of the cork of the court, &c. Persons swearing falsely. The Secretary of War may strike from the pension list the names of persons, who, in his opinion, are not in indigent circumstances^ fee. Proviso. And any person who shall swear or affirm falsely in the premises, and be thereof convicted, shall suffer as for wilful and corrupt perjury. , Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That on the receipt of the copy ot the schedule and oath, or affirmation aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the War Department to cause to be struck from the list ot pensioners under the said act, the name of such person, in case the said person shall not, in his opinion, be in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country: Provided, That every person, who shall have been placed on the pension list in consequence of disability, from known wounds received in the revolutionary war, and who shall have relinquished such pension in order to avail themselves of the benefit of the provisions of the act, to which this is an amendment, who, by virtue, of this section, may be stricken from the pension list, shall be forthwith restored to the pension so relinquished. Approved, May 1, 1820. Statute I. May 1, 1820. Each judge of the orphans' court in the District of Columbia, allowed 6 dollars for nach day he attends, &c. Statute I. May 4, 1830. Charters of the banks in the District paying specie, and as long as they pay specie continued until 1st June, 1822. Charter of Bank of Columbia limited to 1st June, 1822. Proviso. Chap. LTV.—An Act to increate the allowance of the judges of the Orphan/ Court in the counties of Washington and Alexandria. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, the judge of the orphans' court for the county of Washmgton, in the District of Columbia, and the judge of the orphans' court for the county of Alexandria, in the same district, shall each be entitled to receive, in lieu of his present compensation, the sum of six dollars for every day he shall attend in the execution of his office: to be paid in the same manner as is now by law directed. Approved, May 1, 18^ Chap. lXIl.—AnAct concerning thelanks of the district of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the charters of the several incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, now paymg specie, and during such time only as such banks respectively shall continue to pay specie, be, and the same are hereby extended to the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, any thing m the said charters to the contrary notwithstanding; and the charter of tlie Bank ot Columbia, be, and the same is hereby declared to be limited m its duration to the said first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two: Provided, That this act shall be of no force or effect to extend any charter aforesaid, till a majority in interest of the stockholders of the several banks whose charters may be hereby extended, shall nle their declarations in writing, in the office of the Secretary of the lreasury, assenting to, and accepting the benefit of this act . Approved, May 4, 1820. Statute I May 8,1820. Chap. LXXV.-^n Act further to regulate tU medical department of the army. "Act of April Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 24,1816, ch. 69, states of Americi, in Congress assembled,TM*, the apothecary general s6 Apothecary and assistant apothecaries general, shall severally give bonds to the Umted and^sisunT States, with good and sufficient security, for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sums as shall be required by the Surgeon General apothecaries general to give bonds, with aecurity, &c. Chap. LXXX1V.—An Act to establish additional land offices in the stales of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the sale of the unappropriated public lands in the state of Alabama, the following districts shall be formed, and land offices therefor established: All the public lands, as aforesaid, bounded on the north by the line which separates townships numbered fourteen and fifteen, in the districtof Huntsville; on the south, by the line which separates townships twenty-two and twentythree, in the district of Cahawba, and the. district east of Pearl river; and on the east and west, by the lines of the state of Alabama; shall form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Tuscaloosa. And all the public lands, as aforesaid, bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the state of Alabama; on the west, by the line separating ranges four and five, east of the basis meridian, to the line separating townships five and six north, in the district of Cahawba; thence, east, with said line, to the line separating ranges twenty and twenty-one; thence north, with the said line, to the line separating townships eleven and twelve; thence, east, with said line, to the eastern boundary of the state of Alabama, and bounded on the east by the eastern boundary of said state; shall form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Conecuh Courthouse. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public lands, heretofore included in the Shawneetown land district, as lies east of the third principal meridian, north of the base line, and west of the range line, between ranges numbered eight and nine, east of the said third principal meridian, shall constitute a separate land district; and, for the sale of the public lands therein, there shall be a land office established at Vandalia, the seat of government for the state of Illinois. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public land as lies north of the base line, east of the aforesaid range line, and west of the Big Wabash river, as lies in the state of Illinois, shall also constitute a separate land district; and for the sale of the public lands, there shall be a land office established at the town of Palestine, on the said Wabash river. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and receiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintend the sales of the public lands in their respective districts, who shall reside at the places designated in their respective districts, at which the offices are fixed, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the second, third, and fifth sections of the act, entitled "An act to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the public lands, not heretofore offered for sale, in the states of Ohio and Indiana," approved March the third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the aforesaid districts and offices, so far as they are not changed by subsequent laws of the United States. Approved, May 11, 1820. A Statute I. May 11, 1820. District and land office at Tuscaloosa. District and land office at Conecuh Courthouse. Part of Shawneetown district to form a separate land district. Land office at Vandalia. Another land district at Illinois. Land office at Palestine. A register and receiver for each of the land offices, with compensation, &c. as in other cases. 2d, 3d and 5th sections of the act of 3d March, 1819, ch. 92,applicable,&c, so far as they have not been changed, &c. Statute I. May 11, 1320. 1823. ch. 10 §1. Powers of the commissioners for deciding on claims to lands in the district of Detroit, under act of 23d April, 1812, ch. 62, revived. Commissioners to perform the duties prescribed. Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 99. And to examine and decide on claims filed, &c. Report and transcripts to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, &c. An agent capable of translating the French language. Agent to give notice, and attend, &c. Claimants to produce evidence, &c. Agent to report to the commissioners, &c. Commissioners to transmit report and transcripts to the Secretary of the Treasury, &c. Agent to take an oath. 500 dollars for each commissioner and agent, with fees to agent and register. Chap. LXXXV.—An Act to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on claims to land in the district of Detroit, and for settling the claims to land at Green Bay and Prairie des Chiens, in the territory of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on the rights of persons claiming lands in the district of Detroit, as defined by the second section of an act, entitled "An act to authorize the granting of patents for land according to the surveys that have been made, and to grant donation rights to certain claimants of land in the district of Detroit, and for other purposes," passed on the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall be, and are hereby, revived. And the said commissioners shall perform the duties therein prescribed, in relation to the claims which have been filed with the register of the land office for the said district, in pursuance of the act, entitled "An act allowing further time for entering donation rights to lands in the district of Detroit." And the said commissioners shall also have power to examine and decide, according to the laws respecting the same, the claims which have been filed with the register of the land office, and not heretofore decided on; and they shall transmit their report, and transcripts of their decisions, to the Secretary df the Treasury, to be laid before Congress, in the manner directed by former laws providing for the adjustment of such claims. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to employ, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, a person capable of translating the French language, as an agent, for the purpose of ascertaining the titles and claims to land at the settlements of Green Bay, and Prairie des Chiens. It shall be the duty of the said agent to give public notice, at each of the said settlements, of the time and place therein, at which he shall attend for the purpose of receiving notices and evidence of tides and claims to lands within the same. And every person having title or claim to lands within the settlements aforesaid, shall produce the evidence of his title or claim to the said agent, who shall record the same in books to be kept for that purpose. And after the said agent shall have remained at the places aforesaid, a time sufficient for the inhabitants to produce the evidence of their claims, he shall make his report thereof to the said commissioners, who shall have power to examine and decide on the claims so reported to them, according to the laws for adjusting and settling the claims to land in the district of Detroit, except, that which relates to donations of vacant land adjacent to the land confirmed shall not be considered applicable to claims in the settlements aforesaid. And the said commissioners shall transmit their report, and transcripts of their decisions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, to be laid before Congress at their next session thereafter, in the same manner as was directed by law in respect to the claims to lands in the district of Detroit. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the agent aforesaid shall take an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined on him; and he shall conform, in discharging the said duties, to such general instructions as shall be given him by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the said commissioners and agent shall each receive five hundred dollars, as full compensation for the services to be performed under this act, together with the recording fees to the agent, and allowance to the register, for a certificate of confirmation for donation rights provided for by former laws. Approved, May 11, 1820. Chap. LXXXVI.—-An Act for the relief qf certain settlers in the state of Illinois who reside within the Vincennes land district. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person, who would have been entitled to the right of pre-emption, according to the provisions of the act, entitled." An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the Illinois territory," passed February the fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, provided said act had been so construed as to embrace those who were living within the limits of the Vincennes land district, and who became the purchaser, at public sale, of the said land, to which the right of pre-emption would have so attached, at more than two dollars per acre, shall be entitled to a certificate for the amount, so paid or to be paid, exceeding two dollars per acre, from the register of the land office at Vincennes; which certificate shall be receivable in payment of any debt due to the United States on account of the sale of public land: Provided, however, That it shall be the duty of every person claiming the benefit of this act, to prove, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the land office at Vincennes, that they are entitled thereto, according to its true intent and meaning. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person who would have been entitled to the right of pre-emption in the said Vincennes district, according to the provisions of the said recited act, passed the fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirteen, had it been so construed as to embrace them, and who did not become the purchaser of any tract of land to which such right of pre-emption would have attached, shall be allowed till the first day of September next, to prove, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver at Vincennes, that they would have been so entitled ; and-it shall be the duty of the register, when the satisfaction aforesaid shall be made, to grant a certificate to every such person, or their legal representatives, stating therein that such person would have been entitled to such right of pre-emption, and that he did not become the purchaser thereof, neither at public nor private sale. And every such person, or his legal representatives, shall, upon producing such certificate to the register of any land office in the state of Illinois, be allowed to enter one quarter section of land, each, at the minimum price fixed by the United States, of any land which may be surveyed previous to the first day of September next, whether the same shall have been offered at public sale or not. Approved, May 11, 1820. Statute I. May 11, 1820. [Obsolete.] Persons who would have been entitled to right of preemption, to be entitled to certificate for the excess paid above 2 dollars per acre, &c. Act of Feb. 5, 1813, ch. 20. Certificate receivable in payment of debt to United States for land. Proviso. Persons who would have been entitled, &c. who were not purchasers, allowed till 1st Sept., 1820, to prove,&c. Register, on satisfaction, to grant a certificate, kc. Every person, upon certificate allowed to enter a quarter section, at minimam price, Sic. Chap. LXXXVII.—An Act supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the claims for lands within the eastern district of the state of Louisiana, described by the register and receiver of the said district, in their report to the commissioner of the general land office, bearing date the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and recommended in the said report for confirmation, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed against any claim on the part of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons, claiming lands within that part of Louisiana lying west of the river Mississippi, including the island of New Orleans, founded upon any Spanish grant, concession, or order of survey, and whose claims have not heretofore Statute I. May 11, 1820. Act of March 3, 1819, ch.100. Claims for lands in the eastern district of Louisiana, confirmed. Persons claiming lands west of the Mississippi, founded upon Spanish grants, &c. Notices, &c. to be recorded. Twenty-five cents for every hundred words recorded. Persons neglecting forfeit their rights, &c. Registers to report to the Secretary of the Treasury. Persons claiming lands under Spanish grants, &c. Evidence to be recorded. Rights of persons neglecting, barred, &c. Registers, on the 1st of Jan., 1821, to report claims in which additional evidence has been filed, &c. Secretary of the Treasury to examine, and report to Congress. Proviso. The 5th section of the act of 3d March, 1811, ch. 46,revived and continued until 11th May, 1822. 1823, ch. 18. been filed in the proper office, may, from and after the first day of July next, and until the thirty-first day of December thereafter, deliver notices, in writing, and the written evidences, of their claims, to the register of the land district within which such lands may be situate, within the said state, and the said notices and evidences, so delivered, within the time limited by this act, shall, by the said registers, be recorded, in books to be kept for that purpose; for which service a compensation shall be received, from such claimants at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words. And the rights of such persons as shall neglect so doing, within the time limited by this act, shall, so far as they are derived from, or founded on, any act of Congress, ever after be barred, and become void, and the evidences of their claims never after admitted as evidence in any court of the United States, against any grant derived from the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said registers shall on the first day of January next, make, to the Secretary of the Treasury, a report of all the claims filed in their respective offices, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, together with the substance of the evidence in support thereof, with their opinion of the credit to which such evidence is entitled. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, claiming lands within that part of Louisiana described in the preceding section, founded upon any Spanish grant, concession, or order of survey, who had filed their notices of claims in the proper office, according to former laws, and whose claims have not been confirmed, may, at any time before the thirty-first day of December next, deliver additional written evidence, or other testimony, in support of their claims, the notice of which had been filed as aforesaid, to the said registers; and the evidence, so delivered, or offered, shall be recorded in books to be kept for that purpose; for which service a compensation shall be received, from such claimants, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words. And the rights of such persons as shall neglect so doing within the time limited by this act, shall, so far as they are derived from, or founded on, any act of Congress, ever after be barred, and become void, and the evidences of their claims never after admitted as evidence in any court of the United States, against any grant derived from the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said registers shall, on the first day of January next, make, to the Secretary of the Treasury, a report of the claims in which additional evidences shall have been filed in their respective offices, together with the substance of the evidence so filed, with their opinion of the credit to which such evidence is entitled, and such other information as the examination of such cases, under any former law, may have placed in their power or possession. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the reports of the said registers shall be received, to proceed to the examination of the claims aforesaid, and to report to the two houses of Congress a list of the cases, which, in his opinion, ought to be confirmed, together with the reasons upon which his opinion may be founded: Provided, nevertheless, That no claim shall be so recommended for confirmation, which contains more than the quantity contained in a league square. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the fifth section of the act of the third day of March, eighteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of the public lands, in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed for the same purpose, and approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven," be, and the same is hereby revived and continued, for the term of two years, from and after the passing of this act. |