Principal as- gEC g. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sessor last men- ... , , . '. , ., . tioned, to give prmcipal assessor last appomted, to give at least one month s notice to notico to other the other principal assessors, by publication in the newspapers published sore^'EylpuW^a- at Nashville, Knoxville, and Hawkins court-house, of the time of meettionj of time of ing at the seat of government of said state to make the appointments meeting. aforesaid, which time of meeting shall be at least twenty days before the period at which the principal assessor last appointed will be required to deliver his tax lists to his principal collector. If all the asses- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if all the principal assessors aTthe0 p^acT^ should not attend at the time notified as aforesaid, that then, and in that pointed, those ap- case, those that do attend shall proceed to make an apportionment for pointed to make tnejr respective districts, by making the quota of each county bear the ment. same proportion to the aggregate amount of the direct tax already appor tioned among the several counties of their respective districts, by the act of Congress passed at the last session, that the assessed value of the property of each county bears to the aggregate amount of the assessed value of the property of all the counties in the districts of those who do attend. Provision in Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any one or more of the assessore ap- principal assessors shall fail to attend and perform the duties enjoined by pointed do not the provisions of this act, and the act of the state of Tennessee, which perform the du- j8 herein referred to, that then, and in that case, such principal assessor 'or assessors shall immediately afterwards proceed to make out tax lists, and the tax shall be collected jn their respective districts in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. Approved, April 14, 1814. Statute II. April 1G, 1814. Chap. LVIII.— Jin .let authorizing an augmentation of the marine corps, and for other purposes, (a) i ^«l7°f iMc!-ch Be *' enac^ by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 'Marine0 'corps States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the authorized to be United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the marine corps, augmented. m tne service of the United States, to be augmented by the appointment and enlistment of not exceeding one major, fourteen captains, twelve first lieutenants, twenty second lieutenants, sixty-one sergeants, forty-two drums and fifes, and six hundred and ninety-six privates, who shall be respectively allowed the same pay, bounty, clothing and rations, and shall be employed under the same rules and regulations to which the said marine corps are or shall be entitled and subject. The staff to be Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the adjutant, paymaster and captains'and sinV quartermaster of the marine corps, may be taken either from the line of alterns. captains or subalterns, and the said officers shall respectively receive Their pay. thirty dollars per month, in addition to their pay in the line, in full of all emoluments. President au- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United thorized to con- States be, and he is hereby authorized to confer brevet rank on such certain cases. officers of the marine corps as shall distinguish themselves by gallant actions or meritorious conduct, or who shall have served ten years in any Proviso. one grade: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so conifiAi8i8°f h 64 strued as to entltle officers so brevetted to any additional pay or emoluA t of June 30 ments, except when commanding separate stations or detachments, when 1831, ch. 132. 'they shall be entitled to and receive the same pay and emoluments which officers of the same grades are now or hereafter may be allowed by law. President may Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Preappoint the offi- sident of the United States, in the recess of the Senate, to appoint any (a) See notes of acts relating to the marine corps, vol. i. 594. of the officers authorized by this act; which appointments shall be sub- cers in the receaa rmtted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent. the Senatc Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the And of the nary. President of the United States, in the recess of the Senate, to appoint all or any of the officers of the navy authorized by existing laws; which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent. Approved, April 16, 1814. Statute II. Chap. LIX.—An Act authorizing the appointment of certain officers for the April 16, 1811. flotilla service. [Obsolete ] Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United officers to bo States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the appointed. United States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice of ^5 ec], ^,ac and consent of the Senate, to appoint four captains and twelve lieutenants to be employed in the flotilla service of the United States, without rank in the navy, but with the same relative rank and authority in the Their rankflotilla service as officers of the same grade are entitled to in the navy of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said captains shall receive Pay and emoithe pay and subsistence of a captain in the navy commanding a ship of umenUtwenty and under thirty-two guns, and the lieutenants the same pay and subsistence as officers of the same rank are entitled to in the navy of the United States, and shall be governed by the rules and regulations provided for the government of the navy. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Pre- May be apsident of the United States to appoint, in the recess of the Senate, any J£|||£d ofdurjjJf of the officers authorized by this act, which appointments shall be sub- Senate, milted to the Senate at their next session. Approved, April 16, 1814. , Statute IL Chap. LX.—An Act to revive and continue in force "An act declaring the assent April 16, 1814. of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia."; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act which Act of March passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight 17' J800' ch- 15, contmued in hundred, entitled " An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain force until acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia," be, and the same is hereby March 3, 1822. revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage, on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers. Approved, April 16, 1814. Statute II. Chap. LXI.— An Act confirming certain claims to land in the Illinois territory, April 16, 1811. and providing for their location. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Act of Feb 20, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the decisions I8A2ctof Aprii26 made by the commissioners (appointed in pursuance of the act, entitled 1816, ch. 101.' "An act for the revision of former confirmations, and for confirming ..A0i °/ Ffel)-27' certain claims to land in the district of Kaskaskia," passed the twentieth' day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve) where such decisions were in favor of the claims, and where the commissioners have reported specially and have not rejected the claims; all such claims as entered in their report to the Secretary of the Treasury, bearing date the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be and the same are hereby confirmed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims contained in a list transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury by Michael Jones, one of the commissioners aforesaid, bearing date the eighteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be and the same hereby are confirmed: Provided, That any person who may have received a militia right, shall not receive in addition thereto more than three hundred acres of land by virtue of this section; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to enter the list aforesaid of record in his office: And provided also, That nothing in this act shall prevent or bar a judicial decision between persons claiming the same original title or claim. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that tract of land included within the following boundary, viz: beginning at the township line nearest to and above the mouth of Big Muddy river, on the Mississippi river; thence east to the Meridian line running from the mouth of the Ohio river, thence north with the said meridian line to the north boundary lines of township number five, north; thence west to the Mississippi river, thence down the same to the beginning, shall be, and the same hereby is reserved and set apart to satisfy the unlocated claims of persons to land within the Illinois territory confirmed to them heretofore or by this act . Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons residing within the tract reserved by this act, and who had actually cultivated or improved any tract of land therein, before the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, not rightfully claimed by any other person, shall be entitled to a pre-emption in the purchase of such tract of land including the improvement; Provided, That the purchaser shall not enter less than one quarter section or more than one section; and any person claiming a pre-emption in the purchase under this act, who may be the owner of any unlocated confirmed claim which may be located within the tract aforesaid, shall be and is hereby authorized to deliver to the receiver of public money for the district within which the land lies", the evidences of his or their claim, which shall be received as payment for the quantity of land such person or persons would have been entitled to locate by virtue thereof; and in all cases where the land purchased shall not be completely paid for by the evidences of confirmed claims, the residue of the land shall be paid for at the same price, in the same manner, under the same restrictions, and liable to the same forfeiture, as other public lands sold at private sale. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Register of the Land Office for the district of Kaskaskia, to give notice that all persons entitled to a pre-emption in the purchase of any tract of land by virtue of this act, may make such purchase on application to him at his office on or before the first day of October next; and any person failing or refusing to enter with the Register of the Land Office the land by such person improved, on or before the first day of October next,' shall lose the right of pre-emption given by this act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That after the first day of October next, it shall be lawful for any person or persons being the owner of any unlocated confirmed claim, to enter with the register of the land office for the Kaskaskia district, any quantity of land within the reserved tract aforesaid, not exceeding one quarter section more than the quantity of acres contained in his claim or claims, and to deliver to the receiver of public money the evidence of his claim, which shall be received in payment for the number of acres specified therein, and the residue of the land thus entered which may exceed the amount of confirmed claims thus paid in, shall be paid for at the same price and in like manner as the other public lands of the United States sold at private sale. And if two or more persons shall make applications at the same time to enter the same tract or tracts of land, the priority of right to enter shall be decided by lot in the presence of the Register of the Land Office; and any person or persons failing or refusing to enter or locate his claim within the reserved tract aforesaid, according to the provisions of this act, on or before the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, shall forfeit all right or claim against the United States, derived from confirmations under this act or any former law. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Register of the Land Office for the Kaskaskia district, to make out a certificate of confirmation to each person whose claim or claims are confirmed by this act, or by any former law, within the territory of Illinois; and such certificate shall specify the quantity of land confirmed to the holder thereof, and shall be sufficient evidence of claim, within the meaning of this act, to entitle the owner or holder thereof to a credit with the receiver of public moneys, for the quantity of land mentioned in such certificate, within the reserved tract aforesaid; and the Register of the Land Office shall receive the sum of seventy-five cents from the person demanding and receiving such certificate. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be obtained for lands entered under this act, in the reserved tract aforesaid, in the same manner and on the same terms as are provided by law for other public lands of the United States. Approved, April 16, 1814. Certificates to be given by register of land office for Kaskaskia district, &c. &c. Patents to be granted as for other lands. Statute II. Chap. LXH.—An Act directing the disposition of money paid into the courts of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the payment of any money into any District or Circuit Court of the United States, to abide the order of the court, the same shall be deposited in such incorporated bank as the court may designate, and there remain till it shall be decided to whom it of right belongs: Provided, That if in any judicial district there shall be no incorporated bank, the court may direct such money to be deposited according to its discretion: Provided also, That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the delivery of any such money upon security, according to agreement of parties, under the direction of the court. Approved, April 18, 1814. April 18, 1814. Act of March 3, 1817,ch.108. Money to be deposited in incorporated banks. Proviso, aa to agreement of parties. Statute II. Chap. LXV.—An Act grunting pensions to the officers and seamen serving on April 18, 1814. board the revenue cutters in certain cases. A Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the officers and seamen of the revenue cutters of the United States, who have been or may be wounded or disabled in the discharge of their duty whilst co-operating with the navy by order of the President of the United States, shall be entitled to be placed on the navy pension list, at the same rate of pension, and under the same regulations and restrictions as are now provided by law for the officers and seamen of the navy. AppRoved, April 18, 1814. Pensions to officers and seamen on board the revenue cutters in certain cases. Statute II. April 18, 1814. Congress to meet on the last Monday of Oct. 1814. Chap. LXVI.—An Act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the adjournment of the present session, the next meeting of Congress shall be on the last Monday in October next. Approved, April 18, 1814. Statute II. April 18, 1814. Salary of the paymaster fixed. Additional allowance for clerk hire. District assistant paymasters to be appointed. Proviso. Disbursements to be made by district paymasters. District paymasters to forward accounts with vouchers to the paymaster of the army. Proviso. Pay of district paymasters. District and assistantdistrict paymasters to give bonds; made subject to Chap. LXVII.—An Act fixing the salary of the Paymaster of the Army of the United States, and allowing a sum for the employment of additional clerks in his office, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and providing for the appointment of Assistant District Paymasters. Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the monthlycompensation now allowed by law to the paymaster of the army of the United States, he shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, to be paid quarter-yearly at the treasury of the United States, and to commence on the first day of January last;, and that in addition to the amount already allowed by law for clerk hire, in the office of the paymaster of the army of the United States, there shall be allowed the further sum of five thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars, for the purpose of employing additional clerks in, and for contingent expenses of his office for the present year, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint so many assistant district paymasters, not exceeding thirty, as the public service may, in his opinion, require: Provided, That the President of the United States shall have power to appoint any officer authorized by this act, during the recess of the Senate, to be submitted to them for their advice and consent, at their next session. Sec. 3. Afld be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the paymaster of the army, under the direction of the War Department, to make all disbursements of money within that department to the district paymasters, and to adjust, state, and exhibit their several accounts, according to such forms, and within such periods as shall be prescribed for that purpose by the Treasury Department . Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That to .secure the regular and punctual payment of the troops, the district paymasters shall examine and transmit to the paymaster of the army the accounts and vouchers for all disbursements which have been made by them to the troops of the army or district where they shall be stationed, as soon as the first payment sbj^l have been made, and accompany the same with an estimate for the next payment; which accounts and estimates shall be regularly transmitted, that settlements may be made and competent funds remitted, Provided also, That the said district and assistant paymasters shall make payments to the militia in the service of the United States when required by the Secretary of War or the paymaster of the army. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the assistant district paymasters shall receive the pay and emoluments of a captain of infantry, and forage for one horse. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,Thai the district and assistant district paymasters shall severally give bonds, with good and sufficient security to the United States, for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sums as shall be required by the paymaster of the army, under |