For contingent expenses prior to 1824. For contin gent expenses for 1824. For contingent expenses for 1825. Contingent expenses not enumerated. Navy yards. ers. For building barges. A sum not exceeding 10,000 dollars appropriated, &c. 1827, ch. 94. For the following items which have been carried to the surplus fund on the first of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, viz: For contingent expenses prior to one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, eight hundred and forty-two dollars, thirty-four cents. For contingent expenses for one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars, four cents. For contingent expenses for one thousand eight hundred and twentyfive, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars, twenty-eight cents. For contingent expenses for one thousand eight hundred and twenty- For navy yard at Pensacola, three hundred dollars thirty-seven cents. two cents. For five schooners, fifty-eight dollars thirty-three cents. For building barges, sixty-seven dollars sixteen cents. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid sums be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, for the purchase of such lands as the President of the United States may think necessary and proper to provide live oak and other timber for the use of the navy of the United States, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be paid out of the moneys appropriated for the gradual improvement of the navy of the United States, by the first section of the act, entitled "An act for the gradual improvement of the navy of the United States, approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven." APPROVED, March 19, 1828. STATUTE I. March 19, 1828. [Obsolete.] Sums appropriated for fortifications. Forts. Preservation of islands in Boston harbour. To be paid from the trea sury. STATUTE I. CHAP. XVIII.-An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the 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, appropriated; to wit: for fortifications, to each specifically, as follows: For fort Adams, eighty thousand dollars. For fort Hamilton, sixty thousand dollars. For fort Monroe, one hundred thousand dollars. For fort Calhoun, eighty thousand dollars. For fort Macon, at Bogue point, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For fort at Mobile point, eighty thousand dollars. For fort Jackson, eighty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars. For fortifications at Pensacola, fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications at Charleston, twenty-five thousand dollars. For fortifications at Savannah, twenty-five thousand dollars. For fort at Oak Island, North Carolina, sixty thousand dollars. For preservation of islands in Boston harbour, 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 otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 19, 1828. March 19, 1828. CHAP. XIX.-An Act granting the right of preference in the purchase of public lands, to certain settlers in the St. Helena land district, in the state of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person, his or her Every person, &c., comprised legal representatives, comprised in the list of actual settlers reported to the commissioner of the general land office, by the register for the district of St. Helena, in the state of Louisiana, under the authority of the act of Congress, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the district east of the island of New Orleans," approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, or who did actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in said district on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, not rightfully claimed by any other person, by virtue of any written evidence of claim, legally derived from either the French, British, or Spanish government, 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 quarter section, to be located by sectional lines; and that the same shall be entered with the register of the land office in said district, within two years, or before, if the same shall be offered at public sale. APPROVED, March 19, 1828. in the list of actual settlers, reported to the commissioner of the general land office, under act of March 3d, 1819, ch. 99, shall be entitled to the right of preference, on becoming the purchaser from the of such tract of land. United States, Proviso. CHAP. XXI.—An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United For pay to the army and subsistence of officers, including the military academy, one million and fifty-six thousand three hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents. STATUTE I. March 21, 1828. [Obsolete.] Appropriation for military service for the year 1828. Pay, &c., of officers and the military academy. For subsist For subsistence, in addition to an unexpended balance in the treasury, on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- ence. seven, of sixty-five thousand dollars, two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars.. For forage for officers, forty thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars. For clothing for servants of officers of the army, and of the military academy, and twenty supernumerary second lieutenants, graduates of the military academy, nineteen thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. For the recruiting service, in addition to an unexpended balance in the treasury on thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, of thirteen thousand six hundred dollars, twentytwo thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars. For the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, in addition to an unexpended balance of three thousand three hundred dollars, in the treasury on the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, fourteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars. For arrearages of the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, being the difference between the amount appropriated by Congress for the pay and subsistence of the captains and subalterns, and that allowed by the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, thirty-eight thousand and seventy-seven dollars and eight cents. For the purchasing department, in addition to materials on hand, amounting to forty thousand dollars, viz: for clothing for the army, camp equipage, cooking utensils, and hospital furniture, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty-nine cents. For forage for officers. For clothing for servants of officers, &c. For the recruiting service. For the con tingent expencruiting service. ses of the re For arrear 1827. ages of the year 1827, ch. 29 For the purchasing depart ment. For the purchase of wool lens for the year 1828. Medical and hospital depart ment. Quartermaster general's department. Arrearages in the same. For quartermaster general's department, viz: barracks for two additional com panies and quarters for the graduates from West Point. Fuel, stationery, transportation, &c., repairs, and for improving barracks, &c. Board of visi ters. Contingencies. Arrearages. National ar mories. Ordnance de partment. Arsenals. Arsenal at Augusta, in Maine. To be paid from treasury. Secretary of War authorized and required to establish, &c., the pay of the militia, &c., called into actual service in Illinois and Michigan under act of Jan. 2, 1795, ch. 9. For the purchase of woollens during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, in advance for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, twenty thousand dollars. For the medical and hospital department, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars. For the quartermaster general's department, three hundred and fortythree thousand dollars. For arrearages in the quartermaster general's department, forty-two thousand dollars. For quartermaster general's department, viz : barracks for two addition. al companies, and quarters for the graduates from West Point, ordered to join the infantry school of practice, and to complete store-houses and hospitals, engine and hose, fire buckets, barrack quarters, defences, &c. for four companies at Prairie du Chien: to complete quarters, barracks, hospital and store-houses at fort St. Philip: to complete the buildings and enclose the grounds with pickets, at the establishment near Savannah: for engine and hose complete for fortress Monroe, and for fire buckets, forty-four thousand two hundred and thirty dollars and eighty-four cents. For fuel, stationery, transportation, &c.; repairs, and for improving barracks, erecting new buildings, procuring articles for the mathematical, drawing, chemical, and mineralogical departments, and for the library and contingencies, for the military academy at West Point, excluding the items for quartermaster's clerk, adjutant's clerk, and quartermaster's sergeant, thirty-two thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars and fiftyeight cents. For defraying the expenses of the board of visiters, one thousand five hundred dollars. For contingencies of the army, ten thousand dollars. For arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, ten thousand dollars. For national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For completing the arsenal at Augusta, in Maine, thirty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be authorized and required to settle, adjust, and pay, in conformity with the provisions of the act of the second of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, regulating the pay of the militia, when called into actual service, the claims of the militia and Indians of the state of Illinois, and territory of Michigan, called out by competent authority, or received into service by any general or field officer of the United States, on the occasion of the recent Indian disturbances, and that the expenses of transportation, supplies, materials, ferriage, and work incident to the expedition, shall be settled, according to the justice of the claim, and with strict regard to the law and usage heretofore established for the settlement Appropriation. of such claims; and that the sum of forty thousand dollars be appropriated for the aforesaid objects, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Part of appropriation for the relief of Colonel Wm.Lawrence, &c., carried to the surplus fund, re-appropriated. 1816, ch. 23. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-one cents, being part of an appropriation made by the act of fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for the relief of Lieutenant Colonel William Lawrence and others, and which was carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, be, and the same is hereby, re-appropriated. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balances of appropriations for the following objects be, and the same are hereby, reappropriated, to wit: For balances due certain states on account of militia in the service of the United States during the late war, sixty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy cents. For a road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson, five thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-six cents. For extinguishing the Creek title to lands in Georgia, four thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty-seven cents. For claims against the Osages, by citizens of the United States, eight hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. APPROVED, March 21, 1928. Unexpended balances of appropriations reappropriated. For balances due certain states, &c. Road from Little Rock, &c. Extinguishing the Creek title. Claims against the Osages. CHAP. XXII.-An Act to revive and continue in force the several acts making provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of the public lands. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act (a) Acts which have been passed for the relief of purchasers of public lands: STATUTE I. March 21, 1828. [Expired.] Act of May 18, 1824, ch. 88, and expla An act to extend the time for making payment for the public lands of the United States, March 2, 1809, ch. 26. An act to extend the time for making payment for the public lands of the United States in certain cases, April 30, 1810, ch. 36. An act allowing further time for completing the payments on certain lands held by right of pre-emption in the Mississippi territory, December 12, 1811, ch. 6. An act directing the terms on which lands sold at public sale, and that revert for failure in payment, shall be again sold, January 14, 1812, ch. 15. An act giving further time to the purchasers of public lands north-west of the river Ohio, to complete their payments, April 23, 1812, ch. 64. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act giving further time to the purchasers of public lands north-west of the river Ohio, to complete their payments," July 6, 1812, ch. 134. An act giving further time to the purchasers of public lands to complete their payments, March 3, 1813, ch. 43. An act giving further time to the purchasers of public lands, to complete their payments, February 19, 1814, ch. 14. An act giving further time to purchasers of public lands, to complete their payments, February 4, 1815, ch. 34. An act for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands in the Mississippi territory, April 24, 1816, ch. 75. An act to suspend for a limited time the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon, April 18, 1818, ch. 75. An act to suspend for a limited time the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon, March 3, 1819, ch. 74. An act further to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon, March 30, 1820, ch. 28. An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty, March 2, 1821, ch. 12. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the 1st day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty," April 20, 1822, ch. 30. An act further to extend the provisions of the act entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, March 3, 1823, ch. 57. An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due the United States by the purchasers of public lands, May 18, 1824, ch. 88. An act explanatory of an act entitled "An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands," approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, May 26, 1824, ch. 176. An act making further provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States, by the purchasers of public lands, May 4, 1826, ch. 34. An act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands, that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money, May 23, 1828, ch. 71. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money," passed the twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, July 9, 1832, ch. 181. natory act of May 26, 1824, ch. 176,' an act making further provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands, continued until July 4, 1829. 1826, ch. 34. The provisions of this act extended to all lands. to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands," approved May the eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and the act, entitled "An act explanatory of an act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands," approved May the twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four; and also the act, entitled "An act making further provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands," approved May the fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, be, and the same are hereby, revived and continued in force until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, extended to all lands on which a further credit has not been taken, and which, having become forfeited to the United States since the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, remain unsold. APPROVED, March 21, 1828. CHAP. XXIII.-An Act authorizing a subscription for the statistical tables prepared by George Watterston and Nicholas B. Van Zandt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for the Department of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for, and receive, for the use and disposal of Congress, six hundred copies of the statistical tables proposed to be published by George Watterston and Nicholas B. Van Zandt, of the city of Washington. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, to defray the cost of the said subscription; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, April 3, 1828. CHAP. XXVIII.—An Act to confirm certain claims to lands in the territory of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the claims purporting to be confirmed, or recommended for confirmation, by the commissioners appointed to carry into effect the "Act to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on claims to lands in, and for settling the claims to lands at, Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, in the territory of Michigan," passed on the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, which are contained in volumes two, four, and five, be, and the same are, confirmed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the claims purporting to be confirmed, or recommended for confirmation, by the commissioners appointed to carry into effect " An act to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the territory of Michigan," passed the twenty-first of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, which are contained in volumes one, three, six, eight, and nine, of said reports, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. (a) Notes of the acts which have been passed relating to the sales of lands in the territory of Michigan, vol. ii. 437. |