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AX ACT for altering the time for holding the
Courts of the United States in the Western
District of Virginia H
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
the United States
if America in Congress assembled I hat
the Courts' of the' United States in the
Western Dist r ict of irginia it lhalf be
hereafter held on the days herein proyi
. ded for, instead of the times now provided
forbv law, that is trTsa, at Clarksburg
on the first Mondays in "April and
(September ; at; Lewisburg, on the first
- Wednesday fter. the second Mondays in
April and September ; at Wythe Court
House, on the first Wednesday, after, the.
'third Mondays in April and September ;
and at Staunton, on tjie first Wednesday
after the , fourth , Mondays in April and
September j aft'd all matters in said Courts,
returnable, orcon'tihud to the terms her
tofore provided for, shall be taken to be
returnable, and continued to the terms
herein provided for. This act to take
effect from and after the first day of July
- next. .- : ; .- " j
JOHN W. TAYLOR, '
V Speaker of the House of Representatives.
! JOHN C C LHOUN, ;
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
'Approved May 20, 1826. v ' : V. - li
i JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
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ANACT to extend Jh time for location Vir
r'ginia'Mifitary Land Warrants;- and returri
j Sng surveys thereon ' to 4heGeneral Land
Office: rP?'.. i-1::- H-t?rr&ittrjrti' ;'
Be it enacted by the. Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the omcers and soldiers r, oi tne v trginia
line," on the. continental establishment,
their heirs or assigns",, entitled toi bounty
lands'" within the; tract of Country reser
ved by the State of Virginia, between the
Little M iarav and- Sciota &i v ers sh al 1 be
allowed until thfe first day )f June, eigh
teen huud red and " twentv-n in e, t o obtain
Warrants, and until the first day of June,
eighteen hundred and. thirty-two to com
plete their locations, and until j the first
day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty
three," to teturn their surveys and war
rants, or certified copies thereof, to the v
commissioner.' of theV General Land of
fice,'; and to'; obtain patents::. Procirfed,
That no location shall be made by virtue
of any warrant obtained after? the first
day bfjruneiehfeen hundred and twenty-nine
and vno ; patent? shall, issue in
consequence of any location made; after
the first day of "June, eighteen': hundred
arirf thirty-iwd : And provided ako, That
and.be hoIderT ; on
insieaa oi ineiimes nerc.iuiu f r
ed by iaw, tnat is to say .'H At
in and Ifbr the District of . Albetn
Parripticb' on ihe hnrsdjyiextftcr !
the third; Monday of April-and October;
and at Wilmington, n and for the. District
'.l. r a;i "rio'inhWr Arkansas, or tate otwissouri: anuiue
inton, ' and to repeal all acts heretofore
passeqfpr that pnrpose, passwi (fift - proportion of all the annuities heretofore
Vx eighteen nunorea ana ,weni ,f '-jpd to e paid to the Creek Indi
l Be it enacted by the Senate ani House arcordin? to the number of emigrants
denieha. ?uch warranasirahted lor " h '-"
ar1rp which hv the laws of V rffinia. 4WC.Mv v " , 7 " " , ana me amuum m u?; p-iu uuju vv,
nrTohe SwlJn .shall be so construed as to extend the ninth articie ? of the Treaty aforesaid,
passed pnorto the cesssum ottne ,nrovisjong of said section a?, wei to pub-,, Ua -a.a nI,nv mimhei of emi-
weiem lerrtorv. wouia nave enuuea ' r. " v "r-r : -- n .uJ v, v..vr- ...v ..r - v
in
of Cape Fear, on theonrih Monday of
April and Ociober.. 'h -''.'
w Scvfnrf 6e it further enacted Tliot
all suits, actionsJwrits,rprocess and oth
er proceedings, com mced
mence, or which shall he how pending
in any of the District C'ourts pfthe Dis
trict of Nbrth-Ca rolinay as hemoforet es
tabiished,; sKali be returnable tojlieard,
tried, and proceeded with, ir the said
District Courts,;inthe;same m nner as it
the ' time ' for. holding thereof hal hot been
changed, v. ; : r-lTl
, Approved-Mayl20, 182. f ; ' T
. '- ., ' : :, . -.; ' : ceiVe an annua
:. No. 5S.J . I 'v;"fv: -'Hollars
AN ACT supplementary" ..to the act 'entitled
" an act to incorporate the City, Of Wash
Be TTnacte bv the Senate and H ouse
ti: coi; sHf Ta1 rrt nil shch rriiJ nfv Renresentatives ot the UBlteirataieS
erathe actual value !bf iilit
nrrwomentsi left bv them.- and wrricn are
-of i nature to add to the real value of the
?rifL? which is i to be ascertained bya
Cmiirnissioner aDDibiiiled bv thet esi-
from"and.after ; the firVt;:day rbf ' Atrgust
hextthe Clerks jof trie District Courts
?f theUnifeti States shnltnbtissu PV-
iess to'summbn.Vocairse toibe retnrned ; v
dent -of the United States for that pur, to any session -ottMf jsaid Courts, a (fand
pose, and paid for.as soon as praciicfioie.
aftejr fhe passage Tjf th1sf act,i tiQtejiCeed
ing twenty thouisand dollars - ?
r Sec. 2 And be it further eacrf,Tbat
the. agent U be appointed to accompany
and reside with the aforesaid emigrating
Creeks, according toarticle eighth ;ol
the treatv last above mentioned, shall re-
salary of, fifteen hundred
"i ...... . . . .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacteay i,hat
there ihaii bedd'ivered to the,said agent,
in ; each" and everv year, a fair and full
w ' " . " ' - - , w .
Jury, unless by Special "order of th?
District Judge. '( , ...
ApproTed May 20 8826.- - ; '
AN ACT . declaring valid and legaliting cer
tain sales of Land in the State of Alississippu
Be it Vnacted by the Senate and House
oil Representatives of the5 United States
of Aerica in'Congress assembled, -That
the sale of land lying in Monroe County,
in the State 6T Mississippi, which have
been sold at the Land offices of Huntsville
and Tuscaloosa; since the thirtieth of October,-
eighteen hundred -and twenty-tvoB
are hereby .legalized, and declarerj valid,
as though made at the proper land ; offi
ces ; and that patents be issued for them,
in the same manner as for; other lands
sold kat the Land oflSces at HuntsviHe and
Tuscaloosa.
- Approved May 20, 1S26. I
such officer, or soldier, : his heirs; or as
signs, to bounty lands ; and also a certi
ficate of the Register of the Land Office
of Virginia, that no . warrant has issued;
from the said Land Office for the same
lie open spaces as . to public squares or rants tiVer and above three thousand
Approved May 20,;1826:
t
i persons. . - , ; . . ; - .
or the purpose of making known the be
neficial objects of the Government,' and
' ; '. . fNo. 52. - - :
"..AS AHT f oncer ni off the Seat of- Justine
Gallatin County, in the State of Illinois..
Re it enacted by the Seriate and Hmst
of Representatives of the United States i
of America in oongrrsj usschhicm, "
the Sute of Illinois is hervby authorized
. to give or sell, in fee simple, to the Coun
ty of Gallatin, in that State, for the purr
poses of locating and fixing the Seat
; ot Justxe in said County, a tract not ex-.-pHinanne
hundred acres of the tract
VWVXflBav
services. . .-..! -
. Sc.2. And be it further enacted, That
no patent shall be issued, by. virtue: of
the preceding section, for a greater quan
tity of land than the rank, - or term , of
ieryice, of. the officer cr soldier to whom
or to whose.hei rs of assigns such warrant
has been granted, would have entitled him
tOj-- anaer .ine worwaiu.wws u :. g.. , , , - u vr. in-ienri.of rthe
and wheoever it appears, to the i Secre- rT' 'Tu rVrrni.
:.J :.f.jKu.. M.-i.,!davs now fixed by law; and 4he Circuit
lary or ar, uicii iuc suite, maur v f
. f ' ' .u i:i -..,t. -Court, for the. County ot
virtue oi any y. ,Mr j H l)istrict on thfirsf Monday tf
of
AN ACT altering the times ot nain'ine for carrvin? into effect the objects obtnis
j 1 Courts in the District of Columbia. -.. , act aget to be appointed to reside
Be it enacted by the Senate and House : with the emigrating Creeks, shall have
of tiepresi ntatives of the United States liberty, for the space of two years, to
of Americuin Congress assembled, Thai ; anVong the. Indians of the Creek na-
tbe Circuit Court torWashingtoii Coun- and explain to them the policy of
tv, in ine uisuih i tne uoveroment, ana to give io utu m
Alexandria,
rlnrt k,o tu tne said uisinci, .uu wc umuu.
,or.!r::u.i:"": t. November, artd the secondrMonday
X'lLrZ J April, instead of the. daysnow; fixed by
serviuca, i .o.jr v j , . an(j tiat. all Jrocefes whatsoever,t
:.. , aafk ciirvav:' thp amount of iaw j ""u a t . .T
V J ' V j " rT, - i or which mav be issuetr. in
and tne omcer or . -m- r r. r.
shall have f ine respective toumics yi y ao...s
and Alexandria, inaia uisinci, reiuj lia
ble to the days respectively, now jhxed
1...L mint ifir
soldier, bis heirs or assigns,
leave io withdraw; his suryey from thr
offii-e of Uhe Secretary of War, and re-
purvey his location, excluding such sur-
body, iromf any
" ha ruiiirnahlM. and returned, on ihe
. . . . . n nno hmtir." rnmanv; siii v "-" : .
ofland, situate insaia county, anu gidn- i piu 4ua.....,) rrx " "Vr ; Dr8cribed bv this act : and csgses,
uiiic icvh" r; . . . " '
v
act Of the eighteenth of April, eighteen
hundred and eighteen, entitled an act
to enable; the people of the Illinois Ter
ritory to form a Constitution and State '
Government and for tlbe admjssiort of
such State into the Ur,Von, on ? an "equal
footing ; with the original States,"-; any
' restriction in "thj Sciid actK br.Congress
Ootwithstanding. .t , , Z ; - ,
ApprovedtMay 20, 1826. . i
- No 53.
AN ACT to enable the President to hold Trea
ties with certain Indian. Tribes. .: :
Re it enacted bvMe Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America in., KsWtgress. uacw. -
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be
paid out of any money in the Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, shall b and
the -same hereby is, appropriated, to
defray the expense of holding treaties
with the Miami and -Pottawattami tribes
r Indians, and amy other tribes claiming
Lands in the States of Indiana. r -l : ,1
upon such re-survey, as in
issue
Sec. 3 Antf6e it further enacted, That; penumg uc.u.c, .r r- -.
.i.rk ko:'l:tiW times of hoidine tie same, as here
no : notoer, oi. any wdriam, ..- .rr- - - , '
been, or may be located, shall be! per- 'More esiamtsneo, 5..c.c -nuu.ru a..u
L. araw flrrpmove the sameJ -continued, in the same couniies, respec-
L.j ii- u n an nthr land, exceot . tivelv, in the same manner as it the
Oliuiwicv.v-.r- V if
cases of eviction, in cooseqoence ot causes,
herealier, commence and be held, on'-the tJivjduals, families and parties, as may
nrsl lvionuay u. icciuuci,. -" eerm,nf. nom .lime 10 uuic, bimhc qiu
which are contemplated by this act -and
shall designated proper f lace at , Which
the emigrants may: cn'Ss thjB Mississippi
river, and may establua depots . al pro
visions at one or more places, . under the
care of suitable persons, to support them
6ri. their march. . - v , ;
; Sec. 5? And be it further enacted, That
the sum of sixty thousand dollars, to be
paid out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, shall be, and
the, same is hereby, appropriated, to de
fray the expense of carrying this act into
effect. , ' . - .,
Approved May 20, 1826.
bv law, for each of the said counties,
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civil and criminal, returnable to, and de
recognisances, pleas, and
said
pro-
in
a legal judgement first obtai led- from ; Ceedings, had been regularly returned or
the whole or bart of the located , land, j continued t6 the said respective times ap
or unless it be found to interfere-with pointed by this act for holding the said
AppRoyxD May 20, 1826.'
a prior location! and, suryey , nor shall
any lands heretofore sold by the United
States, within the boundaries of said
reservation, be subject to location, by
th( holder of any such uhlocated warrant :
Provided; That no jocaiion snan,
KA nascaop ni this act.. De maue u
Courts.
'Approved, May 20, : 1 826.
No. 60.1 . '
AN' ACT to fix the time fbr holding- the Cir
cuit and District Courts of the United States
in the District of Oho.
the passage ;o. ; - "r'.,., ! he' it edited bv lAe Senate and Haute
lamjs lor nica m ..-- ; - r,tl. United States
on lands lying West of Ludow's line,
and any patent which,' nevertheless, may
b obtained, contrary to the provisions of
this section, shall be null ana voia.
ApprovedMay 20, 1826. ,
AN ACT allowing fees to the District Attorf
u ' ; t; nej of Missouri " ' r ;;; '
lf Representative tfV1?!
ofA86?
'there be allowed theUttorn-y of the
United States, for the District of Missou
ri, a Tee of six dollars Ihacji sernovf
JnAi Ar hereafter to be by hmx prose-
of ;the United States,
to be paid by the unsuccessful , patty, , in
' AAU&n tn thp Kalarv and compensation
. -' j L..' i"' fp;nwrff That the
.fees herein provided for shall u6t be taxed
on anysuit riow commenceoito
commenced; or any petition filed Jite
lation toHhe confirmation oriand claims
in Missouri, un4er e provisions or the
act of the twenty 'Sixth. ol May, one iu
a -iffht 4itindred and twenty-four
99ndbe if further
the said District
, AimWi in all casesmi ,whtcl he ? has
nlrpadv" nroseCiited suits,7ir thenited
States to Tiui?ment heishajlce,ve
the sum ef two hlund;d and iiitHars,
to be paid to him ? by the. prpper vmcet
of the Treasury Df parttfieht. r x
- ApproTeiMayj'lS. : S-l.
; fNo. 56.
AN ACT sapplementasy to .,an act providing
1 for the disposition otj taree eerat
1 of land In Tuscarawas County, in theState
of Ohio, and for other purposes' passejl
the twenty-slttb of May , one thousand eight
ha'ndredand twenty fibur,;;v,-i';
4Be it enaed by the . Senate a H(use
of Representatives of the United States
of America id Congress assembled i That
the Secretary; of the ITreasury be, and he
s hprehvi authorized to adopt sucR . mea
sures as. In his judgment, the interests of
the'United States, and 'the parties . con-
'a : n4v ron nir. -for the? DurDOse of
iarrylnglnto full arid completeeffectthe
.:v,::Vi vf thi. net to" which this:is a
Ujrinr arid the intentions of'
gressV asrexpresed-inlaid act."
' AFpkovEi'--.May20, 1826.:,-,
Con
ha r.irrnit CourL of. the United Mates
within and for the District of Ohio, in
stead of the time, now; fixed by law,
i tt u-ooftor- 1m hold on thp second
snail ucicaiibi , w. . r ,
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Monday of July, and tne icurin: wonuay
f n0mhpr. inach vear sand tne u$-
trict Court of the United a ates, in .and
for said District shall hereafter be held
fin,, the Mondays riex!ucceedingi the
:m.( hprein fixed for ho-ditte the Circuit
r.nnrt : and all suits and matters ot every
kind returnable to, or pending in, either
f .a nrtiirts. shall be held to be re
turnable and continued to the terms . o
said anuria ucicm p ;
- Approved May 20, 1826.
AN ACT appropriating a sura of money fo
4 the repair of the Post Road from the Cha-
tahoochie to LinejCieea in the State pf
-; Alabama. - , ,. , , 1
j Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of. Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the sum of six thousand dollars be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated, for the
reoai r of the Post Road in the Indian
. i .
country between tlie Ohatanoocnie ana
Line Creek, in the State of .Alabama, '
to be expended . under the direction of
the Postmaster General, and that it be
paid out of any mone in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated. ;
X Approved May 20, 1826.
No. 67.
AN; ACT to perpetuate the evidence relating
T to the sale of dwelling-houses, lots, and
lands, for the non-payment of direct taxea
due to the United State.
Be-it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of' America in Congress asserobledj That
where sales-shall have been made of
any dwelling-houses, lots or lands, to
satisfy any direct taxes imposed thereon,
virtue of the laws ot tne unneu
bv
States, ! the Secretary of the I reasury
shall, so far as practicable, cause such of
the books, and other documentary evi-
dence relating to the asessment ot sucn
taxes, and to the advertising and sale
of such houses, lots and lands, for the
non-payment thereof, as may .remain in
the hands of the assessors and collectors,
of their representatives, to be deposited,
for safe keeping, in the office of the
riork tti District Court of the Uni-
No. 62.
AN ACT to allow the transportation of goods,
wares anu mercnnuis?, i ouu imui
phia and Baltimore, by the wy of Lancas
ter and SYorki or by the ma.il route. .
Be it enacted by 'jlie .Sedate and House
of Revresenldtives of the United States
vf America in Congress assembled, " That
any goddSj wares, and mercnauaise,
which lawfully might be transporteo to
or from the City of Philadelphia and Bal
timore, by the way of Elkton, Bohemia, j ed States wjthin whose district such
m'u i rn,mw , - - -7--ri a . hniicfts. mis. anor la II US UlrlV IIC
niminiC,; Oiew Vasiie, iirisuaua unugt, .
Newport or Wilmincton, or to and from
ApprovedMay 20, . 1826.
the City of Philadelphia and Baltimore,
bv ttie 'way of Appoquinimink and Sas
safras River, shall, and may be, lawfully
transported to abd from the City ot flu- s
ladelphia and Baltimore, by tne ,way oi .
Lancaster and York or by the mail
route, aud shall be entitled to all the ben-
efits and advantages; and shall oe sud
i ect to all tne provision, reguiaiwin,
No. 68J
AN ACT to allow compensation to such wit
: nesses, on the part of the United States, as
. may. be imprisoned to compel their atten
dance irjCourt, on account of their inabili
ty to give security in a recognizance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
in Congress assembled. That
limitations -and restrictions existing in , lhe Marshals for'the several uistncis ana
the case of goods, wares, ,and merchan- f Tercitories for the United Stares, be au
No, 47.
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AN ACT to alters the times of. holding the
..t t urts in the District of North-
s
2 ' ''C
r'aroliha, .
n- ltsnrted bv the Senate and House
Rsei
AJrir in JConsress assembled, That
fnrihH District ot North-Carolina, shall,
after th passing tbiwt
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- No. 61.
NirT n it certain Indians of -the Crftk
Nation, in their removai to the west of the
Mississippi. . - . . , i
i Be it enacted by thiSenaiefaid House
of. Representatives' of the United States
of America in Congress assembledyTht
tnevumiea j3aies win
rior of the nation of Creek Indians iM
shall at ariy: time within two" years; re
move to the West of the Alississippi, ac
cording toarticle six, in the treaty, made
and concluded atvVYashingion City on
the 26th day of; January, one tbousahd
hnnrtra and 'iwentv-sijri' between
ITnitpH tatPs and the Creek Indi-
one nn riflp rnn andamunition,: a butch
er knifes one blanket, : one brass kettle,
anrt nne beaver trao : -and shall further
WMM ' -
"rlrto i!' trans norted bv anv of the routsj be-
fore mentioned. l'";.v f ;
Approved May 20' 1826.- . ' . : ': :
-No. 63. :;- :f 4"-'
AN VCT fd enable the" President of the Uni
ted States to bold a Treaty with the Choc;
taw and Chicasaw nations of Indians,. , .'
Be it enacted by the Senate dud House
of Representatives of Jhe United States
of America! in Congress assembled, That
the sum of twenty thousand dollars be$
and the same is hereby, appropriated to
defray' the expenses of treating f with the
Choctaw arid Chicasaw nations of: In
dians for the purpose-of extinguishing
th-U tliWfn lands within the. limits of
trie State of M ississi ppi. ; The said sum
tn nairt . out , of - anv i money . inthe
Triasiirv not oiberwise appropriated
. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That
VolrSurDoseiof nefeoUating said Trea-
the United . States, the
President shall bei- and he; is hereby
authorized .to appoint Com missioners
atiw iihe fadiournment 1 of the; present
4inn ' nf Coocress, or at an earlier
period, if practicable, and to fix. their
compensaiion, w ajqotto eweed what
thorized to pay such persons aS may have
been,jfr shall hereatter oe, imprisoncu uu
account of inability to give security in a
recognizance for their attendance as wit-
nesses on behall ot tne unitea aiaie", me
same sum for each day's imprisonment,
as is provided by law for witnesses actu
ally attending Court under process : Pro-
. 7 'J 1! U Cwa fir-
vided, tnat tne saia buvwhw wt
ed and certified by the proper Judge, as
in the case ot jurors. - -
Approve 820,1626. . .
"1 ANA VV AY from the Subscriber, io
Jones County, on the 27th of March
last, a Negr Man named NED, nearly
sir feet high t black complexion; and well
buift. He has awife at the Plantation,
of the late Thomas. Murphy, and his fa
ther belongs ro Mr. Lemuel H. Simmon?,
of Joyes-:, .Tb jabove' reward and rea
souable expencesV will be paid . for the
aDDrehehsion and safe keeping of Ned,
on application to Mr. Lend. H. Simmoni
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