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Not to prohibit attorneys from receiving compensation from private clients, 273, § 1.
Of attorneys, solicitors and proctors, 273, 2.

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Consuls to give receipts for, 186,

63.

Penalty for extortion, 186, 2 63.

Of consuls, &c., how payable, 188, 70.

Diplomatic and consular officers to account for, 38, 6; 186, % 64.

Of custom house officers, 143, 21; 147, 38; 323, ¿ 28; 324, 30-3; 831, § 25.

Custom house officers to put up tables of, 148, 38; 321, § 12; 831, & 25.

And give receipts for, 321, ? 12.

Penalty on custom house officers for taking illegal, 148, 43; 321, 12; 831, 26.
Certain vessels not to pay, 148, ¿ 39.

Distribution of, among custom house officers, 148, 38; 323, 29; 831, & 25.

Distribution of, on death or resignation of a collector, 326,

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For engineers' and pilots' licenses, 856, 8 44.

Under the fugitive slave law, 296, 3 8.

For certified copies of journals of congress, 171, & 25.

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Of officers, in the District of Columbia, 234, 7, 8; 236, § 25; 240, 8 52; 246, § 94; 247, § 98, 101

Of jurors and witnesses, in the District of Columbia, 240, 47, 52; 277, 8 15, n.

District attorneys, clerks and marshals to render semi-annual accounts of, 277, 8 18.

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Accounts of officers and commissioners to be revised by district judges, 280, § 30–1.

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Payment of jurors' and witnesses', 279, 21.

Payment of, by the government, 279, 22.

Not fees of more than four witnesses to be taxed against the government, before a commissioner,
280, § 32.

Unless on certificate of district attorney, 280, ¿ 32.

Fee-bill extended to the territories, 279, § 29.

FELONY.

Punishment of misprision of, 202, 8 7.

Entering vessels, with intent to commit, 209, 39.

Assault with intent to commit, 210, 43.

FEME COVERTS.

How acknowledgments of, to be taken, for lands in the District of Columbia, 249, 106.
Form of acknowledgment, 250, 111.

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FINES.

Powers of the circuit court of the District of Columbia respecting, 234, ¿ 7
Ferrymen on post roads, exempt from militia service, 619, § 2.

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District judges to hear applications for remission of, 280, 1.
And transmit the facts to the secretary of the treasury, 281, 1.
Who may remit the same, 281, § 1.

State courts to have the same jurisdiction, 281, 82, 5; 282, & 8.
Right of prosecutor not to be affected, 281, 3.

Jurisdiction of state courts in suits for, 281, 8 4; 282, § 6-7.

Distribution of, under the revenue laws, 412, 398.

Persons entitled may be witnesses, 413,

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Limitation, 284, ? 2.

How recoverable, 284, 2.

Vessel to be discharged on giving bond, 284, 8 2.

Remedy at common law, 284, ¿ 2.

Bounty to fishing vessels, 284, 3; 285, % 10.

How distributed, 284, 8 3.

To vessels of less than twenty tons, 284, 4.

Sworn account to be rendered, 285, ? 4.

Forfeiture and penalty, in case of fraud, 285, 8 4.

Agreement to be produced, with sworn certificate, before payment, 285,

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No bounties to be paid unless agreement for division of proceeds be made with fishermen, 285, § 6

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To be paid notwithstanding shipwreck on return voyage, 286,
Duties of masters, intending to touch at foreign ports, 286,
Forfeiture, if found with foreign goods on board, 286,

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Vessels loaded with salt, after entry, &c., may discharge at any fishery, in district of Edenton, 286,
8 14.

Custom house officer to receive accommodations on board, 286, ? 15.

Master to pay compensation of officer after expiration of fifteen days, 286, 16.

Vessels to be licensed for the mackerel fishery, 286, 17.

Not to be liable to forfeiture for engaging in catching other fish, 287, § 18.

But not to receive bounties, 287, 18.

Vessels for the whale fishery may be enrolled and licensed, 287, 19-20.

To give bond for return of crew, 287, % 20.

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FLORIDA.

Admission into the Union, 288, § 1.

Boundaries, 288, 2.

Laws of the United States extended to, 288, 5.

Representation in congress, 2, n.

Not to interfere with the disposal of the public lands, 288, § 3.

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Nor to tax the same whilst the property of the government, 288, 3.
Grants of land for public and school purposes, 288,
Five per cent of proceeds of public lauds, 288, 24.
Rivers to be public highways, 292, 8 41; 570, 609.
Surveyor of lands to be appointed, 291,

His powers and duties, 570, 8 602-4.

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Land offices to be established, 291, 37; 292, 43-4; 570, 605.
Registers and receivers, 291, 38; 570, 2 606.

Sales of public lands, 292, 39; 570, 8 607.

Reservation for a seminary, 292, % 40; 570, % 608.
Donation lands to settlers, 569, 597.

Pre-emption rights, 569, 598-601.

Sale of military reservations, 570, 610.

Land claims, 565-7, & 578-88.

Suits by claimants, 568-9,

589-96.

How patents to issue on confirmed claims, 292, % 42.

Transcripts of British records evidence of title, 292, 45.

Collection districts. 290-1, 18-35.

President to establish ports of delivery, 290, 23.

Custom house officers, 290, ¿ 24–5.

Property wrecked on coast of, not to be taken to foreign ports, 654, † 25.

Vessels carrying away such property to be forfeited, 654,

Such property to be brought into a port of entry, 655, § 26.
Distribution and remission of forfeitures, 655,

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No forfeiture to be incurred, where custom house forms are substantially complied with, 361, 3 174
Proceedings against property seized under Indian intercourse act, 431, 78.

Remission of, by postmaster-general, 765, 43.

How recoverable, &c., in the District of Columbia, 251, 120.

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Passing, uttering or using as true, such counterfeit certifi:ate, 35, 38; 214, ¿ 68.
Selling or disposing of such certificate to another person, 35, 39; 214, 8 68.

In the District of Columbia, 242, 8 72.

In the Indian country, 432, 87.

Costs in prosecutions for, 196, 3.

FORT COVINGTON.

A port of delivery, in New York, 701, ¿ 32.

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FRANC.

Five franc pieces of France, at what rates current, 155, 29, 35.

Of France and Belgium, how estimated, 156,

FRANCE.

38.

Discriminating duties suspended on French vessels from the colonies, 163, 45-6.
When these privileges to cease, 163, & 45-6.

Salaries of the consuls at the ports of, 174, 1.

Treaty with, for extradition of criminals, 271, 8-13.

At what rates, the coins of, to be receivable for duties, &c., 154, 23, 25; 155, § 27, 29, 31.

FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.

Courts of Kentucky to be held at, 456, ¿ 4, n.

FRANKFORT, MAINE.

A port of delivery, 591, 2 7.

In the district of Bangor, 592, 18.

Deputy collector to be appointed, 592, 18.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN.

Salary of consul-general at, 174, ¿ 1.

FRANKING PRIVILEGE.

What officers to enjoy the, 120, 19; 722, ? 1; 738, 2; 763, 31; 782, 8 151; 783, § 154, 157;
785, 165, 170.

Of members of congress, 784, 160, 161; 785, 166.

Of presidents, ex-presidents, &c., 784, % 162

Of ex-vice-presidents, 785, 171.

Penalty for franking for others, 783, 152.

Exceptions, 783, 152.

Letters enclosed for others, to be returned to the post office, 783,

152.

Postmasters not to frank letters containing other than paper or money, 783, 156.

Penalty for counterfeiting frank, 783, 152.

Franking by public officers abolished, 783, 158.

Officers to keep accounts of postage, 783, 159.

Postage of the departments to be paid by the secretary of the treasury, 784, 163.
Accounts to be audited, 784, 163.

Appropriation for payment of official postage, 785, 167, 169.

Assistant postmasters-general to receive and send letters free, 784, 159.

To be indorsed "official business," 784,

159.

Postmasters to have credit for postage on official business, &c., 784, & 159.

Postmasters may send letters free, 784, 159.

How indorsed, 784, 159.

Governors of states may frank laws. 783,

155; 784, 160.

Adjutants-general of militia may frank official letters, 783, 153.

Franking of public documents, 784, 160, 164.

What to be deemed public documents, 785, 168.

Copyright publications to Smithsonian Institution and congressional library, to be free of postage,
785, 172.

FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA.

A port of entry, in Louisiana, 587, 25.

Collector to reside at, 587, & 25.

Foreign vessels may discharge at, 330, 62, n.

FRANKLIN, NEW MEXICO.

A port of entry, 696, 16, n.

Collector to reside at, 696, 16, n.

FRAUD.

Goods entered with fraudulent invoices to be forfeited, 409, 386.

On suspicion of, collector to take possession until appraisement, 409, ¿ 386.
Packages may be opened and examined, 409,

387.

No forfeiture to be incurred in case of accident or mistake, 409, 8 387.

Suspected places may be searched, 410, 388.

Punishment of corrupt combinations to affect the sales of public lands, 482, 141.
Corrupt bargains to affect the price of lands to be void, 482, 8 142.

Consideration may be recovered back, 482, ¿ 142.

Discovery may be compelled in equity, 483, § 142.

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