SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, on failure to apply for, and show a right of pre-emption, under the second section of this act, within the time allowed therefor; and also on failure to complete the payment on any of the lands, agreeably to the provisions of this act, within the period allowed for that purpose, in either case, the whole of such lands shall be forthwith offered for sale without delay. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall, before or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, bargain, contract or agree, or shall attempt to bargain, contract, or agree with any other person or persons, that the last named person or persons, shall not bid upon, or purchase the land so offered for sale, or any parcel thereof, or shall by intimidation, combination, or unfair management, hinder or prevent, or attempt to hinder or prevent any person or persons from bidding upon or purchasing any tract or tracts of land so offered for sale, every such offender, his, her, or their aiders and abetters, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both in the discretion of the court. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, shall, before, or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the United States, enter into any contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding with any other person or persons, proposing to purchase such land, to pay or give to such purchasers for such land, a sum of money, or other article of property, over and above the price at which the land may or shall be bid off by such purchasers, every such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, and every bond, obligation, or writing of any kind whatsoever founded upon, or growing out of the same, shall be utterly null and void. And any person or persons being a party to such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, who shall or may pay to such purchasers, any sum of money or other article of property, as aforesaid, over and above the purchase money of such land, may sue for, and recover such excess from such purchasers in any court having jurisdiction of the same. And if the party aggrieved, have no legal evidence of such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, or of the payment of the excess aforesaid, he may, by bill in equity, compel such purchasers to make discovery thereof; and if in such case, the complainant shall ask for relief, the court in which the bill is pending, may proceed to final decree between the parties to the same; Provided, every such suit either in law or equity shall be commenced within six years next, after the sale of said land by the United States. APPROVED, March 31, 1830. March 31, 1830. CHAP. XLIX.-An Act to change the port of entry from Nova Iberia to Franklin, in the state of Louisiana. Port of entry Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United changed from States of America, in Congress assembled, That hereafter, the port of Nova Iberia to entry in the district of Teche, in the state of Louisiana, shall be at Franklin, instead of Nova Iberia, in said district; and the collector there of shall hereafter reside at said Franklin. Franklin. APPROVED, March 31, 1830. STATUTE I. March 31, 1830. CHAP. L.—An Act changing the residence of the collector in the district of Bur Collector of Burlington. lington, in the state of New Jersey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That hereafter, the collector of the district of Burlington, in the state of New Jersey, shall reside at CHAP. LII.—An Act to change the time and place of holding the court for the county of Crawford, in the territory of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the term of the court appointed to be held, annually, on the second Monday in May, at the village of Prairie du Chien, by the additional judge of the United States for the territory of Michigan, shall be held on the first Monday in October, annually, at Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, in the said territory; and the cases which shall be pending in the said court on the second Monday in May next, shall be tried and determined at the time and place above designated, in the county of Iowa; and the clerk and sheriff of said county shall be the clerk and sheriff of this court; and its jurisdiction shall be and continue the same as if said county of Crawford had not been divided. APPROVED, April 2, 1830. CHAP. LIX.-An Act amending and supplementary to the act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said state, to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, approved May twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, entitled "An act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said state, to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas territory," as provides that the extension of the Miami canal shall be completed within twenty years, or that the state shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any land previously sold, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That if the state of Ohio shall apply the said lands, or the proceeds of the sales, or any part thereof, to any other use whatever, than in the extension of the Miami canal, before the same shall have been completed, the said grant, for all lands unsold, shall thereby become null and void, and the said state of Ohio shall become liable and bound to pay to the United States, the amount for which said land, or any part thereof, may have been sold, deducting the expenses incurred in selling the same: And provided also, That it shall be lawful for the legislature of said state to appropriate the proceeds of the land so granted, either in extending the said Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, or in the construction of a rail-road, from the termination of the said canal, at Dayton, towards the said lake. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever the line of the said canal, to be extended as aforesaid, from Dayton to the Maumee river, at the mouth of Auglaize, shall pass over land sold by the United States, it shall be lawful for the governor of the state of Ohio to locate other lands in lieu of the land so sold: Provided, such locations shall not exceed the number of acres necessary to complete an aggregate quantity, equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said extended canal. APPROVED, April 2, 1830. VOL. IV.-50 STATUTE I. April 7, 1830. [Obsolete.] Appropriations for holding In dian treaties. CHAP. LX.-An Act making uppropriations to pay the expenses incurred in holding 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 appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the objects herein specified, viz: Expenses of For payment of the expenses incurred by the commissioners in precommissioners. paring for and holding treaties with the Winnebago Indians, and also, with the Chippewas, Ottowas, and Pattawatamies, and the council held with the Sacs and Foxes, at Prairie du Chien, in July and August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-four dollars and fourteen cents. Reimburse For reimbursing the "contingencies of the Indian department," this ment of compen- amount paid from said contingencies to General McNeil and Mr. Atwater, on account of their compensation, two thousand three hundred and ninety-four dollars and sixty cents. sation to commissioners. Compensation to commission ers. Compensation to secretary. Presents. Services of, &c. For payment of compensation yet due to one of the commissioners, seven hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-three cents. For payment of the compensation and all other services of the secretary of the commission, four hundred and thirty dollars. For payment of a draft drawn by the commissioners on the Secretary of War, on account of presents to the Sacs and Foxes, eight hundred and fifty dollars. For paying Doctor Alexander Walcott, General H. Dodge, John H. Kenzie, and Henry Gratiot, for services rendered by them in negotiating the said treaties, six hundred dollars. APPROVED, April 7, 1830. STATUTE I. April 15, 1830. CHAP. LXVIII.—An Act authorizing the appointment of an additional brigadier general for the territory of Arkansas. [Obsolete.] President of United States authorized to appoint brigadier general in Arkansas. 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, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint a brigadier general for the second brigade of the Arkansas militia. APPROVED, April 15, 1830. STATUTE I. April 23, 1830. [Obsolete.] Appropriations for continuance of certain works. Huron river. Grand river. Cleaveland harbour. Black river. CHAP. LXXII.—An Act making additional appropriations for the improvement of certain harbours, and for removing obstructions at the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for carrying on and completing certain works heretofore commenced, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, viz: For removing obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, Ohio, one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-six cents. For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Grand river, Ohio, five thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars and eigh teen cents. For completing the improvements of Cleaveland harbour, Ohio, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty-six cents. For removing sand bar at or near the mouth of Black river, Ohio, eight thousand five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents. For improving the navigation of Conneaut creek, Ohio, six thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-five cents. For completing piers at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, New York, one thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy-five cents. For completing piers at Buffalo harbour, New York, fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars. For extending the pier at Black Rock, three thousand one hundred and ninety-eight dollars. For improving the navigation of Genesee river, New York, thirteen thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars. For removing obstructions at the mouth of Big Sodus bay, New York, Big Sodus bay. fifteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For completing the removal of the sand bar at or near the mouth of Merrimack river, Massachusetts, three thousand five hundred and six dollars and seventy-two cents. For the preservation of Plymouth beach, Massachusetts, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For erecting piers or other works at or near Stonington harbour, Connecticut, sixteen thousand four hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty seven cents. For deepening an inland passage between St. John's and St. Mary's rivers, fifteen hundred dollars. For improving the navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, fifty thousand dollars. For removing obstructions to the navigation of the Kennebec river, at Lovejoy's narrows, Maine, five thousand dollars. For improving the harbours of New Castle, Marcus Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, in the Delaware river, ten thousand dollars. For improving the Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand six hundred and eighty-eight dollars. For completing the removal of obstructions in the Appalachicola river, in Florida, two thousand dollars. For completing the removal of obstructions in the river and harbour of St. Marks in Florida, ten thousand dollars. For completing the breakwater at Hyannis harbour, in Massachusetts, six thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-two cents. For carrying on the works of the Delaware breakwater, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, one hundred thousand dollars; and for carrying on the same works during the first quarter of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, sixty-two thousand dollars. APPROVED, April 23, 1830. CHAP. LXXIII.-An Act to amend an act, entitled "An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office," approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. Merrimack ri ver. Plymouth beach. Stonington harbour. Act of May 20, Officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, &c., allowed, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the officers and soldiers 1826, ch. 138. of the Virginia line, on the continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty land within the tract of country reserved by the state of Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, shall be allowed until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to obtain warrants, subject, however, to the conditions, restrictions, and limitations, relating to locations, surveys, and patents contained in the act of which this is an amendment. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no location shall be made by virtue of any warrant obtained after the said first day of January, one &c. No location to be made, &c. Certain proviso in part repealed. thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and no patent shall issue in consequence of any warrant obtained after that time. And that the second proviso, inserted in the first section of the above recited act, except only that part thereof which requires "a certificate of the register of the land office of Virginia, that no warrant has issued from the said land office for the same services," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. APPROVED, April 23, 1830. CHAP. LXXIV.—An Act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; six clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars, each, per annum; one clerk, whose salary shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one clerk, whose salary shall not exceed one thousand dollars, to be charged with the duty of translating foreign languages, in addition to other duties; one clerk, whose salary shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, whose salary shall not exceed nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars per annum; one superintendent in the patent office, whose salary shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; two clerks in the patent office, whose compen sation shall not exceed one thousand dollars, each, per annum; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. APPROVED, April 23, 1830. STATUTE I. April 24, 1830. CHAP. LXXVIII.—An Act to authorize the commissioners of the sinking fund to redeem the public debt of the United States. (a) [Obsolete.] Secretary of Treasury authorized, under certain circum- annually, to the Comm'rs sinking fund authorized to apply any surplus of that fund to the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the state of the treasury will admit of the application of a greater sum than ten millions of dollars in any one year, to the payment of interest and charges, and to the reimburse ment or purchase of the principal of the public debt, it shall be lawful for him, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to cause such surplus to be placed at the disposal of the commissioners of the sinking fund, and the same shall be applied by them to the reimbursement or purchase of the principal of the public debt, at such times as the state of the treasury will best admit. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever, in any year, there shall be a surplus in the sinking fund beyond the amount of interest and principal of the debt which may be actually due and payable by the United States in such year, in conformity with their engagements, it shall be lawful for the commissioners of the sinking fund to apply such surplus to the purchase of any portion of the public debt, at such rates as, in (a) See notes of acts relating to the redemption of the public debt, vol. ii. p. 415. extinguishment of the public debt. |
