the amount of their annual expenditures and receipts, so as to show the clear nett profit by them so received on such investment; and if at any time the nett profit shall happen to fall short of six per centum on the said capital so invested, it shall be lawful for them to increase the said rates of toll and wharfage in such manner as they may judge sufficient to produce six per centum per annum on the said investment; and should it so happen that at any time the nett proceeds aforesaid shall exceed a rate of ten per centum per annum, they shall so reduce the said rates as not to produce a greater nett profit than of the said rates of ten per centum. In estimating the amount of capital invested, the proceeds of sale of the real estate hereby granted to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, to aid them in the execution of the works hereby required, shall not be included, but the amount of sales of the said property, showing what part thereof shall have been sold, and at what price each part of the said property shall have been sold, shall form part of the said annual report. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, shall not begin to collect wharfage or tolls, until the said canal and works shall have been wholly completed according to the provisions of this act, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, for the time being, who is hereby authorized and required to give his certificate thereof, whenever, in his opinion, the same shall have been so completed; and upon obtaining such certificate, and depositing the same with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, in the county of Wash ington, to be by him recorded, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, to commence the collection of the said wharfage and tolls. And such right to collect the said rates of toll and wharfage shall cease, whenever the said canal shall be so out of repair as to impede the free and convenient use thereof by vessels or craft drawing four feet water, so long as the same shall so remain out of repair or obstructed. Sec. 8. And in order to aid the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, in fulfilling the objects and requirements of this act, Be it further enacted, That all the right, title, property, interest, and estate, in law or equity, of the United States, of, in, and to, that part of the public reservation in the city of Washington, known and designated as the Mall, which is bounded as follows: ly. ing between Sixth and Fifteenth streets west, and extending from Canal street two hundred and fifteen feet south to the continuation of A street north, and all that part of the said reservation on the south side of the said Mall extending from B street south, three hundred and sixty-six feet, to A street south, and lying between Sixth and Fifteenth streets west, and all the right, title, interest and estate, which is now, or ought to be, vested in any trustees, commissioners, or other person, for, and on behalf, and in trust, for the benefit of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, in fee, for the purpose, and to be by them sold and applied for the purposes aforesaid, or so much thereof as they shall deem it ad visable to sell for the said purposes, and the said residue to hold and use for the benefit and convenience of the said city. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, shall not be authorized to occupy, nor permit others to occupy, more than forty feet for the purpose of landing on either side of the said canal, extending from the Eastern branch to Seventeenth street west upon the plan of the city. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That a street be laid out along the entire length of said canal, on the south side thereof, of the width of eighty feet, between said Sixth and Fifteenth strects west, which shall be kept open forever as a public street, and subjected to the same rules, regulations, and ordinances, as shall and may affect the other streets and avenues in said city; and that all the streets of said city running north and south, and all avenues which, by continuing the same, shall extend through said Mall, and such as running westwardly and eastwardly would in like manner intersect the same, shall, in like manner, be opened and kept open, and subject as aforesaid. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That a map or plat of the said land, squares, streets, and avenues, made and prepared by F. C. De Krafft, United States' Surveyor of the City of Washington, dated December twentyseventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, marked A, be, and the same is hereby, ordered and di. rected to be recorded in the office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and also in the office of said Survey. or of the said city of Washington, and shall be held and deemed as indicating correctly the said lands and squares, streets and avenues, and be of ful! authority as designat ing and exhibiting the same. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any proprie. tor, or proprietors of any lots now fronting north on B street south, between said Sixth and Fifteenth streets, shall signify his, her, or their, desire and intention to exchange said lots for an equal quantity of the lands herein and hereby conveyed to the said Mayor, Board of Alder. men, and Board of Common Council, situated on the south side of A street south, and immediately north of his, her, or their, said lots, it shall be the duty of the said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Council, on such intention and desire being made known to them, to and upon a conveyance in due form of law, clear of all incumbrances, being made to them for the said lands so held by such proprietor or proprietors, to convey and assign to the said proprietor, or proprietors, a corresponding quantity on the square immediately north and fronting on A street south. And in case such pro prietor or proprietors shall have made any substantial im provements on the said land so held by him or them as aforesaid, to make a fair and equitable allowance on said surrender or conveyance, either in land or money, as may be agreed on between the parties: Provided, said pro prietor or proprietors shall make known such intention to the said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Com mon Council, on or before the first day of August next. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Coun cil, be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to lay out and divide the said lands, so conveyed and vested by virtue of this act, into lots, with alleys, as to them shall seem meet and proper, and to dispose of and sell the same, or so much thereof as shall remain unexchanged as aforesaid, and also all such lots as they shall receive in exchange as aforesaid, at such times and upon such terms as to the said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Council, shall seem meet, and to execute, or cause to be executed, good and sufficient deeds of con. veyance to the purchasers thereof. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That, the proceeds arising from said sales shall be, and constitute a fund, which shall be applied by the said mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Council, to pay and extinguish any debt which has been, or may be contracted, either in the purchase of the Washington City Canal, or the shares of stockholders in the said canal, or in the completion of the same, and in the expenses and attending said purchase and completion, and shall not be applicable to any other object or purpose until said debts shall be extinguished. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be held or deemed, in any manner or way, to impair or injure any private rights or interests, Laws of the Tnited States. or in any manner to affect the same beyond the mere transfer of the rights of the United States to said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Council. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the several acts passed on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and two, the sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nine; the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and the twen tieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. six, in relation to the Washington Canal Company, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed, except as herein before provided. Approved: May 31, 1832. AN ACT changing the times of holding the Courts in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted, &c. That the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington shall hereafter be held on the fourth Monday in March, and on the fourth Monday in November, in every year, instead of the times now designated by law; and the court for the county of Alexandria shall be held on the first Monday in May, and on the first Monday in October, in every year, instead of the times now designated by law; and that all process shall be made returnable to the said terms as herein directed. This act shall take effect from and after the first day of June next. Approved: May 31, 1832. [22d CONG. 1st SESS. To the Kaskaskias tribe, one thousand dollars. To the Ottawa tribe, five thousand three hundred dollars. To the Ottawa and Missouri tribe, two thousand five hundred dollars, and fifteen hundred dollars for the expenses of blacksmiths' tools and agricultural implements. To the Chippewa tribe, three thousand eight hundred dollars; also, one thousand dollars for the purposes of education, and two thousand dollars for the purchase of farming utensils and cattle, and the employment of persons to aid them in agriculture. To the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatamy tribes, sixteen thousand dollars, and one hundred and twenty-five dollars for furnishing salt. To the Pottawatamy tribe, sixteen thousand three hundred dollars, and one hundred dollars to Topenibe, principal chief; also, three thousand dollars for the purposes of education, and two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars, for expenses of blacksmiths, millers, and agriculturists, and for furnishing salt, tobacco, iron, and steel. To the Pottawatamy tribe of Huron, four hundred dol. lars. To the Choctaw tribe, fifty thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars; to Mushulatubbe, a chief, one hundred and fifty dollars, and to Robert Cole, a chief, one hundred and fifty dollars; also, twelve thousand five hundred dollars for purposes of education, and two thousand nine hundred and fifty-five dollars for expenses of black AN ACT defining the qualifications of voters in the Tersmiths and mill wrights, and for furnishing iron and steel. ritory of Arkansas. Be it enacted, &c. That every free white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in the Territory of Arkansas for the term of six months next preceding any general or special election, shall have the privilege of voting in the elec tion district where he shall reside, and not elsewhere, for all elective officers of said Territory. Approved: May 31, 1832. AN ACT making appropriations for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Be it enacted, &c. That the sum of three hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred and five dollars, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the annuities due to the various Indians and Indian tribes hereinafter mentioned, including the sum of twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars, stipulated for education of Indian youths; twenty-five thousand four hundred and seventy dollars, stipulated for the expenses of blacksmiths, gun smiths, millers, millwrights, agriculturists, and laborers, employed on the Indian service, and for furnishing salt, tobacco, iron, and steel, et cætera; and four thousand three hundred and sixty dollars for expenses of transportation and distribution of certain annuities and agricultural implements, not otherwise pro vided for, for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, that is to say: To the Wyandot tribe, five thousand nine hundred dollars. To the Wyandot, Munsee, and Delaware tribes, one thousand dollars. To the Shawanee tribe, three thousand dollars, and sixty dollars for furnishing salt. To the Shawance and Seneca tribes, of Lewistown, one thousand dollars. To the Delaware tribe, six thousand five hundred dollars, and one hundred dollars for furnishing salt. To the Wea tribe, three thousand dollars. To the Piankeshaw tribe, eight hundred dollars. To the Eel river tribe, one thousand one hundred dol To the Sac tribe, three thousand dollars. To the Sac and Fox tribes, two thousand dollars. To the Sac, Fox, and Ioway tribes, three thousand dol lars, for expenses of blacksmiths and agriculturists, and furnishing farming utensils and cattle. To the Fox tribe, three thousand dollars. To the Ioway tribe, three thousand dollars; also nine hundred dollars for expenses of blacksmiths, and furnishing agricultural tools. To the Osage tribe, eight thousand five hundred dolTo the Seneca tribe, of Lewistown, one thousand dol lars. lars. To the Quapaw tribe, two thousand dollars. To the Kickapoo tribe of Illinois, two thousand dollars. To the Florida Indians, five thousand dollars; also one thousand dollars for purposes of education, and one thousand dollars for the expenses of a gun and blacksmith. To the Miami tribe, twenty-five thousand dollars; also two thousand dollars for the support of the poor and in firm, and education of youth; and two thousand and twenty dollars for expenses of blacksmith, and for furnishing salt, iron, and steel, and tobacco. To the Winnebago tribe, eighteen thousand dollars; also three thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars for expenses of blacksmiths and agriculturists, and for fur nishing salt and tobacco. To the Kanza tribe, three thousand five hundred dollars. To the Christian Indians, four hundred dollars. lars; also, one thousand seven hundred dollars for expenses of blacksmith, and furnishing agricultural tools. To the Yancton and Santie bands, three thousand dollars; also, one thousand four hundred dollars for ex penses of blacksmith and furnishing agricultural tools. To the Omaha tribes two thousand five hundred dollars; also, one thousand five hundred dollars for expenses of blacksmith, and furnishing agricultural tools. To the Sac tribe of Missouri river, five hundred dollars; also, nine hundred dollars for expenses of blacksmith, and furnishing agricultural tools. For purposes of education of Sacs, Foxes, and others, as stipulated for by the treaty of fifteenth July, one thou sand eight hundred and thirty, three thousand dollars; and to Little Billy, of the Seneca tribe of New York, for the term of his natural life, an annuity of fifty dollars. To Anderson, three hundred and sixty dollars, and to Lapahnithe, one hundred and forty dollars, chiefs of the Delaware nation, agreeably to an understanding of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. For expenses of transportation and distribution of an nuities to the Winnebagoes, Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies, Sacs, Foxes, and others, and of salt, tobacco, agricultural implements, and tools, not otherwise provided for, the sum of four thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any act as provides for the payment of any of the annuities and stipulations herein mentioned, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved: June 4, 1832. AN ACT making appropriations in conformity with the stipulations of certain treaties with the Crecks, Shawanees, Ottawas, Senecas, Wyandots, Cherokees, and Choctaws. Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, severally, appropriated to the several objects hereinafter specifically enumerated, according to the stipulations of certain Indian Treaties, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, namely: For the payment of debts due by the Creeks, and their relief, according to the ninth article of the treaty concluded with the Creek Indians, twenty-fourth March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, one hundred thousand dollars. For compensation to the Delegation to the city of Washington, the payment of the expenses, and of claims against them, according to the tenth article of the same treaty, sixteen thousand dollars. For the payment of certain claims for ferries, bridges, and causeways, for judgments against chiefs, for losses, for improvements, for annuities, for the expenses of Creeks who have emigrated without expense to the United States, at fifteen dollars for each, and for compensation to those who suffered in consequence of being prevented from emigrating, as severally provided for and stipulated in the eleventh article of the same treaty, twenty-five thousand and eighty dollars. For the cost of rifles, ammunition, and blankets, according to the thirteenth article of the same treaty, thir. teen hundred and twenty dollars. For the expenses of taking the census, and making the selection of reservations according to the second article of the same treaty, three thousand five hundred dollars. For the service of a person to be selected to certify the contracts for the sale of lands, according to the third article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars. For the expense of removing and keeping off intru ders from the Creek lands, according to the fifth article of the same treaty, two thousand dollars. For one year's allowance for the purposes of educa tion, according to the thirteenth article of the same treaty, three thousand dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty with the Shawanee Indians, of Ohio, according to the treaty concluded with them eighth August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following sums, namely: For enabling them to erect houses and open farms at their intended residence, according to the fifth article of the said treaty, thirteen thousand dollars. For the payment for sundry articles as prosents, enumerated in the ninth, twelfth, and fourteenth articles of the same treaty, two thousand four hundred and four dol lars. For expenses of selling the property of Indians, ac cording to the sixth article of the said treaty, three huadred dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ottawas, of Ohio, concluded the thirtieth August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following sums, namely: For the payment of certain articles, as stipulated for in the tenth article of the treaty, twelve hundred and fifty. four dollars. For expenses attending the sale of Indian property, according to the sixth article, three hundred dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty with the mixed bands of the Senecas and Shawanees, of Lewistown, Ohio, concluded the twentieth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following sums, namely: For an advance to said Indians, in lieu of compensation said treaty, six thousand dollars. for improvements, according to the fifth article of the For the payment of sundry articles stipulated for as presents in the tenth article of said treaty, thirteen hundred and fifteen dollars. For the expense of selling the property of said Indians, according to the sixth article of the said treaty, three hundred dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty with the Wyandots, of Ohio, concluded nineteenth January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the following sums, namely: For payment for the reservation of sixteen thousand acres, as stipulated for in the second article of the treaty, twenty thousand dollars. For payment for improvements on the ceded reservations, and expense of appraising the same, according to the third article of said treaty, four thousand dollars. For transportation and contingencies under the provisions of the several treaties above mentioned, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the payment of improvements within the limits of Georgia and Arkansas, abandoned by Cherokee emi grants under the treaty of sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, as valued by appraisers, seventy thousand dollars. For gratuities of fifty dollars for every five emigrants from within the chartered limits of Georgia, ten thousand dollars. For carrying into effect the treaty with the Choctaws, of fifteenth September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the following sums, namely: For the blankets, rifles, axes, ploughs, hoes, wheels, cards, looms, iron, and steel, stipulated for in the twenti eth article of the said treaty, thirty-five thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. For fulfilling the stipulation of the sixteenth article, in relation to cattle, in addition to former appropriations,ten thousand dollars. For the payment of Choctaw Indians who have reli Laws of the United States. quished lands, according to the provisions of the nineteenth article of said treaty, the sum of thirty thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. For expenses of transportation, and other incidental expenses, in relation to the treaties above named, three thousand five hundred dollars. Approved: June 4, 1832. [22d CONG. 1st SESS. portionate amount of pay which shall accrue between the last preceding semi-annual payment, and the death of such person, shall be paid to his widow, or, if he leave no widow, to his children. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, mariners, or marines, who served for a like term in the naval service, during the revolutionary war, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, in the same manner as is provided for the officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution. Approved: June 7, 1832. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit a wharf to be built near the site of the light house on Stratford point, in the State of Connecticut. Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to permit a wharf to be built near the site of the light house, on Stratford point, in the State of Connecticut, and to grant the use of such land belong. ing to the United States as may be required for that purpose: Provided, The use of such wharf shall continue only so long as, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, it does not interfere with the interests of the United States. Approved: June 15, 1832. AN ACT to create the office of Surveyor of Public AN ACT supplementary to the "Act for the relief of cer tain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution." Be it enacted, &c. That each of the surviving officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, soldiers, and Indian spies, who shall have served in the continental line, or State troops, volunteers or militia, at one or more terms, a period of two years, during the war of the Revolution, and who are not entitled to any benefit under the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution, passed the fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, be authorized to receive, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in the said line, according to his rank, but not exceeding in any case the pay of a captain in the said line; such pay to commence from the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyune, and shall continue during his natural life; and that any such officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, as aforesaid, who shall have served in the conti. nental line, State troops, volunteers, or militia, a term or terms in the whole less than the above period, but not less than six months, shall be authorized to receive, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, during his natural life, each according to his term of service, an amount bearing such proportion to the annuity granted to the same rank for the service of two years, as his term of service did to the term aforesaid; to commence from the duty of the Surveyor for Missouri and Illinois to deliver Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and to the Surveyor for the Territory of Arkansas, all the thirty-one. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no person, re-lic lands and private land claims in Arkansas, which may maps, papers, records, and documents, relating to the pub. ceiving any annuity or pension, under any law of the Unit-be in his office; and in every case where it shall be imed States, providing for revolutionary officers and soldiers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, unless he shall first relinquish his further claim to such pension; and in all payments under this act, the amount which may have been received under any other act as aforesaid, since the date at which the payments under this act shall com. mence, shall first be deducted from such payment. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the pay allow ed by this act shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to the officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, entitled thereto, or his or their authorized attorney, at such places and times as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and that no foreign officer shall be entitled to said pay, nor shall any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, receive the same until he furnish the said Secretary satisfactory evidence that he is entitled to the same, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and the pay hereby allowed shall not be in any way transferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever; but shall ensure wholly to the personal benefit of the offi cer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or soldier, entitled to the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said pay as accrued before the approval of this act, shall be paid to the person entitled to the same as soon as may be, in the manner and under the provisions above mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue thereafter, shall be paid semi-annually, in the manner above directed; and, in case of the death of any person embraced by the provisions of this act, or of the act to which it is supplementary, during the period intervening between the semi-annual payments directed to be made by said acts, the pro VOL. VIII.--C Arkansas shall be appointed, who shall have the same au Be il enacted, &c. That a Surveyor for the Territory of thority, and perform the same duties, respecting the pub. lic land and private land claims in the Territory of Arkan. of the lands of the United States in Missouri and Illinois. sas, as are now vested in, and required of, the Surveyor practicable to make a separation of such maps, papers, records, and documents, without injury, it shall be his duty to cause copies thereof, certified by him, to be furnished to the Surveyor of Arkansas, which copies shall be of the same validity as the originals. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Surveyor of Arkansas, to be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall establish his office at such place as the President of the United States may deem most expedient for the public service, and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and that he be authorized to employ one skilful draughtsman and two clerks, whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum. Approved: June 15, 1832. AN ACT granting to the Territory of Arkansas one thousand acres of land, for the erection of a court house and gaol at Little Rock. Be it enacted, &c. That there be granted to the Terri tory of Arkansas, a quantity of land, not exceeding one thousand acres, contiguous to, and adjoining the town of, Little Rock, for the erection of a court house and gaol in said town; which lands shall be selected by the Governor of the Territory by legal subdivisions, and disposed of in such manner as the Legislature may by law direct and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, shall be applied towards building a court house and gaol in said town of Little Rock; and the surplus, if any, may be applied to such other objects as the Legislature of said Territory may deem proper. Approved: June 15, 1832. : AN ACT for the re appropriation of certain unexpended balances of former appropriations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums, being unexpended balances of former appropriations, be, and the same are hereby, re-appropriated to the original objects of their appropriation, specifically, namely: For the expense of visits of Indian deputations to the Seat of Government, three hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty-two cents. For expenses incurred by the marshal of Michigan Territory, in prosecuting Winnebago prisoners, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty-eight cents. For carrying into effect the treaty with the Florida Indians, according to the act of twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, one hundred and ninety-five dollars. For carrying into effect the Creek treaty, according to the appropriation to that effect in the act of twenty-second May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, and the re-appropriation of the balance thereof, by the act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, ten thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars and ten cents. For compensation to Cherokee emigrants from Georgia, according to the act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-mine, ten thousand five hundred and fifty-one dollars and thirty cents. For carrying into effect the treaty with the Pottawatamies, by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, eight hundred and sixty-five dol lars and ninety two cents. For compensation for improvements abandoned by the Cherokees of Arkansas, by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, seventeen thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and thirty-three cents. priated, to be paid under the authority of the Secretary of War, agreeably to the second section of an act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, ap. propriated, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, for the relief of such friendly Indians as may seek protection within the Indian agencies on the Northwestern frontier. Approved: June 15, 1832. AN ACT to authorize the President to raise mounted volunteers for the defence of the frontiers. Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to raise, either by the acceptance of volunteers, or enlistment for one year, unless sooner discharged, six hundred mounted Rangers, to be armed, equipped, mounted, and organized, in such manner, and to be under such regulations and restrictions as the nature of the service may, in his opinion, make necessary. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the said companies of Rangers shall consist of one captain, one first, one second, and one third lieutenant; five sergeants, five corporals, and one hundred privates; the whole to form a battalion, and be commanded by a major. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said noncommissioned officers and privates shall arm and equip themselves, unless otherwise ordered by the President, and provide their own horses, and shall be allowed, each, one dollar per day, as a full compensation for their services, and the use of their arms and horses. The commis. sioned officers shall receive the same pay and emoluments as officers of the same grade in the army of the United States, and the officers shall be allowed forage for their horses, and be entitled to the same rations as those of the For provisions for the Quapaws, by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thou-same grade in the army of the United States, respectively. sand dollars For aiding certain Creeks in their removal, by act of ninth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, six hundred and four dollars and three cents. For extinguishment of the title of the Delaware Indians to their reservation in Ohio, by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. Sec. 2. And be it further enacled, That the sum of one thousand dollars, heretofore appropriated for contingent expenses of the topographical bureau by the act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same is hereby, transferred and appropriated to the contingent expenses of the office of the Chief Engineer for the same year. That the following sum be, and the same is hereby, ap. propriated : For defraying the expenses of the Wyandot Delegation to the City of Washington, in January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, four hundred dollars, and for defraying the expenses of the Cherokee Delegation, West of the Mississippi, now in the city of Washing ton, seven hundred and seventy-two dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of paying the Militia of the State of Illinois, called into the service of the United States by competent authority, and for paying the expenses incurred in defending the frontier from a recent invasion by several bands of hostile Indians, and including the pay of the militia legally call ed out for the same purpose, from the neighboring States and Territories, three hundred thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appro Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, raised pursuant to this act, shall be entitled to the like compensation, in case of disability by wounds or otherwise, incurred in the service, as has heretofore been allowed to officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates, in the military esta blishment of the United States; and shall be subject to the rules and articles of War, and such regulations as have been or shall be established according to law for the go. vernment of the army of the United States, as far as the same may be applicable to the said Rangers, within the intent and meaning of this act, for the protection and defence of the Northwestern frontier of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint all the officers proper to be appointed under this act; which appointments may be made during the recess of the Se nate, but shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent; and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appro priated, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect. Approved June 15, 1832. AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of the State of Louisiana to enter the Back Lands. Be it enacted, &c. That every person who, either by virtue of a French or Spanish grant, recognized by the laws of the United States, or under a claim confirmed by the Commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascer taining the rights of persons claiming lands in the State of Louisiana, or by virtue of any title derived from the |