§ 10. And be further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts Acts inconsisinconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are tent repealed. hereby repealed. [Approved, 30th June 1834.] CHAP. 133. An act to increase and regulate the pay of the surgeons and assistant surgeons of the army. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the passing of this Appointment act, no person shall receive the appointment of assistant surgeon of surgeons in the army of the United States, unless he shall have been and assistants. examined and approved by an army medical board, to consist of not less than three surgeons or assistant surgeons, who shall be designated for that 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. luments. §2. And be it further enacted, That the surgeons in the army Pay and emoof the United States shall be entitled to receive the pay and emoluments of a major; and the assistant surgeons, who shall have served five years, shall be entitled to receive the pay and emoluments of a captain; and those who shall have served less than five years, the pay and emoluments of a first lieutenant; and that said assistant surgeons shall be entitled to receive the same allowance for forage as they are at present entitled to. § 3. And be it further enacted, That every surgeon and assis- Increase of ratant surgeon, who shall have served faithfully ten years in these tions after ten grades, respectively, shall be entitled to receive an increase of years' service. rations, per day, equal to the number of rations to which he may be entitled under this act. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] CHAP. 134. An act concerning naval pensions, and the navy pension fund. 5 years, &c. Act of 1832, c. 151, ante p 2299. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all the provisions and benefits of Act of 20th the act of the twenty-eighth of June, one thousand eight hundred June, 1832, and thirty two, entitled, "An act further to extend the pension prolonged for heretofore granted to the widows of persons killed, and who died in the naval service," be continued for another term of five years to all those widows who have heretofore had the benefit of the same; and the same are hereby also extended to the widows of officers, seamen and marines, who have died in the naval service since the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, or who may die in said service, by reason of disease contracted, or of casualities by drowning or otherwise, or of injuries received while in the line of their duty; and the pensions of such widows shall commence from the passage of this act: Pro- Provisos vided, That every pension hereby granted shall cease on the death or marriage of such widow. of bank of Columbia, to be § 2. And be it further enacted, That there be reimbursed to the Cost of stock navy pension fund, out of any money in the treasury not other wise 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 reimbursed. Port of entry at Natchez. Vessels bound Orleans. interest thereon from the period at which 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. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] CHAP. 135. An act to establish a port of entry at Natchez, in Mississippi, and creating certain ports of delivery and for other purposes. §1. Be it enacted, &c. That all the ports, harbours, 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. § 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels proceeding to for Natchez to the port of Natchez, from any port or place in foreign countries, report at New shall stop and report her arrival at the port of New Orleans; and before such vessel shall proceed on her voyage to the said port of Natchez, it shall be the duty of the collector of the said port of New Orleans to order on board any such vessel, a custom-house officer, who shall remain on board such vessel until his arrival at the said port of Natchez, and it shall be the duty of such customhouse officer, to take possession and safely keep all the papers belonging to such vessel, having relation to the freight or cargo on board, which papers he shall deliver to the collector of the port of Natchez, immediately after his arrival at that port; and any such vessel, which shall depart from the said port of New Orleans, without such custom-house officer on board, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties provided for by law for a violation of the revenue laws of the United States. Owners to pay expenses of §3. And be it further enacted, That the expenses of the customhouse officer which may be put on board of any such vessel at custom-house New Orleans, from the time of his being put on board, until his return to New Orleans, shall be paid by the owner or owners of such vessel. officer. Dorchester in § 4. And be it further enacted, That Dorchester, in the state of Mass. a port Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby declared to be a port of delivery. of delivery. § 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage Port of entry of this act, the port of entry and delivery for the district of Phiat Philadelphia extended. ladelphia, shall be bounded by the navy yard on the south, and Gunner's run on the north; any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding. Camden in port of deli livery. § 6. And be it further enacted, That the town of Camden, in New Jersey, a the district of Bridgeton, in the state of New Jersey, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States; and there shall be appointed a surveyor of the customs to reside at said port, who shall also perform the duties of an inspector, and who shall be entitled to receive the annual salary of one thousand dollars, and no more. Surveyor of § 7. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of the port Camden authorised, &c. of Camden shall be authorised to enrol and license ships or ves- the port of sels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, under the home, & regulations and provisions of the act entitled "An act to authorise Act of 1830. surveyors, under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, c. 14, ante p. to enrol and license ships and vessels to be employed in the 2178. coasting trade and fisheries," passed the eleventh day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty, as to all ships and vessels belonging to that part of the district of Bridgeton, which lies northward of Alloway's creek, in the county of Salem. troit extended. § 8. And be it further enacted, That all the waters, shores, inlets Collection and harbors of Lake Michigan, lying south of a point fifty miles district of Denorth of the mouth of Grand river, on the east side, and the like distance north of the mouth of the Milwauke river on the west side of said lake, shall be, and hereby are, attached to, and made a part of, the collection district of Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Newark, N. J. § 9. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thir- Port of entry tieth day of September next, all that part of the state of New and district of Jersey, lying north and east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island, extending eastward as far as the mouth of the Kill Van Kull, where it empties into the bay of New York, with all the waters of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers, shall form a collection district, to be called the district of Newark, of which the town of Newark shall be the port of entry. collector. § 10. And be it further enacted, That a collector for the said Appointment district shall be appointed, to reside at Newark, who shall give and duties of bond with security, as provided by law, for the true and faithful performance of the duties of his office, in the sum of five thousand dollars, and shall be allowed three per centum on all moneys received on account of the duties arising on goods, wares and merchandise imported, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels; and the said collector shall also receive, in addition to his other fees and emoluments allowed by law, the annual sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, subject however, to the limitations provided by law. at French § 11. And be it further enacted, That the President of the Custom house United States be, and he hereby is, authorised to remove the seat man's bay to of the custom-house of the district of Frenchman's Bay, in the be removed to State of Maine, from its present situation to the town of Ells- Ellsworth. worth, in said district. [Approved, June 30th, 1834.] CHAP. 136. An act for the repair of the Mars Hill military road, in the State of Maine. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the sum of six thousand dollars $6,000 for its be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the repair of Mars repair. Hill military road in the state of Maine, which sum shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; the state of Maine having, by a resolve approved the eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, agreed to assume the preservation and repair from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, on condition that the said road shall be put in a state of repair by the United States prior to the Canal com missioners to select certain lands. Act of 1827, C. 213, vol. 3, p. 2064. Former selec to be paid for to the commissioners. first day of January aforesaid: Provided, That no toll shall be received or collected for the passage of any wagon or carriage, laden with the property of the United States, or any cannon or military stores belonging to the United States, or to any of the states, composing this Union. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] CHAP. 137. An act authorising the selection of certain Wabash and § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in lieu of lands sold or otherwise disposed of by the United States, within the State of Ohio, and which would otherwise become the property of the state of Indiana, in virtue of "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Indiana for the purpose of aiding such state in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," approved March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, the canal commissioners authorised to locate the lands granted as aforesaid for the use of the canal within the state of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorised to select an equal quantity from the alternate sections, which would otherwise belong to the United States in the division under said act, or from the lands recently acquired by purchase from the Indians, or from other lands in the neighbourhood near the line of said canal as they shall think proper; and the lands thus selected shall be vested and disposed of for the use of the canal as other lands appropriated by the act aforesaid. § 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of selections of tions, if sold, lands authorised by the previous section, and which agreeably to treaty stipulations, may hereafter be sold by the United States for the benefit of the Indians; a sum equal to the amount for which said lands may have been sold, shall be paid over, by the treasurer of the United States, to the commissioners authorised to receive the same, for the use and benefit of said canal. Lands reserved from sale until selections are made. Commissioners to be fur. nished with maps. An American artist to be employed to execute the bust. § 3. And be it further enacted, That until the lands granted by the aforesaid act of March second, eighteen hundred and twentyseven, shall be selected and the selections contemplated by this act shall be made, the public lands on and near the line of said canal, and liable to the selections aforesaid shall be reserved from sale. § 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the General Land Office, to furnish said commissioners with a perfect map of the surveyed lands on and contiguous to the Maumee river within the state of Ohio, including the lands recently purchased from the Indians, carefully noting thereon the lands which have been sold or otherwise disposed of by the United States. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] CHAP. 138. An act to procure a bust, in marble, of the late Chief § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the Joint Committee of the two Houses of Congress on the Library be, and they are hereby, authorised and required to contract with a suitable American artist for the execution, in marble, and delivery in the room of the Supreme Court of the United States, a bust of the late Chief Justice Ellsworth. § 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carry- $800 approing this act into effect, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, eight for. priated therehundred dollars; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] CHAP. 139. An act concerning the duty on lead. er forms, 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the duty of three cents a pound on Duty on pig lead in pigs, bars, and sheets, shall be considered as extending to lead extended all articles manufactured of lead, the value of which does not to lead in othexceed double that of the raw material of which it is composed, excepting lead manufactured into pipes, and old and scrap lead, which shall pay the same duties as heretofore: Provided, That Proviso. nothing in this section shall extend to or affect the present duties on red and white lead, shot, sugar of lead, and litharge. 2338. § 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the afore- Act of 1833,c. said section shall be subject to the reductions in duties provided 354, ante p. for in the act entitled "An act to modify the act of the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and all other acts imposing duties on imports," passed second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] СНАР. 142. An act making certain allowances, and granting certain arrearages to the Captains and Subalterns of the United States Corps of Marines. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the passage of this Act of March, act, the secretary of the navy be, and he is hereby, authorised 1827, extendto extend the benefits of the act of March, one thousand eight ed to marine hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act giving certain com- corps. Act of 1827, pensation to the captains and subalterns of the army of the United c. 199, vol. 3. States in certain cases," to the captains and subalterns of the p. 2057. corps of United States marines under similar cases. lowed accord 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the navy Arrearage of be, and he is hereby, authorised to cause to be settled by the pro- pay to be alper accounting officers of the department all arrearages of pay ingly. and allowances which shall be found due to the said captains and subalterns of the United States corps of marines from the period at which the act of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, above referred to, went into operation, up to the passage of this act; and that the same be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.] |