1819, ch. 98, to extend to cases where patents have issued or shall hereafter issue. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.] 15,000 dollars appropriated to defray the expenses of treating with the Chippewas, &c. Commission negotiate said treaty. act, entitled "An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the land offices," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, are hereby declared to extend to cases where patents have issued, or shall hereafter issue: upon condition that the party concerned shall surrender his or her patent, to the commis sioner of the general land office, with a relinquishment of title thereon, executed in a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. XCVII.-An Act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawaltimas, Winnebagoes, Fox and Sacs nutions 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 hereby appropriated, to defray the expenses of treating with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawattimas, Winnebagoes, Fox and Sacs nations of Indians, for the purpose of extinguishing their titles to lands within the state of Illinois and the territory of Michigan, situated between the Illinois river and the lead mines, on Fever river, and in the vicinity of said lead mines; and, also, certain reservations on the south-east border of Lake Michigan; and that the President of the United States, if he shall deem it expedient, may apply a part of the aforesaid appropriation, for the purpose of holding a treaty with the Choctaw nation 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. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of negotiating ers appointed to said treaty, on the part of the United States, the President shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint commissioners, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as soon as practicable, and to fix their com pensation, so as not to exceed what has been heretofore allowed for like services. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. 1830, ch. 218. 30,000 dollars appropriated for the suppression of the slave trade. CHAP. XCVIII.-An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade. (a) 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, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the suppression Act of March of the slave trade, pursuant to the act of Congress of the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 3, 1819, ch.101. Secretary of the Navy to satisfy the claim of Taliaferro Livingston. Proviso. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to pay, out of the sum herein 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 labour performed for him by said Africans, if any, be accounted for, and deducted. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. (a) For acts relating to the slave trade, see vol. i. 347. STATUTE I. CHAP. XCIX.-An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to erect an additional May 24, 1828. building, and employ five additional clerks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be authorized to have erected an additional building for the use of the department of the general post-office, and of the patent office; and that be be also authorized to employ five additional clerks, with a salary of one thousand dollars each. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twelve thousand dollars be appropriated to defray the cost of erecting the aforesaid build ing, and the sum of five thousand dollars to pay the salaries of the aforesaid clerks; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. An additional building to be erected, and five clerks to be appointed. Appropriation for the erection of the building, &c. STATUTE I. CHAP. C.-An Act allowing compensation to the members of the legislature of the May 24, 1828. territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid to each member of the two branches of the legislature of the territory of Arkansas three dollars a day for each day he shall actually attend the session thereof; and, also, three dollars for every twenty-five miles' travel, in going to and returning from such session; to be computed by the actual distance from the place where such member resides to the place where the session of the legislature shall be held, which said distance shall be distinctly certified by the governor of said territory: Provided, however, That no member shall be entitled to, or shall receive compensation, for daily attendance, for more than thirty days in every two years; or for going to and returning from said legislature, more than once in said two years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid once in two years, seven hundred and twenty dollars, to the governor of said territory, to be applied towards defraying the incidental expenses of the legislature, in such manner as the said legislature shall direct. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars to the district judge of the state of Missouri, and to each of the judges of the superior court for the territory of Arkansas, for their extra services as land commissioners from the twentysixth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, to the thirty-first day of December next. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the contingent expenses of the Senate for the year eighteen hundred 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, May 24, 1828. Compensation of the members of the legisla ture of the ter ritory of Arkan sas for attend ance. Proviso. 720 dollars to be paid the governor bienni ally for certain purposes. propriated to the district judge of the state of Mis souri, &c. 15,000 dollars appropriated for contingent expenses of the Senate for 1828. CHAP. CI.—An Act to provide for opening and making a military road in the state of Maine. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. President to cause a mili Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the Uni- tary road to be ted States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause a military road to be opened. Troops of the United States to be employed to carry into effect the provisions of this act. opened and made in the state of Maine, from the mouth of the river Matanawcook, where it enters into the Penobscot river, to Mars Hill, near the north-eastern boundary line of the state of Maine. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ such part of the troops of the United States as he may think proper, to survey and construct said road; and, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. CHAP. CII.-An Act making an appropriation for the navy hospital fund. [Obsolete.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of forty-six thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and fourteen cents be appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the navy hospital fund; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pay the same to the commissioners of the aforesaid fund upon their requisition. Vol. ii. 53, 293. STATUTE I. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. May 24, 1828. CHAP. CIII.—An Act to repeal a part of the act, entitled "An act supplementary to, and to amend an act, entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes. Act of March 37th section of act of 1st March, 1823, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 2, 1799, ch. 22. States of America, in Congress assembled, That, the thirty-seventh section of the act passed on the first of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled " An act supplementary to, and to amend an act, entitled' An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' passed second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. ch. 21, repeal ed. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. Lieutenants in the navy, after CHAP. CIV.-An Act to increase the pay of lieutenants in the navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passage of passing of this act, all lieutenants in the navy of the United States shall, in addition to the pay and emoluments now allowed them by law, each receive ten dollars per month, and one ration per day. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. this act, to receive 10 dollars per month and one ration per day, in addition, &c. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. Secretary of War authorized, &c. to procure on reasonable terms, a site for an arsenal on the CHAP. CV-An Act authorizing the establishment of an arsenal on the waters of Mobile or Pensacola Bays. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to procure, as soon as it can be effected on reasonable terms, a site for an arsenal on the waters of Mobile or Pensacola bays, and to cause to be erected thereon such an arsenal as may be deemed proper, for the safe keeping of the arms and munitions of war of the United States, for the Mexican gulf frontier; and that for these purposes the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. waters of Mo bile or Pensacola bays. STATUTE I. CHAP. CVII.—An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Illinois to sell May 24, 1828. 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 Representatives 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 law 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, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CVIII.-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 land to certain persons in Arkansas territory. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. 1852, ch. 114, § 3. Act of June 30, 1834, ch. 137. A quantity of land to be 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. 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 Auglaize, 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 completed within twenty years, or the state shall be bound to pay to 2, 1833, ch. 87. 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. - VOL. IV.-39 2 c2 Proviso. Proviso. Act of March Duty of the governor when said canal is located. the route of Legislature to have &c., after the State of Indi ana authorized to convey, &c., to the state of Ohio, all the right, &c., granted to said state by an act of March 2, 1827, ch. 56. Act of March 500,000 acres of the lands owned by the United States, within said state, to be selected as hereinafter direct 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 to 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 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 twen3, 1845, ch. 42. ty-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 aforesaid. 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, The said canals, when completed or used, shall be, and for ever 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 2, 1833, ch. 87. 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 derived from the state by such sales, shall not be affected by that failure. ed, for the purpose of aiding the state of Ohio in the payment of the debt, &c. Proviso. Proviso. Act of March The selection of the land granted by 5th section of this act to be made by the governor of Ohio. Proviso. Proviso. Act to take efect, provided the legislature of Ohio shall express the as sent of the state to the several provisions and conditions hereof, &c. Each head of a 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: Provided, 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 the 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 so selected till 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 |