harbour of Marblehead, for the security of shipping; and also a pier in the harbour of Holmes' Hole, for the same object, in the state [of] Massachusetts, the sum of four hundred dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. STATUTE II. CHAP. CXIV. - An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road from March 3, 1825. 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 appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson, in the territory of Arkansas; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States, who shall cause the same to be deposited in the war office. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said road shall be opened and made under the direction of the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to employ the troops of the United States in the completion, or assisting in the completion, of said road. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents for each and every day which they shall necessarily be employed in the exploring, surveying, and marking said road; and for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners, and their assistants, and for opening and making said road, there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. The President to appoint three commissioners to explore, &c. in the most eligible course, a road from Little tonment Gibson, in Arkan Rock to Can sas. Troops of the United States to pleting said assist in com road. Commisioners to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents per day. L STATUTE II. CHAP. CXX.-An Act to authorize the surveying and opening of a road, from March 3, 1825. 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 appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from Detroit, in the territory of Michigan, to Chicago, in the state of Illinois: And said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States; who, if he approves of said survey, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the treasury of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents each, for each and every day which they shall be necessarily employed in exploring, surveying, and marking said road, and making out the plat and field notes above required. And for the purpose of compensating the said commissioners and their assistants, there shall be, and is hereby, appropriated, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. The President point three who shall ex- from Detroit nois. Commissioners to receive and their assistthree dollars, ants one dollar and fifty cents per day. RESOLUTIONS. March 3, 1825. I. RESOLUTION authorizing the public documents, printed by order of Congress, to be furnished to the Gardiner Lyceum. One copy of Seybert's Statistical Annals, &c., to be furnished the Gardiner Lyceum. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That one copy of Seybert's Statistical Annals, and of Pitkin's Statistical View, and also one copy of the public journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, and of the documents published under the orders of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, which have been, or shall be, published, by virtue of a resolution passed December twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be transmitted to the executive of the state of Maine, for the use and benefit of the Gardiner Lyceum, in said state. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. March 3, 1825. II. RESOLUTION directing an inventory of the furniture in the President's house An inventory of the furniture dent's house to of the Presi be taken. to be taken. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of the public buildings be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to take an inventory of the furniture of the President's house, at such time as may be convenient to the President, and to deliver a copy thereof to the President elect, and one copy to each House of Congress. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. ACTS OF THE NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, . Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of STATUTE I. Dec. 23, 1825. [Obsolete.] Compensation and members of the House of to the Senators CHAP. I.—An Act making appropriation for compensation to the members and officers, and for the contingent expenses, of the two Houses of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of four hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for compensation to the Senators and members of the RepresentaHouse of Representatives, and delegates of territories, their officers and attendants; and the further sum of eighty thousand dollars, for fuel, stationery, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, and that the said sums be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, December 23, 1825. tives, &c., for fuel, &c. 1826, ch. 13. STATUTE I. CHAP. II.—An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary Jan. 18, 1826. and other pensioners of the United States. [Obsolete.] Appropria tions for the military ser 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 towards the military service of the year vice of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and for the objects following; that is to say: For the pensions to the revolutionary pensioners of the United States, one million three hundred and fifty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars. For the invalid and half pay pensioners, in addition to an unexpended balance of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 1826, &c. For pensions to revolutionary pensioners. For the inva lid and half pay pensioners. For pensions to the widows For pensions to the widows and orphans, twelve thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sums, respectively, and orphans. shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 18, 1826. To be paid from the trea Bury. VOL. IV.-18 M 2 137 STATUTE I. Feb. 1, 1826. Act of April 3, 1818, ch. 32. In the district court for the northern district of N. Y., said court is to hold its sessions on the third Tuesday of January. STATUTE I. CHAP. III.-An Act for altering the time of holding the district court in the northern district of New York.(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 next term of the district court of the United States for the northern district of New York, the term directed by law to be held at Albany on the last Tuesday in January, shall, instead thereof, be held at Albany on the third Tuesday in January in each year, thereafter. APPROVED, February 1, 1826. Feb. 1, 1826. CHAP. IV.-An Act to revive and continue in force, an act, entitled "An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian.” Act of April 18, 1818, ch. 69, revived, and to continue in force for three years. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That an act passed the eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act. fixing the compensation of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarían," be, and the same is hereby, declared to be revived, and to continue in force for three years, and until the termination of the session of Congress next ensuing. APPROVED, February 1, 1826. STATUTE I.. Feb. 1, 1826. Act of the legislative council of Florida, of July 4th, CHAP. V. An Act to annul "An act concerning wreckers and wrecked property," passed by the governor and legislative council of the territory of Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act of the governor and legislative council of the territory of Florida, entitled "An act 1823, declared concerning wreckers and wrecked property," approved by the governor the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, be, and the same is hereby, disapproved, and declared null and void. APPROVED, February 1, 1826. null and void. STATUTE I. Feb. 1, 1826. [Obsolete.] Legislature of Ohio authorized to sell, &c., all or any part of the lands appropriated by Congress for the use said state, and invest the money in some pro of schools in ductive fund. Proviso. Proviso. CHAP. VI.-An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Ohio to sell the lands heretofore-appropriated for the use of schools in that state. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, all, or any part, of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress, for the use of schools within said state, and to invest the money arising from the sale thereof, in some productive fund, the proceeds of which shall be forever applied, under the direction of said legislature, for the use and support of schools within the several townships and districts of country, for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: Provided, Said land, or any part thereof, shall, in no case, be sold without the consent of the inhabitants of such township, or district, to be obtained in such manner as the legislature of said state shall by law direct: And provided, also, That, in the apportionment of the proceeds (a) See notes to the act of April 3, 1818, ch. 32, for the acts relating to the district court in the northern district of New York. of said fund, each township and district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing to any township or district, from said fund, shall be insufficient for the support of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest the same, as is herein before directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools within the same. APPROVED, February 1, 1826. If the proceeds accruing to any township or district be insufficient for the support of schools therein, the legislature is to invest, &c. STATUTE I. CHAP. VII.—An Act making appropriations for the purchase of books, and de- March 3, 1826. fraying certain expenses for the use of the Library of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of books, under the direction of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for defraying the expense for two stoves, and nine tons of coal, for the use of the library of Congress. APPROVED, March 3, 1826. [Obsolete.] 5000 dollars appropriated for the purchase of books for the library of Congress. Purchasing of two stoves, &c. CHAP. VIII.—An Act concerning the transportation of the mail between Vin cennes and St. Louis. 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, entitled "An act to alter and establish certain post-roads," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, as directs that "the mail from Vincennes, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri, shall pass by Vandalia," shall be, and the same hereby is, repealed. APPROVED, March 3, 1826. STATUTE I. March 3, 1826. Repeal of part of the act of March 3, 1821, ch. 33.. STATUTE I. CHAP. IX.—An Act for the survey of a route for a Canal between the Atlantic and March 3, 1826. the Gulf of Mexico. 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 made an accurate and minute examination of the country south of the St. Mary's river, and including the same, with a view to ascertain the most eligible route for a canal, admitting the transit of boats, to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, and also, with a view to ascertain the practicability of a ship channel; that he cause particularly to be examined the route from the St. Mary's river to the Appalachicola river or bay, and from the St. John's river to the Vassasousa bay, with a view to both the above objects; that he cause the necessary surveys, both by land and along the coast, with estimates of the expense of each, accompanied with proper plans, notes, observations, explanations and opinions, of the The President of the United States author ized to cause to curate and mi view to ascer connect the At |