CHAP. 12.—An Act declaring the consent of Congress to an Act of the State of Pennsylvania, intituled "An act to empower the board of wardens, for the port of Philadelphia, to collect a certain duty on tonnage, for the purposes therein mentioned." Feb, 28, 1806. Assent of Con Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of gress to an act the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the of the legislature of Pennsylvania, consent of Congress be, and it is hereby granted and laying a duty on declared to the operation of an Act of the legislature of tonnage. Pennsylvania, passed on the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, intituled "An act to empower the board of wardens, for the port of Philadelphia, to collect a certain duty on tonnage, for the purposes therein mentioned," so far as to enable the state of Pennsylvania to collect a duty of four cents per ton, on all vessels which shall clear out from the port of Philadelphia for any foreign port or place whatever, to be expended in building piers in, and otherwise improving the navigation of the river Delaware, agreeably to the intentions of the said act. Approved, Feb. 28, 1806. CHAP. 33.—An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and six. April 18, 1806. Vol. 2, p. 384. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Objects of ap the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for propriation. the expenditure of the civil list, in the present year, including the contingent expenses of the several departments and officers; and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims; the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say: For the payment of a commission of two and a half percent. to the commissioners who superintended the erection of public piers in the river Delaware, four hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy-one cents. * Piers in Delaware River. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appro- 1790, ch. 34. priations herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of the fund of six hundred thousand dollars, reserved by an act making provision for the debt of the United States, and out of monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 18, 1806. April 20, 1808. [Expired.] CHAP. 47.-An Act to revive and continue in force "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Act of Mar. 17, the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 1800, ch. 15, react which passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year tinued in force one thousand eight hundred, intituled "An act declaring the assent of Congress, to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia," be, and the same is hereby revived vived and con 1800, ch. 15. 1814, ch. 60. 1861, ch. 11. until Mar. 3, 1814. Act of Jan. 19, and continued in force until the third day of March, one Feb. 10, 1809. Vol. 2, p. 516. Canal of Carondelet, to be President. CHAP. 15.—An Act making appropriations to complete the fortifica- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of made under the the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause rection of the the canal of Carondelet, leading from Lake Ponchartrain, by way of the Bayou St. John, to the city of New Orleans, to be extended to the river Mississippi, and made sufficiently deep throughout to admit an easy and safe passage to gunboats, if, upon survey thereof, he shall be convinced that the same is practicable, and will conduce to the more effectual defense of said city; and that for the purpose of defrayAppropriation. ing the expense thereof, there be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 10, 1809. April 16, 1814. Act of Mar. 17, tinued in force CHAP. 60.-An Act to revive and continue in force "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 1800, ch. 15, con- the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the until Mar. 3, 1822. act which passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia," be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one Act Jan. 19, 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. 1822, ch. 29. 1861, ch. 11. April 26, 1816. CHAP. 77.—An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the Vol. 3, p. 301. general assembly of the state of Virginia. Congress given The assent of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of to an act of the the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the general assembly assent of Congress is hereby given and declared to an act improving the of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled "An act innavigation of corporating a company for the purpose of improving the of Virginia, for James River. navigation of James river from Warwick to Rockett's landing," which act was passed on the twenty-second day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Approve d, April 26, 1816. CHAP. 18.-An Act making appropriations for the military service survey of water For making a survey of the water courses tributary to, courses. and west of, the Mississippi; also those tributary to the same river, and northwest of the Ohio; six thousand five hundred dollars. The moneys to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appro- be paid out of the priations herein before made, shall be paid out of any moneys Treasury. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 15, 1819. Mar. 2, 1819. Vol. 3, p. 489. The inhabitants a constitution CHAP. 47.-An Act to enable the people of the Alabama territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of of Alabama authe United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the thorized to form inhabitants of the territory of Alabama be, and they are and State governhereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution ment. and state government, and to assume such name as they may deem proper; and that the said territory, when formed into a state, shall be admitted into the union, upon the. To be admitted same footing with the original states, in all respects what ever. into the Union. Propositions of obligatory if ac SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following pro- fered to the conpositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the convention; to be vention of the said territory of Alabama, when formed, for cepted. their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted by the convention, shall be obligatory upon the United States. * canals, &c. Third. That five per cent. of the net proceeds of the lands five per cents of net proceeds lying within the said territory, and which shall be sold by of land sold after Congress, from and after the first day of September, in the reserved for mak year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, after de- ing public roads, ducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved for making public roads, canals, and improving the navigation of rivers, of which three-fifths shall be applied to those objects within the said state, under the direction of the legislature thereof, and two-fifths to the making of a road or roads leading to the said state, under the direction of Congress. Approved, March 2, 1819. April 14, 1820. CHAP. 45.-An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Sums appropri. the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectfully, appropriated: ated for survey of water courses. Survey, maps, and charts of the sippi. For making a survey of the water courses tributary to, and west of, the Mississippi, also those tributary to the same river and northwest of the Ohio, four thousand five hundred dollars. For making a survey, maps, and charts, of the Ohio and Ohio and Missis. Mississippi rivers, from the rapids of the Ohio at Louisville, to the Balize, for the purpose of facilitating and ascertaining the most practicable mode of improving the navigation of those rivers, five thousand dollars. Out of money in the Treasury. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 14, 1820. May 1, 1820. CHAP. 52.-An Act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, No contracts to SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That no contract shall be made except hereafter be made by the Secretary of State, * # of law or an ade- the Department of War, under authority quate appropriation. or of except under a law authorizing the same, or under an appropriation adequate to its fulfilment; * No land to be SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That no land shall be purchased for U. 5. except under purchased on account of the United States, except under authority of law. a law authorizing such purchase. * Approved, May 1, 1820. Mar. 3, 1821. ated for CHAP. 36.-An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Sums appropri- the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the expenses of the navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated: removing ob. structions in river Thames. For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Navy to remove obstructions placed in the river Thames, in Connecticut, by the commander of the American ships, during the late war, one hundred and fifty dollars. Out of money SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appro- in the Treasury. priations herein before made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. CHAP. 52.—An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses therein mentioned, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Mar. 3, 1821. Vol. 3, p. 643. examination 1822, ch. 119. re of SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of President quested to cause the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and a survey of the requested to cause such an examination or survey of the Isles of Shoals, Isles of Shoals, on the coast of New Hampshire and Maine, the sea-wall at to be made, by proper and intelligent persons, as may be and, &c. Smutty Nose Islrequisite to ascertain the expediency and practicability of repairing the sea-wall, at Smutty Nose island, and of build. ing a sea wall between said island and Cedar island. And that the President be further requested in like manner, to ascertain the expediency of erecting a stone pier on Sunken rocks, in the harbour of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire. And the President is hereby authorized to President aucause the sea-wall aforesaid to be repaired, and the pier the sea-wall to be aforesaid to be erected, by contract, under the direction of repaired, if, &c. the collector of the district of Portsmouth, if, on the report of such persons, he shall deem it necessary. And the Result to be President is further requested to communicate to Congress, at their next session, the result of so much of the examina tion and survey, as relates to the expediency and practicability of building the sea-wall aforesaid: Provided, That no money shall be expended in erecting the pier aforesaid, pended till cesuntil the jurisdiction of the site thereof shall be ceded by the State of New Hampshire to the United States. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a sum, not exceed ing two thousand five hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. thorized to cause communicated to Congress. Proviso: no money to be ex sion, &c. $2,500 арргоpriated for the purposes, &c. CHAP. 29.-An Act to revive and continue in force "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia." April 20, 1822. Act of Mar. 17, 1800, ch. 15, de to certain acts of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress asembled, Tuat the act passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one claring the asthousand eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the sent of Congress assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland the States of and Georgia," and which, by subsequent acts, has been re- Maryland and vived and continued in force until the third day of March, and continued. eighteen hundred and twenty-two, be, and the same hereby is, revived and continued in force until the third day of Georgia, revived |