Credits and certificates in like manner, for the seven per cent. stock subscribed, redeemable after Dec. 31, 1833. Proviso. Secretary of the Treasury to re-transfer the excess of stock subscribed. If the amount authorized should not be subscribed by July 1, 1822, the remainder may be subscribed be and the 1st of October following, on the books of the treasury. thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and that for the whole, or any part, which shall be thus subscribed, of the seven per cent. stock, credits shall be entered to the respective subscribers, who shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates, purporting that the United States owe to the holder or holders thereof, his, her, or their, assigns, a sum, to be expressed therein, equal to the amount of the principal stock thus subscribed, bearing an interest of five per cent. per annum, payable quarterly, from the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, transferable in the manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the stock subscribed, and subject to redemption, at the pleasure of the United States, at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three: Provided, That no reimbursement shall be made, except for the whole amount of such new certificate, nor until after at least six months' public notice of such intended reimbursement. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be re-transferred to the respective subscribers, the several sums by them subscribed beyond the amount of the certificates of five per cent. stock issued to them respectively. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if the amount of seven and six per cent. stocks, authorized to be subscribed by the first section of this act, shall not have been subscribed by the first day of July next, the remainder of that amount may be subscribed, on the books of the treasury, at any time between the said first day of July and the first day of October next thereafter; and for the whole or any part of any sum which shall be tween that day thus subscribed, of the six per cent, stocks of the years eighteen hundred and twelve, eighteen hundred and thirteen, eighteen hundred and fourteen, and eighteen hundred and fifteen, credits shall be entered to the respective subscribers, who shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates purporting that the United States owe to the holder or holders thereof, his, her, or their, assigns, a sum, to be expressed therein, equal to the amount of the principal stock thus subscribed, bearing an interest of five per centum per annum, payable quarterly, from the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, transferable in the same manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the stock subscribed, and subject to redemption, at the pleasure of the United States, in the proportion, and at the periods, herein defined, viz: one-third at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty; one third at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; and the remainder at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and that for the whole or any part which shall be thus subscribed of the seven per cent. stock, credits shall be entered to the respective subscribers, who shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates, purporting that the United States owe to the holder or holders thereof, his, her, or their, assigns, a sum, to be expressed therein, equal to the amount of the principal stock thus subscribed, bearing an interest of five per centum per annum, payable quarterly, from the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, transferable in the manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the stock subscribed, and subject to redemption, at the pleasure of the United States, at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three: Provided, That no reimbursement shall be made, except reimbursement, for the whole amount of such new certificate, nor until after at least six except, &c. months' public notice of such reimbursement. Proviso; no Funds pledged for the payment of inter est and redemption of the prin SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the same funds which have heretofore been, and now are, pledged by law for the payment of the interest, and for the redemption or reimbursement of the stock which may be subscribed by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall remain pledged for the payment of the interest accruing on the stock created by reason of such subscription, and for the redemption or reimbursement of the principal of the same. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of the sinking fund to cause to be applied and paid, out of the said fund, yearly and every year, such sum and sums as may be annually wanted to discharge the interest accruing on the stock which may be created by virtue of this act. The said commissioners are hereby authorized to apply, from time to time, such sum and sums, out of the said fund, as they may think proper, towards redeeming, by purchase or by reimbursement, in conformity with the provisions of this act, the principal of the said stock. And such part of the annual sum of ten millions of dollars, vested by law in the said commissioners, as may be necessary and wanting for the above purposes, shall be and continue appriated [appropriated] to the payment of interest and redemption of the public debt, until the whole of the stock which may be created under the provisions of this act shall have been redeemed or reimbursed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed in any wise to alter, abridge, or impair, the rights of those creditors of the United States who shall not subscribe to the loan to be opened by virtue of this act. APPROVED, April 20, 1822. 99 CHAP. XXIX.-An Act to revive and continue in force "An act declaring the CHAP. XXX. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all purchasers, and every legal holder of any certificate of the purchase, of the public lands of the United States, who were entitled to, but who have not availed themselves of, any of the provisions of the act of Congress of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty," be allowed, at any time on or before the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, to surrender their certificates of purchase, to accept, and, on filing such acceptances, shall be entitled and subject to such of the provisions of the aforesaid act as apply to cases where complete payment may be made of any tract of land prior to the thirtieth day of September next. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all purchasers, and every Purchasers, &c. VOL. III.-84 3 K 2 who did not ac sions of the act of March 2, legal holder of any certificate of purchase, of the public lands of the cept the provi- United States, who may not have accepted any of the provisions of the aforesaid act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty1821, and who one, or who may not avail themselves of the provisions of the first section of this act, be permitted, at any time prior to the thirtieth of September next, to file their acceptances, and surrender their certificates of purchase, and shall be entitled to all the benefits, and subject to all the provisions, of the aforesaid act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, which relate in any manner to relinquishment and classification, and to the extension of the time of payment by instalments, and the proceeding in relation thereto, in the same manner as if such acceptances had been filed on or before the thirtieth of September last. did not avail themselves of the provisions of the 1st section, may file their acceptances, and be entitled to all the benefits, &c. Purchasers, &c., who have filed their ac SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all purchasers, and every legal holder of any certificate of purchase, of the public lands of the United ceptances, &c., States, who may have filed their acceptances and surrendered their certificates of purchase, and accepted the provisions of the aforesaid act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, which relate to payments to be made by instalments, be permitted, notwithstanding their acceptances heretofore filed, to make complete payment on any tract of land on or before the thirtieth day of September next, and shall be entitled to the discount provided for by the fourth section of the aforesaid act. under the act Registers and receivers of land offices are to perform the duties under this act, as un der the act of March 2, 1821. Lands that would have been forfeited, &c., exempted until Sept. 30, 1822. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the registers and receivers of the several land offices of the United States to perform the duties prescribed by, or necessary to carry into complete effect, the provisions of this act, according to the forms and instructions heretofore given by the Treasury Department; to keep full and faithful accounts and records of all proceedings under the same, in the manner prescribed by the eighth section of the aforesaid act; to make report of the same to the Treasury Department within the term of three months from the thirtieth of September next; and shall receive, as compensation for like services, the fees provided for by the seventh and eighth sections of said act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every tract of land which would have been forfeited from a failure to file an acceptance and to surrender the certificate of purchase on or before the thirtieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, be, and the same is hereby, exempted from forfeiture and sale until the thirtieth day of September next, and no longer. APPROVED, April 20, 1822. STATUTE I. April 26, 1822. CHAP. XXXI.—An Act to alter the times of holding courts in the western Courts to be held annually hereafter at the times and district of Virginia, and for other purposes. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, instead of the times now prescribed by law for holding courts in the western district of Virplaces designa- ginia, the said courts shall be held annually on the first Mondays of April and September, at Wythe Courthouse; and at Lewisburg, on the Fridays succeeding the first Mondays of April and September; and at Clarksburg, on the fourth Mondays of May and October; to which days, respectively, all process returnable to the first days of the next succeeding term shall be held returnable, and returned accordingly. ted. If the judge fails to attend on the first day SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the judge shall not attend on the first day of any court, such court shall stand adjourned from day (a) See notes to the act of Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12. to day for three days, if the same cause continue; after which time, if the court to stand adjourned, &c. STATUTE I. CHAP. XXXII.-An Act altering the time and place of holding the district court April 26, 1822. in the district of Mississippi. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi, heretofore holden at the seat of government in the state of Mississippi, on the first Mondays in January and July, shall, after the next July term, which may be holden at the city of Natchez, hereafter hold its regular terms at the courthouse of Adams county, in the city of Natchez, on the first Mondays in April and October, and may continue to sit at each term until the business of the court is finished. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every writ, process, subpoena, or recognisance, returnable according to law, or the tenor thereof, to either of the aforesaid terms holden on the first Mondays in January and July, shall, after the next July term, be returnable, and shall be returned to the next succeeding term of said court, to be holden on the first Mondays in April and October, after the passing of this act. APPROVED, April 26, 1822. The district court hereto fore holden,&c. to be held at Natchez at the court house of Adams county, on the first Mondays in April and October, &c. Writs, process, &c., re turnable ac cordingly. STATUTE I. CHAP. XXXIII.-An Act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to set apart April 26, 1822. and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, whenever any individual or individuals, named in the contract entered into between the Secretary of the Treasury and Charles Villar, agent of the French association, on the eighth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, by virtue of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive," passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, or the heirs or devisees of such individual or individuals, shall have complied with the conditions of settlement and cultivation, in the said contract prescribed, in proportion to his or their interest, under the said contract, and in the lands thereby set apart, and shall have paid the amount of purchase money, proportionate to his or their interest in said land, within the particular periods in the said contract limited, it shall and may be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby required, to cause letters patent to be issued to such individual or individuals, or his or their heirs or devisees, for the amount of his or their interest in the lands set apart and contracted for by virtue of the said act, any thing in the said act or contract contained to the contrary notwithstanding: saving, always, to the widow of any such deceased proprietor her right of dower in said lands, according to the laws of the state of Alabama. APPROVED, April 26, 1822. Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 61. When any in dividual of the association, his heirs, or devisees shall have complied with the conditions of settlement, and cultivation in proportion to his interest, and paid the amount of purchase money, &c. the Secretary of the Treasury to cause a patent to issue for the proportionate individual in the lands set interest of the apart. ma. (a) See notes to act of Jan. 11, 1821, ch. 6. STATUTE I. April 26, 1822. [Obsolete.] Locations of warrants made Feb. 15, 1815, if made in pursuance of that under the act of act in other re spects, shall be perfected into grants, &c. Act of Feb. 17, 1815, ch. 45. The sales of fractions from such locations, valid, &c. Hereafter holders, &c., of such warrants, are to conform, &c., and such warrants to be located within a year, or they will be null. CHAP. XL.—An Act to perfect certain locations and sales of public lands in Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the locations heretofore made of warrants issued under the act of the fifteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri territory, who suffered by earthquakes," if made in pursuance of the provisions of that act, in other respects, shall be perfected into grants, in like manner as if they had conformed to the sectional or quarter sectional lines of the public surveys; and the sales of fractions of the public lands, heretofore created by such locations, shall be as valid and binding on the United States as if such fractions had been made by rivers, or other natural obstructions. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the holders and locators of such warrants shall be bound, in locating them, to conform to the sectional or quarter sectional lines of the public surveys, as nearly as the respective quantities of the warrants will admit; and all such warrants shall be located within one year after the passage of this act; in default whereof the same shall be null and void. APPROVED, April 26, 1822. STATUTE I. April 30, 1822. [Obsolete.] Sums appropriated for the year 1822. Congress and their officers. Contingent expenses of Congress. Library and librarian of Congress. Books for li brary. President. Vice Presi dent. Secretary of State. Clerks. CHAP. XLI.-An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, 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 following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two; that is to say: For compensation, granted by law, to the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers, and attendants, in addition to an unexpended balance of two hundred and fourteen thousand and sixty-seven dollars and fourteen cents, two hundred and one thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-six cents. For the expenses of firewood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, forty-five thousand dollars. For the expenses of the library of Congress, including the librarian's allowance for the year, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For books for the library, one thousand dollars. For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars. For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five thousand dollars. For compensation to the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the Department of State, by the act 1818, ch. 87. of the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars. Messengers. Contingent expenses. Secretary of the Treasury. For compensation to the messengers in said department, including the messenger in the patent office, nine hundred and sixty dollars. For the contingent and incidental expenses of the Department of State, including expenses of publishing the foreign correspondence of the confederation Congress, for extra copying of papers, and a deficiency in the appropriation for printing the secret journals of the old Congress, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty-six cents. For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, six thousand dollars. |