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TOvrTT :TT1T ;A :niP- jMLLjo , V VOLUME III. NEWBORN, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1820. f NUMBER 122. - PRINTED AD PUBLISHED WEEKLY, 'BY ; PASTEUR WATSON, : f At $3 per annum half in advance.; '" (BY AUTHORITY.),-, , ; XN ACT for the relief of Elkanah Fin ney, and others. Beit enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the United States if jjmerica in congress imjchwh-u, the Collector ior me uismu ui Plymouth, in the State of Massa chusetts, be, and he is hereby, di rected to pay to Elkanah Finney and others, owners of a fishing ves sel called the Juno, of forry-five seventy-three ninety-fifths tons, and the legal representatives of the, per sons composing the lale crew of said vessel, the amount of the allowance to which the said vessel, would have been entitled had she returned into port, after completing the term re quired by law ; to be distributed ia the manner prescribed oy the fifth section of the act, entitled " An act laying a duty on imported salt, gran ting a bounty on pickle fish export ed and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries" passed on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred, and thir- teen. . '-. Approved May T, 1820. ., AN ACT to authorize the erection of a T.laViihouse on one of the Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth, in New- f Hampshire, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembledTh&t ! US aUUU as lii- , - - , one of the Isles of Shoals, in the j State of New-Hampshire, in fhe State of M;S4achusetts, or in the j State of Maine, as the President ot the United States shall select for the site of a lighthouse, shall be ceded to, and the p-operty . thereof vested jn, tne uiuicu ji.aii wv- . r. 1 m - r duty af the Secretary of the 1 reasu ry to provide, by contract, which shall be approved by the President', for building a lighthouse on such island, to be so lighted as to be dis tinguishable from other lighthouses on the east and west of the ? same ; and, also, to agree for the salaries, ; wages, or hire, of the person or per sons to be appointed by the Presi dent for the superintendance of the same. ....." ' , Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dol lars be, and the same is hereby, ap propriated, for the purpose of build ing such lighthouse, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. 4 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the; Treasury be, and he is her-iby, authorised to provide, by contract, for building lighthouses, erecting iiers, beacons, or land marks, and building and placing light vessels or boats, and buoys, on the following sites or shoals, to wit : A pier at the mouth of Kennebunk river, in the State of Maine ; two lighthouses, one on Tenpound Island, at the entrance into Gloucester harbor, and the other on Baker's Island, near Salem, in the state of Massachusetts ; a lighthouse at a proper site-near the mouth of Genessee riverjin the state of New-York ; a buoy.on southwest ledge, and another on Adams' Fall, in or near to the harbor; of Newi Haven, in the state of Connecticut: A light vessel at the end ; of Smith's Point Shoals, iu the Chesapeake bay, in the state of Virginia : A light house on Shell Castle Island, in the state of North-Carolina : or, in lieu thereof, a light vessel, to be moor ed in a proper place, near the said -Island, if in the opinion of the Sec retary ot the Treasury, the latter 11 L 1 nau be preferred : a beacound two J bupys on proper sites in the channel leading to the harbor otCharleston, in J the state of South-Carolina : A lighthouse, on a proper site in Mo bite Bay, in the state of Alabama, or. in lieu thereof, a light vessel in the said bay ; if the same shall be preferred : A light vessel, should he same be deemed necessary by he'Secretary of the Treasury, at : fie mouth of the Mississippi, in the, btate of Louisiana. Sec-4. And be it further enacted, fhat there be' appropriated, out of any moneys- in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the follow ing sums ol money, to accomplish the object specified in this act, to wit : lor erecting a pier at the mouth of Kennebunk river, a sum not ex ceeding five thousand d liars ; for placing a bell near the lighthouse on West Quoddy Head, a sum n t ex ceeding one thousand dollars ; for erecting two lighthouses one on Tmp'und Island, and the other on Baker's Island, and placing three buoys n the rocks and ilats near Salem, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars ; for defraying the expense of lighting the lighthouse on the south side of? the harbor of Nantucket, and superintending the same, a sum not ex eeding three hund ed dollats ; for a lighthouse near the mouth of Gennessee river, a sum not exceeding five' thousand dollars . for placing two buoys, one on Southwest Ledge, and the other, on Adams' Fall, in or near the har bor of New-Haven, a sum not ex ceeding three hundred dollars : for a light vessel,' and placing the same at the'end of Smith's Point Shoals, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars : for a lighthouse on Shell Casde Island, or a light vessel, if prefered, a sum not exceeding four- teen thousand dollars : lor a bea con ana two ouoys on proper sites in or near to the channel leading to Charleston harbor, a sum not ex ceeding six thousand five hundred dollars: for a lighthouse, or light vessel, for Mobile Bay, a" sum not exceeding nine thousand, dollars : for a light house at the mouth of the Mississippi, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Sec. 5. Aud be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, if he shall deem it expedient, and pro per to build the lighthouse directed to be built on Sparrow's Point, in the State of Maryland, on North Point in said State ; and also to substitute a light vessel for the light house directed to be built, on Cra ney Island, at' the mouth of Eliza beth ri ver, in the State of Virginia. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, to complete the lighthouses and light vesseles heretofore direct ed to be built, there be appropriated,- out of any moneys in the - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the fol lowing additional sums, to wit: for the lighthouses in the State of Mary land, a sum not exceeding six thous and six hundred dollars : for the lighthouse directed to be built be tween the month of Grand River, in the State of Ohio, and the mouth of Detroit River, in the Territory of Michigan, five thousand dollars : and for the lighthouses or light ves sels for the State of Virginia, a sum not exceeding six thousand six hun dred dollars. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no lighthouse,' beacon, nor landmark, shall be built or erected on any site previous to the cession of jurisdiction over the same being made to the United States. Approved May 15, 1820. . AN ACT to continue in forcq "An'act to protect the Corserce of the United States and punish the Crime of Pira cy," and also to make further Provis ion for punishing the Crime of Piracy. Tie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Co7igress assembled, That the first, second, third, and fourth sections- of 'an act, entitled " An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime oi piracy," passed on the third day of March, one thousand eicht hun- i- , wm iuuhouu t Ilil. I dred and nineteen, be, and the s same are hereby, continued in foree, frem the passing of this act,or the term of two years, and irom thence to the end of the next session of Congress, and no: longer. r Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fifth section of the said act be, and! the same are ' hereby, con tinued in force, as to all crimes made punishable by the same,' and hereto lore committed in all respects, as lully as if the duration of the said section had been without limitation. Sec. y. Arid be it further enacted, That, il any person shall, upon the high seas, or in any open roadstead, or in any haven, basin, or rjay, or in any river where the sea ebbs and flows, commit the crime of robbery, upon any ship or vessel;: or upon any of the ship's company of anv ship or-vessel, or the lading there of, such person shall be adjudged to be a pirate ; and, being thereol con Victed, belore the Circuit Court ot the United States for the district in to which he shall be brought or in which he shall be found, shall suffer death, n And if any person engaged in any piratical cruize or enterprise, or being ot the ship's company ot any piratical ship or vessel, shall land irqm such ship or vessel, and, on shore, shall commit robbery, such person shall be adjudged a pirate ; and, on conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court .of the United Spates for the district into which he f shallr be brought, or in which he snau oe iouna, snails sutler death j Provided,: That nothing in this sec tion contained shall be construed to deprive any particular state of its jurisdiction over such offences, when committed within a body of a coun ty, or authorize the courts of the United! States to try any such offen ders, after conviction or acquittance for the same offence in the State Court. H y,": ...- Sec. 'p. And be it: further enacted, Thar if any citizen- of the United States, being of the crew or ship's company of anyr foreign ship or ves sel engaged in the slave trade, or any person whatever, being of the crew or ships company of any ship ;or vessel, owned in the whole tir part, orj navigated for, or in behalf of any citizen or citeps ot the United States, j shall land, Urcrh any such ship, or vessel, and, fph any foreign shore, seize1 any negro or mulatto, not hel(J to service or j labor by the laws of either of the states or terri toiies of the United Stares, with the intent tp make such negro or mulat to a slave, or shall decoy, or forci bly bring or carry, or shall receive, such negro or mulatto on board any such ship or vessel, with intent as aforesaid, such citizen or person shall bet adjudged a pirate ; and, on conviction tnereof, before the Cir cuit Coprt of the United States for the district wherein he may be brought or found, shall suffer death. Sec 5. And be it further enacted. That if any citizen of the United States, being of the crew of the ship s company of any foreign ship or vessel engaged in the slave trade, or any "person whatever, being of the crew of the ship's company, ow ned whphy or in part, or . navigated tor, or in behalf of, any citizen or citizens of the United States, shall forcibly confine or detain, or aid and abet in forcibly confining or detain ing, on board . such' ship or vessel, any negro or mulatto not held to service by by the laws of either of the states or territories of tde Uni ted States, with intent to make such negro or mulatto a slave, or. shall, on boarjd any such ship or vessel, offer or attempt to sell, as a slave, any negro or mulatto not held to ser vice as aforesaid with intent to make such negro or mulatto a slave, or shalrland, or deliver on shore, Irom on board any such, ship or vessel, any such negro or mulatto, with in tent to make sale of, or having pre viously Isold, such negro or mulatto, as a slave, such citizen or person shall be adjudged a pirate ; and, on convictipn thereof, 'before the Cir cuit Court of the United States for th e district wherein he shall be brougfttor found, shall sutler death, fApprcvcdMaijlS) 1820. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of . tate to issue metiers i aiem u laenry uiuiii Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oftfie United States .f -' u , nf oj America in.uongress assemoiea i nai uic vjccrciary oi - otate oe, anu nc is hereby, authorized and required to issue Letters Patent to Henry U.i.i; - f. u'. 7? ' uuiuio,jui ma iHiprovenien in aiiw construction of a plough, z upon his Be it enacted by the Seiiate and timsc complying with the directions of the 'of Representatives of . the United S(ates act, entitled u An act to promote f America in Congress assembled, That the progress of the useful arts, and the following sums be, and they are to repeal 'the act heretofore made ( hereby, appropriated, that is to say ; for that purpose," and an act, en- For compensation grantell by law titled " An act to extend the privii- to the members of the Senate and ege of obtaining patents for useful House of Representatives, in addi discoveriesi and juventions to certain 1 ti' n to the appropriation heretofore persons therein nfentioried, and to niade for that 'object, twenty-threi nlarge and define the penalties for j violating the rights ol patentees, except so far as the said acts,for any part or parts, of them, require a re sidence of two years within the U- nited States, in like manner, in ail respects, as if the said Henry Bur dit. had resided two yearsi withirr the Untied States. ' " . ' 1 roved 1 A 15, 2820. AN ACT for the relieflof Richard S: i Hackley. Be tit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States pf America in, Congress assembled, That there be paid to Kichard S. Hack ley, or to his agent or attorney, duly authorized, out ot any money in the Treasury, not' otherwise appropria ted, the sum of six thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-four cents" ; being the a moUnt of expenses incurred and paid bv him, in and about the detention ol the ship Vigilant, seized by him at Cdiz, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, under the orders of George W. Erving, Es quire, then Minister of the United States, in Spain. Approved Ilfay 15,1820. AN AbT'for the relief of Ambrose Yasse. $- - Be it enacted bmthe Senate and Hour f . s of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is jiereby, authorized to pay to Ambrose Vasse, of the town of Alexandria, in the District of Co lumbia, the sum of thirteen thou sand three huudred and seventy eight dollars and sixty-three cents ; being the sum awarded to be ' paid him for the cargo of the ship Olive Br anch, by the Board of Commis sioners, under, the seventh article of the treaty of the twentieth of No- vemoer one thousand seven hun di ed and ninety-four, b itween the Uniteci .States and Great Britian: Provided, There is as much money remaining of the fund which, by law, was appropriated for the pay ment of the awards under the said seventh article ol the said treatv ; or to pay such part thereof, as the fund aloresaid, remaining in the Treasu ry, will enable. ApprcvedMay 15, 1820. AN ACT for the relief of persons hold ing confirmed uulocated claims for' Lands in the State of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That f ail persons lawfully holding con- f firmed unlocated claims for land ! within the tract reserved by the third , section of the act, entitled u An act ( confirming certain claims to land in j the Illinois i erntory, and providing for their location," passed the six- teenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and tour - teen, be allowedUntil tne nrst clay i Qf November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to register, the same : and the said claims shall be receivable in payment for public lands within the said reserved tract, conformably with the provisions of the eaid act, and the act, entitled " An making further provisions for settling jclaims to land in the Terri- torv of I!linois,'passcd the twenty- sixth day of April,5 one thousand eight hundred and; sixteen, at any time before the first day oC Novem- oer,' one thousand eicht hundred and twenty. Approved May 15, 1S20. ; r 1 7'-' ' ' I' A "V APT I- J .. . ' . .. - jy iaiuon to tne act, renti- - uiung appropnauons jur oie support oi Uovernmeut for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty," and for other purposes. thousand three hundred arid forty dollars. For rebuilding the public wharf; and repairing die public warehouse, on Staten Island, fifteen thousand dollars. ' . For graduating the Capitol Square, putting the grounds in order, and planting' trees within the same, two thousand doll rs Sec. 2ti And be it further enact cd, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the arrearages of the Depart ment of War, from the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fif teen, to the first of July, one thou sand eight-hundred and seventeen, be paid out of the sum of one hun dred and fifty thousand dollars al ready appropriated for arrearag e prior to the first of Jul.,, 'one thou sand eight hundred and fifteen ; any thing in the act, Entitled u An art in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation -f the Treasury, War, and Navy Depart ments,'7 passed the first of May, ore thousand eight hundred. and twenty, to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved May 15, 1 820. : AN ACT to provide for the building an addition to the' Custom House now er .ecting in -the city of New-Orleans, (or ' the use of the District Court of the United States far the State of Louisia ;i. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho ,s;e of Representatives of the United Stat is of America in Congress jassembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury , e n. sd : to be built an addition to the custom house now erecting in the iC'tv ; f New-Orleans, which shall coma n' rooms snitable for the use of ti:;i District Court of the United States for the State of Louisiana ; and that so much of the appropriation for the erection of custom-houses, and pub lic warehouses, as shall be sufficjent for that purpose, be, and the same are hereby declared to be, , applica ble for that object. ' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted y That, as soon as the said buildir.g shall be completed, the Secreta?y the Treasury, shall bt authorized j and required to cause to be sold, at I puiilic sale, upon such terms, and in such manner, as he shall judge toj ; be exj)edient, the hou-e and lot ' in wh rli. the District Court is iio'v held, and to cause the; amount -lor which they shall be sold to' paid mtbj the Treasury of the United States. " , . Approved iVys 1 5,: 1 820. AN ACT to amend an act" making re- sendiioii oi cenam pumic iandf hr. Naval purposes,' passed first Marc h, one thousand eight hundredand seven teen, r Be it enacted by the Senate and House , Gf Representatives of the United State fyf America, in Congress assei .biedfl hut j So much of the first - section f the fact cf Ccntrress passed on the first day, of March, one thousand eight act makinc rtservatio'n jf cei cert in public lands for naval purpo vesV as empowers the Secretary of the Nay to appoint an agent or agef.ts and surveyor, be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and the duties and servi ces required by said sec' ion, be pc r- ; formed in future by such surveyors. of public lands as may be designartd by the President of the United States Approved May l, lou. r . : y
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