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wsssrsxsr sun IS published at 82 50 cents, for 52 numbers ; which may be discharged by the payment of &2 at the time ef subscribing. Payment in advance, being the mutu al interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discon tinue at the expiration of the time sub3cribed for will be considered a new engagement; Sk no subscriber at liberty to discontinue, until all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage on their papers when sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Editor on business must be paidor they will not be attended to. Produce will be received at the Cat A Market Price for subscriptions, if delivered within the year Adtetitisemehts not exceeding thirteen lines, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty -five cents for each after insertion longer ones in the same proportion. r7Persons sending Advertisements, must specify thenum ber of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be for paid accordingly. EY AUTHORITY. 3 7 Zivb LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. PASSED AT THE FlttST 5ESSI0J OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. AN ACT to incorporate the Alexandria Canl Company. B it enacted bu the Senate and House ef Rrfirsrnnitivt's cf the United States of America in Cmgre. asrmbled, hat John Roberts, Pnine.ts Janney, Robert J. Taylor, Thompson F. M .son, Hurh Smith, Anthony C.Cazenove, V'illiam H. Millar, Charles Bennett, Edmund J. Lce.Coim Auld, Henry Dangerfield, George Brnt and J on at nan Bucher. be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, any three of whom shall be competent to act, to receive subscriptions fo the capital stock of the company hereinafter incorporated. The said Commissioners shall cause books to be opened at such times and places as they shall think tit, under the management of such pet sons as they shall appointor rccei.ing subscriptions to the capital stock of the said Company, which subscriptions any be made either in person or by poorer of attorney ; and notice shall be given by the said Commissioners cf the time and place of opening ihe books. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall cause the books to be kept open at least twenty days, and within sixtv davs after the expiration thereof, shall call a general meeting of the subscribers a the town ot Alexanuria, or hidi meeting notice shall be given by a tnajoritv of the Commissioners in at least one newspaper published in the City of Vashington, and one published m the town of Alexandria, at least twenty days next before the said meeting; and such meeting shall and may be continued until the busi ness shall be uw shed ; and the Commissi oners, at the time and place aforesaid, shalH lay before the subscribers the boots ccn tainine; the state of the said subscription, and if one fourth of the capital sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars should not appear to have been subscribed, then the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, are empowered to take and receive eubscription; to make up such deficiency, and may continue to take and receive sub scriptions for the term of twelve months thereafter ; and a just and true list of all subscribers, with the sum subscribed bv each, shall be made out and returned by the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, under their hands, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to be care fully preserved : and in case more than two hundred and titty thousand dollars shall be subscribed, then the sum subscribed shall be reduced to that amount by the said Com missioners, or a majority of them, bv be ginning at, and striking erf a share from, the largest subscription or subscriptions, and continuing to strike off a share from all cubscriptions under the largest, and above one share, until the same shall be reduce to the capital aforesaid, or until a share chall be taken from all subscriptions above one share ; and lots shall be drawn between subscribers of equal sums to determine the number of shares which each subscriber shall be allowed to hold oi. a list to be made for striking off, as afuresaid ; and, if the sum subscribed shall exceed the capital aforcsaid, then to strike off by the same rule, until the sum subscribed shall be reduced to the capital aforesaid, or all subscriptions reduced to one share, respectively ; and if there be still an excess, then lots shall be drawn to determine the subscribers who are to be excluded in order to reduce the subscription to the capital aforesaid, which striking eff shall be certified on the hot a foresaid : and the capital stock of the Comjjau nciyuv iiieui poraitu, swu uh.-m?. m two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, di- . i. v : . . i ..v, .( videdin;o shares of 1 hundred dollars each,

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of which every person subscribing may take ! sulent and Dn- -tors wen u!')-ited, the and subscribe for one cr mere whole sh ires : ' stockholders cf the Cm. vim, it their Provided, That unless one-fourth cf the j next ger.ei ;d meeting, : h ..1 either c.:timusaid capital shall be subscribed as aforesaid, , the idP'rsident and D.iectors ,, , - , f

all subscriptions under this act hall be void ; and in case one -fourth, and less that:

the whole, vhall be subscribed, then the 1 :md D ro tors for the tun -being, sh ill i v a-1 years in succession, then such excess shall aaid commissioners, or a majority of them,' time in eihev ;) and in c.kso .f"h de.'oh.; be applied by the President and Directors, are hereby empowered and directed to take , removal, iv-iguatio... ,v ;i. capability rf the ' ia such T.ode" as shall he agreed on bv p. maand receive the subscriptions which shall J Pit sident, oi ,uy of tli D.u i t..r. m iv . ;uritv ot toe stockholder couve:.cd"in genI'.rst tc offered in whole shares, as aforesaid, j shall, in maimer afort aid, tied any other j end' iReeting, to siren jthtnii.g, improv ii r,

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until the deficiency shall be made up, a person or persons to be President and Diccrt.hcate of which additional subscription S rec'ors, in the room of him or them, so dvshall be made under the hands of the said ing, removing or resigning ; and may, at aCommissioners, or a majority of them, for j nv one of their general meetings, remove the time being, and returned, as aforesaid, j the President, or any of the Directors, and Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That, j appoint others for and during the remainder whenever one half, or a greater part, of the j of the term for which such person or per-

said stock shall have been subscribed in the manner aforesaid, then the subscribers, their heirs and assigns, shall be, and arc hereby declared to be. incoporatcd into a company ky the name of the Alexandria Canal Company, and may sue and be sued as such, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal; and it shall thereupon be the duty of the said Commissioners, or a majority cf them, to call a general meeting of the subscribers, as they, or a majority of them, shall appoint, after advertising the same in such public prints as thcyt or a majority of them, may think proper; and such of the said subscribers as shall be present at the said meeting, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered and required to elect a President and six Directors, for conducting the said undertaking, and managing all the said Company's business and concerns, for and during such time, not exceeding three years, as the said subscribers, or a majority of them think fit; and, in counting the votes of all general meetings ot the said Company, each mem ber shall be allowed one vote for every share as far as ten shares, and one vote for every ten shares above ten, by him or her, held at the time, in the stock of the said Compa ny; and any proprietor, by writing, under his or her hand, executed before two witnesses, may depute any other member or proprietor to v ote and act as proxy for him cr her, at any general meeting : Provided also. That no officer or director of said Company shall be allowed to vote on any stock but his own; Aad provided, also, That nothing herein contained shall be con strucd to prevent any person or persons, who may, from time to time, be by law ap pointed, from voting at r,ny general meeting on any stock which may be held by any State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said President and Directors, and their successors, or a majority of them, assembled, shall have full power and authority to appoint, and, at their pleasure, dismiss such engineer cr engineers, and agent or agents. as they may deem expedient, and to rrx their rompensat"ioi., and to agree with any person r persons, on behalf of the said Company, to cut canals, erect dams, open tcei'ers, con struct locks, and perform such other works as they shall judge necessary ana expedient for completing a canal, from the termina tion, or other point on tn.e hesapcaiie anu Ohio Canal, to such place in the town of Alexandria as the Board of Directors shall appoint ; and out ot the money arising from the subscriptions and tolls, to pay fnr the same, and to repair and keen in order the said canals, locks, and other necessaryworks thereto, and to defray ail incidental charges ; and also, to appoint a Treasurer, Clerk, and other oiheers, toll; gatherers managers, and servants, as they shall judge requisite, and to agree for, and settle their respective wages or allowances, una tn set tie, pass, and sign their accounts ; ami. a!o, to make and establish rules of prccc.g. ind to transact all other business ana con cerns of the said Company, in ana during the iutcr als between the general meetings of the same; and thc shall be allow t n asj a compensation for their trouble therein, such sum of monev as shall, by a gene u meeting of the stockholders, be detennn.vi1: Provided akvaus That the Tveasmvr sn.ili give bond, in such penalty, and with such security, as the said President and Directors, or a majority of them, shall direct, fur the true and faithful discharge, ef the trust reposed in him ; and that the allowance to be made him for his services shall not exceed three dollars in the hundred, for the disbursements by him made; and that no officer in the company shall have any vote in the settlement or payment of his own account. 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And be it further enacted, That on all subscrip'ions there shall be paid, at the time of the subscription, on each share, one dollar ; and thereafter, when the Company shall be formed, the stock subscribed shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times, as the President and Directors shall, from time to time, require, as the work advances: Provided, That not more than one ha'.f shall be demanded within any one year from the commencement of the work, nor any payment demanded until st least thirty days' "public notice thereof shall have been given in such public newspapers as the said President and Directors shall direct such notices to be published in ; and, whenever any subscriber shall fail to pay any instalment called for by the Company, it shall and mav be lawful for the Company, upon motion, to be made in any court of Record, after ten days' notice, to obtain a judgment against the subscriber so failing to PX or the said Company, at their option, may sen uie svock. oi such suuseriuer, unci giving sixty days' notice in such public newspapers as they may judge proper; and, if the proceeds of any such sale shall exceed the sum demanded, the surplus, after paying the expenses of such sale, shall be paid to the subscriber so failing, or his leg.d representatives ; and the purchaser at such sale shall become a stockholder, and be subject to the : same rules and regulations, anaenuueuioiue s.i-ue w.-vu,,. , ,Su , and emoluments, as original subscribers un der this act. Sec. C. Ar.d, To continue the succession of the s -.id President and Dircctots. and to ki p up me vtine mr.iiuer That from time to tn.c, u i .. . .i V i: tnar.'ta. n the exp.ra tion ef the said tern- f whu h the aid Pi - them, oi choose rrh. -rs m theh te.;d C-md ; until such 'hone he matic, the Pi cm cut'

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sons were at first to have acted . Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That every President and Director, before he acts as such, shall take an oath or affirmation, for the due execution of his office. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the presence, in person or proxy, of the stockholders having a major part cf the stock, at least, shall be necessary to consti tute a general meeting of the stockholders, w hich shall be held on the first Monday in May, in every year, at such convenient place as shall be, from time to time, appointed by the said general meetings ; but, if a sulhcient number shall not attend on that day, the stockholders who do attend, may adjourn from time to time, until the stockholders holding the major part of the stock do attend, and the business of the Company is finished; to which meeting the President and Directors shall make report, and render distinct accounts of all their proceedings ; and. on finding them fairly anu justly stated, the stockholders then present, or a majority oQ them, shall give a certificate thereof, duplicate ot which shall be entered on the Company's books ; and, at such yearly general meetings, after leaving in the hands of the Treasurer such sums as the stockholders, or a majority of them, shall judge necessary for repairs and contingent charges, an equal dividend ot all the nett profits arising from the tolls hereby granted, shall be ordered and made to and among all the stockholders of tho said Company, in proportion to their several shares, subject to the several provisions and enactments hereinafter declared ; and, upon any emergency, in the interval between the said yearly meetings, the said President, or a majority of the said Directors, may appoint a general meeting of the stockholders of the Company, at any convenient place, giving at least one month's previous notice in such newspapers as they shall think proper; which meeting may be adjourned, and continued, as aforesaid ; and in case the stockholders, or a majority of them, "many general meeting aforesaid, shall deem it expedient to order a semi-annual, rather than a yearly dividend, as aforesaid, then, in like "manner, with like notice, and under the like restrictions, there shall be a half yearly, or semi-annual devidend of nett profits declared and paid. Sec 9 And be it further enacted, That for and in consideration of the expense the said stockholders will be at in cutting the said canal, erecting locks and dams, providing aqueducts, feeders, and other works, and in imp'-m it. g and keeping the same in repair, the said canal, and all other works aforesaid, or Much may he required toimproe the navigation thereof, at any time thereafter, with all their profits, subject to tiie limitations herein provided, shall be, and the same arc hereby, vested in the said stockholders, their executors, administra t is. and assign, vorever, as tenants in OMiiT.on, in pr pciU n to their respective shares; ar.d'.h t it snail and ;'iay be lawful for tiie said Pv-v'ept and Directors at all nines, forever i'.wuafl r. : demand and receive, at such es os shall hereafter be 'pp' ic.U d by 'he Pre-: Jeot and Directors ai'.rcsavi, tolls for the passage of vessels, bo its, : -lies pr'v.uce, ... -ill other articles, ntsuch r'fs as the said President and Diicc.toisv .y hereafter alio v and establish, accord1, v- to the vKovisions ( f this act. 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Ar! be it further enacted, 'Yi., if v CooM- ns oners, or any rf them, Hereby ttquired to be appointed, shall die, resign, or refuse to a-t, the vacancy occasioned ehenbv , sh A he tilled by a per' on or persons appointed by the President of the Ucited Staus; and the person or persons so appo nt d, shall have all the power and au thurity which was vested in the commissioners, whose place he or they maybe appointed to supply; and when any part of the canal aforesaid shall have been completed, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, the President and Directors of the Company, hereby created, shall have power, and it shall be their duty to crdain and establish, a rate of tolls to be paid upon boat?, v essels, rafts, or ether property, passing on the part of the canal so completed, and so, from time to time, as a part or parts shall be completed, until the entire canal shall have been finished, according to the true intent and meaning of this act; for the collection of which tolls, the President and Directors shall have power to establish so many toll-houses, and, at their pleasure, appoint and remove so many collectors, and at such places as, from time to time, they may judge expedient; and the said President and Directors shall have full authority, subject to the direction and control of a majority in interest of the stockholders represented in any general meeting, to regulate and fix a tariff of tolls, not exceeding an average of two cents per ton, per mile; and so to adjust the said tolls in relation to the capacity or burden cf the boats, and the dimensions of the rafts, passing the locks of the said canal, as to promote economy cf water and time, in the navigation thereof. Cr. 1 1 .lyirt hi if further fnnrtorf Tl-vi j lhe dcnl aud Dircctors annually ; . rni.n.. rfrr l:,r nrui n,nl. V! .V,,.;,l.i., 1 rf 1'0 Mott r-rAc ff-. !,.. Mi II 11 - Hi I..I Hiv- iik.v jhuiivj, ll'JIll Lilt tills 1 to be received, according to the provisions ; e,f this act, and from other resources of the Company, as they may deem advisable, af- ! ter deducting thercfr om the necessary cur- ! l ent and the pi jbable contingent expenses, to be dividud among the proprietors of the i stock of the said Company, in proportion to thtir respective shares, until the annual dividend thereof shall have reached twentv per o nmni, beyond which it shall never extend; but should the n tt levenue cf the Company exceed that amount for aov two

and extending the vrrks of the canal of every description requiting the same; and should the said tolls contin-.c. after such improvements have been comnh n d. to ta-tt

more than twenty per cent, per annum to uie sioes.noiuers, ror any two years in succession, t!Oollsupon the same shall be reduced by the President and Directors, according to some just and equitable ratio, till the said dividend shall fall to twentv per cent, per annum: Provided, That should the said dividend thereafter sink below twenty per cent, per annum, the said tolls, or a part thereof, may be renewed, till the said nett div idend reaches that amount, bee. 12. And be it furthtr enacted, That the said canal, and the works to be erected thereon, in virtue cf this act, when completed, shall forever thereafter be esteemed and taken to be navigable as a public highway, free for the transportation of all goods, commodities, and produce, whatever, on payment ot the tolls to be imposed, as provided by this act; and no ether toll or tax whatever, for the use of the said canal, and the works thereon erected, shall at any time hereafter be imposed, unless under sanction of a law of the United States. Sec. 13. And be it further exacted. That it shall and may be lawful for the President and Directors, cr a majority of them, to agree with the owners of any land, through or on which it is intended that the said canal, or any cf the works thereunto appertaining, shall pass, or be situated, or of the land necesssry for the construction of a basin at the terminination cf the said canal at Alexandria, for the purchase cr use and occupation thereof; and in case of disagreement, or in case the owner thereof shall be a feme-cov ert, under age, non-compos, or out of the District of Columbia, on application to a Justice of the Peace of the county in which such lands shall be, the said Justice of the Peace, shall issue his warrant, under his hand and seal, to the Marshal of the District of Columbia, to summon a jury cf eighteen inhabitants of that county, not related to the parties, nor in any manner interested, to meet on the land to be valued, at a day to be expressed in the warrant, not less than ten, nor more than twenty days thereafter; and the Marshal, upon rc'ceiving the said warrant, shall futthwith summon the said jury, and, when met, shall administer an oath, or affirmation, to every juryman who shall appear, being not less man twelve in number, that he wji faithfully, justly, and impartially, value the land, and all damages the owner thereof shall sustain by cutting the canal through such land, or the use or occupation for the purposes and period necessary, of such land, according to the best of his skill and judgement, and that, in such valuation, he will not spare any person for favor or affection, nor any person grieve, for malice, hatred, or ill-will; and in every such valuation and assessment of damages, the jury shall be, and they are hereby, instructed to consider in determining and fixing the amount thereof the actual benefit which will accrue to the owner, from conducting the said canal through, cr erecting any of the said works upon his land, and to regulate their verdict thereby, except that no assessment shall require any such ow ner to pay or ontribute any thing to the said company, where such benefit shall exceed, in the estimate of the jury, the value and damages ascertained as aforesaid; and the inquisition, thereupon taken, shall be signed by the Marshal, and some or more of the jury, and returned by the Marshal to the Clcik of the county, and unless good cause be shown against the said inquisition, it shall be affirmed by the Court, and recorded; but, it the said inquisition should be set aside, of if, from any cause, no inquisition shall be returned to such court within a reasonal.de time, the sakl Court may, at its discretion, as ofter as mv be necessary, direct another inquisition r" be taken, in the manner above prescribed; and upon every such valuation, the jarv is hereby directed to describe and asceitain the bounds cf the land by them valued, and the quantity and duration of the interest and estate in the same, required by the said Company for its use; and their valuation shall be conclusive, upon all persons, and shall be paid by the said President and Directors to the owner of the laud, or his legal representatives; and on payment thereof, the said Company shall be seized of such land, as of an absolute estate in perpetuity, or with such less quantity and duration of interest in the same, or subject to such partial or temporary use or occupation, as shall be required and described as aforesaid, as if conveyed by the owner cf them; and whenever, in the construction of the said canal, cr any of the works thereof, locks, dams, ponds, feeders, tunnels, aqueducts, bridges, or works, of any other dtscript cn whatsoever appurtenant thereto, it shull be necessary to use earth, timber, stoie, or gravel, cr any other material, to be found on any of the lands adjacent or near thereto, and the said President and Dircctors, or their agent, cannot procure the sarc f-r . ,i . f me worKs aioresaiu, oy private contract. t the proprietor or owner, o in case the own er shall be a femme-covert, or .ion-compos, or under age.cr out cf the District of Colombia, the same proceedings, in all respects, shall be had, as in the case before mentioned, cf the assessment and condemnation of the lands for the said canal, or the w orks appurtenant thereto. Sec. 14. And b- it furthtr enacted, That it shall be the duty cf the Company heieby incorporated, to cut, make, and cor.sf uc't the said canal, with good and sufficient locks, on the most in. proved plan fur expedition in the use thereof, and with a width of not less than forty feet at the suiface cf the water therein, or of twenty-eight feet at the bottom thereof, unless the quality cf the soil shall require a narrow base, to'admit of a sufficient slope to preserve the banks frcm sliding down, and sufficient to admit, at all seasons, the navigation of boats and rafts with a depth of not less than four feet water, at the least: and whenever wastes slu.ll be essential to the security cf i the s;iitl canal, and in no ether situation v h.atcver, along the san.e, the waste water cf the said canal may be, from time to time, sol I cr dispesed cf by the said Ccyipar.vj

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for the purpose of supplying such works and machinery as require a water power; and alorg one side at least, cf the said canal, ai d such aqueducts as it may render necessary, there shall be provided, throughout its whole extent, a towing path ct suuiocr. breadth to apply thcpowei of horses to the navigation thereof. Sec. 15. And be it Jurther enacted, That the stock of the said company shall be considered as personal estate, and shall only be transferable by the owners, thereof, in person cr by proxy, cn the bocks of the company: Provide d That no transfer shall be made, except for one cr more whole shares, and not for part of such share cr shares, and that no share cr shares shall at anytime be sold, conveyed, cr held in trust, for the use and benefit, or in the name cf another, whereby the said President and Directors, or the stockholders cf the said company, or any of them, shall or may be challenged, or made to answer concerning any such trust; but that every person appearing, as aforesaid, to be a stockholder, shall, as to the others of the said company, be, to every intent, taken absolutely as such; but as between any trustee, and the person for whose benefit any trust shall be created, the common remedv may be pursued. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, l hat. if the capital aforesaid shall prove insufficient, it shall and may lawful for the said company, from time to time, to increase the said capital, by the addition of o many whole shares as shall be judged net esgary bv the said stockholders, cr a majority cf them, present at any general meeting of the said company; and the said President and Dircctors, or a majority of them are hereby empowered and required, after giving at least two months' previous notice thereof in such newspapers as they my think proper, to open, books at su h places as they shall think proper, for receiving such additional subscriptions, in which the stockhold ers oi the said company, for the time being, shall, and are, hereby, declared to have the preference cf all others, for the first thirty days after the said books shall be opened, as aforsaid, of taking and subscribing for so many whole shares as any of then choose; and the said President and Direc tors are hereby required to obs- rve, in all other respects, the same rules therein, as are by this act prescribed for receiving and adjusting the first subscriptions, and in like manner to return, under the hands ct any three or more of them, an exact list of such additional subscriptions, with the sums subscribed, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to be by him preserved, as aforesaid; aed all stockholders of such additional share sir-11, and are hereby declared to be. from ther.ctfcrward, incorporated into the said company. Sec 17. And be it furthtr enacted. That whenever it shall become necessary to sub ject the lands of any individuals to the pur poses provided tor by this act, and their consent cannot be obtained, it shall nd may be lawful for the company to enter upon such land, and proceed to the execution of such works as may be requisite; and that the pendency of any proceedings in any suit, in the nature of a writ of ad quod damnum, or any other proceedings shall not hindci or delay the progress of the woik; and it shall be duty cf ev ery Court to give prcmVnce to controversies which may arise b-ie?n the company created by this act, an- t ie proprietors of land sought to be c nd. :. i.td for public utes, and to determine them ia preference to all other causes. Sec 18. Arid be it further enacted, That tlit Common Council cf the town of Alexaudita be, and the) arc hereby, uthoiizcd t - subscribe for the capital itock of the said Company, on behalf of the Corporation cf tin said town, and to borrow money for the pjyn.e-t hereof, anfl to raise by taxes, to be in. .oscd on the inhabitants of the said town, ana the property therein, such sums as shali be necessary for the payment cf such subscriptions or loans. A. STEVENSON, Speaker rf the ILuse cf Jufirr.stnfafivcs. J. C CALHOUN, Vi:e-PrciiJ rj of the United States, and President cf the Senate. Approved, May 26, 1630. ANDliEW JACKSON. AN ACT to repeal the proviso in "An act to authorize mastert cf vessels ia certain cases to clear out either at the Custom House at Petersburg, or that c: Richmond. BE it enacted by the Senate end House Refiret'nfalivfs cf the Umted States rf American. Crr. s anrmbt'd, That the proviso of an act, passed May tventv -sixth, one thousand tight hundred and twenty-fou-. entitled " An act to authc i?e mas-t--r of vessels ?n certain cases to clear out cither .u the custom house cf Peteisb argh, or that of Richmond," be, and the same is here!) , repealed. APPi: v ED, M-y is, 1830. AN ACT to repeal a part of an art, passed the twentv sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred "and f wr, entitled "An act making provisions for the disposal cf the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes." HE it enacted by the Senate and Heme rf Refircstntctives cf the United States cf Axierica in Ccngres 'atiewbled That sa much cf an act, approved the twenty. sixth day of March, in the year one thousand eight Tmndred and four, entitled " An act making provisions for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for ether purpeses," as makes it the duty cX the Secretary of the Treasury to cause, at least once every vear, the bocks cf the offices to be examined, and the balance cf public moneys in the hands of te several Receivers cf Public Moneys cf the said offices to be ascertained be, and the same i hereby, rtpc.de d Appp.ovKD. M'v- C3. 1630. Virgil Maxcy, of MarryUivJ. h: t'.en appointed Solicitor oi the Tiea&urv; a nt w office created by tot Confess nch has just adjourned. IVesttm Timet.