Compensation.

Duties of the secretary of

§ 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the respective officers for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall not exceed the following sums, namely: To the said commissioner, at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; to the secretary, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; and to the clerk, at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorised to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the said commissioner as shall appear to him reasonable and proper; and the said salaries and expenses shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the secretary of the treasury to cause the inscription or inscriptions the treasury. which shall be issued by the Spanish government, in pursuance of the aforesaid convention, to be deposited in the archives of the legation of the United States, at Paris, until otherwise ordered by the President of the United States; and it shall also be lawful for the secretary of the treasury, and he is hereby authorised and required to cause the moneys which may from time to time be paid in pursuance of the said convention, to be duly received and accounted for at Paris, and the same to be remitted, on the most advantageous terms, to the United States of America; and the said moneys, so received and remitted, shall be deposited in the treasury of the United States, and the same are hereby appropriated to be distributed and paid to those authorised to receive them, according to the provisions of this act.

Commission

&c.

§7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner aforeer to report, said shall report to the secretary of state a list of all the several awards made by him, a certified copy of which shall be by the said secretary of state transmitted to the secretary of the treasury, who shall thereupon distribute in ratable proportions, among the persons in whose favour the award shall havebeen made, such moneys as may have been received into the treasury in virtue of this act, according to the proportions which their respective awards shall bear to the whole amount then received; first deducting such sums of money as may be due to the United States from said persons in whose favour said awards shall be made; and shall cause certificates to be issued by the secretary of the treasury, in such form as he may prescribe, showing the proportion to which each may be entitled of the amount that may thereafter be received; and on the presentation of the said certificates at the treasury, as the net proceeds of the general instalments, payable by the government of Spain, shall have been received, such proportions thereof shall be paid to the legal holders of the said certificates.

Communica

§ 8. And be it further enacted, That all communications to and tions free of from the secretary of the commissioner appointed under this act, postage. on the business of the commission, shall pass by mail free of postage.

§ 9. And be it further enacted, That, as soon as said commission shall be executed and completed, the records, documents, and all other papers in the possession of the commission or its officers, shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state. [Approved, June 7th, 1836.]

c. 44, vol. 3,

CHAP. 97. An act repealing the fourteenth section of the "Act to Act of 1816, incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," approved, April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixteen.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the fourteenth section of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States, approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixteen, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [Approved, June 15, 1836.]

CHAP. 98. An act to divide the Green Bay land district in Michigan, and for other purpose.

p. 1547.

how made.

2373.

§1. Be it enacted, &c. That the country on the western shore Division, of Lake Michigan, embraced within the limits of the Green Bay land district, as established by the act of Congress, of the twen- Act of 1834, ty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, shall be, c. 76, ante p. and is hereby, divided by a line commencing on the western boundary of said district, and running thence, east, between townships ten and eleven north, to the line between ranges seventeen and eighteen, east; thence north, between said ranges of townships, to the line between townships twelve and thirteen north; thence east, between said townships twelve and thirteen, to Lake Michigan; and all the country bounded north by the division line here described, south by the base line, east by Lake Michigan, and west by the division line between ranges eight and nine east, shall continue a separate district, and be called the Milwalky land district.

tricts to be esblished.

§2. And be it further enacted, That two additional districts Two additionshall be, and are hereby established in the peninsula of Michigan, al land disone to be called the Grand River, and the other the Saginaw, land district, the former of which shall be bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at the shore of Lake Michigan, on the line between townships three and four north, and running east on said line to the line between ranges number six and seven west of the principal meridian; thence, on said range line south, to the base line of the public surveys; thence, on said base line east, to the principal meridian line; thence north, on said meridian, to the north boundary of township ten north; thence west, on the line between townships ten and eleven north, to the western boundary of range two west; and thence north following the line between ranges two and three west, so as to include all that portion of the peninsula of Michigan lying west of said line. The Saginaw district shall embrace all the tract of country bounded on the west by the Grand River district aforesaid; on the south, by the division line, between townships number five and six, north of the base line; on the east by the division line between ranges eleven and twelve, east of the principal meridian; and on the north and northeast by Saginaw bay and Lake Huron.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That for each of all the afore- Register and said districts there shall be appointed a register and receiver, receiver to be who shall reside and superintend the sales of the public lands at appointed in such place, in each respective district, as the President of the United States may designate. They shall give security in the

each.

Proper plats and surveys

ted in the

land offices.

Certain ceded

same manner and in the same sums, and their compensation, emoluments, duty, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands which may be disposed of at their offices, as are, or may be, provided by law relative to the registers and receivers of public money in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands.

§4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to be deposi- to cause the proper plats of the surveys of the said districts to be deposited in the land offices intended for them, respectively; and he is hereby authorised to allow and pay out of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands the reasonable expenses which may be incurred in carrying into effect the provisions of this act. $5. And be it further enacted, That the lands which were lands to be at- ceded to the United States by the treaty made with the confedertached to the ated tribes of Sac and Fox Indians at Fort Armstrong, in the State of Illinois, on the twenty-first day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be and the same are hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the Wisconsin land district, in the territory of Michigan; and that the said lands shall be liable to be surveyed and sold at Mineral Point, or wherever the President may direct, in the same manner as other public lands of the district.

Wisconsin land district.

Act to take

§ 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect effect on the and be in force from and after the first day of August next. 1st of August, [Approved, June 15, 1836.]

1836.

Northern

boundary line.

Constitution accepted.

Proviso.

CHAP. 99. An act to establish the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio and to provide for the admission of the state of Michigan into the union upon the conditions therein expressed.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio shall be established at, and shall be a direct line drawn from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan, to the most northerly cape of the Maumee (Miami) bay, after that line, so drawn, shall intersect the eastern boundary line of the state of Indiana; and from the said north cape of the said bay, northeast to the bounday line between the United States and the province of Upper Canada, in Lake Erie; and thence, with the said last mentioned line, to its intersection with the western line of the state of Pennsylvania.

§2. And be it further enacted, That the constitution and state government which the people of Michigan have formed for themselves be, and the same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed; and that the said state of Michigan shall be, and is hereby, declared to be one of the United States of America, and is hereby admitted into the union upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever: Provided always, and this admission is upon the express condition, that the said state shall consist of and have jurisdiction over all the territory included within the following boundaries, and over none other, to wit: beginning at the point where the above described northern boundary of the state of Ohio intersects the eastern boundary of the state of Indiana, and running thence with the said boundary line

of Ohio, as described in the first section of this act, until it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Canada, in Lake Erie; thence, with the said boundary line between the United States and Canada through the Detroit river, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior, to a point where the said line last touches Lake Superior; thence, in a direct line through Lake Superior, to the mouth of the Montreal river; thence through the middle of the main channel of the said river Montreal, to the middle of the Lake of the Desert; thence, in a direct line to the nearest head water of the Menomonie river; thence, through the middle of that fork of the said river first touched by the said line, to the main channel of the said Menomonie river; thence, down the centre of the main channel of the same, to the centre of the most usual ship channel of the Green bay of Lake Michigan; thence, through the centre of the most usual ship channel of the said bay to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence, through Act of 1816, the middle of Lake Michigan, to the northern boundary of the c. 57, vol. 3, state of Indiana, as that line was established by the act of Congress of the nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen; thence, due east, with the north boundary line of the said state of Indiana, to the northeast corner thereof; and thence, south, with the east boundary line of Indiana, to the place of beginning.

p. 1565.

a convention.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That, as a compliance with the The bounda fundamental condition of admission contained in the last preced- ry to receive ing section of this act, the boundaries of the said state of Mich- the assent of igan, as in that section described, declared, and established, shall receive the assent of a convention of delegates elected by the people of said state, for the sole purpose of giving the assent herein required; and as soon as the assent herein required shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation; and thereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said state into the union, as one of the United States of America, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, shall be considered as complete, and the senators and representatives who have been elected by the said state as its representative in the Congress of the United States, shall be entitled to take their seats in the senate and house of representatives respectively, without further delay.

reserved to the U. S.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act con- Vacant and tained, or in the admission of the said state into the union as one unsold lands of the United States of America upon an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, shall be so construed or understood as to confer upon the people, legislature, or other authorities of the said state of Michigan, any authority or right to interfere with the sale by the United States, and under their authority, of the vacant and unsold lands within the limits of the said state, but that the subject of the public lands, and the interests which may be given to the said state therein, shall be regulated by future action between Congress, on the part of the United States, and the said state, or the authorities thereof. And the said state of Michigan shall in no case and under no pretence whatsoever, impose any tax, assessment or imposition of any

VOL. IV.

44

To be entitled

to one representative.

District court of the United States.

description upon any of the lands of the United States within its limits. [Approved, June 15, 1836.]

CHAP. 100. An act for the admission of the state of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes.

Whereas, the people of the territory of Arkansas, did, on the thirtieth day of January, in the present year, by a convention of delegates, called and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and state government, which constitution and state government, so formed, is republican: and whereas, the number of inhabitants within the said territory exceeds fortyseven thousand seven hundred persons, computed according to the rule prescribed by the constitution of the United States; and the said convention have in their behalf, asked the Congress of the United States to admit the said territory into the union as a state, on an equal footing with the original states:

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the state of Arkansas shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one of the United States of America, and admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and the said state shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river, on the parallel of thirty-six degrees north latitude, running from thence west, with the said parallel of latitude, to the Saint Francis river; thence up the middle of the main channel of said river to the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north; from thence west to the southwest corner of the state or Missouri; and from thence to be bounded on the west, to the north bank of Red river, by the lines described in the first article of the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee nation of Indians west of the Mississippi, made and concluded at the city of Washington, on the 26th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and to be bounded on the south side of Red river by the Mexican boundary line, to the northwest corner of the state of Louisiana; thence east, with the Louisiana state line, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence up the middle of the main channel of the said river, to the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude, to the point of beginning.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That until the next general census shall be taken, the said state shall be entitled to one representative in the house of representatives of the United States.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said state of Arkansas, as elsewhere within the United States.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That the said state shall be one judicial district, and be called the Arkansas district; and a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge. He shall hold at the seat of government of the said state, two sessions