to preserve peace on the frontiers," or by any subsequent acts of Congress, concerning crimes, offences, and misdemeanors, which may be committed against the laws of the United States, in any town, settlement, or territory belonging to any Indian tribe in amity with the United States, of which any other district court of the United States may have jurisdiction. [Approved, March 1st, 1837.] CHAP. 387. An act respecting discriminating duties upon Dutch and Belgian vessels and their cargoes. §1. Be it enacted, &c. That the same duties shall be levied and The same du collected in the ports of the United States, on Belgian vessels ties to be levied of Belgian and their cargoes, which are now levied and collected on Dutch vessels and vessels and their cargoes; but nothing in this act contained shall their cargoes be construed to prevent the President of the United States from as are now enforcing, whensoever he may deem proper, both against Dutch Dutch vessels levied on and Belgian vessels, or either of them, and their cargoes, the and their carprovisions of the third section of the act entitled "An act con- goes. Act of 1824, cerning discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts," approved c. 4, vol. 3, p. the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and 1932. twenty-four. [Approved, March 2d, 1837.] CHAP. 389. An act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of the enlistment of seamen. 1820, as is in § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be lawful to enlist boys Boys may be for the navy, with the consent of their parents or guardians, not enlisted. being under thirteen nor over eighteen years of age, to serve until Other persons they shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years; and it shall be for 5 years. lawful to enlist other persons for the navy, to serve for a period So much of not exceding five years, unless sooner discharged by direction of act 15th May, the President of the United States; and so much of an act enti- consistent tled "An act to amend the act entitled An act to amend the with this act, act authorising the employment of an additional naval force,'" repealed. approved fifteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, c. 132, vol. 3, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and is p. 1803. hereby, repealed. Act of 1820, § 2. And be it further enacted, That when the time of service Any person of any person enlisted for the navy, shall expire, while he is on whose time board any of the public vessels of the United States employed on on foreign expires while foreign service, it shall be the duty of the commanding oflicer of service, to be the fleet, squadron, or vessel in which such person may be, to sent to United send him to the United States in some public or other vessel, unStates, &c. less his detention shall be essential to the public interests, in which case the said officer may detain him until the vessel in which he shall be serving shall return to the United States; and it shall be the duty of said officer, immediately to make report to the navy department, of such detention and the causes thereof. 3. And be it further enacted, That such persons as may be Persons de detained after the expiration of their enlistment, under the next tained to be preceding section of this act, shall be subject, in all respects, to laws, &c. of subject to the laws and regulations for the government of the navy, until navy. their return to the United States, and all such persons as shall be Those who ceive addi tional pay. so detained, and all such as shall voluntarily re-enlist to serve unre-enlist to re- til the return of the vessel in which they shall be serving and their regular discharge therefrom in the United States, shall, while so detained and while so serving under their re-enlistment, receive an addition of one-fourth to their former pay. [Approved, March 2d, 1837.] CHAP. 390. An act concerning pilots. Upon waters § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall and may be lawful for the which are the master or commander of any vessel coming into or going out of boundary of two states, pi- any port situate upon waters, which are the boundary between lots licensed two states, to employ any pilot duly licensed or authorised by the by either may laws of either of the states bounded on the said waters, to pilot be employed. said vessel to or from said port; any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Approved, March 2d, 1837.] CHAP. 391. An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States," passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and an act to revive and amend the said acts, passed on the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, be, and the same are hereby extended and continued in force for three years from and after the passage of this act. § 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the said several acts shall apply to cases of insolvency which shall have occurred on or before the first day of January last. [Approved, March 2d, 1837.] CHAP. 393. An act to provide for the adjustment of title and final disposition of the four reserved sections in the tract of country allotted to the Tombeckbee Association for the cultivation of the vine and olive. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all persons who became entitled, under the contract entered into on the eighth day of January eighteen hundred and nineteen, by the secretary of the treasury, on the part of the United States, and Charles Villar, agent of the Tombeckbee 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 third March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, to an allotment or share of the four sections of land reserved for the small allotments, and designated as sections, seven, eighteen, nineteen, and thirty, in township eighteen, range three east, their heirs, devisees, or assigns, who shall have complied with the conditions of settlement and cultivation on such allotment, as required by said contract, or shall have been in the actual settlement and cultivation of his or her allotment within said four sections, or a part thereof, before or on the thirty-first day of October eighteen hundred and thirty-two, § 2. And be it further enacted, That any remainder of said Remainder four sections not disposed of by the first section of this act shall subject to entry, for use be subject to entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, of Demopolis by the trustees of the Demopolis Female Academy, in trust for Female Acadthe use and benefit of said institution. [Approved, March 2d, emy. 1837.] CHAP. 400. An act to change the titles of certain officers in the navy. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the passage of this The titles of act all "masters commandant" in the navy shall be taken to be "masters and shall be called "commanders" and all "sailingmasters" commandant" changed to shall be taken to be and shall be called "masters:" but such "commandchange of title shall not impair or in any way affect the rank, ers;" and pay, or privileges, of any master commandant or sailingmaster" sailing-masnow in the service; and should they receive new commissions or ters." warrants, they shall respectively take rank from the date of their present commissions. [Approved, March 3, 1837.] CHAP. 401. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. ters" to "mas val officers, § 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the Pay of collectreasury be, and he is hereby, authorised to pay to the collectors, tors, deputy deputy collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and their respective collectors, naclerks, together with the weighers, gaugers, measurers, and &c. markers of the several ports of the United States out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as will give to the said officers, respectively, the same compensation in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, according to the importations of that year, as they would have been entitled to receive if the act of the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two had not gone into effect: Provided, That no officer shall receive, under this act, a greater Proviso. annual salary or compensation than was paid to such officer for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and that in no case shall the compensation of any other officers than collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and clerks, whether by salaries, fees, or otherwise, exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars each per annum; nor shall the union of any two or more of those offices in one person entitle him to receive more than that sum per annum: Provided, further, That the said collectors, naval Proviso. officers, and surveyors shall render an account quarterly to the Proviso. Froviso. treasury and the other officers herein named or referred to shall render an account quarterly to the respective collectors of the customs where they are employed, to be forwarded to the treasury, of all the fees and emoluments whatever by them, respectively, received, and of all expenses incidental to their respective offices; which accounts shall be rendered on oath or affirmation, and shall be in such form, and supported by such proofs, to be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, as will, in his judgment, best enforce the provisions of this section and show its operation and effect: Provided, also, That in the event of any act being passed by Congress at the present session to regulate and fix salaries or compensation of the respective officers of the customs, then this section shall operate and extend to the time such act goes into effect, and no longer: Provided, however, That the secretary of the treasury be authorised to extend to the collectors at such other ports, where a surplus of emoluments have been accounted for and paid into the treasury in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the privilege granted to the collector of New York; to take effect from the first day January last. §3. And be it further enacted, That the clerks in the departments of state, treasury, navy and war, and of the two houses of messengers. Congress, and the librarians of Congress, whose salaries are less than two thousand dollars, shall, in addition thereto, be allowed the following increase of annual compensation, from the first day of January last, to the end of the next session of Congress, viz: such of said clerks whose annual compensation does not exceed one thousand dollars, an addition of twenty per cent. thereto; such of said clerks whose annual compensation exceeds one thousand dollars, an addition of ten per cent, thereto; and twenty per cent. in addition to the salaries of messengers and assistant messengers employed in the respective offices, and the library of Congress; the amount of increase of compensation provided for in this section, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to effect the salaries of any clerks whose salaries have been fixed by any law of the last or present session of Congress, Provided, That no further extra allowance be given for any extra services performed by them under any law or resolution of Congress. [Approved, March 3, 1837.] Increase of salaries of clerks and Proviso. Proviso. Supreme court to con- CHAP. 402. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to amend the judicial system of the United States." § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the supreme court of the United States shall hereafter consist of a chief justice, and eight associate judges, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum; and for this purpose there shall be appointed two additional justices of said court, with the like powers, and to take the same oaths, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same salary, as the other associate judges. Hereafter the districts of Vermont, Connecticut, and New York, shall constitute the second circuit; the district of New Jersey, and the eastern and western districts of Pennsylvania, shall constitute the third circuit; the district of 4th circuit. Maryland and the district of Delaware shall constitute the fourth 2d circuit. 3d circuit. circuit; the districts of Virginia and the district of North Caro- 5th circuit. lina shall constitute the fifth circuit court; the districts of South 6th circuit. Carolina and Georgia, shall constitute the sixth circuit; the districts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, shall constitue the 7th circuit, seventh circuit; and the circuit courts shall be held at Columbus, in the Ohio district, on the third Mondays in May, and December; at Detroit, in the Michigan district, on the fourth Monday in June; at Indianapolis, in the Indiana district, on the first Monday in December; at Vandalia, in the Illinois district, on the last Monday in November, in each year; the district of Kentucky, 8th circuit. east and west Tennessee, and Missouri, shall form and be called the eighth circuit; and the districts of Alabama, the eastern district of Louisiana, the district of Mississippi, and the district of 9th circuit. Arkansas, shall form and be called the ninth circuit, which said courts shall session. § 2. And be it further enacted, That the sessions of said circuit Districts in courts shall be held twice in each year in the following districts, to wit: commencing in the eastern district of Louisiana, at New be held twice Orleans, on the third Monday of May and on the third Monday a year; times of November, annually; in the district of Mississippi, at Jack and places of son, on the first Monday of May, and on the first Monday of November, annually; in the southern district of Alabama, at Mobile, on the second Monday of April and the second Monday of October, annually; in the western district of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, on the third Mondays of May and November, annually; in the District of Delaware, at New Castle, on the Tuesday next following the fourth Monday of May, and at Dover on the Tuesday next following the third Monday of October, annually; and in the district of Maryland, at Baltimore, on the first Monday of April and the first Monday of October, annually; in the northern district of New York, at Albany, on the second Tuesday of June and the third Tuesday of October, annually; and there shall be holden a term of said circuit courts, annually, at Lewis- And districts burg in the western district of Virginia, commencing on the first in which annually; times Monday of August: at Huntsville, in the northern district of and places of Alabama, commencing on the first Monday of June: at St. Louis, sessions. in the district of Missouri, commencing on the first Monday of April; and at Little Rock, in the district of Arkansas, on the fourth Monday of March; and that no process, recognizance, or bail bond, returnable to the next term of either of said courts, shall be avoided or impaired, or affected by this change, as to the commencement of said term; but that all process, bail bonds, Process, reand recognizances returnable to the next term of either of said cognizance, courts, shall be returnable and returned to the court next held, next term of according to this act, in the same manner as if so made returnable said courts. on the face thereof, and shall have full effect accordingly; and that all continuances in either of said courts shall be from the last term to the court appointed by this act, and the day herein appointed for the commencement of the next session thereof: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the judge of the northern district of New York from holding the courts at Utica, nor the judge of the western district of Pennsylvania from holding the courts at Williamsport, at the same time and with the same power and jurisdiction as heretofore, VOL. 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