made, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, That the District Attorney for the Northern District of not otherwise appropriated. Approved: 24th May, 1828. AN ACT to continue a Copy-right to John Rowlett. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a copy-right be continued and granted, and the same is hereby continued and granted, to John Rowlett, for a book, entitled "Rowlett's Tables of Discount or Interest," for the term of fourteen years from the passage of this act, with all the rights and privileges, and the same remedies against any person who shall interfere with his right, as are provided by existing laws in relation to copy-rights: Provided, That it shall be lawful for any person or persons who may heretofore have published copies of said book, or of parts thereof, to sell such as may have been heretofore published: And provided further, That the said John Rowlett shall, within two months from the passage of this act, deposite in the office of the District Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a copy of the title of his book, with the additions as now printed, to be recorded, and shall cause a copy of the said record to be advertised, once a week for four weeks in succession, in one or more newspapers printed in the United States, and to be inserted on the back of the title page of the books now printed, and shall, within six months, deposite a copy of said book in the office of the Secretary of State. Approved: 24th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of Joseph Summerl and Israel Brown, deceased, formerly of Philadelphia, the amount of the drawback of the duty on merchandise exported by them to New Orleans, on the eight day of November, one thousand eight hundred, in the Brig Franklin, of Philadelphia: Provided, The Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that all the provisions of the laws then in force concerning the exportation of merchandise for debenture, have been complied with, except that which required the oath to be taken, and the bond to be executed, within a limited term. Approved: 24th May, 1828. the Court of the United States, in the State of New York, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to endorse, as of the same date, on a judgment recovered in said Court, in favor of the United States, against the said John Willard and Thomas P. Baldwin, the sum of three hundred and ninety-three dollars and ninety-one cents, being the amount suspended by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, on settling the accounts of the said Thomas P. Baldwin: Provided, Said judgment has not been paid; but, if said judgment shall be paid before the taking effect of this act, then the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and ninety-three dollars and ninety-one cents, to the said John Willard and Thomas P. Baldwin, if said payment shall be, or shall have been, made by them jointly; but, if not, then to the one who shall prove, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that such payment was made by him: Provided, That, before a partial satisfaction of said judgment shall be made, or before any money shall be refunded, as the case may be, under the provisions of this act, a bond, in the penal sum of eight hundred dollars, drawn in favor of the United States, with security approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be lodged in the Treasury Department, conditioned to pay to the United States each and every sum of money the United States shall be obliged to pay to the persons named in the list of suspended items as aforesaid, or to their legal representatives. Approved: 24th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Philip Slaughter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, required to settle and adjust the account of Philip Slaughter, and to allow him five years' full pay for his services as a Captain in the Revolutionary War, (without interest ;) which five years' full pay is the AN ACT for the relief of Nathaniel Briggs. commutation of his half pay for life; to be paid out of any Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Proof the United States of America in Congress assembled, vided, That the acceptance, by said Slaughter, of the part That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized herein made, shall be in lieu of any claim he may have to remit a penalty of two hundred dollars, incurred by under the provisions of a bill pased at this session of ConNathaniel Briggs, master of the brig Enterprise, of Free- gress, entitled "An act for the relief of the surviving town, in Massachusetts, under "An act providing pass-officers and soldiers of the Revolution." ports for the ships and vessels of the United States," Approved: 26th May, 1828. passed the 1st of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six; and to direct the prosecution for the recovery thereof to be discontinued, in the mode prescribed by "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. Approved: 24th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of John Willard and Thomas P. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, AN ACT for the relief of John T. Ross. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is here. by authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to John T. Ross, of Newburyport, in Massachusetts, the amount of drawback on three trunks of Madras handkerchiefs, exported by him in November, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, on board the brig William, at Boston, for the West Indies, which he would have been entitled to receive, had he executed the bond, and taken the oath, within the time pre scribed by law: Provided, That all other provisions of the laws concerning the exportation of merchandise, with the benefit of drawback, shall have been complied with. Approved: 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Robert Huston. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Robert Huston, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-two cents, for provisions and forage furnished the detachment of militia under the command of Major General Samuel Hopkins, in the Fall of the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Approved: 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Seth Knowles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Collector of the port of Boston and Charlestown be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to Seth Knowles, the debentures upon one hundred hogsheads of rum, shipped on board the Florida, for Hamburg, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, in the same manner as if the entries had been sworn to within the time prescribed by law: Provided, That the said Collector shall be satisfied that all the other requirements of the law, to entitle the said Knowles to the debentures, have been complied with. Approved: 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of John Brahan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of John Brahan, late Receiver of Public Moneys at Huntsville, in the State of Alabama, with the sum of six thousand nine hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents, being the amount actually paid by the said John Brahan for clerk hire in the Register and Receiver's Office, under the authority of the late Secretary of the Treasury, and which has been suspended in the settlement of his accounts at the Treasury Department; which credit shall be entered as of the date when the said amount was so paid by the said Brahan. Approved 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of General Moses Hazen, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of the said Moses Hazen, the amount due, for the loss of half pay, as a Lieuteuant on the British establishment, which he sustained in consequence of entering into the military service of the United States, agreeably to a resolution of the Congress, of the twenty-second day of January, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and seventy-six Provided, That no interest shall be allowed on the amount due for loss of half pay, as aforesaid. Approved May 26, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Archibald Bard and John Findlay, executors of the last will and testament of Doctor Robert Johnson, deceased, and for the relief of Johu Scott, executor of Charles Yates, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be authorized to audit and settle the claim of Archibald Bard and John Findlay, executors of the last will and testament of Dr. Robert Johnson, deceased, on account of three several Loan Office Certificates, issued to and in the name of Dr. Isaac Foster, for the sum of four hundred dollars each, and numbered six thousand three hundred and thirty-one, six thousand three hundred and thirty-nine, and six thousand three hundred and forty, and to ascertain the true specie value of the same, with interest, at six per cent. per annum thereon, (which Certificates are alleged to have been lost or stolen, and appear by the books of the Treasury to be outstanding and unpaid,) and that the amount so ascertained, as afore said, be paid to the said executors, or either of them, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriat ed: Provided, That the said executors shall first execute and deliver to the Comptroller of the Treasury a bond of indemnity, in double the amount of the sum to be paid, with such sufficient security as the said Comptroller shall direct and approve. counting officers of the Treasury Department be authoSec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper acrized to pay to John Scott, executor of Charles Yates,deceased, the specie value of a Loan Office Certificate, issued to and in the name of Edward Watkins, for the sum of ve hundred dollars, and numbered eight thousand four hundred and ninety-two. Approved: 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Francis H. Gregory and Jesse Wilkinson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury De partment be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to audit and allow the accounts of Lieutenant Francis H. Gregory, late Commander of the United States' Schr Grampus, for expenses incurred by him in prosecuting, in the Courts of the United States, the suit in the case of the Brig Palmyra or Panchita, captured on the high seas for illegal piratical aggressions, and sent into the United States for adjudication; and that the amount of said expenses, when ascertained, be paid to the said Francis H. Gregory, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to pay, content, and satisfy, to the persons who may be legally entitled to receive the same, or who may have legally satisfied and paid the same, the damages and taxed costs decreed to be paid by Jesse Wilkinson, a Master Commandant in the Navy of the United States, to Don Pablo Daunes, by the District Court of the United States for the District of Virginia, in the cause of the "United States of America, as well in behalf of themselves as of the officers and crew of the United States' Brig of war Spark, Jesse Wilkinson, Esq. Commander, against the schr. Ninfa Catalana, her tackle, apparel, armament, and furniture ;" and that the sum of thirteen thousand two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of David Ellis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembird, That the Collector of the Customs for the District of Boston and Charlestown be authorized to issue certif cates of debenture to David Ellis, for the amount of drawback of duties on two half-pipes and four quarter casks of Madeira wine, shipped on board the brig Hero, Laws of the United States. Joseph Kinsman master, at Boston, on the twenty-fifth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, for Surinam; which shipment was entered at the Custom House for exportation, but the oath required by law was not taken, nor the bond given within the time prescribed by law: Provided, That the said David Ellis shall, in all other respects, comply with the law, to entitle him to the said debenture. Approved 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Cyrus Sibley, Agent of George M. Brooke. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Cyrus Sibley, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars and eighty cents, being one-half of the judgment obtained at the suit of the United States, against Walden, Simonton, and Garrow, and paid by the Marshal for the Eastern District of the State of Louisiana, into the Office of Discount and Deposite of the Bank of the United States at New Orleans, to the credit of the Treasury of the United States. Approved: 26th May, 1828. AN ACT for the relief of Jonathan Taylor, of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Jonathan Taylor, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; being the balance due to the said Taylor, for mustering into and out of service a detachment of Kentucky militia, embodied in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, for the suppression of the seditious expedition projected by Aaron Burr, and for his services as Paymaster to the said detachment. Approved: 26th May, 1828. 20th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. That, of the public documents, and other works, of which several copies are deposited in the Library of Congress, a portion be distributed in the following manner : First. Of the Return of the last Census, and of the Digest of Manufactures, and of Gales and Seaton's Regis ter of Debates, and of Watterston's and Van Zandt's Statistical Tables, one copy to each member of the present Congress, and to each new member of each succeeding Congress, till all the copies shall be distributed, with the exception of twenty-five of each work, which shall be reserved in the Library; and the Librarian of Congress is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to each member, as aforesaid, the copies of the said documents to which he is hereby entitled. Secondly. Of the Journal of the Federal Convention, of the Secret Journals of the Old Congress, of Pitkin's Statistics, and of Seybert's Statistical Annals, one copy to the Public Library of the Legislature of each State in the Union, and one copy each to such Universities and Colleges as may not already have received them, and one copy to one incorporated Athenæum in eachState: Provided, There remain a sufficient number of the said works, beyond what are needed for the use of the Library. Thirdly. To the United States Military Academy at West Point, one set of all the works of which copies have been distributed to the Universities and Colleges: Proaided, There remain any copies of the same deposited in the Library of Congress, beyond the number reserved for the said Library. Fourthly. That, of the three hundred copies of the Laws now ordered to be deposited in the Library of Congress, fifty copies be furnished to the Library of the House of Representatives, in addition to the fifty copies already ordered for the said Library; and that the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive the same. Fifthly. That, of the Journals, Documents, and Reports, heretofore ordered to be printed by the Senate, and of which copies are deposited in the Library of Congress, and of the Journals, Documents, and Reports, which may hereafter be ordered to be printed by the Senate, five sentatives; and that the Clerk of the House of Represensets be furnished for the Library of the House of Repretatives be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive the AN ACT further to indemnify the owner and underwri ters of the British ship Union, and her cargo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Captain Robert Hall, owner of the British ship Union, and assignee of the underwriters on said ship and her cargo, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars, in full satisfaction of the claim of the said owner and underwri-thorized and directed to deliver to the Department of ters, for the capture and destruction of the said ship Union and her cargo, taken and burnt by the American ship of War Peacock, after the period fixed, by the Treaty of Ghent, for the termination of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain and her dependencies. Approved: 26th May, 1828. same. House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, au11. And be it further resolved, That the Clerk of the otherwise, the copies of the books mentioned in the seState, properly prepared for transmission, by mail or cond and third paragraphs of the foregoing resolution. III. And be it further resolved, That, instead of the twenty-five sets of Journals, Executive Papers, Reports of Committees, and other Documents of Congress, authorized by law to be placed in the Library of Congress, ten sets only, well bound, shall hereafter be deposited in the said Library. IV. And be it further resolved, That the Joint Library Committee be, and they hereby are, authorized to remove from the Library of Congress, and dispose of in such manner as they may think expedient, any duplicate, imperfect, damaged, or other work or works, not wanted for the use of the Library. Approved 24th May, 1828. RESOLUTION authorizing the examination of the claims to land of John F. Carmichael. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John F. Carmichael, of Wilkinson County, State of Mississippi, be authorized to present to the Register close order, from the first page. And they shall further and Receiver of the Land Office at Washington, Missis-ed by them, and that the whole matter shall follow in sippi, the papers and documents having relation to the title to two tracts of land which he claims by virtue of what he alleges to be complete grants from the Spanish Government, in favor of Claudio Bougard, one dated the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for one thousand arpens, the other dated the sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. four, for one thousand and thirty-four arpens, lying and being in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi, divided by the line of demarcation which then existed between the two Governments; and the said Register and Receiv. ér are hereby authorized to examine and report upon the same, under all the rules, regulations, and responsibili. ties, which were made applicable to the Board of Com-RESOLUTION in relation to the Mail Route between the missioners appointed West of Pearl River. Approved: 19th May, 1828. RESOLUTION in relation to the manner of executing the Printing ordered by either House of Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, after the termination of the present session of Congress, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives so to regulate and direct the printing of the respective Houses, as to abolish the practice of making " title pages" to Executive Documents, Reports of Committees, Memorials, or any other documents, unless the same shall be so direct Cities of New Orleans and Mobile. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be examined the route from Mobile to Pas cagoula; and if, in his opinion, it should be the most expedient route to the City of New Orleans, he shall be, and hereby is, vested with full power and authority to adopt that route, in lieu of the present route from the City of Mobile to the City of New Orleans. Approved: 24th May, 1828. RESOLUTION to authorize the President to loan the INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE. Adjournment, a motion to take up a resolution fixing the time of, rejected, 470. a resolution in relation to adjournment submitted, 695. 712. agreed to, 769. adjourned, sine die, 810. Agg John, a communication was presented from him, in rejected, 236. Appropriation bill, general, read the third time, 139– Appropriations for certain Fortifications for the year 1828, an amendment, appropriating $ 50,000 for Fortifi- debate commences, 394. the Military Establishment, a bill for, taken up, taken up again, 411. 406. 406. motion to strike out the appropriation for the ex- Arkansas, the bill making an additional compensation to an amendment reported by the Military Commit- ordered to be engrossed, 453. debate commences 449. Armory, Western, a proposition for erecting, 4-with- drawn 7. Brown Major General, his death announced, and arrange- a bill for the relief of his widow, introduced, 372. ordered to be engrossed, 528. Cahawba Navigation Company, the bill granting the as- Capitol, a message from the President of the United States debate commences, 668. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the bill from the House to Claims the bill to confirm the act of the Legislature of debate commences, 417. for slaves, the bill supplementary to an act of 1827, Close of the session, messages sent to the President and 810. Columbian College, a bill for the relief of, taken up, 72; |