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vol. szv. VIXKTCESXnXTBS, (Z&.) SATURDAY, AUGUST D, 1830. no. cd. BY ELIIIU STOUT.-Main Slrcct Price TWO DOLLARS per year, payable in advancej TWO DOLLARS FIFfY CENTS if not paid until the expiration of the year.

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IBY AUTHORITY. LAVS OF THE UNITED STATES THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRD COXGKE5?. PASSED AT TWENTY Public. No. 27. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary oliQf War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the State of Alabama; and to provide for the paying of certain pensioners in said town of Decatur. BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States cf America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to establish a pension agency at Decatur, in the State of Alabama, for the payment of pensioners of the United States, ! resident m the counties ot Jackson, Madison, Limestone, Lauderdale, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan. Blount, Jefferson, Walker, Fayette, and Marion: Provided, That -the establishment of such agency can be made without any charge to the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the branch of the bank of the State of Alabama, established in the said town ci Uecatur, tor the payment of the pensioners herein before described Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That this act shall not take effect until the first t day of August next. JNO. BELL, Speaker of the House cf Representatives M. VAN liUUEN, Vice President cj the United States and J'rcsident of the Senate. ArrROVED, June 27th, 1834. ANDREW JACKSON. Public. No. 20. AN ACT concerning the gold coins of the United States, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States cf America in Congress assembled. That the gold coins of the United States shall contain the following quantities of metal. that is to say: each Eagle shall contain two hundred aud thirty-two grains of pure gold, and two hundred and fifty-eight grains of standard gold; each Half Eagle one hundred and sixteen grains of pure gold, and one hundred and twenty-nine grains of standard gold: each Quarter Eagle shall contain fifty-eight grains of pure gold, and sixty-four and a half grains of standard gold; every such Engle shall be of the value of ten dollars; every such Half Eagle shall be of the value of five dollars; and every such Quarter Eagle shall be of the value of two dollars and fifty cents: and the said gold coins shall be receivable in all payments, when of full weight, according to their respective values; and when of less than full weight, at less values, proportioned to their respective actual weights. Skc 2. And be it further enacted. That nil standard cold or silver deposited for coinage after the thirty-first cf July next, shall be pr.id for in coin under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, within five days from the making of such deposite, deducting from the amount of said deposite of gold and silverone-half of one per centum: Provided, That no reduction shall be made unless said advance be required by such depositor within forty days. Skc. 3. And be it further enacted, That all gold coins of the United States minted anterior to the thirty-first day of July next, s.hall be receivable in all payments at the rate of ninety-four and eight-tenths of a cent. per pennyweight. Skc 4. And be it further enacted. That the better to secure a conformity cf the said gold coins to their respective standards as aforesaid, from every separate mass of standard gold which shall be made into coins at the said mint, there shall be taken, set apart by the Treasurer and reserved in his custody, a certain number of pieces, not less than three, and that once in every ve;ir the pie ces so set apart and reserved shall be assayed under the inspection of the officers, and at the time, and in the manner now provided bv law, and if it shall be found that the cold so assaved, shall not be inferior to the said standard hereinbefore declared, more than one part in three-hundred and eightyfour m fineness, and one part m five hun - drcd in weight, the officer cr officers cf the said mint whom it may concern, shall be held excusable; but if anv greater inferiority shall appear, it shall be certified to the President of the United States, and if he shall so decide, the said officer or officers bhall be thcrcattcr disqualified to hold their respective officer: J'roviJcd, That, in making any delivery cf coin at the mint in payment of a deposite, the weight thereof shall be found defective, the otlicer concerned shall be responsible to the owner for the full wcijht, it claimed at the time of deiive- ) v. -Se'j.d. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and alter the thirty first day cf July, in the year cue thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Approved, June 2Sth, 1834. . f Public. No. 30.1 AN ACT regulating the value of certain . - l foreign gold coins within the United States BV. it enacted by the Senate end House cj Representatives cf the United Suites cf America in Congress assembled. That Irom and after the thirty-first dav cf July next, the following gold coins shall pass as current as money within the United States, and be receivable ir. all payments by weight, for thepayment of all ilebts and demands, at the rates following, that is to say: the geld coins cf Great Britain, Portugal, and Brazil, at not less than twenty-two carats fine, at the rate of ninety-four cents and richt tenths of a cent per pennyweight; the Rold coins of France, nine-tenths fine, at the rate of ninety-three cents and one -tenth of a ctnt per pennyweight; and the gold coin

ot Spain. Mexico, and Colombia, of th

fineness of twenty cirats three grains and seven-sixteenths of a grain, at the rate of eighty-nine cents and nine-tenths of a cent per pennyweight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause assays of the aforesaid gold coins, made current by this act, to be had at the mint of the United States, at least once in every year, and to make a report of the result thereof to Congress. Approved, June 2Sth, 1834. I'udlic. No. 31. AN ACT to authorize the the removal of the Custom-house from Magnolia, to St. Marks in Florida. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States America in Congress assembled. Thnt the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to remove the Custom-House, now established at Magnolia on the St. Marks river in Florida, to the town of St. Marks or some other point on St. Marks harbor, which may be deemed suitable when in his judgment the public interests and convenience may require it, and after the removal aforesaid the of!ke cf Surveyor, at St. Marks shall be abolished. Approved, June 28th, 1834. Public. No. 32. AN ACT to attach the Territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and north of the State of Missouri, to the Territory of Michigan. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That all that part of the Territory of the United States bounded on the East bv the Missis sippi river, on the South by the State of Mis souri, and a line drawn due west from the northwest corner of said btate to the Misjsouri river; on the southwest and west by the Missouri river and the White Earth riv cr, falling into the same; and on the north, by the northern boundary of the United States, shall be, and hereby is, for the purpose of temporary government, attached to, and made a part of, the Territory of Michigan, and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities and be subject to the same laws, rules, and regulations in all respects, as the other citizens of Michigan Territory. Approved, June 28th, 1834. Public. No. 33. AN ACT for the benefit of the city of Washington. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assetnbled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized tn pay, out of any unap propriated money in the I reasurv, a sum not exceeding seventy-thousand dollars, in quarterly instalments, for one year from the . . -k ?. passage ot mis act, to tne mayor oi me cuy of Washington, to be applied under the direction and authority of the boards of Al dermen and Common Council, toextingqish so much of the interest annually accr on their public debt. Approved, June 2Sth, 1S34 Public. No. 34 AN ACT to enable the President to make an arrangement with the Government cf France in relation to certain French seamen killed or wounded at Toulon, and their families. Whereas certain French seamen were unfortunately killed and others wounded, by firing a salute from the American Frigate United States, in the harbor of Toulon, on the first day of May last, and whereas it is proper to manifest the sensibility, with which the disastrous accident is viewed by the Government of the United States, there fore BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to enter into an arrangement with the Lovcrnment of France for the payment of an annual sum of twice the amount receivable by ! the navv pensioners of the same or a similar 1 I " 1 class ot t ie wounacu wno survive, anu 10 such relatives of those who were unhappily killed as aforesaid, as the President may deem it expedient to include in this prevision, which said sum shall be paid on the earliest dav practicable after the proposed arrangement shall be concluded and on the same day in each year thereafter during the resnective lives of the persons to whom i - - - trrantcd. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That a sum of monev sufficient to enable the j President to carrv the aforesaid arra e j ment into effect be, and the same is her i appropriated, to be paid out of any rno : in the Treasury not otherwise appropnat ArFROYKD, June 2Sth, 1834. Public. No. 35. AN ACT to authorize the correction of erroneous selections of land granted tj the State of Indiana, for the purpose cf constructing the Michigan road. Beit enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United S'ates of America in Congress assembled. That the State of Indiana be, and hereby is, authorized to select other lands in lieu of sections numbered eichteen and twenty-nine, and fractional section numbered thirty-two, in numbered thirty i township thirty-seven north, of range one, ; east, heretefor. selected, to be applied to the purpose cf constructing the Michigan I road in Indiana; the selections authorized j bv this act to be made on any unsold land, i within the district where the abovementioned lands lie, and shall be applied to the same object, and the first named selections are t i . iiercny ueciarea void and of no effect. Approved, June Sth, 1S34. Pen Lie. No. 36. AN AC I limiting the time of advertising the sales of the public lands, j Be it enacted by the Senate and Hiuse or Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That hereafter the public lands which shall be exposed to public sale by order cf the President of the United States, shall be advertised for a period of not less thaa three nor more than six month prior to the day of sale, any thing in any Uw heretofore enacted to the contrary notwithstanding. ArrROVED, June 28, 1S34.

Public. No. 57. AN ACT making additional appropriations for certain habors, and removing obstructions in the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one thousand tight hundred and thirty-four. 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 un appropriated money in the 1 111 tlir I rflCllPlT fnii carrying on and completing certain works heretofore enmnunred. vii j For piers at the entrance of Kennebunk river, ten thousand three hundred dollars. For the breakwater at the mouth of Mcrrimack river, three thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. For the preservation of Plymouth beach, two thousand dollars For the preservation of the beach at Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, four thousand four hundred dollars. Forthebreakwated at Hyannis harbor. Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For improving the harbors of Newcastle, Marcus Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, in the Delaware river, six thousand one bundled and thirty-three dollars. For carrying on the improvement of Ocracock river, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars. For improving Cape Fear river below Wilmington, North Carolina, five thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars. For improving the navigation of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars. For completing the improvement of St. Mark's river and harbor, Florida, four thousand six hundred dollars. For improving the harbor of Chicago, Illinois, thirty-two thousand tight hundred and one dollars. For the piers at La Plaisance bay, Michigan, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars. For improving the navigation of Red river, fifty thousand dollars. For carrying on the Delaware breakwater, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For filling up and securing a breach in the south embankment at Presqu Isle, Pennsylvania, three thousand and forty-live dollars. For improving the harbor of Mobile, in removing the bar at the entrance of the harbor called the Choctaw Pass, ten thousand dollars. For improving the navigation of the river Savannah, in removing the obstructions in said river from the city of Savannah to its mouth, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing and securing the works at Oswego harbor, New York, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvements at Big Sodus bay, New York, on the present plan, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the works at Gencssee rivcr, New York, on the present plan, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvements of Black Rock harbor, New York, twelve thousand dollars. I For completing the works at Buffalo, New York, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvements at Dunkirk harbor. New York, four thousand dollars. For securing the works at Presqu' Isle, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars. For completing and securing the works at Clcaveland harbor, Ohio, thirteen thou sand three hundred and fifteen dollars. For repairing and securing the works at Grand river, Ohio, ten thousand dollars. For securing the works at Black river, Ohio, five thousand dollars. For extending and securing the works at Huron river, Ohio, six thousand seven hundred dollars. For continuing the improvements at Ash tabula creek, Ohio, five thousand dollars. For defraying the expense of surveys pursuant to the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, including arrearages for eighteen hundred and thirty-three, twenty-nine thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars shall be appropriated and applied to geological and mineralogical survey and researches. To rebuild the monument on Steele's ledge, Penobscot Bay, four thousand six hundred dollars For the continuation of the improvement nf tlir novio-.Ttirm nf tht I urn irr nnn river thirty thousand dollars, to be expended un der the direction of the W ar Department. ArPROVF.D, June 28, 1834. Public. No. 38. AN ACT making appropriations for the Military Academy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Tic 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 1 rcasury: tor defraying the expenses ot the Hoard of Visiters at West Point two thousand dollars. For fuel, forage, stationary, printing transportation, and postage, eight thousand four hunurcd and eighty-six dollars and thirty cents. For repairs, improvements, and expenscs of buildings, grounds, roads, wharves, boats, carts, and fences, nine thousand six hundred and ten dollars and ninety-six cents. For pav of adjutant's and nuartcrmastcr's clerks, nine hundred dollars For philosophical apparatus and repairs of the same, six hundred and ninety -eight dollars. For models for the department of engineering, eight hundred dollars. For models for the drawing department. apparatus, and contingencies for the de partment of chemistry, and repairs of in struments for the mathematical department.

one thousand one hundred and seventeen To survey and lay off the lands of the Sendollars, ecas and Shawnees, under the second artiFor the departments of mineralogy, ar- cle of the treaty of twentieth July, eighteen tillery. and sword exercises, one thousand hundred and thirty-one, and of the Quaone hundred and thirty dollars, paws, under the third article of the treaty For increase and expenses of the library, of thirteenth May, eighteen hundred and one thousand two hundred and sixteen dol- thirty-three, twelve hundred dollars, lars and twenty two cents. To survey and lay off the reservation proFor comnletint? the outbuilding and cul- vided for in the second article of the treaty

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thousand and eighty -one dollars and fiftv cents. For miscellaneous items, and incidental expenses of the Military Academy, one thousand six hundred and seventy -one dollars and forty-seven cents. For the erection of a building for military and other exercises, in winter, in addition to six thousand dollars appropriated last session, fourteen thousand dollars. For pay of the officers, cadets, and musicians, and subsistence of officers and cadets,

njnety-five thousand six hundred and ninety eigr. dollars. . Fo,r f?rage officers one thousand one huflrecJ a,nd fif,1 'two dollars. . 1 ,r clolm,,S fr servants of officers, three hundred and thirty-dollars, sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That lie Secretary f War be, and is hereby authonzed to cause such transfers to be made m sPc4fic ads of appropriation for the "7 Academy as may be necessary to enablc accounting officer to settle the ?tuu""; o. i naycr. ate supering philosophical apparatus for said Academy under an order cf the War Department in eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. Approved, 28th June, 1834. Public. No. 39. AN ACT making appropriations'to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, and for other purposes. 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 are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter mentioned, to be paid out cf any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriatad, viz. To carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Seminoles, of the ninth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, viz. To pay for improvements relinquished to the United States by the first article, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars. To defray the expense of investigating claims against the Seminoles for property alleged to have been stolen or destroyed by them, and cf liquidating such as may be satisfactorily established, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Western Chcrokees, of fourteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz. For support of blacksmiths, of a wheelwright and wagon maker and their estab lishments, and the purchase of corn mills, under the fourth article, eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. To carry into effect th r treaty with the Western Creeks, of fourteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz. For support of a blacksmith, wheelwright or wagon maker, and their establishments, and for the purchase of saws and corn mills, under the fifth article, three thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars. For education, one thousand dollars. To pay for improvements abandoned, under the sixth article, three thousand eight hundred and oue dollars and fifty-eight cents. To pav the expense of appraising these improvements, hve hundred dollars. 1 o carrv into effect the treaty with the Quapaws, of thirteenth May, eighteen bun- j drcd and thirty-three, viz. To pay for stock, implements of agriculture, rifles, blankets, and other articles stipulated to be furnished in the third article, five thousand and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents. For support of a farmer, six hundred dollars. For education, one thousand dollars. For support of a blacksmith and his establishment; one thousand and seventy-five dollars. For the payment of debts of the Quapaws, under the fourth article, four thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. For pay of laborers, one thousand dollars. For payment of the limited annuity, two thousand dollars. For pay of an interpreter, by the sixth article, three hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaties with the Appalachicolas, of eighteenth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; viz: For payment of reservations to be surrendered, under the fourth article of each cf the treaties, six thousand dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Ottoesand Missourias, of twenty-first Sep tember, eighteen hundred add thirty three, I 1Z. For education, under the fourth article, five hundred dollars. For support of farmers and the erection of a mill, under the fifth article, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For purchase of stock, under the sixth article, one thousand dollars. For payment for merchandise, under the ninth article, four hundred dollars. To carry into effect the treaty with the Pawnees, of ninth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, viz: For payment of the annuity, provided for in third article, four thousand six hundred dollars. For purchase of agricultural implements. under the fourth article, two thousand dollars. For education, under the fifth article, one thousand dollars, For support of blacksmiths and their establishmcnts, under the sixth article, two thousand dollars. For the suDDort cf farmers, under the seventh article, two thousand our hundred dollars. For the purchase of stock, four thousand dollars. For the erection cf mills under the eighth article, one thousand dollars. For the purchase of guns and ammuni tion, under the twelfth article, one thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars. For payment for merchandise, under the thirteenth article, one thousand six hundred dollars. For payment of transportation and other incidental expenses, under tne above trea I ties, two thousand dollars. with the Sacs and Foxes, of twenty-first tf

September, eighteen hundred and thirtytwo, eight hundred dollars. To lay off and divide the lands of the Sac and Fox half-breeds, under the first article of the treaty of fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, one thousand dollars. To complete the surveys of theKickapoo reservations, under the ttvelfth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, eifcht hundred dollars. To complete the north line of the Osage reservation, under the second article of the treaty of second June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, one thousand dollars. To complete the north line of the Kanzas reservation, under the second article of the treaty of third June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, one thousand dollars. To cover the excess of expenditure over the appropriation for running the lines under the treaty with the Sacs and Foxes, and others of fifteenth July, eighteen hundred and thirty, two thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars, and sixty-one cents. To locate reservations under the fifth article ot the treaty with the Winnebagoes of first August, eighteen hundred and twentynine, four hundred dollars. To defray the expense of locating reservations, under the treaty with the Choctaws, of twenty-seventh September, eighteen hundred and thirty, three thousand five hundred dollars. To pay for improvements relinquished by the Chippcwas, under the sixth article of the trmty of twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars. To pay fcr improvements relinquished by the Cherokecs who have emigrated, under the eighth article of the treaty of sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents. For the balance of expenses of the Chickasaws, who explored the country west of the Mississippi, in eighteen hundred and thirty, and eighteen hundred and thirty-one, two thousand tour hundred and twenty-six dollars, and fifty-six cents. To pay expenses incurred by the Indian agent at Prairie du Chien, in collecting Indians to attend the treaties at Rock Island, in eighteen hundred and thirty-two. and in effecting the capture of Black Hawk and the P rophct, six hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-four cents. To pay the expenses of a delegation of New York Indians in exploring the country west of the Mississippi, four thousand five hundred dollars. To pay for three thousand and fifty bush

els oi corn for the Choctaws, who were suffering for want of food," three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. To pay for one thousand bushels of corn, purchased for the relief of the Osages, onethousand dollars. To pay balances ascertained to be due by the Second Auditor for capitation money, provisions, fee, under the treaty of twentyfourth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, with the Creeks, nine thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and twelve cents. To compensate the Western Cherokecs for stock and other property lost during their emigration under the eighth article of the treaty of sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, fourteen thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars, and fifty cents. To remunerate the Western Cherokecs I for spoliations on their property under the fifth article cf the treaty of sixth May cigh- ! teen hundred and twenty-eight, one thcu341111 dllll 1W1I-IM1CC UUIIUIS. To defray the expenses incurred in holding treaties with the Pawnees, Ottoes, and Missourias, and the general treaty of peace, and councils with the Osages, and Kickapoos, six thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars. That the Secretary of War ascertain the amount paid by Joseph M. Street, and Stephen W. Kearney for attorney fees in de fending a suit or suits brought against them for acts done in performance of their official duties by Jean Brunette, not to exceed four hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. For expense of surveys and marking certain lines in the Creek and Cherokee country, by order of the Commissioners under the treaties with said tribes of Indians, of the fourteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. For improvements abandoned on ceded lands under the treaty with the Cherokee Indians, of the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars. For refunding to Col. Pierre Minard, six hundred and eighty-one dollars, eighty-two cents for that sum advanced by him to' the Commissioners fr holding treaties with the Winnebagoes, Chippewas, Ottoways and Pottawatomies. For expenses cf thirteen delegates from the Eastern Cherokees five thousand six hundred dollars. For the expenses of five delegates from the Western Cherokees, two thousand six hundred dollars. For the purchase cf a house and lot at j Prairie du Chien, for the use of the agency at that place two thousand hve hundred dollars. Approved. June 28th. 1834. Public. No. 40. AN ACT further to provide for the location of certain land claims in the Territory of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the nroviso to the act entitled "An act to ex tend the time for locating certain donations in Arkansas" approved the thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and all locations of said claims mad, or to be made, shall in no wie be affected by said proviso. Approved. June 28. 1834. Public. No. 41. AN ACT in reference to pre-emption rights in tho southeastern district of Ixmtsiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States America in Congress assembled, liiat the pre-emption rights granted by the register

and receiver of the land office at New Orleans, to certain individuals claiming tho same, in the southeastern land district of Louisiana, under the act of Congress approved fifth April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the scteral laws for thejsale of public lands." and the act approved fifteenth Juna eighteen hundred and thirty -two, entitled "An act to authorize the inhabitants of die State of Louisiana to enter the back lands,1 be, and tho same are hereby, confirmed

jand the register of the land office is here by directed to issue patent certificates accordingly. Sec. a. And be it further enacted, That the rcsurvey made under the supervision of the surveyor general of Louisiana, of certain lands on the bayou St. Vincent, in sections designated as' numbers one hundred and ten and one hundred and fortvthree, in township thirteen of range fourteen east, situate in the southeastern district of Louisiana, and which rcsurvey purports to include the improvements of the actual settlers within its limits, claiming the right of pre-emption thereto under the act of fifth April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed; and payments may le made and patents issued in accordance therewith. ArrROVED June2S, 1S31. Public. No. 42.) AN ACT giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, respecting the territorial limits and jurisdiction of eai J States. Whereas commissioners duly appointed on the part of the State of New York, and commissioners duly appointed on the part of the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of agreeing upon and settling the jurisdiction and territorial limits of the two States have executed certain articles, which are contained in the words following viz Agreement made and entered into by and between Benjamin F. Butler, Peter Augustus Jay and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the State of New York, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled "An act concerning the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the State of New York and the State of New Jersey passed January 18th lS33,of tho one part; and Theodore Frelinghuysen and James Parker and Lucius Q. C. Elmer commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the State of New Jersey, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and iurisoicuon Detwccn tne states ot New Jersey and New York" passed February Gth 1S33, of the other part. Article First. The boundary line between the two Slates of New York and New Jessey,frorn a point in the middle of Hudson river, opposite the point on th west shore thereof in the forty-first degree of north latitude as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea. shall be tha middle of the said river, of the bay of New lorK, oi we waters Letween Staten Island and New Jersey, and of the Raritan bay, to tho main sea; except cs hereinafter otherwise particularly mentioned. Article Second. The State of New York shall retain its present jurisdiction of and over Bedlow's and Ellis's island; and shall also retain exclusive jurisdiction of ana over me otner islands Ivin- in thj waters above mentioned and the jurisdiction of that State. now under Aaticle Tuird. The State of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of tha bay of New York ; and of and over all the waters of Hudson river lying west of Manhattan Island and to the south of the mouth ofSpuytenduyvcl creek; and of and over the lands covered by the said waters to the low water mark on the westerly or New Jersey side thereof; subject to the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey, that is to say. I. The State of New Jersey ehall hare ithe exclusive right of property in and ta ine iana unuer waicr lying west of the middle of the bay of New York, and west of the middle cf that part of the Hudson rirer which lies between Manhattan Island and New Jersey. 2. The State of New Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves docks and improvements, made and to be made on the shore of the sail State: and of and over all vessels a-round on said shore, or fastened to anv such 1 J . . . . wnan or dock ; except that the said vessels shall be utjectto the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passenger?, of the State of New York, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed. o. i ne slate oi cw Jersey shall haf' the exclusive right of regulating the Irenes on the westerly side of the midd' the said waters, Provided That the gation be not obstructed or hinder Article fourth. The Stat' York shall have exclusive jur and over the waters of the K between State n Island and to tho westernmost end of? tn respect to such quarar laws relating to passcng or may hereafter be pa thority of that Slate, the same ; and the sa have exclusive juridi' ' poses of and orer tb from tho western mo of i land to Woodbrtdg j scls bound to any York.

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