Michigan. Saginaw river. Wagooshance, or Fox Point. Kalamazoo river. Florida. bay. St. Joseph's bay. St. John's river. State of Michigan. For a light-house on a proper site at the mouth of Grand river, five thousand dollars; for a light-house at a proper site at the mouth of Detroit river, five thousand dollars; for a light-house on Windmill island, at the outlet of Lake St. Clair, five thousand dollars; for erecting a light-house at the mouth of Saginaw river, five thousand dollars; for erecting a light-house at Wagooshance, or Fox point, on the Straits of Michillimackinac, five thousand dollars; for erecting a light-house at the mouth of Kalamazoo river, five thousand dollars. Territory of Florida.—For a light-house on the most suitable site at or near the east entrance from the Gulf of Mexico into Appalachicola bay, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand dollars; for a light-house at the entrance of Saint Joseph's bay, ten thousand dollars; for three buoys at the mouth of Saint John's river, one thousand dollars; for buoys to mark the channel from the eastern pass into Appalachicola bay to the town of Appalachicola, one thousand dollars; for a light-boat to be stationed at the northwest passage, twelve miles from Key West, ten thousand dollars; for buoys at the northwest passage and harbor of Key West, eight hundred dollars; for a light-house on the north point of Amelia island, eight thousand dollars; for rebuilding and changing the location of the light-house at Mosquito let. inlet, seven thousand dollars; for placing buoys on a rock in the outer harbor of Key West, five hundred dollars; for securing the foundation of the light-house on Sand Key, and for the attendance of a boat procured by the lake keeper, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars; for rebuilding the light-house at Cape Florida, ten thousand dollars; for a light-house on Carryforce reef on the southeastern extremity of the coast of Florida, twenty thousand dollars. Territory of Wisconsin.-For erecting a light-house at the mouth of Milwaukee river, five thousand dollars; for erecting a light-house at the mouth of the Manitowac river, five thousand dollars; for a lighthouse at Chipewagan, five thousand dollars; for erecting a light-house at the entrance of Green bay, five thousand dollars; for erecting a light-house at Root river, five thousand dollars. Appalachicola bay. Key West. Key West. Sand Key. Cape Florida. Carry force reef. Wisconsin. river. the improve- Before any of made, &c., and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before any of the improve ments aforesaid are commenced, the Board of Navy Commissioners shall cause an examination to be made for the purpose of ascertaining whether the safety of navigation requires any additional facilities, and if so what is most suitable for each place needing such additional facili- to cause an exties, and thereupon to report their opinion in regard to all such places amination to be as speedily as may be to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall pro- report to the ceed with the works so recommended. But if the said board, after Secretary of the causing such examination to be made, shall be of opinion that any of Treasury. said improvements are not needed to facilitate the navigation, or that the navigation is so inconsiderable as not to justify the proposed works, or that the same are inexpedient from any cause, no further proceeding shall be had, and their opinions with the facts shall be reported to Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to adopt the improvements in lamps and lanterns of light-houses, and the mode of warming the same, invented by Isaac Dunham, if, in his opinion, after due examination, and trial thereof, (if necessary,) said improvements shall be deemed of utility in respect to the saving of expense, in repairs and support, or in respect to improving the lights: Provided, the right to adopt said improvements in the light-houses and light-boats of the United States can be obtained on terms which the Secretary shall deem reasonable. APPROVED, March 3, 1837. Secretary of the Treasury to adopt the improvement in lamps, &c., invented by Isaac Dunham, on certain conditions. Proviso. STATUTE II. March 3, 1837. CHAP. XLI.—An Act to authorize and sanction the sales of reserves, provided for Creek Indians in the treaty of March twenty-four, eighteen hundred and thirtytwo, in certain cases, and for other purposes. Those which shall remain unsold on 4th April next, to be sold at public auction, &c. Confirmation of sales by the widow, &c., of Creek Indians who have or may die before 4th April next, &c. Proviso. Payment of money which may be received from purchasers under authority given in preced ing sections, &c. Proviso. Further pro The President may cause one dollar and a quarter per Proviso. Further pro viso. Money appro this act into Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States may, and he is hereby authorized to, cause all the reserves belonging to the Creek Indians by virtue of the provisions of the treaty of March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, which shall remain unsold on the fourth day of April next, to be sold at public auction in the Creek country; after giving at least sixty days notice of the time, place and terms of sale in the public prints, and to cause patents to be issued to the purchasers of said reserves. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may, and he is hereby authorized to, confirm the sales by the widow, the widow and children, the children, or the lawful administrator of Creek Indians who have died, or who may die, prior to the fourth day of April next, without having legally disposed of said reserves, and to receive the purchase-money, or such portions of it as may not have been paid to the persons entitled to it, and to cause patents to be issued therefor to the purchasers; "Provided, That sales made by lawful administrators shall be entitled to a preference over sales made by widows and children." SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President may, and he is hereby authorized to, pay the persons entitled thereto, the money which may be received from the purchasers of reserves under the authority given in the two preceding sections, at such times and in such amounts as he shall deem best for the parties concerned; or, if he think proper, to invest the whole or any part of said purchase-money in stocks, and pay the interest to the persons entitled, in such amounts, and in such manner, as, in his opinion, will be most advantageous for them: Provided, That he may cause the principal of the sum or sums so invested to be paid to the persons entitled thereto, whenever he may think proper: And provided, further, That the provisions of this act shall be executed under such regulations and restrictions as the President may prescribe. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre to be paid to the Creek Indians, whose names were omitted to be entered on the census-roll taken under the treaty of hundred and thirty-two, and to those whose names appear on eighteen said roll, but for whom no locations have been made, who shall appear, from proper evidence, to be justly entitled to reservations under the provisions of said treaty; Provided, That the sums thus payable under this section may be invested in stocks upon the same terms and conditions, and under the same regulations and restrictions as are herein before prescribed in respect to moneys payable under the first and second sections of this act; Provided, further, That no transfer by the person entitled under this section shall be valid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying priated to carry into effect the provisions of the three first sections of this act, the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, together with such sum as may be necessary to carry into effect the fourth section thereof. effect. APPROVED, March 3, 1837. CHAP. XLII.-An Act explanatory of the act entitled An act granting half-pay to widows and orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits of the third section of the act entitled "An act granting half-pay to widows and orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes,' approved the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall not be withheld from any widow, in consequence of her having married after the decease of the husband for whose services she may claim to be allowed a pension or annuity under said act: Provided, That she was a widow at the time it was passed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widow of any person who continued in the service of the United States until the third day of November, seventeen hundred and eighty-three, and was married before that day, and while her husband was in such service, shall be entitled to the benefits of the third section of the aforesaid act. APPROVED, March 3, 1837. CHAP. XLIII.—An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the office of Commissioner of Pensions shall be, and the same is hereby continued, until the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a Commissioner of Pensions shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and that he shall execute, under the direction of the Secretary of War, such duties in relation to the various pension laws as may be prescribed by the President. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars; and have the privilege of sending and receiving letters and packets by mail free of postage. APPROVED, March 3, 1837. CHAP. XLIV.—An Act to provide for certain harbors, and for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 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, to wit: For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, Illinois, forty thousand dollars; For continuing the construction of a harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, thirty thousand dollars; For continuing the construction of a pier or breakwater at the mouth of the river Saint Joseph, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars; For the continuation of the works at the harbor near the mouth of the river Raisin, Michigan, thirty thousand dollars; For completing the channel of the Cocheco branch of the Piscataqua Cocheco river. river, in the State of New Hampshire, five thousand dollars; (a) See notes to the Resolution of March 3, 1837, granting a pension to Susan Decatur, widow of Stephen Decatur, post, 199. For continuing the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Black river, in Jefferson county, State of New York, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor at Whitehall, in the State of New York, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the channel at the mouth of Genesee river, in the State of New York, ten thousand dollars; For improving the harbor of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, by removing the bar of the Choctaw pass and Dog river bar, fifty thousand dollars; For continuing the removal of obstructions at Black river, Ohio, six thousand four hundred and ten dollars; For continuing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of the Huron river, in Ohio, two thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars; For continuing the improvement of the navigation at the mouth of Vermillion river, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of Cleaveland harbor, Ohio, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the removal of obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, five thousand dollars; For continuing the removal of obstructions at Ashtabula creek, Ohio, eight thousand dollars; For continuing the removal of obstructions at Conneaut creek, Ohio, five thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of Dunkirk harbor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Portland, Lake Erie, New York, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor at Cattaraugus creek, Lake Erie, New York, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Salmon river, Lake Ontario, New York, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the channel between the North and South Hero islands, Lake Champlain, Vermont, six thousand dollars; For continuing the construction of a breakwater at Plattsburg, New York, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Oak Orchard creek, New York, five thousand dollars; For continuing the pier at Kennebunk, Maine, three thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement at Big Sodus bay, New York, twelve thousand dollars. For continuing the pier and mole at Oswego harbor, New York, fif teen thousand dollars; For placing buoys in the vicinity of the monument on Steele's Ledge, Maine, being the unexpended balance of the appropriation of the twenty-eighth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, for rebuilding the monument on Steele's Ledge, four hundred and sixty-six dollars; For continuing the construction of a breakwater at Burlington, Vermont, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the breakwater on Stanford's Ledge, Portland harbor, Maine, twenty-five thousand dollars; For continuing the breakwater at Sandy bay, Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars; For continuing the breakwater at Hyannis harbor, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the channel of the river Thames, leading into Norwich harbor, Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars; For continuing the securing of the public works, at the harbor of Southport, Connecticut, one thousand dollars; River Thames. Southport har. bor. For improving the harbor of Westport, Connecticut, three thousand Westport harseven hundred and thirty-four dollars; For continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson 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 repairs at the harbor of Chester, Pennsylvania, two thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Wilmington, Delaware, eight thousand dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Newcastle, Delaware, ten thousand dollars; bor. Hudson river. Chester har bor. Wilmington harbor. Newcastle harbor. Delaware For continuing the Delaware breakwater, and constructing a wharf or mole pursuant to the report of Captain Delafield, one hundred and breakwater. forty-one thousand dollars. And that the sum of seventy thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a marine hospital in the city of New Orleans, in that part of said city which shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and for the purchase of lands on which to erect said marine hospital; and that the President of the United States, be, and he is hereby authorized to select and cause to be purchased, for the use and benefit of sick seamen, boatmen, and all other navigators on the western rivers and lakes, suitable sites for marine hospitals, Provided that the number thereof shall not exceed for the river Mississippi three, for the river Ohio three, and for Lake Erie one; and to enable the President to make such selection and purchase, he may call to his aid one or more medical men of the army, not exceeding three in all, to examine and report on such sites, and to ascertain at what price the same can be had; and that the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to effect the purchase thereof, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and that suitable plans and estimates be prepared, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the construction of said hospitals, and submitted to Congress, at the commencement of the next session thereof; and that the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated for the erection of a marine hospital in the city of Mobile; Provided, That the expenditures for the purchase of sites and the erection of hospitals at New Orleans and Mobile shall not exceed the amounts herein appropriated for these purposes; that from and after the first day of April next, all laws enacted whereby seamen are required to pay twenty cents a month, or their employers are required to retain that sum out of their wages, to create a fund for the sick and disabled seamen, shall be suspended for one year, during which no such exaction shall be made; and that instead of said tax there be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be disbursed in the same manner as the sum above mentioned, Provided, however, that seamen and watermen, who have not contributed to said fund, may receive relief to such extent, and under such regulations as the President of the United States shall direct. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, fifteen thousand dollars; For continuing the removal of obstructions at Ocracoke inlet, North Carolina, twelve thousand and fifty dollars; Erection of a marine hospital at N. Orleans, &c. Purchase of sites for marine hospitals on the western waters, &c. Proviso. Erection of a marine hospital at Mobile. Proviso. After 1st April next all laws re quiring seamen to pay 20 cents a month, &c., shall be suspended for 1 year, &c. Proviso. Baltimore har bor. Ocracoke inlet. |