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Tarborougti, ( Edgecombe County, JV C.J Saturday, March 27, 1841
Vol XVII Xo' iZ.
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(BY AUTHORITY.)
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Public No. G.
iAXACTto make further provision for
the expenses of an exploration and
i survey of that part of the northeastern
boundary line of the United States which
separates the Stales of Maine and New
Hampshire from the British Provinces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
.That the sum of seventy-five thousand dol
lars, in addition to the sum heretofore pro
vided, be, and the same is hereby, appro
priated, out of any money in the Treasury
" not otherwise appropriated, to enable the
i President of the United States to cause to
! be made and completed an exploration and
survey of that part of the northeastern
boundary line of the United States and the
.adjacent country, which separates the
States of Maine and New Hampshire from
the British provinces.
R. M. T. HUNTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RH. JNI. JOHNSON,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, February 27th, 1S41.
M. VAN BUREN.
Public No. S
AN ACT to confirm to the Stale of India
na the land selected by h r for that por
tion of the Wabash and Erie canal which
lies between the mouth of the Tippeca
noe river and Terrc Haute, and for oth
er purposes.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress assembled,
1 hat there be, and there hereby is, con
firmed to the State of Ind iana, the land se
lected by her, under the provisions of the
act of second of March, eighteen hundred
and twenty-seven, entitled "An act to
grant a certain quantity of land to the State
oflndiana, for the purpose of aiding the
State in opening a canal to connect the wa
ters of the Wabash with those of Lake
Erie," for that portion of the canal between
the mouth of the Tippecanoe river and
Terre Haute, as returned by said State to
the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 2. And be it further cnacled,Thz
I should any of said lands, at the time of
their selection and location by the Slate,
have been subject to any right of pre-emp-t'on,
or other legal incumbrance, the State
f Indiana shall be, and she hereby is, au
thorized to select, of any lands subji ct to
Pr'vate entry in said State, other lands in
lleu of so much thereof as may be so in
cumbered, and, upon return of a desrrip
'J2,0n of the same to the Secretary of the
feasury, thesame shall be, and hereby is,
firmed to the State: Provided, That no
"tore land shall be selected, or hereby con-
red, than a quautiiy equal to one hah
01 five sections jn width on each side o.
said canal, from the mouth of the Tippeca
ne nver to Terre Haute.
Approved, February 27th, 1S41.
Public No. 9.
ACT further to continue in force the
actfor the payment of horses and other
property lost in the military service of
lh United States.
, .fit enacted by the Senate and House
i Jwpresentatives of the United States
'huerica in Cn5ress assembled,
I for th aCl enlitletl "An act to provide
jpert, Pa)'ment of horses and other pro
f vie pSt0r cle.slro.Ved in the military ser
United States." nnnrnvfd nn
hund6 itGenth day of Janua'T, eighteen
eonti ind thirty-seven, and which was
Hd ilfX! a ln force r vo years from the
uie second session of the twenty-
nun congress, by an act entitled "An ac
to continue in force the act for thepiymen'
of horses and other properly lost in the
-iunuy service," approved on the Seventh
i .i u 1 v , eighteen hundred and thirty-eitrht,
he, and thesame is herebv. further contin
ued in force for two years from the eil 1 of
the present session of Congress.
Approved, February 27th, 1S41.
Pkivate No. 4.
AN AC P for the relief of Mary Tucker.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
" Keprcsentatives of the United St-ites
nj America in Congress assembled,
That the west half of section fifteen, in
township six south, of range six, south, of
range two eist, in the Territory of Arkan
sas, be, and the same is herebv. rpsprvnd
from sale, and appropriated for the use of
ononis in-said township, in lieu of the
southwest fractional nuarter mid thp south
east fractional quarter of section sixteen,
m that township; and the east half of see-
tion number fifteen, in township number
six south, of range two east, shall be taken
and held, in all respects, and for the sinie
purposes, as the aforsaid fractional quarters
of section number sixteen would have been
held and taken if this act had not been pas
sed, the majority of the citizens of said
township having agreed to the same.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That Mary Tucker, the occupant upon section was selected by the State of Alaba
said fractional quarter sections, be, and is ma, under the act of Congress "ranting
hereby, authorized to enter the same with- four hundred thousand acres of relinquish""
... .i.uMi.i-, uuui inu jj.i-s.-visc; ui iin act.
at one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, in proper land ollice.
Approved, February 27ih, 1S41
Pkivatk No. 5.
CTfor the relief of lieutenant John
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E. Hispham.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Uniltd Stales
of America in Congress assembled,
That there be paid to Lieutenant John E.
Bispham, out of any money in the Treasu
ry not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
twenty-nine dollars and sixteen cents, the
amount awarded to him by Congress, as
one of the captors of a piraticaf felucca,
taken in the West Indies, in eighteen hun
dred and twenty-three, and transferred to
the Treasury by reason of his non-claim
within the time limited by law.
Approved, March 2d, 1S41.
Private No. 6.
AN ACT for the relief of Jean Baptiste
Comeau.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress assembled,
That Jean Baptiste Comeau, of the parish
of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana, be,
and he is hereby, authorized to enter, with
out payment therefor, two hundred and
ten acres of land, upon any of the public
lands which have been surveyed, and are
subject to sale by private entry in the said
State, in lieu of a like quantity of land con
firmed to him upon the report of the - com
missioners of land claims for the western
district of Louisiana, of the first of May,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
and which was subsequently sold by the
United States to a certain Jean E. Lefeb
vre, under the provisions of the act of the
twelfth of April, one thousand eight hun
dred and fourteen, entitled "An act for the
final adjustment of land titles in the Stale
of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri:"
Provided. The location of the land, the
entry of which is here authorized, shall, as
near as can be, conform to the legal divi
sions and subdivisions of the surveys of the
public lands; and if the quantity located
shall exceed two hundred and ten acres,
the residue shall be paid for at the mini
mum price of public lands; and upon a re
turn of the usual certificate to the General
Land Office of the United Slates, a patent
shall issue, as in other cases of land sold
by the United States.
Approved, March 2d, 1841.
Private No. 7.
AN ACT for the relief of John Carter.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
tf Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That John Carter, of Georgetown, in the
District of Columbia, be, and he is hereby
authorized to bring into the District of Co
lumbia, from the State of Alabama, his
slave man William, and the said slave to
hold in the said District, in. the same man
ner as if the said man William find been
always resident in the said District; any
law or usage to the contrary notwithstan
ding. Approved, March 2d, 1S41.
Private No. S.
AN ACT granting a pension to Hannah
Leigh ton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of War place the name
of Hannah Leighton on the roll of Revolu
tionary pensioners, and pay her a pension
at the rate of eighty dollars a year, from
the fourth day of March one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-one, during her
1 i fe.
Approved, March 2d, 1841.
Private No. 9.
AN ACT for the relief of William Jortes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
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vj uepresenratives oj the United States
oj America in Congress assembled,
That the register and receiver of the land
office at Huntsville, in the State of Alaba
ma, be, and they are hereby required to
issue a certificate to William Jones, of
Lawrence county, in said State, for the
amount received in said land office for the
southwest quarter of section twenty-two,
in township live, ot ransre three west, and
the additional amount of the interest which
has accrued thereon, at the rate of six ner
centum per annum: Provided, said Jones
shall file in said land office a relinauish-
ment of all right, title, and interest in said
quarter section, to the Government of the
United Mates; and the said certificate shall
be received in payment of any of the pub
lic lands which may be thereafter sold in
the State of Alabama: Jlnd provided, al
so, 1 hat it shall be satisfaction
said register and receiver, that said nmrtpr
mini tu fliiu oiuie, ior me improvement
ol the navigation of tho T
other rivers, before the sale thereof at said
United States land office.
Approved, March 2d, 1S41.
Private No. 10.
AN ACT for the relief of Charles M. Kel
ler and Henry Stone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to
Charles M. Keller and Henry Stone, out
of any money not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of two hundred and twenty-seven
dollars and fifty cents, for property destroy
ed by fire while in the public service.
Approted, March 2d, 1841.
Private No. 11.
AN ACT for the relief of William
P.
Rathbone.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and
he hereby is, authorized to settle the ac
counts of William P. Rathbone, late a dis
trict paymaster in the army of the United
States; and also his accounts as army con
tractor, under his contracts of the first of
November, eighteen hundred and sixteen,
and of the fifth of November, eighteen hun
dred and seventeen, (giving proper con
sideration to the report of referees made in
a cause commenced in the district court of
the United States for the southern district
of New York, by the United States of A
mcrica, against the said William P. Rath
bone and his sureties, and bearing date the
seventeenth day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-three, without considering it as
conclusive,) and that the balance, if any,
which may be found due to the said Wil
liam P. Rathbone, be paid out of any mon
ey in the Treasury not otherwise appro
pi iated.
Approved, March 2d, 1S41.
Private No. 12.
AN ACT for'therelicf ofJoabSeely.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and he is hereby, directed to refund and
pay to Joab Seely the sum of twenty dol
lars, bein- the amount of an overpayment
made by him into the Treasury of the Uni
ted States for a patent for a new invention.
Approved, March 2d, 1841.
Private No. 13.
AN ACT granting a pension to Lemuel
White.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of War place the name
of Lemuel White on the roll of Revolu
tionary pensioners, and pay him a pension
at the rate of twenty dollars a year, from
the fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-one, during his
life.
Approved, March 2d, 1S41.
Private No. 14.
AN ACT for the relief of Avery, Salt
mash, and Company.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and he is herebv, authorized arid required
.o pay, out ot any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to Avery, Salt
marsh, and Company, the contractors for
carrying the mail on the route from Co
lumbus, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alaba
ma, the sum of nine thousand seven hun
dred and seventy-nine dollars, it being for
property employed by them in transporta
tion of the mail captuied and destroyed by
the Creek Indians in May, eighteen hun
dred and thirty six.
Approved, March 3d, 1841.
Private No. 15.
AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Mi
guel Eslava.
he it enacted by the Senate and House
oj represent a lives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the decision of ihe register and receiv
er of the land office for the district of St.
Stephen's in the State of Alabama, as con
tained in their report bearing date the
third day of May, one thousand eisht hun
dred and thirty-two, confirming a claim of
the heirs of Miguel Eslava, deceased, (be
ing claim number three in report number
two,) and made in pursuance of the act of
Congress, approved the second day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-nine, entitled "An act confirming
the reports of the register and receiver for
the district of St. Stephen's in the State of
Alabama, and for other purposes," bo, and
the same is hereby, confirmed: Provided,
That the confirmation provided to be made
by this act shall amount only to a relin
quishment, for ever, on the part of the Uni
ted States, of all right and title whatever to
the land so confirmed or granted: Provid
ed, also, That the survey and location here
after to be made of said claims, which are
hereby confirmed, ?hall be made in con
formity with the original Spanish title pa
pers, unless the surveys of said claims be
found variant from the grants, according
to the usages of the Spanish Government,
in which case, the grants are to govt rn.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That after the proper location of the claims
hereby confirmed, it shall be the duty of
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office to issue patents for the same, con
taining a reservation of the rights of all
third persons: Provided, That the said pa
tents shall be construed to convey to the
claimants all such legal and equitable rights
only, as may exist under the laws of na
tions, or under the Constitution and laws
of the United States, or treaties applicable
to the said grants, under and by virtue of
the said Spanish grants. And it shall be
also the duty of the Commissioner of the
General. Land Office forthwith to issue pa
tents to Jonathan Hunt and Audley H.
Gazzam, for all such portion of said lands
for which they now hold receipts issued b
the receiver of the land office at St. Ste
phen's, in the State of Alabama; which pa
tents shall contain an exception and reser
vation of all the rights of the said Spanish
grantees, their heirs or assigns, under the
titles claimed by them under the Spanish
Government: Provided, That the patents
issued to the said Hunt and Gazzam shall
be construed to convey to them all such
rights only, as are not inconsistent with the
legal or equitable rights of the said Spanish
grantees, their heirs or assigns, under the
laws of nations, or under the Constitution
and laws of the United States, or treaties
applicable to said grants, under and by vir
tue of the Spanish grants hereby confirmed
Approved, March 3d, 1841.
Private No. 16
AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Bogy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That Joseph Bogy, to whom was confirm
ed a concession of three hundred and twen
ty arpens of land in Arkansas, by mistake
for eight hundred arpens, be, and he is
hereby, empowered to locate four hundred
and eighty arpens of land on any land sub
ject to sale at private entry, in the State of
Arkansas.
Approved, March 3d, 1S41.
Private No. 17.
AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to refund the duties collected
on the French ship Alexandre.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is heie
by authorized to refund, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriat
ed, such amount of duty as may have been
collected at the port of Newport, upon the
French ship Alexandre, and her cargo,
brought into the United Slates by mutin
eers. The vessel being bound, at the time
the mutinv occurred, to the uort of Bord-
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eaux, in France, and no part of the cargo
having been consumed in the United States.
Appboved, March 3d 1841.
Pmvate No. IS.
AN ACT respecting the heirs of Agnei
Dundas.
Be it enacf d by Ihe Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembledf
That from and afier the parsing of this act,
whatever interest in law or equity the Uni
ted States niav have to lh? houses, and lot
on which said houses stand, being otl the
north side of King street, between Pitt
and Royal streets, in the town of Alexan
dria, in the District of Columbia, with all
the bick buildings and warehouses, to
HootPs i alley, and in and to the mesne pro
fits arising from thesame, shall be, and the"
same is hereby, released to Nancy M.
Keene, Sophia Peyton, Eliza Dundas,
John Dundas, Thomas Dundds, William
H. Dundas, and Henry T. DOndas, claim
ing to be the lawful heirs of Agnes Dundas
deceased, late of the District of Columbia.
Approved, March 3d, 1S41.
Private No. 19
AN ACT to incorporate the Washington
City Benevolent Society.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress assembled,
riiat from and after the passage of this act,
all those persons who are, or shall hereaft
er become, members of "the Washington
City Benevolent Society," of the city ot
v ashington, District of Cnlumhia, Ko, and
thev are hereby, made a body corporate
and politic, by the name and style of "the
Washington City Benevolent bociety,
and shall so continue until the third day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, and by that name shall have perpeU
ual succession, and by that name may sue
and be sued, implead and be impleaded,
answer and be answered, defend and bede
fended, in courts of record and in any oth
er place whatsoever; and by that name may
make, have, and use, a common seal, and
the same may break, alter, and renew at
pleasure; and shall have power to ordain,
establish, and put in execution such by
laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall
seem necessary and convenient for the go
vernment of said corporation, not being
contrary to the laws and Constitution of the
United States; and generally to do and ex
ecute all acts necessary or proper for the
objects of said corporation, subject to the
limitations and provisions of this act4
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the monthly contributions, and all
other moneys received on account of the
society, may from time to time, be invest
ed in the publicstocks of the United States,
in loans to individuals, or in stocks of any
incorporated banking institution or corpor
ation; and the moneys so invested, or that
may be deposited, shall be drawn out of
the bank or place of deposite only on the
order of the Treasurer, countersigned by
the Secretary, and approved by the Presi
dent, Provided, nevertheless, That the
said society or body politic shall not, at
any one time, hold or possess property, re
al, personal, or mixed, exceeding in total
value the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
Sec. J. And be it further enacted,
That it shall not be lawful for the paid cor
poration to deal or trade in the manner of
a bank, nor issue any note in the nature of
a bank note, nor transact any other kind of
business, or deal in any other manner or
thing than is expressly authorized by the
second section of this act; and any officer
or officers who shall have assented to any
such dealing or trade, shall, on conviction
thereof, in the proper court, forfeit and
pay the sum of five hundred dollars, one
half to the use of the poor of the city of
Washington, District of Columbia, and the
other half to the use ot the person who may
prosecute for the same: Provided, always.
That Congress may, at any time, amend,
alter, or annul this act.
Approved, March 3d, 1841.
Private No. 20.
AN ACT to authorize the enrolment or
register of the schooner Amistad.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That the Spanish schooner Amistad, lately
sold at New London, by the marshal, in
pursuance of an order of the district court
of the United States for the district of Con
necticut, may be registered, or enrolled,
the same as if said schooner had been built
within the United States.
Approved, March 3d, 1S4L
Texas. An Act has just passed
Tovinn Congress, exemntinc Slaves
the
in
the possession or ownership of the bona
fide master, heirs, legatee or icgaiets, ui
anv intestate or deceased pcr.un, uum
forced sale, by virtue of any writ of vendi
tioni exponas, fieri facias, or execution
ofany kind." The ttf.-ct of this law, it
seems to us, will be to hold out a bounty to
swindlers to run off negroes from the Uni
ted States.
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