to the highest bidder, &c. Days of sale. Sales open six days. Price. Patents. 4 dollars a day to superintendents. lands, in the said respective tracts, with the exception of the usual proportion for the support of schools, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office and the receiver of public moneys for the said districts, on such days, respectively, as shall,by proclamation of the President,be designated for that purpose; the sales at each place shall remain open six days, and no longer; the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre; and shall, in every other respect, both as to public and private sales, be sold on the same terms and conditions as other public lands in the same districts; and patents shall be obtained in the manner, and on the terms, provided in case of other public lands sold by the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the superintendents of the public sales, directed by this act, shall each receive four dollars a day for each day's attendance on the said sales. Approved, March 18, 1818. Statute I. March 18, 1818. Act of March 3,1819, ch. 81. Act of May 1, 1820, ch. 53. Act of March ], 1823, ch. 59. Officers and privates who served in the army or navy during the revolutionary war entitled to pensions. Officers, 20 dollars per month: Non-commissioned officers, &c. 8 dolls, per month. Proviso: claims to previous pensions to be relinquished. A declaration under oath, and other evidence necessary to the obtaining the benefit of this act. Testimony, &c. to be transmitted to the Secretary of War, &c. Payment to be made as in case of other pensions. Chap. XIX.—An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, and private soldier, and all officers in the hospital department and medical staff, who served in the war of the revolution until the end thereof, or for the term of nine months, or longer, at any period of the war, on the continental establishment; and every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, mariner, or marine, who served at the same time, and for a like term, in the naval service of the United States, who is yet a resident citizen of the United States, and who is, or hereafter, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, shall be, in need of assistance from his country for support, and shall have substantiated his claim to a pension in the manner hereinafter directed, shall receive a pension from the United Stales: if an officer, of twenty dollars per month during life; if a non-commissioned officer, musician, mariner, marine, or private soldier, of eight dollars per month during life: Provided, No person shall be entitled to the provisions of this act, until he shall have relinquished his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, mTha.i to entitle any person to the provisions of this act, he shall make a declaration, under oath or affirmation, before the district judge of the United States of the district, or before any judge or court of record of the county, state, or territory, in which the applicant shall reside, setting forth, if he belonged to the army, the company, regiment, and line, to which he belonged: the time he entered the service, and the time and manner of leaving the service; and in case he belonged to the navy, a like declaration, setting forth the name of the vessel, and particular service in which he was employed, and the time and manner of leaving the service, and shall offer such other evidence as may- be in his power; and, on its appearing, to the satisfaction of the said judge, thatMie applicant served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid against the common enemy, he shall certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War, whose duty it shall be, if satisfied the applicant comes under the provisions of this act, to place such officer, musician, mariner, marine, or soldier, on the pension list of the United States, to be paid in the same manner as pensions to invalids who have been placed on the pension list are now paid, and under such restrictions and regulations, in all respects, as are prescribed by law. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every pension by virtue of this act shall commence on the day that tlie declaration under oath or affirmation, prescribed in the foregoing section, shall be made. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, no sale, transfer, or mortgage, of the whole, or any part, of the pension payable in pursuance of this act, shall be valid; and any person who shall swear or affirm falsely in the premises, and be thereof convicted, shall suffer as for wilful and corrupt perjury. Approved, March 18, 1818. Chap. XXI.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expenses of the navy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the following sums be, and they are hereby, respectively, appropriated, viz: For pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, one million one hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars. For provisions, five hundred and eleven thousand dollars. For medicine, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, including the marine corps, twenty-five thousand dollars. For repairs of vessels, three hundred thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, three hundred thousand dollars. For repairs of navy yards, docks, and wharves, one hundred thousand dollars. For pay and subsistence of marine corps, seventy-three thousand dollars. For clothing for the same, thirty-two thousand dollars. For military stores for the same, eleven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses for the same, sixteen thousand dollars. For the purchase of medals and swords, directed by different resolutions of Congress, fifteen thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 18, 1818. Pension to commence on the day of oath. Sale, transfer, or mortgage, of pension, not valid. False swearing, perjury. Act of April 30, 1790, ch. 9, sec. IS. Stat tin 1. the March 18, 1818. Sums appropriated for the cipenses of the navy, for 1818. For pay and subsistence. For provisions. For medicine, to. For repairs of vessels. For contingent expenses. For repairs of navy yards, &c. For pay, &c. of marine corps. For clothing marine corps. For military stores. For medals and swords. Statute I. Chap. XXII.—An Act for altering the time for ltolding the district court for the March 19,1818. district of Virginia, (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the terms of the' district court for the district of Virginia, which are now directed by law to be holden on the twelfth day of April, in each year, shall hereafter be holden, for the said district, on the second day of April, in each year, except where such day shall occur on Sunday, when the term of the said court shall commence and be holden on the next succeeding day. Approved, March 19, 1818. The terms holden on the 12th, shall be holden on the 2d of April, in each year, except, &c. Chap. XXIII An Act extending the time for obtaining military land warrants in certain cases. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provision of the second section of the act, entitled "An act to provide for designating, surveying, and granting, the military bounty lands," passed on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, which limits the Statute I. March 27,1818. The 2nd section of the act referred to not to apply to the heirs, &c. of persons killed, &c. (a) See act of March 24, 1814, ch. 31. See notes to act of Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12. Act of May time within which persons entitled to military bounty lands shall make 6,1812, ch. 77. t|]ejr application for a land warrant to five years from and after such person shall have become entitled thereto, shall not be construed to apply to, afreet, or bar, any application for a military land warrant, which may be made by the heirs and representatives of a deceased person, who was entitled thereto by services performed in the late war, or application by the heirs and representatives of any non-commissioned officer or soldier killed in action, or who died in the actual service of the United States, The heirs, &c. and entitled by existing laws to a bounty in lands; bat the heirs and DifayUmakerSap^ representatives of such persons shall be allowed to make their applicaplicationa until tions therefor at any time before the first day of May, one thousand 1st May, 1820. eight hundred and twenty; any act to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 27, 1818. Statute I. March 27,1818. Act of April 27, 1816, ch. 112. 5000 dollars for repairing, &c. the road between fort Hawkins and fort Stoddard. 5000 dollars for repairing, &c. the road leading from Columbia to Madisonville, &c. Sums to be expended under direction of the Secretary of War. Chap. XXIV.—An Act in addition to "An act making appropriation for repairing certain roads therein described.'" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of repairing, and keeping in repair, the road between fort Hawkins, in the state of Georgia, and fort Stoddard, in the Alabama territory. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of repairing, and keeping in repair, that part of the road leading from Columbia, in the state of Tennessee, by the Choctaw agency, to Madisonville, in the state of Louisiana, which lies between the southern boundary of the state of Tennessee, and the Indian boundary line, near Zadock Brashears, in the state of Mississippi, which sums shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary for the Department of War. Approved, March 27, 1818. Statute I. April 3, 1818. Surveyor of lands in Illinois and Missouri allowed two thousand dollars per annum, in lieu, &c. Three clerks, &c. Accounting officers of the treasury to settle the accounts of William Rector, and allow him the fees specified, in addition to satary. Proviso; no allowance whero he has received similar lees from individuals. Chap. XXVI.—An Act allowing additional salary and clerk hire to tlte surveyor for the Illinois and Missouri territories, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the surveyor of the lands of the United States in the territories of Illinois and Missouri, shall hereafter be allowed an annual compensation of two thousand dollars, in lieu of the compensation now fixed by law, and shall also be allowed three clerks, whose whole compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of the Treasury' Department be authorized to adjust and settle the accounts of William Rector, for his services as principal deputy surveyor, and surveyor of the Illinois and Missouri territories, and to allow him, in addition to his salary as fixed by law, the following fees, that is to say: for examining and recording the surveys executed by any of his deputies, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the boundary line of the surveys executed under his direction in the offices aforesaid: Provided, The allowance shall not be made on the surveys of private claims in any case where he has received, or is entitled to receive, similar fees from individuals. Approved, April 3, 1818. Chap. XXIX.—An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United slates within the state of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said state of Mississippi as elsewhere within the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state shall be one district, and be called the Mississippi district. And a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge. He shall hold, at the seat of government of the said state, two sessions annually, on the first Mondays in May and December; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act, entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States." He shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court at the place of holding the same; and shall receive, for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is entitled for similar services. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the judge of the said district court the annual compensation of two thousand dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid, quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars, as a full compensation for all extra services. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a marshal be appointed for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are prescribed to marshals in other districts; and shall, moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services. ApmovEit, April 3, 1818. Statute I. April 3, 1818. Laws of the United States to have the sarao effect in Mississippi as elsewhere. i to be a judicial district, with a district court, and a district judge to reside therein. Altered by act of Jan. 11, 1821, ch. 6. Two sessions of the court annually, &c. Powers of the judge. Act of Sep. 24,1789, ch.20, sect. 10. Act of Feb. 28,1799, ch. 19. Salary of the judge 2000 dolls, per ann. A district attorney with a compensation of 200 dollars per annum besides fees. A marshal with a compensation of 200 dollars per annum besides fees. Chap. XXX.—-An Act altering the time for holding a session of the district court in the district of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district court, heretofore by law holden on the last day of May, in each year, at Portland, within, and for the district of Maine, shall hereafter be holden, at the same place, on the first Tuesday of June in each year. Approved, April 3, 1818. Statute I. April 3,1818. The district court for Maine to be hereafter holden at Portland on the first Tuesday of June in each year. Chap. XXXII Jin Act respecting the courts of the United Slates within the state of New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, the district court of the United States, for the northern district of New York, shall be holden by the judge of the said district, and in case of his inability on account cf sickness, absence, or Statute I. April 3, 1S18. The courts for the northern district to be holden by the judge thereof. In case of his inability, by the judge of the southern district. The judge of the northern district to give timely notice to the judge of the southern district. Three terms of the northern district court. At Albany. At Utica. Suits, &c. to be revived and to continue, &c. Process issued, &c. to be returnable, &c. Courts may be holdeninthe northern district at other times, &c. at discretion. The northern district enlarged. Proceedings had in suits, &c. in the former district court declared valid. The jurisdiction of causes, within the limits of the present northern district vested in the court for that district,whether they have or have not been instituted in the former district court. Pleadings, &c. to be transferred to the clerk's office for the northern district. The northern district court to have full power, &c. otherwise, it shall be the duty of the judge of the southern district of New York to hold the said court, in and for the said northern district, and to do and perform all other acts and duties of the judge of the said northern district, with the like power and authority in all respects. And whenever such inability of the judge of the said northern district, to hold any term of the said court, shall exist, it shall be his duty to give previous timely notice thereof to the judge of the said southern district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be held in each year, three terms of the district court for the northern district of New York, to wit: at the city of Albany, on the second Tuesday of May and on the second Tuesday of November: and at the village of Utica, in the county of Oneida, on the third Tuesday of May. (a) And all suits and proceedings in the said court shall be revived, and shall continue in full force, in the same manner as if the said court had been regularly held according to law, and had been adjourned to the term next to be holden by virtue of this act. And all process already issued, or which may be issued, out of the said court, before the passing of this act, shall be held and deemed returnable to the next term thereof, to be holden by virtueof thisact. And it shall be at the discretion of the judge of the said northern district of New York, or, in case of his inability, of the judge of the said southern district, to appoint and hold a court or courts at any other time or place, than those before mentioned, within and for the said northern district, as the business therein may require. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said northern district of the state of New York shall be, and the same is hereby enlarged, so as to include the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, and Delaware, in the said state. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all proceedings hitherto had in the district courts of the United States, either for the northern or for the southern district of New York, in any suit at common law, or in any civil cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, in continuation of any such suit or cause which had been instituted in the former district court of the United States for the district of New York, be, and the same hereby are, declared as valid and effectual as if the same suit or cause had been originally instituted in the district court in which such proceedings have been had. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of every suit or cause, either at common law, or of maritime and admiralty jurisdiction, whether the same hath or hath not been instituted in the district court of the former district of New York, wherein the cause shall have arisen, or the seizure shall have been made, within the limits of the northern district of New York, as prescribed by this act, and which hath not been proceeded in to final judgment or decree, shall be vested in the district court for the northern district of New York; and all pleadings, libels, claims, evidences, and papers," whatsoever, that may have been filed, and all moneys which may have been paid or deposited, in the office of the clerk of the former district of New York, or of the clerk of the southern district of New York, in every such suit or cause, shall be transferred to, and filed and deposited in, the office of the clerk of the northern district of New York. And the said district court for the northern district of New York shall have as full power to hear, try, and determine, the said suits and causes, and to proceed therein to final judgment and decree, as the district court for the district of New York had (a) By the act to atter the times of holding the district court in the northern district of New York, passed March 2, 1821, the district court is directed to be hold at Utica on the last Tuesday in August, and at Albany on the last Tuesday in January, annually. As to the jurisdiction of the district court of the northern district of New York, see the act respecting the jurisdiction of certain district courts, Feb. 10, 1831, ch. 28. By the act of March 3, 1837, ch. 34, sec. 2, circuit courts are directed to beheld in the northern district of New York, at Albanv, on the second Tuesday in Juno, and third Tuesday in October, annually. Sec act of March 3, 1823, ch. 42. Act of March 3, 182S, ch. 51; 1838. ch. 182. |