and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, approved the fourteenth of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-five, be, and they hereby are, authorized to locate and construct a rail-road on the following route, to wit: commencing on the St. John's river and thence in the most convenient and suitable direction to Tallahassee or the waters of St. Mark's river or bay, on the Gulf of Mexico, or to any other point east of or between the St. Mark's and Appalachicola rivers, which may be selected by said company. to locate and construct a rail- mencing on the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said company is further May pass over authorized, wherever said route shall pass over the public lands of the the public United States, to locate the same thereon, eighty feet wide; which said lands. location, if made according to the true intent and meaning of this act, shall be enjoyed by said company so long as they maintain the said road for the public accommodation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have the right to take from the said public lands, timber, stone, and earth, whenever it may be convenient for the construction of any part of said way running through the same; also to deposite and leave such materials upon such lands, whenever it may be necessary; also, to cut drains, where necessary, through the same; and during the period of the construction of said way, to occupy said lands along said route, doing as little injury thereto as may be. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to entitle the said company to the enjoyment of the privileges herein provided for, they shall comply with the following conditions, to wit: First, They shall cause the said route, whenever it passes over the public lands, to be surveyed, and the location of the way to be accurately delineated in their proper connexion, and a map thereof, and a copy of the locations, to be returned and deposited in the General Land Office, within six months from the date of the final location of the said road. Second, They shall cause permanent monuments to be erected along said route, conforming to such locations and maps, defining the limits of the way. Third, Wherever the said rail-way shall intersect a highway or travelled way on the public lands, that way or ways shall be left unobstructed. Fourth, Wherever it shall cross a stream or low grounds, such provision shall be made for draining off the water as to leave the said public lands uninjured by said rail-way. Fifth, They shall complete the said way within the time provided for in the act of incorporation. Sirth, Said location of said way shall be considered and treated as open way, and be kept up as such, and the lands abutting thereon shall be considered as abutting upon a public way. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sections and quarter sections of public lands over which the said road may pass, shall be reserved by the United States for two years after the final location of the said way; and to this end the said company shall, as soon as they have resolved to survey or examine any route, give notice to the register of the land district in which the lands may be over which they intend to pass; and when the final location is made, a further notice of that fact shall be given, in like manner, of the lands over which it actually passes, which said last mentioned lands shall be reserved as aforesaid from sale: Provided, That neither the said company nor any other person shall be authorized to settle on the said reserved sections or quarter sections; and no person so settling shall acquire thereby a preemptive right or claim to the said reserved lands, or to any part thereof; VOL, V.-19 N Timber, &c., may be used. Conditions to be complied with by said company. Public lands to be reserved by the U. S., &c. Notice to be given by the company of veyed, &c. routes to be sur Proviso. Time for making surveys, &c., extended. Governor, &c. may provide by law for the con struction of railroads to cross or intersect, &c. E. F. Rail road Company posed rail-road may cross pro at, &c. Florida may take stock. Acts repealed. Pensacola and Perdido Rail and if said company shall fail to give prompt and seasonable notice in both the above cases, they shall forfeit their privileges under this act. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the time for making the surveys and commencing the work, as prescribed in the said act of incorporation, be, and the same is hereby, extended for one year after the passage of this act. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor and Legislative Council of the said Territory, or for the Legislature of the State of Florida hereafter, to provide by law for the construction of rail-roads from the Appalachicola river, or from any other point, to cross or intersect the abovementioned rail-road, from the Georgia State line to the Gulf of Mexico. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said East Florida Railroad Company be, and they are hereby authorized to cross the rail-road proposed to be made at any point between Tallahassee and St. Mark's. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Territory or State of Florida shall, at the end of twenty years, have the privilege of taking one-fourth of the stock at par, by paying to the company the interest on the investment. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, inconsistent with the foregoing provisions, be, and the same are hereby annulled. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Pensacola and Perdido Rail-road Company, organized under acts of the Governor and Legisroad Company lative Council of the Territory of Florida, and of the State of Alabama, may make railroad, from, &c. be, and they are hereby, authorized to make a rail-road from Pensacola Brunswick and to the waters of Mobile bay or river; and also, that the Brunswick and Florida RailFlorida Rail-road Company, incorporated by an act of the Legislature road Company may extend of Georgia, be, and they are hereby, authorized to extend their rail-road their rail-road from the Georgia line to the city of Tallahassee, and thence to the river from, &c. Appalachicola, or St. George's sound, upon the same conditions and limitations contained in the foregoing provisions of this act. Lake Winnico and St. Joseph's Canal and Rail-road SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Lake Winnico and St. Joseph's Canal and Rail-road Company, organized under acts of the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, be, and Company may they are hereby authorized to locate and construct a rail-road from construct railthe city of St. Joseph to the city of Tallahassee, in said Territory, upon road from St. Joseph to Tal- the same conditions and limitations contained in the foregoing provisions of this act; and in the construction of said road, may cross, or intersect, and form a junction with, any other rail-road which may be made west of the city of Tallahassee. lahassee. STATUTE II. Feb. 9, 1837. Limits. STATUTE II. Feb. 13, 1837. APPROVED, January 31, 1837. CHAP. XII.-An Act to extend the limits of the Port of New Orleans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act the port of New Orleans shall extend, on the river, from the lower to the upper corporate limits of the municipalities of the city of New Orleans. APPROVED, February 9, 1837. CHAP. XIII.—An Act to change the name of the Collection District of Dighton, in the State of Massachusetts, to Fall River, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first Name of dis- day of April next, the said District, now known and called by the name trict changed; of the Dighton District, shall be called the District of Fall River, and as such shall be made a port of entry for vessels arriving from the Cape made port of entry for ves of Good Hope, &c. of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same, any law now in force sels from Cape to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, February 13, 1837. CHAP. XIV.-An Act to amend an act, entitled "An act to establish branches of the mint of the United States," passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the officers of the branch mint at New Orleans shall be one superintendent, one treasurer, one assayer, one melter and refiner, and one coiner; and that the officers of the branch mints, at Charlotte and Dahlonega, severally, shall be one superintendent, who shall also perform the duties of treasurer; one assayer, who shall also perform the duties of melter and refiner; and one coiner; and the annual salaries of the said officers shall be as follows: for the branch at New Orleans, to the superintendent, two thousand five hundred dollars; to the treasurer, the assayer, the melter and refiner, and the coiner, each, two thousand dollars; for the branches at Charlotte and at Dahlonega, to the superintendent, two thousand dollars; and to the assayer and the coiner, each, fifteen hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act entitled "An act, to establish branches of the mint of the United States," approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfive, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED, February 13, 1837. CHAP. XV. —An Act to suspend certain provisoes of "An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisoes of the tenth and twelfth clauses of the second section of the act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, passed July the fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same are hereby, suspended, until the close of the next session of Congress. APPROVED, March 1, 1837. STATUTE II. Feb. 13, 1837. Act of March 3, 1835, ch. 37. Act of Jan. 18, 1837, ch. 3. Officers of branch mints at Their salaries. Part of act 3d March, 1835, STATUTE II. March 1, 1837. [Obsolete.] Provisoes of 1832, ch. 227, Act July 14, suspended. STATUTE II. CHAP. XVI.-An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United March 1, 1837. States, for the district of Arkansas. (b) To have the same jurisdiction and power as the several district courts, U.S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court of the United States for the district of Arkansas shall have the same jurisdiction and power in all respects whatever that was given to the several district courts of the United States, by an act of Congress, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and two, entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace 30, 1802, ch. 13. on the frontiers," or by any subsequent acts of Congress, concerning crimes, offences, or misdemeanors, which may be committed against the laws of the United States, in any town, settlement, or territory, belonging to any Indian tribe, in amity with the United States, of which any other district court of the United States may have jurisdiction. APPROVED, March 1, 1837. (a) Notes of acts relating to the Mint and Coins of the United States, vol. 1, 246. STATUTE II. March 1, 1837. Pay of army. Subsistence of officers. Forage for offi cers' horses. Clothing for officers' servants. Payments in lieu of clothing. Subsistence, exclusive of that of officers, and including that of volunteers and militia. Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, &c. Medical and hospital depart ment. Supplies furnished by Quartermaster's De partment. Barracks, quarters, &c. Transportation CHAP. XVII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and for other purposes. 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 the support of the army, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven; that is to say; For the pay of the army, one million ninety thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars: For the subsistence of officers, three hundred and thirty-two thousand six hundred and thirty-eight dollars: For forage of officers' horses, seventy thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars: For clothing for officers' servants, twenty-six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars: For payments in lieu of clothing to discharged soldiers, thirty thousand dollars: For subsistence exclusive of that of officers, nine hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars, including the sum of three hundred and five thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars, for the subsistence of the volunteers and militia called out for preventing or suppressing Indian hostilities: For clothing of the army, camp and garrison equipage, cooking utensils, and hospital furniture, two hundred and six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars: For the medical and hospital department, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars: For the regular supplies furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, consisting of fuel, forage, straw, stationery, and printing, two hundred and eight thousand dollars: For barracks, quarters, store-houses, embracing the repairs and enlargement of barracks, quarters, store-houses, and hospitals, at the several posts; the erection of temporary cantonments at such posts as shall be occupied during the year, and of gun-houses for the protection of the cannon at the forts on the seaboard, the purchase of the necessary tools and materials for the objects wanted, and of the authorized furniture for the barrack-rooms; rent of quarters for officers; of barracks for troops at posts where there are no public buildings for their accommodation; of store-houses for the safe-keeping of subsistence, clothing, &c., and of grounds for summer cantonments, encampments, and military practice, ninety-five thousand dollars: For the allowance made to officers for the transportation of their bagof officers' baggage, when travelling on duty without troops, the sum of fifty thousand dollars: gage. Transportation of troops and supplies, &c. For the transportation of troops and supplies, viz: transportation of the army, including the baggage of troops when moving either by land or water; freight and ferriages; purchase or hire of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, for the purpose of transportation, or for the use of garrison; drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay department; expense of sailing a public transport between the posts on the Gulf of Mexico, and of procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it; the transportation of clothing from the depot at Philadelphia to the stations of the troops; of subsistence from the places of purchase, and the points of delivery under contracts, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance from the foundries and arsenals to the fortifications and frontier posts, and of lead from the western mines to the several arsenals, the sum of one hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars : For the incidental expenses of the Quartermaster's Department, consisting of postage on public letters and packets; expenses of courtsmartial and courts of inquiry, including the compensation of judge advocates, members, and witnesses; extra pay to soldiers, under an act of Congress of the second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of expresses from the frontier posts, of the necessary articles for the interment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; hire of laborers; compensation to clerks in the offices of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters, at posts where their duties cannot be performed without such aid, and to temporary agents in charge of dismantled works, and in the performance of other duties; purchase of horses to mount the second regiment of dragoons, and expenditures necessary to keep the two regiments of dragoons complete, including the purchase of horses to supply the place of those which may be lost and become unfit for service, and the erection of additional stables, one hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars: n For contingencies of the army, three thousand dollars : For two months' extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers, and for the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, thirty-four thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars: For arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, payable through the office of the Third Auditor, one thousand dollars: National armories. Armament of fortifications. Current ex For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars: For the armament of the fortifications, two hundred thousand dollars: For the current expenses of the ordnance service, one hundred and twenty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars: For arsenals, three hundred and seventy-three thousand four hundred penses of ordand twenty-nine dollars: For the purchase of percussion cannon locks, fifteen thousand dollars: For the manufacture of elevating machines for barbette and casemate carriages, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars : For the manufacture of sponges for field and battery cannon, one thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars: For the rifle factory at the Harper's Ferry armory, eight thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars: For completing the barracks at Baton Rouge, being an amount expended out of the general appropriation for the Quartermaster's Department, and to enable the accounting officers to close the accounts, twenty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and five cents: For completing the wharf at Fort Monroe, Virginia, five hundred dollars: For constructing a river wall, making the embankment to the same, arching, stone-walling, repairing the embankment of the new canal, and for completing the tilt-hammer shop at Harper's Ferry, fifty-three thousand seven hundred and forty-three dollars: nance service. Arsenals. Percussion cannon locks. Elevating machines, &c. Sponges for cannon. Rifle factory at Harper's Ferry. Completing barracks at Baton Rouge. Wharf at Fort Monroe. River wall; embankment of new canal; and tilt-hammer shop at Harp For a magazine at the arsenal at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, five thou- er's Ferry. sand dollars: Magazine at Baton Rouge. Purchase of For the purchase of land, building a brick warehouse, and wharf, and making a turnpike road to the river at the arsenal at Mount Ver- land, &c. at the non, Alabama, in addition to former appropriations for these objects, six thousand six hundred dollars: For enlarging the site at the arsenal at Frankford, Pennsylvania, one thousand dollars: Arsenal at Mt. Arsenal at Frankford, Pa. |