ACTS Passed at the First Session of the Twentysecond Congress of the United States. N. B. The titles only of private acts and appropriation bills are given; and the dates of approval refer back to the last preceding dates. Andrew Jackson, President. J. C. Calhoun, Vice President, and President of the Senate. Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 1. An Act to authorize the State of Illinois to sell twenty thousand acres of the saline lands in said State. CHAP. 2. An Act for the relief of William J. Quincy and Charles E. Quincy. CHAP. 3. An Act for the relief of Henry H. Tuckerman. CHAP. 4. An act for the relief of Robertson and Barnwell. or final receipts, and patents may issue in the name of such assignee, any thing in the act aforesaid to the contrary notwithstanding. CHAP. 10. An Act to direct the manner of issuing patents on confirmed land claims in the Territory of Florida. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all patents that are, or may be, by law, directed to be issued on private land claims confirmed by CHAP. 5. An Act for the relief of the commissioners of private land claims, Lewis Anderson. CHAP. 6. An Act for the relief of William Forsythe. CHAP. 7. An Act for the relief of Charles Cassedy. CHAP. 8. An Act for the relief of Dixon Spears. Approved, January 19, 1832. CHAP. 9. An Act supplementary to an Act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on Public Lands. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, all persons who have purchased under an act, entitled 'An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,' approved the twentyninth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, may assign, and transfer their certificates of purchase and by the several acts of Congress approving their reports and confirming the titles to lands in the Territory of Floriida, shall be, and they are hereby, required to be issued to the confirmees, or to the assignee, or present owner, where the land has been sold or transferred since the confirmation of the title; and it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the production of satisfactory proof of the death of the confirmee, or upon the production of a regular chain of title from the confirmee, to cause the patent to be issued to the heirs and legal representatives, or to the assignees of the confirmee, as the case may be. CHAP. 11. An Act for the relief of Robert A. Forsythe. CHAP. 12. An Act for the relief of William D. King, James Daviess, and Garland Lincicum. CHAP. 13. An Act for the relief of Stephen Hook. CHAP. 14. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 29. An Act for the relief of Henry Kilbourn. Approved, January 23, 1832. CHAP. 15. An Act to alter the time of holding the spring term of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. CHAP. 16. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claim of the United States in the Commercial bank of Lake Erie. Approved, February 10, 1832. CHAP. 17. An Act for the relief of John Proctor. CHAP. 18. An Act for the relief of Lawrence L. Van Kleeck. CHAP. 19. An Act for the relief of James Lucius Sawyer. William Tharp. CHAP. 30. An Act for the relief of the representatives of Doctor Hanson Catlett. CHAP. 31. An Act for the relief of the heirs of William Robertson, deceased, and Daniel S. Leonard. CHAP. 32. An Act for the relief of John Sapp. CHAP. 33. An Act for the relief of Peter Peck. CHAP. 34. An Act for the relief of Cornelius Overton. Approved, February 24, 1832. CHAP. 35. An Act for the relief of Edward Lee. CHAP. 20. An Act granting a pension CHAP. 36. An Act for the relief of to Jared Cone : CHAP. 21. An Act for the relief of Andrew H. Richardson, executor of CHAP. 22. An Act for the relief of Ariel Ensign. CHAP. 23. An Act for the relief of Adam Peck. CHAP. 24. An Act for the relief of Antoine Dequindre, Richard Smith, and others, Michigan volunteers. Approved, February, 18, 1832. CHAP. 25. An Act to provide for the payment of arrearages in the naval service, chargeable to the enumerated contingent prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. CHAP. 26. An Act making appropriations for the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo. CHAP. 27. An Act making appropriations for fortifications for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo. CHAP. 28. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo. Eber Hubbard. CHAP. 37. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Wagstaff. CHAP. 38. An Act for the relief of Percia Tupper, executrix of Samuel Tupper, deceased. CHAP. 39. An Act for the relief of Jane Muir. Approved March 7, 1832. CHAP. 40. An Act for the relief of Edward Livingston. CHAP. 41. An Act for the relief of William Owens. CHAP. 42. An Act for the relief of Amariah Squirrel, administrator of Jacob Squirrel, deceased. СЛАР. 43. An Act for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming. CHAP. 44. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Keep. CHAP. 45. An Act for the relief of Anthony Foreman, John G. Ross, Cherokee Delegation. CHAP. 46. An Act for the relief of Bernard Marigny, of the State of Louisiana. CHAP. 47. An Act for the relief of William Williamson. CHAP. 48. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 49. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 50. An Act for the relief of J. CHAP. 51. An Act for the adjustment ations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo. CHAP. 65. An Act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of the Public Lands. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of May next, all the public lands of the United States, when offered at private sale, may be purchased at the option of the purchaser, either in entire sections, half sections, quarter sections, half quarter sections, or quarter-quarter sections; and in every case of a division of a half quarter section, the line for the division thereof shall run east and west, and the corners and contents of quarter quarter sections, which may thereafter CHAP. 53. An Act for the relief of be sold, shall be ascertained as nearly as John McDonough. CHAP. 52. An Act to amend the several acts establishing a Territorial Government in Florida. may be, in the manner and on the principles, directed and prescribed by the CHAP. 54. An Act for the relief of second section of an act, entitled An Sylvester Havens. CHAP. 55. An Act for the relief of Leonard Dennison and Elisha Ely. CHAP. 56. An Act for the relief of Captain Thomas Paine. CHAP. 57. An Act explanatory of the act entitled An act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and Navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,' approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. CHAP. 58. An Act to add a part of the southern to the northern district of Alabama. CHAP. 59. An Act for the relief of art concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the United States,' passed on the eleventh day of February eighteen hundred and five; and fractional sections, containing fewer or more than one hundred and sixty acres, shall in like manner, as nearly as may be practicable, be subdivided into quarter quarter sections, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the treasury: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to alter any special provision made by law for the sale of land in town lots; And, provided also, That no person shall be permitted to enter more than one half quarter section of land under this act, in quarter quarter sections, in his own name, or in the name of any other person, and in no case unless he intends it for cultivation, or for the use of his improvement. And the person making application to make an entry under this CHAP. 60. An Act for the relief of act, shall file his and her affidavit, un Robert Smart. CHAP. 61. An Act for the relief of John Menary. CHAP. 62. An Act for the relief of Thomas Dennis, and the legal representative of Asa Hartfield. der such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, that he or she makes the entry in his or her own name, for his or her own benefit, and not in trust for another: Provided, further, That all actual settlers, being house-keepers, upon the public lands, shall have the right of pre-emption to enter, within six months after CHAP. 63. An Act for the relief of the passage of this act, not exceed Benedict Joseph Flaget. Approved, March, 31, 1832. CHAP. 64. An Act making appropri ing the quantity of one half quarter section, under the provisions of this act, to ir clude his or their improvements, under such regulations as have been, or may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and in cases where two persons shall live upon the same quarter section, subject to be entered under the provisions of this act, each shall have the right to enter that quarter quarter section which includes his improvements. CHAP. 66. An Act to authorize the Judges of the courts of the United States to take bail of the claimants of property seized, and perform other acts in vacation. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in any cause of admirality and maritime jurisdiction, or other case of seizure, depending in any court of the United States, any judge of the said court, in vacation, shall have the same power and authority to order any vessel, or cargo, or other property, to be delivered to the claimants, upon bail, or bond, under the statute as the case may be, or to be sold when necessary as the said court now has in term time, and to appoint appraisers, and exercise every other incidental power necessary to the complete execution of the authority herein granted; and the said recognizance of bail or bond, under such order, may be executed before the clerk, upon the party's producing the certificate of the collector of the district, of the sufficiency of the security offered; and the same proceedings shall be had in case of said order of delivery, or of sale, as are now had in like cases when ordered in term time: Provided, That upon every such application either for an order of delivery or of sale, the collector and the attorney of the district shall have reasonable notice in cases of the United States, and the party or counsel in all other cases. CHAP. 67. An Act providing for the organization of the Ordnance Department. CHAP. 75. An Act to provide the means of extending the benefits of vaccination, as a preventive of the Small Pox, to the Indian tribes, and thereby, as far as possible, to save them from the destructive ravages of that disease. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the several Indian Agents and SubAgents, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to take such measures as he shall deem most efficient, to convene the Indian tribes in their respective towns, or in such other places and numbers, and at such seasons as shall be most convenient to the Indian population, for the purpose of arresting the progress of small pox among the several tribes by vaccination. SECT. 2 And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, empowered to employ as many Physicians or Surgeons, from the army or resident on the frontier near the point where their services shall be reCHAP. 68. An Act for the relief of quired, as he may find necessary for the the sureties of Amos Edwards.' CHAP. 69. An Act to change the time of holding the United States district court, at Staunton, in the western district of Virginia. CHAP. 70. An Act authorising the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas to lease the Salt Springs, in execution of this act; and, if necessary, two competent persons to conduct the Physicians to the remote Indians who are infected, or may be in immediate danger of being infected, with the small pox, whose compensation shall be six dollars per day, and six men, whose compensation shall be twentyfive dollars per month. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, to cause all Indian Agents to be supplied with genuine vaccine matter; and all Agents and Sub-Agents shall use all proper means to persuade the Indian population to submit to vaccination. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That all Agents, Sub-Agents, Physicians and Surgeons, employed in the execution of this act, shall make monthly returns or reports of their proceedings to the War Department. And the Secretary thereof shall submit to Congress, on or before the first of February next, a general report of all proceedings in the premises. SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That, to carry this act into effect, the sum of twelve thousand dollars be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. CHAP, 76. An Act confirming to Josh ua Kennedy, his claim to a tract of land in the city of Mobile. CHAP. 77. An Act for altering the time of holding the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. CHAP. 78. An Act to extend the Patent of Jethro Wood. CHAP. 79. An Act for giving effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the Republic of Colombia. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That vessels of the Republic of Colombia, and their cargoes, whether of foreign or domestic produce or manufacture, which shall come direct from the ports of that nation to the United States, shall pay no greater duties on importation, anchorage, tonnage, or any other kind, than are now, or hereafter may be, levied on the vessels of the United States. SECT. 2 And be it further enacted, That the restriction of coming direct from a port in Colombia, contained in the preceding section, shall be taken off, as soon as the President shall receive satisfactory evidence, that a like restriction is taken off from vessels of the United States in the ports of the Republic of Colombia, and shall make known the same by his proclamation declaring the fact. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the President of the United States shall at any time receive satisfactory information that the privileges allowed or which may be allowed to Amer. ican vessels and their cargoes in the ports of Colombia, corresponding with those, extended, or to be extended by this act, to Colombian vessels and their cargoes in the ports of the United States, have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby authorized, by proclamation, to suspend the operation of either or both of the provisions of this act, as the case may be, and to withhold any or all the privileges allowed, or to be allowed, to Colombian vessels or their cargoes, CHAP. 80. An Act authorizing the revision and extension of the rules and regulations of the Naval service. CHAP. 81. An Act to revive and con tinue in force An act for the relief of the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others.' CHAP. 82. An Act for the relief of Richard G. Morris. CHAP. 83. An Act for the relief of Joseph Bogy. CHAP. 84. An Act for the relief of the Miami Exporting Company. CHAP. 85. An Act for the relief of Allen W. Hardie. CHAP. 86. An Act for the relief of Prosper Marigny. CHAP. 87. An Aet for the relief of Arnaud Lanaux. CHAP. 88. An Act for the relief of Joseph Soniat Dufossat. CHAP. 89. An Act for the relief of John H. Thomas, claiming under Antoine Patin. CHAP. 90. An Act for the relief of CHAP. 91. An Act for the apportion ment of Representatives among the several States, according to the fifth census. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con |