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CHAP. 253. An act to amend the act for taking the Fifth census.

Act of 1830, c.

39, ante p.

returns, &c.

turns.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That it may and shall be lawful for 2179. such of the assistants to the marshals in the respective states Time extendand territories, who have not, before the passage of this act, made ed for assisttheir respective returns to such marshals, under the act hereby ant marshals' amended, to complete their enumerations, and make their returns under the said act, at any time before the first day of June, and Marshals' refor the marshals of such states and territories to make their returns to the secretary of state at any time before the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; Provided, Proviso: That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to release such marshals and assistants from the penalties contained in the act aforesaid, unless their returns shall be made within the time prescribed by this act: And provided further, That no persons be Proviso , included in the returns made under the present act, unless such person shall have been inhabitants of the district for which such returns shall be made, on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

§2. And be it further enacted, That the copies of returns and Certain coaggregate amounts directed to be filed by the marshals with the pies to be retained by clerks of the several district courts, and supreme courts of the clerks of territories of the United States, shall be preserved by said courts. clerks, and remain in their offices respectively; and so much of the act to which this is an amendment as requires that they shall be transmitted by said clerks to the department of state, is hereby repealed.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Errors to be secretary of state to note all the clerical errors in the returns of noted and printed. the marshals and assistants, whether in the additions, classification of inhabitants, or otherwise, and cause said notes to be printed with the aggregate returns of the marshals, for the use of Congress. [Approved, February 3, 1831.]

CHAP. 255. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to quiet the titles of certain purchasers of lands between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts in the State of Ohio," approved the twenty-sixth of May, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty.

Act of 1830,

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in addition to the sum appropriated President by the act entitled "An act to quiet the titles of certain pur- U. S. to pay chasers of lands between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the Philip Dod dridge. State of Ohio," approved the twenty-sixth of May, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty, the President of the United States be, c. 105, ante p. and he is hereby authorised to pay, out of any money in the trea- 2197. sury not otherwise appropriated, to Philip Doddridge, the claim- 1765 dolls. 68 ant of the Virginia military survey, numbered six thousand nine cents, with hundred and twenty-eight, for seven hundred acres, being one of interest from the Virginia military surveys, in the said act mentioned, lying 1825. between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of Ohio, the sum of one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, until paid; the said Philip having already conveyed to the

March 5,

Act of 1796, c. 45, vol. 1. p. 448.

Act of 1828,

2130.

State of Alabama autho

United States, the title to the said seven hundred acres of land, in the manner directed by the President of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress before recited. This act shall commence and be in force from the passing thereof. [Approved, February 12, 1831.]

CHAP. 256. An act to repeal the charges imposed on passports and clearances.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That, so much of the act of the first of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An act providing passports for the ships and vessels of the United States;" as imposes a charge of ten dollars for passports, and of four dollars for a clearance, to any ship or vessel bound on a voyage to any foreign country, be, and the same is hereby repealed, to take effect from and after the thirty-first day of March of the present year. [Approved, February 12, 1831.]

CHAP. 259. An act to amend the act granting "certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers," approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall and may be lawful for c. 75, ante p. the State of Alabama, by the board of canal commissioners appointed by her for that purpose, to contract for and construct that part of the canal round the Muscle shoals, beginning at Campbell's ferry, and running up the river to Lamb's ferry, before they contract for, or complete that part of the said contemplated canal between Campbell's ferry and Florence; any thing in the act to which this is an amendment to the contrary notwithstanding.

tract, &c.

U. S. engi. neers to fur.

nish plan.

Plan prescrib.

ed.

Benefit of drawbacks

extended to merchandise

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the engineers of the United States who have this matter in charge, to furnish to said board of commissioners, as soon as practicable, a plan of that section of the canal above contemplated first to be executed, connecting it with the river at or near to Campbell's ferry, and at the most eligible point at, or immediately below Lamb's ferry, on the cheapest practicable plan, in conformity with said original act, to be approved by the President of the United States.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the section of said canal above Lamb's ferry, shall, by said engineer, be so planned as to connect it with the deep water in the river at or above Lamb's ferry, and the section below Campbell's ferry, shall in like manner, be connected with the deep water at or below said last mentioned ferry. [Approved, February, 12, 1831.]

CHAP. 260. An act to authorise the transportation of merchandise by land or by water with the benefit of debenture.

§1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the passage of this act, all goods, wares, or merchandise imported into the United States, the duties on which have been paid or secured to be paid, may

two districts

be transported by land, or partly by land, and partly by water, which has from the district into which they were imported to two other dis- passed into tricts, and exported from either of them with the benefit of draw- besides the back: Provided, That all regulations and formalities now in force, first. relating to the transportation of goods, wares, or merchandise, Proviso. by land or by water, from the district into which they were imported to another district, for the benefit of drawback, and such other regulations as are prescribed under and by virtue of the act to which this is an addition, for the further transportation of such goods, wares, or merchandise, to other districts, shall be complied with: And provided also, That all the regulations and for- Proviso. malities now in force, respecting the exportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, for the benefit of drawback, shall be complied with, so far as may be consistent with the other provisions of the act to which this is an addition; and the secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorised to prescribe the form of the certificate to be used, and the oaths to be taken, on the transportation of such goods, wares, or merchandise, from the second district into which they may be so brought, to the third district. [Approved, February 12, 1831.]

CHAP. 263. An act to establish a Land Office in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all the public lands to which the Land district Indian title has been extinguished, lying west of the meridian established in line, in the territory of Michigan, shall constitute a new land Michigan. district; and, for the sale of public lands within the said district, president to there shall be a land office established at such place within the locate the district, as the President of the United States may designate, who office. is hereby authorised to change the location of such office, whenever, in his opinion, the public interest may require it.

office remov

ed.

§2. And be it further enacted, That the land office now Monroe land established at Monroe, shall be removed to the place designated for the location of this office, and the register and receiver of the Monroe land office, shall superintend the sales of public lands within said district, who shall give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their office, as are or may be by law provided, in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of public lands.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands lying Detroit dis east of the meridian line in the territory aforesaid, which are not trict extended now embraced in the district of Detroit, be, and they are hereby, attached thereto and it shall be the duty of the register and receiver of the land office in said district to deposit in the land office at Detroit all the records, books and papers, surveys, &c. which pertain to said land office at Monroe, which shall be kept by the register and receiver of the land office at Detroit, as a part of the records of said office.

§4. And be it further enacted, That all such public lands as shall Lands to be have been offered for sale to the highest bidder at Monroe or entered and VOL. IV.

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appropriate offices.

Land district

Illinois.

Detroit, pursuant to any proclamation of the President of the United States, and which are embraced within the provisions of this act, and which lands remain unsold at the taking effect of this act shall be subject to be entered and sold at private sale, by the registers of the land offices to which they are hereby attached; and all provisions of law applicable to the public lands, to which this act applies, shall continue in full force and effect.

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the State of established in Illinois as lies between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, bounded on the south by the base line, on the north by the northern boundary of that state, and on the extreme east by the third principal meridian, be formed into a seperate land district, the offices for which to be located where it will best accommodate purchasers and others, by the President; and a register and receiver shall be appointed at such time as the President of the United Sates shall deem proper.

Offices.

Another dis

ed.

§ 6. And be it further enacted, That another district be also trict establish- formed in that state, in the north of the dividing line between townships sixteen and seventeen north of the base line, and east of the third principal meridian, including all that part of the state to its northern boundary, the offices for which to be located by the President, where the public interest and the convenience of purchasers may require; and a register and receiver shall be appointed at such time as the President of the United States shall deem proper.

Offices.

Residence,

security, &c. of registers & receivers.

Sale of lands.

Fort-Wayne district in

Indiana, ex

tended.

Jurisdiction of
District

§7. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers shall reside, respectively, at the places where the land offices are located, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States north-west of the river Ohio.

§ 8. And be it further enacted, That the said lands shall be disposed of in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of other lands of the United States: Provided, That no tracts of land excepted from sales by virtue of any former acts, shall be sold by virtue of this act.

§ 9. And be it further enacted, That all the lands to which the Indian title is extinguished, lying in that part of the state of Indiana which is east of the lake Michigan, bordering upon the northern line of said state, and not attached to any land district, shall be, and the same are hereby, attached to the Fort-Wayne district. [Approved, February, 19, 1831.]

CHAP. 264. An act respecting the jurisdiction of certain District
Courts.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the District Courts of the United States for the northern district of New York, the western Courts in, &c. district of Pennsylvania, the district of Indiana, the district of Illinois, the district of Missouri, the district of Mississippi, the

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western district of Louisiana, the eastern district of Louisiana, the northern district of Alabama, and the southern district of Alabama, in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a district court shall within the limits of their respective districts, have jurisdiction of all causes, except appeals and writs of error, which now are, or hereafter may by law be made, cognizable in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court. [Approved, February 19, 1831.]

CHAP. 266.

An act to alter and amend "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive."

extended.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all persons entitled to lands, Persons entiunder a contract entered into on the eighth of January, eighteen tled to lands hundred and nineteen, by the secretary of the treasury on the under, &c. part of the United States, and Charles Villar, agent of the Tombecbee association, in pursuance of "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive," approved on the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, their heirs, devisees, or assigns, who appear by the report of William L. Adams, who appear, special agent of the treasury, appointed in compliance with a &c. resolution of the Senate, passed the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to have complied with the conditions of settlement and cultivation, as stipulated for in said contract or who shall hereafter make it appear to the satisfaction of the secretary of the treasury, that they have so complied, shall on to have emppaying into the treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents the tion right. acre previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirtythree receive a patent for the same.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That all persons who became Other persons, entitled to an allotment of land under the said contract their heirs to have same right. devisees or assigns, who have failed to comply with the conditions of settlement and cultivation within the period required thereby, who at the time of the passage of this act shall be in the actual occupancy and cultivation of the same, shall, on paying into the treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents the acre, previous to the third of March eighteen hundred and thirty-three, receive a patent for the same.

§3. And be it further enacted, That the widow and children of Widows and any person who became entitled to an allotment of land under children, &c. said contract, and died without performing the conditions required, shall on paying into the treasury, one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three receive a patent for the same. [Approved, February 19, 1831.]

CHAP. 267. An act making appropriations for the completion and support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the warden of the said Warden.

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