An ordinance, &c. providing inhabitants of CHAP. 86. An act to relieve the people of Florida from the operation of certain ordinances. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That an ordinance numbered three, for the natura- made and passed on the eighteenth of July, eighteen hundred lization of the and twenty-one, by Major General Andrew Jackson, governor of the coded ter- the provinces of the Floridas, entitled "An ordinance providing ritory, and an for the naturalization of the inhabitants of the ceded territory ;' ordinance, &c. imposing cer- and an ordinance passed by the city council of St. Augustine, on tain taxes, &c. the seventeenth of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, repealed, &c. imposing and laying certain taxes on the inhabitants, and all other laws, ordinances, or resolves, so far as they enforce or confirm the same, be, and the same are hereby, repealed and declared null and void. Any person attempting to repealed, &c. 2. That if any person shall attempt to enforce any of said enforce any of laws, ordinances, or resolves, by demanding and receiving any the ordinances tax, imposition, or assessment, authorized or prescribed thereby, to be punished such person shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, by fine, &c. not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding six months, either or both of said punishments. The president 3. That the president of the United States shall, in such neys paid, &c. manner and under such regulations as he may direct and preto be refunded. scribe, cause to be refunded to any person any sum of money which he may have paid under or by virtue of either of said laws, ordinances, or resolves. to cause mo This act in force from 1st June, 1822. The register authorized to the use of schools. The register at Terre 4. That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of June next. [Approved, May 7, 1822.] CHAP. 87. An act authorizing the location of certain school lands in the state of Indiana. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the register of the land office at at Brookville Brookville be, and he is hereby, authorized to select school lands select school within the said district, equivalent to the one thirty-sixth part of lands, &c. for the reservation commonly called Clark's grant, for the use of schools within the same; and the register of the land office at Terre Haute is hereby in like manner authorized to select within his district school lands, which, together with the eleven sections ed to select already selected, shall be equivalent to the one thirty-sixth part school landa. of the Vincennes donation tract, for the use of schools within The registers, said tract. It shall be the duty of the registers aforesaid, in making such selections, to be confined to section numbered twenty, in each township, and the selection so made shall be reserved from sale. [Approved, May 7, 1822.] wise authoriz in their selec- - Vol. iii. p. 1809. The 14th sec. of the act to reduce and fix CHAP. 88. An act to repeal the fourteenth section of " An act to reduce and fix the military peace establishment," passed the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the fourteenth section of the act, entitled "An act to reduce and fix the military peace establishthe military ment," passed the second day of March, one thousand eight peace estab hundred and twenty-one, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. repealed. [Approved, May 7, 1822.] lishment, &c. CHAP. 90. An act further to amend the several acts relative to the treasury, war, and navy, departments. Certain sections of acts repealed after 30th June, 256. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the second section of the act, 1822. entitled "An act making alterations in the treasury and war de- Vol.i. p. 200. partments," passed the eighth day of May, seventeen hundred Vol. iii. p. and ninety-two;" the second section of the act, entitled "An 1630, act to alter and amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the treasury, war, and navy, departments," passed the sixteenth day of July, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight; and the seventh section of the act, entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts," passed the third day of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, be, and hereby are, repealed, from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-two. On the 30th 2. That on the day and year last aforesaid, all moneys June, 1822, which may remain in the hands of the treasurer of the United all moneys reStates, as agent of the war and navy departments, shall, under maining in the the direction of the secretaries of those departments, respective treasurer, &c. ly, be repaid into the treasury, and carried to the credit of the to be repaid proper department upon the books of the treasury. hands of the into the trea sury, &c. for the use of the war and navy depart ments, to be drawn by war rant of the secretary of § 3. That all moneys appropriated for the use of the war and Aloneys navy departments shall, from and after the day and year last aforesaid, be drawn from the treasury, by warrants of the secretary of the treasury, upon the requisitions of the secretaries of those departments, respectively, countersigned by the second comptroller of the treasury, and registered by the proper auditor. the treasury, 4. That so much of the said act of the third day of March, so much of eighteen hundred and seventeen, as is repugnant to the forego- the act of 3d ing provisions, be, and is hereby, repealed, from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-two. [Ap- nant, &c. reproved, May 7, 1822.] CHAP. 91. An act fixing the compensation of the commissioner of the public buildings. &c. March, 1817, as is repug pealed, &c. the commis 1. Be it enacted, &c. That instead of the salary of two thous- The salary of and dollars, heretofore allowed by law to the commissioner of sioner of the the public buildings, there shall henceforth be allowed to the public buildsaid commissioner a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars hereafter 1500 a year, to be paid quarterly, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. ings to be dollars per ann. The commis 2. That the said commissioner shall give bond, with one or sioner to give more sufficient sureties, in such sum and form as the president of bond, &c. the United States shall direct, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office: Provided, That there shall not be placed in Proviso; no his hand, at any one time, a sum exceeding the penalty of the the penalty, bond. sum exceeding &c. ch. 150. 3. That the third section of the act, entitled "An act mak- Act of 1816, ing an appropriation for enclosing and improving the public The 31 sec. of square near the capitol, and to abolish the office of commission- act of 29th April, 1816, ers of the public buildings, and of superintendent, and for the fixing the sa appointment of one commissioner for the public buildings," ap. ary of the proved the twenty-ninth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight at 2000 dolls. hundred and sixteen, which said section fixed the salary of the repealed. VOL. III. 213 commissioner Vol. i. p. 664. Certain collection dis to others. said commissioner at two thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [Approved, May 7, 1822.] CHAP. 107. An act further to establish the compensation of officers of the customs and to alter certain collection districts, and for other purposes. § 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the collection district of White tricts annexed Mountains shall be, and hereby is, annexed to the district of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire; the district of Memphrymagog, to the district of Vermont; the district of Hudson, to the district Districts an- of New York; and each of the districts so annexed is hereby abolished, and made and constituted a part of the district to which it is annexed. nexed abolish ed, &c. Certain other districts an 2. That the collection district of Chester, with the district nexed to those of Havre de Grace, be, and hereby is, annexed to the district of mentioned. Baltimore; the district of Nottingham, to the district of Annapolis; the district of Dumfries and Yeocomico, to the district of The districts Tappahannock; the districts of Hampton, in Virginia, and South tablished as Quay, to the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth; and each of ports of deliv- the districts so annexed is hereby abolished, and made and constituted a part of the district to which it is annexed, and established a port of delivery, with the privileges appertaining to such ports. annexed es ery, &c. The offices of surveyor, in the places ished. 3. That the offices of surveyor in Augusta, Thomastown, Waldoboro', St. George, Bristol, Nobleboro', and Bangor, in specified, abol- Maine; Easton, Great Mills, St. Inigoes, in Maryland; Winton, Tombstone, Skewarky, Nixonton, Indiantown, New Biggin Creek, and Pasquotank, in North Carolina; Pittsburg, Marietta, Cincinnati, Massac, Charleston, in Virginia, and Limestone; be, and the same are hereby, abolished. Certain ports of delivery discontinued. with advice of veyor to each port, &c. 4. That the ports of delivery of Augusta, in Maine, Winton, Tombstone, Skewarky, Nixonton, Indiantown, New Biggin Creek, and Pasquotank, in North Carolina, be, and the same are hereby, discontinued as ports of delivery. The president, 5. That the president of the United States be, and he is the senate, to hereby, authorized, with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint a sur- appoint a surveyor to each of the ports of delivery established by this act; and also a surveyor for the port of Eastport, in the disEach survey- trict of Passamaquoddy; and each surveyor, so appointed, shall have the same powers, and be subject to the same duties, as other surveyors of the customs. or to have the same powers, &c. The salaries tors mention 6. That the salaries heretofore allowed by law to the seveof the collec- ral collectors of the customs for the districts of White Moun ed, to cease. tains, Memphrymagog, Barnstable, Nantucket, Marblehead, and New Bedford, shall cease and be discontinued. Commissions to the collec tors mention ed, in lieu, &c. 7. That, in lieu of the commissions allowed by law to the several officers hereafter mentioned, there shall be allowed the following, to wit: To each of the collectors for the districts of Saco, Cape Vincent, Georgetown, in the district of Columbia, Newbern, and St. Mary's, in Georgia, three per cent.; to each collector for the districts of Kennebunk, Newport, and New London, two and a half per cent.; to each collector for the districts of Bath, Bristol, New Haven, and Alexandria, two per cent.; to the collector for the district of Portsmouth, one and three fourths per cent.; to each collector for the districts of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Petersburgh, and Richmond, one and threefourths per cent.; and to the collector for the district of Mississippi, one per cent.; to the collector for the district of Boston, one-fifth of one per cent.; and to the collector for the district of New York, one sixth of one per cent., on all moneys by them respectively received on account of the duties arising from goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of vessels. addition to former sala ed. 8. That, in addition to the emoluments of the several offi- Salaries, in cers hereinafter mentioned, and in lieu of the salaries now estab- emoluments lished by law, there shall be allowed and paid the following sala- and in lieu of ries, to wit: To the collector of the district of Wilmington, in ries, to the offiDelaware, five hundred dollars; to the collector of the district cers mentionof Sag Harbor, four hundred dollars; to each of the collectors Collectors. for the districts of Saco, Edgartown, Fairfield, Cape Vincent, Sackett's Harbor, Champlain, Oswegatchie, Oswego, Vermont, Oxford, Tappahannock, Beaufort, in North Carolina, Edenton, Georgetown, in South Carolina, and Beaufort, in South Carolina, two hundred and fifty dollars; to each of the collectors for the districts of Wiscasset, Oswego, Plymouth, in North Carolina, two hundred dollars: to the surveyor at Eastport, for the district of Passamaquoddy, five hundred dollars; to the surveyors at Surveyors. North Kingston, for the district of Newport, and to each of the surveyors at New London, and at Hartford and Middletown, for the district of Middletown and Hampton, two hundred and fifty dollars; to each of the surveyors of the ports for the districts of St. Mary's, in Maryland, East River, South Quay, Petersburg, Edenton, Pawtuxet, and Camden, two hundred dollars; and to each of the surveyors of the ports of Chester, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, Dumfries, and Yeocomico, one hundred and fifty dollars; to the naval officers for the districts of Providence and Newport, two hundred and fifty dollars each. Naval officers. emoluments of York, Phila Charleston, 9. That whenever the emoluments of any collector of the Limitation of customs of either of the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, collectors of Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, or New Orleans, shall exceed Boston, New four thousand dollars, or the emoluments of any naval officer of delphia, Baltieither of said ports shall exceed three thousand dollars, or the more, emoluments of any surveyor of either of said ports shall ex- Savannah, and ceed two thousand five hundred dollars, in any one year, after New Orleans. deducting the necessary expenses incident to his office in the Surveyors. same year, the excess shall, in every such case, be paid into the treasury, for the use of the United States. Naval officers. the emolu val officers, 10. That whenever the emoluments of any other collector Limitation of of the customs shall exceed three thousand dollars, or the emolu- ments of other ments of any other naval officer shall exceed two thousand five collectors, nahundred dollars, or the emoluments of any other surveyor shall and surveyors. exceed two thousand dollars, in any one year, after deducting therefrom the necessary expenses incident to his office in the same year, the excess shall, in every such case, be paid into the treasury, for the use of the United States. $11. That the preceding provisions shall not extend to fines, The preceding penalties, or forfeitures, or the distribution thereof. provisions not io extend, &c. Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors, to render an account of emoluments, &c. on oath or affirmation, with proofs, &c. Collectors, and surveyors, of clerks em ployed by them, their compensation, &c. In the ports of an inspector who holds any 12. That every collector, naval officer, and surveyor, shall account to the treasury for all his emoluments, and also for all the expenses incident to his office; that such accounts, as well of expenses as of emoluments, shall be rendered on oath or affirmation, at such times and in such forms, and shall be supported by such proofs, as shall be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, and all such accounts shall be settled at the treasury like other public accounts. $13. That every collector, naval officer, and surveyor, shall, naval officers, together with his accounts of the expenses incident to his office, to render a list render a list of the clerks employed by him, stating the rate of compensation allowed to each, and the duties which they severally perform; and also an account of the sums paid for stationary, official or contingent expenses, fuel, and office rent, stating the purposes for which the premises rented are applied. Boston, &c. no 14. That, in the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, person to be Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, no person shall be an inspector who, at the same time, holds any other office other office, in the collection of the customs in either of the said ports. 15. That the secretary of the treasury may, from time to of the treasury time, limit and fix the number and compensations of the clerks may limit and to be employed by any collector, naval officer, or surveyor, and and compen- may limit and fix the compensation of any deputy of any such collector, naval officer, or surveyor: Provided, That no such deputy collec- deputy, in any of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, New tor in the dis- York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, or New ed, to receive Orleans, shall receive more than one thousand five hundred dollars, nor any other such deputy more than one thousand dollars, in any one year, for any services he may perform for the United States in any office or capacity. & c. The secretary fix the number sation, &c. Proviso; no tricts mention more than 1500 dollars, nor any other deputy more, &c. No account for tion of any be allowed un til he has cer he has per formed the § 16. That no account for the compensation for services of the compensa- any clerk, or other person employed in any duties in relation to clerk or other the collection of the revenue, shall be allowed, until such clerk person, em- or other person shall have certified, on oath or affirmation, that ployed in the collection of the same services have been performed, that he has received the the revenue, to full sum therein charged, to his own use and benefit, and that he has not paid, deposited, or assigned, nor contracted to pay, detified, &c. that posite, or assign, any part of such compensation to the use of any other person, nor in any way, directly or indirectly, paid or services, &c. given, nor contracted to pay or give, any reward or compensation for his office or employment, or the emoluments thereof. 17. That if any person employed in any duties in relation to the collection of the revenue, shall accept or receive any fee, of the revenue reward, or compensation, other than that allowed by law, for any coal service he may perform for any person, in making any entry or lowed by law, clearance, or preparing any papers to be used or kept in the performed, &c. custom house, such person shall be removed from office, and he is to be re- shall, moreover, on conviction thereof, pay a fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars. If any person employed in the collection accepts any fee &c. not for any service moved, &c. No collector, &c. to receive dollars annu 18. That no collector, surveyor, or naval officer, shall ever more than 400 receive more than four hundred dollars annually, exclusive of his ally, exclusive, compensation as collector, surveyor, or naval officer, and the &c. for ser- fines and forfeitures allowed by law, for any services he may perform for the United States in any other office or capacity. vices, &c. |