For the salaries of ministers or chargé d'affaires who have been, or may be, appointed to the governments on the American continent, to wit: Colombia, nine thousand dollars; Chili, nine thousand dollars; Mexico, nine thousand dollars; Buenos Ayres, four thousand five hundred dollars; Guatemala, four thousand five hundred dollars; and Brazil, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand five hundred dollars. For outfits of a minister to Mexico, and to chargé d'affaires at Guatemala, Buenos Ayres, and Brazil, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For the salaries of the secretaries of legation, fourteen thousand dollars. For the contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, twenty thousand dollars. For the salaries of agents of claims at Paris and London, four thousand dollars. For the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, forty thousand dollars. For the relief and protection of distressed American seamen in foreign countries, thirty-five thousand dollars. For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, thirty thousand dollars. For the salaries of the commissioner and arbitrator under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, one half the salary of the secretary, and half the contingent expenses of the commission, twelve thousand dollars. For expenses of carrying into effect the sixth and seventh articles of the treaty of Ghent, including the compensation of the commissioner, agent, and surveyor, and their contingent expenses, sixteen thousand dollars. Salaries of ministers, &c., appointed to the governments on the continent of America. Outfits of ministers. Secretaries of legation. Contingent expenses. Salaries of agents, &c. Contingent ex penses, &c. Seamen. Intercourse with the Barbary powers. Commissioner, &c., under treaty of Ghent. Carrying into effect the 6th and 7th articles of treaty. Paid out of Proviso. Proviso. 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 the treasury. appropriated: Provided, however, That no money appropriated by this act, shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is in arrears to the United States, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided, also, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes received by such person to be expended in the public service; but in all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of this act, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by the party, his agent, or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Treasury Department, the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties. The Secretary of the Treasury to refund moneys paid for lands erroneously sold by SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum or sums of money, to which any person, or the legal representatives of any person, may be entitled, by virtue of the act authorizing repayment for lands erroneously sold by the United States, approved the twelfth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, upon such person, or his or her legal representatives, complying with the requisitions of that 1825, ch. 5. APPROVED, February 25, 1825. act. the United States. Act of Jan. 12, STATUTE II. Feb. 25, 1825. CHAP. XIV.-An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of books and furniture for the use of the library of Congress. [Obsolete.] 5000 dollars appropriated to purchase books for the library of Congress. 339 dollars for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any unappropri ated money in the treasury, for the purchase of books, under the direc tion of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred furniture for the and thirty-nine dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for the purchase of furniture for the new library. new library. APPROVED, February 25, 1825. CHAP. XV.-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 Brenton's Point, sixty thousand dollars. For New Utrecht Point, forty thousand dollars. For fort Delaware, seventy-one thousand six hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents. For fort Monroe, one hundred thousand dollars. For fort Calhoun, seventy thousand dollars. For the fort at Mobile Point, one hundred thousand dollars. For the fort at Chef Monteur, [Menteur] one hundred thousand dollars. For fort Jackson, on the Mississippi, one hundred thousand dollars. For repairs and contingencies, eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents. For the preservation of the islands in Boston harbour, necessary to the security of that place, fifty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-six cents, Provided, however, That the right of soil of said islands shall be first vested in the United States. For the armament of new fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 2, 1825. STATUTE II. March 3, 1825. CHAP. XVI.-An Act making further appropriations for the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. 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 pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as allowed by law, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For pay of the sub-agents, including the two on the Missouri, as allowed by law, thirteen thousand dollars. For presents to Indians, as authorized by act of one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, ninety-five thousand dollars. For payment of the amount of the annuity due to the Cherokee nations, under the treaty of twenty-fourth October, one thousand eight hundred and four, which was ratified during the last session of Congress, and for which no payment or appropriation has heretofore been made, twenty thousand dollars. For payment of said annuity for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, according to the stipulations of said treaty, one thousand dollars. due For carrying into effect so much of the fourth article of the treaty of the eighth January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, between the United States and the Creek nation, as relates to the compensation to the citizens of Georgia by the Creek nation, it being for the payment of the fourth instalment, which will be due on said claims in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, according to the stipulations of said treaty, twenty-three thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses of holding treaties with the Sioux, Chippeways, Menomenees, Sauks, Foxes, &c. as per estimate of General Clark, for the purpose of establishing boundaries and promoting peace, &c. between said tribes, ten thousand four hundred dollars. For arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, twenty thousand dollars. For arrearages from first July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to first January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, four thousand dollars. For the payment of claims against the Osages by citizens of the United States, three thousand five hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents, being the balance of a former appropriation, which has passed to the surplus fund. For payment of the annuity to the Sauk and Fox tribes, as provided for by the third article of the treaty with those tribes, dated fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, one thousand dollars. For payment of the annuity to the Ioway tribe of Indians, as provided for by the second article of the treaty with that tribe, dated fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, five hundred dollars. For payment of five hundred dollars to each of the four head chiefs of the Quapaw tribe, agreeably to the second article of the treaty with said tribe, dated the fifteenth November, eighteen hundred and twentyfour, two thousand dollars. For payment of the annuity provided for by the same article of the said treaty, one thousand dollars. For the purchase of provisions for six months, as provided for by the fifth article of said treaty, fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars. For furnishing facilities for the transportation of said Indians as provided for by the aforesaid fifth article of said treaty, one thousand dollars. For the pay of a sub-agent, or interpreter, to reside among said Indians, as is provided for by the same article of said treaty, five hundred dollars. For the payment of the annuities provided for by the second and third articles of the treaty of the twentieth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, with the Choctaw nation of Indians; and, also, of an annuity to Robert Cole, provided for by the tenth article, twelve thousand and one hundred and fifty dollars. For the payment of the claims of the Choctaw nation, for services on the Pensacola campaign, and other claims of the Choctaw Indians, as provided for by the sixth and eighth articles of said treaty, sixteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents. For the salary of the agent, provided for by the ninth article of said treaty, fifteen hundred dollars. For carrying into effect the provisions of the ninth article of said For carrying into effect the provisions of art. 9, of the treaty with the Choctaws. Towards the execution of any treaty ratified by the United States. treaty, the provisions of the third article for the survey and sale of the fifty-four sections of land therein referred to; and for running the line defined in the first article; and any other expenses arising out of the execution of the said treaty, ten thousand dollars. Towards the execution of any treaty that may be ratified by the United States, prior to the next session of Congress with the Creek Indians for the extinguishment of their title to lands in Georgia and Alabama, and for the removal of said Indians west of the Mississippi, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. CHAP. XVIII. An Act for arming the militia of the District of Columbia.(a) STATUTE II. March 3, 1825. Assent of Congress given to the act of Dec. 8, 1824. Navigation of the Appomat tox. CHAP. XX.-An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given and declared to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled " An act incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Appomattox river, from Pocahontas bridge to Broadway," passed on the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. STATUTE II. March 3, 1825. Adjournment of the circuit court, for the District of Columbia, by one judge, valid. CHAP. XXV.—An Act respecting the adjournment of the circuit court for the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all adjournments of the circuit court of the United States, for the District of Columbia, heretofore made, or which may hereafter be made, by any one judge of the said court, in court sitting, and in the absence of the other judges, shall be as valid as if made by all the judges of the said court. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. STATUTE II. March 3, 1825. [Obsolete.] 8000 dollars appropriated CHAP. XXXV.-An Act to provide an additional appropriation to complete the (a) Act of March 3, 1803, vol. ii. 215. of the public road, directed to be opened from Pensacola to St. Augus- for the completion of the public road to be opened from Pensacola to St. Augustine. STATUTE II. Course to be pursued by the Secretary of the Treasury where the exporter or exporters enter ing any goods, &c. for the benefit of drawhave completed such entry within the period prescribed by back, shall not CHAP. XLV.—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the March 3, 1825. completion of entries for the benefit of drawback after the period of twenty days. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, whenever the exporter or exporters, entering any goods, wares, or merchandise, for the benefit of drawback, shall not have completed such entry, by taking the oath or giving the bond, required by the existing laws of the United States within the period prescribed by law, but shall offer to complete the said entry after the expiration of the said period, it shall and may be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, upon application to him made, by the said exporter or exporters, setting forth the cause of his or their omission, under oath, and accompanied by a statement of the collector, of all the circumstances attending the transaction within the knowledge of such collector, if he shall be satisfied that the failure to complete the said entry was accidental, or without any intention to evade the law or defraud the revenue, to direct the said entry to be completed, and the certificates or debentures, as the case may be, to issue, in the same manner, as if such entry had been completed, within the period prescribed by the existing laws of the United States. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. law. STATUTE II. March 3, 1825. Mail-routes CHAP. XLVI.-An Act to establish certain post-roads, and to discontinue others. and discontinued. In Maine.-From Camden to Vinalhaven. From Portland, by Cum- Maine. berland, Walnut Hill, in North Yarmouth, Pownal, Durham, Lisbon The present road from FreeFour Corners, Lisbon Little River Village, Bowdoin, Litchfield, and port to Bowdoin Hallowell, to Augusta; and that the present post-road from Freeport to discontinued. Bowdoin, be discontinued. From Rumford point to Andover, in the county of Oxford. From Portland, through Westbrook, Falmouth, Gray, New Gloucester, Poland, Minot, Turner, Livermore, Jay, Wilton, to Farmington. From Bangor, by Orono, Birch Stream Settlement, Kelmarnock, Maxfield, Siboois, Piscataquois, Passamaduko, Sunkhaze, and Edington, to Bangor. From Bangor to Houlton Plantations. From Anson, by Embden and Concord, to Bingham. From Craig's Mills to Otisfield. From the Great Falls in Berwick, by Berwick and South Berwick, Elliott and Kittery, to Portsmouth, in the state of New Hampshire. From Paris to Augusta, through Buckfield, the South part of Hartford, and the north part of Turner, and through Wayne and Winthrop. New Hamp In New Hampshire.-From Andover and Grafton turnpike, by Ando- banon. Vermont. |