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L1BERTY....THE CONSTrnm01V....UNICW.
VOL. XVI.
STEW BERN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1832.
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BY AUTHORITY.
By the President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION.
Vhereas a Convention between the United
States of America, and His Majesty the King
of the French, was concluded and signed at
Tarja on the fourth day of July, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-one; which Convention is word for word
as follows.
The United States of America and His Ma
jesty the King of the French, animated with aii
equal desire to adjust amicably, and in a man
ner conformable to equity, as well as tojthe
relations of good intelligence and sincere friend
ship which unite the two countries, the recla
mations formed by the respective governments
have, for this purpose, named for their pleni
potentiaries, to wit: the President of the Uni
ted States, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, William C. Rives, Envoy Ex
traordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiary of the
aid United States, near His Majesty the King
ihe French, and His Maiesty ihe Kinar of
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the French, Uount Horace oeDastiani, JLieu
tenant General of his Armies, his Mfnister
Secretary of State for the Department of Fo
reign Affairs, Xcc. &c. who, after having ex
changed their full powers, found in good and
due form, have agreed upon the following ar
ticles:, I
ARTICLE I.
The French Government, in order to liberate
itself completely from all the reclamations pre
ferred aginst it by citizens of the United States,
for unlawful seistires, captures, sequestrations,
confiscations, or destructions oftheir vessels,
cargoes, or other property, engages to pay
a
sum oi tweniy-nve minions oi irancs to tne
Government of the United States, who shall
distribute it among those entitled, in the man
nerand according to the rules which it shall
determine.
ARTICLE II.
The sum of twenty-five millions of francs,
above stipulated, shall be paid at Paris, in six
annual instalments; of four millions one hun
dred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and
sixty-six francs : sixty-six centimes each, into
ihe hands of such person or persons as shall
be authorized by the Government of the Uni
ted States to receive it.
The first instalment shall be paid at the expi
ration of one year next following the exchange
of the ratifications of this convention, and the
others at successive intervals of a year, one af
ter another, till the whole shall be paid.
To the amount of each of the said instalments
hall be added interest at four per cent, there
jpon, as Upon the other instalments then re
maining unpaid; the said interest to be compu
ted from the day of the exchange of the ratifica
tions of the present convention.
ARTICLE III.
The Government of the United States, on its
part, for the purpose of being liberated com
pletely from all the reclamations presented by
France on behalf pf its citizens, or of the Roy
il Treasury, (either for ancient supplies or ac
counts, the liquidation of which had been reser
ved, or for unlawful seizures, captures, deten
tions; arrests, or destructions of French vessels,
, cargoes, or other property,) engages to pay to
the Government of His Majesty (which shall
make distribution of the same in the manner
and according to the rules to be determined by
it) the sum of one million five hundred thousand
francs. "
ARTICLE IV.
The sum of, one million five hundred thou
sand francs, stipulated in the preceding article,
shall be payable in six annual instalments, of
tvo hundred and fifty thousand francs; and the
payment of each of the said instalments shall
be effected by a reservation of so much out of
the annual sums which the French Government
is bound, by the second article above, to pay
to the Government of the United States.
To the amount of each of these enstalments
shall be added interest at four per cent, upon
the instalment then paid, as well as upon those
still due; which payments of interest shall be
effected by means of a reservation, similar to
that already indicated for the payment of the
principal. The said interest shali be computed
fr om the day of the exchange of the ratifications
uf the present convention.
ARTICLE V.
As to the reclamations of French citizens
against the Government of the United States,
and the reclamations of the citizens of the Uni
ted States against the French Government,
which are of a different nature from those rhich
uts the object of the present convention to ad
just, it is understood that the citizens of the
two nations may prosecute them in the respec
tive countries before the competent judicial or
tae laws and mo-nlt; r u j.
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ttumuriues,
Pinions and benefit of which, should be ap
j.'ed to them in like manner as to native citi
zens. .
ARTICLE VI.
The French government and the Government
fthe United States rr.?rocally engage to
communicate to each other, by the intermediary
f the respective legations, the documents, ti
tta, or other informations proper to facilitate
le examination and liquidation of the reclama
tion comprised in the stipulations of the present
convention.
ARTICLE II.
The wines of France, from and after the ex
change of the ratifications of the present con
vention, shall be admitted to consumption in
T-c States "of the Union, at duties which shall
riot exceed the following ates, by the gallon,
(such as It is used at present for wines in the
United States,) to wit, six cents for red wines
in casks: ten cents for white wines in casks;
and twenty-two cents for wines of all sorts in i
bottles. The nronortion existing- between the
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duties oh French wines thus reduced, and the
general rates of the tariff which went into ope
ration the first of January, 1829, shall be main
tained, in case the Government of the United
States should think jjropor to diminish those
t As: ' .:a
general rates in atgew tariu.
In consideration of this stipulation, which
shall be binding on the United States for ten
years, the frencn uovernment aoanaons ine
reclamations which it had formed in relation to
the 8th article of the treaty of cession of Louisi-
m-
ana. it engages moreover, to establish on the
long staph cottons of the United Stales, which,
after the exchange of the ratifications of the
present convention, shall be brought directly
thence to France by the vessels of the United
States, or by French vessels, the same duties as
oh short staple cottons.
ARTIQLE Till.
The present convention shall be ratified, and
the ratifications shall be exchanged at Wash
ington, in the space of eight months, or sooner,
if possible. , .
In faith of which, the respective plenipoten
tiaries have signed these articles, and thereto
set their seals.
Done at Paris, the fourth day of the month
of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
one. W. C. RIVES, l. s.
And whereas the said Convention has been
duly satified on both parts, and the respective
ratifications of the same, were this day exchan
ged, at the city of Washington, by Edward
Livingston, Secretary of State of the United
States,. and Louis Charles Sururier, Officer of
the Legion of Honor, Envoy Extraordiary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the
King of the French in the said United States,
on the part of their respective Governments.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, 1 HAT I,
Andrew Jackson, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said Con
vention to be made public, to the end that the
same, and every clause and article thereof, may
be observed and iulhiled with good faith by the
TTT . 1 CI . . 1 . t . .
unnea oiaies, ana me citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at Washington, the thirteenth day of
' V July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-two,
and of the Independence of the United States
the fifty seventh.
ANDREW JACKSON.
By the President:
EW'D. LIVINGSTON,
Secretary of State.
LAWS: OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE FIRST
SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
AIM Atl to carry into ehect the convention
between the United States and his Majesty
the King of the trench, concluded at Pari
on the fourth of July, one thousand eigh
hundred and thirty-one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That the President
of the United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint three com
missioners, who shall form a board, whose duty
it shall be to receive and examine all claims
which may be presented to them under the
convention between the United States and
France, of the fourth of July, one' thousand
eight hundred and thirty-one, which are prov
ded lor by the said convention, according to
the provisions of the same, and the principles
of justice, equity, and the law of nations. The
said board shall have a secretary, versed in the
English, French, and Spanish languages, and
a clerk, both to be appointed by the President
by and with the advice and consent of the Sc
nate; and the commissioners, secretary, and
clerk, shall, before thev enter on the duties o
their offices, take oath well and faithfully to
perform the duties thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the
said commissioners shall be, and they are here
by authorized to make all needful rules and re
gulations, not contravening the laws of the
land, the provisions of this act, or the provisions
of the said convention for carrying their said
commission into full and complete effect.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
board so constituted shall meet on the first
Monday of August next at the city o,Washing
ton; and, within two years from the time of
its meeting, shall terminate its duties. And
the Secretary of State is required forthwith, af
ter the passing of this act, to give notice of the
said meeting; to be published in two newspa
pers in Washington, and in such other papers
as he may think proper.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted lhat ail
records, documents, or other papers, which
now are in, or hereafter, during the continuance
of this commission, may come into the posses
sion of the Department of State, in relation to
such claims, shall be delivered to the commis
sion aforesaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
compensation of the respective officers, for
whose appointment provision is made by this
act, shall not exceed the following sums, name
ly: to each of the said commissioners, at the
rate of three thousand dollars per annum ; to
the Secretary of the hoard at th rate of two
thousand dollars per annum; and to the clerk
at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per an
num. And the President nf the United States
shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make! AN ACT making an appropiation for a Custom
such provision for the contingent expenses of- house in the City of New York, and for other
the said commission, as shall appear to him rea- j purposes.
sonable and proper; and the said salaries and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
expenses shall be paid out of any money in the Representatives of the United States of Ameri
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. ca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That the of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby author
said commissioners shall report to the Secreta- ised and directed, with the japprobation of the
ry of Slate a list of the several awards made by, President of the United States, to purchase a
them ; a certified copy whereof shall be bv him
transmitted to the Secretary oj the Treasury
portions, among the persons in whose
pro-
favor
the awards shall have been made, such money
as may have been received into the Trpc
in virtue of this act, according: to the propor
tions which their respective awiards shall' bear
to the whole amount then received, first deduc
ting such sums of money as may- be due the
United States from said persons in whose favor
said awards shall be made; and hall also cause
certificates to be issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in such form as he may prescribe,
showing the proportion to which each may be
entitled of the amount that may thereafter be
received; and, on the presentation of the said
certificates at the Treasury, as the nett proceeds
of the General instalments, payable by the
French Government, shall havejbeen received;
such proportions thereof shall be paid to the
egal holders of the said certificates.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That it
shall bathe duty of the Secretary of the Trea
sury to cause the several instalments, with the
interest thereon, payable to the United States
in virtue of the said convention,! to be received
rora the French Government, and transferred
to the United States, in such manner as he may 1
deem best, and the nett proceeds thereof to be
paid into the Ireasury; and, on the payment
of the proceeds of each of the said instalments,
there shall be set apart, of the money in the
Treasury such further sum as would have been
received from the nett proceed$ of such instal
ment, if the reservation stipulated by the fourth
article of the said convention had not been de
ducted; and the moneys which may be thus set
apart, together with those which may be recei
ved into the Treasury under this act, shall be,
and the same are hereby, appropriated, to satis
fy the awards herein provided for.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all
communications to or from the Secretary of the
board of commissioners, on the business of the
coramimsion, shall pass by mail free of postage.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That, as
soon as said commission shall be executed and
completed, the records, documents, and all oth
er papers, in the possession of the commission
or its officers, shall be deposited in the office
of the Secretary of State. !
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That for
the term of ten years, from and after the second
day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, wines, the produce of France,
shall be admitted into the United States
on
paying duties not exceeding the! following rates
on the gallon, (such as ts at present used in the
United States,) that is to say : six cents for red
wine in casks, ten cents for white wine in casks,
and twenty-two cents foi wine of all sorts in
bottles.
A. STEVENSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
J. C. CALHOUN
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate, '
Approved, July 13, 1832. I
ANDREW JACKSON.
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AN ACT to provide iron tanks for the use of the
Navy of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That for the purchase
of iron tanks for the use of the vessels of war of
the United States, on commission, the sum of
one hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred
and ninetv-five dollars be, and the same is here
by, appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved July iO, 1832. :
AN ACT to provide for paying certain arrea
rages for surveys made by naval officers, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of Amcricain
Congress assembled, That for defraying the
extra services and expenses of the officers of
the navy, engaged in the survey of our coasts
and harbors the past and the present years, the
sum of four thousand dollars,! be, and the same
is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be
applied and expended under :the direction and
control of the Secretary of the Navy.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, lhat the
sum of four hundred and eighty-seven dollars
and eighty cents be, and the same is hereby ap
propriated, to pay the balance due Lieutenant
Charles Wilkes, for purchasing-, drafting and
superintending: the making of astronomical in
struments for the exploring expedition ; to be
paid out of any money in theTreasury not oth
crwise appropriated. f
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act, the comman
der of the Navy Yard at the, City of Washing
ton,.shall cease to act as Navy Agent ; and that
portion of the act of the twenty-seventh of
March, one thousand eight hundred and four,
which made it his duty to do so, shall be, and
the same is hereby repealed and a separate and
permanent Agent'shallbe appointed as in other
cases, in the same manner, entitled to the same
compensation, under the same responsibilities,
and be governed by the same laws and regula
tions which now are, or may hereafter be adopted
for other NavyAgents ; and it shall be his duty
to act as Agent not only for the Navy Yard in
this City, but for the Navy Department, under
the direction of the Secretary thereof, in the
j payment of such accounts and claims as the
said Secretary may direct.
Approved, July 10, 1832.
site, and to cause a building to be constructed
thereon ; to be used as a custom-house in the port
of New York-, and that the sum of two hundred
thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby ap
propriated, out of any money in the 1 reasury
not otherwise appropriated to be applied to the
purposes aforesaid.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That for the
improvement of Custom-House square at the
port of New Haven, in the State of Connecti
cut, nine hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated to be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury,
provided the same shall by hini be deemed ex
pedient to be. paid out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
oec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
following sums be appropriated out of any mo
neys in the Treasury not otherwise appropria
ted, for the purposes herinafter mentioned;
viz : for the erection or purchase of a Custora
ho use and public store at the port of Micidleto wn,
five thousand dollars; for the erection or pur
chase of a Custom-house and public store at the
port of New London, five thousand dollars; for
the purchase of a lot, and the erection of a
Custom-House and public store at the port of
JMew Bedford, hlteen thousand dollars; and for
the purchase of a Custom-house at the port of
Kennebunk, sixteen hundred dollars; for com
pleting the Custom House and fence round it,
of the port of Newport,, five hundred dollars.
Approved, July 10, 1832. J
AN ACT to carry into effect certain Indian treaties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives oj the United States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That the sum of
one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hun
dred and ninety four doilars be, and the same
is hereby appropriated, in addition to the bal
ance remaining unexpended in the Treasury
already appropriated to defray the expenses of
transporting and subsisting such portion of the
various tribes of Indians as have heretofore
emigrated west of Mississippi, or as mav em-
igrate during the present year; in conformity
with the provisions of various: treaties entered
into with them.
For the payment- of the account of John
Drew, a Cherokee Indian, three thousand four
hundred and thirty five dollars and thirteen
cents. For the payment of John W. Flowers
a Cherokee Indian, five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretaryof War be, and he is hereby author
ised and directed to cause any unsatisfied claims.
of John W. FlowersNicholas Miller, William
Drew, and Joseph Rodgers, Cherokee Indians,
for stock lost by them, respectively by spolia
tions committed by citizens of the United
States, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty eight, and one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty nine, in the Territory in Ar
kansas, ceded to the United States by the
Cherokee tribe of Indians, in the month of May
one thousand eight hundredand twenty eight,
to be settled and paid in the same manner as if
such spoliations had been committed before the
cession of the said Territory, on the principles of
the Act of Congress, approved March thirteenth
one thousand eight hundred and two, entitled
"An, act to regulate trade and intercourse with
the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the
frontiers," and that the Secretary of War be
directed to endeavor to ascertain the names of
the persons who committed the depredations
upon the property of said Indians, and take
suitable steps for the prosecution and punish
ment of such persons, and also for the recovery
of the value of the property plundered or de-
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stroyed by them.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
said sums be paid out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 13, 1632.!
AN ACT to enforce Quarantine Regulations;
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That if in the opinion,
of the Secretary of the Treasury, the revenue
Cutters, revenue boats, or revenue officers, em
ployed or authorized to be employed for the
purposes of the revenue, should be insufficient
to aid in the execution of the quarantine and
health laws of any State or the regulations;
made pursuant thereto, the said Secretary may
cause to be employed such additional revenue
boats and revenue officers as he may deem
necessary for that purpose, the said -revenue
boats to be of such size and description as he
may see proper. This act to continue in force
until the fourth of March, one thousand ei
hundred and thirty-three. ,
Approved, July 13, 1832.
AN ACT to extend the time, of issuing Milita
ry Land Warrants to the officers and soldiers
of the Revolutionary Army. ,? .
Be . it enacted by the Senate and House of
tiepreseniauves oj ine united States of Ameri
ca m congress assembled, That the time al
lowed for issuing military land warrants to the
uwctio auu ouiuiers oi me revolutionary army
snail oe extended to the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and thciry-five.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
further quantity of three thousand acres of land'
be, and the, same is hereby appropriated, in
addition to the quantity heretofore appropria
ted by the act entitled " An adt for the relief
of certain officers and soldiers of the Virginia
line and navy and the continental army during
the revolutionary war," approved the thirtieth
of May, eighteen hundred : and thirty, which
said appropriation shall be applied m the man
ner provided by the said act to the unsatisfied
warrants which have been or may be issued
therein directed to the officers and soldiers and
others as described in the first, fifth and seventh
sections of said act. ?
Sec. 3. And be it further: enacted,, That the
last paragraph of the first section of ihe said
act which authorises the issuing of warrants
upon an alndavu inaiinc pnginai was lost, and)
Uk0i7 e Producton of an official copy thereof
shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved July 13, 1832.
AN ACT authorizing .the Secretary of Var, to
-E2L r Seneca be of Indians; the bal
annnJif an 'nntlity of ix thousand dollars,
unoafd f, to 8aid Inahs, and remaining
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the tJnited Stats of AmerTca
in Congress assembled, That the Secretory of
W ar be authorized to pay to the Seneca tribe of
inuians me sum onwo thousand six hundred
and fourteen dollars and forty cents nf At
any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, that being the balance due on the
annuity payable to said Indians for the ycaY
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-mnc.
Approved, July 13, 1832:
AN ACT concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vc
seis.
Be it enacted by the Senate and If oUse of
Representatives of the United States of Amer i
ca in KjQn&rcss asrmhLprt. l hat nn nthor
greater duty of tonnage be levied in the ports oi
the United States on vessels owned whnflv. h-
subjects of Spain, coming from a port in Spaiii.
wan mihii, Dy me secretary of the Treasury to
to ascertained to have" been paid on American
vessels in the port of Spain, previous to the
twentieth October, one thousand eight hundred
and seventeen.
Sec. 2. nd be it further enacted, Thatvc:
sels owned wholly by Spanish subjects, com
ing from any of the colonies of Spain, either
directly or after touching at any port or place,
shall pay, in the ports of the United States, the
same rate of duty on tonnage, that shall be
levied on American vessels in the Spanislt
colonial port, from whence such Spanish ves
sel shall have last departed ; the said amount
to be ascertained by the Secretary of the Trea
sury, who is hereby authorised, from time to
time, to give directions to the officers jof the
customs of the United States, for the collec
tion of such duties, so as to conform the said
duties to any variation that may take place in
the duties levied on American vessels in such
Spanish ports. r
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when
ever thepresident shall be satisfied that the dis
criminating or countervailing duties of ionriago
levied by any foreign nation on the ships or ves
sels ofthe United States, shall have been abol
ished, hejmay direct that the tonnage duty oh the
vessels of such nation shall cease io be levied in
the ports of the United States ; and cause any
duties of tonnage that may have been levied on
the vessels of such foreign nation, subject to
the abolition of its discriminating duties of
tonnage to be refunded.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
second and third sections .of this act shall br
in force and take effect from and after the fim
day of January next.
Approved, July 13, 1832.
AN ACT extending further the right ofdeHcn
ture to the port of Key West, and altering
the limits ol the district of Key West.
W a .
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That all ships or
vessels and merchandize arriving in the United
States, from and after the first day of August
next, from the Cape of Good Hope, or from
any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to
make entry at the port of entry of Key West.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That here -after,
all the ports, harbors, shores, and waters,
of the part of Florida, extending from Indian
river to Tampa Bay, and of the Islands oppo
site and nearest thereto, be, and the same are
hereby annexed to, and shall form a part of, the
conecuon aisinci ot ixev Y est.
&ec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the
proviso of the third section of theact of thesev-
enthof May, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty two, be, and the same are hereby re
pealed, so far as respects the port of Kf
West, together with all such other parts of said
act as are inconsistent with theprovisions of the
present act. . .
Approved, July 13; 1832;
RESOLUTION for binding the several
01 me returns 01 the tilth census, printed bv
authority of the act of the twenty-third ot
May, one thousand eigHt hundred and thirty.
Resblved by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the secretary ot
the senate, and clerk of the house, of represen
tatives cause the returns of the states and ter
ritories of the enumeration of the inhabitants
of the United States and the schedule of the
whole number of persons, within; the United
States, takenjaccording to the different actsjpro
viding for the enumeration of the1 inhabitants
of the United States, printed by authority ot"
the act Of congress of the twenty-third of May.
eighteen hundred and thirty, to be bound' in
suitable binding, and that the same be paid for
out of the contingent fund of the two houses
of congress. 1 J
Approved, July 13, 1832.
AN
ACT concerning certain officers of
tl
Marine Corps.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Cgrs yembled. That tlie President
of the United States be, and he hereby is, autho
rized to cause to be allowed and paid to such
officers of the marine corps, as hate heretofore
received the brevet rank of majors in said corps,
the amount of pay and emoluments to which
they would have been entitled as commandants
of seperate, stations, if said brevet rank had
been recognized by the Navy Department :
Provided, That no officer shall receive under
this act more than the difference between the
pay and emoluments actually received by them
nA 4 i .i -..i. A id. brevet ranK
would hare entitled them w aforesaid.
Approved. July 14, 1832.
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