already erected at said Buffalo, if he shall be of the opinion that the same may be so altered as to render unnecessary the erection of another lighthouse in the vicinity of Buffalo. For altering and repairing the Newport lighthouse, at the entrance of Narragansett Bay, twelve hundred dollars. For erecting a lighthouse at Natchez, in the state of Mississippi, in addition to the appropriation of one thousand five hundred dollars here tofore made for that object, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six dollars. For placing four buoys at the entrance of Mobile Bay, and one at the mouth of Dog river, nine hundred dollars. For placing three buoys on the bar at the entrance of St. Augustine harbour, one hundred and twenty dollars; and for placing three buoys in St. Mark's harbour, one hundred and twenty dollars. For the erection of a light vessel of between one hundred and thirty and one hundred and fifty tons, for the south-west point of the Royal Shoal, on Pamptico Sound in North Carolina, eleven thousand dollars, and the vessel now stationed at the shoal commonly called Ocracock, nine feet shoal in said sound. For a lighthouse at Cat Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, five thousand dollars. For the erection of two lighthouses on Cape Elizabeth, in Maine, three thousand dollars. Lighthouse at Sums appro SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sums hereby appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be priated. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. paid from the treasury. STATUTE II. CHAP. XLVIII-An Act to authorize the laying out and opening of certain roads March 2, 1827. 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 President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be laid out, in the territory of Michigan, a road, commencing at Detroit, and pursuing the most direct and practicable route to the Saganaw river and bay, in said territory; and that in like manner he cause to be laid out a road from Detroit to fort Gratiot, at the outlet of Lake Huron; and for each of these objects the President shall appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, the aforesaid roads, and cause the plats of such surveys, accompanied with the field notes, to be made out, certified and transmitted to the President, who, if he approve of the same, shall cause them to be deposited in the War Department and the roads shall be considered as established and accepted. The President to cause to be laid out, a road commencing at Detroit, the most direct and pursuing and practicable route to the Sa ganaw river and bay, &c. Each com a surveyor, and to receive SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners, one of whom, on each route, shall be a surveyor, shall each receive three dollars, missioner to be and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, per day, for the time necessarily employed in exploring, surveying, and marking said roads; and that for the purpose of defraying the expenses thereof, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of connecting the Detroit and the river Raisin with the Maumee and Sandusky roads, and to complete the opening and construction of the same, there shall be appropriated the sum of twelve thousand dollars, which 3 dollars, and their assistants, cents per day. 1 dollar 50 12,000 dollars appropriated, for the purpose the river Raisin shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro with the Maumee and Sandusky roads. 20,000 dollars for the opening of the Detroit and Chicago road. Proviso. priated. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the opening and construction of the Detroit and Chicago road, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be appropriated, which shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The said sum shall be expended upon such part of the road as is within the territory of Michigan. And that the opening and construction of the roads provided for by this act shall be done under the direction of the President of the United States. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. STATUTE II. March 2,1827. [Obsolete.] Sums, respectively, appropriated. Treaty with the Chippewas. Annuity to be paid the Pot tawatamies. To carry into effect the same article. Schoolmaster, &c., &c. Goods to be CHAP. XLIX.—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 they hereby are, respectively appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect treaties made with Chippewa, Pottawatamie, and Miami tribe of Indians, to wit: The sum of one thousand dollars, being the sum stipulated for by the sixth article of the treaty of the fifth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Chippewas. The sum of two thousand dollars, being the annuity to be paid to the Pottawatamies, by the third article of the treaty of the sixteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. The sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, for carrying into effect the same article for the building of a mill. The sum of three thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars, for carrying into effect the stipulations of the same article for the support of a schoolmaster, a blacksmith, a miller, and for the delivery of salt. The sum of thirty-one thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars delivered under and seventy-one cents, for goods delivered, and to be delivered, under the fourth article of said treaty. the 4th article. Payment of certain claims. Payment of goods delivered to the Miamies. Payment of annuities. Provisions of the same article. Delivery of iron, steel, and tobacco, &c. Payment of certain claims. Support of poor and infirm persons. The sum of nine thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars, for the payment of certain claims which are provided for by the fifth article of said treaty. The sum of fifty-seven thousand three hundred dollars, for the payment for goods delivered, and to be delivered, under the fourth article of the treaty of the twenty-third of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Miamies. The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, for the payment of the annuities, as provided for in the same article of said treaty, the same including and being in lieu of all former annuities. The sum of eight thousand seven hundred dollars, for carrying into effect the provisions of the same article, for furnishing wagons and oxen, erecting houses, and furnishing cattle and hogs. The sum of one thousand one hundred dollars, for the delivery of iron, steel, and tobacco, and the support of labourers, as provided by the same article. The sum of seven thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents, for the payment of certain claims, as provided for by the fifth article of said treaty. The sum of two thousand dollars, for the support of the poor and infirm persons, and the education of youth of the tribe, as provided for by the sixth article of said treaty. The sum of twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars, as provided for by the seventh article of said treaty, for the purchase of certain lands, according to the schedule therein referred to. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. Purchase of certain lands. Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury. STATUTE II. CHAP. L.-An Act in addition to "An act to regulate and fix the compensation March 2, 1827. of the clerks in the different offices," passed April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 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 authorized to employ, in the State Department, one additional clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed sixteen hundred dollars; two additional clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one additional clerk for the patent office, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to employ, in the Treasury Department, one additional clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed fourteen hundred dollars; in the office of the fourth auditor, two additional clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to employ one additional clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the War Department be, and he hereby is, authorized to employ one additional clerk for the office of the chief engineer; one additional clerk for the office of the adjutant general; and one additional clerk for the office of the commissary general of subsistence; the compensation to each not exceeding eight hundred dollars. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General be, and [he] hereby is, authorized to employ five additional clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one additional clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to allow four clerks in the office of the register of the treasury, and one clerk in the office of the navy commissioners, one clerk in the fifth auditor's office, and one clerk in the first comptroller's office, who now receive eight hundred dollars each, the sum of one thousand dollars each a year. Act of April 20, 1818, ch. 87. Secretary of State authorized to employ additional clerks. Secretary of the Treasury to employ an ad ditional clerk. Secretary of the Navy to employ an additional clerk. Secretary of War, to employ additional clerks, for cer tain departments. Postmaster General to employ five addi tional clerks. Secretary of the Treasury to allow four clerks in the office of the register of the treasury, &c. Clerk in the SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars, as compensation for one clerk in the bureau of Indian affairs, bureau of Inbe applied under the direction of the Secretary of War, under the act of eighteen hundred and eighteen. dian affairs. After the 31st a portion of the act of 20th ed. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirty-first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, so much of the second March, 1827, section of the act to fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices, passed on the twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, as relates to the clerks authorized to be employed in the office of the commissioner of the general land office, be repealed, and that there be employed, from and after that period, in said office, one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed seventeen hundred dollars; ten clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eleven hundred and fifty dollars; and six clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; and that there be two hundred and fifty dollars allowed as a conVOL. IV.-30 U 2 Sum of 18,400 dollars, appropriated. tingency for keeping the account of the three per cent. fund, appropriated to the use of certain states. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as compensation to the several clerks authorized by this act, and for the additional compensation provided therein. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. STATUTE II. March 2, 1827. A certain quantity of land to be allowed for opening a canal to unite the waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan. Proviso. Proviso. Duty of the governor of the state, when the canal is located, &c. Power given to the legisla ture. CHAP. LI.-An Act to grant a quantity of land to the state of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the state of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding the said state in opening a canal to unite the waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan, a quantity of land equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, and reserving each alternate section to the United States, to be selected by the commissioner of the land office, under the direction of the President of the United States, from one end of the said canal to the other; and the said lands shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of the said state, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That the said canal, when completed, shall be and forever remain, a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll, or other charge, whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same: Provided, That said canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed in twenty years, or the state shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the state shall be valid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the route of the said canal shall be located and agreed on by the said state, it shall be the duty of the governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular sections to which the said state will be entitled, under the provisions of this act, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said state, under the authority of the legislature thereof, after the selection shall have been so made, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or any part of the said land, and to give a title in fee simple therefor, to whomsoever shall purchase the whole, or any part thereof. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. STATUTE II. March 2, 1827. General assembly authorized to locate and make a road from Lake CHAP. LII.—An Act to authorize the state of Indiana to locate and make a road therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the general assembly of the state of Indiana shall be, and the same are hereby, authorized to locate and make a road from Lake Michigan, by the way of Indianapolis, (a) An act to authorize the state of Illinois to open a canal through the public lands to connect the Illinois river with Lake Michigan. March 30, 1822, ch. 14. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to grant a quantity of land to the state of Illinois for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan and to allow further time to the state of Ohio, for commencing the Miami canal from Dayton, to Lake Erie,” March 2, 1833, ch. 87. some conve nient point on the Ohio river. to some convenient point on the Ohio river, agreeably to the second article Michigan, by of a treaty made and concluded near the mouth of the Mississinowa, the way of Indianapolis to upon the Wabash, in the state of Indiana, the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twentysix, between the commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Potawatamie tribe of Indians; and the said general assembly are hereby authorized to apply the strip of land and the sections of land, by said article ceded to the United States, or the proceeds thereof, to the making of the same; and the said grant shall be at their sole disposal. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. STATUTE II. CHAP. LIII.—An Act concerning a seminary of learning in the territory of March 2, 1827. Arkansas. Secretary of the Treasury to set apart a certain quantity of land, out of the public lands, for the use of an university. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to set apart and reserve from sale, out of any of the public lands within the territory of Arkansas, to which the Indian title has been, or may be, extinguished, and not other wise appropriated, a quantity of land not exceeding two entire townships, for the use and support of an university within the said territory and for no other use or purpose whatsoever; to be located in tracts of land of not less than an entire section, corresponding with any of the legal divisions into which the public lands are authorized to be surveyed, one of which said townships, so set apart and reserved from sale, shall be in lieu of an entire township of land directed to be located on the waters of the Arkansas river in said territory, for the use of a seminary of learning therein, by an act of Congress, entitled "An act making provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the territory of Missouri," ap- 1818, ch. 12. proved February the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and eigh teen. APPROVED, March 2, 1827. STATUTE II. March 2, 1827. [Expired.] 1799, ch. 22, sec. 108. Brandy, after the passage of this act, to be imported into the United States in casks not less than CHAP. LV.-An Act to authorize the importation of brandy in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, and the exportation of the same for the benefit of a drawback of the duties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March 2, States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passage of this act, brandy may be imported into the United States, in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, any thing in any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, however, That all the provisions of existing laws, not inconsistent with this act, relating to the importation of foreign spirits, be complied with: And provided further, That all brandy imported in casks of a capacity less than ninety gallons, shall be deposited, at the expense and risk of the importer, in such public or other ware-houses as shall be designated by the collector or surveyor, for the port where the same shall be landed, and shall be removed therefrom in the manner prescribed by an act, entitled "An act providing for the deposit of wines and distilled spirits in public ware-houses, and for other purposes." SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That brandy imported in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, may be exported for the benefit of a drawback of the duties which shall have been paid thereon; and the exporter or exporters of brandy so imported shall be entitled to receive a debenture or debentures, for the amount of such drawback, agreeably to the 15 gallons. Proviso. Proviso. Act of April 20, 1818, ch. 129. Where the same is import ed in casks not less than fifteen gallons. |