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and territory, the attorney general, and judges of the courts of the United States, and the colleges and universities in the United States, each one copy; for the use of each of the departments, viz: State, Treasury, War, and Navy, two copies each; for the use of the Senate, five copies; for the use of the House of Representatives, ten copies; and for the library of Congress, ten copies, of the secret journals, and of the foreign correspondence, ordered to be printed by the several resolutions of Congress, passed on the twenty-seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and twenty: Also to each member of the present Congress, who has not received the same, one copy of the journal of the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States. And that the remaining copies be preserved in the library, subject to the future disposition of Congress. APPROVED, January 11, 1822.

II. RESOLUTION providing for the distribution of the marshals' returns of the fourth census.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be instructed to furnish to each member of the present Congress, and the delegates from territories, the President and Vice President of the United States, the executive of each state and territory, the attorney general, and judges of the courts of the United States, and the colleges and universities in the United States, each one copy; for the use of the departments, viz: State, Treasury, War, and Navy, five copies each; for the use of the Senate, five copies; and for the use of the House of Representatives, ten copies, of the marshals' returns of the fourth census; and that the residue of the copies of the said returns be deposited in the library of Congress. APPROVED, February 4, 1822.

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The Secretary of State to cause to be

classified and reduced to form,

III. RESOLUTION directing the classification and printing of the accounts of the March 30, 1822. several manufacturing establishments and their manufactures, collected in obedience to the tenth section of the act to provide for taking the fourth census. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be directed to cause to be classified and reduced to such form as he may deem most conducive to the diffusion of information, the accounts of the several manufacturing establishments, and their manufactures, taken in pursuance of the tenth section of the act, entitled " An act to provide for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, and for other purposes," approved the fourteenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and that he cause fifteen hundred copies of the digest, so to be made, to be printed, subject to the disposi- 14, 1820, ch. 24. tion of Congress.

APPROVED, March 30, 1822.

counts of manu

facturing establishments and

their manufactures, &c.

Act of March

IV. RESOLUTION providing for the security in the transmission of letters, &c., April 26, 1822. in the public mails.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to introduce, as soon as conveniently may be, on one or more of the most exposed routes, Richard Imlay's plan of copper cases, secured in iron chests, with inside locks and sliding bars in such a way as to test its efficacy in preventing robberies of the mail: Provided, The extra expense for each mail carriage shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars.

APPROVED, April 26, 1822.

The Postmas

ter General to introduce, &c. R. Imlay's plan of copper cases, &c., to test, &c.

Proviso.

ACTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of
Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the second day
of December, 1822, and ended on the third day of March, 1823.

JAMES MONROE, President; DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Vice President of the
United States, and' President of the Senate; JOHN GAILLARD, Presi-
dent of the Senate pro tempore; PHILIP P. BARBOUR, Speaker of the
House of Representatives.

STATUTE II.

Dec. 20, 1822. CHAP. I.—An Act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of

President authorized to purchase or construct vessels, to fit, equip, and

man them for

immediate service, for repressing piracy, &c.

Act of March 3, 1825, ch. 101, вес. 2.

Appropriation for such expenditure.

piracy.

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 hereby is, authorized to purchase or construct a sufficient number of vessels, in addition to those now employed, of such burthen and construction as he may deem necessary, and to fit, equip, and man the same for immediate service, for the purpose of repressing piracy, and of affording effectual protection to the citizens and commerce of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, and the seas and territories adjacent.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars be appropriated to meet the expenditure to be incurred as aforesaid, and paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, December 20, 1822.

STATUTE II.

Jan. 14, 1823. [Obsolete.] From the 3d day of March next, the state

of Alabama to have three

members in the House of Representatives,

agreeably to the act of March 7, 1822, ch. 10.

CHAP. II.—An Act concerning the apportionment of representatives in the state of Alabama. (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the state of Alabama shall have three members in the House of Representatives, in the Congress of the United States, it appearing, from the returns of the marshal of Alabama, deposited in the office of the Secretary of state of the United States, that the said state of Alabama at the passage of the act, entitled "An act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fourth census," approved March seven, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, was entitled to the number of three representatives, according to the population of the said state, and the ratio established by the said act. APPROVED, January 14, 1823.

(a) By the act of March 2, 1819, ch. 47, Alabama was authorized to form a state government for admission into the Union. By resolution of December 11, 1819, Alabama was admitted into the Union.

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CHAP. III.-An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of govern ment for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, 'That the sum of two hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, for the compensation granted by law to the Senate and House of Representatives: and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 14, 1823.

STATUTE II.

Jan. 14, 1823. [Obsolete.] Appropriation for the compen

sation of the Senate and

House of Representatives.

CHAP. V.-An Act to continue the present mode of supplying the army of the
United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth sections of the act, entitled "An act regulating the staff of
the army," passed April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, be,
and the same are hereby, continued in force for the term of five years,
and until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter.
APPROVED, January 23, 1823.

CHAP. VI.—An Act to enable the proprietors of lands held by titles derived from the United States to obtain copies of papers from the proper department, and to declare the effect of such copies.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any person claiming to be interested in, or entitled to land, under any grant or patent from the United States, shall apply to the Treasury Department for copies of papers filed and remaining therein, in any wise affecting the title to such land, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause such copies to be made out and authenticated, under his hand and seal, for the person so applying, and such copies, so authenticated, shall be evidence equally as the original papers. APPROVED, January 23, 1823.

STATUTE II.

Jan. 23, 1823.

The 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th sections of act of

April 14, 1818, ch. 61, continfive years, and

ued in force for

to the end of the next session of Congress.

STATUTE II.

Jan. 23, 1823.

The Secretary of the Treasury thentic copies of papers filed, &c., to be made &c., and these copies to be

to cause au

equal evidence as the original

papers.

STATUTE II.

Act of May 15,

1820, ch. 113. 3d, and 4th sections of act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77,

The 1st, 2d,

CHAP. VII.—An Act in addition to "An act to continue in force ‘An act to protect Jan. 30, 1823. the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,' and, also, to make further provision for punishing the crime of piracy." (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the first, second, third, and fourth sections of an act, entitled "An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy," passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force, in all respects, as fully as if the said sections had been enacted without limitation, in the said act, or in the act to which this is an addition, and which was passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

APPROVED, January 30, 1823.

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(a) See notes to the act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77.
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made perpe

tual.

STATUTE II. Jan. 30, 1823.

[Obsolete.] An additional judge to be appointed for the territory of Michigan, within the counties of Michilimacki

nac, Brown and

Crawford, hav-
ing the power
of the supreme

court of the
territory, and of
the county
courts.

Appeals allowed from the

county courts to this court. Proviso.

Proviso.

The supreme court of the ter

CHAP. VIII.-An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the Michigan 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 there shall be appointed an additional judge for the Michigan territory, who shall possess and exercise, within the counties of Michilimackinac, Brown, and Crawford, in the territory aforesaid, as said counties are now defined and established, or may be hereafter defined and established, the jurisdiction and power heretofore possessed and exercised by the supreme court of the said territory, and by the county courts of said counties respectively, within the said counties, and to the exclusion of the original jurisdiction of the said supreme court: and the jurisdiction of the said court, hereby established, shall be concurrent with the said county courts; but in all suits, either at law or in equity, appeals shall be allowed from the decisions of the said county courts to the court established by this act, in the same manner as is provided for appeals from said courts to the supreme court of said territory; Provided, always, That the said supreme court shall have full power and authority to issue writs of error to the court established by this act, in all civil causes, and to hear and determine the same when sitting as a supreme court of the territory, according to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and to the statutes adopted and published by the governor and judges of said territory: And provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to give cognisance to the court hereby established, of cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, nor of cases wherein the United States shall be plaintiffs, except as hereinafter mentioned.

SEC. 2. And it be further enacted, That the said supreme court are ritory authoriz- hereby authorized, upon the reversal of a judgment of the court established by this act, to render such judgment as the said court ought to have rendered or passed, except where the reversal is in favour of the plaintiff in the original suit, and the debt or damages to be assessed are uncertain: in which case the cause shall be remanded to the county from whence it came, in order to a final determination.

ed, upon the reversal of a judgment of this court, &c.

A writ of error shall be no stay of proceedings in the court to

which it issues, unless the plain

tiff in error, his agent, or attorney, give security that the

plaintiff in error shall prosecute

his writ to effect.

No cause, except suits in

equity, to be removed from

this court, but

Suits in equity may be removed by appeal. This court to

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, when any person, not being an executor or administrator, applies for a writ of error, such writ shall be no stay of proceedings in the court to which it issues, unless the plaintiff in error, his agent or attorney, shall give security, to be approved of by a judge of the said supreme court, which shall be certified on the back of such writ, that the plaintiff in error shall prosecute his writ to effect, and pay the condemnation money, and all costs, or otherwise abide the judgment of the court, if he fail to make his plea good; and no cause, except suits in equity, shall be removed to said supreme court from the court hereby established, but by writ of error, as herein before provided; and suits in equity may be removed by appeal, in the same manner as is provided for appeals from the county courts to the supreme court.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the court established by this act shall hold one term in each of the counties aforesaid, yearly, at the followby writ of error. ing times and places, to wit: at Prairie du Chien, on the second Monday in May; at Green Bay, on the second Monday in June; and at Mackinac, on the third Monday in July, in each and every year; and shall then and there proceed to hear and determine the pleas, process, and proceedings, depending therein, in the same manner as the said supreme or county courts might, or could have done, in case this act had not been passed; counties yearly. and the clerks of the said county courts shall be clerks of the court hereby established in their respective counties, and shall be entitled to such fees for their services as may be allowed them by law; and the officers appointed to execute the process of the said county courts within

hold one term

in each of the

The clerks

of the county

court to be

clerks of the court in their

the said counties, are hereby authorized and required to execute the cess of the court hereby established.

pro- respective

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said court, hereby established, shall have and possess concurrent jurisdiction with the said supreme court, in and over all actions arising under the acts and laws in force, or which may be enacted, for the regulating trade and intercourse with the Indians, and over all crimes and offences which shall be committed within that part of the Indian country lying north and west of Lake Michigan, within the territory of Michigan.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the judge to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall reside in one of the counties aforesaid, and shall receive the same salary, and payable in the same manner, as is provided and established by law for the judges of the said supreme court of the Michigan territory.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force, from and after the twentieth day of March next. APPROVED, January 30, 1823.

counties.

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CHAP. IX.-An Act concerning the disbursement of public money. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passing of this act, no advance of public money shall be made in any case whatever; but in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exeed [exceed] the value of the service rendered, or of the articles delivered previously to such payment: Provided, That it shall be lawful, under the especial direction of the President of the United States, to make such advances to the disbursing officers of the government as may be necessary to the faithful and prompt discharge of their respective duties, and to the fulfilment of the public engagements: And provided also, That the President of the United States may direct such advances as he may deem necessary and proper, to such persons in the military and naval service as may be employed on distant stations, where the discharge of the pay and emoluments to which they may be entitled, cannot be regularly effected.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every officer or agent of the United States, who shall receive public money which he is not authorized to retain, as salary, pay, or emolument, shall render his accounts quarter yearly to the proper accounting officers of the treasury, with the vouchers necessary to the correct and prompt settlement thereof, within three months, at least, after the expiration of each successive quarter, if resident within the United States; and within six months if resident in a foreign country: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrain the secretaries of any of the departments from requiring such returns from any officer or agent, subject to the control of such secretaries, as the public interest may require.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every officer or agent of the United States, who shall offend against the provisions of the preceding sections, shall, by the officer charged with the direction of the department to which such offending officer is responsible, be promptly reported to the President of the United States, and dismissed from the public service: Provided, That in all cases, where any officer, in default as aforesaid, shall account to the satisfaction of the President for such default, he may be continued in office, any thing in the foregoing provision to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no security given to, or ob

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