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1836. cluded with the Choctaw nation of Indians, at Dancing Rabbit Peservations of creek, on the twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hundred held from Public and thirty, as has been conditionally, or otherwise located by the sale, until 1st Delocating agent of the United States to persons claiming reserva

cember, 1836.

Proviso.

tions under the fourteenth article of said treaty, be withheld from public sale until the first day of December next: Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be taken or construed as indicating any intention on the part of Congress to confirm said claims. Approved May 9th, 1836.

for carrying the

30th of June.

[No. 4.] A RESOLUTION to change the time of making contracts for the transportation of the mail.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, The contract year That the Postmaster General be authorized, provided the same mail to end on the can be done at the present rates of compensation to extend the term of the existing contracts for the transportation of the mail, to the thirtieth day of June inclusive, next succeeding the thirtyfirst day of December, in each year in which said contracts expire, so that the contract year may, after the first day of January next, commence on the first day of July, instead of the first day of January. Approved, 14th May, 1836.

ceived, although

existing rules.

[No. 5.] A RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary of War, to receive additional evidence in support of the claims of Massachusetts and other States of the United States, for disbursements, services, &c. during the late war.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Evidence, if satis Secretary of War, in preparing his report pursuant to a resolve factory, to be re of the House of Representatives, agreed to on the twenty-fourth not conforming to of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and he hereby is, authorized, without regard to existing rules and requirements, to receive such evidence as is on file, and any further proofs which may be offered tending to establish the validity of the claims of Massachusetts upon the United States, or any part thereof, for services, disbursements, and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain; and in all cases where such evidence shall in his judgment prove the truth of the items of claim, or any part thereof, to act on the same in like manner as if the proof consisted of such vouchers and evidence, as is required by existing rules and regulations touching the allowance of such claims: And that in the settlement of claims of other States upon the United States for services, disbursements, and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain, the same kind of evidence, vouchers and proof shall be received as is herein provided for in relation to the claim of Massachusetts, the validity of which shall be, in like manner determined and acted upon by the Secretary of War. Approved, 14th of May, 1836.

[No. 6.] A RESOLUTION authorizing the repair of the bridge across the river Potomac, at Washington.

1836.

Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to The unexpended have all repairs made to the bridge across the Potomac river, balance appropri which have become necessary from the late flood, and that the expenses of said repairs be paid out of the money heretofore appropriated for the erection of said bridge, and which is now in the Treasury, unexpended. Approved, 7th of June, 1836.

[No. 7.] A RESOLUTION providing for the distribution of weights and

measures.

ated to repairs.

sucb weights and

intended for cus

delivered to each

State.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Acomplete set of Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is directed to cause measures as are a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as stan- tom-houses to be dards and now either made or in the progress of manufacture for the use of the several custom-houses and for other purposes, to be delivered to the Governor of each State in the Union or such person as he may appoint, for the use of the States respectively, to the end that an uniform standard of weights and measures may be established throughout the United States.

Approved, June 14th, 1836.

[No. 8.] A RESOLUTION to furnish the Rotundo with paintings.

American artiste.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a joint Contract to be committee be appointed to contract with one or more competent made with four American artists for the execution of four historical pictures upon subjects serving to illustrate the discovery of America; the settlement of the United States; the history of the Revolution ; or of the adoption of the Constitution; to be placed in the vacant pannels of the Rotundo; the subject to be left to the choice of the artists under the control of the committee.

Approved, 23d June, 1836.

[No. 9.] A RESOLUTION, referring the petition and papers of the heirs of Robert Fulton, deceased, to the Secretary of the Navy, to report thereon to Congress.

Moneys paid to R.

tobe de

them.

to

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the petition and papers of the heirs of Robert Fulton, be referred to the Secretary of the Navy, to state an account between the United States, and said heirs, by debiting them with all the moneys paid to the said Robert Fulton, and not settled on the books of the Treasury Department. Second. To credit the said heirs with all moneys advanced Moneys expended or expended by the said Fulton, in and about the busines of the US. to be credu United States, committed to his care, or about which he had an agency.

Third. To credit the said heirs a compensation commensurate with the value and importance of the services rendered by the

by R. F. for the

ed.

commensurate

1836. said Robert Fulton, to the United States, in inventing a system A compensation of coast and harbor defence and in testing its utility so far as he with the value of Was employed or engaged to render such services by the auhis system of har thorities of the United States, or when such services were recognised as having been rendered for the United States, previous to, or during, the late war with Great Britain.

bor defence to be

allowed.

superintending

Compensation for Fourth. To credit the said heirs with the like compensation, inventing and for the services of the said Robert Fulton, for inventing and in superintending the construction of a steam frigate, at New York, during and after said war.

steam frigate.

Allowance to be made for deten

vius.

Fifth. To credit the said heirs with a just and equitable comtion of the Vesu. pensation, for the detention of the steam-boat Vesuvius, at New Orleans, from the thirtieth of December, eighteen hundred and fourteen, to the twelfth of March, eighteen hundred and fifteen, both days inclusive, being the time the said boat remained aground by reason of her being impressed into the the service of the United States, and grounded when in said service.

Secretary of Na

ther testimony,

suit in favor of

SECOND, Be it further resolved, That the said Secretary of vy may take fur the Navy be authorized to take such further testimony as he &c. relating to a shall think necessary, and that he ascertain what defence was the United States, made to the suit in favor of the United States, against the repreand report to Con- sentatives of Robert Fulton, in the southern district of New York, and what composed the items of set-off to the claim of the United States; and that said Secretary report his proceedings at the next session of Congress.

gress.

Approved, 23d June, 1836.

[No. 10.] RESOLUTION to apply the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Potomac bridge to the improvement of Maryland avenue leading thereto, and for other purposes.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the balance of the appropriation for the construction of the bridge across the Potomac, at the city of Washington, remaining unexpended after the said bridge shall have been repaired in obedience to the directions contained in the joint resolution passed for that purpose at the present session of Congress, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, towards the graduation, gravelling and planting of the Maryland avenue, in said city, from its eastern extremity to the said bridge, in equal propcrtions on the east and west of the Capitol, according to distance. SECTION 2. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the public buildings duty of the Commissioner of Public Buildings to attend to the draws, &c. He draws, cause the bridge to be properly lighted, to guard against wanton injuries and obstructions, and to preserve a due police on and near it, so as to ensure the safety of passengers and of the public property; that said Commissioner shall receive for his services the yearly compensation of three hundred dollars, and be authorized to employ three assistants, at a compensation not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents a day.

Commissioner of

to attend to the

may employ three

assistants.

Approved, 1st July, 1836.

.

APPENDIX.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, a Convention for a second additional article to the
Treaty of Limits between the United States of America and
the United Mexican States, the ratifications of which were
exchanged in this city on the fifth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two, was concluded and signed by
their Plenipotentiaries in the city of Mexico, on the third day
of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, which
Convention is word for word as follows:

A treaty having been concluded and signed in the city of Mexico, on the 12th day of January, 1828, between the United States of America and the Mexican United States, for the purpose of establishing the true dividing line and boundary between the two nations, the third article of which treaty is as follows: To fix this line with more precision, and to place the land marks which shall designate exactly the limits of both nations, each of the contracting parties shall appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who shall meet before the termination of one year from the date of the ratification of this treaty at Natchitoches, on the Red river, and proceed to run and mark said line from the mouth of the Sabine to the Red river, and from the Red river to the river Arkansas, and to ascertain the latitude of the source of said river Arkansas, in conformity to what is agreed upon and stipulated, and the line of lalitude 420 to the South sea. They shall make out plans, and

;

Habiendose concluido y firmado en la Ciudad de Mexico á los 12 dias del Mes de Enero de 1828, un Tratado entre los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y los Estados Unidos del Norte, con el fin de establecer la verdadera linea divisoria y los limites entre las dos Naciones y habiendose estipulado en el articulo 3° del mencionado Tratado lo siguiente: "Para fijar esta linea con mas precision, y establecer los mojones que señalen con ecsactitud los limites de ambas naciones, nombrará cada una de ellas un Comisario y Geometra que se juntarán antes del termino de un año contado desde la fecha de la ratificacion de este Tratado, en Natchitoches, en las orillas del Rio Rojo, y procederán á señalar y demarcar dicha linea desde la embocadura del Sabina hasta el Rio Rojo y de este hasta el Rio Arkansas, y averiguar con certidumbre el origen del espre sado Rio Arkansas, y fijar segun queda estipulado y convenido en este Tratado, la linea que debe seguir desde el grado 42

1836.

fands to be with.

cember, 1836.

1836. cluded with the Choctaw nation of Indians, at Dancing Rabbit Peservations of creek, on the twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hundred held from Public and thirty, as has been conditionally, or otherwise located by the sale, until 1st De- locating agent of the United States to persons claiming reservations under the fourteenth article of said treaty, be withheld from public sale until the first day of December next: Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be taken or construed as indicating any intention on the part of Congress to confirm said claims. Approved May 9th, 1836.

Proviso.

for carrying the

30th of June.

[No. 4.] A RESOLUTION to change the time of making contracts for the transportation of the mail.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, The contract year That the Postmaster General be authorized, provided the same mail to end on the can be done at the present rates of compensation to extend the term of the existing contracts for the transportation of the mail, to the thirtieth day of June inclusive, next succeeding the thirtyfirst day of December, in each year in which said contracts expire, so that the contract year may, after the first day of January next, commence on the first day of July, instead of the first day of January. Approved, 14th May, 1836.

[No. 5.] A RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary of War, to receive additional evidence in support of the claims of Massachusetts and other States of the United States, for disbursements, services, &c. during the late war.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Evidence, if satis- Secretary of War, in preparing his report pursuant to a resolve factory, to be re of the House of Representatives, agreed to on the twenty-fourth not conforming to of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and he hereby

ceived, although

existing rules.

is, authorized, without regard to existing rules and requirements, to receive such evidence as is on file, and any further proofs which may be offered tending to establish the validity of the claims of Massachusetts upon the United States, or any part thereof, for services, disbursements, and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain; and in all cases where such evidence shall in his judgment prove the truth of the items of claim, or any part thereof, to act on the same in like manner as if the proof consisted of such vouchers and evidence, as is required by existing rules and regulations touching the allowance of such claims: And that in the settlement of claims of other States upon the United States for services, disbursements, and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain, the same kind of evidence, vouchers and proof shall be received as is herein provided for in relation to the claim of Massachusetts, the validity of which shall be, in like manner determined and acted upon by the Secretary of War. Approved, 14th of May, 1836.

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