STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. Act of Feb. 4, 1807, ch. 5. Act of March 9, 1808, ch. 29. Act of May 20, 1812, ch. 17. Time of holding the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, changed. All suits, &c., &c., to be proceeded with, as if no change had taken place. CHAP. CXXIX. - An Act to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, shall, after the passing of this act, commence and be holden on the following days, instead of the times heretofore established by law, that is to say: At Edenton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on the third Monday of April and October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the Thursday next after the third Monday of April and October; and at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the fourth Monday of April and October. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, writs, process, and other proceedings, commenced or to commence, or which shall be now pending in any of the district courts of the district of North Carolina, as heretofore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with, in the said district courts, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. 15th sec. of 15, 1820, ch. 104, extended. CHAP. CXXX.- An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose," passed fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United the act of May States of America, in Congress assembled, That the fifteenth section of the act of the fifteenth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, to which this is a supplement, shall be so construed as to extend the provisions of said section as well to public open spaces as to public squares or reservations. STATUTE 1. May 20, 1826. Time of holding the circuit court, for the county of Wash ington and Alex. andria counties, in the District of Columbia, changed. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. CHAP. CXXXI.—An Act altering the times of holding the courts in the District of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, shall, hereafter, commence and be held, on the first Monday of December, and first Monday of May, in each year, instead of the days now fixed by law; and the circuit court, for the county of Alexandria, in the said district, on the first Monday of November, and the second Monday of April, instead of the days now fixed by law; and that all process whatsoever, now issued, or which may be issued, in the respective counties of Washington and Alexandria, in said district, returnable to the days respectively, now fixed by law, for each of the said counties, shall be returnable, and returned on the days prescribed by this act; and causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, civil and criminal, returnable to, and depending before, the said courts, at the respective times of holding the same, as heretofore established, shall be returned and continued, in the same counties, respectively, in the same manner as if the said causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, had been regularly returned or continued to the said respective times appointed by this act for holding the said courts. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. (a) Act of May 13, 1824, ch. 66. CHAP. CXXXII.-An Act to fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States in the district of Ohio. (a) STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. The time of cuit and district courts of the United States, for the district Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the holding the cirUnited States within and for the district of Ohio, instead of the time now fixed by law, shall hereafter be held on the second Monday of July, and the fourth Monday of December, in each year; and the district court of the United States, in and for said district, shall hereafter be held on the Mondays next succeeding the times herein fixed for holding the circuit court; and all suits and matters of every kind returnable to, or pending in, either of said courts, shall be held to be returnable and continued to the terms of said courts herein provided for. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. of Ohio, changed, &c. CHAP. CXXXIII.—An Act to aid certain Indians of the Creek Nation in their removal to the west of the Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the United States will give to each warrior of the nation of Creek Indians, who shall, at any time within two years, remove to the west of the Mississippi, according to article six, in the treaty made and concluded at Washington City, on the 26th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, between the United States and the Creek Indians, one rifle gun and ammunition, a butcher knife, one blanket, one brass kettle, and one beaver trap; and shall further aid them with provisions on the way, and with transportation across the Mississippi river, and other streams; and furnish them with provisions for their support for one year after their arrival in the country which may be set apart for them, to the westward of the territory of Arkansas or state of Missouri; and the United States will pay to all such emigrants, the actual value of all the improvements left by them, and which are of a nature to add to the real value of the land, which is to be ascertained by a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States for that purpose, and paid for as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the agent to be appointed to accompany and reside with the aforesaid emigrating Creeks, according to article eight of the treaty last above mentioned, shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be delivered to the said agent in each and every year, a fair and full proportion of all the annuities heretofore stipulated to be paid to the Creek Indians according to the number of emigrants who may remove; and, to enable the government to divide the annuities fairly, the said agents shall make annual returns of the whole number of such emigrants; and the amount to be paid under the ninth article of the treaty aforesaid, may be extended to any number of emigrants over and above three thousand persons. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of making known the beneficial objects of the government, and for carrying into effect the objects of this act, the agent to be appointed to reside with the emigrating Creeks, shall have full liberty, for the space of two years, to go among the Indians of the Creek nation, and explain to them the policy of the government, and to give to such individuals, families, and STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. [Obsolete.] United States to give to each Creek nation, who shall with warrior of the in two years re move to the Mississippi according to article 6 of the west of the treaty of Jan. 26, 1826, one rifle gun, &c. Agent appointed to accompany them, to receive 1500 dollars per annum. There is to be delivered to the said agent, anfull proportion nually, fair and of annuities heretofore stipulated to be paid to the Creek Indians. The agent is to reside with the emigrating Creeks, &c. (See notes of the acts passed relating to the circuit and district courts in Ohio. Act of March 4, 1820, ch. 21. 60,000 dollars appropriated to carry this act into effect. parties, as may determine, from time to time, all the aids which are contemplated by this act; and shall designate a proper place at which the emigrants may cross the Mississippi river; and shall establish depots of provisions at one or more places, under the care of suitable persons, to support thein on their march. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of sixty thousand dollars to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to defray the expense of carrying this act into effect. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. Any goods, &c., which law fully might be delphia, &c., by above men- CHAP. CXXXIV.-An Act to allow the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, to and from Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail-route. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any goods, wares, and merchandise, which lawfully might be transported to or from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Elkton, Bohemia or Frenchtown, and Port Pen, Appoquinimink, New Castle, Christiana Bridge, Newport or Wilmington, or to and from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Appoquinimink and Sassafras river, shall, and may be, lawfully transported to and from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail-route, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and advantages, and shall be subject to all the provisions, regulations, limitations, and restrictions, existing in the case of goods, wares, and merchandise, transported by any of the routes before mentioned. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. Appropriation to defray the expenses of a treaty with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians. Commissioners to be appointed. CHAP. CXXXV. —An Act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses of treating with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians, for the purpose of extinguishing their titles to lands within the limits of the state of Mississippi. The said sum [to] be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of negotiating said treaty on the part of the United States, the President shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint commissioners after the adjournment of the present session of Congress, or at an earlier period, if practicable, and to fix their compensation, so as not to exceed what has been heretofore allowed for like services. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. The clerks of the district courts are not to summon a grand jury, CHAP. CXXXVI.—An Act to regulate the summoning of grand jurors, in the district courts. 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 August next, the clerks of the district courts of the United States shall not issue a process to summon, or cause to be returned to any session of the said courts, a grand jury, unless by special order of the district judge. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. unless by order of the judge. STATUTE I. CHAP. CXXXVII.—An Act declaring valid and legalizing certain sales of land May 20, 1826. in the state of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sales of lands lying in Monroe county, in the state of Mississippi, which have been sold at the land offices of Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa, since the thirtieth of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, are hereby legalized and declared valid, as though made at the proper land offices; and that patents be issued for them, in the same manner as for other lands sold at the land offices at Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. Lands lying in Monroe county, Mississippi, which have been sold since Oct., 1822, legalized, &c. CHAP. CXXXVIII.—An Act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrunts, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on the continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty lands within the tract of country reserved by the state of Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, shall be allowed until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, to obtain warrants, and until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, to complete their locations, and until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, to return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies thereof, to the commissioner of the general land office, and to obtain patents: Provided, That no location shall be made by virtue of any warrant obtained after the first day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and no patent shall issue in consequence of any location made after the first day of June, eighteen hundred and thirtytwo; And provided also, That no patent shall be obtained, on any such warrant, unless there be produced, to the Secretary of War, satisfactory evidence that such warrant was granted for services which, by the laws of Virginia, passed prior to the cession of the north-western territory, would have entitled such officer, or soldier, his heirs or assigns, to bounty lands; and also a certificate of the register of the land office of Virginia, that no warrant has issued from the said land office for the same services. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall be issued, by virtue of the preceding section, for a greater quantity of land than the rank, or term of service, of the officer or soldier to whom or to whose heirs or assigns such warrant has been granted, would have entitled him to, under the aforesaid laws of Virginia; and whenever it appears, to the Secretary of War, that the survey made by virtue of any of the aforesaid warrants, is for a greater quantity of land than the officer or soldier is entitled to for his services, the Secretary of War shall certify, on each survey, the amount of such surplus quantity, and the officer or soldier, his heirs or assigns, shall have leave to withdraw his survey from the office of the Secretary of War, and re-survey his location, excluding such surplus quantity, in one body, from any part of his re-survey, and a patent shall issue upon such re-survey, as in other cases. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no holder of any warrant, No holder of any warrant to be permitted to withdraw or remove the same, and locate it in any other land, except in cases of eviction. Proviso. which has been, or may be located, shall be permitted to withdraw or STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. Repairs of the Indian country be tween Chata CHAP. CXXXIX. - An Act appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post-road from the Chatahoochie to Line Creek, in the state of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United the post-road in States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the repair of the post-road in the Indian country between the Chatahoochie and Line creek, in the state of Alabama, to be expended under the direction of the Postmaster General, and that it be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. hoochie and Line Creek. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. STATUTE I. May 20, 1826. CHAP. CXL.-An Act to perpetuate the evidence relating to the sale of dwellinghouses, lots, and lands, for the non-payment of direct taxes due the United States. Duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, where sales Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, where sales shall have been made of any dwelling-houses, lots, or lands, to satisfy any direct have been made taxes imposed thereon, by virtue of the laws of the United States, the to satisfy any di- Secretary of the Treasury shall, so far as practicable, cause such of the books, and other documentary evidence relating to the assessment of such taxes, and to the advertising and sale of such houses, lots, and lands, for the non-payment thereof, as may remain in the hands of the assessors and collectors, or their representatives, to be deposited, for safe keeping, in the office of the clerk of the district court of the United States, within whose district such houses, lots, and lands, may lie. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. rect taxes imposed thereon by virtue of the laws of the United States. To cause evidence of proceeding to be preserved. STATUTE I. May 22, 1826. Soldiers, or their heirs, to whom bounty lands have been patented, in Arkansas, unfit for cultivation, to receive in exchange, a like quantity on any CHAP. CXLVII.—An Act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for any soldiers in the late war, or their heirs, to whom bounty lands have been patented, or may hereafter be patented, in the territory of Arkansas, and which land is unfit for cultivation, and who have removed, or shall hereafter remove, to the said territory, with a view to actual settlement on the lands by them drawn-in all such cases, where it shall be made to appear, in such manner as the commissioner of the general land office |