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this is an amendment shall have died in the service, and his horse, saddle, bridle, or equipments, shall have been turned over to an officer, or other person, for the benefit of the United States, by order of the officer commanding, and not restored to the representative of the deceased or paid for by the United States.

APPROVED, October 14, 1837.

CHAP. VI.—An Act for the relief of D. P. Madison.

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 and requested to cause to be executed, a grant and re-conveyance to Mrs. D. P. Madison, her executors, administrators, and assigns, of the right to publish in foreign countries, for her own benefit, the manuscript debates of the Convention which formed the Constitution of this Government, as well as the nett avails of any such publication which may have been ordered by her: Provided, however, That she shall not be allowed to withdraw from the possession of the Government either of the copies of said debates which accompanied her conveyance. APPROVED, October 14, 1837.

CHAP. VII.-An Act making an additional appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the further sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray any expenses which have been or may be incurred, in preventing or suppressing the hostilities of any Indians: to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, conformably to the acts of Congress of the nineteenth of March, eighteen hundred and thirtysix, and the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the acts therein referred to.

APPROVED, October 16, 1837.

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STATUTE I.

CHAP. VIII.-An Act authorizing a further postponement of payment upon duty Oct. 16, 1837.

bonds.

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 hereby is, authorized to grant such further extension of credit upon all bonds for duties now outstanding as shall make the whole extension of credit upon each bond nine months from the time when the original bond became due and payable, making the extension in each case to depend upon the same conditions as to additional security, the payment of interest, and other terms, which have been prescribed by the Treasury Department, to the extension of revenue bonds since May last: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to include any existing bonds where the parties to the same have not, since the bonds became payable, given additional security, or made part payment, and are, by the proper officers of the Government, considered insolvent, or unsafe securities for the payment of their bonds.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a credit of three and six months shall be allowed on the duty on all merchandise which shall have been or may be imported on or before the first day of November next, upon which the duties are payable in cash, and that the bonds received for such duties shall be payable in equal instalments, bearing

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The Secretary of the Treasury

authorized to grant such further extension of credit on bonds, &c.

Proviso.

A credit of 3 and 6 months to be allowed on

the duty on all merchandise imported before

1st Nov. next,

interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and shall be in the form upon which the and upon the conditions prescribed by existing laws and by this act.

duties are pay

able in cash. The bonds re

ceived for such duties to be payable in equal in stalments, bear

ing 6 per cent.

interest, and in the form and

by law.

upon the conditions prescribed When the security in bonds postponed is entirely satisfactory, the principals or sureties

shall not be disabled. &c. Proviso.

STATUTE I. Oct. 16, 1837.

The Secretary of the Treasury

authorized to continue to withdraw the public moneys in the former

deposite banks,

in a manner as convenient to them as shall be

consistent with

the wants of the Government,

&c.

Act of June 23, 1836, ch. 115. This provision to extend to moneys whether standing to the credit of the

Treasurer U.

S., or any other

officer of the Government.

In case of any of said banks

not complying

with the requi-
sitions of the

Secretary of the
Treasury, suits

shall be insti-
tuted, unless,
&c.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That where the security in any bond which has been, or may hereafter be postponed, is entirely satisfactory, the principal or sureties in the same shall not be disabled from being in the mean time, till the period of postponement provided for by this act expires, received as principal or sureties in other bonds for duties, notwithstanding the bond first given may not have been actually paid, discharged, or extended before or on the day it fell due: Provided, That such principal and sureties shall be found in all other respects, safe and satisfactory security for the bonds to which they may be proposed as parties.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the operation of all prior laws, and parts of laws, so far as inconsistent with this act, be suspended in the particulars in which they may conflict with, or differ from, its provisions, until this act shall cease by its own limitations. APPROVED, October 16, 1837.

CHAP. IX.—An Act for adjusting the remaining claims upon the late deposite

banks.

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 to continue to withdraw the public moneys now remaining in any of the former deposite banks, in a manner as gradual and convenient to the institutions as shall be consistent with the pecuniary wants of the Government, and the safety of the funds thus to be drawn; and that no further interest than that required by the deposite act of the twenty-third of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, under which those deposites were made, shall be demanded of any bank which has met, and shall hereafter meet, the requisitions of the Department. This provision shall also extend to such public moneys as may remain in any of the said banks, whether standing to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, or of any disbursing or other public officer of the Government.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of neglect or refusal by any of the said banks to comply with the requisitions of the Secretary of the Treasury, as he shall make them, in conformity with the first section of this act, suits shall be instituted, where that has not already been done, to recover the amounts due to the United States, unless the defaulting bank shall forthwith cause to be executed and delivered to the Secretary of the Treasury a bond, with security to be approved by the Solicitor of the Treasury, to pay to the United States the whole moneys due from it, in three instalments: the first to be paid on the first day of July next, the second on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and the remaining instalment on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; and the default mentioned in this act, on which interest is to commence at the rate of six per [centum per annum,] shall be understood to be the neglect or omission of said banks, or any of them, to answer the drafts or requisitions of the Secretary of the Treasury made on them according to the provisions of the first section of this act; and interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the time of default, together with any damages which may have accrued to the United States from protests of drafts drawn upon it, or from any other consequence of its failure to fulfil its obligations to the public treasury.

APPROVED, October 16, 1837.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. X.-An Act making further appropriations for the year eighteen hundred Oct. 16, 1837. and thirty-seven.

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 pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, two hundred and forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate, thirty thousand dollars.

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, fifty thousand dollars.

For the contingent expenses of the navy, as enumerated in the act of the third of March last, in addition to the amount appropriated by that act, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, ten thousand dollars.

For defraying the expenses attending the prosecution of the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed by the late James Smithson, of London, five thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses in the office of the Treasurer, five hundred dollars.

For preparing, printing, and binding documents ordered by the resolutions of the Senate of the second of July, 1836, twenty-fifth of February, 1837, and second of March, 1837, to be disbursed under the direction of the Committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate, twenty-five thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the revenue from duties, or from the sales of public lands remaining in the hands of the receiving and collecting officers, be not sufficient at any time to pay debentures and other charges which are by existing laws made payable out of the accruing revenue before it is transferred to the credit of the Treasurer, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the said debentures and other charges out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized, to arrange and settle any of the outstanding transfer drafts given to transfer moneys to the States under the act of twenty-third of June, 1836, and which have not been paid by the depositories upon which they were drawn, or otherwise arranged and settled by the United States, by receiving such drafts at par in payment of any debts due to the United States, without any allowance of interest for the time the drafts have been outstanding and unpaid, or any other allowance for interest or damages of any description. APPROVED, October 16, 1837.

[Obsolete.]

Pay and mileage of members of Congress. Expenses of the Senate.

Expenses of the House of Representatives. Expenses of the Navy, act of March 3, 1837,

chap. 30.

Relief and protection of American seamen. U. S. claim to the Smithson legacy. Expenses in the Treasurer's office.

Documents ordered by reso

Intions of the
Senate, &c.

If the revenue

remaining in the hands of the collecting officers be not sufficient at any time to pay debentures,

&c.

The Secretary of the Treasury

authorized to arrange and set

the outstanding drafts given to to the States under act 23d June, 1836, ch.

transfer moneys

115, &c.

RESOLUTION.

No. 1. A Resolution directing the postage on letters sent by the Express Mail Oct. 12, 1837.

to be paid in advance.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to cause the postage on all letters sent by the Express Mail of the United States to be paid in advance at the time of depositing them for transportation by said mail.

APPROVED, October 12, 1837.

[Obsolete.]

Postage on let

ters sent by the Express Mail to be paid in ad

vance.

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH 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 4th day of December, 1837, and ended July 7, 1838.

MARTIN VAN BUREN, President. RICHARD M. JOHNSON, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. JAMES K. POLK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

STATUTE II.

Dec. 22, 1837. CHAP. I.-An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the public vessels to cruise upon the coast in the winter season and to relieve distressed navigators.

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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 hereby is, authorized to cause any suitable number of public vessels, adapted to the purpose, to cruise upon the coast, in the severe portion of the season, when the public service will allow of it, and to afford such aid to distressed navigators as their circumstances and necessities may require; and such public vessels shall go to sea prepared fully to render such assistance.

APPROVED, December 22, 1837.

CHAP. II.—An Act to ratify and confirm certain official acts of John Pope, late
Governor of Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the locations, sales, and transfers of John Pope, late Governor of Arkansas, of a quantity of the public land, not exceeding ten sections, (or six thousand four hundred acres,) which was granted by Congress to Arkansas to build a State-house at Little Rock, the seat of Government of Arkansas, to sundry citizens of Arkansas, in pursuance of an authority vested in him by an act of Congress of the fourth day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and confirmed: Provided said location, sales, and transfers, were in conformity to legal subdivisions, be those divisions fractional quarter sections or not: And provided, also, That the gross amount of acres of land thus located, sold, and transferred, for the purpose aforesaid, does not exceed six thousand four hundred acres; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cause patents to issue to said purchasers, their heirs, or their legal representatives, for the late Governor's several locations, sales, and transfers, whenever the applications are properly made by said purchasers or their legal representatives.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the northeast and southwest quarters of section twenty-seven, township eighteen south, range one West, the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, same township and

range, the southwest quarter of section fifteen, township nineteen south, range one west, the northwest and southeast quarters of section nine, same township and range, all in the Mississippi land district, State of Arkansas, be, and the same are hereby, excepted from the provisions of this act.

APPROVED, January 16, 1838.

CHAP. III.—An Act to provide for the payment of the annuities which will become due and payable to the Great and Little Osages, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, 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 War shall cause to be purchased for the use of the Great and Little Osage Indians, such provisions as will in his opinion be most useful to them, to the value of eight thousand five hundred dollars, and when purchased, shall cause said provisions to be distributed among said Indians, by their agent, furnishing to each family, as near as may be, their proper proportion; Provided always, That such purchase and distribution shall not be made, unless said Indians agree to receive the same in discharge of the annuities due them for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, by virtue of treaties between them and the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War cause as many additional farmers to be employed as may, in the opinion of the President, be deemed necessary to aid and instruct said Indians in clearing and cultivating their lands, and such additional stock, implements of husbandry and seeds to be purchased for the use of said Indians, as the agent or superintendent may judge necessary; Provided always, That the whole expense incurred under this section, shall not exceed the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That to enable the Secretary of War to carry the provisions of this act into effect, 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, January 16, 1838.

CHAP. IV.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

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STATUTE II.

Jan. 30, 1838. [Obsolete.] Appropriation.

To be expended under direc

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one million of dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray any expenses which have been, or may be, incurred, in preventing or sup-to pressing the hostilities of any Indians, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, conformably to the acts of Congress of the nineteenth of March and the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the acts therein referred to.

APPROVED, January 30, 1838.

CHAP. V.—An Act making an appropriation for the protection of the northern frontier of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the VOL. V.-27

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War, conformably, &c.

1836, ch. 43. 1836, ch. 254.

STATUTE II.

Jan. 30, 1838. [Obsolete.]

Appropriation.

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