For provisions and other assistance to Indians removing to the west from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, required in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, five thousand dollars. For building houses for Indian agents, sub-agents, blacksmith's shops in all the several agencies, seven thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums, carried to the surplus fund, at the commencement of the present year, be, and the same are hereby appropriated, viz: For additional expense at the Red river agency, per act of ninth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, thirteen hundred dollars. For extinguishment of the title of the Creeks to land in Georgia, per act twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, balance re-appropriated twenty-first March, eighteen hundred and twentyeight, four thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty-seven cents. For claims against the Osages, by citizens of the United States, per act third March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, balance re-appropriated twenty-first March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, eight hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. For extinguishment of the claims of the Cherokees to their lands in Georgia, per act ninth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, forty-six thousand one hundred and four dollars and fifty cents. For carrying into effect the treaty concluded with the Creeks, fifteenth November, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, per act twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, four thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty of sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, with the Cherokee Indians, for their removal, &c., from Georgia, per act twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, fifty-nine thousand one hundred and thirty-four dollars and nineteen cents. For expense of Indian delegations to explore the country west of the Mississippi, per act twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twentyeight, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars. For running the Indian boundary line in Florida, per act twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and forty-nine cents. For purchase of Creek and Cherokee reservations, per act second [third] March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, twenty-one hundred dollars. For expense of treating with the Choctaws and Chickasaws, for extinguishment of their title to lands within the limits of Mississippi, per act twentieth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, six hundred and fiftyeight dollars. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. CHAP. LXV.-An Act making provision for a subscription to a compilation of Congressional documents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to subscribe for seven hundred and fifty copies of the compilation of Congressional documents proposed to be published by Gales and Seaton: Provided, That the documents shall be selected under the direction of the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives: And provided, also, That the price paid for the printing of the said copies shall be at a rate not exceeding that of the price paid to the printer of Congress for printing the documents of the two Houses. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. Houses, &c. Red river agency. 1828, ch. 47. Creek title. 1824, ch. 151. 1828, ch. 21. Osage claims. 1828, ch. 21. Cherokee title. 1828, ch. 47. Creek treaty. 1828, ch. 94. 1819, ch. 87. Cherokee treaty. 1828, ch. 94. Exploration. 1828, ch. 94. Boundary line. 1824, ch. 151. Creek and Cherokee reservations. 1823, ch. 26. Treating with Choc. and Chic. 1826, ch. 110. STATUTE II. March 2, 1831. [Obsolete.] Subscription to congressional documents. Proviso. Proviso. STATUTE II. March 2, 1831. Act of Feb. 23, 1822, ch. 9. Act of Mar. 2, 1831, ch. 66. Act of Mar. 2, 1833, ch. 67, sec. 3. (a) Any person cutting, &c. live oak, or, &c. Any person removing, &c. Any person cutting or, &c. to pay a fine, &c. Vessels em CHAP. LXVI.-An Act to provide for the punishment of offences committed in cutting, destroying, or removing live oak and other timber or trees reserved for naval purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any person or persons shall cut, or cause or procure to be cut, or aid, assist, or be employed in cutting, or shall wantonly destroy, or cause or procure to be wantonly destroyed, or aid, assist, or be employed in wantonly destroying any live oak or red cedar tree or trees, or other timber standing, growing, or being on any lands of the United States, which, in pursuance of any Jaw passed, or hereafter to be passed, shall have been reserved or purchased for the use of the United States, for supplying or furnishing therefrom, timber for the navy of the United States; or if any person or persons shall remove, or cause or procure to be removed, or aid, or assist or be employed in removing from any such lands which shall have been reserved or purchased as aforesaid, any live oak or red cedar tree or trees, or other timber, unless duly authorized so to do, by order, in writing, of a competent officer, and for the use of the navy of the United States; or if any person or persons shall cut, or cause or procure to be cut, or aid, or assist, or be employed in cutting any live oak or red cedar tree or trees, or other timber on, or shall remove, or cause or procure to be removed, or aid, or assist, or be employed in removing any live oak or red cedar trees, or other timber, from any other lands of the United States, acquired, or hereafter to be acquired, with intent to export, dispose of, use, or employ the same in any manner whatsoever, other than for the use of the navy of the United States; every such person or persons so offending, on conviction thereof before any court having competent jurisdiction, shall, for every such offence, pay a fine not less than triple the value of the tree or trees, or timber so cut, destroyed, or removed, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the master, owner, or conployed in taking signee of any ship or vessel shall, knowingly, take on board any timber away, &c. to be cut on lands, which shall have been reserved or purchased as aforesaid, forfeited. without proper authority, and for the use of the navy of the United States; or shall take on board any live oak or red cedar timber cut on any other lands of the United States, with intent to transport the same to any port or place within the United States, or to export the same to any foreign country, the ship or vessel on board of which the same shall be taken, transported, or seized, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furCaptain to be niture, be wholly forfeited to the United States, and the captain or master of such ship or vessel wherein the same shall have been exported to any foreign country against the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the United States a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. fined. &c. Penalties, how SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures to be sued for, incurred under the provisions of this act shall be sued for, recovered and distributed, and accounted for, under the directions of the Secretary of the Navy, and shall be paid over, one half to the informer or informers, if any, or captors, where seized, and the other half to the commissioners Mitigation of of the navy pension fund, for the use of the said fund; and the compenalty. missioners of the said fund are hereby authorized to mitigate, in whole or in part, and on such terms and conditions as they shall deem proper, and order, in writing, any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred under this act. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. (a) The provisions of the act of March 2, 1833, ch. 67, sec. 3, were repealed by "An act to set aside certain reservations of land on account of live oak in the south-eastern district of Louisiana." March 3, 1843, ch. 77. CHAP. LXVII. An Act granting a quantity of land to the territory of Arkansas for the erection of a public building at the seat of government of said territory. STATUTE II. March 2, 1831. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the granted. territory of Arkansas be, and they are hereby authorized to select, or cause to be selected, a quantity of the unappropriated public lands in the territory of Arkansas, not exceeding ten sections, and in portions not less than one quarter section, which is hereby granted to said territory, for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of government of said territory. Authority to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said territory be, and they are hereby authorized to adopt such measures for the sale sell. of said tract of land, or any part thereof, at such times and manner, and convey the same by such deeds, as they shall deem expedient; and upon the presentation of such deeds of conveyance, as shall be adopted by said legislature and given to the purchasers, to the commissioner of the general land office, it shall be the duty of the President to issue patents to the purchasers, as in other cases. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. STATUTE II. CHAP. LXVIII.—An Act confirming the selections heretofore made of lands for the March 2, 1831. construction of the Michigan road, in the state of Indiana. [Obsolete.] Certain loca Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the selections and loca- tions confirmed. tions heretofore made by the state of Indiana, of the Michigan road lands, so far as they may remain unsold, be, and the same are hereby, sanctioned and confirmed; and that other public lands in Indiana, in lieu of those already sold, shall be selected under the same authority that the original selections and locations were made: Provided, That no selections or locations shall hereafter be made for the purpose aforesaid, until the authority of the state of Indiana shall cause to be made to the general land office an accurate survey and plat of the said road throughout its entire line. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land offices at Crawfordsville and Fort Wayne shall be duly notified, by the state authority, of the selections made in virtue of this act; after which, no sales thereof shall be made. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. CHAP. LXIX.-An Act to extend the act, entitled "An act for the further extending the powers of the judges of the superior court of the territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes." STATUTE II. March 2, 1831. [Expired.] Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 173. Act of May 8, 1830, ch. 90, extended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act for the further extending the powers of the judges of the superior court of the territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes," approved on the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same is hereby, extended and continued in force until the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the judges of the superior court of the territory of Arkansas shall, whilst in the discharge of to judges. the duties imposed by this act, be allowed at the rate of eight hundred Compensation dollars per annum, in addition to their salary as judges of the superior court for the said territory, which shall be in full for their services, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. STATUTE II. March 2, 1831. CHAP. LXX.-An Act making appropriations for the public buildings, and for other purposes. [Obsolete.] Appropriations. Capitol. Bust of John Jay. President's house. Charles Bulfinch. 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, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes, that is to say: For completing the painting of the Capitol, three thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. For planting and improving the ground within the enclosure of the Capitol square, including the gardener's salary for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and pay of labourers, three thousand dollars. To make good the deficiency in the estimates of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, for finishing gates and fences, five thousand nine hundred and eighty-four dollars. For lighting lamps in and round the square, and erecting twenty-four new lamps, one thousand five hundred dollars. For alterations and repairs, five hundred dollars. For new stoves for warming and ventilating the hall of the House of Representatives, eight hundred dollars. For purchasing Seneca stone flagging for the terrace and walks adjoining the Capitol, three thousand dollars. For employing John Frazee to execute a bust of John Jay for the Supreme Court room, four hundred dollars. For painting the President's house, inside and out, three thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars. For planting and improving the grounds about the President's house, including the gardener's salary, four thousand dollars. For alterations and repairs of the President's house, five hundred dollars. For furniture, and repairs of furniture, five thousand dollars. For compensation to Charles Bulfinch, late architect of the Capitol, for his extra services in planning and superintending the building of the penitentiary at Washington, the jail in Alexandria, the additional buildings for the post-office and patent office, and for allowance for returning with his family to Boston, eleven hundred dollars. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. STATUTE II. CHAP. LXXIII.-An Act to authorize the territory of Florida to open a canal through the public lands between Chipola river and Saint Andrew's bay, in West Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the territory of Florida be, and is hereby, authorized to survey and mark, through the public lands of the United States, the route of a canal, by which to connect the navigation of the river Chipola and Saint Andrew's bay, in West Florida, and to cut the same through the public lands; and ninety feet of land on each side of said canal shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United States, and the use thereof be for ever vested in the territory, or such company as shall be organized by them, for a canal, and for no other purpose whatever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the said territory shall not survey, and direct by law, said canal to be opened, and furnish the commissioner of the general land office a map thereof, within two years from and after the date of this act, or if the said canal be not completed suitably for navigation within five years thereafter, or if said land hereby granted shall ever cease to be used and occupied for the purpose of constructing and keeping in repair a canal suitable for navigation, the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void and of no effect: Provided, That nothing in this act contained, or that shall be done in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed to imply any obligation, on the part of the United States, to appropriate money to defray the expense of surveying or opening said canal: And provided likewise, That the said canal when completed by said territory, or by an incorporated company under the authority of the same, shall be, and for ever remain, a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service on public business passing through the same. Condition. Proviso. Proviso. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every section of land through Adjacent lands. which said canal route may pass, shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved from sale under the direction of the government of the United States, until hereafter specially directed by law; and the said territory, or company incorporated by them, are hereby authorized, without waste, to use any materials on the public lands adjacent to said canal that may be necessary to its construction. Other canal SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said territory, or any incorporated company under their authority, be, and they are hereby, author- route granted. ized to open through the public lands of the United States, a canal from Matanzas to Halifax river, in East Florida, upon the same conditions, restrictions and limitations, in every respect, as are prescribed in the foregoing provisions of this act; and the same lands shall be reserved, in like manner, for the objects specified, and for no other. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. CHAP. LXXV.-An Act to authorize the state of Illinois to surrender a township of land granted to said state for a seminary of learning, and to locate other lands in lieu thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois be, and is hereby, authorized, to relinquish to the United States, township number five, north of range number one west, situate in the county of Fayette, in said state, heretofore granted to the said state for the use of a seminary of learning, and to locate upon the public lands within said state, the sale of which is authorized by law, one entire township of land or a quantity of land equal thereto, in tracts of not less than the quarter of a section. APPROVED, March 2, 1831. STATUTE II. March 2, 1831. Land granted may be relinother land loquished and cated. STATUTE II. CHAP. LXXVI.-An Act to establish ports of delivery at port Pontchartrain and March 2, 1831. Delaware city, 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 be, and hereby is established at port Pontchartrain, on lake Pontchartrain, a port of delivery; that a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at said port: that all ships and Port Pontchartrain. |