1836. $20,000, a military road to be surveyed. and directed to cause such repairs and improvements to be made CHAP. 258. An ACT to provide for the better protection of the western frontier. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, President to cause That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be surveyed and opened, a military road, from some point upon the right bank of the Mississippi river, between the mouth of the St. Peter's and the mouth of the Desmoines river, upon such route as may appear best calculated to effect the purposes of this act, to Red river. To pass west of Missouri and Ar tion &c. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said road shal kansas, on condi- pass west of the State of Missouri and of the Territory of Arkan sas, on condition that the assent of the Indian tribes who have not heretofore given their assent, through whose territory said road is to pass, shall be first obtained; and if such assent cannot be ob tained, then east of the western boundaries of said State and Territory; and shall be so constructed as to enable troops to move along the same with proper facility. And the following mode of construction shall be adopted, subject to such alterations and additions as the President may, from time to time direct to be made. The timber shall be cut down to a reasonable width, and the wet and marshy places shall be causewayed or otherwise rendered passable; cheap bridges shall be erected over the smaller streams, not having good fords across them; and, where it may be found necessary, the road may be thrown up in the centre. Miluary posts to be established. Troops U. 8. may the laben, &c. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the military pests shall be constructed at such place along the said road as in the opinion of the President, may be most proper for the protection of the frontier, and for the preservation of the necessary communication. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the troops of the United be employed in States shall be employed in performing the labor herein required, whenever, in the opinion of the President, the same can be done with a just regard to their other duties; and the other labor ren dered necessary shall be procured in such manner as the Pres dent may direct. $10,000 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be applied towards the accomplishment of the objects specified by this act. Approved, July 2d, 1836. A CHAP. 259. An ACT making additional appropriations for the Delaware 1836. breakwater, and for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the months of certain rivers, and for other purposes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. [SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying on and completing certain works heretofore commenced, viz: For continuing the Delaware breakwater, one hundred thou- $100,000 for Delsand dollars. aware breakwater For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, Illi- 832,000 for Chinois, thirty-two thousand dollars. cago, Illinois. For continuing the improvement of Big Sodus bay, twelve $12,600 Big Bodus thousand six hundred dollars. bay. town, Mass. For the continuation of the works for the preservation of the $4,400 Provincebeach at Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, four thousand four hundred dollars. For the continuation of the works for the preservation of Ply- $500, Plymouth mouth beach Massachusetts, five hundred dollars. beach For the continuation of the works at the harbor near the mouth $15,000 Mouth of of the river Raisin, Michigan Territory, fifteen thousand dollars. river Raisin. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Black river, $6,660 Black river Ohio, six thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Ohio. For continuing the permanent improvement of Cleaveland $15,000 harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars." Cleave land harbor. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Grand river, $6,000 Grand Ohio, six thousand dollars. river, Ohio. ham Creek. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Cunningham $1.275 Cunning- creek. Isle. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Presque Isle, $15,000 Presque Pennsylvania, recording to Colonel Totten's recommendation, fifteen thousand dollars. N. Y. For continuing the improvement at Dunkirk harbor, New $11,000, Dunkirk, York, eleven thousand dollars. machine. For a dredging machine on Lake Erie, eight thousand dollars. $8,000, dredging For continuing the works at the month of Genesee river, New $20,000, mouth of York, twenty thousand dollars. Genesee river. For continuing the pier and mole at Oswego harbor, New $20,000, Oswege York, twenty thousand dollars. harbor. For continuing the pier at Kennebunk, Maine, seven thousand $7,500, five hundred dollars. bunk, river. Kenne For continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Hud- $100,000, Hudson son river, above and below Albany, in the State of New York, one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended according to the plan and estimate recommended by the Secretary of War. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of New Castle, $25000, Newcas Delaware, twenty-five thousand dollars. tle, Del. 1836. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Ocracock inlet, 93,000, Ocracock North Carolina, nine thousand dollars. inlet. 900,000 Cape Fear river. $20,000, Ohio river $60,000, Ohio and Mississippi rivers. $40.000, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. $40,800, Red river. $30,000. Boat and working it. 300,000, Cumber For continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio, river between Pittsburg, and the falls of the Ohio, twenty thousand dollars, which, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose by the act of the third of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-five, shall be expended by direction of the Secretary of War, under the superintendence of the officers of the engineer corps heretofore employed on that service. For the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from Louisville to New Orleans, sixty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi river above the mouth of the Ohio river, and for the Missouri river forty thousand dollars, to be expended in such manner and for the removal of such obstructions as the Secretary of War shall direct. For continuing the removal of obstructions in Red river, Louisiana, and Territory of Arkansas, forty thousand eight hundred dollars. For constructing a boat to prevent a new accumulation of obstruction in said river, within the old limits of the Great Raft, so called, fifteen thousand dollars, and the additional sum of fifteen thousand dollars to work and support the same. For continuing the improvement of the Cumberland river, in land river, Ky. Kentucky and Tennessee, twenty thousand dollars. $4.000, Chipola river, Florida. $5,000, channel For continuing the removal of obstructions in the Chipola river, in the Territory of Florida, four thousand dollars. For completing the inland channel between St. Mary's and between St. Ma St. John's, in the Territory of Florida, in addition to unexpended appropriations, according to the estimate of the Engineer Department, five thousand dollars. ry's and St. John's $350, Escambia river. $4,300, river. Huron To close accounts For continuing the removal of obstructions in, and improving the navigation of, the Escambia river, in the Territory of Florida, five thousand five hundred dollars. For further improvements at the mouth of Huron river, in the State of Ohio, four thousand three hundred dollars. And the following sums, necessary to close accounts, in the in the Third Audi office of the Third Auditor, viz. tor's office. $2226 $383 15. $6.50. $122 80. 869 CA For removing obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, thirtytwo dollars and thirty-six cents. For completing the pier at La Plaisance bay, Michigan Territory, three hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifteen cents. For removing obstructions at Cleaveland harbor, Ohio, six dollars and fifty-nine cents. For repairing breach in the peninsula at Presque Isle, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty cents. For erecting a beacon light at Erie Pennsylvania, sixty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents. For erecting a light-house at Buffalo New York, four hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-eight cents. 1836. 8494 78 For improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi $17,900 05. rivers from Pittsburg to New Orleans, under the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars and five cents. mination and sar veys. For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations $30,000 for exaand surveys, under the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen v hundred and twenty-four, of which sum five thousand dollars shall be appropriated and applied to geological and mineralogical surveys and researches in the Indian country on the public lands and in the Territories of the United States, thirty thousand dollars. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 260. An ACT to extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. ed to July 4, 1838. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the charters of the several Banks herein enumerated, namely; the Union Bank, and Farmers and Mechanics Bank of George- Charters extendtown; the Bank of the Metropolis, Patriotic Bank of Washington, and Bank of Washington, in the city of Washington; and the Farmers Bank of Alexandria, and Bank of Potomac, in the town of Alexandria, be, and the same are hereby extended till the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Approved, 2d July, 1836. CHAP. 261. An ACT regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes. rial Legislature of [SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An act to alter and change the terms of the superior court for the middle district of Florida," passed by Act of Territo the Governor and Legislative Council of said Territory, and 12th Feb, 1806, apapproved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, be, proved. and the same is hereby, approved, so far as it does not interfere with the terms of the court directed to be holden in the county of Franklin, which has been annexed to the said middle district. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That if, in any prosecution for piracy, or any other criminal offence against the laws Trials may be of the United States, or of the Territory of Florida, it shall be southern to the found impracticable to obtain a sufficient number of jurors for eastern or midde the trial of any person or persons charged with said criminal offences in the southern judicial district of Florida, it shall be lawful for the judge to send said person or persons, with the indictment and other papers, to the eastern or middle district for rial, and to take recognizances from the witnesses to appear in removed from the district. 1836. the said eastern or middle district, in the same manner as he is empowered by law to do, in the district of which he is the judge. Acts relating SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That an act to amend and to Franklin the act entitled "An act incorporating the town of Appalachicola," county, anaulled approved twelfth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to Appalachicola Act respecting a superior court, annulled. and "An act to change the county seat of the county of Franklin," passed January fourteenth, and approved January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and thirty six, be, and the same are hereby, annulled. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of the Legislative Council as directs a superior court for the southern judicial district at Indian Key be, and the same is here. by, annulled. Approved, 2d July, 1836. Proviso. Proviso Surveyor to class the lots. CHAP. 262. An ACT for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burling ton, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tracts of land in the Territory of Wisconsin including the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines; Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of DuBuque; and Peru, in the county of Du Buque; and Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, shall, under the direction of the Surveyor General of the public lands, be laid off into town lots, streets, avenues, and the lots for public use called the public squares, and into out lots having regard to the lots and streets already surveyed, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may think proper for the public good and the equitable rights of the settlers and occupants of the said towns: Provided, That tracts of land so to be laid off into town-lots, &c. shall not exceed the quantity of one entire section, nor the town-lots one-half of an acre; nor shall the out-lots exceed the quantity of four acres each. When the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury, and within six months thereafter the lots shall be offered to the highest bidder, at public sale, under the direction of the President of the United States, and at such other times as he shall think proper; Provided, That no town-lot shall be sold for a sum less than five dollars: And provided further. That a quantity of land of proper width, on the river banks, at the towns of Fort Madison, Belleview, Burlington, Du Buque, and Peru, and running with the said rivers the the whole length of said towns, shall be reserved from sale, (as shall also the public squares,) for public use, and remain forever for public use, as public highways, and for other public uses. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Surveyor to class the lots already surveyed in the said towns of Fort Madison, Burlington, Belleview, Du Buque, Puru, and Mineral Point, into three classes, according to the re |