private, entitled thereto, or his or their authorized attorney, at such places and times as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and that no foreign officer shall be entitled to said pay, nor shall any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, receive the same until he furnish the said Secretary satisfactory evidence that he is entitled to the same, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and the pay hereby allowed shall not be in any way transferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the personal benefit of the officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or soldier entitled to the same.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said pay as accrued before the approval of this act, shall be paid to the person entitled to the same as soon as may be, in the manner and under the provisions above mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue thereafter shall be paid semi-annually, in the manner above directed; and, in case of the death of any person embraced by the provisions of this act, or of the act to which it is supplementary, during the period intervening between the semiannual payments directed to be made by said acts, the proportionate amount of pay which shall accrue between the last preceding semi-annual payment, and the death of such person, shall be paid to his widow, or if he leave no widow, to his children.

SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, mariners, or marines, who served for a like term in the naval service, during the revolutionary war, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, in the same manner as is provided for the of ficers and soldiers of the army of the revolution.

Approved, June 7, 1832.

CHAP. 127. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit a wharf to be built near the site of the light-house, on Stratford point, in the State of Connecticut.

CHAP. 128. An Act to create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the Territory of Arkansas.

CHAP. 129. An Act granting to the

Territory of Arkansas, one thousand acres of land, for the erection of a court-house and jail at Little Rock.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person, who, either by virtue of a French or Spanish grant, recognised by the laws of the United States, or under a claim confirmed by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in the State of Louisiana, or by virtue of any title derived from the United States, owns a tract of land bordering on any river, creek, bayou or water course, n the said territory, and not exceeding in depth forty arpans, French measure;

shall be entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser of any vacant tract of land adjacent to, and back of, his own tract, not exceeding forty arpens, French measure in depth, nor in quantity of land, that which is contained in his own tract; at the same price and on the same terms and conditions, as are, or may be, provided by law for the other public lands in the said State. And the Surveyor General for the State of Louisiana, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be surveyed the tracts claimed by virtue of this section; and in all cases where, by reason of bends in the river, lake, creek, bayou, or water course, bordering on the tract, and of adjacent claims of a similar nature, each claimant cannot obtain a tract equal in quantity to the adjacent tract already owned by him, to divide the vacant land applicable to that object between the several claimants, in such manner as to him will appear most equitable: Provided however, That the right of preemption granted by this section, shall not extend so far in depth as to include lands fit for cultivation, bordering on another river, creek, bayou or water course. And every person entitled to the benefit of this section, shall, within three years after the date of this act, deliver to the register of the proper land office, a notice, in writing, stating the situation and extent of the tract of land he wishes to purchase; and shall also make the payment and payments for the same at the time and times which are or may be prescribed by law for the disposal of the other public lands in the said State, the time of his delivering the notice aforesaid being considered as the date of the purchase: Provided, also, That all notices of claims shall be entered, and the money paid thereon, at least three weeks before such period as may be designated by the President of the United States, for the public sale of the lands in the township in which such claims may be situated, and all claims not so entered shall be liable to be sold as other public lands. Whenever it shall be necessary to resurvey the public lands, in order to enable persons entitled to avail themselves of the provisions of this act, the expenses of such re-survey shall be paid by the person or persons, who shall enter the lands so re-surveyed under this act, at the time he or they shall pay the price of such land to the Receiver of Public Money. And if any such person shall fail to deliver such notice within the said period of three years or to make such payment or payments at the time above mentioned, his right of pre-emp

tion shall cease, and become void; and the land may, thereafter, be purchased by any other person, in the same manner, and on the same terms, as are, or may be provided by law for the sale of other public lands in the said State.

CHAP. 141. An Act to establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others; and for other purposes.

Approved, June 15, 1832.

CHAP. 142. An Act for the benefit of the Alexandria Canal Company.

CHAP. 143. An Act for the relief of

John Heard, Junior, surviving assignee of Amasa Davis, Junior.

CHAP. 144. An Act establishing land districts in the Territory of Arkan

sas.

CHAP. 145. An Act for the relief of Richard W. Steele, a soldier in the late war.

CHAP. 146. An Act for the relief of Hannah McKim.

CHAP. 147. An Act for the relief of Dorothy Wells.

CHAP. 148. An Act to confirm certain claims to land in the Territory of Arkansas.

CHAP. 149. An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of Terre Aux Bœufs.

Approved, June 25, 1832.

CHAP. 150. An Act to increase the

number of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the army of the United States.

CHAP. 151. An Act further to extend the pension heretofore granted to the widows of persons killed, or who died in the naval service.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That in all cases where provision has been made by law, for the five years half pay to widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, who were killed in battle, or who died in the naval service of the United States; and, also, in all cases where provision has been made for extending the term for five years, in addi

tion to any term of five years, the said provision shall be, and is hereby, further extended for an additional term of five years, so far as respects widows only, to commence at the end of the current or last expired term of five years in each case, respectively; which pension shall be paid out of the fund heretofore provided by law. And the pension herein continued shall cease for the causes mentioned in the laws granting the same, respectively.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall be extended to the widows of all those who may have died by reason of wounds received during the war.

CHAP. 152. An Act making provision for the sale and disposition of the public grounds in the cities of St Augustine and Pensacola, and to reserve certain lots and buildings for public purposes, and to provide for their repair and preservation. Approved, June 28, 1832.

CHAP. 153. An Act making appropri

ations for certain internal improvements for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo.

CHAP. 154. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances.

CHAP. 155. An Act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana to sell and convey certain lands granted to said State for the use of the people thereof.

America and the United Mexican States.

CHAP. 162. An Act concerning pa tents for useful inventions.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, annually, in the month of January, to report to Congress, and to publish in two of the newspapers printed in the city of Washington, a list of all the patents for discoveries, inventions, and improvements, which shall have expired within the year immediately preceding, with the names of the patentees, alphabetically arranged.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That application to Congress to prolong or renew the term of a patent, shall be made before its expiration, and shall be notified at least once a month, for three months before its presentation, in two newspapers printed in the city of Washington, and in one of the newspapers in which the laws of the United States shall be published in the State or Territory in which the patentee shall reside. The petition shall set forth particularly the grounds of the application. It shall be verified by oath; the evidence in its support may be taken before any judge or justice of the peace, it shall be accompanied by a statement of the ascertained value of the discovery, invention, or improvement, and of the receipts and expenditures of the patentec, so as to exhibit the profit or loss arising therefrom.

CHAP. 157. John Lacy.

Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninetythree, or of any of the acts sup

CHAP. 160. An Act directing letters patent to be issued to Thomas Knowles, James Lang, and William Steels, repectively.

CHAP. 161. An Act to provide for carrying into effect the treaty of limits between the United States of

inoperative, by reason that any of the terms or conditions prescribed in the third section of the said first mentioned act, have not, by inadvertence, accident or mistake, and without any fraudulent or deceptive intention, been complied with on the part of the said inventor, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State, upon the surrender to him of such patent to cause a new patent to be granted

to the said inventor for the same invention for the residue of the period then unexpired, for which the original patent was granted, upon his compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed in the said third section of the said act. And, in case of his death, or any assignment by him made of the same patent, the like right shall vest in his executors and administrators, or assignee or assignees Provided however, That such new patent, so granted, shall, in all respects, be liable to the same matters of objection and defence as any original patent granted under the said first mentioned act. But no public use or privilege of the invention so patented, derived from or after the grant of the original patent, either under any special license of the inventor, or without the consent of the patentee that there shall be a free public use thereof, shall, in any manner, prejudice his right of recovery for any use or violation of his invention after the grant of such new patent as aforesaid.

CHAP 163. An Act for the sale of the unlocated lots in the fifty quarter townships in the United States military district, in the State of Ohio, reserved to satisfy warrants granted to individuals for their military services. Approved, July 3, 1832.

CHAP. 164. An Act to authorize the surveying and laying out a road from Detroit to the mouth of Grand River of Lake Michigan, in the Michigan Territory, and for the survey of canal routes in the Territory of Florida.

CHAP. 165. An Act to authorize the surveying and making of a road from La Plaisance Bay, in the Territory of Michigan, to intersect the Chicago road.

of the Territory of Orleans or State of Louisiana, but whose titles have not been heretofore confirmed, may, at any time prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree present their claims, together with the written evidence and other testimony in support of the same to the register and receiver of the land office at New Or leans; and it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to record, in a book to be kept for that purpose, the notice of every claim so preferred, together with the evidence; for which service they shall receive a compensation from the claimants, at the rate of twentyfive cents for every hundred words.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver shall at or before the beginning of the next session of Congress thereafter, make to the Secretary of the Treasury a report of the claims which may have been preferred before them, together with the testimony, their opinion of the validity of the claims, and such other information respecting them as may be in their possession; which report shall, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be laid be fore Congress as soon as practicable, with his opinion touching the validity of the respective claims: Provided, That no claim shall be therein recommended for confirmation, for more than the quantity contained in a league square.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sales of land in the said southeastern district, by public auction or private entry, shall be suspended until after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons who, before the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, held lands in the said southeastern district, by claims unconfirmed, but which were embraced in the principles of the previous laws for the adjustment of claims in that part of the territory of Orleans or State of Louisiana, which lands may have been sold at the public sale which took place at New Orleans on the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hun dred and thirty, under the President's proclamation of the fifth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, may avail themselves of this act as though their lands had not been sold; and the said Register and receiver shall make a separate report of the cases of this class; and if it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that all or any of the