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. [22d CONG. 1st SESS. which several sums of money herein directed to be set- AN ACT to provide for carrying into effect the treaty Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the compensation herein before provided, the said Regis-to be appointed on the part of the United States, acBe it enacted, &c. That the commissioner and surveyor 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. 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. cording 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 missioner, to be appointed in the same manner; and that, Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers third articles of the treaty aforesaid, there be approprifor the purpose of carrying into effect the second and of the Treasury do liquidate and pay the accounts of theated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise Commonwealth of Virginia against the United States, for appropriated, the following sums: 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 hundred and forty-five dollars, to wit: hundred dollars. For the salary of the surveyor, two thousand dollars. For the salary of the clerk, one thousand two hundred shall not commence until they shall be ordered into serdollars: Provided, That the salary of the said officers vice. by the said treaty, including the purchase of instruments, For other expenses of the survey of boundary required 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 ob. tained, 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. ately preceding, with the names of the patentees, alphaments, which shall have expired within the year immedibetically arranged Congress to prolong or renew the term of a patent, shall Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That application to be made before its expiration, and shall be notified at least once a month, for three months before its presentation, in two newspapers printed in the city of Washington, and in one of the newspapers in which the laws of the United States shall be published in the State or Ter Third. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regiments of Colonels Clark and Crockett, and Captain Rodgers's troop of cavalry, who were em ployed in the Illinois service, the amount of the judgments 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. It shall be verified by oath; the evidence in its support shall set forth particularly the grounds of the application. 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 enacted, 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 use. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary purpose," passed on the twenty-first day of February, ful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed and requir- in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ed, to adjust and settle those claims for half pay of the ninety-three, or of any of the acts supplementary thereofficers of the aforesaid regiments and corps, which have to, shall be invalid or inoperative, by reason that any of not been paid or prosecuted to judgments against the the terms or conditions prescribed in the third section of State of Virginia, and for which said State would be the said first mentioned act, have not, by inadvertence, bound on the principles of the half pay cases already de-accident, or mistake, and without any fraudulent or decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of said State ; ceptive intention, been complied with on the part of the said inventor, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State; upon the surrender to him of such patent, to cause a new patent to be granted to the said inventor for the same invention for the residue of the period then unexpired, for which the original patent was granted, upon his compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed, in the said third section of the said act. And, in case of his death, or any assignment by him made of the same patent, the like right shall vest in his executors and administrators, or assignee or assignees: Provided, however, That such new patent, so granted, shall, in all respects, be liable to the same matters of objection and defence, as any original patent granted under the said first_mentioned act. But no public use or privilege of the invention so patented, derived from or after the grant of the original patent, either under any special license of the inventor, or without the consent of the patentee that there shall be a free public use thereof, shall, in any manner, prejudice his right of recovery for any use or violation of his invention after the grant of such new patent as 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 unlo. cated, 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. of War shall arrange or appoint to the said office the num ber of clerks necessary therefor, so as not to increase the number now employed; and such sum as is necessary to pay the salary of said commissioner for the year one thou. sand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury. 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 com. missioner 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 enucled, 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, subagents, 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. the authority of France or Spain, prior to the tenth day grant, concession, warrant, or order of survey, issued by of March, one thousand eight hundred and four; and to 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 Recorder and 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 testimo missioner 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, pre- sage of this act. scribe, 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 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 trom 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 application of the claimants; and shall, at the commence ment 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. [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 hereafter be sold in the United States, in the State or Territory in which such original purchase was made. 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 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the class shall continue to be reserved from sale as heretofore, duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and until the decision of Congress shall be made thereon: and of the Registers aforesaid, to conform to, and be governed if the decision of Congress shall be against the claims, or by, the provisions of the act aforesaid, to which this is an any of them, the lands so decided against shall be, in like amendment, passed the twenty-third day of May, one manner, subject to sale as other public lands: Provided, thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, as aforesaid. that actual settlers, being housekeepers, upon such lands Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, where the lands as are rejected, claiming to hold under such rejected have been relinquished to the United States, under the claim, or such as may waive their grant, shall have the provisions of the act of second March, one thousand eight right of pre-emption to enter within the time of the exis. hundred and twenty-one, as aforesaid, or other acts of tence of this act, not exceeding the quantity of their Congress, and the money paid thereon has, in part, been claim, which in no case shall exceed six hundred and applied in the payment of other lands, if the payment so forty acres, to include their improvements, who shall give made on lands retained be less than the amount paid on notice and prove their right of pre-emption, and in all the relinquished lands when such excess exceeds the sum things conform to the regulations as have been or may be of ten dollars, it shall be the duty of the Register of the prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, under exist-Land Office where the transfer of payment was made, to ing laws, relative to pre-emption; and it shall be the duty issue a certificate for such excess to the person or persons of the Secretary of the Treasury immediately to forward entitled thereto, and in the manner pointed out in the to the several land offices in said State, the manner in first section of this act; which certificate shall be receivwhich all those who may wish to waive their several ed in payment of the purchase of the public lands as pointgrants or claims and avail themselves of the right of pre. ed out in said section. 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 rea sonable 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 law. ful 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 Macedonian. 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 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 of Columbia, approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, shall continue in force until Congress shall amend, alter, or annul the same. Approved: July 9, 1832. An ACT to provide for paying certain arrearages for surveys made by naval officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That for defraying the extra services and expenses of the officers of the navy, engaged in the survey of our coasts and harbors the past and present years, the sum of four thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated, to be applied and expended under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Navy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred and eighty seven dollars and eighty cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to pay the balance due Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, for purchasing, draughting, and superintending the making of astronomical instruments for the exploring expedition; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, the Commander of the Navy Yard at the City of Washington shall cease to act as Navy Agent; and that portion of the act of the twenty. seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, which made it his duty to do so, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and a separate and permanent Agent shall be appointed as in other cases, in the same manner, entitled to the same compensation, under the same responsibilities, and be governed by the same laws and regulations which now are, or may hereafter be, adopted for other Navy Agents; and it shall be bis duty to act as Agent not only for the Navy Yard in this city, but for the Navy Department, under the direction of the Secretary thereof, in the payment of such accounts and claims as the said Secretary may direct. Approved: July 10, 1832. An ACT to provide for completing the Navy Hospital at Norfolk, and the Navy Asylum at Philadelphia, and to furnish them in part. Be it enacted, &c. That there be paid to the Commis sioners of the Navy Hospital Fund, and for the use thereof, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri. ated, ed, for the use of the Navy of the United States, proper hospitals at or near each of the following places, to wit: the Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York,. and the Navy Yard, Pensa cola. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, for the construction of such hospital at Charlestown, aforesaid, twenty-six thousand dollars; at Brooklyn aforesaid, twenty thousand dollars; and at Pensacola, thirty thousand dollars; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved: July 10, 1832. An ACT to carry into effect the act to provide for a survey of the coast of the United States. Be il enacted, &c. That for carrying into effect the act, entitled "An act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States," approved on the tenth day of Febru ary, one thousand eight hundred and seven, there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the said act is hereby revived, and shall be deemed to provide for the survey of the coasts of Florida, in the same manner as if the same had been named therein. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, in and about the execution of the said acts, to use all maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus, which now, or hereafter, may belong to the United States, and employ all persons in the land and naval service of the United States, and such astronomers and other persons as he shall deem proper: Provided, That nothing in this act, or thereby revived, shall be construed to authorize the construction or maintenance of a permanent astronomica! observatory. Approved: July 10, 1832. An ACT to provide iron tanks for the use of the Navy of the United States. Be it enacted, &c. That for the purchase of iron tanks for the use of the vessels of war of the United States, in commission, the sum of one hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five 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 establish different land districts in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That the tract of country in the State of Alabama, ceded to the United States by a treaty concluded with the Creek tribe of Indians, at the city of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of March, one th«usand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be divided into and constitute two land districts, by extending For completing the Navy Hospital at Norfolk, thirty-through the same, east and west, the line between townone thousand dollars. For providing fixtures, furniture, and apparatus, therefor, six thousand six hundred dollars. For completing the Navy Asylum at Philadelphia, twenty seven thousand three hundred dollars. For providing fixtures, furniture, and apparatus, for one wing thereof, six thousand six hundred dollars. Approved: July 10, 1832. An ACT authorizing the construction of Naval Hospitals at the Navy Yards at Charlestown, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Pensacola. Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the direction of the President of the United States, to cause to be construct ship number twenty-two, south of the base line of the Huntsville district, and township number twentyfour, north of the thirty-first degree of latitude. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the land in said ceded territory, South of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Montgomery, and said district shall be called the Talapoosa district; and all the land in said ceded territory, North of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Montevallo, and said district shall be call ed the Coosa district: Provided, however, That the President of the United States may, if he shall deem it expedient, remove either, or both, of the said land offices to any other point in the respective districts, for which they are established. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be Laws of the United States. a Register and Receiver appointed to each of the afore said land offices, to superintend the sales of the Public Lands in these respective districts, who shall reside at the places designated, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall have been dis posed of at their offices, as are, or may be provided by law in relation to the Registers and Receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the proper plats of the surveys of said districts to be deposited in the land offices intended for them respectively. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensa. tion of the Registers and Receivers, to be appointed for the land districts hereby established, shall not commence till after the surveys shall have been completed. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all that portion of country acquired by the treaty with the Choctaw nation of Indians, within the State of Alabama, south of township nineteen, shall be offered for sale at the Saint Stephen's land office, and the residue shall be attached to the Tuscaloosa land district, and be offered for sale at that place. Approved: July 10, 1832. AN ACT for the regulation of the Navy and Privateer directed to close all their accounts as trustees of said [22d CONG. 1st SESS. acts of Congress under which the same may be granted; and that he shall annually report to Congress an abstract showing the condition of these funds in all of these particulars, and the receipts and expenditures during the year; and cause a similar account of the receipts and expenditures of the navy hospital fund to be kept and reported to Congress, annually, in like manner, and at the same time, with the reports upon the pension funds. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a clerk, who shall perform all the duties which shall be required of him in relation to said funds; and shall receive as a full compensation for his services, and in lieu of all commissions or other allowances, a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars, to be paid quarter-yearly, out of the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the powers conferred, and duties imposed by laws now in force, on the commissioners of the navy and privateer pension and navy hospital funds be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of the Navy; and all acts, and parts of acts, contrary to the provisions of this act, be, and they are hereby, repealed. Approved: July 10, 1832. AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act, entitled "An act regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe," approved the ninth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, and to refund the tonnage duties on the French ship Victorine. loupe, approved the ninth of May, one thousan eight Be it enacted, &c. That the commissioners of the navy tended by the act, entitled "An act regulating commerBe it enacted, &c. That the privileges which are expension and navy hospital funds be, and they are hereby,cial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadafunds, and to pay over the balance of cash in their hands, and to assign over and transfer all the certifi. cates of stock, and other property belonging to said funds, and to the privateer pension fund, to the Treas: rer of the United States, for the use of the Secretary of the Navy, for the payment of navy and privateer pensions, and for expenditures on account of navy hospitals, et cetera ; and as soon as said assignment and transfer shall be made, the said commissioners shall be, and they are hereby, released and discharged from all further trust connected with said funds, and the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, constituted the trustee of said funds; and as such, it shall be his duty to receive applications for pensions, and to grant the same, according to the terms of the acts of Congress in such case made and provided, and to direct and control the expenditures out of the navy hospital fund. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the balance of cash now on hand, and all moneys that may hereafter arise to said pension funds from stocks redeemed, or from any other source, shall be immediately invested, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in the Bank Stock of the Bank of the United States; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to sell so much of the stock of the United States in said Bank, at the par value thereof, as said navy pension funds will pay for; and to receive said navy pension funds, in payment thereof; the said Bank stock to be held in the name of the Treasurer of the United States, for the purposes aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause books to be opened, and regular accounts to be kept, showing the condition of the navy and privateer pension funds, the receipts and expenditures thereof, the names of the pensioners, and the dates and amount of their respective pensions, with a statement of the act or fourth of November last. Approved: July 13, 1882. AN ACT giving the assent of Congress to an act of the Legislature of North Carolina, entitled "An act to incorporate a company entitled the Roanoke Inlet Company, and for other purposes;" and, also, to an act amendatory thereof, which passed in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted, &c. That the assent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given, so far as the same may be necessary to the validity thereof, to an act of the Legisla ture of the State of North Carolina, entitled "An act to incorporate a Company entitled the Roanoke Inlet Company, and for other purposes;" and, also, to an act of the Legislature to amend the former, which passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assent hereby given to the several acts aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to extend to the provisions of any act which may be passed by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina to revive, amend, or carry into full effect the purpose of the acts aforesaid, so far as the assent of Congress may be deemed essential to the validity thereof. Approved: July 13, 1832. |