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For transportation of the said annuity and salt, and ex-| visions of the act, entitled An act in addition to an act pense of provisions at the delivery of the same, one giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons thousand dollars. slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States," and the act to which the same is an addition, subject to the conditions and limitations therein contained. Approved, March 3, 1830.

For the payment of claims provided for by the fifth ar ticle of the said treaty, eleven thousand six hundred and one dollars,

For the expense of surveying the boundaries of the cession made by the said treaty, two thousand dollars,

For the payment, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, of the limited annuity provided by the second article of the treaty made at Prairie du Chien, the second August, one thousand eight hundred and twentynine, with the Winnebago Indians, eighteen thousand dollars. For purchasing goods to be delivered at the treaty as stipulated by the said second article, thirty thousand dol

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For support of three blacksmiths' shops, including pay of smiths, and assistants, also, tools, iron, steel, &c. for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as per third article of said treaty, three thousand dollars.

For the purchase of two yoke of oxen and a cart, and for the service of a man at the portage of Wisconsin and Fox rivers, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as per same article, five hundred and thirty-five dollars.

For the payment of sundry claims against the Winne bagoes, as provided for by the fourth article of said treaty, twenty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars,

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For expense of surveying the boundaries of the territory ceded by the said treaty, one thousand seven hun dred and forty dollars.

Approved, March 25, 1830.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of sundry citizens of the Territory of Arkansas, for trespasses committed on their property by the Osage Indians, in the years one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

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AN ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Mays. Be it enacted, &c. That a pension of one hundred and fourteen dollars per annum, for the term of five years from the third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, be allowed and paid, in half-yearly payments, out of the Navy Pension Fund, to Elizabeth Mays, the mother of Wilson Mays, late a Carpenter's Mate in the Navy of the United States: Provided, however, That such pension shall be deemed to continue only during the life and widowhood of the said Elizabeth Mays. Approved, March 25, 1830.

AN ACT for the relief of Henry Dickins and others. Be it enacted, &c. That the Collector of the Customs for the district of New London, in Connecticut, is hereby authorized to pay to Henry Dickins, Thomas Dunbar, jr. and Trustum Dickins, owners of a fishing schooner called the Whale, of sixty-eight tons and sixty-eight ninety-fifths of a ton burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive had she completed her fishing term; the said schooner having returned into port three days before the expiration of the four months required, in consequence of the death of one, and the sickness of three others of her erew. A

Approved, March 25, 1830.

AN ACT to provide for taking the fifth Census or enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Marshals of the several Districts of the United States, and of the District of Columbia, and of the Territories of Michigan, Arkansas, and of Florida, respectively, shall be, and are hereby, required, under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of State, and according to such instructions as he shall give, pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants within their respective Districts and Territories, (omitting in such enumeration, Indians not taxed,) to be taken, according to the directions of this act. The said enumeration shall distinguish the sexes of all free white persons, and ages of the free white males and females, respectively, under five years of age; those of five and under ten years of age; those of ten years and under fifteen; those of fifteen and under twenty; those of twenty and under thirty; those of thirty and under forty; those of forty and under fifty; those of fifty and under sixty; those of sixty and under seventy; those of seventy and under eighty; those of eighty and under ninety; those of ninety and under one hundred; those of one hundred and upwards; and shall further distinguish the number of those free white persons included in such enumeration, who are deaf and dumb, under the age of fourteen years; and those of the age of fourteen years and under twenty-five, and of the age of twenty-five years, and upwards; and shall further distinguish the number of those free white persons included in such enumeration, who are blind. The said enumeration shall distinguish the sexes of all free colored persons, and of all other AN ACT for the relief of Abigail Appleton. colored persons bound to service for life, or for a term of Be it enacted, &e. That the Secretary of the Navy be, years, and the ages of such free and other colored persons and hereby is, authorized and required to place the name respectively, of each sex, under ten years of age; those of Abigail Appleton, the widow of Daniel Appleton, of ten and under twenty-four; those of twenty-four and upon the pension list, and to allow to her a pension, to under thirty-six; those of thirty-six and under fifty-five; commence from the third day of September, one thou- those of fifty-five and under one hundred; and those eand eight hundred and twenty-nine, pursuant to the proof one hundred and upwards; and shall further distinVOL. VI.-b

Be it enacted, &e. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Robert Kerkendall, the sum of four thousand four hundred and ten dollars, in full compensation for sixty-three horses and mules, taken from him by the Osage Indians, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, that he likewise pay to Joseph English, eight hundred and fifteen dollars, in full com pensation for six horses, taken from him by said Indians, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; also, to John Bowman, eight hundred and seventy dollars, in full cempensation for eleven horses, taken from him in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three; and likewise to Antoine Barrague, six hundred and sixty one dollars, in full compensation for property of his destroyed and taken, by the Osage Indians, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Approved, March 25, 1880.

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guish the number of those free colored and other to the Secretary of State, with the Clerks of their respec colored persons, including, in the foregoing, those who tive District or Superior Courts, as the case may be, who are deaf and dumb, without regard to age, and those are hereby directed to receive, and carefully to preserve who are blind. For effecting which, the Marshals afore the same; and the Marshals, respectively, shall, on or be said shall have power, and are hereby required, to fore the first day of February, in the year one thousand appoint one or more assistants in each city and county eight hundred and thirty-one, transmit to the Secretary in their respective districts and territories, residents of State one copy of the several returns received from of such city or county for which they shall be ap- each assistant, and also, the aggregate amount of each pointed, and shall assign to each of the said assistants a description of persons within their respective Districts or certain division of territory, which division shall not con- Territories; and every Marshal failing to file the returns sist, in any case, of more than one county, but may in- of his assistants, or the returns of any of them, with the clude one or more towns, townships, wards, hundreds, Clerks of the respective Courts, as aforesaid, or failing to precincts, or parishes, and shall be plainly and distinctly return one copy of the several returns received from each bounded; the said enumeration shall be made by an ac assistant, and, also, the aggregate amount of each destual inquiry by such Marshals or assistants, at every dwel-cription of persons, in their respective Districts or Terriling house, or by personal inquiry of the head of every tories, as required by this act, and as the same shall apfamily. The marshals and their assistants shall, respec- pear from said returns, to the Secretary of State, within tively, before entering on the performance of their duty the time limited by this act, shall for every such offence under this act, take and subscribe on oath or affirmation, forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars, which forfeit before some Judge or Justice of the Peace, resident shall be recoverable in the Courts of the Districts or Terwithin their respective districts or territories, for the faith-ritories where the said offences shall be committed, or ful performance of their duties. The oath or affirmation within the Circuit Courts held within the same, by action of the Marshal shall be as follows: "I, A. B., Marshal of of debt, information, or indictment; the one half thereof the District (or Territory) of. do solemnly to the use of the United States, and the other half to the swear, (or affirm) that I will truly and faithfully cause to informer; but, where the prosecution shall be first instibe made, a full and perfect enumeration and description tuted on behalf of the United States, the whole shall acof all persons resident within my District, (or Territory) crue to their use; and, for the more effectual discovery and return the same to the Secretary of State, agreeably of such offences, the Judges of the several District Courts, to the directions of an act of Congress, entitled An act in the several Districts, and of the Supreme Courts, in to provide for taking the fifth Census or enumeration of the Territories of the United States, as aforesaid, at their the inhabitants of the United States,' according to the next session, to be held after the expiration of the time best of my ability." The oath or affirmation of an assist-allowed for making the returns of the emuneration, hereant shall be as follows: "I, A. B., appointed an assistant by directed, to the Secretary of State, shall give this act to the Marshal of the District, (or Territory of in charge to the grand juries, in their respective Courts, do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I will make a just, and shall cause the returns of the several assistants, and faithful, and perfect enumeration and description of all the said attested copy of the aggregate amount, to be laid persons, resident within the division assigned to me for before them for their inspection. And the respective that purpose, by the Marshal of the District, (or Territo- Clerks of the said Courts shall, within thirty days after ry) of and make due return thereof to said the said original returns shall have been laid before the Marshal, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress, Grand Juries aforesaid, transmit and deliver all such orientitled 'An act to provide for taking the fifth Census orginal returns, so filed, to the Department of State. enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every assistant according to the best of my ability, and that I will take shall receive at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five the said enumeration and description, by actual inquiry at cents for every hundred persons by him returned, where every dwelling house within said division, or personal in- such persons reside in the country; and, where such per quiry of the head of every family, and not otherwise." sons reside in a city or town, containing more than three The enumeration shall commence on the first day in thousand persons, such assistant shall receive at the same June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, rate for three thousand, and at the rate of one dollar and and shall be completed and closed within six calendar twenty-five cents for every three hundred persons over months thereafter: the several assistants shall, within the three thousand residing in such city or town; but, where, said six months, and on or before the first day of Decem- from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants, in some diber, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, deliver to the visions, one dollar and twenty-five cents will not be suffi Marshals, by whom they shall be appointed, respectively, cient for one hundred persons, the Marshals, with the aptwo copies of the accurate returns of all persons, except probation of the Judges of their respective Districts, or Indians not taxed, to be enumerated, as aforesaid, within Territories, may make such further allowance to the as their respective divisions; which returns shall be made in sistants, in such divisions, as shall be deemed an adequate a schedule, the form of which is annexed to this act, and compensation: Provided, the same does not exceed one which shall distinguish, in each county, city, town, town-dollar and seventy-five cents for every fifty persons by ship, ward, precinct, hundred, district, or parish, according them returned: Provided further, That, before any assis to the civil divisions of the States or Territories, re- tant, as aforesaid, shall, in any case, be entitled to receive spectively, the several families, by the name of their said compensation, he shall take and subscribe the follow master, mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal ing oath or affirmation, before some Judge or Justice of persons therein. the Peace, authorized to administer the same, to wit:

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant " I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that the number failing or neglecting to make a proper return, or making of persons set forth in the return made by me, agreeably a false return, of the enumeration, to the Marshal, within to the provisions of the act, entitled, An act to provide the time limited by this act, shall forfeit the sum of two for taking the fifth census or enumeration of the inhabi hundred dollars, recoverable in the manner pointed out in tants of the United States" have been ascertained by an the next section of this act. actual inquiry at every dwelling house, or a personal Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Marshals | inquiry of the head of every family, in exact conformity shall file one copy of each of the several returns aforesaid, with the provisions of said act; and that I have, in every and, also, an attested copy of the aggregate amount here- respect, fulfilled the duties required of me by said not in directed, to be transmitted by them, respectively, to the best of my abilities; and that the return aforesaid ;ཨིཏཾཙ, ཝིཏིསྶནྟི

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correct and true, according to the best of my knowledge | be inserted in the column of the schedule which is allot and belief." The compensation of the several Marshals ted for the heads of families, in the division where he or shall be as follows: she shall be, on the first day in June; and every person occasionally absent at the time of the enumeration, as belonging to the place in which he or she usually resides in the United States.

The Marshal of the District of Maine, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of New Hampshire, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Massachusetts, three hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Rhode Island, two hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Vermont, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Connecticut, two hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the Southern District of New York, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the Northern District of New York, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of New Jersey, two hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the Westera District of Pennsylvania, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Delaware, one hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Maryland, three hundred and fifty dollars,

The Marshal of the Eastern District of Virginia, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the Western District of Virginia, three hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Kentucky, three hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of North Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of South Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Georgia, three hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of East Tennessee, two hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of West Tennessee, two

hundred dollars,

The Marshal of the District of Ohio, four hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Indiana, two hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Illinois, two hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Mississippi, two hundred dollars.

The Marshals of the Districts of Louisiana, one hundred and twenty-five dollars each.

The Marshal of the District of Alabama, two hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Missouri, two hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the District of Columbia, one hundred dollars.

The Marshal of the Michigan Territory, one hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshal of the Arkansas Territory, one hundred and fifty dollars.

The Marshals of the Territory of Florida, respectively, one hundred dollars.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person whose usual place of abode shall be in any family, on the said first day in June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, shall be returned as of such family; and the name of every person who shall be an inhabitant of any District or Territory, without a settled place of residence, shall

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That each and every free person, more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of families or not, belonging to any family within any division, District or Territory, made or established within the United States, shall be, and hereby is, obliged to render to the assistant of the division, if required, a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered in any action of debt, by such assistant; the one half to his own use, and the other half to the use of the United States.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every assistant, previous to making his return to the Marshal, shall cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which copies the aid assistant shall be entitled to receive five dollars: Provided, Proof of the schedule having been set up, shall be transmitted to the Marshal, with the return of the number of persons; and, in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the Marshal, with the return of the number of persons, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compensation allowed him by this act.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State, shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required to transmit to the Marshals of the several Districts and Territories, regulations and instructions, pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect; and, also, the forms contained therein, of the schedule to be returned, and such other forms as may be necessary in carrying this act into execution, and proper interrogatories, to be administered by the several persons to be employed in taking the enumeration.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That those States com prising two Districts, and where a part of the County may be in each District, such County shall be considered as be longing to that District in which the Court-house of said County may be situate.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the superficial content of any County, or parish, shall exceed twenty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in said parish or county, shall not exceed three thousand, the Marshals or assistants shall be allowed, with the approbation of the Judges of the respective districts or territories, such further compensation as shall be deemed reasonable: Provided, The same does not exceed four dollars for every fifty persons by them returned; and when any such county or parish shall exceed forty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in the same shall not exceed three thousand, a like allowance shall be made, not to exceed six dollars for every fifty persons so returned.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That, when the aforesaid enumeration shall be completed, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State, by the Marshals of the States and Territories, he shall direct the printers to Congress to print, for the use of Congress, three thousand copies of the aggregate returns received from the Marshals: And provided, That if any Marshal, in any District within the United States or Territories, shall, directly or indirectly, ask, demand or receive, or contract to receive, of any assistance to be appointed by him under this act, any fee, reward or compensation, for the appointment of such assistant to discharge the duties re

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AN ACT for the relief of Cread Glover.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Cread Glover, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty dollars, the value of a horse lost by him while in the military service of the United States, during the late war, in the expedition under the command of Governor Shelby, by reason of said Glover's being dismounted and separated from his horse at the mouth of Portage river in the State of Ohio. Approved, March 25, 1830.

AN ACT for the relief
of of Francis Comparet.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to Francis Comparet, five hundred dollars, that being the sum stipulated to be paid to him, by the name of Jean B. Comparet, in the treaty held with the Pottawattamie tribe of Indians, at St. Jo seph, September, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight.

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ate AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Buford. [which shall, at the time of payment, be the minimum Be it enacted, &c. That the sum of six hundred dollars price per acre of the United States' public lands; and, be paid to Thomas Buford, out of any money in the in addition thereto, the same amount per acre heretofore Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for his services as paid thereon, and applied to other lands, subject to a dea Deputy Quartermaster General, from the twenty-ninth duction of thirty-seven and a half per cent. on the last day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to mentioned sum: Provided, That the sum to be paid shall the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and not, in any case, exceed three dollars and fifty cents per thirteen. Zilf Sedoni, veðlag 5 acre: Provided also, That such persons only shall be for Approved, March 25, 1880, 3 bolting edible bekletitled to the benefits of this section, who shall apply for að báo, lo qilinsap ssil - wh the same, and prove their possession, to the satisfaction of the Register and Receiver of the District in which the AN ACT for the relief of the pure the purchasers of public lands, land may lie, in the manner to be prescribed by the Comand for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the missioner of the General Land Office, within nine months public sales of the lands of the United States. from the passage of this act; for which such Register and Receiver, shall each be entitled to receive from such ap plicants, the sum of fifty cents each: And provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not extend to any lands that have, in any manner, been disposed of States. Sec. 8.

Be it enacted, &c. That all purchasers, their heirs, or assignees, of such of the public lands of the United States as were sold on a credit, and on which a further credit has been taken, under any of the laws passed for the relief of

purchasers of public lands, and which lands have reverted by the And be it further enacted, That, on failure to

to the United States, on account of the balance due thereon not having been paid or discharged agreeably to Baid relief laws, such persons may avail themselves of any one of the three following provisions contained in this section, to wit: First, They shall have a right of preemption of the same lands, until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, upon their paying into the proper office the sum per acre therefor, which shall, at the time of payment, be the minimum price per acre of the public lands of the United States, in addition to the amount heretofore paid thereon, and forfeited: Provided, That the price, including what has already been paid, and the amount to be paid, shall not, in any case, exceed three dollars and fifty cents per acre: Second, They shall have the right of completing the pay. ment of said lands, by paying the balance of the principal debt due thereon, in cash, subject to a deduction of thirty seven and a half per cent, as heretofore, at any time previous to the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Third, They shall have the right, within nine months from the passage of this act, in all cases where the price for which said lands were sold did not exceed two dollars and fifty cents per aere, to draw scrip for the amount paid thereon, in the manner prescribed in the act, approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled, "An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money," and which scrip shall be receivable in the same manner as directed by said act, except only that it shall not be taken in payment for lands hereafter bought at public sale.

apply for, and show a right of pre-emption, under the second section of this act, within the time allowed therefor; and also, on failure to complete payment on any of the lands, agreeably to the provisions of this act, within the period allowed for that purpose, in either case, the whole of such lands shall be forthwith offered for sale without delay.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall, before or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, bargain, contract, or agree, or shall attempt to bargain, contract, or agree with any other person or persons, that the last named person or persons, shall not bid upon, or purchase the land so offered for sale, or any parcel thereof, or shall, by intimidation, combination, or unfair management, hinder or prevent, or attempt to hinder or prevent any person or persons, from bidding upon, or purchasing any tract or tracts of land so offered for sale, every such offender, his, her, or their aiders and abettors being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the Court. with gated That if any person or Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, persons, shall, before, or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, enter into any contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding with any other person or persons, proposing to purchase such land, to pay or give to such purchasers for such land, a sum of money, or other article of property, over and above the price at which the land may, or shall be bid off Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all purchasers, by such purchasers, every such contract, bargain, agreetheir heirs, or assignees, of such of the public lands of ment, or secret understanding, and every bond, obligathe United States as were sold on credit, and which tion, or writing of any kind whatsoever, founded upon or lands have, by such persons, been relinquished under growing out of the same, shall be utterly null and void. any of the laws passed for the relief of purchasers of publie And any persons or persons being a party to such contract, lands, and the amount paid thereon applied in payment bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, who shall of other lands retained by them, and which relinquished or may pay to such purchasers, any sum of money or lands, or any part thereof, may now be in possession other article of property, as aforesaid, over and above the of such persons or in case the certificate of purchase purchase money of such land, may sue for and recover and part payment of said lands, has been transferred, such excess from such purchasers, in any Court having by the persons now in possession of said land, or part jurisdiction of the same. And if the party aggrieved thereof, or the persons under whom the present occupants have no legal evidence of such contract, bargain, agreemay hold such possession, to some other person not in posment, or secret understanding, or of the payment of the session thereof, and the payment made thereon applied excess aforesaid, he may, by bill in equity, compel such by such other person or his assignee, in payment for purchasers to make discovery thereof; and if, in such land held in his own name: In either case, the persons so case, the complainant shall ask for relief, the Court in in possession shall have the right of pre-emption of the which the bill is pending may proceed to final decree same lands, according to the legal subdivisions of sac between the parties to the same: Provided, every such tions, not exceeding the quantity of two quarter sections, suit, either in law or equity, shall be commenced within in contiguous tracts, until the fourth day of July, one six years next, after the sale of said land by the United thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, upou their pay- States.

ing into the proper office, the sum per acre therefor,-Approved, March 31, 1880) Ep 2. kabina, la alī

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