of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the CHAP. III.—An Act making appropriations for carrying 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, for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty: For the annual support of a school for the education of Indian youth, as stipulated for by the sixth article of the treaty of the fifth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Chippewa tribe of Indians, one thousand dollars. For the payment of the annuity of two thousand dollars, and also the sum of two thousand dollars for education, as stipulated for by the third article of the treaty of the sixteenth October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Pattawatamies, the annual sum of four thousand dollars. For the annual support of a blacksmith and miller, and for furnishing annually one hundred and sixty bushels of salt, under the same treaty, one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. For the payment of the permanent and limited annuities provided for by the second article of the treaty with the Pattawatamies, of the twentieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, annually the sum of three thousand dollars. For tobacco, iron, steel, education, annuity to the principal chief, and employment of labourers, by same article, one thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. For payment of permanent annuity under the fourth article of the treaty with the Miamies, of the twenty-third of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, twenty-five thousand dollars. For iron, steel, tobacco, and labourers, by same article, one thousand one hundred dollars. For support of the poor and infirm, and for education, under the sixth article of said treaty, two thousand dollars. APPROVED, January 13, 1831. STATUTE II. Jan. 19, 1831. [Obsolete.] Act of May 3, 1822, c. 46. States of Mis exonerated CHAP. VI.-An Act to amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for paying to the states of Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, three per centum of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of an act, entisouri, Mississip- tled "An act to provide for paying to the states of Missouri, Mississippi, pi and Alabama and Alabama, three per centum of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same," approved the third of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, as requires an annual account of the application of the said three per centum, to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and the same is hereby repealed. from obligation to render annual account of, &c. APPROVED, January 19, 1831. STATUTE II. CHAP. VIII.—An Act for closing certain accounts, and making appropriations Jan. 27, 1831. for arrearages in the Indian department. [Obsolete.] Arrearages. Transfers of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of sixty-one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for arrearages in the Indian department, the same to be applied to the payment of balances on accounts presented and settled by the proper accounting officer, and now actually due, which accrued previous to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and to no other purpose. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of settling and closing the accounts in the office of the second auditor, relating to Indian balances. affairs, prior to the date of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to direct transfers to be made from such balances of moneys heretofore appropriated to carry into effect certain Indian treaties as are no longer required for their several objects, to the credit of certain other heads of Indian expenditure, under which balances accruing previously to the above date, remain due to certain individuals, and appear upon the books of the second auditor; also, to direct similar transfers to be made to and from the several specific heads of contingencies of the Indian department, pay of agents, sub-agents, and presents' to Indians; and, also, of the sum of five thousand and fourteen dollars and fifteen cents from the fers. head of subsistence of the army, to the head of Indian expenditure, under which that amount was actually applied and expended: Provided, always, That no such transfer shall be made unless it satisfactorily appear that the specific expenditure was actually made for the service of Indian affairs, in good faith, by an authorized agent of the government, and before the date aforesaid, and that the balances from which such transfers are authorized to be made are not necessary for the specific purpose of their original appropriation. Other trans Proviso. To Mark and SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to pay to Mark and R. H. Bean, of Arkan- R. H. Bean. sas, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, eight thousand seven hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, for supplies furnished to the emigrant Creek Indians by direction of former Indian agents: Provided, That the said Beans shall first present sufficient evidence to the proper accounting officer, that credit was originally given by them to the government of the United States, and that no part of the amount has been received by them, or satisfied, directly or indirectly, from the agents through whom, they sold or contracted. APPROVED, January 27, 1831. Proviso. STATUTE II. CHAP. IX.—An Act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and Jan. 27, invalid pensioners. 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 paying revolutionary and invalid pensioners, viz: For payment of revolutionary pensioners, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, one million eleven thousand one hundred dollars. 1831. [Obsolete.] Appropriations. Revolutionary pensions. Invalid pen For paying the invalid pensioners, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, two hundred and seventy-six thousand seven hun- sions. VOL. IV.-55 20 Widows and orphans. dred and twenty dollars, in addition to an unexpended balance of appro For pensions to widows and orphans, five thousand dollars. STATUTE II. Jan. 27, 1831. District court of Alabama. CHAP. X.-An Act to alter the times of holding the district courts of the United States for the districts of Maine and Illinois, and northern district of Alabama.(a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the terms of the district court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama, which are now directed by law to be held on the first Mondays of March and October in each year, shall hereafter be held on the second Mondays of District court April and October in each year; and that the term of the district court of the United States for the district of Maine, which is now directed by law to be held on the second Tuesday of September in each year, shall hereafter be held on the first Tuesday of September in each year: and all processes which may have issued, or which shall hereafter issue, returnable to the next succeeding terms of the said district courts as heretofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned, to those terms to which they are severally changed by this act. of Maine. District court of Illinois. STATUTE 11. Jan. 27, 1831. [Expired.] Certain provisions continued in force for two years from May 24, 1831. Act of May 24, 1828, ch. 108. Act of Jan. 6, 1829, ch. 2. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the district court of the United States for the district of Illinois, which are now directed by law to be held on the third Mondays of June and November in each year, shall hereafter be held on the first Mondays of May and December in each year; and all process which may have issued, or which shall hereafter issue, returnable to the next succeeding terms of the said district court as heretofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned, to those terms to which they are severally changed by this act. APPROVED, January 27, 1831. CHAP. XI.—An Act to extend the time for entering certain donation claims to land in the territory of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitea States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the eighth and ninth sections of the act of Congress, approved twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, 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;" and the provisions of the act entitled "An act restricting the location of certain land claims in the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes," approved sixth January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine; and, also, the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to extend the time for locating certain donations in Arkansas," approved thirteenth January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force for the period of two years, from the twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing in this act, (a) District court of Maine, vol. ii. pp. 667, 829; vol. iii. p. 413. Act of February 15, 1843, ch. 32. District court of Illinois, vol. iii. p. 237. Act of April 22, 1824, ch. 38. Act of February 19, 1831, ch. 28. Act of July 9, 1832, ch. 182. Act of March 10, 1838, ch. 33. Act of Jan. 13, 1830, ch. 3. Proviso. District court of Alabama, vol. iii. p. 662. Act of April 17, 1822, ch. 23. Act of March 10, 1824, ch. 28. Act of May 22, 1826, ch. 149. Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 41. Act of March 31, 1832, ch. 58. An act to re-organize the district courts of the United States in Alabama, February 6, 1839, ch. 20. Act of August 4, 1842, ch. 123. or the foregoing acts, shall be so construed as to prevent the President of the United States from bringing the said lands in Arkansas into market under the existing laws; and all claims to donations under the beforerecited act, which shall not have been presented and allowed by the proper authorities on or before the day which shall be fixed on by the President for the sale of said land, are hereby declared forfeited to the United States. APPROVED, January 27, 1831. STATUTE II. Act of June 13, 1812, ch. 99. States to relin The United quish rights. certain CHAP. XII.-An Act further supplemental to the act entitled "An act making Jan. 27, 1831. further provision for settling the claims to land, in the territory of Missouri, passed the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the United States do hereby relinquish to the inhabitants of the several towns or villages of Portage des Sioux, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Saint Ferdinand, Villa a Robert, Carondelet, Saint Genevieve, New Madrid, New Bourbon, and Little Prairie, in the state of Missouri, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the town or village lots, out lots, common field lots, and commons in, adjoining and belonging to, the said towns or villages, confirmed to them respectively, by the first section of the act of Congress, entitled "An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the territory of Missouri," passed the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to be held by the inhabitants of the said towns and villages, in full property, according to their several rights therein, to be regulated or disposed of for the use of the inhabitants, according to the laws of the state of Missouri. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States do hereby relinquish all their right, title, and interest, in and to the town and village lots, out lots, and common field lots, in the state of Missouri, reserved for the support of schools, in the respective towns and villages aforesaid, by the second section of the above-recited act of Congress; and that the same shall be sold or disposed of, or regulated for the said purposes, in such manner, as may be directed by the legislature of said state. APPROVED, January 27, 1831. United States to relinquish all right, &c. in Missouri. CHAP. XIV.-An Act making provision for the compensation of witnesses, and payment of other expenses attending the trial of the impeachment of James H. Peck. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That to every witness summoned to attend the trial of the impeachment of James H. Peck, there shall be allowed and paid, for every day's attendance upon the said trial, the sum of four dollars; and also for mileage, at the rate of twenty cents for every mile distance coming to the city of Washington, and returning to the usual place of residence of the witnesses respectively, computing the said distance by the usual route of travel by land. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Senate to ascertain and certify the amount due to each witness for attendance and mileage; which certificate shall be a sufficient voucher to entitle the witness to receive from the treasury of the United States, the amount certified to be due, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. STATUTE II. Feb. 3, 1831. [Obsolete.] Witnesses, four dollars per diem, and twenty cents per mile. Secretary of the Senate to certify. (a) See notes of decisions of the Supreme Court on land titles in Missouri, vol. ii. pp. 748, 812. Notes of acts passed relative to lands in Missouri, vol. ii. p. 812. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That to the marshal of the District of Columbia there shall be allowed and paid, for every day's attendance upon the court of impeachment, during the said trial, the sum of five dollars, the amount to be ascertained and certified by the secretary of the Senate; which certificate shall be a sufficient voucher to entitle the said marshal to receive from the treasury of the United States, the amount certified to be due, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the marshal of the state of Missouri, the sum of fifty dollars; and to the marshal of the territory of Arkansas, the sum of five dollars, for serving and returning subpoenas for witnesses, issued by order of the said court. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses incurred under the provisions of this act, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 3, 1831. CHAP. XV.—An Act to authorize the construction of three schooners for the naval service of the United States. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be built, equipped, and employed in the naval service of the United States, three schooners, not exceeding twelve guns each; and that the sum of eightyseven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying the foregoing provisions into effect. APPROVED, February 3, 1831. STATUTE II. Feb. 3, 1831. Authors of books, &c. and &c. to have sole right for twenty their executors, eight years. for Renewal of privilege fourteen years. Conditions. CHAP. XVI.—An Act to amend the several acts respecting copy rights. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, any person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of the United States, or resident therein, who shall be the author or authors of any book or books, map, chart, or musical composition, which may be now made or composed, and not printed and published, or shall hereafter be made or composed, or who shall invent, design, etch, engrave, work or cause to be engraved, etched, or worked from his own design, any print or engraving, and the executors, administrators, or legal assigns of such person or persons, shall have the sole right and liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, and vending such book or books, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, in whole or in part, for the term of twenty-eight years from the time of recording the title thereof, in the manner hereinafter directed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, at the expiration of the aforesaid term of years, such author, inventor, designer, engraver, or any of them, where the work had been originally composed and made by more than one person, be still living, and a citizen or citizens of the United States, or resident therein, or being dead, shall have left a widow, or child, or children, either or all then living, the same exclusive right shall be continued to such author, designer, or engraver, or, if dead, then to such widow and child, or children, for the further term of fourteen years: Provided, That the title of the work so secured shall be a second (a) See notes of the acts which have been passed relating to copyrights, vol. ii. p. 171. Notes of the decisions of the courts of the United States on the law of copyrights, vol. i. p. 124. |