ACTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the third day of December, 1821, and ended on the eighth day of May, 1822 JAMES MONROE, President; Daniel D. TompKINS, Vice President of the STATUTE I. CHAP. I.-An Act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the members of Congress, the delegates from territories, the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to transmit, free of postage, to any post-office within the United States, or the territories thereof, any documents which have been, or may be, printed by order of either House. APPROVED, December 19, 1821. Dec. 19, 1821. [Obsolete.] Members, delegates, &c., authorized to transmit documents to any post-office,free, &c. CHAP. IV.-An Act reviving and extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the time allowed for the redemption of lands which have been, or may be, sold for the non-payment of taxes, under the several acts, passed the second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, (a) the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,(b) and the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for laying and collecting a direct tax within the United States, (c) so far as the same have been purchased for and in behalf of the United States, be revived and extended for the term of one year, from the end of the present session of Congress: Provided, That, on such redemption, interest shall be paid, at the rate of twenty per centum per annum, on the taxes aforesaid, and on the additions of twenty per centum chargeable thereon; and the right of redemption shall enure, as well to the heirs and assignees of the lands so purchased on behalf of the United States, as to the original owners thereof. APPROVED, February 4, 1822. STATUTE I. Feb. 4, 1822. [Expired.] The time allowed for redemption of lands sold for direct taxes, revived and extended, &c. Proviso. (a) An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States, August 2, 1813, ch. 37. (b) An act to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for assessing and collecting the same, Jan. 9, 1815, ch. 21. (c) An act to reduce the amount of direct tax upon the United States and the District of Columbia, March 5, 1816, ch. 24. VOL. III-82 31 649 STATUTE I. Feb. 4, 1822. Act of April 10, 1806, ch. 25. Act of April 25, 1812, ch. 69. Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 109, revived and continued until Proviso. Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 109. Proviso. Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 99. Pensions to commence at the time of completing testimony. Pension agents to give bonds with two or more sureties. &c. STATUTE I. Feb. 19, 1822. [Obsolete.] Sums appro priated for pay, subsistence, provisions, repairs and contingent expenses. CHAP. VI.—An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled “An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war," passed on the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, and limited, as in said act declared, to the term of six years, and afterwards revived and continued in force, for and during the term of six years, by an act, entitled "An act, to revive and continue in force An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war,' and for other purposes," passed on the twenty-fifth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and afterwards revived and continued in force for the term of one year, by an act, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled 'An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war,"" passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, shall be, and the said act is hereby, revived and continued in full force and effect, for and during the term of six years from and after the passing of this act, and from thence unto the end of the next session of Congress: Provided, That any evidence which has been taken to support any claim of any person disabled in the revolutionary war, under the authority of the act of the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, reviving and continuing in force, for one year, "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war," shall be received and acted upon by the Secretary of War, in the same manner as if said act was still in force and had not expired: And provided also, That this act, and any thing contained in the act hereby revived and continued in force, shall not be construed to repeal or make void the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act concerning invalid pensions," passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and the said fourth section of the said last-mentioned act shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, and to continue to be, in full force and effect; any thing in the said act hereby revived and continued in force to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right any person now has, or hereafter may acquire, to receive a pension in virtue of any law of the United States, shall be construed to commence at the time of completing his testimony pursuant to the act hereby revived and continued in force. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the agents for the payment of pensions to invalid pensioners of the United States, shall, in future, be required to give bonds, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Department of War, in such penalty as he shall direct, for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them respectively. APPROVED, February 4, 1822. CHAP. VII.-An Act making partial appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. 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, appropriated to the objects herein specified, to wit: for the pay and subsistence of the officers and pay of the seamen, one hundred thousand dollars; for provisions, twenty thousand dollars; for repairs, twenty thousand dollars; for contingent expenses, twenty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 19, 1822. Out of money in the treasury. CHAP. VIII.-An Act authorizing the transfer of certain certificates of the funded debt 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 certificates of the funded debt of the United States, which, upon the assumption of the debts of the several creditor states, were issued in their favour, respectively, be, and hereby are, made transferable, according to the rules and forms instituted for the purpose of transfers of the public debt. APPROVED, February 19, 1822. CHAP. IX.-An Act for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida. 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 hereby is, authorized to employ so much of the land and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary effectually to prevent the felling, cutting down, or other destruction of the timber of the United States in Florida; and also to prevent the transportation or carrying away any such timber as may be already felled or cut down; and to take such other and further measures as may be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida. APPROVED, February 23, 1822. CHAP. X.-An Act for the apportionment of representatives among the several March 7, 1822. states, according to the fourth census. (a) After the 3d the House of Representa tives to be com posed of meinagreeably to a ratio of one for every 40,000 persons, &c. bers elected Number of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the third of March, 1823, day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected agreeably to a ratio of one representative for every forty thousand persons in each state, computed according to the rule prescribed by the constitution of the United States; that is to say: within the state of Maine, seven; within the state of New Hampshire, six; within the state of Massachusetts, thirteen; within the state of Rhode Island, two; within the state of Connecticut, six; within the state of Vermont, five; within the state of New York, thirty-four; within the state of New Jersey, six; within the state of Pennsylvania, twenty-six; within the state of Delaware, one; within the state of Maryland, nine; within the state of Virginia, twenty-two; within the state of North Carolina, thirteen; within the state of South Carolina, nine; within the state of Georgia, seven; within the state of Alabama, two; within the state of Mississippi, one; within the state of Louisiana, three; within the state of Tennessee, nine; within the state of Kentucky, twelve; within the state of Ohio, fourteen ; within the state of Indiana, three; within the state of Illinois, one; and within the state of Missouri, one. members to which each state is entitled. (a) See the acts relating to the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the census of the United States, vol. ii. 128. Alabama to have three members, if it is made to appear, &c. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, as the returns of the marshal of the state of Alabama are not complete, in consequence of the death of the former marshal, who commenced the enumeration in said state, nothing in this act contained shall be construed to prevent the state of Alabama from having three representatives, if it shall be made to appear to Congress, at the next session, that the said state, at the time of passing this act, would have been entitled to that number, according to its population and the ratio hereby established, if the said returns had been complete. APPROVED, March 7, 1822. STATUTE I. March 15, 1822. [Obsolete.] Sums appropriated for the of the United CHAP. XI.-An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and towards the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United military service States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated for the military service of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, to wit: States of the year 1822. Pay and subsistence of officers. Subsistence in addition to For the pay of the army and subsistence of the officers, nine hundred and eighty-two thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars, including the sum of eighty-six thousand nine hundred dollars for the pay and subsistence of the officers and cadets belonging to the military academy at West Point. For subsistence, in addition to an unexpended balance of one hundred an unexpended and twenty thousand eight hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirtyseven cents, the sum of one hundred and seventy-four thousand seven hundred and ninety-three dollars and sixty-three cents. balance. Forage. Medical and For forage for officers, in addition to an unexpended balance of eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine dollars, the sum of five thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. For the medical and hospital department, in addition to an unexpendhospital depart- ed balance of twelve thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty-four cents, the sum of twenty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-six cents. ment. Purchasing department. Quartermaster general's department. Contingencies. Quartermaster's supplies, &c. Pensions to invalids and others. Revolutionary pensioners. For the purchasing department, in addition to an unexpended balance of fifty-five thousand and eighty-nine dollars and forty cents, the sum of seventy-three thousand four hundred and thirty-three dollars; and for the purchase of woollens for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. For the quartermaster general's department, for regular supplies, transportation, rent, and repairs, postage, courts martial, fuel, and contingencies, and for extra pay to soldiers employed in the erection and repairs of barracks and other labour, three hundred and thirteen thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars. For the contingencies of the army, twenty thousand dollars. For quartermaster's supplies, transportation, mathematical instruments, books, and stationery, for the military academy, thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine dollars. For the pensions to the invalids, to the commutation pensioners, and to the widows and orphans, in addition to an unexpended balance of twentyseven thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars and five cents, the sum of three hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and eight dollars. For pensions to the revolutionary pensioners of the United States, including a deficiency in the appropriation of last year of four hundred and fifty-one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-seven cents, and in addition to an unexpended balance of one hundred and ninety-one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars and thirty-six cents, of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, the sum of one million six hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred and ninetyone dollars. Balance due the state of For the payment of a balance due the state of Maryland, of moneys paid by that state to the United States, as the purchase money of public Maryland. arms which have not been fully supplied, the sum of five hundred and twenty-seven dollars. Out of any SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not money in the otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 15, 1822. treasury. STATUTE I. CHAP. XII.—An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United March 16, 1822. States within the state of Missouri, and for the establishment of a district court therein.(a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said state of Missouri as elsewhere within the United States. Laws not locally inapplica ble are of force and effect in Missouri. The state of cial district. Act of Sep. 24, 1789, ch. 20. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state of Missouri shall be one district, and be called the Missouri district; and a district Missouri a judicourt shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge; he shall hold at the seat of government of the said state, three sessions annually, the first to commence on the first Monday in June next, and the other two sessions progressively, on the like Monday in every fourth calendar month afterwards; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act, entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States," and an act, entitled "An act in addition to the act, entitled 'An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,'" approved the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and the acts supplementary thereto. The said judge shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court, at the place of holding the appoint a clerk. same, and shall receive, for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is entitled for similar services: Provided, That until the government shall be removed to the permanent seat fixed, or to be fixed, by the said state, the said court shall be held at the town of St. Louis. vol. i. 79. Act of March 2, 1793, ch. 22. The judge to Clerk's fees. Proviso. Salary of the SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid to the said judge of the said district court, the annual com- judge. pensation of twelve hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid, quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars annually, as a full compensation for all extra services. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a marshal shall be appointed for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to District at torney to re ceive 200 dollars annually besides fees. A marshal for the district to (a) See notes to act of March 6, 1820, ch. 22, for a reference to the acts passed relative to the territory of Missouri, and state of Missouri." |