A subscription to the amount of twelve millions of dol

lars of the six

of 1813, pro

sury, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to cause to be constituted certificates of stock, signed by the register of the treasury, or by a commissioner of loans, for the whole or any part thereof, bearing an interest not exceeding four and one half per centum per annum, transferable and reimbursable as aforesaid, and to cause the said certificates to be sold: Provided, That no stock be sold under par.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a subscription to the amount of twelve millions of dollars, of the six per cent. stock of the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, be, and the same is hereby, proposed; for which purpose books shall be opened at the treasury of the United per cent. stock States, and at the several loan offices, on the first day of April next, to posed. continue open until the first day of October thereafter, for such parts of the above mentioned description of stock as shall, on the day of subscription, stand on the books of the treasury, and on those of the several loan offices, respectively; which subscription shall be effected by a transfer to the United States, in the manner provided by law for such transfers, of the credit or credits standing on the said books, and by a surrender of the certificates of the stock so subscribed: Provided, That all subscription by such transfer of stock shall be considered as part of the said twelve millions of dollars authorized to be borrowed by the first section of this act.

Proviso.

Credits to be entered to the respective subscribers.

Proviso.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the whole or any part of any sum which shall be thus subscribed, credits shall be entered to the respective subscribers, who shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates purporting that the United States owe to the holder or holders thereof, his, her, or their assigns, a sum to be expressed therein, equal to the amount of the principal stock thus subscribed, bearing an interest not exceeding four and one half per centum per annum, payable quarterly, from the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five; transferable in the same manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the stock subscribed, and subject to redemption at the pleasure of the United States, as follows: one half at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight; and the remainder at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine: Provided, That no reimbursement shall be made except for the whole amount of such new certificate; nor until after at least six months' public notice of such intended reimbursement. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be re-transferred to the respective subscribers the several sums by them subscribed beyond the amount of the certificates of four and one half per cent. stock issued to them respectively. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the same funds which have heretofore been, and now are, pledged by law for the payment of the payment of the interest, and for the redemption and reimbursement of the stock which may be redeemed or reimbursed by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall remain pledged in like manner for the payment of the interest accruing on the stock created by reason of such subscription, and for the redemption or reimbursement of the principal of the same. And it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the sinking fund to cause to be applied and paid, out of the said fund, yearly and every year, such sum and sums as may be annually required to discharge the interest accruing on the stock which may be created by virtue of this act. said commissioners are, also, hereby authorized to apply, from time to time, such sum and sums out of the said fund, as they may think proper, towards redeeming, by purchase, or by reimbursement, in conformity with the provisions of this act, the principal of the said stock; and such part of the annual sum of ten millions of dollars, vested by law in the said commissioners, as may be necessary and required for the above

Funds heretofore pledged by law for the

interest, &c.

still remain

pledged.

The

purposes, shall be and continue appropriated to the payment of interest and redemption of the public debt, until the whole of the stock which may be created under the provisions of this act, shall have been redeemed or reimbursed.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed in any wise to alter, abridge, or impair the right of those creditors of the United States, who shall not subscribe to the loan to be opened by virtue of this act. APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

Nothing in

this act to impair the right of certain credi

tors of the Uni ted States.

STATUTE II.

CHAP. CI.-An Act to authorize the building of ten sloops of war, and for other March 3, 1825.

purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be built, in addition to the present naval force of the United States, a number of sloops of war, not exceeding ten, to carry not less than twenty guns, each, of such description and weight of metal as the President may direct; and that the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the aforesaid purpose, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Certain pub

lic vessels to be sold.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be sold, at such time, and in such manner, as he shall judge best for the public interest, the whole, or a part, of the vessels which were purchased under the authority of the act, entitled "An act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of piracy;" also, the whole of the public vessels upon 20, 1822, ch. 1. Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain, except the ships of the line New Orleans and Chippewa, now on the stocks, under cover at Sacketts' Harbour.

Act of Dec.

Proceeds of

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of such sales shall be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, such sales, &c. to the repairs and building of sloops of war-which have been, or may be, authorized to be built. APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

STATUTE II.

CHAP. CII.—An Act to alter the terms of the district court of the United States in March 3, 1825. the western 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, in and for the western district of Virginia, instead of the time now fixed by law, shall be holden on the days and at the places hereinafter mentioned, namely, 'at Staunton, on the last Mondays in March and August; at Wythe Courthouse, on the first Mondays in April and September; at Lewisburg, on the Fridays after the first Mondays in April and September, and at Clarksburg, on the first Mondays of June and November, in each year.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all recognisances, process, suits, and proceedings, of every kind, whether of a civil or criminal nature, commenced or pending in either of said courts, shall be returned to, proceeded in, and determined at the terms herein provided for, in the same manner as if the time of holding said courts had not been changed. APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

(a) See notes to the act of Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12.

Act of Feb. 10,

1820, ch. 9. district court for the western district of Virginia, changed.

Terms of tho

Recogni

sances, &c., to be proceeded with as before.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1825. CHAP. CIII.-An Act to authorize the laying out and opening of a public road from St. Mary's river, to the bay of Tampa, in the territory of Florida.

A road to be opened in the territory of Florida, commenc

ing at the bay of Tampa, to Wantons, in said territory.

The troops of

the United

States to be employed.

12,000 dollars appropriated.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be opened, in the territory of Florida, a public road, commencing at the bay of Tampa, and, pursuing the most direct practicable route to Wantons, in said territory, and thence, pursuing the most direct and practicable route to Colerain, on the St. Mary's river.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ the troops of the United States, stationed in Florida, in such manner as he may thing [think] proper, in the completion, or assisting in the completion of said road.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for defraying the expenses of opening said road, the sum of twelve thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1825. CHAP. CVI.—An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of

The Treasu

ry Department

claim of the state of Vir

Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United to liquidate the States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the claim of the state of Virginia against the United States, for interest upon loans or moneys borrowed and actually expended by her, for the use and benefit of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain.

ginia against the United States.

Rules appli

cable when the amount of interest on said claim is ascertained.

Amount of interest to be paid from the treasury.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in ascertaining the amount of interest, as aforesaid, due to the state of Virginia, the following rules shall be understood as applicable to and governing the case, to wit: First, That interest shall not be computed on any sum which Virginia has not expended for the use and benefit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to Virginia by the United States; Second, that no interest shall be paid on any sum on which she has not paid interest; Third, That, when the principal, or any part of it, has been paid or refunded by the United States, or money placed in the hands of Virginia for that purpose, the interest on the sum or sums so paid or refunded, shall cease, and not be considered as chargeable to the United States, any longer than up to the time of the repayment as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the interest, when ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1825.

Any ship or

passing of this

act, to be forfeited, if en

CHAP. CVII.—An Act concerning wrecks on the coast of Florida.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United vessel, after the States of America, in Congress assembled, That, if any ship or vessel shall, after the passing of this act, be engaged or employed in carrying or transporting any property whatsoever, taken from any wreck, from the sea, or from any of the keys or shoals within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, to any foreign port or place, every such ship or vessel, so engaged and employed, together with her tackle,

gaged in carry ing any property, whatever,

apparel, and furniture, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States or territories thereof, having competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all property, of every description whatsoever, which shall be taken from any wreck from the sea, or from any of the keys and shoals, within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, shall be brought to some port of entry within the jurisdiction aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all and every forfeiture or forfeitures, which shall be incurred by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall accrue one moiety to the informer or informers, and the other to the United States, and may be mitigated or remitted, in manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and made perpetual by an act passed eleventh February, one thousand eight hundred.

APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

CHAP. CXI.-An Act to extend the time of issuing and locating military land March 3, 1825. warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the time limited by the second section of the act approved the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, for issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army, shall be extended till the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and the time for locating the unlocated warrants shall be extended till the first day of October thereafter. APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

[Expired.] The time limited by the act

of Feb. 24th, 1819, ch. 41, for issuing military

land warrants, extended.

STATUTE II.

CHAP. CXII.-An Act to make Castine a port of entry for ships or vessels coming March 3, 1825. from beyond the Cape of Good Hope.

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 April next, Castine, in the state of Maine, shall be, and is hereby, made a port of entry for ships or vessels coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope. APPROVED, March 3, 1825.

Castine, in the state of Maine, made a port of entry.

STATUTE II.

Secretary of the Treasury to

CHAP. CXIII.—An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses and light vessels, March 3, 1825. and beacons, and monuments, therein mentioned; 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 Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, empowered to provide by contract, for building lighthouses and light vessels, erecting beacons and monuments, and placing buoys, on the following sites or shoals, to wit:

A lighthouse on a proper site on Moose Peak Islands, in the state of Maine; and a monument on a proper site on Stage island, in the same

state.

A lighthouse on a proper site, at or near the mouth of Burlington harbour, in the state of Vermont.

M

provide for the building of lighthouses, &c.

A lighthouse on Moose Peak islands, &c.

At the mouth of Burlington harbour.

A house at the entrance of Nantucket harbour, for the keeper; with a tower on the same for the lantern, in the state of Massachusetts.

A lighthouse on Dutch Island, in Narraganset Bay, in the state of Rhode Island; and a small beacon light on Warwick Neck, in the same

state.

Three small beacons at the entrance of Mill river harbour, in the state of Connecticut.

A lighthouse near the Fire Island inlet, on the south side of Long Island, in the state of New York; and a lighthouse on Stoney Point, instead of Verplank's Point, as heretofore directed, in the same state.

A lighthouse on Cedar Point, at or near the mouth of Patuxent river, in the state of Maryland, and a small beacon light on Point Look Out, at the mouth of Potomac, in the same state.

A light vessel for Albermarle Sound, in the state of North Carolina, to be placed either at or near [the] south point of Roanoke Island, or at the end of Wade's Point Shoal, at the mouth of Pasquotank river, in the

same state.

A lighthouse on Point Defer, in the state of Louisiana.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money, to wit:

For a lighthouse on the Moose Peak Islands, in the state of Maine, four thousand dollars; for a monument on Stage Island, one thousand five hundred dollars; and for placing a buoy in Winter Harbour, in the same state, fifty dollars.

For a lighthouse at the mouth of Burlington harbour, in the state of Vermont, four thousand dollars.

For the keeper's house at the entrance of Nantucket harbour, with a tower on the same, in the state of Massachusetts, sixteen hundred dollars.

For a lighthouse on Dutch Island, in Narraganset Bay, in the state of Rhode Island, three thousand dollars; and for a small beacon light on Warwick Neck, in the same state, one thousand dollars.

For three small beacons at the entrance of Mill river harbour, in the state of Connecticut, two thousand six hundred dollars.

For a lighthouse near Fire Island inlet, in the state of New York, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars; and for the lighthouse heretofore directed to be built on Throg's Neck, and for the site thereof, in the same state, seven thousand dollars.

For a lighthouse on Cedar Point, in the state of Maryland, six thousand dollars; and for a small beacon light on Point Look Out, in the same state, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For the light vessel to be placed in Albemarle Sound, in the state of North Carolina, a sum not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. For replacing the buoy at Ocracocke Inlet, and for two buoys to be placed, one at Fulcher's Point, and one at Cross Rock, Croaton Sound, in the same state, one hundred and eighty dollars.

For three buoys to be anchored at proper places, at the entrance of the harbour of Pensacola, in the territory of Florida, one hundred and eighty dollars.

For the lighthouse on Point Defer, in the state of Louisiana, ten thousand dollars.

For completing the work to secure Plymouth Beach, in the state of Massachusetts, five thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars.

For erecting a pier at the mouth of Cayahoga River, in the state of Ohio, five thousand dollars; and for completing the pier at the mouth of Grand River, in the same state, one thousand dollars.

And for surveys to be made under the direction of the President of the United States, for the following purposes, to wit: to ascertain the practicability and necessity of constructing a pier, at the mouth of the