Rainsford Is land. St. Augustine, Fla. For repairs of sea-wall on Rainsford island, Boston harbor, one thousand dollars; For continuing sea-wall at St. Augustine, fifteen thou sand dollars; Mar. 3, 1841. Vol. 5, p. 415. Balance due dredges on CHAP. 25.-An Act To provide for the support of the Military Academy for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * * Lyon & How- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and ard for steam hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in Lake Michigan. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars, to pay a balance certified by the Topographical Bureau to be due to Lyon and Howard, as the balance upon a contract for building two steam dredging machines upon Lake Michi gan. Approved, March 3, 1841. Mar. 3, 1841. CHAP. 36.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of Vol. 5, p. 433. the Army for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. For removing Red River raft. 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 hereby are, appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one; * * ** * * * * for removing the raft of Red river under the direction of the Secretary of War seventy-five thousand dollars; Approved, March 3, 1841. Sept. 4, 1841. Certain States to be paid 10 per cent on net proceeds of CHAP. 16.—An Act To appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sales of public forty-one, there be allowed and paid to each of the States in addition to of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Missisentitled by cer. Sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Michigan, over and above tain compacts. what each of the said States is entitled to by the terms of the compacts entered into between them and the United lands therein, what they are Proviso. States, upon their admission into the Union, the sum of ten per centum upon the nett [sic] proceeds of the sales of the public lands, which, subsequent to the day aforesaid, shall be made within the limits of each of said States respectively: Provided, That the sum so allowed to the said States, respectively, shall be in no wise affected affected by or diminished on account of any sums which have been to Cumberland heretofore, or shall be hereafter, applied to the construc- road. tion or continuance of the Cumberland road, but that the disbursements for the said road shall remain, as heretofore, chargeable on the two per centum fund provided for by compacts with several of the said States. * * * sums applied of land to be States specified provements. Grants here poses to be in500,000. Selections, where to be' made, and how. To be located, how, SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be 500,000 acres granted to each State specified in the first section of this granted to act five hundred thousand acres of land for purposes of in sec. 1, for internal improvement: Provided, that to each of the said internal imStates which has already received grants for said pur- Proviso. poses, there is hereby granted no more than a quantity of tofore made land which shall, together with the amount such State for such purhas already received as aforesaid, make five hundred cluded in said thousand acres, the selections in all of the said States, to be made within their limits respectively in such manner as the Legislatures thereof shall direct; and located in parcels conformably to sectional divisions and subdivisions, of not less than three hundred and twenty acres in any one location, on any public land except such as is or may be reserved from sale by any law of Congress or proclamation of the President of the United States, which said locations may be made at any time after the lands of the United States in said States respectively, shall have been surveyed according to existing laws. And there shall be and hereby is, granted to each new State that shall be hereafter admitted into the Union, upon Quantity such admission, so much land as, including such quantity states that as may have been granted to such State before its ad- shall hereafter mission, and while under a Territorial Government, for purposes of internal improvement as aforesaid, as shall make five hundred thousand acres of land, to be selected and located as aforesaid. where, and when. granted to new be admitted. Said lands not to be sold than $1.25 per acre. Net proceeds to be faithfully ternal improve SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the lands herein granted to the States above named shall not be disposed for less of at a price less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, until otherwise authorized by a law of the United States; and the nett [sic] proceeds of the sales of said lands shall be faithfully applied to objects of internal im- applied to inprovement within the States aforesaid, respectively, ments-objects namely: Roads, railways, bridges, canals and improve-specified. ment of water-courses, and draining of swamps; and such roads, railways, canals, bridges and water-courses, to Roads, et when made or improved, shall be free for the transporta- transportation tion of the United States mail, and munitions of war, and of United for the passage of their troops, without the payment of etc. any toll whatever. etc., States mail, The 2 per cent relin bama-pay able when. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the two per quished to Ala- cent. of the nett [sic] proceeds of the lands sold by the United States, in the State of Alabama, since the first day of September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and reserved by the act entitled "An act to enable the people of 1819, c. 47. the Alabama Territory 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," for the making of a road or roads leading to the said State, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished to the said State of Alabama, payable in two equal instalments, the first to be paid on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the other on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-three, so far as the same may then have accrued, and quarterly, as the same may thereafter accrue: Alabama first Provided, That the Legislature of said State shall first to pass act ac- pass an act, declaring their acceptance of said relinquishand embracing ment, and also embracing a provision, to be unalterable without the consent of Congress, that the whole of said two per cent. fund shall be faithfully applied, under the direction of the Legislature of Alabama, to the connection, by some means of internal improvement, of the navigable. waters of the bay of Mobile with the Tennessee river, and to the construction of a continuous line of internal improvements from a point on the Chattahoochie river, opposite West Point, in Georgia, across the State of Alabama, in a direction to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi. Approved, September 4, 1841. Proviso. cepting same certain vision for its application. Sept. 9, 1841. St. Augustine. Arrearages for roads, harbors, rivers, etc. CHAP. 17.-An Act Making appropriations for various fortifications, for ordnance, and for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. 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, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: * * * * For continuing sea-wall at Saint Augustine, Florida, five thousand dollars; * * * * * SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be in like manner appropriated: For arrearages due for roads, harbors, and rivers, where public works and improvements have hitherto been made, and for the protection of public property now on hand at these places, and for arrearages for surveys and completing maps authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, forty thousand dollars; No. 6. A Joint Resolution making it the duty of the Attorney-Gen- Sept. 11, 1841. eral to examine into the titles of the lands or sites for the purVol. 5, p. 468. pose of erecting thereon armories and other public works and buildings, and for other purposes. General to to President. 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 Attorney General of the AttorneyUnited States to examine into the titles of all the lands or make examinasites which have been purchased by the United States, for tion and report the purpose of erecting thereon armories, arsenals, forts, fortifications, navy yards, custom-houses, light-houses, or other public buildings of any kind whatever, and report his opinion as to the validity of the title in each case, to the President of the United States. Vol. 25, p.94; post, p. 479. to be furnished 2. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of all the officers Title papers of the United States having any of the title papers to the to Attorneyproperty aforesaid in their possession, to furnish them General. forthwith to the Attorney General, to aid him in the investigation aforesaid. Public money pended on any not to be ex site or land hereafter pur 3. Resolved, That no public money shall be expended upon any site or lands hereafter to be purchased by the United States for the purposes aforesaid, until the written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had in favor chased until, of the validity of the title, and also the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the land or site may be shall be given to said purchaser [*]. etc. torneys to fur 4. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the District District atAttorneys of the United States, upon the application of nish assistthe Attorney General, to furnish any assistance or infor- ance. mation in their power in relation to the titles of the public property aforesaid lying within their respective districts. of Executive ditional evi 5. Resolved, That it shall be the duties of the Secre- Secretaries taries of the Executive Departments, upon the applica- Departments tion of the Attorney General, to procure any additional to procure adevidence of title which he may deem necessary, and which dence. may not be in the possession of the officers of Government; the expense of procuring which to be paid out of the appropriations made for the contingencies of the Departments respectively. of Executive to apply to diction over 6. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secre-Secretaries taries of the Executive Departments, respectively, under Departments whose direction any lands for the purposes aforesaid may State legislahave been purchased, and over which the United States tures for jurisdo not possess jurisdiction, to apply to the Legislatures of said lands, the States in which the lands are situated, for a cession etc. of jurisdiction, and in case of refusal, to report the same to Congress at the commencement of the next session thereafter. Approved, September 11, 1841. See act approved Apr. 24, 1888, page 479 hereof. June 4, 1842. Vol. 6, p. 829. CHAP. 35.-An Act For the relief of the Plumb Island Bridge and Turnpike Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, To be paid That there be paid to the Plumb Island Bridge and Turnpike Company, of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight thousand dollars, for the destruction of a bridge, occasioned by the construction of a breakwater by the United States. $8,000 for destruction of bridge across Merrimac River. Aug. 23, 1842. Approved, June 4, 1842. CHAP. 183.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of Vol. 5, p. 508. the Army, and of the Military Academy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. tions for Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Appropria- That the following sums be, and the same hereby are, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Arrearages and preserva ** * * * * For arrearages and for the preservation of the public tion of public property at the several places of harbor and river improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. property. Improve ments on western rivers. For building and repairing the necessary boats, and for carrying on the improvements on the Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and Arkansas rivers, one hundred thousand Preservation dollars, under the direction of the Secretary of War: and, works for im for the preservation and repairs of public works heretofore constructed for the improvement of harbors, thirty thousand dollars. and repairs of provement of harbors. Aug. 31, 1842. Deer Island. Approved, August 23, 1842. CHAP. 288.-An Act Making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. 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, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, viz.: * * * * * For repairs of sea-wall on Deer Island, Boston harbor, two thousand dollars. Approved, August 31, 1842. |