CHAP. 149. ́ An ACT directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to ascertain the quantity of land covered by grants made to Anthony Shane and to Louis Godfroy, in section sixteen, township four south, range two east, in Lima district, Ohio, and its value. 1838. Land Office to as ed by grants to A. Godfroy, cause [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Comr. General ascertain the quantity of land contained in section sixteen, certain the quantownship four south, range two east, in Lima district, Ohio, and tity of land coverthe quantity covered by each grant made by the United States Shane, and L. to Anthony Shane and to Louis Godfroy, in said section; and the same to be that he cause the land so granted to be appraised by two judi- out regard to the cious and disinterested freeholders, under oath, without regard and improvements, to the improvements made thereon; and that he make report Congress. of the proceedings here directed to Congress as soon as the same shall be had. Approved, June 28th, 1838. appraised with report to CHAP. 150. An ACT to confirm the act of the Legislative Council of Florida, incorporating the "Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company" and granting the right of way to said company through the public lands, and for other purposes. gislative Council porating the Flo Railroad and Proviso. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed by the Legislative Council of Act of the LeFlorida, entitled "An act to incorporate the Florida Peninsula of Florida, incorRailroad and Steamboat Company," approved eighth January, rida Peninsula eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, Steamboat Comratified and confirmed: Provided, however, That the said com- pany, confirmed. pany shall not be deemed to have, nor shall they exercise, banking privileges; nor shall the said act be so construed as to give or grant banking privileges to said company; and in case the said company shall exercise banking privileges, of any description, in any way or manner, then this confirmation or ratification of said act of incorporation shall be void and of no effect. lic lands grant SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right of way Right of way shall be, and is hereby, granted to said company over and through the pubthrough any of the public lands of the United States over ed. which the said road may pass : Provided, That the said land Proviso. to be used and occupied by said company for the line or route of such road shall not exceed eighty feet in width. from the public stone, or wood for SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said company, Right to take shall have the right to take from the public lands in the vicinity lands earth, of said road and within twenty rods of the centre thereof, on the construction each side, all such materials of earth, stone, or wood as may of said road, &c. be necessary or convenient for the actual construction of said road or any part thereof; and, during the construction of said road, to occupy said lands to the width aforesaid, so far as may be necessary to the convenient performance of said works: Provided, however, That the rights and privileges granted by Proviso. shops. 1838. Proviso this section shall be so exercised as to cause as little damage as possible to the public lands adjacent to said road; and proper drains or sluices shall be constructed by the said company so as to prevent the obstruction of any streams or water-courses which may be crossed by said road. Sites granted for SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and watering places, depots, and work are hereby, granted to the said company all necessary sites for watering-places, depots, and workshops, along the line of road: Provided, That no one depot or watering-place shall contain over four square acres, to be laid off in a square form; and not more than one of said squares shall be granted to or taken by said company for each ten miles of said road. Said company shall within one route of the road surveyed and designated, &c. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said company year cause the shall, with as little delay as may be convenient, and at all and the sites for events within one year from the passage of this act, and at depots, &c. to be their own expense, cause the route of said road and the sites which they may select for depots, watering places, or workshops, to be surveyed and designated through said public lands by plain marks and monuments; copies of the field-notes of the survey, with a map or plat of the said route and of said sites and of the connection of said route with the previous official surveys of the adjacent lands, shall be returned to the office of the Surveyor General of that land district and to the General Land Office at Washington. If the road shall be abandoned, cease void. and be SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the said road &c. this act shall shall be abandoned or discontinued, or if the route shall cease to be used by said company for the purposes of a railroad, then and in that case this act and the privileges hereby granted shall cease and be void, and the land occupied by said road shall revert to the United States. Congress may, until Florida be after which the SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at comes a State, any time, until said Territory shall be admitted as a State, preregulate the tolls; scribe and regulate the tolls to be received by said company, Legislature shall and after said Territory shall be admitted as a State, the Legislature thereof shall possess the like power, and said act of incorporation is hereby approved, subject to the modifications and conditions aforesaid. Approved, June 28th, 1838. possess that power. of C. Coffin on CHAP. 151. An ACT for the benefit of Charles Coffin. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as Sec. Warshall sembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, diplace the name rected to place the name of Charles Coffin, of the State of the roll of invalid Maine, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, as a pensioner, at 120 per annum, the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum; pension to commence from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and to continue during his natural life. pensioners, at & C Approved, June 28th, 1838. 1838. place the name CHAP. 152. An ACT for the relief of Simeon Smith of the State of New Hampshire. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed Sec. War shall to place the name of Simeon Smith, of the State of New Hamp-Drs. Smith on shire, on the revolutionary pension roll, and to allow him a the revolutionapension of twenty dollars per annum during life, and to com- and allow him mence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred during life. and thirty-one. Approved, June 28th, 1838. ry pension roll, $20 per annum སྙཝཱ CHAP. 153. An ACT to provide for paying certain pensions at Tuscaloosa, in the State of Alabama. blish a pension [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, au- Sec. War au. thorized and empowered to establish a pension agency at Tus- thorized to estacaloosa, in the State of Alabama, for the payment of pensioners agency at Tusca of the United States resident in the counties of Pickens, Sumter, payment of penGreen, Marengo, Perry, Bibb, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Walker, in the following Fayette, Shelby, Randolph, and Talladega, in the State of Ala- counties. bama: Provided, That no additional expense shall be incurred Proviso. in the establishment of said pension agency. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the loosa, for the sioners resident Sec. Treas. to make the neces sary arrangement for said payment. 1 CHAP. 154. An ACT to extend the charter of the Bank of Alexandria, in the city of Alexandria. as relates to the [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act entitled "An act to extend So much of ace the charters of the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, and the 25th Feb. 1836. Bank of Alexandria, in the city of Alexandria" approved the Bank of Alextwenty-fifth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as re- to 4th March, lates to the Bank of Alexandria in the city of Alexandria, be, and the same is hereby, extended in its duration to the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-one. Approved, July 5th, 1838. andria, extended 1841. CHAP. 155. An ACT for the relief of Jacob Brown, confirming his purchases of certain land in Arkansas. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the entries of the following described tracts or 1838. parcels of land, made by the Re ceivers of the tricts under the or parcels of land permitted to be made by the Registers and The entries of Receivers of the Little Rock and Helena land districts, under certain tracts or the belief that the said tracts of land had been proclaimed and permitted to be offered at public sale, and under circumstances that satisfied gisters and Re- said officers that said tracts of land were in market, and legally Little Rock and liable to be so entered, to wit: The east fractional half of the Helena land dis- southeast quarter of section thirty-six; the southeast quarter belief that said of the northeast quarter of section thirty-six; the northeast proclaimed, &c. quarter of section thirty-six; the west half of the southeast tents to issue, &c. quarter of section thirty-six; the southeast quarter of section twenty-five, and the northeast quarter of section twenty-five, of fractional township ten, south of range one west, in the State of Arkansas, be and the same are hereby, confirmed; and patents shall issue to the purchasers as in other cases, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. lands had been confirmed. Pa Approved, July 5th, 1838. Receiver of the Stephens, to is H. Perry, and B. quantity of land to be entitled to May 1820; which CHAP. 156. An ACT for the relief of Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asRegister and sembled, That the register and receiver of the land office at land office at St. St. Stephens, Alabama, be, and they are hereby, authorized sue to R. Cravat, and required to issue to Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Cheney certif: Beley Cheney, each, a certificate for the quantity of land to cates for the which said individuals were, respectively, found to be entitled they were found under the provision of "An act for the relief of John McGrew, under act 18th Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry and Beley Cheney," approved certificate shall on the eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty; the land to authorize them which said Cravat, Perry and Cheney were entitled having of been sold by the United States, according to the several reports of said register and receiver, dated September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and said certificates shall authorize the said Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney, respectively to enter a like quantity of public land, subject to private entry, in any land office in the said State of Alabama, free from charge. 10 enter quantities land, &c. like Approved, July 5th, 1838. on A tract of land the CHAP. 157. An ACT to grant to Cherokee county, Alabama, the tract of land on which the seat of justice of said county has been located. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asCoosa sembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the county river, granted to of Cherokee, in the State of Alabama, the tract of land lying on for the seat of the Coosa river, whereon the town of Jefferson is situated, in quarter said county, containing one hundred and fifty acres, according to the survey of S. R. Russell county surveyor for the seat of Cherokee county justice, instead of the section allowed by law, &c. C Justice of said county, instead of the quarter section allowed by law for the same purpose; the commissioners of said county paying for the same the minimum price as in other cases. Approved, July 5th, 1838. 1838. the act to regu neys, which pre of the notes or which shall,after bills or notes of a denominathan $5, CHAP. 158. An ACT to modify the last clause of the fifth section of the deposite act of the twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last clause of the fifth section of the act That clause of entitled "An act to regulate the deposites of the public money" late the deposites approved on the twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred of the public moand thirty-six, declaring that the notes or bills of no bank shall vents the receipt be received in payment of any debt due to the United States, bills of any bank which shall, after the fourth day of July, in the year one thou- the 4th of July, sand eight hundred and thirty-six, issue any note or bill of a less 1836, issue any denomination than five dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby, less so far modified as that the interdiction as to the reception of the modified, s as bills and notes shall not continue against any bank which has, until October 1, since the said fourth day of July, in the year one thousand 1538. eight hundred and thirty-six, issued bills or notes of a less denomination than five dollars, or which shall issue any such bills or notes prior to the first day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, but that from and after the said last mentioned day, the bills or notes of no bank shall be received in payment of any debt due to the United States, which bank shall, after that date, issue, re-issue, or pay out any bill or note of a denomination less than five dollars. Approved, July 5th, 1838. not to take effect CHAP. 159. An ACT to amend "an act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur in the State of Alabama, and to provide for the payment of certain pensioners in the said town of Decatur." [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author- Secretary of War empowered ized, if in his opinion necessary, to remove and establish said to remove the pension agency in the town of Huntsville, Alabama; and, in the pension agency event of said removal, the pensioners described in said act shall Huntsville, Ala. be paid in Huntsville. Approved, July 5th, 1838. at Decatur to CHAP. 160. An ACT to authorize vessels bound for the ports of Mexico, and prevented from completing the voyages in consequence of the existing blockade of those ports, to enter and store their cargoes in the ports of the United States. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any vessel which may have been turned off from |