No. 4. Resolution in relation to Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive and transmit letters and packages by the mail, free of postage.

Approved 23d May, 1828.

No. 5. Resolution in relation to the manner of executing the Printing ordered by either House of Congress.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That after the termination of the present session of Congress, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, so to regulate and direct the printing of the respective Houses, as to abolish the practice of making "title pages" to executive docu

ments, reports of committees, memorials, or any other documents, unless the same shall be so directed by them, and that the whole matter shall follow in close order, from the first page. And they shall fur ther direct, that the printing of the yeas and nays of the journal shall be in conse cutive order, as ordinary matter. They shall also so regulate the printing of the executive documents, as to have the re spective communications from the President and heads of departments bound in distinct volumes; and they may also so change the form of the volume, by increasing its size, as to combine the greatest quantity of matter, with the greatest economy in the execution of the work, No. 6. Resolution in relation to the Mail Route

between the cities of New-Orleans and Mobile, No. 7. Resolution to authorize the President to loan the Barracks at Sackett's Harbour to the trustees of a military and scientific school 19 be established there.

Approved 24th May, 1828,

CHAP. 1. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

CHAP. 2. An Act restricting the location of certain land claims in the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.

CHAP. 3. An Act to preserve from injury and waste the School Lands in the territory of Arkansas.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor and general assembly of the territory of Arkansas be, and they are hereby, authorized to make and carry into effect, such laws and needful regulations as they shall deem most expedient to protect from injury and waste, the sixteenth section in all townships of land in said territory, where surveys have been or

may hereafter be made, which sections are reserved for the support of schools in each township, and to provide by law for leasing or renting the same, for any term not exceeding five years, in such manner as to render said school lands most valuable and productive, and shall apply the rents derived therefrom to the support of common schools in the respective townships, according to the design of the donation, and to no other purpose whatever. CHAP. 4 An Act extending the term within which Merchandise may be exported with the benefit of the drawback.

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, all goods, wares, and merchandise, which are now entitled to debenture, or which may be

hereafter imported, may be exported with the benefit of drawback, and without any deduction from the amount of the duty on the same, at any time within three years from the date when the same may have been, or shall be imported. Provided, that all existing laws regulating the exportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, shall have been in all other respects complied with.

And provided, further, That this act shall not be so construed as to alter in any manner the terms of credit now allowed by law for the duties on goods, wares, or merchandise, imported.

CHAP. 5. An Act to allow a Salary to the Marshal of the district of Connecticut.

CHAP. 6. An Act for the relief of John B. Lemaitre, junior.

Approved 6th January, 1829.

CHAP. 7. An Act to amend an act, entitled "An act for the better organization of the Medical Department of the Navy," approved 24th May, 1828.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,That every surgeon who was in the navy at the time of the passage of the act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy, approved twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, shall be entitled to the additional pay and rations (according to length of service) provided for by the fourth section of that act, notwithstanding such surgeons may not have been examined, or received their appointments in the manner prescribed by the first section thereof. CHAP. 8. An Act for altering the times for holding

the sessions of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Georgia, at the places provided by law.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sixth circuit court of the United States for the district of Georgia, which is by law appointed to be holden on the fourth Monday in November, annually, at Savannah, in the said state, shall hereafter be holden on the Thursday after the first Monday in November, annually, at Milledgeville, in the said state; and that the session of the said court which is now required by law to be holden on the sixth day of May, annually, at Milledgeville, in the said slate, shall hereafter be holden on the Thursday after the first Monday in May, annually, at Savannah, in the

said state; and that all process which shall have been issued, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceedings, which have been continued to the said courts respectively, on the days and at the places heretofore provided by law for their meeting, shall be returned, and held to be continued to the said courts, at the times and places herein provided for the meeting of the said courts respectively.

CHAP. 9. An Act to allow a Salary to the Marshal of the eastern district of Virginia.

CHAP. 10. An Act to establish a Port of Entry at Magnolia, in Florida.

CHAP. 11. An Act allowing an additional Drawback on Sugar refined in the United States,

and exported therefrom.

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, there shall be allowed a drawback on sugar refined in the United States, and exported therefrom, of five cents per pound, in lieu of the drawback at present allowed by law on sugar so refined and exported. Provided, that this act shall not alter or repeal any law now in force, regulating the exportation of sugar refined in the United States, except to change the rate of drawback when so exported. And provided, that this act shall cease to be in force, so soon as the exports of sugar shall be equal to the imports of the same article.

CHAP. 12. An Act in addition to the act, entitled

"An act to amend the judicial system of the United States."

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if, at any session of the supreme court, four justices thereof shall not attend on the day appointed for holding said session, such justice or justices as may attend shall have authority to adjourn said court from day to day, for twenty days after the time appointed for the commencement of said session, unless four justices shall sooner attend; and the business of said court shall not, in such case, be continued over to the next stated session thereof, until the expiration of said twenty days, instead of the ten days now limited by law.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That if it shall so happen, during any term of the said supreme court, after four of the

judges shall have assembled, that on any day less than the number of four shall assemble, the judge or judges so assembling shall have authority to adjourn said court from day to day, until a quorum shall attend, and, when expedient and proper, may adjourn the same without day.

CHAP. 13. An Act to authorize the citizens of the territories of Arkansas and Florida, to elect their officers, and for other purposes. SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the citizens of the territory of Arkansas, qualified to vote, shall and may, at such time and place, and under such rules and regulations, as the legislature of said territory may prescribe, elect their officers, civil and military, except such as, by the laws of Congress now in force, are to be appointed by the President of the United States; and except, also, justices of the peace, auditor and treasurer for said territory, who shall be chosen by joint vote of both houses of the legislature, at such time, and for such term of service, as the said legislature shall prescribe. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the term of service, and the duties and powers, fees, and emoluments, of the of ficers, civil and military, so chosen by the citizens, shall be prescribed by the legislature, and they shall be commissioned by the governor of the territory, and subject to be removed from office in such mode and for such cause as the legislature shall declare by law. All laws now in force, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed This act shall take effect from and after the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That every will that shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Legis lative Council of the legislature of the territory, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the governor of said territory; if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the objections to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that

House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both Houses of the legislature shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill, shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. And if any bill shall not be returned by the governor within three days (Sunday excepted) after it shall have been presented, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature, by their adjourn ment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

SICT. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the qualified voters of the territory of Florida to elect their officers, civil and military, in such manner, and under such rules, regulations, restrictions, and conditions, as are prescribed in the foregoing provisions in the two first sections of this act.

SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That the members of the legislative council in the territory of Florida, shall be elected by the qualified voters in the respective counties hereinafter designated, at the time provided by law, in the following manner, to wit: From the county of Escambia, two members; from the counties of Walton and Washington, one member; from the county of Jackson, two members; from the county of Gadsden, two members; from the county of Leon, two members; from the counties of Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton, one member; from the county of Alachua, one member; from the county of Duval, one; from the county of Nassau, one; from the counties of Saint John and Musqueto, two; from the county of Monroe, one member. And any act of Congress, or of the legislative council of said territory, defining the limits of election districts in the same, inconsistent with the foregoing provision, be, and they are hereby, repealed.

SECT. 6. And be it further enacted. That it shall be lawful for the governor and legislative council, at any time hereafter, to alter or arrange the districts in such manner, as to secure, as near as may be, an equality of representation in each district.

SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That the act of the governor and legislative council of the territory of Florida, fixing the seat of justice of Jackson county, in said territory, be, and the same is hereby, annulled; and the people and local autho

rities of said county shall have the privilege of selecting their county seat, in such manner as other counties have been authorized to do, under the laws of said territory.

Approved 21st January, 1829.

CHAP. 14. An Act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of Military Land Warrants

CHAP. 15. An Act authorizing the laying off a

town on Bean river, in the state of Illinois, and for other purposes.

CHAP. 16. An Act releasing the lien of the United States upon a part of the land of Benjamin Owens, in Anne Arundel county, state of Maryland, to the trustees of Mount Zion meetinghouse, in said county and state.

CHAP. 17. An Act for the relief of Daniel Goodwin, executor of Benjamin Goodwin, deceased. Approved 5th February, 1829.

CHAP. 18. An Act to provide for the purchase and distribution of certain copies of the Digest of the Laws of the United States, by Thomas F. Gordon.

CHAP. 19. An Act to alter the time for holding the sixth Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of South Carolina.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sixth circuit court of the United States, for the district of South Carolina, which is required by law to be holden on the second Monday in December, annually, shall hereafter be holden on the fourth Monday in November, annually; and that all process which shall have been issued, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceedings, which have been continued to the said court, on the day heretofore provided by law for the meeting of the same, shall be returned and held continued to the said court, at the time herein provided for the meeting thereof.

CHAP. 20. An Act to authorize the appointment

of a Surveyor for the Virginia military district, within the state of Ohio.

CHAP. 25. An Act making appropriations for building light houses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours, and di recting surveys.

CHAP. 26. An Act making additional appropri ations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

CHAP 27. An Act authorizing the subscription of Stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of the United States, for seven hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and also for two hundred shares of the capital stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and pay for the same at such times, and in such proportions, as may be required by the said companies respectively, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury shall vote for president and directors of the said companies respectively, according to such number of shares, and shall receive upon the said stock the proportion of the tolls which shall, from time to time, be due to the United States for the shares expended.

CHAP. 28. An Act making provision for the pay

ment of pensions to the widow or children of peusioners, in certain cases, and for other purposes.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate States of America, in Congress assembled, and House of Representatives of the United That in case of the death of any invalid pensioner, before the certificate of the continuance of his diability, required by the act, entitled "An act regulating the payments to invalid pensioners," passed March third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, was obtained, it shall be lawful for the secretary of war, and he is hereby directed, to pay to the legal representatives of such deceased invalid, the arrears of pension due at the time of his doath, at the rate at which it was fixed at his last examination. Provided, such last examination was within two years from the time of his death.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any revolutionary pensioner shall die, the secretary of war shall cause to be paid the arrears of pension due to the said pensioner at the time of his death; and all payments under this act shall be made to the widow of the deceased pen- . sioner, or her attorney; or if he left no widow, or she be dead, to the children of the pensioner, or to their guardian, or his attorney; and if no child or children, then to the legal representatives of the deceased.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of applications for pensions, for wounds received in the revolutionary war, the testimony to establish the facts may be authenticated in the same manner with those who apply for pensions for wounds received in the late war with Great Britain.

CHAP. 29. An Act making appropriations for completing certain Roads, and for making examinations and surveys.

CHAP 30. An Act for the construction of the

Cumberland Road, westwardly of Zanesville. CHAP. 31. An Act for the continuation of the Cumberland Road.

CHAP. 32. An Act making appropriations for the Indian Department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

CHAP. 33. An Act to authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to subscribe for or purchase, in the name and for the use of the United States, any stock which may have been forfeited to the company, and which shall be undisposed of on the fourth day of March next, not exceeding thirteen hundred and fifty shares, of the capital stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company; and to pay for the same, when called upon by said company, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Provided, said shares can be bad for a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars each. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said secretary of the treasury shall vote for president and directors of said company, according to such number of shares, and shall receive, upon the said stock, the proportion of tolls which shall, from time time, be due to the United States for the stock aforesaid.

CHAP. 34. An Act making additonal appropri ations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

CHAP. 35. An Act making additional appropriations for the payment of the Revolutionary and other Pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

CHAP. 36.

An Act making appropriations for the erection and completion of certain Barracks and Quarters, and for other purposes.

CHAP 37. An Act making additional appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United

States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

CHAP. 38. An Act providing for the printing and binding sixty thousand copies of the abstract of Infantry Tactics, including Manœuvres of Light Infantry and Riflemen, and for other purposes.

CHAP. 39. An Act to authorize the establishment of a Town, on land reserved for the use of schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certain reserved quarter sections of land, for the seat of government in Florida.

CHAP. 40. An Act confirming the Reports of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the district of Saint Stephens, in the state of Alabama, and for other purposes.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the claims to lands and town lots contained in the abstracts denomi nated A, number one, D, number one, E, number one, F, number one, reported to the treasury department by the register and receiver of the land office for the district of Saint Stephens, in the state of Alabama, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-soven, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the extent therein recommended for confirmation.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims contained in special reports, numbered one to four, inclusive, and in a supplementary report of the said register and receiver, made as aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, or the legal representatives of such person or persons, who on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, had, for ten consecutive years prior to that day, been in possession of a traet of land, not claimed by any other person, and not exceeding the quantity contained in one league square; and who were, on that day, resident in that part of Louisiana