Where sales shall not have

been made according to law for taxes due the

said corpora

tion, on applipurchaser, such

cation of the

sum shall be refunded him as he paid on said purchase.

Where there are a number

of lots assessed to the same per son, the corpothorized to sell one or more of

ration is au

them for the taxes due on the whole.

In case of the death, &c. of any commis

sioner of elec

tion, &c.

Proprietors al

lowed the right of redemption.

Public notice

of the time and place of sale of any real property, chargeable with taxes, to be given.

son or persons to whom the same may be assessed on the books of the corporation at the time of such advertisement, the amount of the tax due on each square or lot, the period for which the same shall be due, and the aggregate amount of taxes due on all real property assessed in the name of the same person or persons; but, where a whole square is assessed to the same person or persons, although divided into lots, it may be assessed and advertised, as if the same was not divided. And no sale of real property, for taxes, hereafter made, shall be impaired, or void, by reason of such property not being assessed, or advertised, in the name or names of the lawful owner or owners thereof, provided the same shall be advertised as above directed, or by reason of the amount of taxes due thereon not being correctly stated. (a)

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of sales of real property, for taxes due the said corporation, where such sale shall not have been made according to law, and void, it shall be lawful for the said corporation, on the application of the purchaser, or other person entitled under him, to refund and pay to such person or persons, the amount paid by him or them, on account of such purchase; and, also, the subsequent taxes accrued and paid on the said property, and to re-assess the amount of taxes so refunded, on the property on which the same shall have accrued, which shall be collected in the manner as provided by law for the collection of other taxes at any time after the first day of January next, after the same shall be so re-assessed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said corporation, where there shall be a number of lots assessed to the same person or persons, to sell one, or more, of such lots, for the taxes and expenses due on the whole; and, also, to provide for the sale of any part of a lot, for the taxes and expenses due on the said lot, or other lots assessed to the same person, as may appear expedient according to such rules and regulations as the said corporation may prescribe.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in case of the death, resignation, or inability to serve, of any commissioner of election, it shall be lawful for the mayor, or in case of his absence, or inability to perform that duty, for the register of the city, to make an appointment, in writing, to fill any such vacancy, which appointment shall be returned to the register, with the return of such election.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the proprietor or proprietors of lots which may be sold under the provisions of this act, shall be allowed the right of redemption, in the same manner, and according to the like restrictions, contained in the act to which this is a supplement. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That public notice of the time and place of sale, of any real property chargeable with taxes, in Georgetown or Alexandria, in all cases hereafter, shall be given, once in each week, for twelve successive weeks, in some one newspaper printed in each of said places, and in the National Intelligencer, in which shall be stated the number of the lot or lots, or parts thereof, intended to be sold, and the value of the assessment, and the amount of the taxes due and owing thereon.

In case the SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if, before the day of sale, adowner, &c. does vertised as aforesaid, the owner, his agent, or attorney, shall not pay the not pay the amount of taxes, with all costs thereon assessed, said lots, or so many amount of taxes on lots assessed, as may be sufficient to discharge the same, shall be sold for cash, and to the highest bidder paying therefor; a certificate from the proper officer shall be issued, setting forth that he is the purchaser, and the amount paid by him; and if, at the expiration of twelve months from the day of sale, the owner shall not appear, and pay to the officer who sold the same, the mayor, or the purchaser, the amount of the purchase money, and cost, and taxes, accruing subsequent to the sale, and ten per centum

before the day of sale, so many cient to discharge said a

as may be suffi

mount shall be sold.

(a) See the case of Ronkendorf v. Taylor's lessee, 4 Peters, 349.

interest per annum on the purchase money, it shall and may be lawful for a title, in fee simple, at the expiration of said time, to be made to the purchaser: Provided, That no sale of real estate shall be made but where the owner or tenant of the property has not sufficient personal estate out of which to enforce a collection of the debt due, and where he has personal property, it shall be lawful to collect said taxes by distress and sale thereof.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That, on or before the first day of April next, and every five years thereafter, each of the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, shall cause three respectable freeholders, resident in said city and towns, respectively, being previously sworn, to assess and value, and make return of all and every species of property by law taxable, in said corporations; and, in making their said valuations, they shall determine it agreeably to what they believe it to be worth, in cash, at the time of the valuation.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That, where any taxes have fallen due, and yet remain unpaid, or where any real estate has been sold by the corporation of Georgetown or Alexandria, which sale from any defect of proceeding in relation thereto, has been declared, or is considered void, said corporation may proceed, and are hereby authorized, to collect said taxes by sale of the real estate, liable, agreeably to the provisions of this act, in relation to other cases of collecting taxes hereafter to fall due: Provided, That, where any person, without notice of the outstanding taxes, has made a bona fide purchase from the legal owner of any real estate, previous to the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour, said real estate, so acquired, shall not be liable for the taxes due and owing previous to said purchase.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all titles to property conveyed, as aforesaid, on sales for taxes, made in either of said places, shall be by deed from the mayor, under the seal of the corporation; which said conveyance shall be effectual, in law, to convey the title, the requisition of this act having been complied with.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That, on any lot, or lots, or part of a lot, liable for taxes, as aforesaid, being sold, the amount, over and above the tax, cost, and charges, due upon the same, shall be paid over, on application, to the owner of said property.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That, where the payment of any taxes shall be made or enforced against any tenant, it shall not be lawful for the owner of said property, so made liable for the taxes, to recover of the tenant any rent for the property; but the same shall remain in his possession a lien for the debt, until such time as the rent accruing shall have discharged the same; and the said tenant shall be entitled to charge twenty-five per centum against the landlord, on the amount of the taxes so paid or enforced against him, except where he may have been previously in arrears for his rent.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases of any nuisance affecting, in the opinion of the board of health, the healthiness of the city of Washington, or inhabitants contiguous thereto, which may exist on any lot belonging to the United States, it shall be lawful to have the same removed, in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations, that nuisances on private property are removed; and the expense of such removal or correction shall be defrayed out of any moneys in the hands of the city commissioner, for the sale of the public property in said city.

APPROVED, May 26, 1824.

Feb. 4, 1824.

The President to communicate to the Marquis de La Fayette the attachments, for him, of this country.

A national

ship to be sent for him, &c.

RESOLUTIONS.

I. RESOLUTION in relation to an intended visit of the Marquis de La Fayette to the United States.

The Marquis de La Fayette having expressed his intention to revisit this country

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President be requested to communicate to him the assurances of grateful and affectionate attachment still cherished for him by the government and people of the United States:

And be it further resolved, That, whenever the President shall be informed of the time when the marquis may be ready to embark, that a national ship, with suitable accommodation, be employed to bring him to the United States.

APPROVED, February 4, 1824.

May 26, 1824.

Portrait of

Columbus to be placed in the library of Congress.

Copies of the Declaration of Independence to be distributed.

The Presi

dent to cause the distribution to be made.

II. RESOLUTION providing a place of deposit for the portrait of Columbus, and directing the distribution of certain copies of the Declaration of Independence, now in the Department of State.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the portrait of Columbus, presented to the nation by G. G. Barrell, United States' Consul at Malaga, be placed in the library of Congress.

Resolved, That the two hundred copies of the Declaration of Independence, now in the Department of State, be distributed in the manner following: two copies to each of the surviving signers of the Declaration of Independence; two copies to the President of the United States; two copies to the Vice President of the United States; two copies to the late President, Mr. Madison; two copies to the Marquis de Lafayette; twenty copies for the two houses of Congress; twelve copies for the different departments of the government; two copies for the President's House; two copies for the Supreme Court room; one copy to each of the governors of the states; and one to each branch of the legislatures of the states; one copy to each of the governors of the territories of the United States; and one copy to the legislative council of each territory; and the remaining copies to the different universities and colleges of the United States, as the President of the United States may direct.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause the distribution of the said copies of the Declaration of Independence to be made, agreeably to the foregoing resolution.

APPROVED, May 26, 1824.

ACTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sixth day of December, 1824, and ended on the third day of March, 1825.

JAMES MONROE, President; DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore; HENRY CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

STATUTE II.

CHAP. I.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight Dec. 15, 1824. hundred and twenty-four [five.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the compensation granted by law to the Senate and House of Representatives, and to the officers and clerks, and servants of both houses of Congress, and for defraying the contingent expenses thereof; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, December 15, 1824.

[Obsolete.] 265,000 dol

lars appropriate and House of Representatives.

ated for the Sen

1825, ch. 13.

STATUTE II.

Legislature of Ohio authorized

to sell certain tracts of land.

CHAP. III.—An Act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to sell and Dec. 28, 1824. convey certain tracts of land granted to said State for the use of the people thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said Legislature shall, by law, direct, the following tracts of land heretofore granted to said State, for the use of the people thereof, to wit: so much of the six mile reservation, including the salt springs, commonly called the Sciota Salt Springs, as remains $7. unsold; the salt springs near the Muskingum River, and in the Military Tract, with the sections of land which include the same; the proceeds thereof to be applied to such literary purposes as said Legislature may hereafter direct; and to no other use, intent, or purpose, whatsoever.

APPROVED, December 28, 1824.

CHAP. IV.-An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt a new hydrometer for ascertaining the proof of liquors.

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, authorized, under the direction of the

1802, ch. 40,

STATUTE II.

Jan. 12, 1825.

The Secretary of the Treasury adopt an hydro

authorized to

meter for ascertaining the

proof of liquors.

President of the United States, to adopt and substitute such hydrometer as he may deem best calculated to promote the public interest, in lieu of that now prescribed by law, for the purpose of ascertaining the proof of liquors; and that, after such adoption and substitution, the duties imposed by law upon distilled spirits shall be levied, collected, and paid, according to the proof ascertained by any hydrometer so substituted and adopted. APPROVED, January 12, 1825.

CHAP. V.—An Act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the
United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person, or the legal representative of every person, who is, or may be, a purchaser of a tract of land from the United States, the purchase whereof is, or may be void, by reason of a prior sale thereof by the United States, or by the confirmation, or other legal establishment of a prior British, French, or Spanish grant thereof, or for want of title thereto in the United States, from any other cause whatsoever, shall be entitled to repayment of any sum or sums of money, paid for, or on account of, such tract of land, on making proof, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the same was erroneously sold, in manner aforesaid, by the United States, who is hereby authorized and required to repay such sum or sums of money, paid as aforesaid.

APPROVED, January 12, 1825.

STATUTE II.

Feb. 5, 1825.

Act of March

CHAP. VI.-An Act in addition to an act, entitled "An act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan," and for other purposes. (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 3, 1823, ch. 36. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor and legislative council of the territory of Michigan be, and they are hereby, authorized to divide the said territory into townships, and incorporate the same, or any part thereof; to grant, define, and regulate the privileges thereof, and to provide by law for the election of all such township and corporation officers, as may be designated within the same.

The governor, &c. of the Michigan territory, authorized to divide it into townships, &c.

Election of

Proviso.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all county officers within said county officers. territory shall be hereafter elected by the qualified electors residing in each county, at such time and place, and in such manner, as the said governor and legislative council may from time to time direct: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall authorize the electors aforesaid to elect any judge of any court of record, or clerk thereof, or any sheriff, or judge of probate, or justice of the peace. And that so much of the ordinance of Congress, passed July the thirteenth, seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the laws of the United States, as are inconsistent with the provisions of this section, and as regard the Michigan territory, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Vol. i. 51.

The civil officers of said ter

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said terriritory to be ap- tory shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the said pointed by the legislative council, shall appoint, all other civil officers in said territory, governor, by except such as are appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the same. And the sent of the legis governor of the said territory shall have power to fill all vacancies in the offices required to be nominated by him, which may happen during

advice and con

lative council.

(a) See notes to the act of February 16, 1819, ch. 22, for the acts relating to the territory of Michigan.