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jjjl Act to establish ft Southern Judicial District
"cTfti tl Territory jtf Jloridar '-
, ,, A. "a. ' I
ia
rkt inthe Territorr of Florid to be
"' ailed the Somhern Distrtctr embracing
II that part of the Territory whfch He
outh of I i line frorri Indian river on the
east, and Charlotte Jharbor on the west,
Inrludine the latter harbor i which said
court 'shall exerejae all the jurisdiction
within aid district, aa the other Superior
Coy rj re?pecti eiy, exerciae within Aeir
respective districta, and ahall he aubjeci
to all the lawa which forem or rejfilie
the same, and, there ahaH be. appointed
for aaid district Judge y nd be la Jt'ere
by outhoriaed to appoint Clerk (or aaid
court. There ahall lao be appointed n
Attorney and Marabal, who ahull eierciac
11 tb;luties;c the tame -ond and
security, and be entitled to the aame aala
ytett feeat and comprnmt)on that la now
- allowed by law to Attorneya and Manbali
Jnotberdialrictaln the territory. ;
1 -"Sec. tr Jni AW il Junker tnacUdr.Th
Jbeld on the firat Mondajra of May and No
fember annus'lri Jt Key Wft j-d r h
other Intermedot af.tMoni, frfim time to
ibtnk adviauble and nrceaaart .. Ti. Judr
ball retide at lite Island ol 'Kty Weat,
and abH be entitled to receive at a aahry
- for Mi' terttcet twrr tboiTn J follr per
noumfctO .DeBioguanenj, oui o ant
moneti in. tbe Trr.aury not" o'tbcrwlae
ppropriated 1 h.
Sec. I Mdb it further entettd. That
wbrnef er, in any cue concerninf wrecked
property or property abandoned at tea,
the Judge aforesaid ahall hate determined
fhe rate bt aalvege to, allowed to aal
vort, it absll be his duty, unlets the aal
jrage decreed ahall have been adjusted,
without recourse to vessel end cargo, to
direct such' proportion of salvage to be
paid id 4h lalttort In kind ; and that the
propertT aatea aball be-dtvidedae forcing
!y, uodsr tha inspection of the officer? jf
tbe court, aod before it shall have, been
'talen buirof tbeeni!prjyof the Revenue
oflWri '
:. Sece And bt itwlfte r't v J, Th&t
whenever it ahall be ascertairr'i, to the
cat'utactioQ of the Jude of said court,
that any of the property sated, is. from
It's cnaracertnot .aucepttble of orin rli
vided in the manner proposedi or that
: there are artkles in tbe carjjo of a. perish
jkbl nature, it ahall bt his duly to direct a
ale of the samor loir the 4Ku&t of., all
concerned. ., ..... ,
Sec. 6. Jndbt ii t further matted, That
the property retraining, oftcr separaiiag
the portion adjudged to the aalvors, shall
3ot be removed from such store s may
b used for public purposes, nor disposed
of in ary other way, within nine months,
Vinless by the order of tbe owners, or of
their authorised agents; and that the du
fics accruing upon such propeity may be
aerurtd at any port in the United States,
where the owner tna? reside.
Jec. 6 Andbi it further enacted, That
no teasel shall be employed aa a wreck
rr unles under the authority of the
Jndfce of aaid Court j ar.d that it ahall not
be lawful to employ an board such vessel,
any wrecker who shall have made condi
tions with the captain or supercargo of!
ant wrecked vessel, before or at the time
of affording relief.
A. STEVENSON,
Speaker of tbe llouae of HrprraenU'.ive
J. C. CALHOl'N.
Vice President of the United Rtatea, and
fmidetit of the 9ewtei
. ApprpTttll 3 Mar, 1828.
' JOHN QU1NCV AIUMS. "
0. I til.
cUftadditiowtoan art.titWd -A. act
concerning dwrnminating dutict of TottoafetpO" wrer-o account 01 tDC-llBtej
and Import." aad to equaltae tbe duties on
rrwaaiaa swsaets and their cargoea.
BR it matted by the mate and houte of
rcfirrtrnJativet of the United Stateo of
Ameriem t romrrtM aemMed, That, upon
satisfactory evidence beint given to the
President of the United States, by the
. fpyttnment prenyvlVceifi'!1. iko, t bat no
discriminating daties of tonnage or lm:
post arampoacdjor JcTiw in the ports of
ike said nation, upon vessels wholly !'
-fcnginy sw-ertrtena oHhe-UnlttMltte
or upon the prodtice, manufactures, or
merchandise, Im pot led in the same from
tbe United States, oe from any loreiftn
ontry, the President Is hereby author
ized to issue his oroclamatton. declarine
,Wt the foreign discrioilnaMlnf; duties of
tonnage and impoV, within the United
S:utes, are, and shall be, suspended and
discontinued, so far as 'respects the ves
sels of the said foreign nation, and the
riroduce, manufactures, or merchandise
rnponcdTlnioTlirUnlled Stiter Imhe
same,' from, the said foreign " nation, or
frwii any other foreign country s theld
suspension tskl0
such flOtification"being"gitcri i Yolnif rri
aident of the United States, and to con
tinue so long as the reciprocal exemptioh
of vesseia, belonging to citizens ol tbe
United States, ano their cargoeajis afore-
imposed or collected on vessels of Prussia,
or of her Dominions, from whenretotver
coming, nor on their cargoes, howsoever
composed, than are, or may be,' payable
on vessels of the United States and their
cargoes.
fee. 3. And he it further enactedv1
the Secretary tf the Treasury be, and be
is hereby, authorized to return all dutiea
which have been asaesscd, since the fif
teenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and twrnty-ix, on Prussian tea
vessels, and their cargoes, beyond the
arhonnt which would have betn payable
on vessels of the Ui.ired States, and their
cargoes : and that iheaitrhe allowances of
drawback be ' made on merchandise' ex
ported In. Prussian vessels as would be
made on similar exportatlons in vessels of
tne united mates. --v;- -
Sec. 4. And he it ' further inctettd Tbt
6"'much6f ihls' adf ai relates to Trusiian
Tessesi anti thelr-xargoes, shall conlinue
and be in force during re time that the
eoQartty for which it provides shall, in all
rMpectube. feaproCitediM
f ruiia, and" her Dominions ; and if, at
any time hereafter, the said equalitv shall
not be reciprocated in the Porta of Prus
sia, and her Dominions, the President
may, and" fie1 ! hereby, autho rized to is
anc iia proclamation, declaring that fact,
and thereupon so much of (his act as re
la'es to -Prussian vessels, and their car
goes', shall cease and determine. ' '
Approved : 4 Mav, 1828. '
O. L.
An Act declaring the assent of Conrrru to an
act of the State of Akbur..
BE it enacted by the senate and howie
of refirrtentafivei of (he United Statet
Amerxto in Congret armbled, That the
atscnt -of. Congress be,: and ; hereby Jv.
granted, to the operation of an act of the
1 0enrarAsemblr of the State of Alabama,
passed on the tenth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and twcniy.even,
entitled " an' act to incorporate the Ca
ha whs Navi ration Compar.y.'
Approvml : 24 May, 1823.
wo II.
An Art to incorporate the Trmtcra of the Fe
male OrpTian As) turn 1n Georprtown, and the
Wahinjion (Iity Orphm Ailum io the-Dia-
trict of Cul'iHibia. '.. ---
BE it enacted by the enate and houte
cf rthrrirntative of. the United State of
America in congrett awmbied. That John
I. SUt, Witlinm Ridgrlv and Daniel
Ruawd, and their successors infefnce,
duly elected or appointed in the minnaf
hereinafter directed, be, and they are
hereby made, declared and constituted a
corporation and body politic in law and io
fact, to have continuance forever, by the
name, style, and title of MThe Trustees
of the Female Orphan Asylum of George
town, in the District of Columbia."
Sec. 2. Aid be it further enacted, That
William Mawlev. John P. Van Ness, Na
than Towson, Obediaa B. Drown, and
James Larned, and their successors in of
fice, io be appointed ss is hereinafter di
rected, are hereby made, declared and
constituted a corporation and body politic
in law, and in fact, to have continuace
forever, under tbe njme, at tie, and title
of " The Waibington City Orphan Asy
lum." Sac 3. And be it Jurther enacted, That
all and singular the lands, tenements,
rials Irgajies, annuities, rights, privile
ges, goods, and chattels heretofore given,
granted, devised or bequeathed to either.
r -.1.1 l.i.lnm. n In ana naruu, nr nr.
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on ,or '"e ,nrrc0l w ,w w"
oe, ano: tncy are nereoy, vesica in, ano
confirmed to, the said corporations res
pectively, and that they may purchase,
lake, and receive, and enjoy any lands,
tenements, rente, annuities, rights or pri
vileges, or any goods chattels or other ef
fects, of what kind or nature soever which
shall, or may hereafter be given,' ir'anted,
sold bequeathed or devised unto cither f
(hern, bt any person or persons, ooaies
pxrlit ie -wr or peratava pabltutlf . JDaVipg
sh a wrantT-and 40 dispoaw oCtbe same i
Provided, The tfear annual Income of
property to be acquired by either or aaid
corpora ions, shall at no time exceed the
sum of three thousand dollars.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, Tbal
the said corporations reipectltely, by the
aaio, anau oe connrroea, ana rp Tongerr?xiirni;Utrna lO Trnake BUCb yr lii as
no other or hieher rate of duties ahall be T AVviiimari
name and sjyJe aforesaid be, and shall be
bereaftercapable, in law and equity, to
sua and be sued, within the District of
Cotnmbit, or elsewhere, to as effectual a
manner as other persons or Corporations
cafTiuerberiueaViftd ; rt anherihaii
adopt and use a cosnmoeT seal, end the
same L use, alter or exchange at plea
sure, to appoint a Tresmrerand Secreta
ry, indchvbthWrt
deem necessary and proper, to assign
theni their duties, and fix their compen
sation, and to remove any or all of them
lawa.of the United Statas, or the lawa. in
force in the District of Columbia', and the
aame to alter, amend or abrogate at
pleasure. .
$tc, 3. And be it further rntctcd, That
there ahall be an annual meeting of the
contributors to the Omhan ksvlum of
ucorgetown, on the first Monday in June,
in every year, at which tbey shall appoint
a first female directreas, seclnd female
1 a m a
nirectreas, a second female i manager,
wno snail have power to superintend and
manage the internal affairs of the Aiylum,
and.lo fill vacantiea in their own Board,
and ns vacancy that may happen by death
or .otherwise among tow Trustees and tcv
aerve until their aucceseon are duly ap
pointed and a majority pit ie said Trus
tees shall be a tjuorurn, and authorized
to act. - tfr&t- -. r--
.. . Sex. 6. And be itrfurthtrtnacted, That
the present mans era of -tnt Washington
Q..Xsyuinitifljpi tYcIe otayio;.
eitton Ma Bord of-Tustets,' mat con
tinue in office, tlischargjpg the duties of
the aame, until the second Tuesday in
October next, at which time, and on the
same day in each year thereafter, said
corporation, by those who from their bye
lawa may be qualified to vote, shall be re
gulated, and the ofEccrs thereof appoin
ted, agreeably to the provisions of this act ;
that is to say, there aball be appointed
first, and a aacond female directress, and
also Gfteen female managers and these
directresses and managers, a majority of
whom shall be necessary to do business,
at such time and place aa tbey mav direct,
shall appoint a Treasurer and Secretary,
and sucb other officers, and also per
form such other duties as the bye lawa
may direct t Providtdx$t bye lw shall
be enacted inconsistent, with any law now
existing in the Diatricv of Columbia. . . ..
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That
when any destitute male or female child
may be received into the Asylum, ith
the" approbation of the parent, guardian
or friends who may have (he care of said
child, they shall pot thereafter be at liber
lv to withdraw or leave the Asylum with
out the consent of the Directors, until, if
a male, be shall attain tbe age of tucn:y
ohe years, or if a female the, age of eigh
teen years L but, up to the periotli, and
a-gr a aforesaid, they, shall, remain subject
to the direction of the Asylum, or those
to whom, by said Aiylum they may' be
bound,. sinless by content given by those
directing the institution tbey may be ex
onerate! from service previous to attain
ing those respective ages.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That
any vacancy which from death, resigna
tion or otherwise, may happen in any the
orTices or places of said Asylum, shall be
supplied or filled after tbe mode to be
prescribed in their bye lawa and also in
pursuance of said bye laws, power shall
be possessed to alter and amend the aame
from time to time, and to remove and
appoint to office whenever U shall be
deemed advisable to do so.
Approved i 34th May, 1838.
a. hi.
An Act making appropriations for Ciatom f tou
ttt and Ware Houet.
BR it enactrd by the tenate ani houte of
rrftrrtrnlativct of the United Statet of
America in Ccrerei anenbted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
hereby is, authorized tocauelobe selec
ted, and purchased, a suitable site lor a
Custom House and Ware Houm, at New
port, in Rhode Island, and to cwse a safe
and convenient building to bs erected
thereon, for tbe transaction if Custom
House business, and lor the afe" teepingecr-5T-W be-Ufurthetsnacted, That
of the records thereof, end of the proper
ty in the custody. of tbe Government j
and that sum not exceeding len thoU
und dollars be, sod tbe tame is hereby
appropriated, for the purpoae aforesaid,
out of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated.
-Sec, Ss Aad be it further tnacttd, That
the Secretary of tbe Treasury be, and he
U 'by, likewise authorized to cause
to be purchase! !lfWejte1or.i Cus
tom House and Ware House in the city
or Mobile, in the State of Alabama, and
to have erected aafe eod 'convenient
building, or to purchaae a proper site
with a suitable and convenient building
already erected thyreon, for (tie trrfnr-'
tlon of Custom Ho
the Safe keeping of
dy of the Governm
not exceeding elg
dred dollars be, ant
appropriated,-fori
out of any money
otherwise appropn
Efts
hereby is authorizi ? u e ?i
In proper repair i s4 :i . tnA - W a
Custom' Douse, a irr- . .'. ; is-v
Newburyport Massachusetts, once the
P0tM Abner?0d end David Wood,
lunroff but now belotiging
SaleTfrh'
three hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, for the purpose
aforesaid, out of any money In the Trea
sury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed to cause a suita
ble site to be selected and purchased for
a Custom House and Wgrfl House at
Portland, in Maine, and to cause a safe
and convenient building to be erected
thereon, for-the transaction of Custom
House business, and for the safe keeping
of the records thereof, and of the propeity
in the custody, of the Government
and 'that a mjw. wot exceeding twenty
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose
aforesaid. . ...
Approved: ?4th May. 1828.
o, -liii. ."
An Ac to continue in force for a limjtod time,
and to amend an act entitled, " An act to ena
ble elaimanta to lands within the lianita of the
.... Sute of Miawuri and.Terrjtory of.Arkanaa,
to ioitkute proceedings to try the validity of
their claims."
BE it enae'edby the tenatt and home of
rrfiretcntutivei of the United' Statei of
America in tongrtii attembled, That the
act approved. ..the; twenty sixth of My,
eighteen hundred and twen'y four, enti
tled "An aM to enable claimants "o Unds
within tbe limits of the State of Mjsouri
and Territory of Arkansas, to inml'ute
proceedings to try the validity of their
claims," shall be, and the same hereby
is, continued in force : that i to say, for
the purpoae of filing petitions in the man
ner preacribed by that art, to and until the
twenty-sixth day of May, in the ve ar one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine,
and for the. purpose of enMblmg the claim-
ants, to obtain a final decision on the
validity of iheir claims in. the Courts of
Missouri and Arkansas, rtjpTtively the
said claims having been exhibited withi r
the time above specified; the aiid act
shall be " Tontinued in force to, and until
the twenty-sixth day of May; in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty,
and no longer ; and the Courts having
cognisance of aaid claims ' shall decliK
uport and -cpii&rru.aucb -ev. would hire
- -.-.. a , . s. a
been contirmea unaer me nwn, -usage,.j
and CUStpms 'f..tbe.:?Pnf0
tor two years, from and alter the twenty
sixthrday of May,-one- thousand eight
hundred and fwonty eight, .and all the
claims authutiud by that act, to be heard
and decided, shall be ratified and confirnv
ed to the same extent that the same
would be valid if ihe country in which
ihey lie had remained under the domin
ion of ihe sovereignty in which said
claims originated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
so much of the said act as subjects tbe
claimants to the. payment of coats in any
case where the decision may be in faor
of their claims, be, and the same ia here
by repealed, and the costs shall abide the
decision of the cause as in ordinary causes
before the aaid court; and so much of
the aaid act as requires the elaimanta par
liea to ihei suits, or to show the court
what adverse claimants there may be to
the Und claimed of ihe United States, be
also hereby repealed. And tbe confirma
tions had by virtue of said act, and the ;
natents issued thereon, shall operate only
as te4inquihmnt of title .on the parr of
the United Statea, and shall, in no wise,
affect the right or title, either in law or
equity, of adverse claimants of the same
land.
where any claim, founded on concession,
warrant, or order of survey, shall be ad
judged against and rejected, the claimant
or his legal represemauves, oy ucm.cu r
purchase, being actual inhawtanit ana
cultivators oi m aon, n" "
aball bate been rejected, shall have the
riirht of ure-emptton, at the minimum
price of the ponlie lands, ea aopc a the
land ahall be surveyed ana auot
United uxca. of .Ihe quart
on which the Imp! ovemenr shall be alvu
ate, and ao much or every other quaitrr
taction which contains any part of Ihe
improvement, aa shall be within
limita of the rejei ted claim.
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rv
artslng4rotnr thej" taletnereoF -m:somd4
anaJl AatMa aesaa aarnliat4. iinfAes Ihaw vftwawaw
tion ot said legislature, tor tne 'tise ana
support of schools, with the aeveral town
ships and districts of country for" which
they 'were originally resorted and set
npart, and for no other use or pbrposb
whatsoever t Provided said land, prA,ans;
part thereof, ahall, in no case, be. . told
without the consent of the inhabitants 6f
u.i iywi,nip, or . orsinci, law ouiamcti ,
in such manner as the Legislature of said
"uu snail, uy taw, uircci ) finu provide
alio, That in the apportionment of the)
proceeds of said fund, each towrtghip end
district aforesaid shall be f ntttled to such
part the'reof, and no more as shall harfi
accrued from tbe aura or-ma of
ariiibkg from tbe sale of tiit school lamtf
belonging io such township or district.
Sec 3,- And be it further enacted,- Tbaf ,
if the proceeds accruing1 to any. township'
or district, from said fund, shall be ipauf-
ncieot or the support of schools theffint
it shall he lawful for said Leetalature to
rwtertintil tbeT whole prixiieedi of Yftiv
fund belonging to such township or dis
trict snail be adequatrrlotba peroranent
maintenance and support of KkoeJa wUH-.
in the same. , n
Approvnl! 24 May. 18 28. ; a
wo. iv. J...-L. ..i
An Act to conflrrfv claims to lands in the DUtriet' .,
between the Itio Hondo and Sabine Rivers,
founded on habitation and cultivation. '-
BE it enacted bi the tenate' and houte
tehretentativrt of the United- State rjtf . ;
Amenca in congrett attembied, That tha ' " ,
raim to lands founded on habitation and!
cultivation, reported for confirmation by
the register a . n Receiver oi ine oouin-
ei . s f i . r .1 . L' . ' .
western Disiiki of Louisiana, in thtlr re
port, diied November first, eighteen hun
dred and twenty-four, in rnnlormity to
the provision of the acts or Congt, of
the third of March, eighteen hunre.d and
twen'9 three, and tweity-iih: of MayV
eighteen hundred' and twenty four,roii:
taind in the third r Usa oi the itp,ri.pf.
said Register and Rereivnr be. and ths
aame are herrby, corifinnrrl, except cMra
nuirhrr forty two, near Ciitionmiini Jo-
sup, and the claims f Icoiurd Dyaon
numbers f';U: 'ren an.l eigh'een . Annuel
Norrts. nunueis ten and-in7rien"' B.ip
tisie Poire. bro her -and ai iters. nunber
iilnrtfrn: Bnt'f.1f rolftt,- S-ni.rr, r,nm
ber.4went ; - Ilenry .StockmanJij other JIi
; ms Kotmoo, number'- lntf
i Mwi- RoIhs'oW. 'number"-" lntw -'4
one, Ja.mr.s Iadi, number twnly Uir
Cesar Wallace, number thirty four and
fiftysix - John orHgomeryr-Junigr-
uumbrr sixty nine and F.man'iel Trtck,-'
el, number two hundred and thirty onez -f
which claims are suspended utimI it-is
asceitained whether ihey are snuatefl ;
within the limits of the Unda chimel by ;
the Caddoe Indians.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
the confirmations made by this act shall
not be construed to extend further than
to a relinquishment of title on the part of
the IVned States, and the claims hereby ?
confirmed shall be located-uiwter the di
reclion of the Kegister end Receiver of $
the proper Land Office, in conformity
with the legal au!divisions of the public
surveya, so far as practicable, and ahall '
include the improvement of the claim-
ants rrspectively. J
Approved r 24 May, 1S28.
MVWa tuu A,aius.
'I'ltr. valuable Mitt and lnU
I formerly tbe property of Oao.
aner, dec d.- are ohVrew for tabs -by
the late huKhsarrv.1 his and -
lie on Ihiichu an'i ereek, 4 milra east of Moek.
vilte. adioininr the (jib MHiwford met, and k
equal to anv land in Ko an county, with a Urjaj
proportion of auprrior meadow tbe Nilla arw
of superior eowtwiction, ami hava now a very
good and increawnf run of cuatom V Ibe waiaav
power can very convaoieatly oe made to dnve
any kind of Machinery. ' Fr other particulars,
and trrma, apply to Thomas D." Gihba, owe af
the proprietoea, oa tbe premiaea.
16tf THDMAM D. GIBBS
. JOSl.fH IIAMK8,
FF.TKK HXER,
JACOn SANER.
JjavOtSSlt.- MAftriM HANKH-
tTT'j . Aaoibe tract. bUffinK U. ttUt i.
subditxled by wr( artjoioing ha s'oe cuntai'itng MS aeret, " - - t
USrter section will be aol fin fmraMHia with the above, at ep.
. -u.i'i i.L .(..."".;. irtiTai m.y hvMai( 4tt ukLum i tuh ... -v
it likc'ie firat raic lail. . j,
.iln. will be -uU. a .ut aJjiintKr the tod of .
a i ..-km r. cuntaiiiitir ten acre of Ian 1. uh a r
jg"fl dwelling house, with out bouac, and an '
lrrocllent zardeat this property iU be auM
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