18th CONGRESS,

2d SESSION.

Laws of the United States.

From Hardinsville, by M'Nairy Court House and Hardiman Court House, to Tipton Court House.

From Jackson, by Harrisburg, to Dyer Court House.

From Pulaski, by Lawrenceburg, to Waynesboro'.

From Reynoldsburg, by Paris, Weakly Court House, to Obion Court House.

From Munroe to Tompkinsville, Kentucky.

From Murfreesborough, by Henderson's, Toliver's Store, Beech Grove, Stone Fort, Hillsborough, Pleasant Plains, Caldwell's Bridge, to Jasper, or Marion Court House.

From Jackson, by Haywood Court House, and Tipton Court House, to Daniel Treadwell's, on Big Creek. From Reynoldsburg to Dover.

From Huntingdon, by Gibson Court House, to Dyer Court House.

From Hardinville to Florence, Alabama.

IN KENTUCKY.

From Frankfort, by Gist's, Stonnet's, Yeocum's, and Macsville, to Springfield.

From Pike Court House to Tazewell Court House, in Virginia.

From Frankfort, by Christianburgh and Robert's Store, to Lynchburgh.

From Russellville, in Kentucky, by Elkton, Red River Forge, to Clarksville, in Tennessee, thence to Yellow Creek Furnace.

From Shelbyville to Newcastle, instead of going from Frankfort to Newcastle, and from Middletown to NewCastle.

From Greensburg to Munfordville, by way of Somerville and Holderman's Iron Works.

From Hopkinsville, by Lindsey's Mill, Flat Lick, Dover and Paris, to Huntington, in Tennessee.

From Eddyville, by Waidsborough, to Paris, in Tennessee.

From Hardinsburg to Rome, in the state of Indiana, by Stephensport.

From Smithland, by the mouth of Tennessee River, and M'Cracken Court House, and Mayfield, to Paris, in

Tennessee.

From Glasgow to Edmonton, in the county of Barren.

From Glasgow to Prewittt's Knob, in Barren county.

From Augusta, by Woodward's, to Mary's or Claysville.

From Louisville, by Transylvania, Westport, and Lynchburg, to Bedford.

IN OHIO.

From Chillicothe, by Greenfield, Leesburg, and Wilmington, to Lebanon.

From Greenville to Shanesville, in Mercer county.

From Lebanon, by Franklin, Germantown, Winchester, and Eaton, to Connersville.

From Mount Vernon to Marion.

From Hudson, by Boston, Richfield, and Hinckley, to Brunswick.

From Parkman, in the county of Geauga, to Batavia, Huntsburgh, Montville, Thompson, to Unionville Post Office, and return by Trumbull, Windsor, and Mesopotamia.

From Warren, by Canfield and New Lisbon, to Steubenville.

From Ashtabula, on the Turnpike, by Warren and Youngstown, to Poland,

From Cadiz, by New Rumley, and New Hagerstown, to Centreville.

From Warren, by Vienna, Brookfield, Hartford, Vernon, Kinsman, Williamsfield, Andover, Pierpont, and Munroe, to Salem.

From Warren, by Rosetta, Mecca, Green, Lebanon, and Lenox, to Jefferson, and return by Wayne, Gustavus, Johnstown, and Fowler, to Warren.

From Medina, by Liverpool and Grafton, to Elyria.

From Wooster to Tallmadge.

From Gallipolis to Burlington, in Lawrence county, and to return by Guiandotte and Mercer's Bottom, in Virginia.

From Morristown, by Barnesville and M'Connelsville, to Bristol.

From Mansfield, by Busyrius, to Upper Sandusky.

From New Haven, to Tiffin.

From Lower Sandusky to Portland.

From Jackson Court House to Portsmouth.

IN INDIANA.

From Rushville, by Connersville, Brownsville, Liberty, and from thence by Oxford and Hamilton, in Ohio. From Jackson Post Office, by New Lexington, New Washington, and Bethlehem, to Newcastle, in Kentucky. From Winchester, by way of Noblesville, to Indianapolis.

From Indianapolis to Crawfordsville.

From Princeton, by Petersburg, Washington, Bloomfield, Bloomington, and Martinsville, to Indianapolis. From Rockport, by Portersville, to Washington.

IN MISSISSIPPI.

From Columbus, by the Choctaw Agency, Jackson, Port Gibson, Greenville, Washington, Natchez, and Woodville, to St. Francisville, in Louisiana.

From Woodville, by Liberty, Holmesville, Columbia, Augusta, and Winchester, to St. Stephen's, in Alabama.

From Jackson, by Copiah Court House, Monticello, Columbia, and Ford's, to Shieldsborough.

From Jackson, by Wicksbury, Warrenton, and the Rocky Spring, to Port Gibson.

From Washington, by Meadville, Monticello, and Monroe, to Augusta.

From Greenville to Petit Gulf.

18th CONGRESS, (

Laws of the United States.

From Columbus, by Hamilton, and the Cotton Gin Port, to the Choctaw Agency.

From Augusta, by Leaf River, and Green Court House, to Jackson Court House.

From Woodville to Pinckneyville.

Discontinue all other post roads in said state, except those to the seats of Justice, so soon as the same can be effected consistently with existing contracts.

IN ILLINOIS.

From New London, on the Mississippi River, by Fayette, to Franklin, on the Missouri river.

From St. Louis, by St. Ferdinand, to St. Charles.

That the Post Road now established, on the south side of the Missouri river, from St. Louis to Boonville, shall pass by the seat of Justice of the county of Gasconade.

From Dale to Marengo.

From Greenville to Montezuma.

From Montgomery to Coosawda.

IN ALABAMA.

Discontinue the Post route from Augusta, by Fort Jackson, to Coosawda.

And that the Postmaster General be authorized, if by him thought expedient, to cause a mail to be transmitted by water from the city of Mobile to the city of New Orleans.

From Bellefonte, Jackson county, by Gunter's Landing, to Blountsville.

From Athens, Limestone county, by Eastport, to Florence.

IN ARKANSAS.

From Hempstead Court House, by Long Prairie, to Natchitoches, Louisiana.

From Little Rock to Monroe, Lonisiana.

And that the present route from Clark Court House, to Natchitoches, Louisiana, be discontinued.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all post routes, which, hereafter, within the term of three successive years, fail to yield one fourth of the expense incident to its establishment, shall be discontinued by the Postmaster General, unless in cases where it may be necessary as a connection or continuance of a route or routes; Provided, also, That this section shall not be so construed as to deprive the seat of Justice in each County of one mail going to and from said town.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the mail routes from Morgantown, by Crab Orchard, Kingwood, Arm strong's Cross Roads, Martin's Glady Creek, Billsburg, Leedsville, Beverly, Traveller's Repose, Huntersville, and Frankfort, to Lewisburg: from Hagen's Store to Morganstown: from Lewisburg to Nicholas Court House, to Kanaway Court House, in Virginia, be, and the same are hereby discontinued.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General may, whenever he deems it expedient, cause the mail to be transported from St. Charles, in the state of Missouri, to Franklin, in said state, by the seat of Jus tice of Callaway and Boone counties, instead of the route now established by law; and may, also, cause the mail to be transported from Franklin to Liberty, in Clay county, by the seats of Justice of the counties of Saline, Lillard, and Ray, instead of the route now established by law.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

AN ACT to provide an additional appropriation to complete the Public Road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, in the Territory of Florida.

Be it enacted, &c. That, for the completion of the Public Road, directed to be opened from Pensacola to St. Augustine, in the Territory of Florida, the sum of eight thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriat ed, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

AN ACT declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. Be it enacted, &c. That the assent of Congress is hereby given and declared to ansact of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled "An act incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Appo matox river, from Pochahontas Bridge to Broadway;" passed on the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

AN ACT making further appropriations for the Military Service for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.

Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to wit:

For pay of the Superintendant of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as allowed by law, twenty-eight thousand dollars.

For pay of the sub-agents, including the two on the Missouri, as allowed by law, thirteen thousand dollars. For presents to Indians, as authorized by act of one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, ninety-five thousand dollars.

For payment of the amount of the annuity due to the Cherokee nation, under the treaty of twenty-fourth Oc tober, one thousand eight hundred and four, which was ratified during the last session of Congress, and for which no payment or appropriation has heretofore been made, twenty thousand dollars.

For payment of said annuity for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, according to the stipula. tions of said treaty, one thousand dollars.

For carrying into effect so much of the fourth article of the treaty of the eighth of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, between the United States and the Creek nation, as relates to the compensation due to the citizens of Georgia by the Creek nation, it being for the payment of the fourth instalment, which will be due on said claims in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, according to the stipulations of said treaty, twentythree thousand dollars.

For defraying the expenses of holding treaties with the Sioux, Chippeways, Menomeenees, Sauks, Foxes, &c. as per estimate of Gen. Clarke, for the purpose of establishing boundaries and promoting peace, &c. between said tribes, ten thousand four hundred dollars.

For arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, twenty thousand dollars. For arrearages from first July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to first January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, four thousand dollars.

For payment of claims against the Osages by citizens of the United States, three thousand five hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents, being the balance of a former appropriation which has passed to the surplus fund. For payment of the annuity to the Sock and Fox tribes, as provided for by the third article of the treaty with those tribes, dated fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, one thousand dollars.

For payment of the annuity to the loway tribe of Indians, as provided for by the second article of the treaty with that tribe, dated fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, five hundred dollars.

For payment of five hundred dollars to each of the four head Chiefs of the Quapau tribe, agreeably to the second article of the treaty with said tribe, dated the fifteenth November, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, two thousand dollars.

For payment of the annuity provided for by the same article of the said treaty, one thousand dollars,

For the purchase of provisions for six months, as provided for by the fifth article of said treaty, fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars.

For furnishing facilities for the transportation of said Indians, as provided for by the aforesaid fifth article of said treaty, one thousand dollars.

For the pay of a sub-Agent or Interpreter, to reside among said Indians, as is provided for by the same article of said treaty, five hundred dollars.

For the payment of the annuities provided for by the second and third articles of the treaty of the twentieth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, with the Choctaw nation of Indians; and also of an annuity to Robert Cole, provided for by the tenth article, twelve thousand and one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the payment of the claims of the Choctaw nation, for services on the Pensacola campaign, and other claims of the Choctaw Indians, as provided for by the sixth and eighth articles of said treaty, sixteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.

For the salary of the Agent provided for by the ninth article of said treaty, fifteen kundred dollars.

For carrying into effect the provisions of the ninth article of the said treaty, the provisions of the third article for the survey and sale of the fifty-four sections of land therein referred to; and for running the line defined in the first article, and any other expenses arising out of the execution of the said treaty, ten thousand dollars.

Towards the execution of any treaty that may be ratified by the United States, prior to the next session of Congress, with the Creek Indians, for the extinguishment of their title to lands in Georgia and Alabama, and for the removal of said. Indians west of the Mississippi, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT confirming an act of the Legislature of Virginia, entitled "An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company," and an Act of the state of Maryland, confirming the same.

Be it enacted, &c. That the act of the Legislature of the state of Virginia, entitled "An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company," be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling any company, that may hereafter be formed by the authority of said act of incorporation, to carry into effect the provisions thereof, in the District of Columbia, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and no further.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, should the state of Virginia or Maryland desire, at any time, to avail itself of the right secured to it, by the twenty-first section of the act aforesaid, to take and continue a canal, from any point of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, to any other point within the territory of the District of Columbia, or through the same, on application to the President of the United States, by the Executive of the state, the President is authorized and empowered to depute three skilful Commissioners of the United States' Corps of Engi neers, to survey and examine so much of the route of such canal as may affect, in any manner, the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall ascertain as far as practicable, whether the canal proposed to be constructed by the state aforesaid will injure or impede the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and report to the President of the United States the facts and reasons on which they may ground their judgment thereupon; which report shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States, at their session next ensuing the date thereof, for their decision thereon; and, if Congress shall be of opinion that the said canal may be cut in the manner proposed as aforesaid, without impeding or injuring the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the same shall be conclusive thereon.

Approved-March 3, 1825,

AN ACT making appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.

Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For fortifications to each specifically as follows:

For Brenton's Point, sixty thousand dollars;

For New Utrecht Point, forty thousand dollars;

For Fort Delaware, seventy-one thousand six hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents;

For Fort Monroe, one hundred thousand dollars;

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For repairs and contingencies, eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents.

For the preservation of the Islands in Boston harbor, necessary to the security of that place, fifty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-six cents: Provided, however, That the right of soil of said Islands shall be first vested in the United States.

For the armament of new fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

Approved-March 2, 1825.

AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause a road to be marked out from the Western frontier of Missouri, to the confines of New Mexico.

Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint Commis sioners to mark out a road from the Western frontier of the state of Missouri, to the boundary line of the United States, in the direction to Sante Fe, of New Mexico: Provided, That the said Commissioners shall first obtain the consent of the intervening tribes of Indians, by treaty, to the marking of the said road, and to the unmolested use thereof to the citizens of the United States, and to the Mexican Republic.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause the marking of the said road to be continued from the boundary line of the United States to the frontier of New Mexico, under such regulations as may be agreed upon for that purpose between the Executive of the Unit ed States, and the Mexican Government.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated. to defray the expenses of marking the said road; and the further sum of twenty thousand dollars, to defray the ex penses of treating with the Indians, for their consent to the establishment and use thereof; the said sums to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

IN ACT fixing the place for holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Southern Distric of New York.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Southern District of Nes York, shall be holden in the City Hall, in the city of New York, as heretofore, until otherwise ordered by law, o until the Secretary of the Treasury, on the representation of the Judges of said Courts, respectively, shall direct further or other accommodation to be provided for said courts, or either of them: Provided, The competent zu thority allow to said Courts the exclusive use of some suitable apartment for holding the same in the said City Hall And provided, That the District Court of the United States for the said Southern District of New York may con tinue to hold its sessions where the same are now held, until the last of May, which shall be in the year one thot sand eight hundred and twenty-six; any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT further to amend the act authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, whic in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes; pussed ninth April, one thousand eight han dred and sixteen.

Be it enacted, &c. That any person having a claim for a building destroyed by the enemy during the late war, un der the ninth section of the act to which this is an amendment, and of the act to amend the same, passed the thir lof March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, which shall have been presented to the Commissioner of Claims, appointed under the act first aforesaid, at any time before the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and which was not paid under said acts, nor finally rejected by said Commissioner, may, within mine months hereafter, present the same, with the evidence to support it, to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, for ex amination and adjustment; and if he shall be satisfied the building or buildings for which damages are claimed, was, at the time of its destruction, occupied by order of any agent or officer of the United States, as a place of deposite for military or naval stores: or as barracks for the military forces of the United States, he shall proceed to assess the damages, and certify the amount for payment, in the way pointed out in the act first above referred to, which shall be immediately paid, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That, if the Auditor shall be satisfied the evidence before him is insufficient to enable him correctly to decide between the United States and the claimant, he may, on giving notice to the claimant, cause other evidence to be taken: Ind provided, also, That no payment shall be made under the provisions of this act, where the property destroyed was occupied under a contract with the owner, and at the risk of such owner.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount which shall appear to have been paid to the owners, as rent, for the use or occupation of their property, shall be deducted from the amount directed to be paid to them under

this act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case the whole amount of claims presented, and allowed, under this act, shall exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, then, and in that case, the claimants shall, respectively, receive only their rateable proportion of the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be lique dated by the said Auditor in the adjustment of the amount to be received by such claimants, respectively.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT to authorize the sale of unserviceable Ordnance, Arms, and Military Stores.

Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be sold, any ordnance, arms, ammunition, or other military stores, or subsistence, or medical supplies, which, upon proper inspection or survey, shall appear to be damaged, or otherwise unsuitable for the public service, whenever, in his opinion, the sale of such unserviceable stores will be advantageous to the public service.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the inspection or survey of unserviceable stores shall be made by an Inspector General, or such other officer or officers as the Secretary of War may appoint for that purpose; and the sales shall be made under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT making an additional appropriation for defraying the expenses of bringing to the seat of Government, the votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Be it enacted, c. That there be, and there hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, for the payment of the expenses of bringing to the seat of Government the votes for President and Vice President of the United States, in addition to the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars, heretofore appropriated for the same object.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of Peter Yandes.

Be it enacted, etc. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Peter Yandes one hundred and twenty dollars, the value of a horse lost by said Yandes while engaged in the service of the United States, by towing a boat to Ogdensburgh during the late war, and that the same be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of Craver P. Luckett, and William Reynolds.

Be it enacted, etc. That the proper officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and required to allow and pay unto Craven P. Luckett, one of the Commissioners for ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in the territory of Florida, the sum of five hundred dollars, as a full compensation for having brought to the seat of Government the report of the said Commissioners, and to William Reynolds the sum of five hundred dolJars, as a full compensation for having brought to the seat of Government the report of the Commissioners for the settlement of land claims in East Florida; and the said sums shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of the Representatives of Noel Soileau, deceased.

Be it enacted, etc. That the heirs and legal representatives of Noel Soileau, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to six hundred and forty acres of land, lying near the Bayou Crocodile, in the Grand Prairie, in the county of Opelousas, in the state of Louisiana; it being the same on which Hiliare Bordelou resided in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen : Provided, This act shall be considered only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and as not operating to the prejudice of any third person.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for arming the Militia in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted, etc. That the act of the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, entitled "An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the Militia of the United States," be, and the same is hereby declared to extend to the District of Columbia; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to issue arms and military equipments to the Militia of said District under such regulations for the return thereof, as he may deem it proper to prescribe.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Forrest.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Joseph Forrest the sum of two thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars, for demurrage on the schooner William Yeaton, at the port of Laguira, not already paid under the award made at Laguira, in the year eighteen hundred and twelve; and that the sail sum be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That, before any payment shall be made, the said Joseph Forrest shall release the United States from any claim in future, on account of said vessel.

AN ACT for the relief of Colonel William Duane,

Approved-March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the claim of Colonel William Duane, and allow him at the rate of three dollars