Acts of Congress. An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia." Be it enacted, &c., That the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," approved on the seventh of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the term of two years from the passage of this act, and no longer. Approved, March, 16, 1804. An Act making an appropriation for carrying into effect the Convention concluded between the United States and the King of Spain, on the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and two. Be it enacted, &c., That, for the purpose of defraying the expense which may arise in carrying into effect the convention concluded between the United States and the King of Spain, on the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and two, the following sums, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same are hereby appropriatedthat is to say: act shall take effect and be in force, from and after An Act to provide for Light-houses and Buoys in the cases therein mentioned. Be it enacted, &c., That as soon as the proprietor of the south end or point of St. Simon's island, in the State of Georgia, shall convey, by good and sufficient titles, unto the United States, so much land on the south end of the said island as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient and most proper for the site and accommodation of a light-house, and the jurisdiction of the land, so to be conveyed, shall have been ceded to the United States, by the State of Georgia, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the President of the United States, for building a light-house thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same. And the President is hereby authorized to make the said appointments. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President, be authorized and required to cause to be placed a buoy or buoys at such place or places on or near the bar of St. Simon's, as may conduce to the safe pilotage of vessels to and from the ports of Brunswick and Frederica. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be rebuilt, in such manner as he may deem expedient, the light-house at Clark's Point within the town of New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts. For the salaries of the commissioners, including half the compensation of the fifth commis- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sioner, half the expenses of the board, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is herecontingent expenses of the commissioners of the by, authorized and required to cause a sufficient United States, twelve thousand seven hundred light-house to be erected on Five-mile Point, so and sixty dollars: Provided, That the compensa- called, near the entrance of the harbor of New tion to be allowed to any of the commissioners, Haven in the State of Connecticut, and to appoint who may be appointed in pursuance of the said a keeper, and otherwise provide for such lightconvention, shall not exceed the rate of four thou-house at the expense of the United States: Prosand four hundred and forty-four dollars per annum. For the salary of an agent, whom the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint, for the purpose of supporting the claims of citizens of the United States before the Board of Commissioners, and to whom a compensation, not exceeding the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, may be allowed, three thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to make the appointment of the said commissioners and agent, during the recess of the Senate, and to grant to the persons thus appointed, commissions, which shall remain in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this vided, That sufficient land for the accommodation of such lightt-house can be obtained at a reasonable price, and the Legislature of Connecticut shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated for the purpose of defraying the charges and expenses to be incurred in executing the two first sections of this act, the sum of seven thousand dollars; for rebuilding the light-house, as aforesaid, at Clark's Point, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the erection of a light-house at the Five-mile Point aforesaid, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; which sums shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 16, 1804. Acts of Congress. An Act granting further time for locating Military and to be accounted for as other public moneys, shall be and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 19, 1804. An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Norfolk. Be it enacted, &c., That the act, entitled "An act in addition to an act, entitled 'An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," approved the twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force until the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and five: Provided, however, That the holders or proprietors of warrants or registered certificates, shall and may locate the same only on any unlocated parts of the fifty quarter town-in the town of Norfolk, shall be, and they hereby ships, and the fractional quarter townships which had been reserved for original holders by virtue of the fifth section of an act, entitled "An act in addition to an act, entitled 'An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen:" And provided, also, That no holder or proprietor of warrants or registered certificates shall be permitted to locate the same by virtue of this act, unless the Secretary of War shall have made an endorsement on such warrant or registered certificate, certifying that no warrant has been issued for the same claim to military bounty land; and by virtue of the second section of the act, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act in addition to an act, entitled 'An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, and for other purposes," approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and three. Approved, March 19, 1804. An Act providing for the expenses of the Civil Govern ment of Louisiana. Be it enacted, &c., That all the moneys which have been, or which shall be, received by any officer of the United States, on account of duties or taxes within the territories ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the Treaty of the thirtieth day of April, eighteen hundred and three, shall be paid into the Treasury, and accounted for in the same manner as other public *moneys. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of making a reasonable compensation to the person or persons in whom the powers of civil government, heretofore exercised by the officers of the said territories under the Spanish and French Governments, have been vested by the President of the United States, and also for defraying the other civil expenses of the said territories, from the time when possession of the same was obtained by the United States, to the time when a form of Government shall, under the authority of Congress, be established therein, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, Be it enacted, &c., That all persons who, being indebted to the United States for duties on merchandise, have given bond therefor, with one or more sureties, payable to the collector for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and who have suffered a loss of property by the late conflagration are, allowed to take up, or have cancelled, all bonds heretofore given for duties as aforesaid, upon giving to the collector new bonds, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the said collector, for the sums of their former bonds, respectively, payable in twelve months from and after the day of payment specified in the bonds to be taken up or cancelled, as aforesaid; and the said collector is hereby authorized and directed to give up or cancel all such bonds upon the receipt of others, as described in this act, which last mentioned bonds shall be proceeded with in all respects like other bonds which are taken by collectors for duties due to the Uuited States: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to bonds which had fallen due before the nineteenth day of February last. Approved, March 19, 1804. An Act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses incurred in inquiring into the official conduct of Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, and in conducting the impeachment against John Pickering. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of such expenses as may have been or hereafter may be incurred in prosecuting the inquiry into the official conduct of Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, and in conducting the impeachment against John Pickering. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That to every witness summoned to attend the Senate in support of the said impeachment, there shall be allowed for every day's attendance, the sum of three dollars, and at the rate of twelve-and-a-half cents per mile, in coming from and returning to his place of abode, for travelling expenses. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any other expense certified by the chairman of any committee, appointed to conduct the said inquiry or impeachment, to have been authorized by him, shall also be allowed and paid. Approved, March 19, 1804. An Act for the relief of the captors of the Moorish armed ships Meshouda and Mirboha. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of eight thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars and Acts of Congress. fifty cents, being one moiety of the value of the ber; at Providence, the first Tuesday in August, armed ship Meshouda, captured by the frigate and the first Tuesday in February, annually, any John Adams, commanded by Captain John Rod-law to the contrary notwithstanding. gers, and restored to the Emperor of Morocco, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for defraying the expense of prize money due to the captors; and that the further sum of seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated for defraying the expenses incurred for the said ship, whilst in possession of the captors. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated, for defraying the expense of prize money due to the officers and crew of the frigate Philadelphia, commanded by Captain William Bainbridge, being one moiety of the value of the armed ship Mirboha, captured by the aforesaid frigate Philadelphia, and likewise restored to the Emperor of Morocco. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid several sums shall be divided amongst the captors respectively, in the proportion already established by law, for the distribution of prize money, and shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 19, 1804. An Act altering the sessions of the District Courts of the United States for the districts of Virginia, Rhode Island, and for the district of West Tennessee. Be it enacted, &c., That the sessions of the district court for the district of Virginia, directed by law to be held in the town of Norfolk, shall be hereafter held and commence on the fifteenth day of June, and on the fifteenth day December, in every year; and that the sessions of the said court, directed by law to be held in the city of Richmond, shall be held and commence on the nineteenth day of May, and on the nineteenth day of November, in every year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when either of the said days shall happen to be a Sunday, the sessions of the said court shall commence on the following day. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That all writs and process which have been issued, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other pleadings which have been continued to the said district court, directed by law to be holden in Norfolk, on the third Tuesday in March next, shall be returned and held continued to the fifteenth day of June next; and in like manner, all writs and process which have been issued, and recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceeding which have been continued to the said district court, directed by law to be held in the city of Richmond, on the third Tuesday in June next, shall be returned and held continued to the nineteenth day of May next. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of April next, the session of the district court for the district of Rhode Island shall commence at Newport, on the second Tuesday in May, and third Tuesday in OctoSth CoN.-41 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all suits, process, and proceedings, of what nature or kind soever, pending in, or made returnable to said court, shall, after the said first day of April next, be continued over until the next court to be held in conformity to this act. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sessions of the district court for the district of West Tennessee, directed by law to be held in the town of Nashville, shall be hereafter held and commence on the Thursday next succeeding the fourth Mondays of May and November, in every year; and that all writs and process which have been issued, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceedings which have been continued to the said district court directed by law to be held at Nashville, on the fourth Monday of May next, shall be returned. and held continued to the Thursday next succeeding the said fourth Monday. Approved, March 23, 1804. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States." Be it enacted. &c., That the President and Diand they are hereby, authorized to establish offices rectors of the Bank of the United States shall be, of discount and deposit in any part of the territories or dependencies of the United States, in the manner, and on the terms prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement. Approved, March 23, 1804. An Act to ascertain the boundary of the lands reserved by the State of Virginia, northwest of the river Ohio, for the satisfaction of her officers and soldiers on Continental Establishment, and to limit the period for locating the said lands. Be it enacted, &c., That the line run under the direction of the Surveyor General of the United States, from the source of the Little Miami, towards the source of the Scioto, and which binds on the east the surveys of the lands of the United States, shall, together with its course continued to the Scioto river, be considered and held as the western boundary line, north of the source of the Little Miami, of the territory reserved by the State of Virginia, between the Little Miami and Scioto rivers, for the use of the officers and soldiers of the Continental line of that State: Provided, That the State of Virginia shall, within two years after the passing of this act, recognise such line as the boundary of the said territory. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the officers and soldiers, or their legal representatives, who are entitled to bounty lands within the abovementioned reserved territory, shall complete their locations within three years after the passing of this act, and every such officer and soldier, or his legal representative, whose bounty land has, or shall have been located within that part of the said territory, to which the Indian title has been Acts of Congress. extinguished, shall make return of his or their surveys to the Secretary of the Department of War, within five years after the passing of this act, and shall also exhibit and file with the said Secretary, and within the same time, the original warrant or warrants under which he claims, or a certified copy thereof, under the seal of the office where the said warrants are legally kept; which warrant, or certified copy thereof, shall be sufficient evidence that the grantee therein named, or the person under whom such grantee claims, was originally entitled to such bounty land; and every person entitled to said lands, and thus applying shall thereupon be entitled to receive a patent in the manner prescribed by law. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That such part of the above-mentioned reserved territory as shall not have been located, and those tracts of land within that part of the said territory to which the Indian title has been extinguished, the surveys whereof shall not have been returned to the Secretary of War, within the time and times prescribed by this act, shall thenceforth be released from any claim or claims for such bounty lands, and shall be disposed of in conformity with the provisions of the act, entitled "An act in addition to, and modification of the propositions contained in the act, entitled 'An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, to form a Constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes." Approved, March 23, 1804. In Georgia-From Athens to Walkinsville. In South Carolina-From Orangeburg, by Barnwell Court-house, Tredways, and Towncreek mills, to Campbelton; and from Statesburg to Columbia. In North Carolina-From Warrenton, by Ransom's bridge and Enfield, to Tarborough; and to return by Nash Court-house, Sill's Store, and Ransom's Bridge, to Warrenton; from Halifax to Enfield; from Scotland Neck, by Granbury's Crossroads, to Windsor; and from Newbern to the town of Beaufort; from Raleigh, by Nutall's store, to Merritsville. In Virginia-From Fredericksburg, by Falmouth. Elk Run Church, Fauquier Court-house, and Salem, to Paris; from Clarksburg, by Buchanan Settlement, to Randolph Court-house; from Lancaster Court-house to Kilmarnock; and from Kenawha Court-house, by Point Pleasant, to Galliopolis, in Ohio; from thence to the Scioto Salt Springs; and from Prince Edward Courthouse, by Lester's Store, Wheeler's Springs, and Campbell's Court-house, to New London; from Danville in Virginia, to Lenox's Castle, in North Carolina; and from Wood Court-house to Marietta. In Kentucky From Springfield, by Green Courthouse, Adair Court-house, and Cumberland Courthouse, to Jackson Court-house in Tennessee; and from thence to Blackburn Springs; from John Wood's, near the Hazle Patch, to Lincoln Courthouse; from the town of Washington to Augusta; from Frankfort to Henry Court-house; that the post road from Montgomery Court-house to Fleming Court-house shall pass by Slate Creek IronWorks and the Upper Blue Licks; and the post An Act further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; road from Hartford to Logan Court-house shall and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That the following post roads be discontinued: In North Carolina-From Woodstock to Hyde Court house; from Halifax to Tarborough; and from Tarborough to Louisburg. In Virginia-From Lexington, by Amherst Springs, to Cabelsborough; from Pendleton Courthouse to Bath Court-house, and from Alexandria to Piscataway, in Maryland. In Kentucky-From Hartford, by Vienna, to Muhlenburg Court-house. In Ohio-From Zanesville to Marietta; and from Cincinnati to Detroit. In Maryland-From Westminster to Taneytown; from Emmitsburg to Fairfield, in Pennsylvania; from Elkton to Sassafras; from Bridgetown to Greenborough, and from Rockville to Taneytown. In Pennsylvania-From Pittsburg to Meadsville. In Massachusetts-From Worcester to Providence in Rhode Island. In Vermont-From Newbury, by Barry, to Montpelier. In New York-From the town of Chester, in Washington county, to Plattsburg. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following post roads be established, to wit: pass by Muhlenburg Court-house. In Tennessee-From Dixon's Springs, by Lebanon and Rutherford Court-house, to Nashville; and that the post road from Nashville to Springfield shall pass by Mansker's Lick. In Ohio-From Warren, in the county of Trumbull, by Cleveland, to Detroit; from Chillicothe to Alexandria; from Steubenville to New Lisbon; from Chillicothe to Franklinton; from Cincinnati, through Franklin and Dayton, to Stanton, from thence through Wainsville and Deerfield to Charleston; from Zanesville to Tuscorowa, to Guadenhutten; and that the post road from Georgetown to Canfield, shall pass through New Lisbon. In Pennsylvania-From Alexandria, through Hollidaysburg, Beula, and Armagh, to Greensburg; from Pittsburg, through Butler and Mercer, to Meadsville; from Bedford by Berlin, to Somerset ; from Chambersburg, through Strasburg and Fannetsburg, to Huntington. In New Jersey-From Ringoe's Tavern, by Somerset Court-house, Bound brook. Scotch Plains and Springfield, to Newark; and from Rahway, by Scotch Plains, to New Providence. In New York-From Kingston through Catskill, Lunenburg, and Coxackie, to the city of Albany; from Lansingburg, through Schaghticoke, Easton, Argyle, and Hartford, to Whitehall; Acts of Congress. from Oswego to Aurora; from Unadilla to Coop- the public lands of the United States to which the erstown; from the Little Falls, on the Mohawk Indian title has been or shall hereafter be extinriver, to the Academy in Fairfield; from Kings-guished, north of the river Ohio, and east of the ton, by Delhi, to the post office in Meredith; from Walton to Jericho; from the Painted Post, in the State of New York, to Williamsport, in the State of Pennsylvania; the post road from Canandagua to Niagara shall pass by Buffalo Creek. In Connecticut-From Hartford, through Granby and Granville, to Blandford, in Massachusetts; from New Haven, through Hamden, Cheshire, and Southington, to Farmington; and from Hartford, through Glastenbury and Colchester, to New London. In Massachusetts-From Shrewsbury, through Holden, Rutland, Oakham, Hardwick, Greenwich, Pelham and Amherst, to Northampton. In Maine-From Brunswick, by Litchfield and Hallowell, to Augusta; from Wiscassett to Boothbay; and from Fryburgh, through Conway, the Notch of the White Mountain, Jefferson, Lancaster, to Guildhall Court-house, in Vermont. In New Hampshire-From Haverhill, in Massachusetts, to pass through Salem to Windham in New Hampshire; from Alsop to Conway; from Salisbury to Plymouth, alternately on each side of Merimack river; from Littleton to Guildhall Court-house, alternately on each side of Connecticut river; from Littleton, through St. Johnsbury and Danville in Vermont, to St. Alban's on Lake Champlain. In Louisiana-From Massac, on the Ohio river, to Cape Girardeau in Louisiana; from thence to New Madrid; from the said Cape Girardeau, by St. Genevieve, to Kaskaskias in the Indiana Territory; and from Cahokia to St. Louis in Louisiana; from Natchez to Tombigby; and from Natchez to New Orleans. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all letters, returns, and other papers on public service, sent by mail to or from the offices of Inspector and Paymaster of the Army, shall be received and conveyed free of postage. river Mississippi; and it shall be the duty of the said surveyor general to cause the said lands to be surveyed into townships, six miles square, and divided in the same manner and under the same regulations; and to do and perform all such other acts in relation to the said lands, as is provided by law in relation to the lands of the United States, situate northwest of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river: Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and marking the line shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be actually run, surveyed, and marked: And provided also, That such tracts of land as are lawfully claimed by individuals within the said boundaries, and the title whereto has been or shall be recognised by the United States, shall be laid out and surveyed at the expense of the parties respectively, in conformity with the true bounda ries of such tracts. And it shall also be the duty of the said surveyor general to cause to be run, surveyed, and marked such of the Indian boundary lines of the said lands, as have not yet been surveyed; and with the approbation of the President of the United States to ascertain by astronomical observations the positions of such places north of the river Ohio and east of the river Mississippi, as may be deemed necessary for the correctness of the surveys, and to the most important points of the geography of the country. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the disposal of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio and east of the river Mississippi, in the Indiana Territory, three land offices shall be established in the same. one at Detroit, for the lands lying north of the State of Ohio to which the Indian title has been extinguished; one at Vincennes for the lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and which are included within the boundaries fixed by the treaty lately held with the Indian tribes of the Wabash; and SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That when- one at Kaskaskia, for so much of the lands included ever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction within the boundaries fixed by the treaty of the of the Postmaster General, that any road estab❘ thirteenth of August, one thousand eight hundred lished by this or any former act, as a post road, is and three, with the Kaskaskia tribe of Indians, as obstructed by fences. gates, or bars, other than is not claimed by any other Indian tribe; and for those lawfully used on turnpike roads to collect each of the said offices a register and a receiver of their toll, and not kept in good repair with proper public moneys shall be appointed, who shall give bridges and ferries, where the same may be neces-security in the same manner, in the same sums, sary, it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to report the same to Congress, with such information as can be obtained, to enable Congress to establish some other road instead of it in the same main direction. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be so construed as to affect any existing contract for carrying the mail. Approved, March 26, 1804. An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory; and for other pur poses. Be it enacted, &c., That the power vested by law in the surveyor general, shall extend over all and whose compensation, emoluments and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided, in relation to the registers and the receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands within any of the three tracts of land described in the preceding section, by virtue of any legal grant made by the French Government, prior to the Treaty of Paris, of the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred |