Compensation of marshals. Mode of re turning certain descriptions of Dersons. The marshal of the district of Maine, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the district of Rhode Island, two hundred dollars. The marshal of the southern district of New York, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the northern district of New York, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the district of New Jersey, two hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the eastern district of Pennsylvania, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the western district of Pennsylvania, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the district of Delaware, one hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the district of Maryland, three hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the eastern district of Virginia, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the western district of Virginia, three hundred dollars. The marshal of the district of Kentucky, three hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the district of North Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the district of South Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the district of Georgia, three hundred and fifty dollars. The marshal of the district of Alabama, two hundred and fifty dollars. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person whose usual place of abode shall be in any family, on the said first day in June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, shall be returned as of such family; and the name of every person who shall be an inhabitant of any district or territory, without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the schedule which is allotted for the heads of families, in the division where he or she shall be, on the said first day in June; and every person occasionally absent at the time of enumeration, as belonging to the place in which he or she usually resides in the United States. Every free per- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That each and every free person, Bon over sixmore than sixteen years of age, whether heads of families or not, belongteen to render to assistant a ing to any family within any division, district or territory, made or esstatement tablished within the United States, shall be, and hereby is, obliged to render to the assistant of the division, if required, a true account, to the true of, &c. best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered, in any action of debt, by such assistant: the one half to his own use, and the other half to the use of the United States. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every assistant, previous to making his return to the marshal, shall cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which copies, the said assistant shall be entitled to receive five dollars: Provided, proof of the schedule having been set up, shall be transmitted to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons; and, in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compensation allowed him by this act. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required to transmit, to the marshals of the several districts and territories, regulations and instructions, pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect; and, also, the forms contained therein, of the schedule to be returned, and such other forms as may be necessary in carrying this act into execution, and proper interrogatories, to be administered by the several persons to be employed in taking the enumeration. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That those states composing two districts, and where a part of a county may be in each district, such county shall be considered as belonging to that district in which the courthouse of said county may be situate. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the superficial content of any county, or parish, shall exceed twenty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in said parish or county shall not exceed three thousand, the marshals or assistants shall be allowed, with the approbation of the judges of the respective districts or territories, such further compensation as shall be deemed reasonable: Provided, The same does not exceed four dollars for every fifty persons by them returned; and when any such county or parish shall exceed forty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in the same shall not exceed three thousand, a like allowance shall be made, not to exceed six dollars for every fifty persons so returned. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That, when the aforesaid enumeration shall be completed, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State, by the marshals of the states and territories, he shall direct the printers to Congress to print, for the use of Congress, three thousand copies of the aggregate returns received from the marshals: And provided, That if any marshal, in any district within the United States or territories, shall, directly or indirectly, ask, demand or receive, or contract to receive, of any assistants to be appointed by him under this act, any fee, reward or compensation, for the appointment of such assistant to discharge the duties required of such assistant under this act, or shall retain from such assistant any portion of the compensation allowed to the assistant by this act, the said marshal shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and shall forfeit and pay the amount of five hundred dollars, for each offence, to be recovered by suit or indictment in any circuit or district court of the United States, or the territories thereof, one half to the use of the government, and the other half to the informer; and all contracts which may be made in violation of this law, shall be void, and all sums of money, or property, paid, may be recovered back by the party paying the same, in any court having jurisdiction of the same. Remuneration to marshals for postage. Former state lation to be re vised. Abstract of the aggregate in each state, SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid to the marshals of the several states, territories, and the District of Columbia, the amount of postage by them respectively paid on letters relating to their duties under this act. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United ments of popu- States is hereby authorized to cause to be made a careful revision of the statements heretofore transmitted to Congress, of all former enumerations of the population of the United States and their territories, and to cause an abstract of the aggregate amount of population in each state and territory, to be printed by the printer to Congress, (designating the number of inhabitants of each description, by counties or parishes,) to the number of two thousand copies, which said copies shall be distributed as Congress shall hereafter direct, and for that purpose, the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. &c. to be print ed, and distributed as Congress shall direct. 2,000 dollars appropriated for this work. APPROVED, March 23, 1830. SCHEDULE of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to A. B. by the marshal of the district (or territory) of 242 STATUTE I. March 25, 1830. CHAP. XLI.—An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, viz: For payment, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, of the permanent annuity provided for by the second article of the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien, the twenty-ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, with the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pattawattamie Indians, sixteen thousand dollars. For the purchase of goods, stipulated by the said article to be delivered to the said Indians, twelve thousand dollars. For the purchase of fifty barrels of salt, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, stipulated by the said article, one hundred and twentyfive dollars. For transportation of the said annuity and salt, and expense of provisions at the delivery of the same, one thousand dollars. For the payment of claims provided for by the fifth article of the said treaty, eleven thousand six hundred and one dollars. For the expense of surveying the boundaries of the cession made by the said treaty, two thousand dollars. For the payment, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, of the limited annuity provided by the second article of the treaty made at Prairie du Chien, the second August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, with the Winnebago Indians, eighteen thousand dollars. For purchasing goods to be delivered at the treaty, as stipulated by the said second article, thirty thousand dollars. For purchasing three thousand pounds of tobacco, per same article, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three hundred dollars. For transportation of the same, sixty dollars. For purchasing fifty barrels of salt, per said second article, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For transportation of the same, one hundred dollars. For support of three blacksmiths' shops, including pay of smiths, and assistants, also tools, iron, steel, &c. for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as per third article of said treaty, three thousand dollars. For the purchase of two yoke of oxen, and a cart, and for the services of a man at the portage of Wisconsin and Fox rivers, for one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as per same article, five hundred and thirty-five dollars. For the payment of sundry claims against the Winnebagoes, as provided for by the fourth article of said treaty, twenty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars. For expense of surveying the boundaries of the territory ceded by the said treaty, one thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. APPROVED, March 25, 1830. March 31, 1830. CHAP. XLVIII.-An Act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands of the United States. (a) Lands which have reverted to U. S. under relief laws, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all purchasers, their heirs or assignees, of such of the public lands of the United States as (a) Sec notes to act of May 23, 1828, ch. 71. |