Laws of the United States. al acts supplementary thereto, the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, in addition to the fees allowed by the said act and supplementary acts, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such allowance and compensation to each of the said officers, as shall appear to him to be reasonable and just; which allowance shall, in no case, exceed the expenditure incurred in clerk-hire, by any Register or Receiver, in consequence of the duties imposed upon those officers by the provisions of the said act, and the act supplementary thereto, and the one-half of one per cent. on the amount of payments made by relinquishments and discounts, calculating the value of the lands relinquished at the rate of two dollars per acre: Provided, That the allowance made on account of percentage, including their annual salary, and including their commission on the money actually paid, shall, in no case, exceed, to any one officer for any one year, the sum of three thousand Approved: May 22, 1826. dollars. AN ACT to compensate Receivers of Public Moneys {19th CONGRESS, An act for the relief of the Florida Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the directions of the President, in affording sustenance to the suffering Florida Indians. Approved: May 22, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Gilbert C. Russell. 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 Gilbert C. Russell, out of an, money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty-nine thousand nine hun dred and ninety-one dollars seventeen cents, being the value of his buildings at Mobile Point, which were taken possession of by an armed force of the United States, in October, eighteen hundred and twen`y-one, under an order of the then Secretary of War, and for the work and labor done and performed by him on the public works at Mobile Point, and for labor performed at Dog River, Fowl River, Shell Banks, and elsewhere, in preparing materials for the erection of said works, and for such materials as were prepared at the several places last aforesaid: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury retain the sum of nineteen thousand eight hundred seventy-four dollars and forty-nine cents, the estimated value of the buildings at Mobile Point, until the said Gilbert C. Russell, or his grantee or grantees, or their assignee or assignees, shall deposite with him a release or releases, of all liens or conveyances of said buildings heretofore given or made by said Russell, so Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be law-that all the interest of which the said Russell was possessful for the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to make a like compensation to the several Receivers of Public Moneys for similar services by them performed since the reduction of their compensation by the act of the thirtieth of April one thousand, eight hundred and eighteen. Approved: May 22, 1826. AN ACT making appropriations for the Public Build- ed, be vested in the United States: And provided, also, AN ACT supplementary to an act, entitled. "An act for the relief of Daniel Seward." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, authorized and directed to issue to Daniel Seward, (in addition to the certifi ate heretofore ssued, under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and twenty three, For finishing the large room in the President's House, to which this act is suppl mentary,) a certificate for one for the purchase of furniture, and for repairs of the hundred and sixteen dollars, with interest thereon, at the House, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; for fin-rate of six per centum per annum, from the twenty-ninth ishing the fences, and graduating and improving the of January, eight en hundred and fourteen, being the sum grounds connected with the President's House, the sum which, with the sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six of five thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars; cents, allowed by that act, was paid by the said Daniel for continuing the work on the Capitol, the sum of one Seward, for the tract of nineteen acres and one-third of hundred thousand dollars; for repair of hose for fire en-an acre of land, mentioned in that act to have been sold gine, the sum of three hundred dollars; for the widow of Giovanni Andrei. four hundred dollars, to defray the expenses of her return to Italy. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That all furniture purchased for the use of the President's House, shall be, as far as practicable, of American or domestic manu facture. and conveyed by the United States to him, and afterwards legally adjudged to be the property of another shall be receivable in payment for public lands, and person; which certificate, with the interest thereon, shall be in full satisfaction of the claim of the said Daniel Seward, for the sum paid by him for said tract of land. Approved: May 20, 1826. of land to Charles Noble. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Public Buildings shall hereafter receive the sum of two thousand dollars per annum as his salary, to be AN ACT giving the right of pre-emption of a certain lot paid to him as other salaries are paid; and any law heretofore authorizing him to employ a clerk in his office shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved May 22, 1826. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles Noble be, and he is hereby, entitled to a preference, in becoming the purchaser at private sale, of one square acre of land, known and designated as the "Wayne Stockade," lying and being in the southern land district of the Territory of wichigan, and bounded as follows, to wit: In the front, or the south, by the public highway, on the north side of the River Raisin, leading up and down said river, and on the east, nort', and west, by lands patented to Jaques and Francis Laselle, upon the payment of forty dollars to the Receiver of Public Moneys, in the aforesaid Land District and on the presentation of the said Receiver's receipt for that amount to the Secretary of the Treasury, the said Charl s Noble, or his legal representatives, shall be entitled to a patent from the United States. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Michael Hoff. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the bounty land w ich Peter Woosely, or Oosely, a deceased soldie, is, or was entitled to, be, and the same is hereby declared to be, vested in Sarah VeBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ble, to whom it was devised by the last will of the of the United States of America in Congress assembled said Peter; and that such arrearages of pay pension, That the proper accounting off ers of the Treasury be, nd clothing, as may be found due to him, be paid to and they are hereby, authorized and required to remit Jane Morgan, formerly Jane Venable, to whom he deto Michael Hoff such proportion of the duties as may wise appropriated. Provided, That nothing in this act vised it, out of a y mon y in the Treasury, not otherhave accrued under a licence, in the years eighteen hun-hail affect the right or claim of the heirs of the said dred and fifteen, and eighteen hundred and sixteen, to the said Michael Hoff, for the use of his still, for the time during which the use of the said still was discontinued in the same manner as is directed by the act, entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duties therein mentioned." Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of James Dickson and Company, AN ACT for the relief of Jacob Hampton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to make out and deliver, or cause to be delivered to Jacob Hampton, of Wayne County, in the State of Indiana, a patent, in due form, for the fractional section number seven, in Township number fourteen, and range one West, of the lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati, agreeably to the final receipt given to the said Jacob Hampton, for the said fractional section, when the same shall be demanded. Approved: May 20, 1826. Peter, should they be able, in any Court, to assert their claim, and to show that said devises are insufficient in law, and of none effect. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT to make compensation to Hugh McClung for S. c. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of money shall be paid to the said Hugh, out of any money in the Treasury, not therwise appropriated. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of William Thompson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be and he is hereby, «uthorized to place William Thompson, a seaman, wie was wounded on board the cutter Louisiana, on the t nth of August, eighteen hundred and nineteen, with a musket ball, upon the pension list, in the same manner, and upon the same terms as if he had received the said Wound in the naval service of the United States. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of W. and J. Montgomery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to W. and J. Montgomery the Laws of the United States. sum of eight hundred and seventy-one dollars and nine AN ACT for the relief of Walley and Foster. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Collector of the ports of Boston and Charlestown be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to Walley and Foster the amount of the debentures which accrued upon the export of seven hundred bags of pepper to Russia and France, in one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, in the ship Tartar and brig Garland, in the same manner as if the export oath of the said Walley and Foster had been made within the ten days then required by law. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Davis Floyd. 19th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. Michigan, to which the Indian title may be extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated, a quantity of land, not exceeding two entire townships, for the use and support of an University within the Territory aforesaid, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever, to be loca ted in tracts of land corresponding with any of the legal divisions into which the public lands are authorized to be surveyed, not less than one section, one of which of said townships, so set apart and reserved from sale, shall be in lieu of an entire township of land, directed to be located in said Territory for the use of the Seminary of Learning therein, by an act of Congress, entitled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and four. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of John Matthews. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem. bled, That John Matthews be, and he is hereby, autho rized to locate, within twelve months after the passing of this act, under the direction of the Register and ReBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Bayou Boeuf, in the county of Opelousas, a tract of land ceiver for the Western District of Louisiana, on the tives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the proper accounting officers of the Trea-equal to the quantity which the said Matthews lost, by sury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized a decree of Court, in consequence of an erroneous loand directed to settle the accounts of Davis Floyd, upon cation made and approved by the authority of the prothe principles of justice and equity, and allow him such per officer: Provided, the quantity so located shall not credits as shall be found due him, not exceeding the exceed five hundred and forty-two arpens. amount with which he stands charged on the books, exApproved: May 20, 1826. clusive of his pay as Deputy Quartermaster General. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Rebecca Blodget. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain whether Mrs. Rebecca Blodget hath right of dower in certain lots formerly owned by her husband, Samuel Blodget, but now held by the United States, to wit: in lots number one, four, and fourteen, in the square number four hundred and thirty, in the City of Washington; and if she hath such right of dower, to ascertain, in the manner he may think most advisable, what is the value of such her right of dower in the said lots and the improvements thereon erected, at the time her right accrued, and that he report the same to Congress at its next session. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Benedict Joseph Flaget, Bishop of Bardstown, in the State of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the duties due and payable on certain vest. ments, furniture, and paintings, imported into the Unit ed States by Benedict Joseph Flaget, Bishop of Bards. town, in the State of Kentucky, for the use of the church over which he presides, and recently entered at the Custom House in the City of New York, be, and the same are hereby, remitted. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of William P. Gould. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to William P. Gould, of Alabama, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury of the United States, the sum of one hundred and sixtyeight dollars, and forty cents, as a compensation for the services of the said William P. Gould, in the Land Of. fice at Tuscaloosa, in the State of Alabama, from the sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, to the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of John Donly. Be it enacted 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 and directed, out of the funds arising from in full discharge for transporting the mail from Nashpost offices, to pay to John Donly, two hundred dollars, ville to Columbus, in Mississippi, during the years one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one and twenty-two. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of David Tate. 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 pay David Tate two hundred and eighteen dollars, for the forage impresed by the officers of the U.States, in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen, for the use of the Army, out of any AN ACT concerning a Seminary of Learning in the Ter- moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. ritory of Michigan. 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 to set apart and reserve from sale, out of any of the public lands within the Territory of VOL. II.-e Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of John Steinman, James Winner, and Ann M. Nippes, Executrix of Abraham Nippes. 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 settle and adjust the claim of John Steinman, James Winner, and Ann M. Nippes, executrix of AbrahamNippes, for the manufacture of four thousand one hundred stand AN ACT for the relief of the securities of Joseph Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativn of arms, for the U. States, under a contract with Tench of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Cox, entered into in the year eighteen hundred and That Samuel H. Woodson, Andrew McCalla, and the eight, and to make to them such further allowance as Executor of James Morrison, deceased, securities of Joshall be equal to that allowed to others who contracted seph Crockett, late acting Supervisor of the Old Interabout the same time to manufacture arms for the Unit-nal Revenue and Direct Tax, in the District of Kentucky, ed States, and who have had their accounts settled un- be, and they are hereby, released from the payment of der special acts of Congress, keeping in view the quali- any balance due by said Crockett to the United States, ty of the arms delivered, with the additional labor be- as late acting Supervisor aforesaid: but nothing herein stowed, more than would have been necessary to have contained shall release or discharge the said Crockett made muskets equal to the pattern gun, and such from his liability to the United States, as Supervisor allowance so made, deducting therefrom such sums, it aforesaid. Approved: May 20, 1826. any, as the claimants are indebted to the United States, for advances made on said contract, with the interest thereon from the twenty-sixth of October, eighteen hun. dred and thirteen, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT to provide for certain Pensioners at burg, in the State of Pennsylvania. AN ACT for the relief of Garrigues Flaujac, of Lou isiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That Garrigues Flaujac, of the county of OpelouPitts-sas, in the State of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, are hereby authorized and empowered to locate a certain tract of land, derived from an order of survey, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa in favor of Louis Berten D'Antilly, for three thousand tives of the United States of America in Congress assem-two hundred superficial arpens of land, being forty ar bled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, pens in front, and forty arpens in depth, on both sides authorized and empowered to establish a Pension of the Bayou Gross Tate, in Louisiana, and which said Agency at Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, for Tract of Land was confirmed by an act of Congress, the payment of pensioners of the United States, resi- dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand dent in the counties of Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Guern eight hundred and twenty-three, in conformity with the sey, Belmont, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Holmes, report of the Register and Receiver of the Eastern Land Wayne, Stark, Columbiana, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ge- district of Louisiana; the said tract of land, thus conauga, Portage, Cuyahogo, Lorain, Medina, Huron, San-firmed, having been surveyed and sold by the United dusky, Seneca, and Richland, in the State of Ohio, States: which location shall be made upon any of the and the counties of Alleghany, Armstrong, Butler, Bea- unappropriated public lands in the Southwestern disver, Washington, Westmoreland, Indiana, and Jeffer-trict of Louisiana, South of Red River: Provided, That son, in the State of Pennsylvania. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the Bank of the United States, for paying the before-mentioned pensioners, at the office of Discount and Deposite of said bank, at Pittsburg, as in Approved: May 20, 1826. other cases. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Davis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to issue to Daniel Davis, a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, a land warrant for one hundred acres of land, which warrant, when issued, shall be located on any unlocated land, in the manner, and within the time provided by law for the military warrants issued for services in the Revolutionary Army, and a patent shall be granted thereon, as in other cases. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of John H. Mills. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That John H. Mills be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his title to a tract of land of one hundred and ninety-five arpens, situated on Thompson's Creek, in the parish of West Feliciana, Louisiana, between lands owned by Moses Samples below, and Levi Lush, above; and shall be entitled to a patent therefor, upon exhibiting a survey of the same to the Commissioner of the General Land Office: Provided, however, That this act be construed to operate merely as a relinquish ment of title on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of any third person. Approved: May 20, 1826. body, and conform, as near as practicable, to the lines AN ACT for the relief of John Adams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress anembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Adams, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty-five dollars, the value of a horse lost, by reason that the said John was dismounted and separated from said horse, in the expedi tion into Canada, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, commanded by General Harrison. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Ann D. Baylor, Leroy Edwards, and John Eustace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid out of any money in the Treasu ry, not otherwise appropriated, to Ann D. Baylor, for the use of the infant children of John Walker Baylor, deceased, heir at law of Colonel George Baylor, the sum of three hundred and fifty four dollars and fif teen cents, with interest thereon, after the rate of six per centum per annum, from the thirtieth day of De Laws of the United States. cember, seventeen hundred and eighty-six, until paid: Provided however, That before receiving the sum of money aforesaid. the said Ann D. Baylor shall execute | bond and surety to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the faithful application of said money to the education and maintenance of the infant children aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the hetrs of Captain Leroy Edwards, the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars, and to the heirs of Ensign John Eustace, the sum of eighty dollars, with interest on each of the aforesaid sums, from the thirtieth day of December, one thousand seven hun dred and eighty-six, till paid. Approved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of a Company of Rangers, under the coinmand of Captain James Bigger. S 19th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. which the said Ewing had deposited in said Bank for 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 legal representatives of William V. Keary, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of land of four hundred arpens, lying on the East side of the Little Bayou Sarah, a part being in the State of Mississippi, and a part in the State of Louisiana, and being the same for which the said Keary received a deed of conveyance, on the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventeen, from Richard Graves, and on which the widow of the said deceased now resides; and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon being furnished with a plat and cer tificate of the survey of the land, executed by any auBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa thorized surveyor of the United States, issue a patent for tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- the same: Provided, however, That this act shall be con bled, That the accounting officers in the Treasury De- strued as a mere relinquishment on the part of the Go. partment pay to the Company of Rangers which enter-vernment, and as not affecting the rights of any third ed into the service of the United States for one year, in person. Approved: May 20, 1826. the month of May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, their full pay as mounted Rangers, from the first to the twenty-fourth of March, eighteen hundred and fourteen, inclusive, deducting therefrom what they have heretofore received, as dismounted Rangers, for that period; also the full pay allowed by law for mounted Rangers, for the first and second days of June, eighteen hundred and fourteen. AN ACT for the relief of Jesse F. Royston, of Missouri. 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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Jesse F. Royston, of Missouri, the sum of eighty dollars, being the value of a horse lost by said Royston, while in the service of the United States, during the late war, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: May 20, 1826. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said company be paid as aforesaid, as dismounted Rangers, from the twenty-fifth of March to the fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and fourteen, inclusive; the said payments to be made out of any money in the Treasury, not other AN ACT for the relief of Walker K. Armistead. wise appropriated: Provided, however, That this act shall not be so construed, as to entitle any officer, nonBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives commissioned officer, or private, of said company, to of the United States of America in Congress assembled, pay as aforesaid, from and after the twenty-fourth day That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury De of March, eighteen hundred and fourteen, who did not, partment be, and they are hereby, authorized and directsubsequent to that time, perform duty in said company.ed to adjust and settle the accounts of Walker K. ArmApproved: May 20, 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Otway Burns. Beit 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 to adjust and settle the claim of the United States against Otway Burns, on certain bonds given by him to the Collector of Beaufort, North Carolina for du ties on goods imported into that port, in the brig La Fortuna, and entered at the Custom House in the month of August, eighteen hundred and eighteen, on which bonds judgment has been obtained in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations of the Treasury Department, as if no such judgment had been ob. tained. Approved: May 20, 1826. stead, late Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, and allow AN ACT for the relief of Alfred Flournoy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Alfred Flournoy, of the State of Tennessee, lately a lieutenant in the army of the United States, and who, in consequence of the loss of a leg, from a Spanish battery a Pensacola, has been placed on the pension list at fourteen dollars a month, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, within eighteen months from the passing of this act, to enter in any office in the States of Mississippi or Alabama, two sections of land, in comAN ACT for the relief of William L. D. Ewing. mutation of, and in full discharge of, his pension: ProBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-vided, That no entry shall be made, but of land which tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- may have been previously offered at public sale: And bled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasu-provided, He shall not enter a less quantity than a quarry be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, on ter section, unless where it may be a fraction, nor any settling the accounts of William L. D. Ewing, Receiver lands which may have been heretofore relinquished, unof Public Moneys at Vandalia, in the State of Illinois, to til after they may be again offered at public sale. pass to the credit of the said Ewing the sum of one thousand dollars, that being the amount which was lost by a robbery of the State Bank of Illinois, on the twenty. sixth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That, on making any entrance, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, with any Register, the said Alfred Flournoy shall deposite his pension certificate, to be returned by said Register |