on the last day of the public sale shall not be thus paid for, the same may be entered at private sale, upon paying to the United States the sum at which it was bid off, and to the owner of the improvements the previously ascertained value thereof: And provided further, That the President be not authorized to offer any part of said town lots for sale, till he shall be satisfied that the site proposed for said town is not included within the limits of any conflicting Spanish title, which may not be released or decided to be invalid. CHAP. 93. An Act granting an additional quantity of land for the location of revolutionary bounty land warrants. CHAP. 94. An Act to extend the provisions of the act of the third March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, entitled "An act to prevent settlements being made on lands ceded to the United States, until authorized by law." SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all offences prescribed in the fact, entitled "An act to prevent settlements being made on lands ceded to the United States until authorized by law," approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven," when committed upon public lands not situated within any state or organized territorial government, shall be cognizable in the District Court of the United States held in the state nearest where the said offence may have been committed: and the offenders upon conviction, shall be punished accordingly. And the said court shall also have juris diction to hear and determine all suits or prosecutions, instituted for the recovery of all fines and penalties imposed by the said act. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to direct the Indian Agents at Prairie du Chien and Rock Island, or either of them, when offences against the said act shall be committed on lands recently acquired by treaty from the Sac and Fox Indians, to execute and perform all the duties required by the said act to be performed by the Marshals, in such mode as to give full effect to the said act, in and over the lands acquired as aforesaid. the Convention between the United States and his majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three Commissioners, who shall form a board, whose duty it shall be to receive and examine all claims which may be presented to them under the Convention between the United States and the King of the Two Sicilies of the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, which are provided for by the said Convention, according to the provisions of the same, and the principles of justice, equity, and the law of nations. The said board shall have a Secretary, versed in the French and Italian languages, and a clerk, both to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: And the commissioners, secretary and clerk, shall, before they enter on the duties of their offices, take oath well and faithfully to perform the duties thereof. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to make all needful rules and regulations, not contravening the laws of the land, the provisions of this act, or the provisions of the said Convention, for carrying their said commission into full and complete effect. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of the board so constituted shall meet at the city of Washington, and t'eir salaries shall begin to be allowed within thirty days after the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention shall have been proclaimed by the President of the United States; and, within one year from the time of said meeting, they shall terminate their duties. And the Secretary of State is required as soon as the said proclamation of the President shall have been made, to give notice of the said meeting to be published in two newspapers in Washington, and in such other papers as he may think proper. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That all records, documents or other papers, which now are in, or hereafter during the continuance of this Commision may come into the possession of the DeCHAP. 95. An Act to carry into effect partment of State, in relation to such claims, shall be delivered to the commission aforesaid. SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the respective officers, for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall not exceed the following sums, namely: to each of the said Commissioners, at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum: to the Secretary of the board, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; and to the clerk, at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to make such provisions for the contingent expenses of the said commission as shall appear to him reasonable and proper; and the said salaries and expenses shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall report to the Secretary of State a list of all the several awards made by them; a certified copy thereof shall be by him transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon distribute in ratable proportions, among the persons in whose favour the awards shall have been made, such moneys as may have been received into the treasury in virtue of this act, according to the proportions which their respective awards shall bear to the whole amount then received, first deducting such sums of money as may be due to the United States from said persons in whose favour said awards shall be made: and shall cause certificates to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such form as he may prescribe, showing the proportion to which each may be entitled of the amount that may thereafter be received: and on the presentation of the said certificates at the treasury, as the net proceeds of the general instalments, payable by the Neapolitan government, shall have been received, such proportions thereof shall be paid to the legal holders of the said certificates. SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause the several instalments, with the interest thereon payable to the United States, in virtue of the said Convention, to be received from the Neapolitan government, and transferred to the United States, in such manner as he may deem best, and the net proceeds thereof to be paid into the treasury, and the same are hereby appropriated, to satisfy the awards herein provided for. SECT. 8. And be it further enacted, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners on the business of the commissions, shall pass by mail, free of postage. SECT. 9. And be it further enacted, That as soon as said Commission shall be executed and completed, the records, documents, and all other papers, in the possession of the commission or its officers, shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. CHAP. 96. An Act to authorize the CHAP. 97. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 98. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 99. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 100. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 101. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 102. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 103. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 104. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 105. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 106. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Doctor Isaac Ledyard, deceased. CHAP. 107. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Colonel John Ely, deceased. That all communications to and from the CHAP, 108. An Act for the relief of certain invalid pensioners, therein CHAP. 125. An Act for the relief of named. Absalom Bolles. CHAP. 109. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 126. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 110. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 127. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 111. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 128. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 112. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 129. An Act for the relief of William Osborn. CHAP. 113. An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of CHAP. 114. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 115. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 116. An Act for the relief of Joseph Gaston, of South Carolina. CHAP. 130. An act for the relief of CHAP. 132. An Act for the relief of Daniel Goodwin, executor of Benja- CHAP. 133. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 117. An Act supplemental to an act entitled "An act for the relief of Alexander Claxton," passed on the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. CHAP. 118. An Act for the relief of Lieutenant George D. Ramsay, of the Army of the United States. CHAP. 119. An Act for the relief of James Range, a soldier of the revolution. CHAP. 120. An Act for the relief of Joshua P. Frothingham, and the heirs of Thomas Hopping, deceased. CHAP. 121. An Act to authorize the issuing of a patent or patents to Sam- CHAP. 122. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 123. An Act for the relief of the mother of Fitz Henry Babbit, late CHAP. 124. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 134. An Act for the relief of ma. CHAP. 135. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 136. An Act for the relief of William Stewart. CHAP. 137. An Act in aid of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of James Barnett." CHAP. 138. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 139. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 140. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 141. An Act for the relief of RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. A Resolution authorizing the delivery of certain papers in the Department of State to the Commissioners for settling claims under the treaty with France, of the second February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Approved, February 19, 1833. No. 2. A Resolution in relation to the execution of the act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the execution of the act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surving officers and soldiers of the revolution" approved June seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, whenever it shall be made to appear that any applicant for a pension under said act entered the army of the revolution in pursuance of a contract with the Government, made previous to the eleventh day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and continued in service until after that period, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, to compute the period of any such applicant's service, from the time he then entered the army, and until the date of the definitive treaty of peace, and to allow him a pension accordingly. Approved, March 2, 1833. No. 3. A Resolution for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore. Approved, March 2, 1833. No. 4. A resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to correct certain mistakes. No. 5. A resolution providing for the continuation of and Gales & Seaton's Compilation of State Papers. No. 6. A Resolution to place thirty copies of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution at the disposition of the Secretary of State. OBITUARY. WILLIAM H. MAYNARD. August 28th, 1832.-In New-York, William H. Maynard, of Utica, aged 45. Mr. Maynard was a member of the New-York Senate, from the county of Oneida. He went to the city of NewYork, a week or two before his death, to attend a convention of that body, sitting as a Court of Errors, where he was attacked with cholera, to which a consecutive fever succeeded, and terminated his life.— He was a native of Conway, Mass. the son of a respectable farmer in moderate circumstances, and early gave indications of a vigorous mind. His own industry and enterprize supplied the want of patrimonial resources; and after completing his preparatory studies under the instruction of the Rev. Moses Halleck, of Plainfield, he entered Williams College at the age of about 20. Notwithstanding the drawbacks occasioned by necessary absence, at intervals to procure the means of prosecuting his education, he maintained a distinguished rank in his class, and graduated in 1810, with high honours. He next turned his attention to the study of law, which he prosecuted with his accustomed ardour, in the office of Gen. Joseph Kirkland, then of New Hartford, Oneida county. As editor of the Utica Patriot, which he conducted for several years, in conjunction with his professional labours, he exerted an extensive and salutary influence both in politics and morals. His known integrity and conscientious regard to truth, added weight to every sentence which his gifted pen indited. He afterwards devoted his entire energies to the practice of law, and was for several years associated with the late Attorney General, Samuel A. Talcott, Esq. His merits in this profession are well known to the public, especially in the district which was the field of his labours. As a member of the Senate and of the Court for the Correction of Errors, his labours were unremitted, and evinced an unceasing devotion to his public duties. Along with uncommon acuteness of intellect, he possessed a most tenacious memory, sound judgment, and an honesty of purpose which was above suspicion. His character was not only free from blemish, but combined a rare union of excellencies. By his last will, he left a legacy of $20,000 for the organization of a Law school, at Hamilton College, N. Y. GENERAL LAMARQUE. June 1, 1832-At Paris, aged 60, General Lamarque. Maximilian Lamarque was born at St. Sevre. He entered the army as a private soldier; but soon became a captain of grenadiers, and at the age of twenty was adjutant-general. He rendered important services in the wars of the republic, the campaigns of Austerlitz, Tyrol, Naples, and Wagram. His astonishing achievement in the capture of Capræa, added greatly to his fame; he was thereupon selected to reduce Calabria, and afterwards engaged in the obstinate and difficult campaigns of Spain. He did not return to France until 1814, and was not employed during the first restoration. Napoleon, on returning from Elba, gave him successively the command of Paris, and of a division on the Belgic frontier; and named him in May, General in chief of the army of La Vendée. On the second restoration, Lamarque was inscribed on the list of proscriptions of the 24th July, 1815. In 1826 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. DUKE OF REICHSTADT. July 22, 1832.-At the palace of Schoenbrunn, near Vienna, of consumption, aged 21, Napoleon-Francis-Charles-Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon. He was born at Paris, March 20, 1811, the only offspring of the ill-omened alliance of Napoleon and the Archduchess Maria Louisa; and immediately upon his birth received the title of King of Rome. The occurrence was received with the most rapturous demonstrations of joy by the |