munitions of war of the United States, for the Mexican gulf frontier; and that for these purposes the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. waters of Mo bile or Pensacola bays. STATUTE I. CHAP. CVII.-An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Illinois to sell May 24, 1828. and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said state for the use of the Ohio Saline. 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 Illinois shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, such part or parts of the tract of land reserved and granted to said state, for the use and support of the salt works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the county of Gallatin, in the said state, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the said legislature may by law hereafter direct: Provided, That the legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousand acres of the land reserved and granted for the use of the Saline aforesaid. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CVIII.-An Act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canal May 24, 1828. 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. Act of June 30, 1834, ch. 137. A quantity of land to be granted to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said state in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie by the Maumee route. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said state in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Auglaize, so far as the same shall be located through the public land, and reserving each alternate section of the land unsold to the United States, to be selected by the commissioner of the general land office, under the direction of the President of the United States; and which land, so reserved to the United States, shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby granted to the state of Ohio, to be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said state, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That 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: And provided, also, That the extension of the said Miami canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed within twenty years, or the state shall be bound to pay to 2, 1833, ch. 87. 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 said canal shall be located, and agreed on by 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 lands 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. 2 c2 VOL. IV.-39 Proviso. Proviso. Act of March Duty of the governor when said canal is located. the route of Legislature to have power to sell, &c., after the selection be made. State of Indiana authorized to the state of Ohio, all the right, &c., granted to said state by an act of March 2, 1827, ch. 56. Act of March 500,000 acres of the lands owned by the United States, within said SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the state of Ohio, under the authority of the legislature thereof, after the selection shall have been so made, as aforesaid, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or any part of said land, and to give a title, in fee simple, therefor to the purchaser thereof. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the state of Indiana be, and hereby is, authorized to convey and relinquish to the state of Ohio, upon to convey, &c., such terms as may be agreed upon by said states, all the right and interest granted to the state of Indiana, to any lands within the limits of the state of Ohio, by an act, entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said state in opening a canal, to connect the waters of Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," approved on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twen3, 1845, ch. 42. ty-seven; the state of Ohio to hold said land on the same conditions upon which it was granted to the state of Indiana, by the act aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the state of Ohio, five hundred thousand acres of the lands owned by the United States, within the said state, to be selected as hereinafter directed, for the purpose of aiding the state of Ohio in the payment of the debt, or the interest thereon, which has heretofore been, or which may hereafter be, contracted by said state, in the construction of the canals within the same, undertaken under the authority of the laws of said state, now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, for the extension of canals now making; which land, when selected, shall be disposed payment of the of by the legislature of Ohio, for that purpose, and no other: Provided, debt, &c. The said canals, when completed or used, shall be, and for ever remain, public highways, for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service passing along the same: And provided further, That the said canals, already commenced, shall be completed in seven years from the approval of this act; otherwise the state of Ohio shall stand bound to pay over to the United States the amount which any lands, sold by her, within that time, may have brought; but the validity of the titles derived from the state by such sales, shall not be affected by that failure. state, to be selected as hereinafter direct ed, for the purpose of aiding the state of Ohio in the Proviso. Proviso. Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 87. The selection of the land granted by 5th section of this act to be made by the governor of Ohio. Proviso. Proviso. Act to take effect, provided the legislature of Ohio shall express the assent of the state to the several provisions and conditions hereof, &c. Each head of a SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the selection of the land granted by the fifth section of this act, may be made under the authority, and by the direction of the governor of the state of Ohio, of any lands belonging to the United States within said state, which may at the time of selection be subject to entry at private sale, and within two years from the approval of this act: Provided, That, in the selection of the lands hereby granted, no lands shall be comprehended which have been reserved for the use of the United States, as alternate sections, in the grants hitherto made, or which may be made during the present session of Congress, of lands within the said state, for roads and canals: And provided, That all lands so selected shall, by the governor of said state, be reported to the office of the register of the district in which the land lies, and no lands shall be deemed to be so selected till such report be made, and the lands so selected shall be granted by the United States to the state of Ohio. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, Provided, The legislature of Ohio, at the first session thereof, hereafter to commence, shall express the assent of the state to the several provisions and conditions hereof: and unless such expression of assent be made, this act shall be wholly inoperative, except so far as to authorize the governor of Ohio to proceed in causing selections of said land to be made previous to the said next session of the legislature. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each head of a family, widow or single man, over the age of twenty-one years, actually settled on that part of the territory of Arkansas, which, by the first article of the treaty CHAP. CIX.-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." STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. [Expired.] Act of April 10, 1806, ch. 25, continued in force for the term of six years. Act of April Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 109. 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 25, 1812, ch. 69. wounds received in the revolutionary war, and for other purposes,' passed on the twenty-fifth 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, and further revived and continued in force for the term of six years, by an act, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled 'An act to provide for persons who were disabled 4, 1822, ch. 6. by known wounds, received in the revolutionary war,'" passed on the fourth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, 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 15, 1820, ch. 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 Act of Feb. Proviso. Act of May 109. Proviso. Act of March 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 3, 1819, ch. 99. 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. Right of any person to re ceive a pension, in virtue of any law of the United States, shall be construed, &c. Agents for the payment of pensions required to give bonds. 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, May 24, 1828. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. Assent of Congress given to act of Ala bama of Jan. 10, CHAP. CX.—An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the state of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress be, and hereby is, granted to the operation of an act of the general assembly of the state of Alabama, passed on the tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act to incorpoAppendix No. rate the Cahawba Navigation Company." 1827. 2. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. STATUTE I. May 24, 1828. Act of Jan. 7, 1824, ch. 4. Where ne discriminating duties of ton CHAP. CXI.-An Act in addition to an act, entitled "An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost," and to equalize the duties on Prussian vessels and their cargoes. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, upon satisfactory evidence nage or impost being given to the President of the United States, by the government of any are levied in the ports of said nation, upon vessels, &c. of the U. S., the President to issue his pro clamation, declaring, &c. Duties collected on vessels of Prussia, &c. foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impost are imposed or levied in the ports of the said nation, upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise, imported in the same from the United States, or from any foreign country, the President is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, within the United States, are, and shall be, suspended and discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of the said foreign nation, and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported into the United States in the same, from the said foreign nation, or from any other foreign country: the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels, belonging to citizens of the United States, and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer. (b) SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no other or higher rate of duties shall be imposed or collected on vessels of Prussia, or of her dominions, from whencesoever coming, nor on their cargoes, howsoever com (b) Appendix, No. III. (a) See notes to act of Jan. 7, 1824, ch. 4. posed, than are, or may be, payable on vessels of the United States, and their cargoes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to return all duties which have been assessed since the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, on Prussian vessels, and their cargoes, beyond the amount which would have been payable on vessels of the United States, and their cargoes; and that the same allowances of drawback be made on merchandise exported in Prussian vessels as would be made on similar exportations in vessels of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of this act as relates to Prussian vessels and their cargoes, shall continue and be in force during the time that the equality for which it provides shall, in all respects, be reciprocated in the ports of Prussia, and her dominions; and if at any time hereafter, the said equality shall not be reciprocated in the ports of Prussia, and her dominions, the President may, and he is hereby, authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that fact, and thereupon so much of this act as relates to Prussian vessels, and their cargoes, shall cease and determine. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. CHAP. CXIII.-An Act altering the duties on wines imported into the United May 24, 1828, 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 first day of January next, the duties now imposed on wines imported into the United States, shall cease, and that, in lieu thereof, the following duties shall be levied and collected on all wines so imported; that is to say: On the wines of France, Germany, Spain and the Mediterranean, when imported in casks, unless specially enumerated, fifteen cents per gallon; except the red wines of France and Spain, when not imported in bottles, which shall pay only ten cents per gallon. On wines of all countries, when imported in bottles or cases, unless specially enumerated; on wines of Sicily, and on all wines not enumerated, whether imported in bottles, cases or casks, thirty cents per gallon, in addition to the duty now existing on the bottles when thus imported. After Jan. 1, 1829, duties now imposed on wines imported into the United States, altered. On wines of France, &c. imported in casks. On wines of all countries when imported in bottles or cases. On Sherry On Sherry and Madeira wines, whether imported in bottles, cases or casks, fifty cents per gallon, in addition to the duty on the bottles when and Madeira so imported. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the duties imposed by this act on wine imported, shall be levied and collected on all wines remaining in the public ware-houses after the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, in lieu of the duties existing when the same may have been imported. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a drawback of the duties on wines, imposed by this act, shall be allowed on exportation, and that all existing laws concerning the exportation of merchandise for the benefit of drawback, the collection of duties, and the recovery, distribution and remission of all penalties and forfeitures, shall be taken and deemed to be applicable to importations under this act. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. (a) Discriminating duties: wines, &c. Duties im posed by this act, on wines imported, &c. A drawback of the duties shall be allowed on exportation, &c. Act of 1816, ch. 107, sec. 3. Act of Mar. 3, 1817, ch. 50. Act of 1818, ch. 110. Act of 1832, ch. 207. Act of 1832, ch. 227, sec. 10. Act of 1824, ch. 4. Act of 1828, ch. 111. Act of 1842, ch. 270, sec. 11. |