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range four, East, in the State of Mississippi; and to enter, instead thereof, the East half of the Southwest quarter of section number twenty-four, in township number two, of range number four, East of the Casia 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: 9th May, 1828.

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 sum paid, and to be paid, by the Government of Great Britain, under a Convention between the United States and his Britannic Majesty, concluded at London, on the thirteenth 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States of America in Congress assembled, That the eighth section of the aforesaid act shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed..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: 15th May, 1828.

AN ACT for the relief of certain surviving Officers and
Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives 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, 1780, 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.

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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 transferrable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, but shall enure 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, one thousand eight 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-annu. ally, in like manner, and under the same provisions. Approved: 15th May, 1828.

AN ACT for the relief of Willoughby Barton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, au thorized and required to adjust and settle the contract of Willoughby Barton, with the Commissioners of the Na Vy, for Live Oak, entered into on the 8th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, upon the same terms on which a like contract, entered into be. tween Robert Newell and the Commissioners of the Navy, on the twenty-second day of September, one thou sand eight hundred and twenty-five, was settled. Approved: 15th May, 1828.

AN ACT in alteration of the several acts imposing Du. ties on Imports.

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, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever any by rolling, thirty-seven dollars per ton: Provided, That of said officers has received money of the United States all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other form, less finishas a pensioner, since the third day of March, one thou-ed than iron in bars or bolts, except pigs or cast iron, sand eight hundred and twenty-six aforesaid, the sum so shall be rated as rolled iron in bars or bolts, and pay a dureceived shall be deducted from what said officer would y accordingly. 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 surviv ing non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, in said Army, who enlisted therem 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, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, shall be entitled to receive his full monthly pay, in said service, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appro priated, to begin on the third day of March, one thou sand 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 allow ed by this act, shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to the officer or soldier entitlel

Third. On iron, in pigs, sixty-two and one-half cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

Fourth. On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number fourteen, six cents per pound, and over number fourteen, ten cents per pound.

Fifth. On round iron, or braziers' rods, of three-sixteenths to eight-sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive; and on iron in nail or spike rods, slit or rolled; and on iron in sheets, and hoop iron; and on iron slit or rolled for band iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, three and one half cents per pound.

Sixth. On axes, adzes, drawing knives, cutting knives, sickies, or reaping hooks, scythes, spades, shovels, squares, of iron or steel, bridle bits of all descriptions, steelyards and scale beams, socket chisels, vices, and screws of iron, for wood, called wood screws, ten per cent. ad valorem, in addition to the present rates of duty.

Seventh. On steel, one dollar and fifty cents per one hundred and twelve pounds.

Eighth. On lead, in pigs, bars, or sheets, three cents per pound; on leaden shot, four cents per pound; on

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red or white lead, dry or ground in oil, five cents per
pound; on litharge, orange mineral, lead manufactured
into pipes, and sugar of lead, five cents per pound.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter men. tioned, the following duties, in lieu of those now imposed by law :

First. On wool unmanufactured, four cents per pound; and, also, in addition thereto, forty per cent. ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine; from which time, an additional ad valorem duty of five per cent. shall be imposed, annu. ally, until the whole of said ad valorem duty shall amount to fifty per cent. And all wool imported on the skin, shall be estimated as to weight and value, and shall pay the same rate of duty as other imported wool.

Second. On manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, (except carpetings, blankets, worsted stuff goods, bombazines, hosiery, mits, gloves, caps, and bindings,) the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost fifty cents the square yard, and be charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and from that time, a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That, on all manufactures of wool, except flannels and baizes, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third cents per square yard, shall pay fourteen cents per square yard.

Third. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall ex. ceed fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed one dollar the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost one dollar the square yard, and be charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem.

Fourth. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed one dollar the square yard, and shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and be charged with a duty thereon of forty per centum ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem.

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and bindings, thirty-five per cent. ad valorem.
ing, ready made, fifty per centum ad valorem.
Eighth. On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpets and
carpetings, seventy cents per square yard. On all Vene-
tian and ingrain carpets or carpeting, forty cents per
square yard. On all other kinds of carpets and carpet-
ing, of wool, flax, hemp, or cotton, or parts of either,
thirty-two cents per square yard. On all patent printed
or painted floor cloths, fifty cents per square yard. On
oil cloth, other than that usually denominated patent floor
cloth, twenty-five cents per square yard. On furniture
oil cloth, fifteen cents per square yard. On floor matting,
made of flags or other materials, fifteen cents per square
yard.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the importation of the following articles, in lieu of the duty now imposed by law :

First. On unmanufactured hemp, forty-five dollars per ton, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, from which time, five dollars per ton in addition, per annum, until the duty shall amount to sixty dollars per ton. On cotton bagging, four and a half cents per square yard, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, sad afterwards, a duty of five cents per square yard.

Second. On unmanufactured flax, thirty-five dollars per ton, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, from which time, an additional duty of five dollars per ton, per annum, until the duty shall amount to sixty dollars per ton.

Third. On sail duck, nine cents the square yard; and, in addition thereto, one half cent yearly, until the same shall amount to twelve and a half cents per square yard. Fourth. On molasses, ten cents per gallon. Fifth. On all imported distilled spirits, fifteen cents per gallon, in addition to the duty now imposed by law.

Sixth. On all manufactures of silk, or of which silk shal

be a component material, coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem; the additional duty of five per centum to take effect from hundred and twenty-nine; and on all other manufactures and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight of silk, or of which silk shall be a component material, twenty per centum ad valorem.

On indigo, an additional duty of five cents the pound from the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hun. dred and twenty-nine, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and from that time an additional duty of ten cents each year, until the whole duty shall amount to fifty cents per pound.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, no drawback of duty shall be allowed on the exportation of any spirit, distilled in the United States, from molasses; no drawback shall be allowed on any quantity of sail-duck, less than fifty bolts, exported in one ship or vessel, at any one time.

Fifth. All manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed four dollars the square yard, shall be deemed to have cost, at the place whence imported, four dollars the square yard, and a duty of forty per cent. ad valorem Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, from and after shall be levied, collected, and paid, on such valuation, the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hun- and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and dred and twenty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-paid, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on window five per centum ad valorem.

glass, of the sizes above ten inches by fifteen inches, fire dollars for one hundred square feet: Provided, That all window glass imported in plates or sheets, uncut, shall be chargeable with the same rate of duty. On vials and bottles, not exceeding the capacity of six ounces each, one

Sixth. On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid, the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall exceed four dollars the square yard, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of forty-five per cent. ad valo-dollar and seventy-five cents per groce. rem, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and from that time, a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem.

Seventh. On woollen blankets, hosiery, mits, gloves,

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on all in

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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 an equal footing with the original States.

To complete the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Grand River, in the State of Ohio, nine thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars and eleven cents.

To complete the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Huron River, in the State of Ohio, four thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents.

To complete the erection of piers at the mouth of kirk harbor, in the State of New York, six thousand

dollars.

the natives of the country on the Northwest coast of Ame rica, or any of the Islands adjacent thereto, any spirituous liquors, fire-arms, or other arms, powder, or munitions of war of any kind, the person so offending shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days, nor more than six months.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Courts, in each of the Territorial Districts, and the Circuit Courts, and other Courts of the United States, of siDun-milar jurisdiction in criminal causes, in each District of the United States, in which any offender against this act shall be first apprehended, or brought for trial, shall have, and are hereby invested with, full power and authority to hear, try, and punish, all crimes, offences, and misdemeanors, against this act, such Courts proceeding therein in the same manner as if such crimes, offences and misdemeanors, had been committed within the bounds of their respective Districts.

To complete the construction of the road from Detroit to Maumee, five thousand nine hundred dollars.

To continue the road from Detroit, to Chicago, as far as the boundary line of the State of Indiana, eight thou sand dollars.

To pay a balance due the Commissioners for laying out a road from Detroit to Saganaw River and Bay, and a road from Detroit to Fort Gratiot, in the Territory of Michigan, three hundred and two dollars and sixty-nine cents. To complete the building of two piers at the mouth of Oswego harbor, in the State of New York, authorized by an act of Congress, approved the twentieth of March last, entitled "An act to authorize the improving of certain harbors, the building of piers, and for other purposes," nine thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-nine cents.

Approved: 19th May, 1828.

AN ACT concerning the Orphans' Court of Alexandria
County, in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the regular monthly sessions of the Orphans' Court of Alexandria county, in the District aforesaid, as now authorized by law, that the Judge of For deepening the channel of entrance into the harbor the aforesaid Court be, and he is hereby, authorized and of Presque Isle, six thousand two hundred and twenty-empowered to hold extra sessions thereof, whenever the three dollars and eighteen cents. public interest may require it.

For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula Creek, Ohio, two thousand four hundred and three dollars and fifty cents.

For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Cunningham Creek, Ohio, one thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-six cents.

For removing obstructions to the navigation of the Kennebec river, at Lovejoy's Narrows, by removing the half tide and other rocks, in addition to the appropriation of last session, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For preserving and securing the Light-house on the Brandywine Shoal, in the Bay of Delaware, ten thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in lieu of the per diem allowance of six dollars, as now established by law, that he be allowed a fixed salary of five hundred dollars per annum, payable in the same manner as heretofore the per diem allowance has been, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this law shal be in force from and after the passing of the same.

AN ACT to reduce the duty on Greek and Latin Books, printed previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

For defraying the expenses incidental to making exam-tatives inations and surveys under the act of thirtieth April, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be construed into a Legislative sanction of any examination or survey which shall not be deemed of national importance, and within the provisions of the aforesaid act of the thir. tieth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. To complete a pier adjacent to a pier at Buffalo, in the State of New York, thirty-four thousand two hundred

and six 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 19th, 1828.

AN ACT for the punishment of contraventions of the fifth article of the Treaty between the United States and Russia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, if any one, being a citizen of the United States, or trading under their authority, shall, in contravention of the stipulations entered into by the United States with the Emperor of all the Russias, by the fifth article of the Treaty, signed at St. Petersburg, on the seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, sell, or cause to be sold, to

of the United States of America in Congress as Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen sembled, That the act, entitled "An act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," passed twenty second May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, shall not be construed to impose upon Books printed in Greek and Latin, which the importer shall make it satisfactorily appear to the Collector of the port at which the same shall be entered, were dred and seventy-five, a higher duty than four cents printed previous to the year one thousand seven hun

per volume.

Approved: 19th May, 1828.

AN ACT for the benefit of John B. Dupuis. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives That the location of a Madrid certificate, made on the twenty-second day of April,in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, for six hundred and forty acres, in the State of Missouri, being the Southwest quarter of section twenty-two, the Northeast quarter of section twenty-eight, and the Northern half of section twenty-seven, in township fifty-two, North, range seventeen, West, in the name of John B. Dupuis, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and that a patent for the same shall issue to the said John B. Dupuis, upon a presentation of a plat, and a certificate of the survey thereof, at the pro

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per office: Provided, however, That it shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States. Approved: 19th May, 1828.

AN ACT granting compensation to Rebecca Blodget, for her right of dower in the property therein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General shall, out of the proceeds of the General Post Office, pay to Rebecca Blodget, during her natural life, the yearly sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, commencing from the twentieth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six : Provided, That, before any payment be made, the said Rebecca Blodget shall, in due form of law, execute a release to the United States of all her right of dower, in the building now occupied as a General Post Office, in the City of Washington, and the lots whereon the same is erected, and which are occupied as appurtenances thereto, particularly the lots number one and number four, in square number four hun

dred and thirty.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the part of the annuity which shall be due for the time between the said twentieth day of February,one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, and the time of executing the release above provided for, shall be paid when the said release shall be delivered, and that part which shall grow due thereafter, shall be paid in quarterly payments.

Approved 19th May, 1828.

AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of Patience
Gordon, widow, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
there be paid to the legal representatives of Patience
Gordon, deceased, the sum of one hundred and forty-five
dollars and fifteen-ninetieths, with interest at six per cen-
tum per annum, from the first day of January, one thou-
sand seven hundred and eighty-eight, it being the specie
value of a certificate issued in the name of the said Pa-
tience Gordon, by the Commissioner of Loans for the State
of New Jersey, bearing date April seventh, seventeen
hundred and seventy-eight, numbered two thousand and
twenty-seven; out of any moneys in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said legal re-
presentatives shall first execute and deliver to the First
Comptroller of the Treasury, a bond, in such form, and
with such security, as the said Comptroller shall direct
and approve, to indemnify the United States from and
against the lawful claim of any other person or persons,
for, or on account of, the said certificate.
Approved 19th May, 1828.

AN ACT for the relief of William Bell.

AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Brown and Aaron
Stanton, of the State of Indiana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the sum of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and
fifty cents be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, to Thomas Brown and Aaron
Stanton, of the State of Indiana, in full satisfaction of
their claim for furnishing flour for the treaty held with the
Indians on the Wabash river, in said State, in the Autumn
of the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, by Lewis
Cass, James B. Ray, and John Tipton, Commissioners on
behalf of the United States.
Approved: 19th May, 1828.

AN ACT for the relief of William McClure. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, authorized to pay to William McClure, or to his legal representatives, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven thousand thirtyseven dollars and three cents, in full satisfaction for his thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between France and the United States. Approved: 19th May, 1828.

services as a Commissioner under the Convention of the

AN ACT to continue the Mint at the City of Philadel phia, and for other purposes.

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 concerning the Mint," approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred tinued in force and operation until otherwise provided and one, be, and the same hereby is, revived, and conby law.

pose of securing a due conformity in weight of the coins Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purof the United States, to the provisions of the ninth section of the act, passed the second of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act establishing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the UnitMinister of the United States, at London, in the year one ed States," the brass troy pound weight, procured by the thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, for the use of the Mint, and now in the custody of the Director thereof, shall be the standard troy pound of the Mint of the United States, conformably to which the coinage thereof shall be regulated.

duty of the Director of the Mint to procure, and safely Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the to keep, a series of standard weights, corresponding to the aforesaid troy pound, consisting of an one pound weight, and the requisite subdivisions and multiples thereof, from the hundredth part of a grain, to twentyfive pounds; and that the troy weights ordinarily employed in the transactions of the Mint, shall be regulated acBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cording to the above standards, at least once in every of the United States of America in Congress assembled, year, under his inspection: and their accuracy tested anThat the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, autho-nually, in the presence of the Assay Commissioners, on rized and required to issue letters patent, in the usual the day of the annual assay. form, to William Bell, for his improvement in the construc- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, when silver tion of the carriage for cannon, to be used on board of bullion, brought to the Mint for coinage, is found to revessels of war, and letters patent for his invention to as- quire the operation of the test, the expense of the macertain the depth of water in the hold of a vessel; upon terials employed in the process, together with a reasonahis complying with all the provisions of the several acts ble allowance for the wastage necessarily arising there. of Congress relative to the issuing of letters patent for in- from, to be determined by the melter and refiner of the ventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts Mint, with the approbation of the Director, shall be rerequire, on the part of aliens, a residence of two years in tained from such deposite, and accounted for by the Treasurer of the Mint to the Treasury of the United States.

the United States.

Approved: 19th May, 1828.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, when silver