Laws of the United States. IN NEW YORK. [22d CoNG. 1st SESS. Prairie du Chien. From Detroit to Tecumsee, by way of Ypsilanti, Sabine, and Clinton. From Monguagon, to From Ithaca to Burdett, near the head of Seneca Lake. Ypsilanti, through Brownstown, at Smooth Rock. From From Howard, by Rathbone's settlement and Loon Lake Pontiac to Sagana. From Ypsilanti to the mouth of the settlement, to Cohocton. From Bath, by Mount Washriver St. Joseph, on the Territorial road, by way of Annington, to Catharine's, and returning by Mead's creek, Arbor, and Jacksonburgh. From Niles' to Newburyport, and the mouth of Mud creek: Provided, however, That or Saranac. From the mouth of the river St. Joseph, this route be continued until the thirty-first day of Devia Berrian, Pokagon, Prairie. Lagrange, Young's Prairie cember, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. and Prairie Ronde, to White Pigeon Prairie. From IN KENTUCKY. Bloomfield, in Oakland, through Southfield, to South Pekin, in Wayne county. From Monroe to Ypsilanti. IN LOUISIANA. From Williams to Madisonville. From Smithport to Thrt part of the rout from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to Dougherty's, Tennessee, between Paris and Dougherty's, and from Kingsport to Jonesborough. IN OHIO. From Cadiz, by New Rumley, to New Hagerstown. From West Union, Ohio, to Vanceburgh, Kentucky. IN MISSISSIPPI. From Gallatin to Port Gibson. From Greenville to Petit Gulf. From Natchez, by the old court house, to Kingston. From Yazo court house, by Smith's ferry, and Braggsville, to Hannon's Bluff. Approved: June 15, 1832. From Vicksburgh, in Warren county, Mississippi, to lake Providence, in Washita parish, Louisiana. From Springfield, in the parish of St. Helena, to the court house in said parish. From Port Hudson, on the river Mississippi, in the Parish of East Feliciana, passing Mount Willing and Stuart's mill, to the town of Clinton, from thence passing Rich and Hill to Kalerstown to meet the Woodville route. From Warrenton, in Warren county, Mississippi, by the lower end of Palmyra island, to New Carthage, in Concordia parish Louisiana. From Vermilionville, to Perrysbridge on the Vermillion river. From Thibedeauville to Caseaux, in the parish of Terrebonne, with an intermediate post office at the court house of Terribonne. From the town of Opelousas, in Louisiana, to the settlement on the Calcasieu, and from Thibedauville by Williamsburgh, to Newport. From St. Helena, to Baton Rouge. From Point Coupee court-house, down the west side of the river, passing West Baton Rouge court-house, and Iberville court-house, to Donaldson.cretary of the Navy, the President of the United States From Port Hudson down the river to Port Hickey, and crossing the river there and uniting with the route from Point Coupee court-house, to West Baton Rouge courthouse on the west bank of the river, From Mount Plea sant to Baton Rouge. IN FLORIDA TERRITORY. From Monticello, in Jefferson county, to Magnolia, in Leon county. From Saint Augustine, in St. John's County, to Tampa bay. From Monticello, by Roscitur's ferry, to the seat of justice of the county of Hamilton and by Alligator, to Alachua court-house. IN MISSISSIPPI. From Natchez, in Adams county, by the Upper road across the Homochitto, th Woodville, in Wilkinson coun ty. From Westville, by way of Georgetown and Gallatin, to Port Gibson. From Columbus, by way of Cohay bridge, and Williamsburg, to Columbia, and from Garland's to Winchester. From Kingston to Liberty. From Port Gibson to Rodney. From Jackson, by Mount Olym pus, Beauties Bluff, Vernon, and Urbanna, to Benton. From Doak's stand, by way of Georgeville, Franklin, Rankin, Benton, Manchester, Liverpool, and Statartis, to Vicksburgh. From Pearlington, in Mississippi, by way of Pearl river, the Lagoon, and the Riggoletts, to Fort Pike, in Louisiana. From Vicksburgh, to New Mexico, in Mississippi; thence to Villemont, ir. Arkansas. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances. Be it enacled, &c. That, upon the application of the Seshall have authority, whenever in his opinion the unforeseen contingencies of the public service may require it, to direct that a part of the money appropriated for a particular branch of the naval service be applied to another branch of the said service; in which case, a special account of the moneys thus transferred, and of their ap plication, shall be laid before Congress before its adjourn ment, if then in session, and during the first week of the next ensuing session, if such transfer be made in the recess of Congress. This Act shall continue in force until the close of the next session of Congress and no longer. Approved: 3d July, 1832. 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. Indiana be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, Be it enacted, &c. That the Legislature of the State of in such manner, and on such conditions, as said Legisla land heretofore granted and set apart for the use of said ture shall by law direct, the following described tracts of State, namely: sections numbered thirteen progressively to thirty-six, inclusive; section sixteen excepted, in township numbered two, north of range two, west; and sections numbered one to twelve progressively and inclu sive, in township one, north of range two, west; and the northeast quarter of section numbered fourteen, in court house to Fayetteville, by Washington court house. township seven, north of range two, west; and the northwest quarter of section numbered twenty-six, in township From Villemont, Chicot county, by Cabean's, in Penning-one, north of range five, west, in the Vincennes district; ton's settlement, on the Bayou Saline, in Union county, likewise, section fifteen, in township two, north; section by Pine Bluffs, the seat of justice in Jefferson county, to twenty-eight, in township three, north of range four, Little Rock. From Post of Arkansas to Pine Bluffs, in east; and fractional section, numbered thirty-one, in Jefferson county. From St. Francis court house to Jack township nine, north of range two, east, of the Jeffer son, in Laurence county. sonville district; and to apply the proceeds of said sale, to the purposes of education: Provided, That the Legis IN ARKANSAS. From Helena to St. Francis court house. From Izard Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following post roads be, and they are hereby, discontinued. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. From Bedford to Amherst. From Pembroke to Can. dia. From Nottingham to Epping. lature shall not authorize a sale of the said land at a less price than that at which the public lands are sold at private entry. Approved: July 3, 1832. AN ACT to authorize the surveying and laying out a Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall, each, be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, for each and every day they shall be necessarily employed in the surveying, exploring, and marking of said road, and making their returns thereof: Provided, The whole expense thereof shall not exceed the sum of three thou sand and five hundred dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of compensating the said commissioners and their assistants, there shall be, and is hereby, appropriated, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro. priated. lars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, for each and every day they shall be necessarily employed in the surveying, exploring, and marking, of said road, and making their returns thereof: Provided, That the whole expense thereof shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of compensating the said Commissioners, and their assistants, and for opening and making said road, there shall be, and is hereby, appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, however, That the money applied to the making of said road shall be laid out first in making such parts of it from LaPlaisance Bay, to the crossing of the river Raisin, at or near Tecumseh, as have not heretofore been improved; and the resi due, if any, upon such parts of it as, in the judgment of the superintendent, the public good may most require. Approved: July 4, 1832. AN ACT for the final adjustment of the claims to lands in the southeastern land district of the State of Louisiana. Be it enacted, &c. That any persons claiming lands within the limits of a southeastern land district of the State of Louisiana, agreeably to the provisions of the laws heretofore enacted for the adjustment of land claims in that part 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 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President eight hundred and thirty-three, present their claims, toof the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to gether with the written evidence and other testimony in cause to be made, an accurate and minute survey of the support of the same, to the Register and Receiver of the country between the waters of St. Andrew's bay, and land office at New Orleans; and it shall be the duty of the river and bay of Chattahoochie, and between Pensa- the said Register and Receiver to record, in a book to be cola bay and Bon Secour, along the northern coast of the kept for that purpose, the notice of every claim so preGulf of Mexico, with a view to ascertain the practicabili.ferred, together with the evidence; for which service ty and cost of canals to connect said bays and rivers, with they shall receive a compensation from the claimants, at notes, plans, observations, and opinions, of the engineers, the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words. on each of said parts designated, with estimates of the cost of each; and, for the purpose of carrying into effect the foregoing provisions, the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise ap-have been preferred before them, together with the tespropriated. Approved: July 4, 1832. AN ACT to authorize the surveying and making a road from La Plaisance bay, in the Territory of Michigan, to intersect the Chicago road. Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint three Commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from La Plaisance bay,in the Territory of Michigan, to intersect, at some suitable point, the road from Detroit to Chicago, extablished under the provisions of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States, who, if he approve of said surveys, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the Treasury of the United States, snd the said road shall be considered as established and accepted: Provided, That said Commissioners shall be disinterested persons, not residents of the counties of Monroe or Lenewee, in said Territory. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, each, be entitled to receive three dol Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Regis. ter 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 timony, 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 before Congress as soon as practicable, with his opinion touching the validity of the respective claims: Provided, That no claim shall be therein recom. mended for confirmation, for more than the quantity contained in a league square. Sec. 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 thirty-three. Sec. 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 pub. lic sale which took place at New Orleans on the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, under the President's proclamation of the fifth of 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 Laws of the United States. appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that all or any of the claims contained therein, although unconfirmed, are embraced in the intent and meaning of the previous laws for the adjustment of land claims as aforesaid, he is hereby authorized to repay to the persons, or the legal repre sentative of the persons who purchased, such sum or sums as they may have paid for lands of this description, bought by them at the said public sale. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the compensation herein before provided, the said Regis ter and Receiver shall receive, for the services required of them by this act, the sum of five hundred dollars, each, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved: July 4, 1832. [22d CoNG. 1st SESS. which several sums of money herein directed to be settled or paid shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated by law. Approved: July 5, 1832. AN ACT to provide for carrying into effect the treaty of limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States. Be it enacted, &c. That the commissioner and surveyor to be appointed on the part of the United States, according to the third article of the treaty of limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, of January twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, be severally appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the consent AN ACT to provide for liquidating and paying certain of the Senate; together with a clerk to the said com claims of the State of Virginia. Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury do liquidate and pay the accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia against the United States, for payments to the officers commanding in the Virginia line in the war of the Revolution, on account of half pay for life promised the officers aforesaid by that Commonwealth, the sum of one hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty-six cents. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, required and directed to pay to the State of Virginia the amount of the judg ments which have been rendered against the said State, for and on account of the promise contained in an act passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia in the month of May, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and in favor of the officers or representatives of officers of the regiments and corps hereinafter recited, and not exceeding, in the whole, the sum of two hundred and forty-one thousand three hun dred and forty-five dollars, to wit: missioner, to be appointed in the same manner; and that, for the purpose of carrying into effect the second and third articles of the treaty aforesaid, there be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the following sums: For the salary of the commissioner, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the salary of the surveyor, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That the salary of the said officers shall not commence until they shall be ordered into service. For other expenses of the survey of boundary required by the said treaty, including the purchase of instruments, wages to persons employed, and other contingencies, ten thousand dollars. Approved: July 3, 1832. AN ACT concerning Patents for useful Inventions. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, annually, in the month of January, to First. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of report to Congress, and to publish in two of the newsthe regiment commanded by the late Colonel George Gib-papers printed in the city of Washington, a list of all son, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied. Second. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regiment denominated the second State regiment, commanded at times by Colonels Brent and Dabney, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied. the patents for discoveries, inventions, and improve. ments, which shall have expired within the year immedi ately preceding, with the names of the patentees, alphabetically arranged Sec. 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 Third. To the officers, or their legal representatives, least once a month, for three months before its presenta of the regiments of Colonels Clark and Crockett, and tion, in two newspapers printed in the city of Washing Captain Rodgers's troop of cavalry, who were em.ton, and in one of the newspapers in which the laws of ployed in the Illinois service, the amount of the judg- the United States shall be published in the State or Terments which they have obtained, and which are now un-ritory in which the patentee shall reside. The petition satisfied. Fourth. To the officers, or their legal representatives, serving in the regiment of State artillery commanded by the late Colonel Marshall, and those serving in the State garrison regiment commanded by Colonel Muer, and serving in the State cavalry commanded by Major Nelson, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied. Fifth. To the officers, or their legal representatives, who served in the navy of Virginia during the war of the Revolution, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed and required, to adjust and settle those claims for half pay of the officers of the aforesaid regiments and corps, which have not been paid or prosecuted to judgments against the State of Virginia, and for which said State would be bound on the principles of the half pay cases already decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of said State; 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 patentee, so as to exhibit the profit or loss arising therefrom. Sec. 3. And be it further enacled, That wherever any patent which has been heretofore, or shall be hereafter, granted to any inventor in pursuance of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose," passed on the twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, or of any of the acts supplementary thereto, shall be invalid or 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; of War shall arrange or appoint to the said office the num upon the surrender to him of such patent, to cause a ber of clerks necessary therefor, so as not to increase the new patent to be granted to the said inventor for the number now employed; and such sum as is necessary to same invention for the residue of the period then unex-pay the salary of said commissioner for the year one thoupired, for which the original patent was granted, upon | sand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be, and the his compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed, same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the in the said third section of the said act. And, in case of Treasury. 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 afore. said. Approved: July 3, 1832. AN ACT for the sale of the unlocated lots in the fifty quarter townships in the United States' military dis trict, in the State of Ohio, reserved to satisfy warrants granted to individuals for their military services. Be it enacted, &c. That the lots and fractional parts of lots lying in the fifty quarter townships, reserved by an act of Congress passed the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred, and entitled "An act giv. ing further time to the holders of military warrants to register and locate the same," and which remain unlocated, shall, hereafter, be liable to be sold at private sale, in the respective land offices in which they lie, in the same manner, and for the same sum per acre, as other lands of the United States lying in said districts are disposed of. Approved: July 3, 1832. AN ACT to authorize the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas to select ten sections of land, granted to the said Territory for the purpose of building a legislative house for said Territory, and for other purposes. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs, shall be transmitted to the said commissioner for administrative examination, and by him passed to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department for settlement; and all letters and packages to and from the said commissioner, touching the business of his office, shall be free of postage. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no ardent spirits shall be hereafter introduced, under any pretence, into the Indian country. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall, under the direction of the President, cause to be discontinued, the services of such agents, sub. agents, interpreters, and mechanics, as may, from time to time, become unnecessary, in consequence of the emigration of the Indians, or other causes. Approved: July 9, 1832. An ACT to enable the President to extinguish Indian title within the State of Indiana, Illinois, and Territory of Michigan. Be it enacted, &c. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose of holding Indian treaties, and of finally extin guishing Indian title, within the State of Indiana, and so much of the lands of the Potawatamies as lies in the State of Illinois and Territory of Michigan. Approved: July 9, 1832. An ACT for the final adjustment of private land claims in corder of land titles in the State of Missouri, and two Senate, to examine all the unconfirmed claims to land in Be it enacted, &c. That all the authority and power is that State, heretofore filed in the office of the said Re hereby vested in, and given to the Governor of the Ter-corder, according to law, founded upon any incomplete ritory of Arkansas, which was vested in, and given to the Legislature of the Territory of Arkansas, by an act of Congress of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by which a quantity of land, not exceeding ten sections, was granted to said Territory for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of Government of said Territory. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as authorizing any ex. pense on the part of the United States for selecting said lands, or building said house, other than the aforesaid grant of ten sections of the unappropriated public lands. Approved: July 4, 1832. grant, concession, warrant, or order of survey, issued by of March, one thousand eight hundred and four; and to the authority of France or Spain, prior to the tenth day class the same so as to show, first, what claims, in their opinion, would, in fact, have been confirmed, according to the laws, usages, and customs of the Spanish Govern ment, and the practices of the Spanish authorities under them, at New Orleans, if the Government under which said claims originated had continued in Missouri; and secondly, what claims, in their opinion, are destitute of merit, in law or equity, under such laws, usages, cus toms, and practice of the Spanish authorities aforesaid; and shall also assign their reasons for the opinions so to be given. And in examining and classing such claims, the Recorderand Commissioners shall take into consideration, An ACT to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. as well the testimony heretofore taken by the Boards of Commissioners and Recorder of land titles upon those Be it enacted, &c. That the President shall appoint, claims, as such other testimony as may be admissible unby and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Com- der the rules heretofore existing for taking such testimomissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall, under the direc- ny before said Boards and Recorder: and all such testition of the Secretary of War, and agreeably to such regu-mony shall be taken within twelve months after the pas lations as the President may, from time to time, prescribe, have the direction and management of all Indian Affairs, and of all matters arising out of Indian relations, and shall receive a salary of per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary sage of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the office of the Recorder shall be open for the purposes of such examination for the term of two years from the date of the Board of the Commissioners, and no longer; and the Re Laws of the United States. corder and Commissioners shall proceed in the examination in a summary manner, with or without any new ap. plication of the claimants; and shall, at the commencement of each session of Congress during said term of examination, lay before the Commissioner of the General Land office a report of the claims so classed, stating therein the date and quantity of each, whether there be any, and what, conflicting claims, and the evidence upon which each claim depends, and the authority and power under which the said claim was granted by the Spanish or French Governor, commandant or sub-delegate, to be laid before Congress for their final decision upon the claims contained in such first class. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That, from and after the final report of the Recorder and Commissioners, the lands contained in the second class shall be subject to sale as other public lands; and the lands contained in the first class shall continue to be reserved from sale as heretofore, until the decision of Congress shall be made thereon: and if the decision of Congress shall be against the claims, or any of them, the lands so decided against shall be, in like manner, subject to sale as other public lands: Provided, that actual settlers, being housekeepers, upon such lands as are rejected, claiming to hold under such rejected claim, or such as may waive their grant, shall have the right of pre-emption to enter within the time of the exis. tence of this act, not exceeding the quantity of their claim, which in no case shall exceed six hundred and forty acres, to include their improvements, who shall give notice and prove their right of pre-emption, and in all things conform to the regulations as have been or may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, under existing laws, relative to pre-emption; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury immediately to forward to the several land offices in said State, the manner in which all those who may wish to waive their several grants or claims and avail themselves of the right of pre. emption, shall renounce or release their said grants. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Recorder and Commissioners shall each receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid quarter-yearly by the United States, in full compensation for their services under this act; and may, when necessary, employ an interpreter of the French or Spanish language, for a reasonable compensation, to be allowed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and paid by the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the heirs of Carlos de Villemont to submit the evidence of their claim to a tract of land in Arkansas Territory, to a place called "Chicot point," to the said Recorder and Commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said Recorder and Commissioners to report upon said claim in the manner that other claims, provided for in this act, are to be reported and proceeded upon. Approved: July 9, 1832. An ACT to finish the re-building of the frigate Macedo nian. Be it enacted, &c. That, for the purpose of finishing the rebuilding of the frigate Macedonian, the sum of two hundred and seven thousand nine hundred and eightyfour dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved: July 10, 1832. An ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money," passed twenty: third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted, &c. That in all cases where public lands have been purchased, on which a further credit has been VOL. VIII.-E [22d CONG. 1st SESS. taken under the provisions of the act of the second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, or under any other act of Congress granting relief to the purchasers of the public lands, and have reverted to the United States for failure to pay the purchase money, or have been sold by the United States, by reason of such failure to pay, it shall be the duty of the Register of the Land Office where the purchase was made, to issue, upon application, to the person or persons legally entitled to the benefit of payments made previous to such reversion or sale, his, her, or their legal representatives or assigns, a certificate for the amount so paid and not refunded, which shall be received and credited as cash in payment of any public lands that may hereaf er be sold in the United States, in the State or Territory in which such origi nal purchase was made. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and of the Registers aforesaid, to conform to, and be governed by, the provisions of the act aforesaid, to which this is an amendment, passed the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, as aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, where the lands have been relinquished to the United States, under the provisions of the act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, as aforesaid, or other acts of Congress, and the money paid thereon has, in part, been applied in the payment of other lands, if the payment so made on lands retained be less than the amount paid on the relinquished lands when such excess exceeds the sum of ten dollars, it shall be the duty of the Register of the Land Office where the transfer of payment was made, to issue a certificate for such excess to the person or persons entitled thereto, and in the manner pointed out in the first section of this act; which certificate shall be received in payment of the purchase of the public lands as pointed out in said section. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, on proof being made, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, that any certificate issued under this act, or that has been, or may be, issued under the said act of the twenty-third of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, has been lost or destroyed by accident, he is hereby authorized to issue to the legal owner thereof, a duplicate of such original certificate, which shall be, in all respects, as available to the owner, as the original certificate would have been. Approved: July 9, 1832. An ACT to alter the times of holding the district court of the United States for the State of Illinois. Be it enacted, &c. That the term of the district court of the United States for the district of Illinois, which is now directed by law to be held on the first Monday of May, shall hereafter be held on the fourth Monday of May in each year; and all process which may have issued, or which may hereafter issue, returnable on the said first Monday of May, as heretofore directed, shall be held returnable, and be returned, on the fourth Monday of May in each year. Approved: July 9, 1832. AN ACT to extend the period to which the charter of the Provident Association of Clerks was limited. Be it enacted, &c. That the act of Congress passed on the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the Civil Department of the United States, in the District of Columbia," and "An act amendatory of the act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the Cil Department of the Government of the United States" in the District |