For a building lot, &c., for a jail at Alexan dria. For complet For the cost of a building lot, and other expenditures for the jail at Alexandria, one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and sixteen cents. For the completion of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, tiary, District of twenty-two thousand three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ninety ing peniten Columbia. For a building near the Navy Department. For an en trance, &c. into the Capitol. Commissioner ings to cause an seven cents. For defraying the expense of a building, near the Navy Department, twelve hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighteen cents. For an entrance and door way into the Capitol, from the top of the terrace on the western front, three thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and ten cents. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the pubof public build- lic buildings be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to be caused to be built, an engine house, for the accommodation of the Franklin Engine Company, under suitable conditions, to secure the faithful performance of the work, and 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. After March 4, 1829, office of architect of the Capitol to cease and determine, &c. Regulations of the city of Washington for the preservation of the public peace, &c., extended to the Capitol and Capitol square, whenever application be made by the presiding officer of either housc of Congress, or the commission er of the public buildings, &c. A reasonable compensation to be paid the necessary assistants of the commissioner, &c. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, the office of architect of the Capitol shall cease and determine; 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. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the regulations of the city of Washington, for the preservation of the public peace and order, be extended to the Capitol and Capitol square, whenever the application of the same shall be requested by the presiding officer of either house of Congress, or the commissioner of the public buildings; and that it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the public buildings to obey such rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed, jointly, by the presiding officers of the two houses of Congress, for the 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 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 services, to be allowed by the presiding officers of the two houses of Congress; one moiety of the said sums to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, and the other moiety of the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. APPROVED, May 2, 1828. CHAP. XLVI.-An Act to authorize the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States. (a) 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, five hundred and fifty copies of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States, to contain an index to the same, to be well bound; and cause 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. 2200 dollars SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose aforesaid, the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is here- appropriated. by, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 9, 1828. CHAP. XLVII.-An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. STATUTE I. May 9, 1828. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, priated. and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as authorized by law, thirty-one thousand dollars. For the pay of sub-agents as established by law, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars. Superintend ent of Indian Sub-agents. affairs. (a) Acts which have been passed authorizing the publication of the laws of the United States: An act in addition to an act entitled "An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States," March 2, 1799, ch. 30. An act to provide for the more extensive distribution of the laws of the United States, March 27, 1804, ch. 60. An act for the disposal of certain copies of the laws of the United States, Jan. 2, 1805, ch. 3. An act authorizing a subscription for the laws of the United States, and for the distribution thereof, April 18, 1814, ch. 69. An act to authorize the publication of the laws of the United States, within the territories of the United States, Nov. 21, 1814, ch. 6. An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes, April 20, 1818, ch. 80. An act to amend the act, entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes," May 11, 1820, ch. 92. An act to authorize the purchase of a number of copies of the sixth volume of the laws of the United States, March 3, 1823, ch. 67. An act to authorize the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the laws of the United States, May 9, 1828, ch. 46. An act to provide for the purchase and distribution of certain copies of the digest of the laws of the United States by Thomas F. Gordon, Feb. 24, 1829, ch. 18. By the act making appropriations for the support of government, March 18, 1830, ch. 33, seven hundred and fifty dollars were appropriated" for completing the sets of the laws on hand in the Department of State." Regulation of the publication of the laws of the United States in newspapers, Act of August 26, 1842, ch. 202, sec. 21. A resolution to authorize the attorney general to contract for copies of a proposed edition of the laws of the United States, March 3, 1845. Presents to Indians. Houses for sub-agents, &c. Expenses of intercourse with the Indians For presents to Indians, as authorized by act of one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars. For houses for sub-agents, interpreters, and blacksmiths, at Peoria and Iowa sub-agencies; expenses of emigrating Indians; claims of Delawares, for horses taken by white men; holding councils for settlement of differences among Indian tribes, &c. within the superintendency of General Clark, as estimated for by him, fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty-four dollars. For additional expense arising out of the recently extended intercourse with the Indians within the Michigan territory, and the establishment of a new sub-agency therein, for the Chippewas, high up Lake Suchigan territory, perior, at La Point, or Michael's Island, as recommended by Governor Cass, five thousand dollars. within the Mi &c. Additional expenses for the removal of the Quapaws, &c. Treaty with the Creek nation. Act of May 20, 1826, ch. 110, For aiding emigration of the Creek Indians. For carrying into effect arti cles of agree- sion entered in Indian depart ment. Refunding to the state of North Carolina the amount ex pended by her, in extinguishing the title of certain Indians. Sums appropriated, to be paid from the treasury. For additional expense at the Red river agency, on account of the removal of the Quapaws, and attaching them to that agency, agreeably to the late treaty with them, one thousand three hundred dollars. For expenses 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. For aiding the emigration of the Creek Indians, providing for them for the period of twelve months after their emigration, 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 dollars. And the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to carry into effect the articles of agreement and cession, entered into on the twentyfourth 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 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 said state. For contingencies of Indian department, ninety-five thousand dollars. For refunding to the state of North Carolina the amount expended by her in extinguishing the title of certain Indians of the Cherokee tribe, to reservations of land within the limits of said state, granted to them in fee simple, by treaties with the United States, in the years one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the sum of twenty-two 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. APPROVED, May 9, 1828. STATUTE I. May 9, 1828. Assent of to the constructing a railroad. CHAP. XLVIII.-An Act to authorize a railroad within the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Congress given States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress to the constructing a railroad 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 Proviso. be lawful for said company to pass through any of the reserved squares or STATUTE I. CHAP. XLIX.—An Act regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of May 9, 1828. Martinique and Guadaloupe. (a) 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 Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth or manufacture of either of said islands, and which are permitted to be exported therefrom in American vessels, may be admitted into the ports of the United States on payment of no higher duties on tonnage, or on their cargoes, as aforesaid, than 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 proclamation, to suspend the operation of this act, and withhold all privileges allowed under it. APPROVED, May 9, 1828. [Obsolete.] French ves sels coming directly from the tinique and Gaudaloupe, islands of Mar and laden with ports of the ditions. Proviso. STATUTE I. CHAP. LII.-An Act supplementary to "An act to provide for the adjustment of May 15, 1828. claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants, of the sum paid, and to be paid by the Government of Great Britain, under a convention between the United States and his Britannic Mujesty, 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. 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 same is hereby, repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commission created by the said act, shall not continue after the first day of September next. APPROVED, May 15, 1828. Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 36. Eighth section repealed. Commission not to continue after Sept. 1, 1828. STATUTE I. CHAP. LIII.—An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of May 15, 1828. the army of the revolution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That each of the surviving officers of the army of the Revolution in the continental line, who was entitled to half pay by the resolve of October twenty-first, seventeen hundred and eighty, be authorized to receive, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in said line, according to his rank in the line, to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided, That, under this act, no officer shall be entitled to receive a larger sum than the full pay of a captain in said line. Each of the surviving offivolutionary army in the continental line, to cers of the re receive pay according to his rank in the line. Proviso. Money received since March 3, 1826, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any of said officers has received money of the United States, as a pensioner, since the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, afore- to be deducted. (a) See notes to act of Jan. 7, 1824, ch. 4. Every surviving non-commissioned officer, &c., who enlisted in said line during continued in its service until its the war, and termination, to receive full pay. Proviso. How to be paid. said pay as accrued by the provisions of this act before March 3, 1828, to be paid to officers, &c. said, the sum so received shall be deducted from what said officer would otherwise be entitled to, under the first section of this act; and every pension to which said officer is now entitled shall cease after the passage of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every surviving non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, in said army, who enlisted therein for and during the war, and continued in service until its termination, and thereby became entitled to receive a reward of eighty dollars, under a resolve of Congress, passed May fifteenth, seventeen hundred and seventyeight, shall be entitled to receive his full monthly pay in said service, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided: That no non-commissioned officer, musician or private in said army, who is now on the pension list of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the pay allowed by this act, shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to the officer or soldier entitled thereto, or to their authorized attorney, at such places and days as said secretary may direct; and that no foreign officer shall be entitled to said pay, nor shall any officer or soldier receive the same, until he furnish to said secretary satisfactory evidence that he is entitled to the same in conformity to the provisions of this act; and the pay allowed by this act shall not, in any way, be transferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the personal benefit of the officer or soldier entitled to the same by this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of said pay, as accrued by the provisions of this act, before the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, shall be paid to the officers and soldiers entitled to the same, as soon as may be, in the manner and under the provisions before mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue after said day, shall be paid semi-annually, in like manner, and under the same provisions. APPROVED, May 15, 1828. STATUTE I. May 19, 1828. [Repealed.] After Sept. 1, 1828, there shall be levied the following duties: On iron, in bars, or bolts, not manufactured. On bar and bolt iron, made wholly, or in part, by rolling. Proviso. On iron in pigs. CHAP. LV.-An Act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports.(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 first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the following duties; that is to say: First. On iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured, in whole or in part, by rolling, one cent per pound. Second. On bar and bolt iron, made wholly, or in part, by rolling, thirty-seven dollars per ton: Provided, That all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other form, less finished than iron in bars or bolts, except pigs or cast iron, shall be rated as rolled iron in bars or bolts, and pay a duty accordingly. Third. On iron, in pigs, sixty-two and one half cents per one hundred and twelve pounds. (a) An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, July 14, 1832, ch. 227. An act to modify the act of the fourteenth of July, 1832, and other acts imposing duties on imports, March 2, 1833, ch. 55. An act to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify the laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes, Aug. 30, 1842, ch. 270. |