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BY AUTHORITY.
LAW'S OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session of the twenty
« SECOND congress.
[Public No. *4.J
‘ AN ACT for altering the time of holding the
j District Court of the United States for the Dis
it set of Indiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 6f Rcp
1 resentatives of the United Stales of America in
! Congress assembled That the District Court of
I the U. States for the District ot Indiana, shall
be hereafter holden on the last Mondays of May
I and November, in each year, instead of the first
j Mondays of said months, as is now requirod by!
* law.
•Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
j proceedings of a civil or criminal nature, now
pending in, or returnable to, said Court, shall U*
} proceeded in by said Court in tho same manner
I ns if no alteration of the times for holding sail!
! Court had taken place.
A. STEVENSON,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives,
J. C. CALHOUN,
Vice President of the United Stales,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, May 19th, 1?n12.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Public No. 2u.]
,\N ACT to extend the Patent of Jcthm Wood.
IJe it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of An rica in
l Congress assembled, That there be, nn< hereby
is, granted unto Jethro Wood, a citizen of the
United States, his heirs, ossje,1Sj uni) legal rep
resentatives, for the term of fburia,... ,,.,,rs from
the last day of August, one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-three, the full nut! exclusive right
ind privilege of making, using, and vending to
others to he used, his improvements in the con
struction of a plough; a description of which is giv
en in a schedule or specification annexed to let
ters patent granted to the said Jethro Wood for
the same on the first day of September, one thou
sand eight hundred and nineteen: Provided,
That al1 rights and privileges heretofore sold by
the said patentee, to make, use,or vend the said
improvements, shall ensure to and he enjoyed by
jr tan purchasers, rcspectit e'y, as fully and upon
f the same conditions during the period hereby
' granted, as for the existing term: And also pro
( tided, That the price at which the same has been
usually sold by the said patentee, shall not be
advauced upon future purchasers.
Approved, May 19th, 1832.
[Public No. 28.]
AN ACT for giving oriect to a commercial ar
rangement between the United States and the
Republic of Colombia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That vessels of the Repub
lie of Colombia, & their cargoes, whether of for
eign or domestic produce or manufacture, which
shaii come direct from the ports of that nation to
tb : United States, shall pay no greater duties on
’ importation, anchorage, tonnage, or any other
F kind, than are now, or hereafter may be, levied on
•be vessels of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be xt further enacted, 1 hat the re
striction of coming direct from a port in Colom
1 bin, contained in the preceding section, shall he
i, tH|ien off,as soon as the President shall receive sat
|l ^factory evidence, that a like restriction is taken
I off from vessels of the United States in tho ports
I of tho Republic of Culombin, and shall make
I known tho same by Ins proclamation declaring
■ the fact.
" Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the
- President of tho United States shall at any time
receive satisfactory information that the privile
ges allowed or which may be allowed to Ameri
can vessels and their cargoes in the ports of Co
lombia, corresponding with those, extended, or to
bo extended by this act, to Colombian vessels
end their cargoes in the ports of the U. States,
have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby au
thorized, by proclamation, to suspend the opera
tion of either or both of the provisions of tus act,
119 the case may be, and to withhold an;- or ull
the privileges allowed, or to be allowed, to Co
l ion-' inn vessels or their cargoes.
] ,Vj proved, May 19th, 1832.
I[Posuc No. 27.]
£~t> ..CXauthorizing the revision and extension
' the rules and regulations of the Navnlservi
ces.
JSc it enacted by the Senate and House oj Rep
resentative of the Uxxitcd States of Ameica in
Confess assembled, That tho Presidents* the
United States be, and he is hereby, authored to
constitute a board ui Naval uiiicers io oe c^iMp -
sed of the Naval Commissioners and two Posi
Captains to meet at the seat of Government whose
duty it shall be, with the aid and assistance of the
Attorney General, carefully to revise and enlarge
the rules and regulations governing the naval
service, with the view to adapt them to the pres
ent and future exigencies of this important arm
of national defence, which rules and regulations,
whe.i approved by him and sanctioned by Con
gress, shall have the force of law, and stand in
lieu of all others heretofore enacted.
Approved, May 19th, 1832.
[Public No. 29.]
AN ACT to alter the time *>t holding the Dir
trict Court of the United States for the Western
district of !• ••■>'»-inn.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Distri : Caurt o»
the United States for the western district ct Lou
isiana, shali be hereatter holden on the icoonri
Monday of Jane, in each year, instead if tlu
third Monday of August, as is now retju.,ed b)
law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That II the
proceedings of a civil or criminal natur nuts
pending in, or returnq^le to, said Court, si dl bt
proceeded in by the said Court, in the sam* man
ner as if no alteration of the time for holdiu; said
Court had taken place.
Approved, May 22d, 1832.
[Public JNo. JU.j
AN ACT to authorise the removal of the Land
Office from Mount Salus, in the State of Mis
sissippi, and to remove the Land Offic< from
Franklin to Fayette, in the State of Mi-jouri.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Rep
resentatives of the United Slates of Amerca in
Congress assembled, That the Land Oilce at
Mount Salus, in the Choctaw District, ,n the
State of Mississippi, shall be removed to, and
located at, such place in the said Land Disfict as
'he President of the United States may di ect, tl
in his opinion any removal be necessary; and
that the Land Office at Franklin, in the county
>t Howard, State of Missouri, shall be renoved
to, and located in, the town of Fayette it said
county; and it shall be the duty ot the Registers,
and the Receivers of public money for said land
Ofiiees, within sixty days, from and after the
passage ot this act, to rem- ve the books, records,
and whatever else belongs t said offices, to their
respective places of location as herein provided
tor.
Approved, May 22, 1832.
Public No. 3l.]
AN AC J to exempt ihe vessels of Portugal from
the pay ment of duties on tontiago
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America *V
Congress assembled, That no duties upon ton-1
nnge shall he hereafter levied or collected of the,
vessels of the kingdom of Portugal: ProvidedJ
always, That whenever the President of the]
United Slates, shall be satisfied that the vessels
of the United States are subjected, in the ports
of the kingdom of Portugal, to payment of any
duties of tonnage he shall, by proclamation de
clare the fact, and the duties now payable hy the
vessels of that kingdom, shall be levied and paid,
as if this act had not been passed.
Approved, May 25, 1832.
[Public No. 32. J
AN ACT to extend the limits of Georgetown, in
the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, Thct the limits of George
town, in the District of Columbia, be and they
are hereby, extended, so a3 to include the part of
a tract of land called “Pretty Prospect,” recently
purchased hy the corporation of the said town,
as a site for their Poor’shousc; beginning for the
said piece of ground, at a stone marked number
four, extending at the end of four hundred and
seventy-six poles on the first line of a tract of land
called the “Rock of Dunbarton;” said stone also
standing on the western boundary line of lot
numbered two hundred and sixty, of Beatty and
Hsvwkin’s addition to said town; and running
thence, north, seventy-eight degrees, east thirty
eight poles; south eighty degrees, east three poles;
south, eighteen poles, south twelve degrees, east
nine poles; south eleven degrees, west twelve
poles; south seventy-two degrees, west twenty -
three poles, to the said first line of the “Rock of
Dunbarton,” thence, with said line, to the begin
ning.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the
rights, powers, and privileges, heretofore granted
by law to the said Corporation, and which arc at
this time claimed and exercised by them, may
and shall he exercised and enjoyed by them, with
in the bounds and limits set forth and described
in the first section of this act.
Approved, May 25, 1832.
[Public No. 53.]
AN ACT for improving Pennsylvania Avenue,
supplying the Public Buildings with water,
and for paving the walk from the western gate
to the Capitol with flagging.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That the Commissioner of
the Public Buildings he, and he is hereby, au
thorized and directed to contract, after giving due
notice by public advertisement, for improving the
avenue, in the city of Washington, leading from
the Capitol to the Executive offices, by paving the
centre way thereof forty-five feet in width, withj
cobble or pebble stones, or with pounded stone
upon the Me Adam plan, or in any other perma
nent mantief| t*e the President of the United
Slates may direct; and also, tor the grauumiou,
and covering with the best gravel to be obtained,
the sideways of said avenue, and for proper gut
ters and drains to carry off the water, for which
purpose, the sum of sixty-two thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money
in ‘.he Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, under
the same direction as prescribed in the first sec
tion, the following sums be, and the same are
hereby, respectively, appropriated, to be paid out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, for the following purpeses, that is to
say:
For conducting water in pipes from the foun
tain, on square number two hund'ed and forty
nine, to the President’s house and public ^
and the construction of n^ervoirs and hydrants,
| live thousand seven hundred dollars.
For bringing v*>er in pipes to the Capitol, and
ihe construct^** of reservoirs and hydrants, and
the purchase of the rights of individuals to the
water, forty thousand dollars.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That the
Commissioner of the Public Buildings is hereby
authorized and directed to contract for the pur
chase, delivery, and laying of Seneca flagging on
the walk from the western gate to the Capitol;
and for this purpose, the sum of seven thousand
one hundred and two dollars be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money !
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. f
Approved, May 25, 1^32.
[Public No. 34.]
AN ACT to amend an act, entitle* “An act to
enlarge the powers of the several corporations
of the District of Columbia.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and Iluse of Rep
resentatives of the United States oj America in
Congress assembled, That the Cdporation of
Washington be, and it is hereby, ebpowered to
collect, annually, the tax at the rafc of one per
centum and thirteen hundredths of ort per centum
on the assessed value of the real 4ad personal
estates within the city of Washingbn, assessed
and laid by the fifth section of sai<j act, or any
part thereof, for the purposes and objects designa
ted in said act, by the same officers, process,
and means by which sain Corporlion is now,
or may hereafter be, empowered tc collect any
other taxes; and to pay over said money, when
so collected as aforesaid, to the Treasury of
the United States, in tho mauncr, and within
the times, prescribed by the acts to which this
act is a supplement; and that, in default made
by the said Corporation, eitner in collecting or
paying over as aforesaid, that (hen, and in
such case, the President o? the United States,
may proceed t»> exercise the powers reposed in,j
and conferred or him, in and by the said fifth
section.
Sec. 2. And be it further cnacUi,, That the
Common Council of Alexandria stall have the
power to appoint one or more Inspectors of To
bacco for the town of Alexandria; and the said
Inspectors shall take an oath before a Justice of
the Peace of the County of Alexandria, or the
Mayor of tho Corporation, for the faithful dis
charge of the duties of office of Inspector, a cer
tificate of which he shall return to the Clerk of
tho Common Council: And tho slid Common
Council shall have power to pass all needful laws
[for the due and proper inspection of Tobacco, and
for regulating the conduct of the sail Inspectors:
And the said Common Council shall have power
to remove, for just cause, any Inspector, and
appoint another in his place.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this net
shall commence and be in force from the passage
thereof.
Approved, May 25, 1832.
(Pvblic No. 35.)
AN ACT making appropriations for the Indian
Department for the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States oj America in
Congress assembled, That the following sums be,
and they are hereby, appropriated for the Indian
Department for the year one thousaud eight hun
dred and thirty-two, viz:
r or the pay of the Superintendent of Indian
Affairs at Sr. Louis, and the several Indian A
gents, as established by law, including an Agent
for the Kansas, agreeably to a treaty with that
tribe of June third, eighteen hundred and twenty
five, thirty two thousand dollars.
For the pay of Sub-agenls, as established by
law, nineteen thousand dollars.
For presents to Indians, as authorized by the
net one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For the pay of Indian interpreters and transla
tors, employed in the several snpcrintendencics
and agencies, twenty-one thousand five hundred
and twenty-five dollars.
For the pay of gunsmiths and blacksmiths, and
their assistants, employed within the several su
perintendencies and agencies, under treaty pro
visions and the orders of the War Department,
eighteen thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
For iron, steel, coal, and other expenses atten
ding the gunsmiths’ and blacksmiths’ shops, five
thousand four hundred and twenty-six dollars.
For expense of transportation and distribution
of Indian annuities, nine thousand nine hundred
and fifty-nine dollars.
For expense of provisions for Indians at the
distribution of annuities, whiloon visitsof business
with the different superintendents and agents, and
when assembled on public business, eleven thou
sand eight hundred and ninety dollars.
For expense of budding houses for Indian
agents, blacksmiths’ shops, and for repairs of the
same, when required, in the several ageoci«*?, se
ven thousand dollar.®.
For contingencies ol be Indian .Departmeir,
i twenty thousand dollar^ Provided, in no case
| shall any money hereby Ippropriated be used for
| the purpose of rewardinalndians for settling dis
putes among themselves.
Sec. 2. And be itfurher enacted, That there
be appropriated, out ol arv money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriate!, the sum of five thou
sand seven hundred and fifty dollars, for defray
ing the expenses of conlucting a deputation of
Indians from the head waters of the Missouri toj
Washington City, and flora thence to their own
country: Provided, That no compensation be
yond their actual expenses for extra services,
shall be allowed any Iniian Agent or Sub-agent
for services when doing duty under the order of
their government, detached from their agency an •
boundary of the t;,Uo *- ^-birh they bju Agcni»- <
I Sec. 3. M oe it further enacted, 1 hat there
shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropria
ted, ahe sum of five thousand dollars, to be expen
ded under the direction of the Secretary of War,
in tie purchase, and delivery ol corn, or other
previous, for the use of the Seminole Indians,
wh<*are likely to sutler on account of the failure
of tieir crops from a severe drought the last year.
Approved, May 31, 1832.
fPublic No. 36J
AN ACT to aid the vestry of Washington parish
in the erection of a keeper’s house, and the
improvement and security of the ground allot
ted for the interment of members of Congress,
and other public officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of itejj- \
rcscntativcs of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled, That the sum of one thou-j
sand five hundred dollars be, and the same isj
hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be ex
pended under the direction of the Commissioner,
of the Public Buildings, for the purpose of aiding
the vestry of Washington parish, in the erection
of a keeper's house, for planting trees, boundary |
9tones, and otherwise improving the burial ground I
allotted to the interment of members of Congress,I
and other oihcers of the General Government.
Approved, May 31, 1832.
[Public No. 37.}
AN ACT in relation to the Penitentiary for the
District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the sum ot thirty -
eight thousand five hundred dollars be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out ot
any money in the Treasury, not otherwise ap
propriated, for the purpose of completing the
Penitentiary and buildings connected w ith it, for
the erection of railing on the exterior walls, and
for the support of the convicts, and pay of the
officers for the present jear, to be expeuded un
der the superintendence and direction of the
Inspectors of the Penitentiary.
Approved, May 31, 1332.
[Public Mo. 33 }
AN ACT for quieting possessions, enrolling con
veyances and securing ihe estates of purcha
sers within the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Reprc
ientatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That if any person or per
sons, seized or possessed of, or holding any estate
or interest in any lands, tenements or heredita
ments, lying and being withii the Dirtrict of
Columbia, shall execute and acknowledge a deed
| for the conveyance of such esate or interest, or
for declaring or limiting any uie or trust in and
of the same, before any judge ola court of record
land of law of the State and comty in which such
person or persons may be, or bdore any chancel
lor of any such State, or before my Judge of the i
Supreme, Circuit, District or Territorial Courts)
of the United States, or before mv two Justices
of the Peace of the said State, District or Ten i
tory and county in which such person or persons
may be; and such Judge, Charrellor or Justices
shall annex to such a deed a cer.ificate, under his
or their bauds of the execution md acknowledge
ment thereof, and that the gnntor or grantors
was or were known to him or them, or that his,
her or their identity had been satisfactorily pr<<
ved, and the Register, Clerk ir Prothonotary ot
such Court or county, shall also certify under hi*)
hand and the seal of his office, that the Judge,j
Chancellor, or Justices, is or are, was or were
such ot tho time of the execution and acknowl
edgement thereof; or if any such person or per
sons, seized or possessed as aforesaid, shall be in
some foreign country, and %hall execute and ac
knowledge any such deed before any Judge or
Chacellor of any Court, master or master extra
ordinaay, in chancery, or rotary public, in such
foreign country; and such exjcution and acknowl
edgement, and also the identity of the grantor or
grantors shall be certified ipon, or annexed t<*,
such deed, under the hand and seal ot any such
judge, chancellor, master or muster extraordinary,
or notary public, und such deed, eo executed, ac
knowledged and certified in the several and re-1
spective modes aforesaid, shall be recorded
amongst the land records ot the county °f Wash
ington, or the county of Alexandria in the Dis
trict of Columbia, within six calendar months
from the day of its date, if executed and acknowl
edged with the United States or the Territories
thereof, or within twelve calendar months from
the day of its date, if executed and acknowledged
tu some foreign country; such deed shall be good
and effectual for the purpose or purposes therein
mentioned.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any
feme covert in whom such estate or interest max
be, shall be a party with her husband, executing
such deed, or shall only be relinquishing her
right or dower, in or to §u«h estate or interest.
an ; the judge, chancel n r, jus t- ■ u;...-u . »» «nas
ter extraordinary in chancery or rotary public,
aforesaid, before whom the same nay be uxecu
[ ted and acknowledged, shall mnk; the contents
l thereof known to her, and shall eximine her, out
of the presence and hearing of her hjshaud, wheth
er she doth make her acknowledgement of lie
same voluntarily, and without being induced to
do so by fear or threats of, or ill usage, by her
husband, or fear of his displeasure; and such ex
amination and acknowledgement, and also tho
identity of the party shall be certified in the mod©
prescribed in the first section of this act, accord
ing to the place or country where such feme cov
ert shall be at the time of such examination and
acknowledgement, and such deed shall be recor
ded within the several and respective periods
liwctu Peft/io meatiuned j the sante oWull be gOt*l
and available for the purposes therein mentioned.
anri thereby intended.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
clerks of the circuit court of the District of Co
1mbid for the counties of Washington and Alex
andria, respectively, are hereby, authouizcd to
record any deed or conveyance, executed and au
thenticated agreeably to the provisions of this
act.
Approved, May 31, 1832.
(Public No. 40.)
AN ACT changing .he rimes of holding the
Courts in the D'stricf of Colombia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Circuit C >ri of
the District of Co uinbia, for the county of Wash
ington, shall hereafter be held on the fourth Mon
day in March, and on the fourth Monday in No
vember, in every year, instead of the times now
designated by law; and the court for the county
of Alexandria shall he 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 return
able to the said terms as herein directed. This
act shall take effect from and after the first day
of June next.
Approved, May 31, 1.832.
(Public No. 41.)
AN ACT defining the qualifications of voters
in the Territory of Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That every free white male
citizen of the United States of the age of twenty
one years, who shall have resided in the Territo
ry of Arkansas for the term of six months next
preceeding aqy general or special election, shall
have the privilege of voting in the election dis
trict where he shall reside, and not elsewhere., fur
ail elective officers of said Terrhory.
Approved, May 31, 1832.
From the Doylestown Republican, May 20.
Mrs. Chapman.—The trial >f Mrs. Chapman
and Mina have created an extraordinary interest
throughout the whole country; and much excite
ment prevails at this moment, in regard to the
[issue of the one being so fatally different from the
other. The verdict in the case of Mrs. Chapman
may have been correct; at least Judge Fox, in
his charge to the jury, on the tria of Mina, said „
expressly, that it had met with his approbation.
No one, however, now believes hsr innocent;-—
and although wc have no wish t<> increase the
excitement which already preveils against her,
we nevertheless feel it our duty to lay before the
public a fact, which not merely proves almost
conclusively that she had the principal agency in
the bloody deed, for which Mina is about to expi
ate with his life, but which also exhibits the char
acter of a hitherto highilv respectable physician
of Philadelphia in no very enviable light. 1 he cir
cumstance to which we allude, is thi»t Mrs. Chap
man called upon a phvsician m the city a short?
time previous to the illness >f her husband, and
desired his advice as to the effect ofarsenic. Slid
w ished to know the quantity which was adminis
tered in cases of sickness, and the smallest quanti
ty which could possibly produce death. She
enquired fully and particulary as to the general
properties of arscnic,and, as we understand, gave
the physician a fee for the information which she
obtained.
This phvsieian knew that the person who had
thus consulted him was Mrs. Chapman; he knew
that her husband had died n short time afterwards,
and that she was eventually arrested and brought
to this county, charged with having poisoned
her husband; he further knew that traces of ar*
senic had been discovered by the chemists, in the
analysis, which was made of the stomach and that
the officers of the prosecution were unwearied in
their exertions to obtuin proof of her guilt, which
was so apparent and manifest to all. Still, with
a knowledge of all these facts, he suppressed and
concealed testimony, which he well knew was of
the utmost importance to the interests of the Com
monwealth, and which has only been discovered
since the termination of the trial. II this fact had
been knowm by the gentlemen who conducted tho
prosecution, previous to her trial, the fate ot Mrs.
Chapman would have been sealed, and she wroulfl
have expiated her unnatural crime upon the cal
low's, instead of being returned to society, to re*
new, in all probability, her career of guilt and of
I infamv.
I The facts which wc have here stated are strict*
|v true and have been obtained from such a source,
ns may be relied upon. We cannot conceive
| how any man with correct moral feelings could
| quietly suffer a criminal, thus steeped in guilt, to
[escape the puniehmhnt of her crime, when it was
I in his power to have produced a result which
would have vindicated the violated laws, and have
cleansed the laud of the blood that had been shed
therein sSuch a man cannot be a good citizen
Ho can have no correct idea of the duties whic