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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That William Coleman be, and he is hereby authorised to produce to the said register and receiver evidence of his right to a donation of a tract of land, on the Tombigbee river in said territory; and in case he shall produce satisfactory evidence to the said register and receiver, that he was entitled to a donation of such tract, according to the provisions of the second section of the act, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee," and the acts supplementary thereto, it shall then be lawful for the said William Coleman to locate a quantity of land equal to that to which he was entitled under the abovementioned provisions, on any lands of the United States, which shall have been offered at public sale, in the said district, and that shall then remain unsold; and it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to issue a donation certificate to the said William Coleman, for the land so located by him.

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Right of pre

five acres of land vested in

Edwin Lewis,

Sec. 3, And be it further enacted, That Edwin Lewis be entitled to the right of pre-emption in emption in five acres of land, situate within the boundaries of a tract of land, whereon he resides, which five acres were heretofore used for an encampment, for the troops of the United States, so soon as the same shall cease to be used for that purpose; the said five acres to be paid for at the same price, on the same terms and conditions, as are provided for lands granted by right of pre-emption in the Missis sippi territory.

Title of Sam 584 acres of land confirm

uel Mims to

ed, with reser

vation of legal

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Samuel Mims be, and he is hereby confirmed in his title to a tract of land, containing five hundred and eighty-four acres, granted by the British government of West Florida, to Wilremedy to the liam Clark, so as not to deprive the heirs of heirs of Wm. said Clark, or any other person or persons, of Clark, &c. their legal remedy, if any they have, for the recovery of said land from said Mims, his heirs or assigns.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Wilson be, and he is hereby authorised to enter with the register of the land of fice his certificate of pre-emption right, granted to him by the board of commissioners, for the district east of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory, for the quantity of four hundred and eighty acres of land, lying on the Tombigbee river in said territory; and that payment be made therefor, at the same price and on the same terms and conditions, as are provided by law, for other lands granted in right of pre-emption in said territory.

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CHAPTER CVII.

AN ACT to increase the salaries of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia.

num addition

E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to the compensation heretofore allowed $200 per anby law to the judges of the circuit court for al salary althe district of Columbia, the sum of two hun- lowed to chief justice of the dred dollars per annum be paid to the chief circuit court justice of the said court, and the sum of four for the district hundred dollars per annum be paid to each of the assistant judges, payable quarter yearly; the first quarterly payment to be made on the first day of April next.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN POPE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1811.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

of Columbia,

and $400 additional to sistant judges.

each of the as

CHAPTER CVIII.

AN ACT making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Great and Little Osage nations of Indians, concluded at Fort Clarke, on the tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight; and for other purposes.

B. Representatives of the United States of

E it enacted by the Senate and House of

America, in Congress assembled, That for the

.

$5,000 ap-
propriated for
carrying into

effect a treaty
between the
and the Great

United States

and Little
Osage na-
tions; with a
permanent

annual appro-
priation of
$1,000 for

the Great and

$500 for the
Little Osage

nation.

$680 appro

the sum al

lowed J. E.

purpose of carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Great and Little Osage nations of Indians, concluded and signed at Fort Clarke on the Missouri, on the tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated; and the further annual sum of one thousand dol lars to the Great Osage nation, and of five hundred dollars to the Little Osage nation, to be paid annually to the said nations; which annuities shall be permanent.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the priated to pay sum of six hundred and eighty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for paying Leitensdorfer Jolm Eugene Leitensdorfer the sum allowed by the act of him by the act passed on the thirteenth day of February, one February, one thousand eight hundred and

thirteenth

thousand

eight hundred
and eleven.

eleven.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several sums appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN POPE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1811.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CIX.

AN ACT concerning Invalid Pensioners.

to place cer

war directed tain persons on the list of invalid pensioners, at certain rates.

Bit E it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the United States of Secretary of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby directed to place the following named persons, whose names have been transmitted to Congress, pursuant to the act of the tenth of April, eighteen hundred and six, on the pension list of invalid pensioners of the United States according to the rates, and to commence at the times hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:

Pensioners and their

James Trowbridge, at the rate of three dollars and thirty-three cents per month, to commence on the fifth day of February, one thou- rates. sand eight hundred and ten.

Samuel Mears, junr. at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per month, to commence on the tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

Ebenezer Brown, at the rate of five dollars per month, to commence on the third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

Elisha Capron, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per month, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

William Woodruff, at the rate of five dol. lars per month, to commence on the twentyfourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

Levi Tuttle, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per month, to commence on

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