be made. same shall be called for, in rateable proportions, within one year, as nearly as conveniently may be, from the different states with which the same is deposited, and shall not be called for, in sums exceeding ten thousand dollars, from any one state, in any one month, without previous notice of thirty days, for every additional sum of twenty thousand dollars, which may at any time be required. Proportions in § 14. And be it further enacted, That the said deposites shall which the de- be made with the said states in the following proportions, and at posites shall the following times, to wit: one quarter part on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, or as soon thereafter as may be; one quarter part on the first day of April; one quarter part on the first day of July; and one quarter part on the first day of October, all in the same year. Secretary of the treasury to appoint three additional clerks. Secretary of the treasury exercise the agency. § 15. And be it further enacted, That to enable the secretary of the treasury to carry into effect the provision of this act, he be authorized to appoint three additional clerks for his department, the one at a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, and the remaining two at a salary of one thousand dollars each per annum, and to pay the said clerks, quarter yearly, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, June 23d, 1836.] CHAP. 116. An act authorising the secretary of the treasury to act as the agent of the United States, in all matters relating to their stock in the Bank of the United States. §1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the passage of this to assume and act, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to assume and exercise the agency and direction in behalf of the United States, over property in the Bank of the United States, whether the same be standing on the books of the bank, in the name of the United States, or of the treasurer of the United States, for the use of the secretary of the navy, for the payment of navy pensions; and the secretary of the treasury is hereby invested with the authority necessary for carrying into effect the duties of said agency, by voting in behalf of the United States at any meetings of the stockholders, and performing any other act in relation to the same which any stockholder would be authorised to do. Directors of the bank to furnish state § 2. And be it further enacted, That, as agent of the United States, as aforesaid, the secretary of the treasury shall be furments to him. nished, from time to time, as often as he may require-by the directors of the Bank of the United States, or by the trustees who shall have been, or may be, appointed, either by said directors or the stockholders of said bank, or in their behalf, or by such individuals as may have the custody, control, or possession of the books and effects of the same-with statements of the amount of the capital stock of the said corporation undivided, of the debts due beyond the same on account of said bank, of the moneys remaining on deposite, of the notes of said bank outstanding, and of the specie on hand on account of the same, and said secretary shall have the same right as any stockholder to inspect and examine, or cause to be inspected and examined, all such accounts in the books of said bank, or of any trust arising out of or holding the effects of said corporation, as shall relate to the statements hereby required to be made. To receive § 3. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treamoney from sury, be authorised and directed to receive and deposite in the the bank and treasury of the United States, any dividends which may be made deposite the of the capital stock or of the surplus profits of said bank. same in the treasury. § 4. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the trea- To receive sury shall be, and he hereby is, authorised and empowered to the capital receive the capital stock belonging to the United States, in the stock, &c. late Bank of the United States, in such instalments, and payable at such times, and with such rates of interest as he shall see fit to agree to; and also, to settle and adjust the claim for surplus profits, accruing on said capital stock, on such terms as he may think proper, and in like manner to receive the amount thereof in such instalments, and payable at such times, and with such rates of interest, as he may agree to. [Approved, June 23rd, 1836.] CHAP. 117. An act to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the northern boundary of the state Northern of Ohio shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line runboundary. ning from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay; thence, northeast, to the northern boundary line of the United States; thence, with said line, to the Pennsylvania line. ed the east § 2. And be it further enacted, That the boundary line survey- Which line ed, marked, and designated, agreeably to "An act to authorise shall be deemthe President of the United States to ascertain and designate the and west line. northern boundary of the state of Indiana," approved March the Act of 1827, c. second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall be deemed and 214, vol. 3, p. taken as the east and west line mentioned in the constitution of the state of Indiana, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, and shall be and forever remain the northern boundary of said state. 2064. as the line "Lake Michi §3. And be it further enacted, That the northern boundary Which line line, ascertained, surveyed, and marked, agreeably to a law of shall be taken Congress entitled "An act to ascertain and mark the line between west from the the state of Alabama and the territory of Florida, and the north- middle of ern boundary of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes,' approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, shall gan. Act of 1831, be deemed and taken as the line west from the middle of Lake c. 321, ante p. Michigan, in north latitude forty-two degrees thirty minutes, to 2246. the middle of the Mississippi river, as defined in the act of Congress entitled "An act to enable the people of the Illinois terri- Act of 1818, tory to form a constitution and state government, and for the c. 62, vol. 3, admission of such state into the union on an equal footing with the original states," approved eighteenth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and shall be and forever remain the northern boundary line of said state. [Approved 23d June, 1836.] p. 1674. Part of the former act repealed. State of Ala Proviso. CHAP. 118. An act to remove the Land Office from Clinton to Jackson, in the state of Mississippi. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the land office at present estab lished at Clinton, in the state of Mississippi, be hereafter kept at Jackson, in the same state. [Approved 23d June, 1836.] CHAP. 119. An act to amend an act to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the state of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Blackwarrior rivers. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That so much of the second section of the act above recited as restricts the state of Alabama from having the power to sell, dispose of, or grant the residue of the lands granted by the act to which this is a supplement, at a price not less than the minimum price of the public lands, be, and the same is hereby repealed. § 2. And be it further enacted, That the assent of the United bama may States is hereby given to any act which the legislature of the impose tolls on canals, &c. state of Alabama may pass for imposing a toll on the use of such canal or canals, which have been or may be, constructed at or around the Muscle and Colbert's shoals of the river Tennessee; Provided, That such tolls shall be expended exclusively on the said canals, and shall not exceed in amount, the sum required to keep them in repair, and to defray the expenses of lock tenders, collectors, superintendents, and managers; and that no part of this act shall be construed as a repeal of the exemption, contained in the seventh section of the aforesaid act, of the property of the United States, and all persons in their service, from any toll whatever: And provided further, That an annual report shall be made to the secretary of the treasury of the United States, of the rate and amount of tolls charged or collected on said canals, and their application. [Approved, June 23d, 1836.] Proviso. Act of 1836, CHAP. 120. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act for the c. 100, ante p. 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.” 2444. Propositions Arkansas. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in lieu of the propositions submitted offered for the to the Congress of the United States, by an ordinance passed by acceptance of the general the convention of delegates at Little Rock, assembled for the purassembly of pose of making a constitution for the state of Arkansas, which are hereby rejected; and that the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the general assembly of the state of Arkansas, for their free acceptance or rejection, which if accepted, under the authority granted to the general assembly, for this purpose, by the convention which framed the constitution of the said state, shall be obligatory upon the United States. Sections of land for schools. First. That section numbered sixteen in every township, and when such section has been sold, or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the state for the use of the inhabitants of such township for the use of schools. Second. That all salt springs not exceeding twelve in number, Salt springs. with six sections of land adjoining to each, shall be granted to the said state, for the use of said state, the same to be selected by the general assembly thereof on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty; and the same, when so selected, to be used under such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the general assembly of the said state shall direct: Provided, Proviso. That no salt spring, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall by this section, be granted to said state: And provided also, That the general Proviso. assembly shall never sell or lease the same, at any one time, for a longer period than ten years, without the consent of Congress; and that nothing contained in the act of Congress entitled "An Act of 1832, act authorising the governor of the territory of Arkansas to lease c. 70, ante p. the salt springs in said territory, and for other purposes," or in any other act, shall be construed to give to the said state any further or other claim whatsoever, to any salt springs or lands adjoining thereto, than to those hereby granted. 2264. sold, to be ap Third. That five per cent. of the net proceeds of the sale of Per centage lands lying within the said state, and which shall be sold by Con- upon lands gress, from and after the first day of July next, after deducting plied to roads all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved for making and canals. public roads and canals within the said state, under the direction of the general assembly thereof. Fourth. That a quantity of land not exceeding five sections be, Completion of the public and the same is hereby, granted to the said state in addition to buildings. the ten sections which have already been granted, for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said state at Little Rock; which said five sections shall, under the direction of the general assembly of said state, be located, at any time, in legal divisions of not less than one-quarter section, in such townships and ranges as the general assembly aforesaid may select, on any of the unappropriated lands of the United States within the said state. Fifth. That the two entire townships of land which have Seminary of already been located by virtue of the act entitled "An act con- learning. Act of 1827, cerning a seminary of learning in the territory of Arkansas," c. 210, vol. 3, approved the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and hereby vested in and confirmed to the general assembly of the said state, to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the general assembly: Provided, That the five Proviso. foregoing propositions herein offered, are on the condition that the general assembly or legislature of the said state, by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by the convention which framed the constitution of the said state, shall provide by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that the said general assembly of said state shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers thereof; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and that in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents; and that the bounty lands granted, or hereafter to Act of 1836, c. 99, ante p. 2450. Propositions be granted, for military services during the late war, shall, whilst they continue to be held by the patentees or their heirs, remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the state, whether for state, county, township, or any other purpose, for the term of three years from and after the date of the patents respectively. [Approved, June 23d, 1836.] CHAP. 121. An act supplementary to the act entitled "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 on certain conditions." § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in lieu of the propositions submitoffered for the ted to the Congress of the United States by an ordinance passed the legislature by the convention of delegates at Detroit, assembled for the purof Michigan. pose of making a constitution for the state of Michigan, which acceptance of Section of land for schools. Sections of land for university. Proviso. Erection of public build ings. Salt springs. Proviso. are hereby rejected; and that the following propositions be, and the same are hereby offered to the legislature of the state of Michigan, for their acceptance or rejection, which if accepted, under the authority conferred on the said legislature by the convention which framed the constitution of the said state, shall be obligatory upon the United States. First. That the section numbered sixteen in every township of the public lands, and where such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the state for the use of schools. Second. That the seventy-two sections of land set apart and reserved for the use and support of a university by an act of Congress approved on the twentieth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act concerning a seminary of learning in the territory of Michigan," are hereby granted and conveyed to the state, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such university, in such manner as the legislature may prescribe: And provided, also, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair or affect in any way the rights of any person or persons claiming any of said seventy-two sections of land, under contract or grant from said university. Third. That five entire sections of land, to be selected and located under the direction of the legislature, in legal divisions of not less than one quarter section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging to the United States within the said state, are hereby granted to the state for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said state, or for the erection of public buildings at the seat of government of the said state, as the legislature may determine and direct. Fourth. That all salt springs within the state, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to the said state for its use, the same to be selected by the legislature thereof, on or before the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty; and the same, when so selected, to be used on such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature of the said state shall direct: Provided, That no salt spring, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereaftor be con |