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. CHAP. I.-An Act making appropriation for compensation to the members and CHAP. II.-An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States. 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 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. Dec. 23, 1825. to the Senators of the House of Representatives, &c., for fuel, &c. 1826, ch. 13. STATUTE I. Jan. 18, 1826. [Obsolete.] Appropriations for the military service of the year 1826, &c. For pensions to revolutionary pensioners. For the inva For the invalid and half pay pensioners, in addition to an unexpended balance of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, sixty-seven thousand lid and half pay five hundred dollars. 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 treasury. VOL. IV.-18 м2 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. Feb. 1, 1826. Act of April 18, 1818, ch. 69, revived, and to continue in force for three years. 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. CHAP. IV.-An Act to revive and continue in force, an act, entitled “An act STATUTE I. Feb. 1, 1826. Act of the legislative council of Florida, of July 4th, 1823, declared null and void. CHAP. V.-An Act to annul "An act concerning wreckers and wrecked property," pussed 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 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. STATUTE I. Feb. 1, 1826. [Obsolete.] Legislature of Ohio authorized to sell, &c., all of schools in 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 or any part of the lands approfee simple, all, or any part, of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Con- priated by Congress, for the use of schools within said state, and to gress for the use 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 ob tained in such manner as the legislature of said state shall by law direct: And provided, also, That, in the apportionment of the proceeds said state, and invest the money in some pro ductive fund. Proviso. Proviso. (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. sup 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 port 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 Con gress. Purchasing of two stoves, &c. CHAP. VIII.—An Act concerning the transportation of the mail between Vincennes 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 authorized to cause to be made an ac curate and mi- tion south of the view to ascer tain the most eligible route for a canal, to lantic with the Gulf of Mexico. connect the At board of engineers, and that he cause a full report of these proceedings to be made to Congress; and to carry the same into effect, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1826. STATUTE I. Act of March Limits of March 3, 1826. CHAP. X.-An Act to extend the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 3, 1809, ch. 30. States of America, in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the limits prescribed by an act supplementary to an act, entitled " An act to amend the charter of Georgetown," approved third of March, eighteen hundred and nine, the said limits between Seventh and Eighth streets shall be further extended, so as to extend westwardly, from Fayette street, three hundred feet. Georgetown extended westwardly, &c. STATUTE I. March 14, 1826. [Obsolete.] Expenses of the navy, for the year 1826. For pay and subsistence of APPROVED, March 3, 1826. CHAP. XII.—Ân Act, making appropriations for the support of the navy of For the pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, other than those at navy yards, shore stations, and in ordinary, nine hunnavy yards, &c. dred and eight thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty officers, &c., at Of officers, &c., at navy yards, &c. Naval con structors, &c. For provi sions. Repairs of vessels. Navy yards. Survey of harbours. &c. Medicines, For defraying certain ex penses for 1826. For freight cents. For the pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of seamen, and others at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals, and in ordinary, one hundred and forty one thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-five cents. For the pay of naval constructors, superintendents, and all the civil establishment at the several navy yards and stations, fifty-two thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For provisions, three hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars seventy-five cents. For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in commission, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements of navy yards, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, to wit: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ten thousand dollars; Charlestown, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars; New York, thirty-five thousand dollars; Philadelphia, thirty thousand dollars; Washington, fifteen thousand dollars; Gosport, forty thousand dollars. For a survey of the harbours of Savannah and Brunswick, in Georgia, Beaufort in South Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland, with a view to ascertain the practical facilities of those places for naval purposes, ten thousand dollars. For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, and all other expenses on account of the sick, forty-five thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses which may accrue during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, for the following purposes: For freight and transportation of materials and stores of every descripand transportation; for wharfage and dockage; for storage and rent: for travelling tion, &c., &c. expenses of officers, and transportation of seamen; for house rent or chamber money; for fuel and candles to officers, other than those attached to navy yards and shore stations; for commissions, clerk hire, office rent, fuel, and stationery to navy agents; for premiums and incidental expenses of recruiting; for expenses of pursuing deserters; for compensation to judge advocates; for per diem allowance to persons attending courts martial, and courts of inquiry, and to officers engaged on extra service beyond the limits of their stations; for expenses of persons in sick quarters, for burying deceased persons belonging to the navy; for printing and stationery of every description; for books, charts, mathematical and nautical instruments, chronometers, models, and drawings; for purchase and repair of fire and steam engines and machinery; for purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and for carts, wheels, and workmen's tools, of every description; for postage of letters on public service; for pilotage; for cabin furniture for vessels in commission; for taxes on navy yards and public property; for assistance rendered to public vessels in distress; for incidental labour at navy yards, not applicable to any other appropriation; for coals and other fuel for forges, founderies, steam engines, and for candles, oil, and fuel; for vessels in commission, and in ordinary and including the expense of breaking up the stations on the Lakes, and at New Orleans and Barrataria, and for transporting the articles from thence, and for no other object or purpose whatever, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, for objects arising during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and not herein before enumerated, five thousand dollars. For the pay and subsistence of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, and washerwomen of the marine corps, one hundred and seventy-six thousand one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ten cents. For clothing for the same, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars. For fuel for the same, six thousand dollars. For contingencies, that is to say: for travelling expenses for officers, and transportation for men, freight of stores from one station to another, toll, ferriage, wharfage and cartage, expenses of recruiting, per diem allowance for attending courts martial and courts of inquiry, compensation to judge advocates, house rent, chamber money, where there are no quarters assigned, incidental labour in the quartermaster's department, expenses of burying deceased persons belonging to the corps, printing and stationery, postage on public letters, forage, per diem allowance to officers on extra duty, expenses of pursuing deserters, keeping in repair the barracks at the different stations, straw for the men, barrack furniture, spades, axes, shovels, picks, and carpenters' tools, and for no other purpose whatever, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. For sundry expenses arising in the current year, not hereinbefore mentioned, five hundred dollars. For medicines, hospital stores, and instruments for the officers and marines stationed on shore, two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents. For barracks, nine thousand dollars. For the agency on the coast of Africa, for receiving the negroes, mulattoes, and persons of colour, delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave trade, by commanders of the United States armed vessels, thirty-two thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated: Provided, however, That no money appropriated by this act shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is in arrears to the United States, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided, Contingent expenses. Pay, &c., of officers, &c., of the marine corps. Clothing. Fuel. Contingent expenses. For defraying sundry expen ses. Medicines, &c. Barracks. Agency to the coast of Africa. Money to be paid from the treasury. Proviso. |