Mouth of river Raisin. Black river, Ohio. Cleaveland harbor. Grand river, Ohio. Cunningham creek. Conneaut creek. Presque Isle. Dunkirk, N.Y. Dredging machine. Mouth of Genesee river. Oswego har bor. Kennebunk. Hudson river. Newcastle, Del. Ocracock inlet. Cape Fear river. Ohio river. 1835, ch. 25. Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Red river. Boat, and working it. Cumberland river, Ky. Chipola river, Florida. Channel be For the continuation of the works at the harbor near the mouth of the river Raisin, Michigan Territory, fifteen thousand dollars. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Black river, Ohio, six thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. For continuing the permanent improvement of Cleaveland harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Grand river, Ohio, six thousand dollars. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Conneaut creek, Ohio, two thousand five hundred dollars. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, according to Colonel Totten's recommendation, fifteen thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement at Dunkirk harbor, New York, eleven thousand dollars. For a dredging machine on Lake Erie, eight thousand dollars. For continuing the works at the mouth of Genesee river, New York, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the pier and mole at Oswego harbor, New York, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the pier at Kennebunk, Maine, seven thousand five hundred 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 improvement of the harbor of New Castle, Delaware, twenty-five thousand dollars. For continuing the removal of obstructions at Ocracock inlet, North Carolina, nine thousand dollars. 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 Kentucky and Tennessee, twenty thousand dollars. 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 St. John's, tween St. Ma in the Territory of Florida, in addition to unexpended appropriations, according to the estimate of the Engineer Department, five thousand ry's and St. dollars. John's. Escambia For continuing the removal of obstructions in, and improving the navigation of, the Escambia river, in the Territory of Florida, five thou- river. sand 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 office of the Third Auditor, viz. For removing obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, thirty-two 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. Huron river. To close ac counts in the Third Auditor's office. Cunningham creek. Michigan Territory. Cleaveland, Ohio. Presque Isle. Erie, Pennsylvania. Buffalo, New York. Ohio and For improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from Pittsburg to New Orleans, under the act of second of March, Mississippi. eighteen hundred and thirty-one, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars and five cents. Geological For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and surveys, under the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and and mineralogical surveys. 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 2, 1836. CHAP. CCLX.-An Act to extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of 1824, ch. 46. STATUTE I. July 2, 1836. [Expired.] Charters ex 4, 1838. 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 tended to July and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown; 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, July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCLXI.—An Act regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes. 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 the Governor and Legislative Council of said Territory, and approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and. thirty-six, be, 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. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, in any prosecution for piracy, or any other criminal offence against the laws of the United States, or of the Territory of Florida, it shall be found impracticable Acts relating to Appalachico la and to Franklin county, annulled. Act respecting a superior court, annulled. STATUTE I. July 2, 1836. 1837, ch. 34. Towns of Fort Madison, Proviso. Surveyor to class the lots. to obtain a sufficient number of jurors for 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 trial, and to take recognizances from the witnesses to appear in 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. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That an act to amend the act entitled "An act incorporating the town of Appalachicola," approved twelfth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, 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. SEC. 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 hereby, annulled. APPROVED, July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCLXII.—An Act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison_and_Burlington, 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Du Buque; 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, The 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 whole length of said towns, shall be reserved from sale, (as shall also the public squares,) for public use, and remain for ever for public use, as public highways, and for other public uses. SEC. 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, Peru, and Mineral Point, into three classes, according to the relative value thereof, on account of situation and eligibility for business, without regard however to the improvements made thereon; and previous to the sale of said lots as aforesaid, each and every person or persons, or his, her, their legal representatives, who shall heretofore have obtained from the agent of the United States a permit to occupy any lot or lots in the said towns, or who shall have, by building or enclosure, actually occupied or or improved any lot or lots in the said towns, or within the tracts of land hereby authorized to be laid off into lots, shall be permitted to purchase such lot or lots by paying therefor, in cash, if the same fall within the first class as aforesaid, at the rate of forty dollars per acre; if within the second class, at the rate of twenty dollars per acre; and if within the third class, at the rate of ten dollars per acre: Provided, That no one of the persons aforesaid shall be permitted to purchase, by authority of this section, more than one acre of ground to embrace improvements already made. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of surveying the lands covering the said towns of Fort Madison, Burlington, Belleview, Du Buque, Peru, and Mineral Point. APPROVED, July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCLXIII.—An Act for the payment of certain companies of the militia of Missouri and Indiana, for services rendered against the Indians in 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 Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to ascertain the sums severally due to those persons who performed duty in the companies commanded by Captains Smith Crawford, George Wallis, and Matthew P. Long, of the militia of Missouri, and in the company of Captain D. Siglor, of the militia of Indiana, for the protection of the frontiers of those States against the Indians; and to cause them to be paid for the time they were actually engaged in said service in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, at the rate, and according to the principles established for the payment of similar services rendered the United States; for the purpose of effecting which, the sum of four thousand three hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCLXIV.-An act for the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the Proviso. Surveying. STATUTE I. July 2, 1836. [Obsolete.] To be paid to certain militia companies. STATUTE I. July 2, 1836. State of Ohio. State of Indi Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of continuing the Cumberland Road in the State of Ohio; that the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for continuing the Cumberland Road in the State of Indiana, including materials for erecting a bridge across the Wabash river; and that the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, ana. and the same is hereby appropriated, for continuing the Cumberland Road in the State of Illinois; which sums shall be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, and replaced out of the fund reserved for laying out and making roads under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri into the Union on an equal footing with the original States: Provided, That the expenditure of the appropriation herein made for the State of Illinois shall be limited to the graduation and bridging of the road therein, and shall not be construed as pledging Congress to future appropriations for the purpose of McAdamizing the same. State of Illinois. Proviso. (a) See notes of the acts which have been passed relating to the Cumberland Road, vol. 2, 357. STATUTE I. July 2, 1836. [Obsolete.] SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the moneys hereby appropriated for the construction of the said road in the States of Ohio and Indiana, be expended in completing the greatest possible continuous portion of said road in the said States, so that such finished parts thereof may be surrendered to the said States, respectively. APPROVED, July 2, 1836. (a) CHAP. CCLXV.—An Act making appropriations for the Military Academy of the 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 Military Academy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtysix, viz: For pay of the officers, cadets, and musicians, fifty-six thousand and twelve dollars. For subsistence of officers and cadets, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars. For forage of officers' horses, one thousand one hundred and fiftytwo dollars. For clothing of officers' servants, three hundred and thirty dollars. For defraying the expenses of the Board of Visiters at West Point, two thousand dollars. For arrearages of the same in eighteen hundred and thirty-four and eighteen hundred and thirty-five, three hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-eight cents. For fuel, forage, stationery, printing, transportation, and postage, twelve thousand five hundred and thirty-five dollars. For repairs, improvements, and expenses of buildings, grounds, roads, wharves, boats, and fences, nine thousand and sixty-six dollars. For pay of adjutant's and quartermaster's clerks, nine hundred and fifty dollars. For philosophical apparatus and repairs of the same, three hundred dollars. For models for the department of engineering, five hundred dollars. For models for the drawing department, apparatus and contingencies for the department of chemistry, and instruments and repairs for the mathematical department, one thousand two hundred and thirty-five dollars. For the purchase and repairs of instruments for the band, three hundred and ninety-two dollars. For incidental expenses of the department of artillery, fifty dollars. For completing the chapel, three thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the acting professor of chemistry for services in his department from September first, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, to September first, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at twenty-five dollars per month, three hundred dollars; for the ensuing year, three hundred dollars. APPROVED, July 2, 1836. (a) By the act of March 3, 1837, chap. 44, sec. 2, this section is repealed. |