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|?Vr/S OF E N IT E S iT E S A S S E AT E I S S E S S I O N O THE TWE .V TIETH rOSGRESS. ,v:i

[PUBLIC—Wo 64]

IAN ACT

to provide for opening and

making a Military Road, in the State of Mline. Be it enacted by the Senate Sp House I oj Representatives of the United States dwricn in Congress assembled,

That the President of the United Slates be, and he i« hereby. authorised t.o cause a Military Road to be opened and made, in the .State of Maine, from the mouth of the river Jiaranaweiok, where it enters into n!ie Penobscot river, to Mars Hill, near thp, North-eastern boundary line of the State of Maine.

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J?ec. 2- Jnd be it further enacted, Hiat the Preside tit be, and he. is here fcv,autiic-Tiscd to employ such par oliiic troops of the United States alie may think proper, to survey anc construct said road: and, for the pur fiwe of carrying into efleet the pro visions of this act, the sum of fifteen thousaoU dollata bp, and the sam iiliere'ov, appropriated, to be paul

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of aiiy money in Me Tj^asurj otherwise appropriated. Approved—24th May, 18-28

I in [PUBLIC—No. Go.] -.. AC making an app-opriation 'o the Navy Hosp'tai Fund.tenacted by the. tinulc liou^e

Hfpns'intaUves of the United Stutrs I America xn Congress ii^aembled tiat the sum of forty-six thousand two Hundred and seventeen dollar

15."1 °tienvise appropriated, to the -^vy Hospital Futid-j and that the

ecretary of the Treasury be directto pay the same to the C'immi-

s'"ners

and to amend an act entitled 'An act to -egulate the collection

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on imports and tonnage,'

passed the second of March, one '-"ousand seven hundred and nine-y-nine, ami f»r other purposes." enacted by the Semi? Hou.se '^presp.ntatives of the United Slates America in Congress amembled,

tiie thirty-seventh section of 'f act pas»ed on the first of March, ,"Je *hou¥ar»d eight hundred and ',enty-three, entitled An act sup^'nentary to, and to amend an act

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'^proved— "4th May, 1828.

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,W [PUBLIC—NO •N AO i' increase the pay of liif'utenants in the Navy. enactei by the. Senate 6f House

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ofihv United State*

[PUBLIC—No 68.J

AN ACT authorising the establish inent of an Argenai on the waters of the Mobile or Pensaccda Bays.

Jie it enacted by the Senate 6f House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, anu he is hereby, authorized and requi red to procure, as soon as it caf be effected, on reasonable terius, a site for an Arsenal on the waters of Mo bile or Pcnsacola Bays, and to cau ^e to be erected thereon such an arsenal as may be deenjed proper, for the safe keeping* of arms and munitions of war of the United State*, for the Mexican Gulf frontier: and that for these purposes the sum\of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated

Approved—24th May, 1828.

[PUBL1C—No 63.]

AN AC!' Jo auttionxe the selection of lands tor the benefit of a Seminary of Learning, in the State of

Alabama, instead of other lands heretofore, «el- cted. Be il enacted by the Senate Sr House of Hep resent I ives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the I'rustees of fhe University uf the State of Alabama he, and they are hereby, authorized to surrender the patents issued for section twelve, the North-east quarter of section *ev en'een, the Noith-east quarter of section tvventy-ei^hf, and the East half of the North-east quarter of section thirty-four, in township four, range eleven VV»:st, in the Huntsvilie Land District, and to select a like quantity in lieu thereof, of any of the public lands of the United States, said State and that, on such relinquishment bein^ made by the Frus tees as aforesaid, patents shall issutto the purchasers from tin United States, of said lands, or their assignees

Approved—24th May, 1828.'-

[PJF.LIC—No 70.]

AN ACT to authorize the Legislature of the State of Illinois to sell and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said State for the use of r-.e ()'iio Saline *1 lie it enacted by the Senate &> House of llepresentat'Vesofthe Un ted states of Jlmcrica in Congress assembled. iat tite gislatu.e of tue State .»» Illinois shaii t**, and is hereby an :hori«ed and rmpowervd to cause to be sold aod conveyed in s»:ch matier, and on such terrrjs and condi'nns, as. paid legislature s^ihII by lav. direct, such part or part* of the tract of hind reserved and grant to «ai»! State, for the use and guvp'»rt of the •ialr works,'?-know.i by th« tu ne of th* Ohio Saime, tn the County o* Gallatin, in the -aid State, and tn .pply the proceed* of such sale to such objects as U\e aid J^egislatu nay by law hereafter direel: Provi-

""••unareu.anu seventeen dollar- may'by law hereaker dtreci: Iroviand fourteen tents be appiopriatei: |That the Legislature shali an on in he re as a re an

of the aloresaid funJ, upon

^heir requisition. Approved—2-ltli May,

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[PuRLir Nfo. GG to repeal a part of the act entitled "An act supplementary

thousand vcfes of the lat.d reserved ,ml granted foe, the u^e of the Saline aforesaid. ^.pnroved—C4th M.iy? 1S23.

[PUBLIC—No. 71.]

AN ACT to aid t!ie otate of 0!iio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake E ie, and to graiv a quantity of land to said.ate to aid in the construcfion of tl»y ca rials authorized by law and fo making donations of lands to cmtain persons ia Arkansas Territory.

Jj* it enacted by the Senate $f Home of Itepresenta'ive* of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, i'hat mere be, and is nereby granted to the. State of Ohio, for the purpose ..f aiding said state in extending the Miami Canal froip Dayton fo Lake Krie, bv the Maurnee route, a quarjtit.y,of land equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal,between Dayton and the Maum river, at the mouth of the Auglaize^ so far as th* same shall be located through the public land, and reserving each, alternate section of the land unsolfl 'to the United States, to be selected by the'Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the di rectioH of the President of Vie United States and which land, so re served to the United States, shall no. be sold lor less than two dollars arid fifty ceuts per apfe. The Said land,

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of America in Congress assembled. I'hat, from and after the passage oi this act, all Lieutenants in the i\avi of the United States shall, in addition to the pay and emoluments now allowed them by law, receive ten dollars per month, and one ration per day. '[Approved, May g| |8|8

Sec 5. And be it further emcUd, That there be, and nereuy i, grant-1 ed to the state of O iio, five oundrul thousand acres of the lands owned by the United States, within the sai" state, to be selected as hereinafter directed, for the purpose of aidin. rhe Srate of O iio in the payment the debr, or the interest thereon, which has heretofore been, or whic may hereafter be, contracted by Said state, in the construction of the c.t oals within the same, undertaken ur der the authority of the laws of sai.' state, now in forc», or that mav herafter be enactedv for the extension «. canals now nuking which land When selected, shall be disposed by the Legislature of Ohio, forth' iturpos •, ami no other: Provided

Toe said canals, when completed «t u»ed, shall be, and forever remain, oublic highways, for the use of to Government of the lited Stat »t ee from any toll or charge whate* .»r, lor any property of the Unite States, or person* in tlvir s^rt'f f.n«irig along the same: And provid further, tl«»»t the said canals, already inmenced, shall be completed in even years from the approval of *hi art otherwise the State of Ohio shall rtand bound to pay over to the United States the amount which any anU, sold by. her, within that time, iii iV have brought but the validity tie titles derived from the State by such sales, siall not be affected by

Mat failure. I' Sec. 6 And be it further enacted, That the selection oi die land grant ed by the fjfih section of this act. may be made under the aithonty, and by the direction of the Governor of the state of Ohio, of any lands belonging to the United States vithin said state, which may at the thne of selection be subject to entry at private sale, and within two years froin he epproval of this tfCt: Provided,

That, in the selection of the lands hereby granted, no lands shall be comprehended which have bcetv reserved for the use of the Uttited States^as alternate sectjpns, iii the grants hitherto made, or which may made during the preaetf! session of Congress, of lands witijfc ,iate, for roads and ca'oPfi Andjtro cided That all lands so selected srklI, me Governor of 8&id state, be|re ported to the office of the Register of

TO PARTY TOOL OF POWER"-—-Noil "SLAVE TO BUNIONS OF AN ,HOUR.

TERRE-HAUTE, VIGO COUNTRY, INDIANA, AUGUST S3, 18 8.

hereby granted to the slate of Onto, to be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of said State, for the urpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That said Canal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, public highway, for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in theii service, passing through the sameAnd Provided, also, that the exten sion of the said Miami canal shall be commenced witinn five years, anc. completed within twenty ^rears, or the state shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of anv lands previously sold and that the title to purchasers, under the State, shall be valid.

Sec. And be it further enacted, That so «oon as the route of said canal shall be located, and agreed on by said state it shall be the duty oi the Governor thereof, or such other person or persona as may have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the said state will be entitled under the pro visions of this act, and report th»same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That the State ol O no, under the au thority of the Legislature thereof,after the selection shall have been 9" made, as aforesaid, shall have power to sell arid convey the whole, or anv part of said land, and give a title, in fee simple, therefor to the purchaser thereof

Sec 4 And be it further enacted, That the S(a-.e ol Indiana be, and hereby is, authorized to convey and relinquish to the state of Ohio, up such terms as may be agreed upon by said states, all the right and interest granted to the said state of Indian*, to aov lands within the limits of the State of Ohio, by an act, tititled

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act to grant a certain

quantity of land to the state »f Indiana, for the purpose oi aiding sai state in opening a canal, to connect the waters of Wabash river with ?hose of Lake Erie," approved on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven the state of Ohio to hold said land on the same conditions upon which it wa* granted to the state ol Indiana, by the act aforesaid.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That each head of a family, widow or single man, over the age of twen ty-one years,actually settled on that part of the Territory of Arkansas, which, by the fiist article of the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, West of the Mississippi, ratified the twenty third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, has ceased to be a part of said Jterritory, who shal remove from such settlement accor ding to the provisions of that treaty -hall be authorize to enter with the proper Register of the Land Office in Arkansas, a quantity not exceeding two quarter sections of land, any of the public lands in that Territory, the sale of whicu is authorized by law, and in conformity with the lines of the public surveys, at any time within two years from the passage of this act and upon presenting •he certificate of «uch entry to the Secretary of the Treasury, a patent shall be issued to such settler, or to his, her or their heirs, tor the landMO entered, as a donation from the United States, as an indemnity for the improvements and Losses of such settler under the aforesaid treaty,

Sec. 9 'hid b$ it further enacted That the Register ami Receiver oi the Land Office, to which app icatio' may be made to enter such land-, shall be authorised to take the pro per testimony of such actual settle ment and subsequent lemoval, as in cases of pre-emption heretofore granted to actual settlers, lor which a rea soiiable compensation shall be made to ^uch Registers and. Receivers, by di:. United States

Approved— 24th May, 1828.

i't [PUBLIC—NO. 58.]

AN ACT to revive and continue in force an act, entitled

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An act to

provide for the persons who were •^disabled by known wounds, received in the Revolutionary war." lie it enacted by Sennit $ House if Hepresentative* of the United S^ite* •if America in Congress Assembled That the aA,-entitled "An act to provide for persons who were disaledbv known wounds, "received in the Revolutionary war," passed on the tenth d.iv of April, one thousand •i ht hundred and six, and limited as .u'said act declared, to the term of .,i years and afterwards revived and ontinued in force for aW during the term of six years, by an ac, entitled

An act to revive and continue in force 'An act to prov de for persons vho were disabled bv known wounds, received in the Revolutionary war, tnd lor other purposes," passed on the twenty fifth of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and afterward^ revived and continued in forfce for the term of one year an act entitled 'fAn act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled 'An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the Revolutionary war," passed on the fifteenth

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the district iu which toe iuni a and no Unds shall be deemed to selected, until such report be made and the lands so selected shall be act was still in force, and !i? not e.^ranted bv the United States to the pired: And provided aso, hnt tr.ij

state of Ohio Sec 7. And he it further enacted, Thattl^is act shad take effect, provided, the legislature of Ohio, at the first session thereof, hereafter to com mence, shall express the assent of ing invalid pensions," passed the third rhe state to the several provisions and conditions hereof and unless such expression of assent be made, this act shall be wholly inoperative, except so far as to authorize the Guv ernor of Ohio to proceed in causing selections of said land to be made, previous to the said next session of the Legislature.

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.revolutionary war."shall oe received and acted upon by the Secretary of War, in the same mannei as if said

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act, and any thing contained in tnft act hereby jeviveu and continued in force, shall not ba construed to repeal or make void the fourth section of an act entitled "An act concern-

of March, one thousand eight bundred and nineteen, and the said fourth section of the sa.id last mentioned act shall be, and the same is hereby de-

clared to be. and to continue in full N

force and effect any thing in the said act revived and continued in

force to the contrary notwithstanr ding. 6MC. 2^ An be it further en-iclcd* That the right any person has, or hereafter may acquire, to receive a pension in virtue of any law oL" the United States, shall be construed to commence at the tima of completing his testimony, pursuant to the act hereby Revived aud continued in force

Sac 3 And be it further enacted** That the agents for the payment of •pensions to invalid pensioners of thev

United States in future be requited to give bonds, with two or more sureties, to be approved by he Sec-.'?' retary of the Department of VV.tr, in. such penalty as he shall direct for the', ,'J. faithful discharge ol the duties con- affined to them, respectively. ,Approved—24 I L\LR, 1828.

AUMljyiSIRA rows J\'0 tlCE.

THE Subscriber hereby gives notice that letters of administration^ have been granted him on the 'estate of Reuben Nichols, deceased. Her, therefore, hereby gives notice, to all hose tyho are indebted to the said es. tate to make immediate payment, ajad to all those who have claims against the said estate fo present tLem duly authenticated within one year froia at re

The estate is unquestionably insol^

CLARK NICHOLS, JifJinV, Fayette township, Vigo county, iugut 6 I-S28.

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