declaration of intention, shall make application to be admitted a citizen CHAP. CXVII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the expenses of the navy for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated, to wit: STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.] For defraying the expenses of the navy for 1st quarter of 1829. Pay and sub For pay and subsistence of officers, and pay of seamen employed in the navy afloat, two hundred and ninety-four thousand and seventy-eight sistence of offi dollars. cers, &c. For pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of seamen, Pay, &c. of at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals, and in ordinary, forty-six thou- officers and sand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars. For pay of superintendents, naval constructor, and all the civil establishment at the yards and stations, fourteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. For provisions, one hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs of vessels, one hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For ordnance and ordnance stores, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For repairing and improvements of navy yards, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For arrearages prior to one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. seamen. super Pay of intendents, &c. Provisions. Repairs of vessels. Medicines. Ordnance. Repairing, &c. of navy yards, &c. Arrearages prior to 1829. Contingent For contingent expenses for one thousand eight hundred and twentynine, embracing the items enumerated for that object in the act of expenses for second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, sixty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, not enumerated, for one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, thirty thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars. For clothing for the same, seven thousand one hundred and ninetyone dollars and twenty-five cents. For fuel for the same, three thousand and forty-nine dollars. 1829, &c. Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 22. Contingent expenses not enumerated. Pay, &c. of marine corps. Clothing for same. Fuel. For contingencies for the same, three thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For contingencies additional for the same, one hundred and twentyfive dollars. For military stores for the same, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For medicines and hospital stores for the same, five hundred and ninetytwo dollars and twenty-five cents. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CXVIII.-An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolu tionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. 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 are hereby, respectively appropriated, for the objects following, to wit: For the pensions to the revolutionary pensioners of the United States, two hundred thousand dollars. For half-pay pensions to widows and orphans, three thousand dollars. For the invalid and half-pay pensioners, seventy-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CXIX.-An Act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fishery. (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 passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the collector of the district to which any vessel may belong, on an application for that purpose by the master or owner thereof, to issue a license for carrying on the mackerel fishery, to such vessel, in the form prescribed by the act, entitled “An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," passed the eighteenth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three: Provided, That all the provisions of said act, respecting the licensing of ships or vessels for the coasting trade and fisheries, shall be deemed and taken to be applicable to licenses and to vessels licensed for carrying on the mackerel fishery. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CXX.-An Act in addition to "An act making an appropriation for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted by the Scnate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, viz: (a) See notes of the acts of Congress in relation to ships and vessels, and persons employed in the fisheries, vol. iii. 49-and notes of the decisions of the Courts of the United States on the acts relating to the fisheries, vol. iii. 49. For pay, subsistence, and provisions, thirty-five thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For medicines and hospital stores, one thousand two hundred dollars. For repairs, and for wear and tear, ten thousand dollars. Pay, &c. Medicines. STATUTE I. CHAP. CXXI.-An Act for the better organization of the medical department of May 24, 1828. the navy of the United States. (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, no person shall receive the appointment of assistant surgeon in the navy of the United States, unless he shall have been examined and approved by a board of naval surgeons, who shall be designated for that purpose, by the secretary of the navy department; and no person shall receive the appointment of surgeon in the navy of the United States until he shall have served as an assistant surgeon at least two years, on board a public vessel of the United States, at sea, and unless, also, he shall have been examined and approved by a board of surgeons constituted as aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may designate and appoint to every fleet or squadron an experienced and intelligent surgeon, then in the naval service of the United States, to be denominated "Surgeon of the Fleet," who shall be surgeon of the flag ship, and who, in addition to his duties as such, shall examine and approve all requisitions for medical and hospital stores for the fleet, and inspect their quality; and who shall, in difficult cases, consult with the surgeons of the several ships, and make records of the character and treatment of diseases, to be transmitted to the Navy Department; and who, in addition to the compensation allowed to surgeons at sea, shall be allowed double rations while acting as surgeon of the fleet as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That assistant surgeons who shall have been commissioned less than five years, shall each receive thirty dollars a month, and two rations a day; after five years' service, they shall be entitled to an examination by a board of naval surgeons, constituted as aforesaid, and having been approved and passed by such board, they shall each receive an addition of five dollars a month, and one ration a day; and, after ten years' service, a further addition of five dollars a month, and one ration a day. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every surgeon who shall have received his appointment, as is hereinbefore provided for, shall receive fifty dollars a month, and two rations a day; after five years' service, he shall be entitled to receive fifty-five dollars a month and an additional ration a day; and after ten years' service, he shall receive sixty dollars a month and an additional ration a day; and after twenty years' service, he shall receive seventy dollars a month and the rations as last aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every assistant surgeon (after having faithfully served two years) shall, while in actual service at sea, in addition to the usual compensation allowed him by law, receive double (a) Acts relating to the medical department of the navy: An act to regulate the medical establishment, March 2, 1799, ch. 27. An act further to regulate the medical department of the army, May 8, 1820, ch. 75. After the passing of this act, no person to receive the appointment of assistant sur geon, unless examined, &c. President of the United States may designate, &c. to every fleet or squadron an intelligent surgeon, then in the naval service of the United States. Assistant sur geons who have sioned less than five years, to receive each month, and two rations per day, been commis 30 dollars a &c. Every surgeon who shall have received his ap pointment as herein provided for, to receive 50 dollars per month and two rations a day, &c. Every assistant surgeon, &c. An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy of the United States, May 24, 1828, ch. 121. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy, approved May 24, 1828," Jan. 21, 1829, ch. 7. An act to re-organize the navy department of the United States, Aug. 31, 1842, ch. 286, sec. 3. VOL. IV.-40 2 D to receive five dollars per month in addi tion to the usual compensation. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. Governor, &c. to make such laws, &c. as they may deem expedient, to protect from injury, &c., section 16, reserved in each township for the support of schools, &c. rations, and five dollars a month; and every surgeon in the navy, while in actual service at sea, shall also, in addition to his usual compensation, receive double rations, and ten dollars a month. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CXXII.-An Act authorizing the legislative council of the territory of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor and legislative council of the territory of Michigan be, and they are hereby, authorized to make such laws and needful regulations, as they shall deem most expedient, to protect from injury and waste section numbered sixteen, in said territory, reserved in each township, for the support of schools therein; and to provide, by law, for leasing the same, for any term not exceeding four years, in such manner as to render them productive, and most conducive to the objects for which they were designed. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.] Sums appropriated for the military service for the 1st quarter of 1829. Pay of the army, &c. Forage. Clothing of officers' ser Recruiting vants. service. expenses. Subsistence Contingent department. Purchasing department. Medical de partment. Quarter master general's depart ment. Military aca demy. Contingencies of the army. National ar mories. CHAP. CXXIII.-An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. 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 military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit: For pay of the army, and pay and subsistence of the officers, two hundred and sixty-four thousand and seventy-six dollars. For forage for officers, ten thousand and thirty-two dollars. For clothing of officers' servants, four thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars. For the recruiting service,nine thousand dollars. For the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, four thousand dollars. For the subsistence department, fifty-four thousand two hundred dollars. For the purchasing department, forty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-seven cents. For the medical department, six thousand dollars. For the quartermaster general's department, eighty-five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. For the military academy at West Point, three thousand dollars. For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For armament of new fortifications, twenty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriOrdnance de- ated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. partment. New fortifications. CHAP. CXXIV. An Act making appropriations to enable the President of the United States to defray the expenses of delegations of the Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Chickasaw, and other tribes of Indians, to explore the country west of the Mississippi. 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 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to employ suitable persons to conduct delegations of the Choctaw, Creeks, Cherokees, and Chickasaw, and such other tribes of Indians as may be disposed to send delegations west of the Mississippi for the purpose of exploring the unoccupied lands of the United States without the limits of the states and territories, preparatory to the final emigration of said Indians. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to defray the expenses of the delegations aforesaid, not exceeding the amount of the above appropriation; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.] Delegations of the Choctaw, Creek, &c., In dians west of the Mississippi, to explore the unoccupied lands of the United States. Amount of expenses not to exceed $15,000. STATUTE I. CHAP. CXXV.-An Act to establish sundry post-roads und to discontinue others. May 24, 1828. In Maine.-From Damariscotta Mills, by West Jefferson and Windsor, to Palermo. From Waterville, by Clinton, Albion and Freedom, to Belfast. From Rumford Point, by Dixfield, Canton, North Livermore, East Livermore, Wayne, and Winthrop, to Augusta; and that so much of the route from Readfield to Rumford Point, as interferes with this route, be discontinued. From Augusta, through South Vassalborough, South China, Palermo, North Palermo, Montville, North Searsmont, and Belmont, to Belfast. From Green to Farmington. From Standish, through East Baldwin, Sebago, Bridgetown and Denmark, to Fryeburg. From Parsonfield, through Porter, and the westerly part of Brownfield, to Fryeburg. From Augusta, through Belgrade, Rome, New Sharon, Industry, and New Vineyard, to New Portland. From New Sharon, through Industry, New Vineyard, and New Portland, to Kingfield. From the Great Falls, in the state of New Hampshire, to the Little Falls in Lebanon, Maine. In Maine. New Hamp In New Hampshire.-From Milford, through Dunstable, to Derry. Massachu In Massachusetts.-From Taunton to Providence, by Rehoboth village. From Newburyport, by Salisbury, Amesbury, Haverhill, Methuen, setts. and Dracut, to Lowell. From Canton, by Sharon and Foxborough meeting-houses, to East Attleborough. From Greenfield, through Shelburne, Buckland, and Hawley, to Savoy. From Ware, through Hardwick, Petersham, Athol, and Royalston, in Massachusetts, and Richmond, and Swanzey, in New Hampshire, to Keene. In Connecticut.-From Springfield, Massachusetts, by Somers, Connecticut, on the Burbank road, Tolland, Mansfield, Beardley's store, and Windham, to Norwich. From Sharon, through Salisbury, Great Hal Connecticut. |