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United States, with full power and authority to sell and dispose of the vacant, unappropriated, and refuse lands, within the limits of said State, lying south and west of the line commonly called the Congressional Reservation line, and described in the act to which this is an amendment; subject, nevertheless, to the following conditions and limitations, to wit:

First. The State of Tennessee shall satisfy all legal and bona fide claims of North Carolina upon said lands, by making provision, by law, that the holders of land warrants under the authority of the State of North Carolina, may locate the same upon the lands not previously located upon, or claimed as occupant pre-emptions, within one year from the time that the State of Tennessee shall make provision for carrying this act into effect; and in default of such location within the said term of one year, the said warrants may be satisfied by the payment of twelve and a half cents per acre for the number of acres contained in each warrant, to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of said land: Provided, The holders shall present such warrant to the proper authorities for payment of the same within two years from the action of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee hereon: And provided, furthermore, That if the said warrants shall not be satisfied, either by the location of land within one year, or their presentation for payment within two years as aforesaid, the holders shall be for ever barred of all further claim or right to demand the same.

Second. In entering, purchasing, and disposing of said lands, or obtaining grants of the same, all and every person or persons, the legal representative of such person or persons, and the rightful assignee of such person or persons, as are entitled to the right of occupancy and pre-emption according to the laws of the State of Tennessee, shall have the preference in the entry or purchase of their occupant and preemption rights, at the price of twelve and a half cents per acre, not exceeding two hundred acres each.

Third. After satisfying the claims and rights aforesaid, the State of Tennessee shall offer for sale the rest and residue of said lands, in such manner, in such quantities, and by such description, as may be most convenient; and, for the full term of three years from and after the time herein allowed for the location of North Carolina land warrants, may sell and dispose of, and perfect titles to the same, at a price not less than twelve and a half cents per acre. And so much of the said land as may remain unsold at the expiration of the said term of three years, shall be disposed of as aforesaid, within the further term of three years, at such price per acre as it may bring in open market: Provided, That the proceeds of the sale of said lands, over and above so much thereof as shall be necessary to the satisfaction of said North Carolina claims, shall be accounted for and paid over by the State of Tennessee to the United States in the month of January annually. APPROVED, February 18, 1841.

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CHAP. XI.—An Act to make further provision for the expenses of an exploration Feb. 27, 1841. and survey of that part of the northeastern boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British pro

vinces.

Appropriation for exploration

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, and survey. be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to cause to be made and completed an exploration and survey of that part of the northeastern boundary line of the United States and

STATUTE II.

the adjacent country, which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British provinces.

APPROVED, February 27, 1841.

Feb. 27, 1841. CHAP. XII.-An Act to confirm to the State of Indiana the land selected by her for that portion of the Wabash and Erie canal which lies between the mouth of the Tippecanoe river and Terre Haute, and for other purposes. (a)

The land selected by Indiana under act of 2d March 1827, ch. 56, confirm

ed to her.

Indiana authorized to select other lands in lieu of those subject to preemption, &c.

Proviso.

STATUTE II. Feb. 27, 1841. [Expired.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and there hereby is, confirmed to the State of Indiana, the land selected by her, under the provisions of the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitied "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash with those of Lake Erie," for that portion of the canal between the mouth of the Tippecanoe river and Terre Haute, as returned by said State to the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That should any of said lands, at the time of their selection and location by the State, have been subject to any right of pre-emption, or other legal incumbrance, the State of Indiana shall be, and she hereby is, authorized to select, of any lands subject to private entry in said State, other lands in lieu of so much thereof as may be so incumbered, and, upon return of a description of the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, the same shall be, and hereby is, confirmed to the State: Provided, That no more land shall be selected, or hereby confirmed, than a quantity equal to one half of five sections in width on each side of said canal, from the mouth of the Tippecanoe river to Terre Haute.

APPROVED, February 27, 1841.

CHAP. XIII. - An Act further to continue in force the act for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled nuation of act of "An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or Jan. 18, 1837,

Further conti

ch. 5, for two years.

1838, ch. 177.

STATUTE II.

March 2, 1841. [Obsolete.]

Appropriation.

destroyed in the military service of the United States," approved on the eighteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and which was continued in force for two years from the end of the second session of the twenty-fifth Congress, by an act entitled "An act to continue in force the act for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service," approved on the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, further continued in force for two years from the end of the present session of Congress. APPROVED, February 27, 1841.

CHAP. XXI.—An Act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a delega tion of the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi to Florida, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of a delegation of the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi; and other agents

(a) An act to grant certain lands to the State of Indiana, the better to enable the said State to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie canal from Terre Haute to the Ohio river; March 3, 1845, chap. 42.

engaged in an attempt to effect a pacification with the hostile portion of that tribe in Florida.

APPROVED, March 2, 1841.

STATUTE II.

CHAP. XXIV.-An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the March 3, 1841. United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. [Obsolete.]

tions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Appropriasums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, for the preservation, repairs, construction, and incidental and contingent expenses of certain fortifications, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, viz.:

For repairs of Fort Independence and sea-wall of Castle island, Fort Independ thirty-five thousand dollars;

For Fort Warren, forty-five thousand dollars;
For Fort Adams, thirty-five thousand dollars;

For fortifications at New London harbor, fifteen thousand dollars;
For Fort Schuyler, thirty thousand dollars;

For permanent wharves for Fort Columbus, Castle William, and
South battery, Governor's island, ten thousand dollars;

For repairs of sea-wall of Castle William, and other parts of Governor's island, ten thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Gibson, New York harbor, five thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Washington, fifteen thousand dollars;
For Fort Monroe, thirty-five thousand dollars;

For Fort Calhoun, ten thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Macon, fifteen thousand dollars;

For the preservation of the site of Fort Macon, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars;

ence.

Fort Warren.

Fort Adams.
New London
harbor.
Fort Schuyler.
Ft. Columbus.
Castle Wil-

liam and South

battery.
Castle Wil-
liam.

Fort Gibson.
Fort Washing-

ton.

Fort Monroe.
Fort Calhoun.

Fort Macon.

Fort Sumter.
Castle Pinck-

For Fort Sumter, sixty thousand dollars;

For repairs of Castle Pinckney, two thousand dollars;

For Fort Pulaski, fifteen thousand dollars;

For Fort Pickens, ten thousand dollars;

For Fort Barancas, thirty thousand dollars;

For Fort Livingston, thirty thousand dollars;

For the repairs of Fort Mifflin, five thousand dollars;

For contingencies of fortifications, five thousand dollars;

For incidental expenses attending repairs of fortifications, ten thousand dollars;

For repairs of sea-wall on Deer island, Boston harbor, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For repairs of sea-wall on Rainsford island, Boston harbor, one thousand dollars;

For continuing sea-wall at St. Augustine, fifteen thousand dollars; For the preservation of the site of Fort Johnson, sixteen thousand dollars.

APPROVED, March 3, 1841.

CHAP. XXV.—An Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy for the

year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, viz.: For pay of officers, cadets, and musicians, sixty thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars;

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Subsistence.

Forage of officers' horses.

Clothing.
Board of Visit-

ers.

Fuel, forage, &c.

Repairs, &c.

Clerks.

Library.

Binding books.

Miscellaneous.

Department of

Engineering.

Philosophy.

Chemistry.

Drawing. Mathematics. Artillery. Completing buildings.

Surveys west of the Missis

sippi.

Balance due

ard.

For the subsistence of officers and cadets, forty thousand and seventyseven dollars;

For forage of officers' horses, five thousand one hundred and eightyfour dollars;

For clothing of officers' servants, four hundred and twenty dollars; For defraying the expenses of the Board of Visiters at West Point, two thousand dollars;

For fuel, forage, stationery, printing, transportation and postage, twelve thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars forty-five cents;

For repairs, improvements, and expenses of buildings, grounds, roads, wharves, boats and fences, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents;

For pay of adjutant's and disbursing officer's clerks, nine hundred and fifty dollars;

For increase and expenses of the library, one thousand dollars; For progress with binding books injured at the fire in February, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and imported stitched, three hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, and incidental expenses, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents;

For the department of engineering, three hundred dollars;

For the department of philosophy, eight hundred and eighty-seven dollars [and] thirty-three cents;

For the department of chemistry, five hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For the department of drawing, two hundred and seventy-five dollars;
For the department of mathematics, seventy-five dollars;

For the department of artillery, three hundred and ten dollars;
For completing the re-construction of the buildings for the library,
engineer, chemical, and philosophical departments, commenced under
the act of July seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, seven thousand
five hundred and eighty-one dollars [and] thirty-seven cents;

For military and geographical surveys west of the Mississippi river, twenty thousand dollars;

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Lyon & How- appropriated, the sum of four thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars, to pay a balance certified by the Topographical Bureau to be due to Lyon and Howard, as the balance upon a contract for building two steam dredging machines upon Lake Michigan. APPROVED, March 3, 1841.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1841.

confirmed.

Act of April 25, 1812, ch. 68.

CHAP. XXVI.-An Act to confirm land patents.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Certain patents United States of America in Congress assembled, That all patents for public lands, which have been issued from the General Land Office since the passing of the act, entitled "An act for the establishment of a General Land Office in the department of the Treasury," passed on the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, in the name of the President of the United States, instead of being "in the name of the United States," as prescribed in the eighth section of said act and all patents for public lands, which have been issued from the said General Land Office since the passing of the act entitled "An act Act of July 4, to reorganize the General Land Office," passed the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and which have been countersigned by the recorder of the General Land Office, or other person acting in his stead, instead of being countersigned by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, as prescribed in the act of the twenty-fifth

1836, ch. 352.

day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and all patents which have been issued from said General Land Office since the passing of the act entitled "An act prescribing the mode by which patents for public lands shall be signed and executed," passed the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and which have been subscribed by a secretary duly appointed, pursuant to the provisions of said act, with the printed or written name of the President prefixed to the personal signature of such secretary, in the execution of such patents, notwithstanding the name of the President may not have been written personally by the secretary, shall be deemed, taken, and held, good and valid patents in law, and shall have all the force and effect to pass from the United States to the patentee or patentees named in such patents, respectively, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, the lands described therein, as though, in each and all the respects before enumerated, the patents, in their form and manner of execution, had conformed to the requirements of law.

Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 91.

Patents, how to be countersigned.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall be the duty of the recorder of the General Land Office, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to countersign all patents issued from said office, instead of the same being countersigned by the Commissioner, as required by the eighth section of the act entitled "An act for the establishment of a General Land 1812, ch. 68. Office in the department of the Treasury," passed the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. APPROVED, March 3, 1841.

CHAP. XXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1841.

[Obsolete.]

Appropria

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the year one thousand tions. eight hundred and forty-one, for the purpose of paying the current expenses of the Indian Department, fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, and contingent expenses; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

For the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, viz :

For the pay of the superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as provided by the acts of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars;

For the pay of sub-agents authorized by the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, thirteen thousand dollars;

For the pay of interpreters, as authorized by the same act, eleven thousand three hundred dollars;

For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribution of annuities while on visits of business with the superintendents and agents, and when assembled on public business, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars;

For the necessary buildings required at the several agencies, and repairs thereof, two thousand dollars;

Superintend

ent.

1834, ch. 161. 1837, ch. 31.

Sub-agents. 1834, ch. 161. Interpreters.

Provisions.

Buildings.

Contingent

For postages, rents, stationery, fuel for offices, and other contingencies of the Indian Department, and for transportation and incidental expenses. expenses, thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars;

For the salary of one clerk, in the office of the superintendent of Clerk. Indian affairs south of the Missouri river, one thousand dollars;

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