For continuing the work on the Centre Building, the sum of 1821. eighty thousand dollars. Centre Building. For covering the roof of the President's House with cop- President's per, seven thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars. House. For graduating and improving the ground around the Capi- Ground round the tol, two thousand dollars. Capitol. Hall, and Libra For improvements in the Senate Chamber, and in the Hall Senate Chamber, of the House of Representatives, and in the Library, seven ry. hundred dollars. lances to the SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended Unexpended ba balances of appropriations to other public buildings, are hereby Centre Building. appropriated to the Centre Building. the Treasury. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said several Out of moneys in sums of money be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, 3 March, 1821.] CHAP. 38. An ACT to authorize the President of the United States to borrow a Sum not exceeding Five Millions of Dollars. empowered to not ex dolls. at not ex [SECT. 1.] 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, The President empowered to borrow, on the credit of the United States, a borrow sum not exceeding five millions of dollars, at a rate of inter- ceeding 5,000,000 est, payable quarter-yearly, not exceeding five per centum per ceeding 5 pr cent. annum, and reimbursable, at the will of the government, at any Reimbursable aftime after the first day of January, one thousand eight hun- terlet Jan. 1835. dred and thirty-five; to be applied, in addition to the moneys To defray publie now in the Treasury, or which may be received therein from expenses. other sources, during the present year, to defray any of the public expenses which are, or may be, authorized by law. The stock thereby created shall be transferable in the same Stock transfera manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the public debt. ble. United States constituted and SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful The Bank of the for the Bank of the United States to lend the said sum, or any may lend the mo part thereof; and it is hereby further declared, that it shall ney. be deemed a good execution of the said power to borrow, for Certificates of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the Stock may be President of the United States, to cause to be constituted cer- old. tificates 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 Proviso; no Stock no stock be sold under par. under par. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, with the ap- the Treasury may obtain Subscrip Commissions to Agents. 1821. probation of the President of the United States, to employ an employ Agents to agent or agents for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions to tions, or to sell the loan authorized by this act, or of selling any part of the the Stock. stock to be created by virtue thereof. A commission of not exceeding one-eighth of one per centum on the amount thus sold, or for which subscriptions shall be obtained, may, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be allowed to such agent or 4,000 dolls. to pay agents; and a sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moueys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated for that object, and subscription certificates, and certificates of stock, and other expenses incident to the due execution of this act. expenses. Surplus of the an tion 10,000,000 payment of inter SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the on of Proprio funds constituting the annual appropriation of ten millions of dolls. pledged for dollars, for the payment of the principal and interest of the est and reim- public debt of the United States, as may be sufficient for that Principal of the purpose, after satisfying the sums necessary for the payment Stock of the Loan. of the interest, and of such part of the principal, of the said bursement of the 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 Commissioners of act. It shall, accordingly, be the duty of the Commissioners the Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund to cause to be applied, and paid out of ply the sums ne- the said fund, yearly, such sum and sums as may annually be authorized to ap cessary. 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 Faith of the U. any part thereof; and the faith of the United States is hereby States pledged. 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, 3 March, 1821.] CHAP. 39. An ACT for carrying into Execution the Treaty between the United [SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, President author. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, ized to take pos- 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 And remove Spa soldiers of the King of Spain, being there, to the Havanna, ording to Treaty agreeably to the stipulations of the Treaty between the United session of E. and W. Florida: nish troops, ac 1821. States and Spain, concluded at Washington, on the twentysecond day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, providing for the cession of said territories to the United States; and he may, for these purposes, and in May employ the order to maintain in said territories the authority of the Army, Navy, and 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. Militia. the President Revenue Laws, SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That, until the end of Organization of the first session of the next Congress, unless provision for the Government, temporary government of said territories be sooner made by may direct. Congress, all the military, civil, and judicial, powers exercised by the officers of the existing government of the same territories, shall be vested in such person and persons, and shall be exercised in such manner, as the President of the United [States] shall direct, for the maintaining the inhabitants of said territories in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion; and the laws of the United States relating to the revenue and its collection, subject to the modification stipu- and Laws prolated by the fifteenth article of the said Treaty, in favor of hibiting the importation of perSpanish vessels and their cargoes, and the laws relating to the sons of color, to be importation of persons of color, shall be extended to the said territories. And the President of the United States shall be, President authorand he is hereby, authorized, within the term aforesaid, to Collection Disestablish such districts for the collection of the revenue, and, point Officers. 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. in force. ized to establish tricts, and ap point a Commis to meet 4th article of the SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of President to apthe United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, sioner and Sur during the recess of the Senate, a Commissioner and Survey-veyor, those of Spain, or, whose commissions shall expire at the end of the next ses- according to the sion of Congress, to meet the Commissioner and Surveyor Treaty. who may be appointed on the part of Spain, for the purposes stipulated in the fourth article of said Treaty; and that the President may President be, and he is hereby, further authorized to take all measures necesother measures which he shall judge proper, for carrying into 4th article of the effect the stipulations of the said fourth article. take all other sary, under the Treaty. Commissioners, article of Treaty. Board. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That a Board of three Board of three Commissioners shall be appointed, conformably to the stipu- according to 11th lations of the eleventh article of the said Treaty: and the President may President of the United States is hereby authorized to take organize the 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 Secretary. languages, and a Clerk; which appointments, if made during A Clerk. the recess of the Senate, shall, at the next meeting of that body, be subject to nomination for their advice and consent. 1821. SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation Compensation of the respective officers, for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall not exceed the following sums: Of the Commis- The Commissioner to be appointed conformably to the fourth article, at the rate, by the year, of three thousand dollars. sioner under the 4th Article. Of the Surveyor. Of the Commissioners under the 13th Article. Of the Secretary. Of the Clerk. 100,000 dolls, for To the Surveyor, two thousand dollars. To each of the three Commissioners to be appointed conformably to the eleventh article of the Treaty, three thousand dollars. To the Secretary of the Board, two thousand dollars. To one Clark, one thousand five hundred dollars. SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That, for carrying this carrying this Act 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. into execution. to each Commissioner. 2,500 per annum [Approved, 3 March, 1821.] CHAP. 40. An ACT establishing the Salaries of the Commissioners and Agents appointed under the Treaty of Ghent. [SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2,500 per annum 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 to each Agent. appointed, or who may be 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 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 twenty-one. In full. Proviso; compensation limited to two years. and Agents not more than 4,444 Commissioners SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That each Commissioner entitled, before and Agent shall not be entitled to receive, for services per1st Jan, 1821, to formed in their respective offices, before the said first day of dolls. per annum, 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. in full, &c. 25,000 dolls. for ties, &c. during 1821. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty. payment of sala-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, 3 March, 1821.] 5 CHAP. 41. An ACT to authorize the Collectors of Customs to pay Debentures issued on the Exportation of Loaf Sugar and Spirits distilled from Molasses. 1821. Debentures issu rits distilled foam fined sugar, to [SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all debentures which have been, or may hereafter be, ed upon the exissued upon the exportation of spirits distilled from molasses, portation of spi or sugar refined within the United States, shall be payable molasses, or rewithin thirty days after the passing of this act, or thirty days be payable with of the product of after the date of their issue, as the case may be, and shall be in thirty days, aut discharged by the Collector of the Customs, by whom they duties, &e. 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, 3 March, 1821.] CHAP. 42. An ACT to extend the Time for unlading Vessels arriving from [SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ing 300 tons al That when the capacity of any vessel, arriving with a cargo Vessels exceed- [Approved, 3 March, 1821.3 CHAP. 43. An ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to sell and convey a certain Tract of Land in Northumberland County, in the State of Virginia. thorized to sell U. States to a Presly, Thorn [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 of the United States be, The Secretary of and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and dis- the Treasury aupose of, at public or private sale, all the estate, right, title, the right of the interest, claim, and demand, of the United States of America, piece of land forof, in, and to, all that certain tract or piece of land, situate in merly owned by Northumberland county, in the State of Virginia, formerly on, in Virginia. owned by Presly Thornton, of the said county and State, and late of Sharp Delany, containing about two thousand five hun ́dred acres, be the same more or less; the same being the premises which William Lewis and Thomas Robinson, by deed of indenture, executed on the second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and nine, granted and conveyed to the United States; the moneys arising from the said sale to be appropriated towards the payment of a debt the moneys aris due from the late Sharp Delany to the United States; and the residue thereof, if any there be, to be paid over to the legal representatives of the said Sharp Delany. [Approved, 3 March, 1821.] Appropriation of ing from the sale, |