No. 14. A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any March 3, 1845. State shall have been or may be in default for the payment of interest or principal on investments in its stocks or bonds held by the United States in trust, to retain certain moneys to which such State is entitled for the named. purposes therein Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any State shall have been or may be in default for the payment of interest or principal on investments in its stocks or bonds, held by the United States in trust, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to retain the whole, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the per centage to which such State may be entitled, of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands within its limits, and apply the same to the payment of said interest or principal, or to the reimbursement of any sums of money expended by the United States for that purpose. APPROVED, March 3, 1845. Amount due on State stocks held by U. S. in trust, to be withheld from the States under certain cir cumstances. No. 15. A Resolution authorizing the employment of additional inspectors of the March 3, 1845 customs at the port of New Orleans. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the collector of the customs for the district of New Orleans, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to employ, from time to time, if the public service requires it, at the port of New Orleans, persons as occasional inspectors of the customs, not exceeding ten in number, in addition to the inspectors now authorized by law, who shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as are now prescribed by law for occasional inspectors. APPROVED, March 3, 1845. Collector may employ not exceeding ten. VOL. V.-101 Preamble. APPENDIX. No. I. Proclamation issued by the President of the United States, under the act of June 7, 1836, chap. 86. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, by an act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1836, it was enacted that when the Indian title to all the lands lying between the State of Missouri and the Missouri river should be extinguished, the jurisdiction over said land should be ceded by the said act to the State of Missouri, and the western boundary of said State should be then extended to the Missouri river, reserving to the United States the original right of soil in said lands, and of disposing of the same; and whereas, it was in and by the said act provided that the same should not take effect until the President should, by proclamation, declare that the Indian title to said lands had been extinguished, nor until the State of Missouri should have assented to the provisions of the said act: And whereas, an act was passed by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, on the 16th of December, 1836, expressing the assent of the said State to the provisions of the said act of Congress, a copy of which act of the General Assembly, duly authenticated, has been officially communicated to this Government, and is now on file in the Department of State: Now, THEREFORE, I, MARTIN VAN BUREN, President of the United States of declares that the America, do, by this my proclamation, declare and inake known, that the Indian title to all the said lands lying between the State of Missouri and the Missouri river, has been extinguished, and that the said act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1836, takes effect from the date hereof. The President Indian title has been extinguished. Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this 28th day of March, A. D. 1837, and of the Independence of the United States of America the sixty-first. By the President: MARTIN VAN BUREN. JOHN FORSYTH, Act of Gen. Ass. of Va., passed 27th Feb. 1829. The Chesa peake and Ohio Canal company may in lieu of bridges substitute boats, &c. President and Directors may, with consent of company, sell, No. II. BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. "An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com- "Be it further enacted, That the said president and directors, acting in behalf of the said company, and with the consent and approbation thereof, expressed at some general meeting thereof, in which a majority in interest of said stock is represented, may sell, let, or otherwise dispose of, any surplus water in any part &c. any surplus of the said canal, or of any feeder or reservoir thereof, if they shall be of opinion that no injury will result therefrom to the navigation of the canal. water. "Be it further enacted, That whenever it may be necessary to form heavy embankments, piers, or moles, at the mouths of creeks, or along the river shore, for basins and other purposes, and the president and directors may deem it expedient to give a greater strength to the same, by widening them, and constructing them of the most solid materials, the ground so formed for such useful purpose may by them, when so improved, be sold out, or let for terms of years, as they may deem most expedient for the company, on such conditions as may direct the application of the proceeds thereof to useful purposes, and at the same time repay the necessary expense of the formation of such embankments, piers, or moles: Provided, That this power shall in no case be exercised so as to injure the navigation of the canal. "This act shall be in force, so far as relates to the eastern section of the canal, on its receiving the assent of the Legislature of Maryland, and of the Congress of the United States; and shall be valid as relates to both sections, on its receiving the further assent of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. "APPROVED, March 3, 1837." GENERAL INDEX TO THIS AND THE PRECEDING VOLUMES. The Roman numerals refer to the volume; the figures to the page. Abatement of Suits and Process, judgments in, not matter of error, i. 84, 85. of suits by certain corporations, on their Abduction, of free negroes, in Dist. of Col., iv. 450. after the fact, i. 114, 116; iv. 114. for provisions respecting particular states, between U. S. and private persons gener- treasury warrants of distress, iii. 592. of officers of customs, iii. 695, 696. of officers of mint, i. 247; iv. 775; v. 136. in what manner kept, i. 250, 251, 281. of navy pension fund, i. 716; ii. 53; iii. of army and navy agents, ii. 535, 818; iv. office established, i. 280, 610; iii. 288. Acts of State Legislatures, how authenticated, i. 122; ii. 298. of territories, how authenticated, i. 122. Adams, John, privilege of franking to, ii. 102, 127. of supreme court for want of a quorum, i of circuit courts, i. 76, 369; v. 314, 392. in case of contagious sickness, i. 621. Administration, by consuls of effects of citizens dying Administrators and Executors, how made parties to suits, i. 90. entry of goods by, iii. 734. may sue in the Dist. of Col. without taking Aamiralty Causes, jurisdiction of district courts, i. 76, 77. seizures, what within, i. 77. appeals in, to circuit court, i. 79, 84; ii. to supreme court, i, 77, 78; ii. 244. judges may take bail and do other acts in prohibited except in special cases, iii. 723. of surveyors, taken by clerk of court, i. in what cases allowed instead of oaths, i. (804) custom-house, i. 699. accounts, how settled, i. 441; ii. 535, 817; in army and navy, to give bonds, i. 136, of treasury, appointment and duties, iii. 592. Aid-de-Camp. See Army, p. 806. Alabama, State of, and government of, iii. 371, establishment of, iii. 489, 564. representation in Congress, iii. 492; iv. acts of, assented, iv. 23, 308. marshal for northern district, iv. 399. compact between Alabama and Mississippi, boundaries of, iii. 489; iv. 479. lands in. See Lands, Public, p. 834. importation of, regulated, i. 262, 701. charter, ii. 255; iv. 76, 77, 162; v. 599. inspection, iv. 44, 519. bills issued by, iv. 742. See District of Columbia, p. 824. Alexandria County, established, ii. 105. county rates, iv. 43. real estate in, subject to debts, ii. 756. levy court of, iv. 43. inspection of flour in, iv. 44. See District of Columbia, p. 824. Alexandria Canal Co., amendment of charter, v. 674. Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike Co., Algerines, act to protect commerce against, iii. 230. Algiers, consul at, i. 533. Aliens. See Naturalization. suit by and against, i. 78, 79, 80. Alien Enemies, removal and restraint of, i. 577; ii. 781. of supreme court, i. 253, 333; ii. 157, 158, Altering Public Documents. See Forgery. suits by and against, i. 18, 80. of process and pleadings, i. 91. pub. doc. to be presented to, iii. 248. Annual Reports. See Departments. exempt from duties, i. 661; v. 560. Appeals, from district to circuit court, i. 79, 83, 84; from a district court to a circuit court of from a district court sitting as a circuit from circuit courts to supreme court, i. 84, when new evidence admitted on appeals, from territorial courts; in Florida, iv 46. in case of applications for patents, i. 322, in case of adjudications upon land claims, in case of custom-house appraisements, iv. Apothecary-General and Assistants, appointment and duties, iii. 570, 58%. Appointments, how made, i. 17. Apportionment of Representation, before the first census, i. 10, 11, 191 under the first census, (1790,) i. 253. second " third fourth" fifth 66 sixth แ (1800,) ii. 128 (1830,) iv. 516. (1840,) v. 491. special acts on the admission of different Appraisement and Appraisers, general appointment and duties of apprais- where ad valorem duty, appraisement to be secretary of treasury to establish rules of reappraisement, when, iv. 409. rule as to average value, iv. 409, 593. ad valorem duties, how estimated, iv. 593. in cases of damaged goods, i. 665; iii. 437, of goods, &c. seized, i. 395. 695, 696. for army and for military academy. See |