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eight hundred and twenty-five, of seven thousand dollars, two thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars.

Purchasing

For the purchasing department, in addition to materials on hand, of sixty thousand dollars, two hundred and two thousand two hundred and department. fifty-one dollars and nineteen cents.

For one thousand complete suits of extra clothing to be put in depot, and for one additional pair of shoes to be allowed for each enlisted soldier per annum, fifty-one thousand five hundred and two dollars and forty-five

cents.

Extra clothing,

&c.

Purchase of

For the purchase of woollens, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, in advance for the year one thousand eight woollens. hundred and twenty-seven, twenty thousand dollars.

For medical and hospital department, twenty-five thousand and seventyseven dollars.

For the quartermaster general's department, two hundred and eightyfour thousand seven hundred and six dollars and sixty-seven cents. For quartermaster's supplies, transportation, stationery, outstanding debts, repairs, chairs for examinations, grates, and lightning rods, for the military academy at West Point, fifteen thousand and five hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy-four cents.

Medical and hospital depart

ment.

Quartermaster general's department.

Quartermaster's supplies,

&c.

&c.

Mathematical

For articles required for the mathematical, drawing, chemical, and mineralogical departments, additions to the library, paving, barracks, pa- instruments, rade, conduit for supplying water, and for new quarters, as recommended by the board of visiters for the military academy at West Point, nineteen thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. For the contingencies of the army, ten thousand dollars.

For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixty-five thousand dollars.

For arsenals, twenty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.

For arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, fifteen thousand dollars.

For arrearages from the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, three thousand dollars.

For building an arsenal at Vergennes, Vermont, fifteen thousand dollars.

For completing the repair of Plymouth beach, thirteen thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety cents.

Contingencies.
Armories.
Ordnance ser

Arsenals.
Arrearages.

vice.

Arrearages from July 1,

1815.

Building an arsenal, &c. Repair of Plymouth beach. Continuation

land road.

For the continuation of the Cumberland road, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, which shall be replaced out of the fund reserved for of the Cumberlaying out, and making roads under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, into the Union, on equal footing with the original States.

For repairs made on the Cumberland road during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, seven hundred and forty-nine dollars. For completing the works for deepening the channel of entrance into the harbour of Presque Isle, seven thousand dollars.

For the defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations, surveys, preparatory to, and in aid of, the formation of roads and canals, fifty thousand dollars.

For the armament of new fortifications, one hundred 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 otherwise 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: Pro

Repairs on the Cumberland

road.

Harbour of Presque isle. Surveys, &c., of roads and ca

nals.

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vided, also, That nothing in this section shall be construed to extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes, received by such person to be expended in the public service; but in all cases where the salary or pay of any person is withheld in pursuance of this act, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by the party, his agent or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Treasury Department the balance due, and it shall be the duty of the said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties.

APPROVED, March 25, 1826.

STATUTE I.

March 31, 1826. CHAP. XVIII.—An Act to confirm the supplementary report of the commissioners

[Obsolete.] Certain claims

described in the supplementary report of the commissioners of the western district of Louisiana, confirmed.

1816, ch. 159.

of the western district of Louisiana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims marked B, described in the supplementary report of the commissioners of the western district of the state of Louisiana, dated the 11th of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and recommended by them for confirmation, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed in the same manner, and under the same restrictions, as the report, to which this was supplementary, was confirmed, by the act of the twenty-ninth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

APPROVED, March 31, 1826.

STATUTE I.

April 5, 1826. [Obsolete.] Sums respect ively appropri

ated for the navy, for 1826.

Pay and subsistence of petty

officers and seamen, &c.

Provisions.

Medicines, &c. Repairs, &c. of vessels.

To be paid from the treasury. Proviso.

Proviso.

CHAP. XXI.—An Act to provide for the employment of an additional naval force. 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, for defraying the expenses of the navy for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated by law for that object, that is to say:

For pay and subsistence of petty officers, and for pay of seamen, other than those at navy yards, shore stations, and in ordinary, sixty-six thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven dollars.

For provisions, forty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

For medicines and hospital stores, four thousand dollars.

For repairs, and wear and tear of vessels, ninety thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereby made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise 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, further, That nothing in this section contained shall extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes received by such person to be expended in the public service, but in all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld in pursuance of this act, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by the party, his agent or attorney, to report forthwith, to the agent of the Treasury Department, the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties.

APPROVED, April 5, 1826.

CHAP. XXII.—An Act to extend the land districts 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 all that tract of country in the territory of Arkansas, lying north of the base line, and west of the Lawrence land district, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part of, said land district; and all that part of the territory of Arkansas lying south of the base line, and west of the Arkansas land district, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the Arkansas land district: (a) Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed as authorizing a survey or interference of any kind whatever upon any lands, the right whereof is in any Indian tribe. APPROVED, April 5, 1826.

STATUTE I.

April 5, 1826.

Tract of coun

try attached to the land district

in Arkansas.

Proviso.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. XXIII.—An Act for altering the time of holding one term of the district April 5, 1826. court for the western district of Pennsylvania. (b)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the term of the district court of the western district of Pennsylvania, now directed to be held at Pittsburg, in the county of Alleghany, on the second Monday of October, shall hereafter be held at the same place, on the third Monday of October, in each year thereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, processes, pleadings, and other proceedings, commenced and pending in the said district court, shall have day, be heard, and determined, on the said third Monday of October, in the same manner as they would have been, on the second Monday of October, if the act had not passed. APPROVED, April 5, 1826.

Term of court held in Pittsburg altered.

All actions,

suits, &c., to re

main the same
as if no change
had taken
place.

STATUTE I.

Consent of

Congress given

to lay out and make a canal

CHAP. XXV.-An Act to authorize the state of Pennsylvania to lay out and make April 14, 1826. a canal through the United States' public ground, near the city of Pittsburg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the state of Pennsylvania, to lay out and make a canal through the United States' public ground at the village of Lawrenceville, near the city of Pittsburg: Provided, That, in laying out and making said canal, the said state, the engineers, artisans, or labourers, by her employed, shall not interfere with, or injure, any of the buildings, improvements, or other works, erected, or that may hereafter be erected by, or for the use of, the United States.

through the United States' public ground. Proviso.

Bridges to be erected and kept in repair

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, as a condition on which the assent of Congress is given, wherever said canal shall cross any public or private road, or highway, in said public ground, the state of Pennsylva- fit for the pas nia shall cause bridges to be erected fit for the passage of carts and wagons; and forever thereafter keep and maintain the said bridges passable and in good repair, without receiving any toll or tolls, or any other compensation whatever.

APPROVED, April 14, 1826.

(a) Act of Feb. 17, 1818, ch. 12. Act of March 17, 1820, ch. 26.
(b) See notes to the act of May 15, 1820, ch. 111.

sage
of carts
and wagons.

STATUTE I.

April 20, 1826.

Duties imposed on vessels of Colombia, &c., to be the same as those payable on vessels of the United States, &c.

Secretary of the treasury to return all duties assessed since Jan. 29, 1826, on vessels of Colombia, and their cargoes being the growth, &c., of said republic.

This act to continue in force during the time that the equality for

which it provides be reciprocated in the

ports of Colombia, &c.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. XXVI.—An Act to equalize the duties on vessels of the Republic of Columbia [Colombia] and their cargoes.(a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That no other or higher rate of duties shall be imposed or collected on vessels of the Republic of Columbia [Colombia,] and their cargoes, consisting of articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of said republic, than are, or may be, payable on vessels of the United States with cargoes composed as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to return all duties which have been assessed since the twenty-ninth January, eighteen hundred and twentysix, on vessels of the Republic of Columbia [Colombia,] and their cargoes composed of articles of the growth, produce or manufacture of the said republic, beyond the amount which would have been payable on vessels of the United States and cargoes, composed as aforesaid, imported therein; and that the same allowances of drawback on exportations, in vessels of the Republic of Columbia, [Colombia,] be made as on the like exportations, in vessels of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force during the time that the equality for which it provides shall, in all respects, be reciprocated in the ports of the Republic of Columbia [Colombia;] and if, at any time hereafter, the said equality shall not be reciprocated in the ports of the said republic, the President may, and he is hereby authorized to, issue his proclamation, declaring that fact, whereupon this act shall cease and determine.

APPROVED, April 20, 1826.

April 20, 1826. CHAP. XXVII.-An Act appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the postroads between Jackson and Columbus in the state of Mississippi.

Appropriation for the repair of the post-road between Jack

son and Columbus, Miss.

STATUTE I.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the repair of the post-road in the Indian country, between Jackson and Columbus, in the state of Mississippi, to be expended under the direction of the Postmaster General; and that the said sum of money be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, April 20, 1826.

April 22, 1826. CHAP. XXVIII.-An Act giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, and territory of Florida.(b)

Any person,

&c., who, on or before Jan. 1, 1825, cultivated, &c. a tract of land in Florida, &c., shall be entitled to

the pre-emption in the purchase thereof, under the act of Feb. 5, 1813, ch. 20.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person, or the legal representatives of any person, who, being either the head of a family, or twenty-one years of age, did, on or before the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land situated in the territory of Florida, which tract is not rightfully claimed by any other person, and who shall not have removed from the said territory, shall be entitled to the right of pre-emption in the purchase thereof, under the same terms, restrictions, conditions, provisions and regulations, in every respect, as are directed by the

(a) See notes to the act of January 7, 1824, ch. 4, for notes of the act relating to discriminating duties. (b) See notes to the act of May 8, 1822, ch. 129.

Act of Feb.

Proviso.

act, entitled "An act giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois territory," passed February the 5, 1813, ch. 20. fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen: Provided, That no person shall be entitled to the provisions of this section, who claims any tract of land in said territory, by virtue of a confirmation of the commissioners, or by virtue of any act of Congress.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person, or the legal representatives of any person, entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser of a tract of land at private sale, according to the provisions of this act, who is settled on a fractional quarter section, shall have the privilege of purchasing an adjoining quarter section, or the fractional quarter section, improved by them, at their option.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in cases where two or more persons entitled to the right of pre-emption shall be settled on one quarter, or fractional quarter section of land, they shall be authorized to purchase one or more quarter sections, which, with the quarter section, or fractional quarter upon which such persons are settled, shall be equally divided between them, in such manner as the register and receiver shall direct, so as to secure, as far as may be practicable, to each person, their improvements, respectively: Provided, That in no instance shall any person be entitled to a preference in the purchase for more than one quarter section of land, in addition to his portion of the fractional quarter section on which he is settled.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person, or persons, who have settled on and improved any of the lands in the said territory, reserved for the use of schools, and who would have had the right of preemption thereto by this law, had not the same been so reserved, shall have the right of pre-emption under the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same restrictions, provided for in other cases of a right of pre-emption in said territory to a quarter section of unappropriated lands in the same township, and as near adjacent as lands of like quantity can be obtained.

Any person,

&c., settled on a fractional quarter section, to have the privi lege of purchasing an adjoining one. Where two

have the right or pre-emption.

or more persons

Proviso.

Any person settled on, &c., school lands, any of the shall have the right of preemption, &c.

Right of pre

emption, &c., to certain persons.

Act of March

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal representative, comprised in the list of actual settlers, reported to the commissioner of the general land office, by the register and receiver for the district of Jackson Courthouse, in the state of Mississippi, under the authority of an act of Congress, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices in the districts east of the Island of New Orleans," approved the third day of March, one thousand eight 3, 1819, ch. 99. hundred and nineteen, not having any written evidence of claim to land, in said district, and who, on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, did actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in said district, not claimed by virtue of any written evidence of claim, legally derived from either the French, British, or Spanish governments, or granted as a donation by virtue of any act of Congress heretofore passed, shall be entitled to a right of preference, on becoming the purchaser from the United States of such tract of land, at the same price for which other public lands are sold at private sale: Provided, That such tract of land shall not contain more than one hundred and sixty acres, to be located by sectional lines, and that the same shall be duly entered with the register of the proper office, within the term of two years, or before, if the same shall be offered at public sale: And provided also, Where any person is settled on, and has improved any school lands in said district, he, she or they, shall be governed by the provisions of the fourth section of this act.

APPROVED, April 22, 1826.

Proviso.

Proviso.

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