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AN ACT to revive the act entitled "An act supplemen. tary to the several laws for the sale of public lands." Be it enacted, &c. That in all cases in which persons were settlers or occupants of the public land prior to the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and were authorized to enter under the provisions of the act, entitled, "An act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of public lands," approved April 5th, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and were prevented from making their entries, in consequence of the public surveys not having been made and returned, or where the land was not attached to any land district, or where the same has been reserved from sale in consequence of a disputed boundary between two States, or between a State and Territory, the said occupants shall be permitted to enter the said lands on the same conditions, in every respect, as were prescribed in said act, within one year after the surveys are made, or the land attached to a land district, or the boundary line established; and if the land shall be proclaimed for sale before the expiration of one year as aforesaid, then the said settlers or occupants shall be permiited to enter before the

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Approved: March 2, 1833.

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AN ACT to establish a town at St. Marks, in Florida. Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause so much of the public lands at or near St. Marks, in the Territory of Florida, as he may deem proper, to be laid off into town lots, not to contain more than one quarter of an acre each, and into streets, avenues, and out lots, and public squares, for the use of the town; and, whenever the survey of the same shall be completed, it shall be the duty of the surveyor for the Territory of Florida, to cause two plats thereof to be made out, on which the town and out lots shall be respectively designated by progressive numbers; one of which shall be transmitted, with a copy of the field notes, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the other to the Register of the Land Office for the proper district Provided, Tha the President may adopt, if he shall approve, such plan as may have been already reported to the General Land Office.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid town and out lots at said site, with the exception of such of them as the President may reserve for fortifications, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the Register and Receiver of the proper land office, at such times and places as the President shall, by public proclamation, designate for that purpose; and all lots remaining unsold a the closing of the public sales shall be subject to entry at private sale at the proper Land Office: Provided, That no town lot shall be sold for less than twenty-five dollars, nor any out lot for less than at the rate of twenty-five dollars per acre; and they shall, in every other respect, be sold on the same terms and conditions as are provided for the disposal of the other public lands of the United States.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That previous to of fering the aforesaid town and out lots at public sale, the President of the United States shall cause the value of any improvements that may have been made thereon to be ascertained in such manner as he may prescribe for that purpose; and the purchaser at public sale of any lot upon which there are such improvemen's, other than the

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owner thereof, shall, in addition to the sum to be paid to the United States, be, and hereby is, required to pay to the owner of the improvements, the value of them as thus ascertained; and, if payment therefor shall not be made upon the day on which the same was purchased, the lot shall be again offered at public sale on the next day of sale, and such person shall not be capable of becoming the purchaser of that or of any other lot offered at that public sale: Provided, That, if any lot so offered and bid off 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.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT granting an additional quantity of land for the location of Revolutionary bounty land warrants.

Be it enacted, &c. That the further quantity of twohundred thousand acres of land be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, in addition to the quantity heretofore appropria ed by the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war," approved the thirtieth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and the aet, entitled "An act to extend the time of issuing military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary war," approved the thirteenth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two which said appropriations shall be applied in the manner provided by the said acts, to the unsatisfied warrants, whether original or duplicate, which have been or may be issued as therein directed, to the officers and soldiers, and others, as described in said acts: Provided, That the said certificates of scrip shall be receivable in payment of any of the public lands liable to sale at private entry.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act of the third of 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."

Be it enacted, &c. That all offences prescribed in the act, 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 of fenders, upon conviction, shall be punished accordingly. And the said Court shall also have jurisdiction to hear and determine all suits or prosecutions, insituted for the recovery of all fines and penalties imposed by the said act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to direct the 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 ftom 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. Approved March 2, 1833.

Laws of the United States.

AN ACT to carry into effect 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. Be it enacted, &c. 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 provi sions 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.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Com. missioners 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.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacled, That the members of the Board so constituted shall meet at the city o Washington, and their 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.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all records, documents, or other papers, which now are in, or hereafter during the continuance of this commission may come into the possession of the Department of State, in relation to such claims, shall be delivered to the commission aforesaid.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacled, That the compensation of the respective officers, for whose app intment provision is made by this act, shall not exceed the fol lowing 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 fif teen hundred dollars per annum. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such provision 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.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said com. missioners 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 rateable proportions, among the persons in whose favor 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 the United States from said persons in whose favor said awards shall be made; and shall cause certificates to be Issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such form

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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 certifi cates at the Treasury, as the nett 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.

Sec. 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 transferr ed to the United States, in such manner as he may deem best, and the nett proceeds thereof to be paid into the Treasury, and the same are hereby appropriated, to satisfy the awards herein provided for.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all communications to and from the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, on the business of the Commission, shall pass by mail free of postage.

Sec. 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. Approved, March 2, 1833

AN ACT to authorize the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas to sell the land granted to said Territory by an act of Congress approved the fifteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and for other purposes.

·Be it enacted, &c. That, whenever the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury a sufficient description of the boundaries of the thousand acres of land, granted by an act of Congress of the fifteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to the Territory of Arkansas, for the erection of a court-house and jail in the town of Little Rock, in the Territory aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause a patent to be issued for said thousand acres of land, to the Governor of Arkansas, and his successors in office, in trust, for the benefit of the Territory of Arkansas, for the purpose of erecting a court house and jail at Little Rock.

Sec. 2 And be it further enacled, That the Governor of the said Territory of Arkansas be, and he is hereby fully empowered and authorized to lay off into town lots, conforming, as near as practicable, to the present plan of the town of Little Rock, so much of said grant of a thousand acres of land as he may deem advisable so to be appropriated; and that he be further authorized to sell the same, from time to time, as the public interest may require; and the residue of said grant, which may not be laid off into town lots corresponding with the plan of the said town of Little Rock, he shall be authorized to dispose of, in such lots or parcels as he may deem advisable; but, in no case shall he be authorized to sell, unless he shall give public notice of such sale by an advertisement in one or more newspapers printed in the Territo ry of Arkansas; and said sale shall be public at the courthouse in the town of Little Rock.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in case suitable situations cannot be had, free of cost to the Territo. ry, for the location of the Sta e house, as well as for the court-house and jail in the town of Little Rock, the Governor aforesaid shall be, and he is hereby, fully authorized to select and lay off suitable squares for each of those buildings, within the addition hereunto authorized to be added to the town of Little Rock; and that the squares so selected and laid off shall be appropriated to the use of the respective buildings for which they may be designated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, forever.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Governor shall execute deeds for the lots he may sell under the provisions of this act, to purchasers, so soon as the purchasers shall pay off entirely the amount they may have bid for any lot or lots, and all sales shall be for cash. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the Governor aforesaid shall dispose of lots, he shall apply the proceeds of said sales to the erection of a good and substantial court-house and jail; and, after these shall have been completed, should there be any funds remaining, it shall be the duty of said Governor to apply the surplus thus remaining to the erection of a suitable and permanent house for the residence of the present and future Governors of Arkansas, during their continuance in office. Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers and seamen who were lost in the United States' schooner Sylph.

Be it enacted, &c. That, the widows, if any such there be, and in case there be no widow, the child or children, and if there be no child, then the parents or parent, and, if there be no parent, then the brothers or sisters, of the officers and seamen who were in the service of the United States, and lost in the schooner Sylph, shall be entitled to, and receive, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to six months' pay of their respective deceased relatives aforesaid, in addi. tion to the pay due to the said deceased on the fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone, to which day the arrears of pay due to the said deceased shall be allowed and paid by the accounting officers of the Navy Department. Approved: March 2, 1833.

RESOLUTIONS.

A RESOLUTION authorizing the delivery of certain papers in the Department of State to the Commissioners

ever 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 previ. ous to the eleventh day of April, one thousand seven hun. dred 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.

A RESOLUTION for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore. Resolved, &c. That the memorial of John S. Stiles, and the memorial of the owners of vessels, taken and sunk for the defence of Baltimore during the late war, with the papers and documents referred to the Committee on Claims of the House of Representatives in the cases aforesaid, be referred to the Third Auditor for his decision under the act of May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and thirty, "for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore;" which decision shall be subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. Approved: March 2, 1833.

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for Settling Claims under the Treaty with France, of A RESOLUTION providing for the continuation of the second of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

Resolved, &c. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the Commissioners for the Settlement of Claims under the treaty with France, ratified and confirmed on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the evidences of any claim submitted to, and rejected by the commissioners for the settlement of claims under the treaty with Spain, which was made on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and finally ratified and confirmed on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, which evidences shall be returned to the Department of State when the Commission shall expire.

Approved: February 19, 1833.

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, &c. That, in the execution of the act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved June seventh, one thou and eight hundred and thirty-two, wher

Gales and Seaton's Compilation of State Papers. Resolved, &c. That the provisions of the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, authorizing a subscription to a compilation of Congression. al Documents, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the continuation of said compilation proposed to be executed by Gales and Seaton; and that the copies of the said continuation when completed, shall be distributed to the members of the twenty-second Congress, and in such other manner as Congress shall he reafter direct : Provided, The said continuation shall be limited to eight vol.

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