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For defraying the expense of a building, near the Navy Department, twelve hundred and sixty one dollars and eighteen gi01 16 ets. for a

cents.

building near the Navy Depart

ment.

83,121 10 cts. for

For an entrance and door way into the Capitol, from the top of the terrace on the western front, three thousand one an entrance, kt hundred and twenty-one dollars and ten cents.

into the Capitol.

the Public Build

accommodation of

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner Commissioner of of the Public Buildings be, and he hereby is, authorized and ing to cause an Engine-house to empowered to be caused to be built, an Engine House, for the be built for the accommodation of the FranklinEngineCompany,under suitable the Franklin conditions, to secure the faithful performance of the work, and gine congrany, to procure an Hydraulion Engine and the requisite appurtenances of the same; and that the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of the same.

1829, office of ar

determine, &c.

City of Washing

lic Peace, &c. ex

itol and Capitol

made by the presi

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the After 41 Margh, fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-chitect of the Capnine, the office of Architect of the Capitol shall cease and de- itol to cease and termine; and that the said Architect shall, on said day, deliver up to the Commissioner of the Public Buildings all the books, plans, accounts, vouchers, and all other papers and things belonging to his office: and the said Commissioner shall take charge of, and superintend the Public Buildings, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by law; and that the said Commissioner be required to reside near the Capitol. SECT. 4 And be it further enacted, That the regulations of the Regulations of the City of Washington, for the preservation of the public peace the prese and order, be extended to the Capitol and Capitol square, vation of the pubwhenever the application of the same shall be requested by the ended to the Cap presiding officer of either House of Congress, or the Commis- square, whenever sioner of the Public Buildings; and that it shall be the duty of application be the Commissioner of the Public Buildings to obey such rules ding officer of eiand regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed, joint- Congress, or the ly, by the presiding officersof the two Houses of Congress, for the Public Buildthe care, preservation, orderly keeping, and police of all such portions of the Capitol, its appurtenances, and the enclosures about it, and the public buildings and property in its immediate vicinity, as are not in the exclusive use and occupation of either House of Congress; that it shall also be his duty to obey such rules and regulations as may be, from time to time, prescribed by the presiding officer of either House of Congress; for the care, preservation, orderly keeping, and police of those portions of the Capitol and its appurtenances, which are in the exclusive use and occupation of either House of Congress respectively; and that it shall also be his duty to obey such rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the President of the United States, for the care, preservation, orderly keeping, and police of the other Public Buildings and

ther House of

Commissioner of

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A reasonable com

1828. public property, in the City of Washington; and the Commissioner and his assistants are hereby authorized and empowered to use all necessary and proper means for the discharge of the aforesaid duties; and the necessary assistants of the Commissioner shall receive a reasonable compensation for their servipensation to be ces, to be allowed by the presiding officers of the two Houses ry assistants of the of Congress; one moiety of the said sums to be paid out of be allowed by the the contingent fund of the Senate, and the other moiety of the of the two Houses same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of of Congress. Representatives. [Approved, 2 May, 1828.]

paid the neccessa

commissioner, to

presiding officers

authorized, &c. to

CHAP. 46. An ACT to authorize the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the Laws 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, Secretary of State That the Secretary for the Department of State be, and he is subscribe for, &c. hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for, and receive, for use and dispo for the use and disposal of Congress, five hundred and fifty copics of these copies of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States, the Laws of the to contain an index to the same, to be well bound; and cause

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to be distributed, one copy thereof to the President of the United States, one copy to the Vice President of the United States, one copy to each of the Heads of Departments; to the Attorney General of the United States, to each of the Senators and Representatives, and to each. Delegate of Territories of the Twentieth Congress; fifteen copies to the Secretary of the Senate, for the use of the Senate, and thirty copies to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for the use of that House; one copy to each branch of the Legislature of each State and Territory; and one copy to each of the Executives of the several States and Territories; and cause the residue to be deposited in the Library of Congress

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose aforesaid, the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

Sums appropriated.

CHAP. 47. An ACT making appropriations for the Indian Department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

[SECT. 1.] 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 the same are hereby, appro priated, to wit:

For pay of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, 1828. and the several Indian Agents, as authorized by law, thirty-one pay of Superinthousand dollars.

For the pay of Sub-Agents as established by law, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars.

tendent of Indian
Affairs.

Pay of Sub-
Agents.

For presents to Indians, as authorized by act of one thou Presents 10 InBand eight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars.

dians.

Houses for Sub

For houses for sub agents, interpreters, and blacksmiths, at Peoria and loway sub-agencies; expenses of emigrating In- Agents, &c. &c. dians; claims of Delawares, for horses taken by white men ; holding councils for settlement of differences among Indian Tribes, &c. within the superintendency of General Člark, as estimated for by him, fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty-four dollars.

ses arising out of

tended inter

For additional expense arising out of the recently extended Additional expenintercourse with the Indians within the Michigan Territory, the recently ex and the establishment of a new sub-agency therein, for the course with the Chippewas, high up Lake Superior, at La Point, or Michael's Indians within the Island, as recommended by Governor Cass, five thousand dol- 7, &c. lars:

Michigan Territo

Additional expeh. ses at the Red Riv er Agency, on ac

For additional expense at the Red River Agency, on account, of the removal of the Quapaws, and attaching them to that Agen-count of the recy, agreeably to the late treaty with them, one thousand three moval of the Quahundred dollars:

For expense attending Indian Agency established under the late treaty with the Creek nation, and an act of Congress of twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, four thousand five hundred dollars:

paws, &c.

Expense attend

ing Indian A gerider the late treaty with the Creek

cy established un

nation.

(See Vol 7, P

For aiding emi-
Creek Indians

For aiding the emigration of the Creek Indians, providing for them for the period of twelve months after their emigration, gration of the and for rendering them such assistance as the President of the United States may think proper, in their agricultural operations, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the existing treaty with the Creek nation of Indians, having relation to the aforesaid objects, fifty thousand dallars:

To enable the

carry into effect

ment and cussion entered into on the 24th April, 1802, between the

And the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to enable the President of the United States President U. S. 10 to carry into effect the articles of agreement and cession, en articles of agrestered into on the twenty-fourth of April, one thousand eight hundred and two. between the United States and the State of Georgia, which sum of money, or so much thereof as may be . S. and the necessary, shall be applied under the direction of the President' of the United States, to the extinguishment of the claims of the Cherokee Indians, to all the lands which they occupy within. the limits of the said State:

State of Georgia.

For contingencies of Indian Department, ninety-five thou- Contingencies Insand dollars:

dian Department.

Refunding to the

For refunding to the State of North Carolina the amount expended by her in extinguishing the title of certaiu ludians of state of Caruli

1828.

the Cherokee tribe, to reservations of land within the limits of a the amount ex- said State, granted to them in fee simple, by treaties with the pended by her, in United States, in the years one thousand eight hundred and extinguishing the title of certain In-seventeen, and one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the okee tribe to reser- sum of twenty two thousand dollars.

dians of the Cher

vations of land,

within said State.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums Sums appropria: hereby appropriated, be paid out of any money in the Treasu the Treasury. ry not otherwise appropriated.

ted,to be paid from

[Approved, 9 May, 1828.] ·

Assent of Con

constructing a Rail Road.

CHAP. 48 An ACT to authorize a Rail Road within the District of Columbia.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress to the constructing a Rail Road gress given to the by a Company Incorporated by the Legislature of Maryland, from Baltimore to the City of Washington, be and the same is hereby given to the extent that Congress has jurisdiction of the soil over which it may pass; conceding to said Company to exact such tolls. and to enjoy such benefits and privileges, as the act of incorporation of the State of Maryland gives to said Corporation within the limits of the State of Maryland: Provided, In the location of the Road it shall not be lawful for said Company to pass through any the, reserved squares or open spaces of the City without the consent of Congress.

Proviso;

[Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

French Vessel

from the Islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and

eles, the growth,

I said Islands, ad

the U. S.

CHAP. 49. An ACT regulating commercial intercourse with the Islands of
Martinique and Guadaloupe.

[SECT, 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all French vessels, coming directly from the Islands of coming directly Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth or manufacture of either of said Islands, and which are permitladen with art- ted to be exported therefrom in American vessels, may be ad&c. of either of mitted into the Ports of the United States on payment of no mitted into the higher duties on tonnage, or on their cargoes, as aforesaid, than Pote of condi: are imposed on American Vessels, and on like cargoes imported in American Vessels: Provided, That if the President of the United States shall, at any time, receive satisfactory information that the privileges allowed to American Vessels and. their cargoes at said Islands, by the French ordinance of February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby authorized, by Procla mation, to suspend the operation of this act, and withhold all privileges allowed under it. [Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

tions. Provisò;

1828.

of Missourri, au

relinquish to the

section 25, in

range 20, west, of

CHAP. 50. An ACT for the Belief of William Gentry, of Missous. [SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William Gentry, of Saline County, in the State of Mis- William Gentry, souri be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the Uni-thorized, &c. to ted States the north-west quarter of section twenty-five, in v. S. the north township fifty, in range twenty, west, of the fifth principal me. west quarter of ridian, in Missouri; and to enter, instead thereof, the north Township 50, east quarter of the same section, if it shall remain unsold when the 5th principal he shall make his application; or if it shall have been sold, enter another is then he may enter any other quarter section, in the same land district, that shall be liable to entry at private sale, instead of the said north-east quarter; for which he has heretofore paid the United States, in consequence of the mistake of the Clerk in the Register's office, at Franklin, in inserting the said northwest quarter in the entry. [Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

meridian, and to

lieu thereof.

CHAP. 51. An ACT for the Relief of Elvington Roberts, of Mississippi.

erts of Mississippi,

relinquish to the

of the south east

quarter. section 24, in township 2 enter another

range 4, east, and

to

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Elvington Roberts, of Adams County, in the State of Mis- Elvington. Rob sissippi be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the authorized, &c. to United States the east half of the south-east quarter, section U. s. the cast half twenty-four, in township two, of range four, east, in the State of Mississippi; and to enter, instead thereof, the east half of the south west quarter of section number twenty four, in town ship number two, of range number four, east of the basis meridian, in the district of lands sold at Washington, Mississippi, if the same shall remain unsold when he makes application; or if it shall have been sold, then he is permitted to enter any other half quarter section in the same land district, that shall be liable to entry at private sale, instead of the lands relinquished by the provisions of this bill.

[Approved, 9 May, 1828.]

in lieu thereof.

CHAP. 52. An ACT supplementary to "An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants, of the sui paid, and to be paid by the goverument of Great Britain, under a convention between the United States and his Britannic Majesty, concluded at London, on the thirteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six," passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the eighth section of the aforesaid act shall be, and the section r same is hereby, repealed.

pealed.

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