For payment of the annuities to the Osages and Kanzas. For the pur For the payment of the annuities to the Osage and Kanzas Indians, as provided for by the third article of said treaties, of seven hundred dollars, in lieu of all former annuities to the former, and three thousand five hundred dollars to the latter, annually, for twenty years, ten thousand five hundred dollars. For the purchase of cattle, hogs, and other domestic animals, and chase of cattle, articles, as stipulated for by the fourth articles of said treaties, including the expense of transportation and delivery of the same, fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. &c. For houses for Osage chiefs, and one for the principal Kanzas chief. Agents, &c. Debts due by the Kanzas and Osages to Fran cis G. Chouteau, &c. Claims of citizens for depredations. For expenses incurred under the 9th and 12th articles. Treaty with the Shawnees. For surveying the lands grant ed to them. For the payment of the sums stipulated for, &c. The claims of the Shawnees. For carrying into effect the 4th article rela For the expense of building four houses for Osage chiefs, as stipulated for by the said fourth article of the treaty with them, and one for the principal Kanzas chief, (as estimated for by General Clark,) ten thousand dollars. For carrying into effect the provisions of the aforesaid treaties, relative to agents, blacksmiths, agriculturists, and other persons to be employed for the benefit of said Indians, including the expense of erecting the necessary buildings for the accommodation of such persons, for tools, and all other expenses connected with said provisions, fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For payment of the debts due by the Kanzas Indians to Francis G. Chouteau, and by the Osages to Augustus P. Chouteau, Paul Baillio, and William S. Williams, as provided for by the eighth and thirteenth articles of said treaties, two thousand dollars. For payment of claims of citizens for depredations committed by the Kanzas and Osage Indians, as provided for by the seventh and ninth articles of the aforesaid treaties, eight thousand dollars. For expense incurred under the ninth article of the treaty with the Kanzas, and eighth and twelfth articles of the treaty with the Osages, and all other expenses attending the negotiation of said treaties, eigh teen thousand three hundred and six dollars and seventeen cents. To carry into effect the treaty with the Shawnees, of seventh November, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, namely: For surveying the lands granted to the Shawnees, by the second article of said treaty, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For the payment of the sum stipulated for, and, by same article of said treaty, for the improvements abandoned by the Indians, on the lands ceded by them, and the inconveniences of removal, fourteen thousand dollars. For payment of the claims of the Shawnees against citizens of the United States, as provided for in the fourth article of said treaty, eleven thousand dollars. For carrying into effect the provision of the said fourth article, relative to a blacksmith, including the expense of tools, iron, and the tive to a black- erection of the necessary buildings for the blacksmith's quarters and smith, &c. shop, two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For expenses incurred in negotiation. To carry into effect the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien with certain In dian tribes. The stipula tions of the 4th article of the For expenses incurred in the negotiation of said treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars. To carry into effect a stipulation contained in the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien, nineteenth August last, with certain tribes of Indians, for holding two general councils with the Indians, on Lake Superior, and Green Bay, (as per accompanying copy of a detailed estimates [estimate] for these, and the other objects which follow, furnished by Governor Cass,) twenty-seven thousand dollars. To carry into effect the stipulation of the fourth article of the trea ties [treaty] with the Miamies, of sixth October, eighteen hundred and treaty with the eighteen, providing for a gun-smith, the annual sum of six hundred Miamies. dollars. To carry into effect the provision of the same article of said treaty, for the delivery of one hundred and sixty bushels of salt, annually, to For arrearages of salt due to the Indians, under the provisions of the treaty aforesaid, six hundred and forty dollars. For the payment of the annuity secured to the Christian Indians, so called, in consideration of the relinquishment of their title to three sections of land, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, by the agreements entered into with Governor Cass, for that purpose, filed in the general land office, and by the act of Congress of twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, (seventh section,) the annual sum of four hundred dollars. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. CHAP. CXI.—An Act further to amend the charter of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the levy court of Washington county, in the District of Columbia, shall not possess the power of assessing any tax on real or personal property within the limits of the corporation of Georgetown, nor shall the corporation of the said town be obliged to contribute in any manner towards the expenses or expenditures of said court, except for the one fourth part of the expenses incurred on account of the orphans' court, the office of coroner, the jail of said county, and one half of the expenses for the opening and repairing of roads in the county of Washington, west of Rock Creek, and leading to Georgetown: Provided, always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said court, or the collector by them appointed, from collecting all taxes which have been levied by the said court on real and personal property within the limits of Georgetown, before the passage of this act, and of appropriating the same according to present existing laws; but that it shall be the duty of the said court, and they are hereby authorized and directed to use all the powers with which they are now invested, for collecting the said tax: And provided further, That all laws now in force, which make it the duty of the said court to provide for the support of the poor residing within the limits of Georgetown, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and that henceforth it shall be the duty of said court to provide for the support of such only of the poor of the county as reside out of the limits of Washington and George town. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may, for the general purposes mentioned in the charter of said town, and for the support of the poor annually, lay a tax on all real and personal property within the limits of Georgetown, not exceeding seventy cents in the hundred dollars, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. May 20, 1826. Writs of execution, where the district or any one state CHAP. CXII-An Act to provide for paying certain pensioners at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania. 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 is hereby, authorized and empowered to establish a Pension agency at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania, for the payment of pensioners of the United States, resident in the counties of Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Guernsey, Belmont, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Holmes, Wayne, Stark, Columbiana, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga Portage, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, and Richland, in the state of Ohio, and the counties of Alleghany, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland, Indiana, and Jefferson, in the state of Pennsylvania. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the Bank of the United States, for paying the before-mentioned pensioners, at the office of discount and deposit of said bank, at Pittsburg, as in other cases. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. CHAP. CXXIII.-An Act for altering the time for holding the courts of the United Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the CHAP. CXXIV.—An Act relative to the issuing of executions, in the district and circuit courts of the United States, in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all writs of circuit courts in execution, upon any judgment or decree, obtained in any of the district or circuit courts of the United States, in any one state, which shall have been, or may hereafter be, divided into two judicial districts, may run and be executed, in any part of such state; but shall be issued from, and made returnable to, the court where the judgment was obtained, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. have been, or may be, divided into two judicial districts, may be executed in any part of such state. STATUTE 1. May 20, 1826. State of Illinois to sell in fee simple, to the county of CHAP. CXXV.-An Act concerning the seat of justice in Gallatin county in the state of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois is hereby authorized to give or sell, in fee simple, to the county of Gallatin, (a) See notes to the act of Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12. in that state, for the purposes of locating and fixing the seat of justice in CHAP. CXXVI.-An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certuin May 20, 1826. Indian tribes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to defray the expense of holding treaties with the Miami and Potawatami tribes of Indians, and any other tribes claiming lands in the state of Indiana. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. [Obsolete.] Appropriation to defray the expenses of holding treaties with the Miami and Potawata mi Indians, &c. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. A fee of six lowed the attorney for the district of Mis souri. CHAP. CXXVII.—An Act allowing fees to the district attorney of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to the dollars to be alattorney of the United States, for the district of Missouri, a fee of six dollars in each case now pending, or hereafter to be by him prosecuted on behalf of the United States, to be paid by the unsuccessful party, in addition to the salary and compensation allowed by law: Provided, That the fees herein provided for shall not be taxed on any suit now commenced, or to be commenced, or any petition filed, or to be filed, in relation to the confirmation of land claims, in Missouri, under the provisions of the act of the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, as a compensation to the said district attorney, in all cases in which he has already prosecuted suits, for the United States, to judgment, he shall receive the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid to him by the proper officer of the Treasury Department. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. Proviso. Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 173. 250 dollars to be allowed from the treaand paid him, sury. STATUTE I. CHAP. CXXVIIL-An Act supplementary to "An act providing for the disposition May 20, 1826. of three several tracts of land in Tuscarawas county, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes," passed the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Act of May 174. The provisions of the act to be carried into effect. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 26, 1824, ch. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to adopt such measures as, in his judgment, the interests of the United States, and the parties concerned, may require, for the purpose of carrying into full and complete effect the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, and the intentions of Congress, as expressed in said act. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. Act of Feb. 4, 1807, ch. 5. Act of March 9, 1808, ch. 29. Act of May 20, 1812, ch. 17. Time of holding the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, changed. All suits, &c., &c., to be proceeded with, as if no change had taken place. CHAP. CXXIX. An Act to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, shall, after the pass ing of this act, commence and be holden on the following days, instead of the times heretofore established by law, that is to say: At Edenton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on the third Monday of April and October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the Thurs day next after the third Monday of April and October; and at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the fourth Monday of April and October. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, writs, process, and other proceedings, commenced or to commence, or which shall be now pending in any of the district courts of the district of North Carolina, as heretofore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with, in the said district courts, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE 1. May 20, 1826. 15th sec. of the act of May 15, 1820, ch. 104, extended. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. Time of holding the circuit court, for the county of Washington and Alexandria counties, in the District of Columbia, changed. CHAP. CXXX.- An Act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose," passed fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the fifteenth section of the act of the fifteenth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, to which this is a supplement, shall be so construed as to extend the provisions of said section as well to public open spaces as to public squares or reservations. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. CHAP. CXXXI-An Act altering the times of holding the courts in the District of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, shall, hereafter, commence and be held, on the first Monday of December, and first Monday of May, in each year, instead of the days now fixed by law; and the circuit court, for the county of Alexandria, in the said district, on the first Monday of November, and the second Monday of April, instead of the days now fixed by law; and that all process whatsoever, now issued, or which may be issued, in the respective counties of Washington and Alexandria, in said district, returnable to the days respectively, now fixed by law, for each of the said counties, shall be returnable, and returned on the days prescribed by this act; and causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, civil and criminal, returnable to, and depending before, the said courts, at the respective times of holding the same, as heretofore established, shall be returned and continued, in the same counties, respectively, in the same manner as if the said causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, had been regularly returned or continued to the said respective times appointed by this act for holding the said courts. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. (a) Act of May 13, 1824, ch. 66. |