by is, authorized to cause to be selected, and purchased, a suitable site for a Custom House and Ware House, at Newport, in Rhode Island, and to cause a safe and convenient building to be erected thereon, for the transaction of Custom House business, and for the safe-keeping of the records thereof, and of the property in the custody of the Government; and that a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars be, and the same is, hereby, appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, likewise, authorized to cause to be purchased a suitable site for a Custom House and Ware House in the city of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, and to have erected a safe and convenient building, or to purchase a proper site with a suitable and convenient building already erected thereon, for the transaction of Custom House business, and for the safe-keeping of the property in custody of the Government; and that a sum not exceeding eight thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause to be put in proper repair, and to be used for a Custom House, a certain brick Store, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, once the property of Abner Wood and David Wood, junior, but now belonging to the United States; and that a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is, hereby, authorized and directed to cause a suitable site to be selected and purchased for a Custom House and Ware House at Portland, in Maine, and to cause a safe and convenient building to be erected thereon, for the transaction of Custom House business, and for the safe-keeping of the records thereof, and of the property in the custody of the Government; and that a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid. Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT to continue in force, for a limited time, and to amend, an act, entitled "An act to enable claimants to lands, within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims."

and customs, of the Spanish Government, for two years, from and after the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and all the claims au thorized by that act, to be heard and decided, shall be ratified and confirmed to the same extent that the same would be valid if the country in which they lie had remained under the dominion of the soverignty in which said claims originated.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act as subjects the claimants to the payment of costs in any case where the decision may be in favor of their claims, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and the costs shall abide the decision of the cause as in ordinary causes before the said Court; and so much of the said act as requires the claimants to make adverse claimants parties to their suits, or to show the Court what adverse claimants there may be to the land claimed of the United States, be also hereby repealed. And the confirmations had by virtue of said act, and the patents issued thereon, shall operate only as relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall, in no wise, affect the right or title, either in law or equity, of adverse claimants of the same land.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That where any claim, founded on concession, warrant, or order of sur vey, shall be adjudged against and rejected, the claimant, or his legal representatives, by descent or purchase, being actual inhabitants and cultivators of the soil, the claim to which shall have been rejected, shall have the right of pre-emption, at the minimum price of the public lands, as soon as the land shall be surveyed and subdivided by the United States, of the quarter section on which the improvement shall be situate, and so much of every other quarter section which contains any part of the improvement, as shall be within the limits of the rejected chain. Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT to authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of Schools in that State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representstives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Legislature of the State of Indiana shall be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, all, or any part, of the lands heretofore reserved and ap State, and to invest the money arising from the sale therepropriated by Congress for the use of Schools within said of in some productive fund, the proceeds of which shall be forever applied, under the direction of said Legisla ture, for the use and support of schools, with the several townships and districts of country for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: Provided, Said land, or any part thereof, shall, in no case, be sold without the consent of the inhabitants of such township, or district, to be obtained in such manner as the Legislature of said State shall, by law, direct: And provided, also, That, in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each township and district aforesaid, shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved the twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty four, entitled "An act to enable claimants to lands, within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims," shall be, and the same hereby is, continued in force; that is to say, for the purpose of filing petitions in the manner prescribed by that act, to, and until, the twenty-sixth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and for the purpose of enabling the claimants to obtain a final deci- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the prosion on the validity of their claims in the Courts of Mis-ceeds accruing to any township or district, from said fund, souri and Arkansas, respectively; the said claims having been exhibited within the time above specified; the said act shall be continued in force to, and until, the twenty. sixth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and no longer; and the Courts having cognizance of said claims shall decide upon and confirm such as would have been confirmed under the laws, usages,

shall be insufficient for the support of the Schools there in, it shall be lawful for said Legislature to invest the same as is hereinbefore directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund belonging to such township, or district, shall be adequate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools within the same.

Approved: 24th May, 1828.

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AN ACT to confirm claims to lands in the District between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers, founded on habitation and cultivation.

20th CONGRESS,

1st SESSION.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Register and Receiver shall have power to receive and examine such titles and claims, and for that purpose shall hold their Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- sessions at Jackson Court House, and the town of Shieldstives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, borough. They shall give immediate notice, after the pasThat the claims to lands founded on habitation and cul- sage of this act, of the time and place of their meeting, tivation, reported for confirmation by the Register and Re- but may adjourn from time to time, as may best suit the ceiver of the Southwestern District of Louisiana, in their convenience of claimants, upon giving due notice thereof. report, dated November first, eighteen hundred and And the said Register and Receiver shall have power to twenty four, in conformity to the provisions of the acts appoint a clerk, who shall be a person capable of translatof Congress, of the third of March, eighteen hundred ing the French and Spanish languages, and who shall perand twenty-three, and twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hun- form the duty of translation and such other duty as may be dred and twenty-four, contained in the third class of the required by the said Register and Receiver; and the said Report of the said Register and Receiver, be, and the Register and Receiver shall each be allowed, as a compensame are hereby, confirmed, except claim number forty-sation for their services in relation to said claims, and for two, near Cantonment Jesup, and the claims of Leonard the services to be performed under the provisions of the Dyson, numbers fourteen and eighteen; Samuel Norris, several acts to which this is a supplement, the sum of eight numbers ten and thirteen; Baptiste Poiret, brother and hundred dollars each, and the Clerk the sum of eight hunsisters, number nineteen; Baptiste Poiret, senior, num-dred dollars; which several sums of money shall be paid ber twenty; Henry Stockman, number thirty-one; Pe- out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise approter Stockman, number ; Moses Robison, number priated: Provided, That the payment of the whole of the twenty-one; James Pharis, number twenty-four; Cesar aforesaid compensation shall be withheld by the Secretary Wallace, number thirty-four and fifty-six; John Montgo- of the Treasury, until a report, approved by him, shall mery, Junior, number sixty-nine; and Emanuel Trickel, have been made to him, by said Register and Receiver, of number two hundred and thirty-one; which claims are the performance of the services herein required. suspended, until it is ascertained whether they are si- Approved, 24th May, 1828. tuated within the limits of the lands claimed by the Caddoe Indians.

AN ACT supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of Land Claims in the State of Mississippi.

AN ACT making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian Treaties.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the objects following, viz:

For the payment of the sum stipulated by the sixth article of the treaty of the fifth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Chippewa tribe of Indians, one thousand dollars.

For paying the annuity and providing the means of education, stipulated by the third article of the treaty with the Patawatima tribe of Indians, made the sixteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and twentysix, four thousand dollars.

For supporting a blacksmith and miller, and also for furnishing one hundred and sixty bushels of salt, in conformity with the aforesaid article, one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.

For the payment of the annuity stipulated by the fourth the twenty-third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, thirty thousand dollars.

For the delivery of two thousand pounds of iron, one thousand pounds of steel, one thousand pounds of tobacco, and for the employment of laborers, in conformity of the said fourth article of the said treaty, one thousand one hundred dollars.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claimants of lands within that part of the limits of the land district of Jackson Court House, in the State of Mississippi, lying below the 31st degree of North latitude, whose claims have been presented to the Com-article of the treaty with the Miami tribe of Indians, made missioners appointed to receive and examine claims and titles to lands in said District of Jackson Court House, or to the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Jackson Court House, acting as Commissioners under the provisions of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, en titled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing Land Offices in the District East of the island of New Orleans," and which have not been reported to For the support of the poor and infirm, and the edu Congress, or whose claims have not been heretofore pre- cation of the youth of the said tribe of Indians, under sented to said Commissioners, or to the Register and Re- the sixth article of the said treaty, two thousand dollars. ceiver acting as Commissioners, or whose claims have been For carrying into effect the treaty with the Creek Naacted upon, but additional evidence adduced, be allowed tion of Indians, concluded the fifteenth of November, until the first day of January, one thousand eight hun-one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, fortydred and twenty-nine, to present their titles and claims, seven thousand four hundred and twenty-nine dollars. and the evidence in support of the same, to the Register To the Thornton party of Miami Indians, by virtue of and Receiver of the Land Office at Jackson Court House, the second article of a treaty made with them on the in the State of Mississippi, whose powers and duties, in eleventh of February, one thousand eight hundred and relation to the same, shall, in all respects, be governed by twenty-eight, at the Wyandot village, for goods deliverthe provisions of the acts before recited, and of the acted, and to be delivered, as provided for by the second of the eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty two, article of the said treaty, ten thousand dollars. entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing Land Offices in the District East of the island of New Orleans,"

For building twelve houses, clearing and fencing forty acres of land, for furnishing wagon, oxen, laborers, provisions, horses, and saddles, and bridles, as stipulat

ed for by same article of said treaty, five thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars.

For payment of money and goods to Peter Langlois, as stipulated for by the third article of said treaty, four thousand dollars.

For the following sums and objects, being necessary to carry into effect the treaty concluded on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians, West of the Mississippi :

In consideration of the inconvenience and trouble of removing, as provided for in the fifth article of said treaty, fifty thousand dollars.

For spoliations committed on them, as provided in the same article, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dol

lars.

For the use of Thomas Graves, same article, one thousand two hundred dollars.

For the use of George Guess, same article, five hundred dollars.

AN ACT to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawattimas, Winnebagoes, Fox, and Sacs nations of Indians. 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, and the same is here. by, appropriated, to defray the expenses of treating with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawatimas, Winnebagoes, Fox, and Sacs nations of Indians, for the purpose of exFor two thousand dollars, for ten years, for the educa- tinguishing their titles to lands within the State of Illinois tion of their children, same article, twenty thousand dollars. and the Territory of Michigan, situated between the 11Towards the purchase of a printing press, and types,linois river and the Lead Mines on Fever river, and in the same article, one thousand dollars. vicinity of said Lead Mines, and also, certain reservations For the compensation proposed to be paid to emigrat- on the Southeast border of Lake Michigan; and that the ing Cherokees from within the chartered limits of Geor-President of the United States, if he shall deem it expegia, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty- dient, may apply a part of the aforesaid appropriation eight, upon the supposition that five hundred may emi- for the purpose of holding a treaty with the Choctaw nagrate within the year, that is to say: tion of Indians, to extinguish their title to the tract of land which lies in the Territory of Arkansas, East of the Western boundary line of said Territory: the said sum to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

For rifles, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For five hundred blankets, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For five hundred kettles, one thousand dollars. For two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For property that may be abandoned, upon the estimate that of the five hundred, one hundred may be heads of families, and have property worth twenty dollars, each, two thousand dollars.

For cost of emigration of five hundred, at ten dollars each, five thousand dollars.

For provisions for a year, fifteen thousand dollars. For ten dollars for each emigrant, as provided for by the eighth article of the aforesaid treaty, five thousand dollars. For Captain John Rogers, as provided for by the tenth article, five hundred dollars.

For the expense in part of running the boundary lines, as provided for by the third article, two thousand dollars. Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT making appropriations for the purchase of books, 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 five thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of books for the Library of Congress.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Librarian of Congress be authorized to employ an assistant, who shall receive a yearly compensation of eight hundred dollars, commencing March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT supplementary to an act, entitled “ An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the Land Offices," passed March third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the pur. pose of negotiating said Treaty, on the part of the United States, the President shall be, and he is hereby, authoriz ed to appoint Commissioners, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as soon as practicable, and to fix their compensation so as not to exceed what has been heretofore allowed for like services. Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the suppression of the slave trade, pursuant to the act of Congress of the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to pay, out of the sum berein appropriated, the claim of the administrator of the estate of Taliaferro Livingston, late United States' Marshal for the District of Alabama, for the maintenance of sundry Africans, captured in one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: Provided, The said administrator shall produce satisfactory evidence of the reasonableness of the charges for the said maintenance; and that the sums received by the said Livingston for the hire of the said Africans, and for the labor performed for him by said Africans, if any, be accounted for, and deducted.

Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT to authorize the Postmaster General to erect an additional building, and employ five additional Clerks Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembles, That the Postmaster General he anthorized to have erected an additional building for the use of the Department Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Post Office, and of the Patent Office; of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and that he be also authorized to employ five additional That the provisions of the act, entitled "An act provid-Clerks, with a salary of one thousand dollars each.

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venteen dollars and fourteen cents be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriat ed, to the Navy Hospital Fund; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pay the same to the Comother-missioners of the aforesaid Fund, upon their requisition. Approved May 24th, 1828.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the contingent expenses of the Senate, for the year eighteen hun-erected thereon such an arsenal as may be deemed prodred and twenty-eight, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury. Approved 24th May, 1828.

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 be, and he is Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representahereby, authorized to cause a Military Road to be open tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ed and made, in the State of Maine, from the mouth of That the Trustees of the University of the State of Alathe river Matanawcook, where it enters into the Penob-bama be, and they are hereby, authorized to surrender scot river, to Mars Hill, near the Northeastern boundary

the patents issued for section twelve, the Northeast quarter of section seventeen, the Northeast quarter of secSec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President tion twenty-eight, and the East half of the Northeast be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ such part of quarter of section thirty-four, in Township four, range the troops of the United States as he may think proper, eleven, West, in the Huntsville Land District, and to seto survey and construct said road; and, for the purposeands of the United States, in said State'; and that, on lect a like quantity, in lieu thereof, of any of the public of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby,ap. propriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

AN ACT to authorize the Legislature of the State of Illinois to sell and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said State for the use of the Ohio Saline. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaThat the sum of forty six thousand two hundred and se-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Legislature of the State of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said Legislature shall, by law, direct, such part or parts of the tract of land reserved and granted to said State, for the use and support of the Salt Works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the county of Gallatin, in the said State, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the said Legislature may, by faw, hereafter direct: Provided, That the Legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousand acres of the land reserved and granted for the use of the Saline aforesaid.

Approved: 24th May, 1828.

AN ACT to aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the construction of the Canals authorized by law; and for making donations of lands to certain persons in Arkansas Territory.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said State in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said Canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Anglaize, so far as the same shall be located through the public land, and reserving each alternate section of the land unsold to the United States, to be selected by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the President of the United States; and which land, so reserved to the United States, shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby granted to the State of Ohio, to be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of said State, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That said canal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway, for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge, whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same: And provided, also, That the extension of the said Miami canal shall be commenced within five years, and complet ed within twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold; and that the title to purchasers, under the State, shall be valid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the route of said canal shall be located, and agreed on by said State, it shall be the duty of the Governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the said State will be entitled under the provisions of this act, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the State of Ohio, under the authority of the Legislature thereof, after the selection shall have been so made, as aforesaid, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or any part of said land, and give a title, in fee simple, therefor, to the purchaser thereof.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the State of Indiana be, and hereby is, authorized to convey and relinquish to the State of Ohio, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by said States, all the right and interest granted to the said State of Indiana, to any lands within the limits of the State of Ohio, by an act, entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in opening a

canal, to connect the waters of Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," approved on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven; the State of Ohio to hold said land on the same conditions upon which it was granted to the State of Indiana, by the act afore. said.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State of Ohio, five hundred thousand acres of the lands owned by the United States, within the said State, to be selected as hereinafter directed, for the purpose of aiding the State of Ohio in the payment of the debt, or the interest thereon, which has heretofore been, or which may hereafter be, contracted by said State, in the construction of the canals within the same, undertaken under the authority of the laws of said State, now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, for the extension of canals now making; which land, when selected, shall be disposed of by the Legislature of Ohio, for that purpose, and no other: Provided, That said canals, when completed or used, shall be, and forever remain, public highways, for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service passing along the same: And provided further, That the said canals, already commenced, shall be completed in seven years from the approval of this act; otherwise the State of Ohio shall stand bound to pay over to the United States the amount which any lands, sold by her, within that time, may have brought; but the validity of the titles deriv ed from the State by such sales, shall not be affected by that failure.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the selection of the land granted by the fifth section of this act, may be made under the authority, and by the direction of the Governor of the State of Ohio, of any lands belonging to the United States within said State, which may, at the time of selection, be subject to entry at private sale, and within two years from the approval of this act : Prod That, in the selection of the lands hereby granted, no lands shall be comprehended which have been reserved for the use of the United States, as alternate sections, in the grants hitherto made, or which may be made during the present session of Congress, of lands within said State, for roads and canals: And provided, That all lands so selected, shall, by the Governor of said State, be reported to the office of the Register of the district in which the land lies, and no lands shall be deemed to be selected, until such report be made, and the lands so selected shall be granted by the United States to the State of Ohio.

Sec 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, provided the Legislature of Ohio, at the first session thereof, hereafter to commence, shall express the assent of the State to the several provisions and conditions hereof; and unless such expression of assent be made, this act shall be wholly inoperative, except so far as to authorize the Governor of Ohio to proceed in causing selections of said land to be made, previous to the said next session of the Legislature.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That each head of a family, widow, or single man, over the age of twenty-one years, actually settled on that part of the Territory of Arkansas, which, by the first article of the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, West of the Mississippi, ratified the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, has ceased to be a part of said Territory, who shall remove from such settlement according to the provisions of that treaty, shall be authorized to enter with the proper Register of the Land Office in Arkansas, a quantity not exceeding two quarter sections of land, on any of the public land in that Territory, the sale of which is authorized by L«,