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Maryland.

Virginia.

North Carolina.

South Carolina.

Georgia.

Ohio.

Louisiana.

Mississippi.

Three thousand dollars for erecting a beacon-light at the junction of Rondout creek and Hudson river, or on or near the Esopus Meadows, as may be deemed most expedient by the Secretary of the Treasury.

One thousand dollars for erecting a beacon on the middle ground between Stratford and Crane Neck, in Long Island Sound.

Twelve thousand five hundred and twelve dollars, in addition to the unexpended balance of former appropriations for erecting a lighthouse, and forming the foundation for the same, in the harbour of Buffalo.

State of Pennsylvania.-Two thousand five hundred dollars for erecting a beacon-light at the end of the pier which forms the entrance into the harbour of Erie, on Lake Erie.

State of Delaware.-Fifteen hundred dollars for erecting a beacon-light near the mouth of Mispillion creek.

Ten thousand dollars for building a lighthouse at Mahon's ditch, in addition to what remains unexpended of an appropriation to build a lighthouse at Duck creek, and which last-named appropriation is hereby transferred to the first-mentioned object.

State of Maryland.-Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on or near Turkey Point, at the mouth of Elk river.

For erecting a beacon-light on Lazaretto Point, at the entrance of the harbour of Baltimore, or on the point of land upon which fort McHenry is situated, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For a floating-light at the Wolf Trap, in the Chesapeake bay, twelve thousand dollars.

Four hundred dollars for placing buoys at the entrance of the harbour of Annapolis.

State of Virginia.-Seven thousand and five hundred dollars for building a lighthouse on one of the Chingoteague islands.

Five hundred dollars for placing in the Potomac river three buoys on the Kettle Bottoms, one on Port Tobacco shoals, one in Nanjemoy Reach, one on Ragged Point bar, and one on Parsimmon bar.

State of North Carolina.-Eleven thousand dollars for building a lightboat, to be stationed at or near Brant Island Shoal, in Pamptico Sound.

For a buoy to be placed on the bar near Harbour island, two hundred dollars.

For three buoys to be placed in the river and inlets of Cape Fear, twelve hundred dollars.

State of South Carolina. Fifteen hundred dollars for constructing three hollow buoys, and placing the same on the bar at or near the entrance of the harbour of Georgetown, in addition to any unexpended appropriation for placing buoys at or near that harbour.

A sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for purchasing land and removing a wind-mill on Cape Roman.

State of Georgia.-For a beacon on the White Oyster Beds, near the mouth of Savannah river, three thousand dollars.

State of Ohio.-Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on Turtle island, at the mouth of Maumee bay, Lake Erie.

One thousand dollars for erecting a beacon-light on the pier at Grand river.

State of Louisiana.-Forty thousand dollars for building two lighthouses, one at the mouth of the south-west pass of the river Mississippi, and the other on the south point, between the south-west pass and the Balize.

Seven thousand dollars for a lighthouse at the Rigolets.

State of Mississippi.-Seven thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on St. Joseph's island, or some other suitable place off the Pascagoula bay.

Seven thousand dollars for a lighthouse at Pass Christian near the bay of St. Louis.

For buoys to be placed at the south pass, and the pass at Dauphin island, four hundred dollars.

State of Alabama.-Five hundred dollars for placing buoys in Mobile bay.

State of Illinois.-Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse at the mouth of Chicago river, Lake Michigan.

Michigan Territory.-Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse at the confluence of the St. Joseph's river with Lake Michigan.

Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on the Outerthunder bay island in Lake Huron.

A sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars for building a light-boat to be stationed in the strait connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan; and three hundred and fifty dollars for buoys and placing the same on the flats at the head of Lake St. Clair.

Florida Territory.-Eleven thousand four hundred dollars for building a lighthouse on the west end of St. George's island, near the entrance of Appalachicola bay.

Four hundred dollars for placing buoys in the said bay between St. George's island, and the entrance of the Appalachicola river.

Two hundred dollars for placing buoys in the bay and river of St. Mark's.

One hundred and sixty dollars for placing buoys at St. Augustine, and in St. John's river.

Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on a suitable site at or near Port Clinton.

APPROVED, March 3, 1831.

Alabama.

Illinois.

Michigan.

Florida.

CHAP. CIV.—An Act for the benefit of Percis Lovely, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the tract of land not exceeding one half section, including the present residence of Mrs. Percis Lovely, in Pope county, in the territory of Arkansas, shall be reserved by the President of the United States from public sale, during the lifetime of said Percis, and that she shall have the entire use and privilege of, and possession of the said half section of land, for and during her life: Provided, That the said Percis Lovely shall not commit, or permit any other person to commit, on said land, any voluntary waste.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay unto the said Percis Lovely, or her legal representative, out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to that for which her improvements upon the land secured to her by the treaty at Hiawassee, in one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, for life, were valued, and which improvements and land were taken from her by the treaty at Washington, of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, with the Cherokee Indians. Provided, That before the money shall be paid the said Percis Lovely, she shall produce to the Treasury Department satisfactory evidence that the said sum of money has not been heretofore paid her by the government of the United States, through the Indian Department: and Provided, also, That the half section granted by this act, shall not interfere with, or include any lands lying within the limits of any reservation made by the last-named treaty, made at Washington as aforesaid, in the year eighteen hundred and twentyeight.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for carrying into effect the treaty concluded with the Seneca tribe of Indians at Washington, the

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twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone, the sum of eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, March 3, 1831.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1831. CHAP. CXIV.-An Act for the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an interpreter for the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three and one-third cents be paid by the marshal of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana to John Culbertson, for his services rendered as interpreter to the United States' court for said district, under the provisional appointment of the judge, for each regular term of said court, from the December term of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, inclusively, up to the time of the passage of this act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint an interpreter to said court, and to allow him a compensation not exceeding three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three and one third cents, for his services at each regular term of said court, to be holden subsequently to the passage of this act; and the marshal is authorized to pay the same upon the order of the judge: Provided, always, That it shall be the duty of the said interpreter, during his continuance in office, to attend all and every of the called or irregular sessions of the said court, without any additional compensation therefor; Provided, also, That the said interpreter shall not receive, under this act, more than one thousand dollars for each year. APPROVED, March 3, 1831.

STATUTE II. March 3, 1831.

Act of March 3, 1825, ch. 99. Vessels employed in the whale fishery.

CHAP. CXV.-An Act concerning vessels employed in the whale fishery.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to authorize the register or enrollment, and license, to be issued in the name of the president or secretary of any incorporated company owning a steamboat or vessel," passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, shall extend and be applicable to every ship or vessel owned by any incorporated company, and employed wholly in the whale fishery, so long as such ship or vessel shall be wholly employed in the whale fishery. APPROVED, March 3, 1831.

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March 3, 1831.

Surveyor general created.

CHAP. CXVI.—An Act to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the state of Louisiana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a surveyor general for the state of Louisiana shall be appointed, who shall have the same authority, and perform the same duties, respecting the public lands and private land claims in the state of Louisiana, as are now vested in, and required of the surveyor of the lands of the United States, south of the state of

Tennessee, or the principal deputy surveyors in the said state; and that from and after the first day of May next, the office of principal deputy surveyors, as created by the ninth section of the act of Congress of the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and six, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to lands within the territory of Orleans and district of Louisiana,"" be, and the same are hereby, abolished; and it shall be the duty of said principal deputy surveyors to surrender to the surveyor general of Louisiana, or to such person or persons as he may appoint to receive the same, all the maps, books, records, field notes, documents and articles of every description, appertaining or in anywise belonging to their offices respectively.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the principal deputy surveyor Disposition of for the district east of the island of New Orleans be, and he hereby is, required to separate and arrange the papers in his office; and all the maps, records, papers and documents of every description which refer to lands in the state of Louisiana, shall be delivered to the order of the surveyor general for that state; and such of them as refer to lands in the state of Alabama shall be delivered to the surveyor for the state of Alabama; and such of them as refer to lands in the state of Mississippi, together with such maps, papers, records and documents in the office of said principal deputy surveyor, as are not hereby required to be delivered to the surveyor general of the state of Louisiana, or to the surveyor for the state of Alabama, shall be delivered to the order of the surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the state of Tennessee; and the office of said principal deputy shall be, and the same is hereby, abolished from and after the first day of May next; and the powers and duties now exercised and performed by the said principal deputy surveyor shall be vested in and performed by the aforesaid surveyors, within their respective states.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the surveyor south of the state of Tennessee to deliver to the surveyor general of the state of Louisiana all the maps, papers, records, and documents relating to the public lands, and private claims in Louisiana, which may be in his office; and in every case where it shall be impracticable to make a separation of such maps, papers, records and documents, without injury to the portion of them relating to lands in Mississippi, it shall be his duty to cause copies thereof certified by him to be furnished to the surveyor general of Louisiana, and which copies shall be of the same validity as the originals.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor general of Louisiana shall appoint a sufficient number of skilful and experienced surveyors as his deputies, who, with one or more good and sufficient sureties to be approved by said surveyor general, shall enter into bond for the faithful performance of all surveying contracts confided to them in the penalty of double the amount of money accruing under the said contracts at the rate per mile stipulated to be paid therein, and who, before entering on the performance of their duties, shall take an oath, or make affirmation, truly, faithfully, and impartially, to the utmost of their skill and ability, to execute the trust confided to them; and in the event of the failure of a deputy to comply with the terms of his contract, unless such failure shall be satisfactorily shown by him to have arisen from causes beyond his control, he shall forfeit the penalty of his bond on due process of law, and ever afterwards be debarred from receiving a contract for surveying public lands in Louisiana or elsewhere.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor general to be appointed in pursuance of this act shall establish his office at such place as the President of the United States may deem most expedient for the public service; and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and that he be authorized to employ one skilful draughts

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man and recording clerk whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and that the fees heretofore authorized by law for examining and recording surveys be, and the same are hereby, abolished; and any copy of a plat of survey, or transcript from the records of the office of the said surveyor general, shall be admitted as evidence in any of the courts of the United States or territories thereof; and for every copy of a plat of survey, there shall be paid twenty-five cents, and for any transcript from the records of said office, there shall be paid at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words by the individuals requiring the same.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in relation to all suc onfirmed claims as may conflict, or in any manner interfere with each other, the register of the land office and receiver of public moneys for the proper land district, are hereby authorized to decide between the parties, and shall in their decision be governed by such conditional lines or boundaries as have been or may be agreed upon between the parties interested, either verbally or in writing; and in case no lines or boundaries be agreed upon between the parties interested, then the said register and receiver are hereby authorized to decide between the parties in such manner as may be consistent with the principles of justice; and it shall be the duty of the surveyor general of the said state to have those claims surveyed and platted in accordance with the decisions of the register and receiver: Provided, That the said decisions and surveys, and the patents which may be issued in conformity thereto, shall not in any wise be considered as precluding a legal investigation and decision by the proper judicial tribunal between the parties to any such interfering claims, but shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States of all title to the land in question.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished lying north of the northern boundary of the state of Illinois, west of Lake Michigan, and east of the Mississippi river, shall be surveyed in the same manner and under the same regulations, provisions, restrictions and reservations as the other public lands are surveyed.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of the state of Missouri 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 a seminary of learning in said state, and to invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund, the proceeds of which shall be for ever applied by the legislature of said state, solely to the use of such seminary, and for no other use or purpose Salt springs. whatsoever. And that the legislature of said state of Missouri shall be, and is hereby authorized to sell and convey in fee simple all or any part of the salt springs not exceeding twelve in number, and six sections of land adjoining to each, granted to said state by the United States for the use thereof, and selected by the legislature of said state, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and to invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund, the proceeds of which shall be for ever applied under the direction of said legislature, for the purpose of education in said state, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.

APPROVED, March 3, 1831.