this act.-[Approved 23 May, 1828.]

CHAP. 70. An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims in Florida.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the three claims to land in the to land in the district of West Florida, contained in the reports of the commisdistrict of W. sioners, and numbered four, [4,] eight, [8,] ten, [10,] excluding from the latter the land contained in certificate, and in the plats ▲ and c, and the claims contained in the reports of the commissioners of East Florida, and in the reports of the receiver and register, acting as such, made in pursuance of the several acts of Congress providing for the settlement of private land claims

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