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not be substantiated, they are granted to the inhabitants, and may be sold,

&c.

The trustees

a

empowered to dispose of tract of land, which, by act of

March 3d, 1791, ch. 27, was appropriated as a

common.

The tract to

be divided into lots and sold,

poses as may be agreed upon by a majority of the citizens. And the said trustees are hereby empowered, in all cases, when they shall confirm claims to lots, to give deeds to the claimants for the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the town of Vincennes shall have power, and they are hereby authorized, to dispose of a tract of land containing about five thousand four hundred acres, which, by the fifth section of the act, entitled "An act for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois country, in the territory north-west of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their possessions," passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, was appropriated as a common, to the use of the inhabitants of the said town: the said tract shall be divided into lots, as the trustees shall direct, of not more than fifty nor less than the quantity of five acres, and shall be sold in the manner, and on the terms, which may by them be deemed most expedient and advantageous. They shall also have power to convey, by complete title, the lots sold to the purchasers; and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, shall be applied, under the direction of the said trustees, to the draining of a pond in the vicinity of the town; and the residue of the money arising from the said sales, if any there be, shall be paid over to the trustees of the Vincennes University, and shall, by them, be applied to the benefit of the said University. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, when they shall have performed the duties assigned to them under this act, shall report to Conmake a report thereof to Congress. APPROVED, April 20, 1818.

&c.

Proceeds

to

be applied to the draining of a pond. Residue to

Vincennes University.

Trustees

gress.

STATUTE I.

to

CHAP. CXXIX.-An Act providing for the deposit of wines and distilled spirits April 20, 1818. in public warehouses, and for other purposes.

any

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for importer of wines or distilled spirits, which may be imported into the United States at any time after the first day of June next, at his option, to be determined at the time of making an entry therefor, either to secure the duties thereon, on the same terms and stipulations as on other goods, wares, and merchandise, imported, or to give his bond, in double the amount of the duties thereupon, with condition for the payment of the said duties, in twelve calendar months from the date of such bond; which bond shall be accepted by such collector, without surety, upon the terms following, viz: the wines or distilled spirits, for the duties whereof such bond shall be accepted, shall be deposited at the expense and risk of the importer, in such public or other storehouses as may be agreed upon between the importer and the surveyor, or officer of inspection of the revenue, for the port where the said wines or spirits shall be landed: and such wines or spirits shall be kept under the joint locks of the inspector and the importer; but no delivery shall be made of such wines or spirits without a permit in writing, under the hand of the collector and naval officer of the port.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no permit shall be given for the removal of the wines or spirits deposited under the provisions of the foregoing section, unless the duties upon the wines or spirits, for which it shall be required, be first paid or secured, in the manner following, viz: the importer, or his assignee, shall give bond, with one or more surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the amount of the duties, upon the wines or spirits in each case to be delivered, with condition for the payment of the said duties, at the same credits, to be computed from the date of the permit, as would have been

[Obsolete.] Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 82. Any importer of wines or distilled spirits, may either seas usual, or give bond in double the amount,

cure the duties,

without surety, &c.

Upon bond without surety spirits must be deposited.

the wines or

No permit to

be given for the wines or spirits, unless the duties are first paid or secured, &c.

removal of the

Proviso: that the credit shall

not be extended beyond twelve months.

If the duties

are not paid

within twelve months, part of the wines and spirits may be sold, and the amount of duties, &c. retained, &c.

Overplus to the owner, &c.

Amount of

the bonds, &c. to be endorsed on the original.

No drawback

on wines or spirits, unless they have been deposited, &c.

Wines or spi

rits embezzled,

or fraudulently

hid or removed,

forfeited, &c.

Bonds for du

ties on articles from foreign places, when to be payable.

allowed on bonds for the same articles, if they had not been deposited under the provisions of this act: Provided, That the time to be allowed for the payment of the duties upon any wines or spirits so delivered, or for any part of such duties, shall not be such as to extend the credit beyond the term of twelve calendar months, originally allowed, upon depositing such wines and spirits.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the duties on any wines or spirits, deposited under the provisions of this act, shall not have been paid, or secured to be paid, in the manner described in the foregoing section, within the term of twelve calendar months from the time of their importation, it shall be the duty of the collector to cause so much of such wines or spirits, as may be necessary, to be sold at public auction, and, retaining the sum necessary for the payment of the duties which have not been secured or paid, together with the expenses of safe keeping and sale of such wines or spirits, shall return the overplus, if any, to the owner, or to his agent or lawful representative; and the amount of each bond, taken for the duties on wines or spirits delivered, after being deposited, as directed by this act, shall be endorsed immediately on the original bond given by the importer, specifying the articles delivered, and the date of the delivery.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no drawback shall be allowed of the duties paid on any wines or spirits, which shall be imported into the United States, after the first day of June next, unless such wines or spirits shall have been deposited in public or other stores, under the provisions of this act, and there kept, from their landing to their shipment. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, if any wines, or other spirits deposited under the provisions of this act, shall be embezzled, or fraudulently hid or removed, from any store or place, wherein they shall have been deposited, they shall be forfeited, and the person or persons so embezzling, hiding, or removing, the same, or aiding or assisting therein, shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as if such wines or spirits had been fraudulently unshipped or landed without payment of duty.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of June next, the bonds for duties on articles imported by sea, the produce of foreign places or islands, situated on the eastern shores of America, north of the equator, or in its adjacent seas, bays, and gulfs, salt excepted, shall be payable, one-half in six and one-half in nine calendar months; and the bonds for duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, (other than wine, salt, and teas,) imported from any other place than Europe and the West Indies, shall be payable, one-third in eight, onethird in ten, and one-third in eighteen, calendar months.

APPROVED, April 20, 1818.

The following resolution and acts, passed in 1811 and 1812, were not promulgated until their publication in "the sessions acts" of the Fifteenth Congress, ending April 20, 1818. They are altogether omitted in Mr. Justice Story's edition of the laws of the United States, and they are also omitted in Davis' and Force's edition of the laws, from 1816 to 1827, published under the authority of Congress, in 1822 and 1827. They were passed in the secret sessions of the Eleventh and the Twelfth Congress. The editor has not considered it proper to insert these laws in this edition, before their promulgation under the authority of the Secretary of State; under whose directions the laws of each session of Congress are published. Act of 1818, ch. 75, sec. 1.

RESOLUTION AND ACTS

RELATIVE TO THE OCCUPATION OF THE FLORIDAS BY THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
RESOLUTION.

3d session 11th

Jan. 15, 1811. The United States cannot,

Taking into view the peculiar situation of Spain, and of her American provinces; and considering the influence which the destiny of the territory adjoining the southern border of the United States may have Congress. upon their security, tranquillity, and commerce: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crisis, cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of the said territory pass into the hands of any foreign power; and that a due regard to their own safety compels them to provide, under certain contingencies, for the temporary occupation of the said territory; they, at the same time, declare that the said territory shall, in their hands, remain subject to future negotiation. APPROVED, January 15, 1811.

without inquietude, see the into the hands Floridas pass of a foreign power, &c.

An Act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to
take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the
state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, 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 President of the
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, to take possession of,
and occupy, all or any part of the territory lying east of the river Perdido,
and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, in case
an arrangement has been, or shall be, made with the local authority of the
said territory, for delivering up the possession of the same, or any part
thereof, to the United States, or in the event of an attempt to occupy the
said territory, or any part thereof, by any foreign government; and he
may, for the purpose of taking possession, and occupying the territory
aforesaid, and in order to maintain therein the authority of the United
States, employ any part of the army and navy of the United States which
he may deem necessary.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for defraying such expenses as the President may deem necessary for obtaining possession as aforesaid, and the security of the said territory, to be applied under the direction of the President, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case possession of the territory aforesaid shall be obtained by the United States, as aforesaid, that until other provision be made by Congress, the President be, and he is hereby authorized to establish, within the territory aforesaid, a temporary government, and the military, civil, and judicial, powers thereof shall be vested

Jan. 15, 1811.

In case of an

arrangement authority, or an attempt by any foreign government to occupy it, the President authorized to take possesson of the terthe Perdido, &c.

with the local

ritory east of

100,000 dolls. appropriated to

defray the ex

penses of taking possession, &c.

In case of

taking possession, the President may establish a temporary government.

in such person and persons, and be exercised in such manner as he may direct, for the protection and maintenance of the inhabitants of the said territory in the full enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. APPROVED, January 15, 1811.

March 3, 1811. An Act concerning an act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes, and the declaration accompanying the same.

This act, and

the act referred published until

to, not to be

the end of the next session of Congress, unless, &c.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That this act, and the act passed during the present session of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying cast of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes," and the declaration accompanying the same, be not printed or published, until the end of the next session of Congress, unless directed by the President of the United States, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

APPROVED, March 3, 1811.

Feb. 12, 1812. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to take possession of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi territory and west of the river

2d session,

12th Congress. The President authorized to Occupy West Florida west of

the Perdido, &c. The President

may employ the military and na

val force for holding the country, &c.

20,000 dolls.

appropriated to defray the expenses incident to the occupation, &c.

Perdido.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to occupy and hold all that tract of country called West Florida, which lies west of the river Perdido, not now in possession of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of occupying and holding the country aforesaid, and of affording protection to the inhabitants thereof, under the authority of the United States, the President may employ such parts of the military and naval force of the United States as he may deem necessary.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the necessary expenses, twenty thousand dollars are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be applied for the purposes aforesaid, under the direction of the President. APPROVED, February 12, 1813.

Dec. 10, 1817.

Resolution for the admission of Mississippi into the Union. Act of March

RESOLUTIONS.

I. RESOLUTION for the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union. WHEREAS, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state 1, 1817, ch. 23. into the union on an equal footing with the original states," the people of the said territory did, on the fifteenth day of August, in the present year, by a convention called for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and state government, which constitution and state government so formed, is republican, and in conformity to the principles of the articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the

territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Mississippi shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever.

APPROVED, December 10, 1817.

II. RESOLUTION authorizing the distribution of certain public documents. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State cause to be distributed one set of state papers and public documents, printed by T. B. Wait and Sons, in pursuance of acts of Congress heretofore passed, to the President of the United States; one set to the Vice President of the United States; one set 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 fifteenth Congress; one set to each branch of the Legislature of each state and territory, and one to each of the Executives of the several states and territories; one set to each University and College in the United States; six sets to the secretary of the Senate, for the use of the Senate, and eighteen sets to the clerk of the House of Representatives, for the use of that House; and the residue of the sets of the state papers and documents aforesaid shall be deposited in the Library of Congress. APPROVED, December 23, 1817.

Dec. 23, 1817.

Distribution

of T. B. Wait

and Sons edition of public documents.

III. A RESOLUTION directing a distribution of certain laws among the members and delegates of territories of the fifteenth Congress.

Dec. 23, 1817.

Distribution

laws.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State of Bioren & Co. be directed to distribute copies of the laws of the United States, published by Bioren & Co. among the members and delegates of territories, of the present Congress, who may not have received the same in pursuance of any former act or resolution of Congress. APPROVED, December 23, 1817.

IV. RESOLUTION directing the procurement of certain laws. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, of the laws passed at the first and second sessions of the fourteenth Congress, remaining in the office of the Secretary of State, thirty copies be by him deposited in the office of the clerk of the House of Representatives, and fifteen copies in the office of the secretary of the Senate, for the use of their members, respectively.

APPROVED, January 22, 1818.

Jan. 22, 1818.

Laws of Four

teenth Congress to be procured.

V. RESOLUTION relative to the distribution of the late edition of the land laws. March 9, 1818. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

States of America, in Congress assembled, That the copies of the laws pre

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