best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered, in any action of debt, by such assistant: the one half to his own use, and the other half to the use of the United States.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every assistant, previous to making his return to the marshal, shall cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which copies, the said assistant shall be entitled to receive five dollars: Provided, proof of the schedule having been set up, shall be transmitted to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons; and, in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compensation allowed him by this act.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required to transmit, to the marshals of the several districts and territories, regulations and instructions, pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect; and, also, the forms contained therein, of the schedule to be returned, and such other forms as may be necessary in carrying this act into execution, and proper interrogatories, to be administered by the several persons to be employed in taking the enumeration.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That those states composing two districts, and where a part of a county may be in each district, such county shall be considered as belonging to that district in which the courthouse of said county may be situate.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the superficial content of any county, or parish, shall exceed twenty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in said parish or county shall not exceed three thousand, the marshals or assistants shall be allowed, with the approbation of the judges of the respective districts or territories, such further compensation as shall be deemed reasonable: Provided, The same does not exceed four dollars for every fifty persons by them returned; and when any such county or parish shall exceed forty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in the same shall not exceed three thousand, a like allowance shall be made, not to exceed six dollars for every fifty persons so returned.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That, when the aforesaid enumeration shall be completed, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State, by the marshals of the states and territories, he shall direct the printers to Congress to print, for the use of Congress, three thousand copies of the aggregate returns received from the marshals: And provided, That if any marshal, in any district within the United States or territories, shall, directly or indirectly, ask, demand or receive, or contract to receive, of any assistants to be appointed by him under this act, any fee, reward or compensation, for the appointment of such assistant to discharge the duties required of such assistant under this act, or shall retain from such assistant any portion of the compensation allowed to the assistant by this act, the said marshal shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and shall forfeit and pay the amount of five hundred dollars, for each offence, to be recovered by suit or indictment in any circuit or district court of the United States, or the territories thereof, one half to the use of the government, and the other half to the informer; and all contracts may be made in violation of this law, shall be void, and all sums of money, or property, paid, may be recovered back by the party paying the same, in any court having jurisdiction of the same.

which

Remuneration to marshals for postage.

Former state

lation to be re

vised. Abstract of the aggregate in each state,

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid to the marshals of the several states, territories, and the District of Columbia, the amount of postage by them respectively paid on letters relating to their duties under this act.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United ments of popu- States is hereby authorized to cause to be made a careful revision of the statements heretofore transmitted to Congress, of all former enumerations of the population of the United States and their territories, and to cause an abstract of the aggregate amount of population in each state and territory, to be printed by the printer to Congress, (designating the number of inhabitants of each description, by counties or parishes,) to the number of two thousand copies, which said copies shall be distributed as Congress shall hereafter direct, and for that purpose, the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

&c. to be print ed, and distributed as Congress 2,000 dollars appropriated for

shall direct.

this work.

APPROVED, March 23, 1830.

TOTAL.

SCHEDULE of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to A. B. by the marshal of the district (or territory) of

Of one hundred and upwards.

Of fifty-five and under one hundred.

Of thirty-six and under fifty-five.

Of twenty-four and under thirty-six.
Of ten and under twenty-four.
Under ten years of age.

Of one hundred and upwards.

Of fifty-five and under one hundred.
Of thirty-six and under fifty-five.
Of twenty-four and under thirty-six.
Of ten and under twenty-four.
Under ten years of age.

Of one hundred and upwards.

Of fifty-five and under one hundred.
Of thirty-six and under fifty-five.
Of twenty-four and under thirty-six.
Of ten and under twenty-four.
Under ten years of age.

Of one hundred and upwards.
Of fifty-five and under one hundred.
Of thirty-six and under fifty-five.
Of twenty-four and under thirty-six.
Of ten and under twenty-four.
Under ten years of age.

Of one hundred and upwards.

Of ninety and under one hundred.
Of eighty and under ninety.
Of seventy and under eighty.

Of sixty and under seventy.
Of fifty and under sixty.
Of forty and under fifty.
Of thirty and under forty.
Of twenty and under thirty.
Of fifteen and under twenty.
Of ten and under fifteen.

Of five and under ten.
Under five years of age.

Of one hundred and upwards.
Of ninety and under one hundred.

Of eighty and under ninety.

Of seventy and under eighty.
Of sixty and under seventy.
Of fifty and under sixty.

Of forty and under fifty.
Of thirty and under forty.
Of twenty and under thirty.
Of fifteen and under twenty.
Of ten and under fifteen.
Of five and under ten.
Under five years of age.

Names of Heads of Families.

Name of County, City, Ward, Town, Township, Parish, Precinct, Hundred, or District.

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STATUTE I.

March 25, 1830. CHAP. XLI.—An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian

treaties.

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 unappropriated money in the treasury, viz:

For payment, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, of the permanent annuity provided for by the second article of the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien, the twenty-ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, with the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pattawattamie Indians, sixteen thousand dollars.

For the purchase of goods, stipulated by the said article to be delivered to the said Indians, twelve thousand dollars.

For the purchase of fifty barrels of salt, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, stipulated by the said article, one hundred and twentyfive dollars.

For transportation of the said annuity and salt, and expense of provisions at the delivery of the same, one thousand dollars.

For the payment of claims provided for by the fifth article of the said treaty, eleven thousand six hundred and one dollars.

For the expense of surveying the boundaries of the cession made by the said treaty, two thousand dollars.

For the payment, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, of the limited annuity provided by the second article of the treaty made at Prairie du Chien, the second August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, with the Winnebago Indians, eighteen thousand dollars.

For purchasing goods to be delivered at the treaty, as stipulated by the said second article, thirty thousand dollars.

For purchasing three thousand pounds of tobacco, per same article, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three hundred dollars. For transportation of the same, sixty dollars.

For purchasing fifty barrels of salt, per said second article, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

For transportation of the same, one hundred dollars.

For support of three blacksmiths' shops, including pay of smiths, and assistants, also tools, iron, steel, &c. for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as per third article of said treaty, three thousand dollars.

For the purchase of two yoke of oxen, and a cart, and for the services of a man at the portage of Wisconsin and Fox rivers, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as per same article, five hundred and thirty-five dollars.

For the payment of sundry claims against the Winnebagoes, as provided for by the fourth article of said treaty, twenty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars.

For expense of surveying the boundaries of the territory ceded by the said treaty, one thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.

APPROVED, March 25, 1830.

March 31, 1830. CHAP. XLVIII.—An Act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands of the United States. (a)

Lands which have reverted to U. S. under relief laws,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all purchasers, their heirs or assignees, of such of the public lands of the United States as

(a) See notes to act of Mar. 21, 1828, ch. 22.

under

any

were sold on a credit, and on which a further credit has been taken,
of the laws passed for the relief of purchasers of public lands,
and which lands have reverted to the United States, on account of the
balance due thereon not having been paid or discharged agreeably to said
relief laws, such persons may avail themselves of any one of the three
following provisions contained in this section, to wit: First, They shall
have a right of pre-emption of the same lands, until the fourth day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, upon their paying into
the proper
office the sum per acre therefor, which shall, at the time of
payment, be the minimum price per acre of the public lands of the
United States, in addition to the amount heretofore paid thereon, and
forfeited: Provided, That the price, including what has already been paid,
and the amount to be paid, shall not, in any case, exceed three dollars
and fifty cents per acre: Second, they shall have the right of completing
the payment of said lands, by paying the balance of the principal debt
due thereon, in cash, subject to a deduction of thirty-seven and a half
per cent. as heretofore, at any time previous to the fourth day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Third, They shall have the
right, within nine months from the passage of this act, in all cases where
the price for which said lands were sold did not exceed two dollars and
fifty cents per acre, to draw scrip for the amount paid thereon, in the
manner prescribed in the act, approved the twenty-third day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act for the relief
of purchasers of public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the
purchase money;" and which scrip shall be receivable in the same man-
ner as directed by said act, except only that it shall not be taken in pay-
ment for lands hereafter bought at public sale.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all purchasers, their heirs, or assignees, of such of the public lands of the United States as were sold on credit, and which lands have, by such persons, been relinquished under any of the laws passed for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and the amount paid thereon applied in payment of other lands retained by them, and which relinquished lands, or any part thereof, may now be in possession of such persons; or in case the certificate of purchase, and part payment of said lands, has been transferred by the persons now in possession of said lands, or part thereof, or the persons under whom the present occupants may hold such possession, to some other person not in possession thereof, and the payment made thereon applied by such other person, or his assignee, in payment for land held in his own name: in either case, the persons so in possession, shall have the right of pre-emption of the same lands, according to the legal sub-divisions of sections, not exceeding the quantity of two quarter sections, in contiguous tracts, until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, upon their paying into the proper office, the sum per acre therefor, which shall, at the time of payment, be the minimum price per acre of the United States' public lands; and in addition thereto, the same amount per acre heretofore paid thereon, and applied to other lands, subject to a deduction of thirty-seven and a half per cent. on the last mentioned sum: Provided, That the sum to be paid shall not, in any case, exceed three dollars and fifty cents per acre: Provided also, That such persons only shall be entitled to the benefits of this section, who shall apply for the same, and prove their possession, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the district in which the land may lie, in the manner to be prescribed by the commissioner of the general land office, within nine months from the passage of this act; for which, such register and receiver shall each be entitled to receive from such applicants, the sum of fifty cents each; And provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not extend to any lands that have, in any manner, been disposed of by the United States.