Public Acts of Congress. For arrearages in the Indian Department, one hundred and thirty thousand two hundred and five dollars and forty-four cents. For the current expenses of the Indian Department, one hundred thousand dollars. For the annual allowance to the Revolutionary pensioners of the United States, one million two hundred thousand dollars, being part of the unexpended balance of a former appropriation. For carrying into effect the treaty concluded with the Creek nation, on the eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and ratified by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the twenty-fourth of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, fortyeight thousand five hundred dollars. one hundred and sixty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars. For clothing the same, thirty thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars, and thirty-one cents. For fuel for the same, six thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents. For contingent expenses of the same, fourteen thousand dollars. For completing the equipment of the vessels constructed in pursuance of the act authorizing the building of a certain number of small vessels of war, ten thousand dollars. For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Navy to remove obstructions placed in the river Thames, in Connecticut, by the commander of the American ships during the late war, one hundred and fifty dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty concluded with the Choctaw nation of Indians, on the elev- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the seve enth of October, one thousand eight hundred and ral appropriations herein before made shall be paid twenty, sixty-five thousand dollars; and for pay-out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ment of one year's annuity to Mushulatubba, appropriated. a Choctaw chief, one hundred and fifty dollars. For completing the road in the State of Georgia, through the Creek nation, under the acts of the twenty-seventh of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, twenty-seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and fourteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, one thousand dollars. For discharging arrearages incurred in building the arsenal at Augusta, in Georgia, forty thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to borrow a sum not exceeding five millions of dollars. Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, empowered to borrow, on the credit of the United States, a sum not exceeding five millions of dollars, at a rate of interest, payable quarter-yearly, not exceeding five per centum per annum, and reimbursable at the will of the Government, at any time after the 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 other-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred wise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. and thirty-five; to be applied, in addition to the moneys now in the Treasury, or which may be received therein from other sources, during the present year, to defray any of the public expenses An Act making appropriations for the support of the which are, or may be, authorized by law. The Navy of the United States for the year one thou-stock thereby created shall be transferable in the sand eight hundred and twenty-one. Be it enacted, &c., That, for defraying the expenses of the Navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated : For the pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, nine hundred and eightythree thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-five cents. For provisions, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-one dollars. For medicines, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, thirty-two thousand dollars. For repairs of vessels, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For improvement of navy yards, docks, and wharves, pay of superintendents, storekeepers, clerks, and laborers, twenty-five thousand dollars. For ordnance and ordnance stores, twenty-five thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, two hundred thousand dollars. For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, same manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the public debt. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Bank of the United States to lend the said sum, or any part thereof; and it is hereby further declared, that it shall be deemed a good execution of the said power to borrow, for the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to cause to be constituted certificates of stock, signed by the Register of the Treasury, or by a Commissioner of Loans, for the sum to be borrowed, or for any part thereof, bearing an interest of five per centum per annum, transferable and reimbursable as aforesaid, and to cause the said certificates of stock to be sold, provided that no stock be sold under par. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to employ an agent or agents for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions to the loan authorized by this act, or of selling any part of the stock to be created by virtue thereof. A commission of not exceeding one-eighth of one Public Acts of Congress. relating to the revenue and its collection, subject to the modification stipulated by the fifteenth article of the said treaty, in favor of Spanish vessels and their cargoes, and the laws relating to the importation of persons of color shall be extended to the said territories. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized, within the term aforesaid, to establish such districts for the collection of the revenue, and, during the recess of Congress, to appoint such officers, whose commissions shall expire at the end of the next session of Congress, to enforce the said laws, as to him shall seem expedient. per centum on the amount thus sold, or for which military, civil, and judicial powers exercised by subscriptions shall be obtained, may, by the Sec- the officers of the existing government of the same retary of the Treasury, be allowed to such agent territories, shall be vested in such person and peror agents; and a sum, not exceeding four thou- sons, and shall be exercised in such manner as sand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the the President of the United States shall direct, Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, is hereby for the maintaining the inhabitants of said territoappropriated for that object, and subscription cer- ries in the free enjoyment of their liberty, propertificates, and certificates of stock, and other ex-ty, and religion; and the laws of the United States penses incident to the due execution of this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the funds constituting the annual appropriation of ten millions of dollars for the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt of the United States, as may be sufficient for that purpose, after satisfying the sums necessary for the payment of the interest, and of such part of the principal, of the said debt, as the United States are now pledged annually to pay and reimburse, is hereby pledged and appropriated for the payment of the interest, and for the reimbursement of the principal, of the stock which may be created by virtue of this act. It shall, accordingly, be the duty of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to cause to be applied, and paid out of the said fund, yearly, such sum and sums as may annually be necessary to discharge the interest accruing on the said stock, and to reimburse the principal, as the same may become due, and may be discharged in conformity with the terms of the loan. And they are further authorized to apply, from time to time, such sum or sums towards discharging, by purchase, and at a price not above par, the principal of the said stock, or any part thereof; and the faith of the United States is hereby pledged to establish sufficient revenues for making up any deficiency that may hereafter take place in the funds hereby appropriated for paying the said interest and principal sums, or any of them, in manner aforesaid.-Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act for carrying into execution the Treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, during the recess of the Senate, a Commissioner and Surveyor, whose commissions shall expire at the end of the next session of Congress, to meet the Commissioner and Surveyor who may be appointed on the part of Spain, for the purposes stipulated in the fourth article of said treaty; and that the President be, and he is hereby, further authorized to take all other measures which he shall judge proper, for carrying into effect the stipulations of the said fourth article. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That a board of three commissioners shall be appointed, conformably to the stipulations of the eleventh article of the said treaty; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to take any measures which he may deem expedient for organizing the said board of commissioners, and, for this purpose, may appoint a secretary well versed in the French and Spanish languages, and a clerk; which appointments, if made during the recess of the Senate, shall, at the next meeting of that body, be subject to nomination for their advice and consent. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the respective officers, for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall not exceed the following sums: The commissioner to be appointed conformably to the fourth article, at the rate, by the year, of three thousand dollars. Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to take possession of, and occupy, the territories of East and West Florida, and the appendages and appurtenances thereof; and to remove and transport the officers and soldiers of the King of Spain, being there, to the Havana, agreeably to the stipulations of the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington on the twenty- To the surveyor, two thousand dollars. second day of February, in the year one thousand To each of the three commissioners to be apeight hundred and nineteen, providing for the ces-pointed conformably to the eleventh article of the sion of said territories to the United States; and treaty, three thousand dollars. he may, for these purposes, and in order to maintain in said territories the authority of the United States, employ any part of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the militia of any State or Territory, which he may deem necessary. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, until the end of the first session of the next Congress, unless provision for the temporary government of said territories be sooner made by Congress, all the To the secretary of the board, two thousand dollars. To one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, for carrying this act into execution, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated, to be taken from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. Public Acts of Congress. sleigh, or other person bringing merchandise as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifest herein required, or pass by or avoid such office, the merchandise subject to duty, and so together with the vessel, boat, canoe, or raft, the tackle, apparel, and furniture of the same, or the carriage or sleigh, and harness and cattle drawing the same, or the horses, with their saddles and bridles, as the case may be; and such master, conductor, or other importer, shall be subjected to pay a penalty of four hundred dollars. An Act to establish the District of Pearl River. Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the first day of July next, all the bays, waters, and shores, on Lake Borgne and the Gulf of Mexico, and all the rivers emptying into the same, within the lim-imported, shall be forfeited to the United States, its of the State of Mississippi, shall be a collection district, to be called the district of Pearl river; of which a port near the mouth of Pearl river, at such place as the President of the United States shall designate, shall be the port of entry; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at such place as the President shall direct, at or near the said port, who shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the fees and other emoluments established by law, the annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, March 2, 1821. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any deputy collector, stationed in any district of the customs contiguous to a foreign territory, to whom a manifest of merchandise, subject to duty, shall be delivered as aforesaid, is hereby authorized to require of the importer of such merchandise the payment of the duties thereon, or good and ample cient sureties, for the payment thereof, or by the deposite of a portion of such merchandise, equal, at least, to double the amount of the duties on the whole importation; which bond shall be cancelled, or the merchandise so deposited shall be delivered to the owner, on the producing to the deputy collector a certificate of the collector of the district, that the duties have been duly paid. An Act confirming the location of the seat of govern-security, either by bond, with one or more suffiment of the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That the four sections of land, including the section number sixteen, in township number six north, range number one east, of the third principal meridian, heretofore selected by commissioners appointed for that purpose, for the seat of government of the State of Illinois, be, and the same are hereby declared to be, confirmed to, and vested in, the said State, for the purpose aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Gov- shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and acernor of said State be, and he is hereby, authorized counted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, to select any unappropriated section in said town-entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duship, for the use of the inhabitants thereof, which shall be in lieu of the said sixteenth section. Approved, March 2, 1821. An Act further to regulate the entry of merchandise imported into the United States from any adjacent territory. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of the master of any vessel, except registered vessels, and of every person having charge of any boat, canoe, or raft, and of the conductor or driver of any carriage or sleigh, and of every other person coming from any foreign territory adjacent to the United States, into the United States, with merchandise subject to duty, to deliver, immediately on his or her arrival within the United States, a manifest of the cargo or loading of such vessel, boat, canoe, raft, carriage, or sleigh, or of the merchandise so brought from such foreign territory, at the office of any collector or deputy collector | which shall be nearest to the boundary line, or nearest to the road or waters by which such merchandise is brought; and every such manifest shall be verified by the oath of such person delivering the same; which oath shall be taken before such collector, or deputy collector; and such oath shall state that such manifest contains a full, just, and true account, of the kinds, quantities, and values, of all the merchandise so brought from such for eign territory; and if the master, or other person having charge of such vessel, boat, canoe, or raft, or the conductor or driver of such carriage or ties on imports and tonnage," passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for the mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. Approved, March 2, 1821. be An Act establishing the salaries of the Commissioners and Agents appointed under the Treaty of Ghent. Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, each commissioner now appointed, or who may be appointed agreeably to the provisions of the Treaty of Ghent, shall be entitled to receive at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum; and each agent appointed, or who may appointed, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum; which said sums, so allowed to said officers, respectively, shall be a full compensation for services, and all the personal expenses incurred while in the performance of the duties of their respective offices: Provided, That the compensation by this section allowed, shall not be continued longer than two years from the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twentyone. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each Public Acts of Congress. commissioner and agent shall not be entitled to receive, for services performed in their respective offices, before the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, any greater sum than the rate of four thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars per annum, which shall be considered a full compensation for services, and all personal expenses, incurred while in the discharge of their respective duties. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the payment of the salaries of the said commissioners and agents, and for the expenses under the several commissions under the Treaty of Ghent, for the present year. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act to authorize the Collectors of Customs to pay debentures issued on the exportation of loaf sugar, and spirits distilled from molasses. Be it enacted, &c., That all debentures which have been, or may hereafter be, issued upon the exportation of spirits distilled from molasses, or sugar refined within the United States, shall be payable within thirty days after the passing of this act, or thirty days after the date of their issue, as the case may be, and shall be discharged by the collector of the customs, by whom they may have been, or shall be, issued, out of the product of the duties upon imports and tonnage; any thing in any act or acts of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act making appropriations for the Public Buildings. Be it enacted, &c., That, for continuing the work on the centre building of the Capitol, and other improvements on the public buildings, the following sums of money be, and hereby are, appropriated : For continuing the work on the centre building, the sum of eighty thousand dollars. For covering the roof of the President's house with copper, seven thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars. For graduating and improving the ground around the Capitol, two thousand dollars. For improvements in the Senate Chamber, and in the Hall of the House of Representatives, and in the Library, seven hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balances of appropriations to other public buildings, are hereby appropriated to the centre building. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums of money be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. Be it enacted, &c., That the time limited, by the second section of the act, approved on the twentyfourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, for issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army, shall be extended to the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twentythree; and the time for locating the unlocated warrants shall be extended to the first day of October thereafter. Approved, March 2, 1821. An Act to extend the time for unlading vessels arriving from foreign ports, in certain cases. Be it enacted, &c., That, when the capacity of any vessel arriving with a cargo from a foreign port shall exceed three hundred tons, the term for unlading such vessel shall hereafter be twenty days from the report of arrival, Sundays excepted. Approved, March 3, 1821. An Act to continue in force an act, entitled "An act regulating the currency within the United States of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain," passed on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, so far as the same relates to the crowns and five-franc pieces of France. titled "An act regulating the currency within the Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act, enFrance, Portugal, and Spain," passed on the United States of the gold coins of Great Britain, twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen, as relates to the crowns and five-franc pieces of France, shall be, and the same hereby is, continued in force for the further term of two years, from and after the twenty-ninth day of April next. Approved, March 3, 1821. Be it enacted, &c., That the acts incorporating the several banks in the District of Columbia, herein named, that is to say: the Bank of Alexandria, and the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, in the town of Alexandria; the Bank of Washington, the Bank of the Metropolis, and the Patriotic Bank of Washington, in the City of Washington; the Union Bank of Georgetown, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown, and the Bank of Columbia, in the town of Georgetown, be, and the same are hereby, extended and limited to the third day of March, which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtysix, under, and subject to, such limitations, modifications, and conditions, as are hereinafter enacted. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if any one of the banks herein named shall, at any time, fail, or refuse to pay on demand, any bill, note, or obligation, issued by such bank, in lawful currency of the United States, when required, or shall neglect or refuse to pay on demand in like currency, if required, any moneys received by such bank on deposite, to the person or persons entitled to Public Acts of Congress. receive the same; then, and in such case, the holder of any such note, bill, or obligation, or the person or persons demanding such deposite as aforesaid, shall respectively be entitled to receive and recover interest on the same, at the rate of twelve per centum per annum, from the time of the demand until the same be fully paid and satisfied. And further, It shall be lawful for Congress, forthwith, to revoke the charter of such bank, and to provide for liquidating and settling the accounts and affairs thereof, in such manner as to their judgment may seem expedient. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any president, director, cashier, teller, clerk, or other officer, or servant, of any of the said banks, or of the Bank of Potomac, hereinafter named, who shall withhold, withdraw, conceal, or embezzle, or connive at the withholding, withdrawal, concealment, or embezzlement, of the money or other property of the bank whereof he is an officer or servant, with intent to defraud the said bank, shall be subject to prosecution therefor, in the name of the United States, by indictment, on presentment or information, in the circuit court of the county wherein such offence shall have been committed, and, on conviction thereof, shall be adjudged a felon, and suffer an imprisonment of not less than one year, nor more than ten years, and forfeit and pay a sum not less than one thousand, nor more than twenty thousand, dollars; one moiety whereof shall go to the United States, and the other to the informer. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, unless the president and directors, for the time being, of each of the banks respectively, whose charters are hereby extended, shall, on behalf of their stockholders, and in virtue of an authority from them, or a majority in interest and number of them, file their declaration, in writing, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, within six months from the passage of this act, assenting to and accepting the extension of charter hereby granted, under the terms, conditions, and limitations, contained in this act, such bank shall forfeit all title to such extension of charter. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every stockholder of the Bank of Alexandria, of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, and of the Bank of Washington, (being a citizen of the United States, and not otherwise,) shall be entitled to vote by himself, his agent, or proxy, appointed under his hand and seal, at all elections, in virtue of this act, and shall have as many votes as he has shares, as far as thirty shares, and not more than one vote for every five shares thereafter. by proxy, ten directors, being citizens of the United States, for the term of one year thereafter, and on the same day annually, for and during the continuance of this act, a like election shall be made; and in case of death, resignation, refusal, or disqualification, of any director, the remaining directors, at their next meeting, or as soon as convenient thereafter, shall elect, by ballot, another person, qualified as aforesaid, in his place, for the residue of the year. The directors, or any seven of them, shall, at their next meeting after every general election, elect, by a majority of members present, by ballot, from among themselves, a president, who shall retain all the powers ond privileges of a director; and in case of refusal, death, resignation, or disqualification, of the presi dent, the directors shall meet as soon as conve niently can be thereafter, and, after filling the vacancy in the number of directors required by this act, elect another person for president in manner before directed. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any of the said banks, after the first day of January next, to make, issue, or reissue, any bill, note, or obligation, payable to bearer or order, of a denomination under five dollars. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the fourteenth section of the act incorporating the Bank of Columbia aforesaid, passed the twenty-eighth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed and annulled: Provided, That the said fourteenth section shall remain in full force and effect in relation to all debts contracted with the said bank previous to the passing of this act. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Central Bank of Georgetown and Washington to proceed, forthwith, to liquidate and close all the concerns of the corporation. and, after paying and satisfying the debts, contracts, and obligations, of the corporation, to di vide the capital and profits which may remain among the stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests; and for this purpose, and for no other intent or purpose whatever, all the neces sary powers, as fully as they are now enjoyed by the said corporation, shall be, and the same are hereby, continued to the said corporation, for the term of five years from the first day of January next, and no longer. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the stockholders of the Central Bank of Georgetown and Washington aforesaid, at their next annual meeting for the election of directors, to reduce the board of direc tors for the said Central Bank, to any number not less than six. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Alexandria, in the town of Alexandria, shall be held on the third SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the corMonday of January in every year, during the con- poration of the Bank of Potomac be, and the same tinuance of this act; previous notice whereof shall is hereby, continued and extended to the third day be published in some newspaper printed in Alex- of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand andria or the City of Washington, for the space eight hundred and thirty-six, during which time of four weeks successively; and the stockholders it shall hold, and be possessed of all the rights, assembled in consequence of such notice shall privileges, and immunities, now secured to it by choose by ballot from among themselves, by a an act, passed on the sixteenth day of February majority of votes of such as shall be present, or one thousand eight hundred and eleven, entitled |
