Chapter CCCI. supplemental to the act “granting certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the state of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black Warrior rivers,” approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight
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Chap. CCCI.— An Act supplemental to the act “granting certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the state of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black Warrior rivers,” approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. July 16, 1832. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Act of May 23, 1828, ch. 75. That it shall and may be lawfulTWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1832.605 for the state of Alabama to alter the plan for the improvement on thePlan for improvement of Tennessee river authorized to be altered.Proviso. Tennessee river below Florence, by canal ling instead of sluicing, so as to accomplish the object which Congress had in view in making the appropriation: *Provided*, That not more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, including the sum already expended on that part of the river, shall be expended below the said town of Florence.
Approved, July 16, 1832. RESOLUTIONS empowering the Secretary of the Navy to settle certain contracts, and to relinquish certain forfeitures. Resolution I 4 Stat. 605 1832-02-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public I. Resolution *empowering the Secretary of the Navy to settle certain contracts, and to relinquish certain forfeitures.* Feb. 10, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Contracts to be settled.
That the Secretary of the Navy be empowered to relinquish and pay all forfeitures on contracts made by the board of navy commissioners, when said forfeitures have arisen by the extension of the contracts, or where the contracts have been completed by the approbation of the board of navy commissioners, without any injury to the public service; and the Secretary of the Navy is empoweredOutstanding contracts to be fulfilled. to fulfil all outstanding contracts where the time for their performance has been extended, or where the completion of said contracts has been prevented by unavoidable accident, and the public service has sustained no injury.
Approved, February 10, 1832. concerning the recording of patents for useful inventions. Resolution II. 4 Stat. 605 1832-03-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public II. Resolution *concerning the recording of patents for useful inventions.* March 7, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Patents to be recorded.
That the Secretary of State, out of the proceeds arising from the fees on patents for useful inventions, discoveries, and improvements, procure the necessary books, stationery, and other accommodations for recording the patents issued and unrecorded, as well as those hereafter to be issued, and that he employ, and pay at a rate not exceeding twelve and a half cents for every hundred words, so many clerks as may be requisite, with convenient despatch, to record the same. Approved, March 7, 1832. respecting the pay of the marine corps.
Resolution III. 4 Stat. 605 1832-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public III. Resolution *respecting the pay of the marine corps.* May 25, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and If mise of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, The pay of the marines to continue as previous to April 1, 1829.
That the pay, subsistence, emoluments, and allowances of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the United States marine corps, shall be the same as they were previously to the first of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and shall so continue until they shall be altered by law. Approved, May 25, 1832. transferring certain duties, relating to pensions, from the Treasury to the War Department. Resolution IV. 4 Stat. 605 1832-06-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public IV. Resolution *transferring certain duties, relating to pensions, from the Treasury to the War Department.* June 28, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Duties transferred from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of War.Act of June 7, 1832, ch. 126. That all the duties which devolve upon the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of an act, approved the seventh of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled “An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution,” be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of War.
Approved, June 28, 1832. for the distribution of the returns of the fifth census. Resolution V. 4 Stat. 606 1832-07-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public 606 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 5, 6. 1832. V. Resolution *for the distribution of the returns of the fifth census.* July 3, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Distribution of the returns of the fifth census.
That the Secretary of State be instructed to furnish to each member of the present Congress, and the delegates from the territories, the President and Vice President of the United States, to each five copies: and to the executive of each state and territory, and the presiding officer of each branch of every state or territorial legislature, for the use of the body over which he presides; to the several colleges and incorporated historical societies and athenæums, in the United States, and the academy at West Point, each one copy; for the use of the Departments, State, Treasury, War, and Navy, five copies each; for the use of the Senate, ten copies, and for the use of the House of Representatives, twenty copies of the marshals’ returns of the filth census, and of die revision of the former returns of the population of the United States; and that the residue of the copies thereof be deposited in the library of Congress.
Approved, July 3, 1832. directing the distribution of a compilation of congressional documents, and for other purposes. Resolution VI. 4 Stat. 606 1832-07-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public VI. Resolution *directing the distribution of a compilation of congressional documents, and for other purposes.* July 10, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Distribution of the compilation of congressional documents.
That the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, directed to distribute, by mail or otherwise, the compilation of documents Act of March 2, 1831, ch. 65.directed to be published by the act entitled “An act making provision for a subscription to a compilation of congressional documents,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, in the following manner, to wit: To the President of the United States, and to each person who has been President, one copy.
To the Vice President of the United States, one copy. To the Department of State, four copies, viz: one for the use of the secretary, one to be deposited in the patent office, and the two other to remain in the library of that department. For the ministers of the United States, in foreign countries, fifty copies, to be deposited in and distributed under such regulations as may be made by the Department of State. To the Treasury Department, twelve copies, namely: for the use of the secretary, one copy; and for the use of the first and second comptrollers, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth auditors; the treasurer, register, solicitor, and commissioner of the general land office; one copy each.
To the War Department, thirteen copies, namely: for the use of the Secretary, one copy; for the use of the commanding general of the army of the United States, the paymaster general, the adjutant general, the commissary general of purchases, the ordnance department, commissary general of subsistence, quartermaster general, engineer department, topographical bureau, one copy each; and for the use of the military academy, three copies. To the Navy Department, fifty-four copies; namely: for the use of the Secretary, one copy; for the use of the commissioners of the navy board, one copy; and to enable the Secretary of the Navy to place one copy in every public armed vessel of the United States, when in commission, under such regulations as the said secretary shall prescribe, fifty-two copies.
To the general post-office, three copies; namely: for the use of the Postmaster General, one copy, and for the use of each of the assistants postmaster general, one copy. TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7, 8. 1832. 607 To the library of Congress, five copies. To the library of the Senate, ten copies. To the library of the House of Representatives, twenty copies. To each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, and delegates of the twenty-first and twenty-second Congress, one copy.
To the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, each, one copy. To Mr. O. Rich; agent for the Congress Library, in London, one copy, to be disposed of by him in some suitable manner, in return for a donation made by authority of the British government, to the library of Congress, of the volumes of the record commission publications. To supply the several states and territories of the United States, eighty-one copies, viz: for the use of the governor and each branch of the legislature of every state, one copy; for the use of the governor of each of the territories, one copy; and two copies to be deposited in tire archives of each of said territories, for the use of the legislature thereof.
To each incorporated college and athenaeum in the United States, not exceeding sixty-nine, one copy. Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved*, That, of the copies of the SecretFurther distribution of Secret Journals of old Congress. Journals of the old Congress, remaining for distribution, there be a further distribution as follows, namely: that one copy of each volume be delivered to each member of both houses of Congress, and that the residue remain for a future order of distribution.
Sec. 3. *And be it further resolved*, That the secretary of the SenateDocuments of the two houses. and the clerk of the House be, and hereby are, directed to divide the remaining documents of the two houses from the fourteenth to the eighteenth Congress inclusive, and to keep them for tire use of each house in their respective libraries. Sec. 4. *And be it further resolved*, That the copies of the Journal ofDistribution of Journal of the Convention for forming the Constitution. the Convention for forming the present Constitution, remaining for distribution, be equally divided between the two houses of Congress, to be kept in their respective libraries.
Approved, July 10, 1832. for binding the several copies of the returns of the fifth census, printed by authority of the act of the twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Resolution VII. 4 Stat. 607 1832-07-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public VII. Resolution *for binding the several copies of the returns of the fifth census, printed by authority of the act of the twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.* July 13, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Binding printed returns of fifth census.
That the secretary of the Senate, and clerk of the House of Representatives cause the returns of the marshals of the states and territories of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United Slates and the schedule of the whole number of persons within the United States, taken according to the different acts providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, printed by authority of the act of Congress of the twenty-third of May,Act of March 23, 1830, ch. 40. [March,] eighteen hundred and thirty, to be bound in suitable binding, and that the same be paid for, out of the contingent fund of the two houses of Congress.
Approved, July 13, 1832. to repeal a resolution, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, authorizing the President of the United States to employ a skilful assistant in the corps of engineers. Resolution VIII. 4 Stat. 607 1832-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public VIII.
Resolution *to repeal a resolution, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, authorizing the President of the United States to employ a skilful assistant in the corps of engineers.* July 14, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Joint resolution of April 29, 1816, repealed. That, from and after the first day of October next, the joint resolution, approved the twenty-ninth day608TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 9, 10, 11. 1832. of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, authorizing the President of the United States to employ a skilful assistant in the corps of engineers, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, July 14, 1832. in relation to the execution of an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution. Resolution IX. 4 Stat. 608 1832-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public IX. Resolution *in relation to the execution of an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.* July 14, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Act of June 7, 1832, ch. 126. That, in the execution of the act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution, approved June seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the time of imprisonment as a prisoner of war, shall be taken and computed as a part of the period of service.
Approved, July 14, 1832. directing the transmission of the fifth census by mail. Resolution X. 4 Stat. 608 1832-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public X. Resolution *directing the transmission of the fifth census by mail.* July 14, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Documents of fifth census free of postage.
That the document containing the fifth census be transmitted free of postage, by mail, to members of Congress and other persons entitled to receive the same. Approved, July 14, 1832. respecting the Biennial Register. Resolution XI. 4 Stat. 608 1832-07-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-26 22 1 4 public XI.
Resolution *respecting the Biennial Register.* July 14, 1832. *Resolved by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, List of printers of laws of the United States, &c. with the compensation allowed, to be published in the Biennial Register. That, in addition to the matter heretofore contained in the Biennial Register, published by direction of a joint resolution passed on the twenty-seventh of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, there shall be included a correct list in the next Register, of all printers of the laws of the United Slates subsequent to the thirtieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to the thirtieth September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, with the compensation allowed to each; and of all printers within the period aforesaid, in any way employed by Congress, or by any department or officer of the government, with the compensation allowed to each, designating the department or officer causing the printing to be executed;
Statement of allowances made to mail contractors.and that said Register shall contain a correct statement of all allowances made by the Postmaster General within the period last aforesaid, to each contractor on contracts for carrying the mail, discriminating the sum paid as stipulated by the original contract, and the sum as additional allowance. Lists to be sent to the State Department.And to enable the Secretary of State to comply with this resolution, the several heads of departments, and officers directing or incurring the expense, or making the allowances mentioned, shall cause the lists, and the matter hereby required to be added, to be lodged in the office of the Department of State, as is directed in other cases by the resolution of April twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
List of officers of United States Bank and its branches.*Resolved*, That said Register shall contain a correct list of the presidents, cashiers, and directors of the bank of the United States and its branches, in office on the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three: which list shall be transmitted by the president of said bank to the Secretary of State by the first Monday of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. *Resolved*, That all Biennial Registers, under the said resolution of April twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, shall hereafter be compiled and published conformably to the principles therein and hereby established.
Approved, July 14, 1832. 22 2 1833 ACTS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND 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 third day of December, 1832, and ended on the second of March, 1833.* Andrew Jackson, President; J. C Calhoun, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE II.
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