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Chap. XVIII.—An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions,” and to repeal the act now in force for those purposes, and to increase the pay of volunteer and militia corps.
Act of Feb. 28, 1795, ch. 36.
Fines imposed by courts martial to be certified to the comptroller of the treasury.
Act of April 18, 1806, ch. 32.
Act of April 10, 1812, ch. 55.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in every case in which a court martial shall have adjudged and determined a fine against any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, of the militia, for any of the causes specified in the act to which this act is a supplement, or in the fourth section of an act, entitled “An act to authorize a detachment from the militia of the United States;” all such fines so assessed, shall be certified to the comptroller of the treasury of the United States, in the same manner as the act to which this act is a supplement directed the same to be certified to the supervisor of the revenue.
Marshals to pay fines within two months after collection into the treasury, deducting five per cent.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the marshals shall pay all fines which have been levied and collected by them or their respective deputies, under the authority of the acts herein referred to, into the treasury of the United States, within two months after they shall have received the same, deducting five per centum for their own trouble; and in case of failure, it shall be the duty of the comptroller of the treasury to give notice to the district attorney of the United States, who shall proceed against the said marshal in the district court by attachment for the recovery of the same.
Non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of volunteer and militia corps entitled to the same monthly pay, rations, and forage, &c. as those of the army of the United States.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of volunteer and militia corps, who, subsequent to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall have been or may hereafter be called out, while in the service of the United States, shall, during the continuance of the present war between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America, and their territories, be entitled to and receive the same monthly pay, rations, and forage, and furnished with the same camp equipage as are or may be provided by law for the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the army of the United States.
Approved, February 2, 1813.
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Chap. XX.—An Act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the Illinois territory.
Act of April 29, 1816, ch. 162.
Inhabitants and cultivators of land lying in districts established for the sale thereof, entitled to preference in purchasing.
No more than one quarter section to be sold to any individual.
No lands to be sold which were reserved by former acts.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person, or legal representative of every person, who has actually inhabited and cultivated a tract of land lying in either of the districts established for the sale of public lands, in the Illinois territory, which tract is not rightfully claimed by any other person, and who shall not have removed from said territory; every such person and his legal representatives shall be entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser from the United States of such tract of land at private sale, at the same price and on the same terms and conditions in every respect, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of other lands sold at private sale in said territory, at the time of making such purchase: Provided, that no more than one quarter section of land shall be sold to any one individual, in virtue of this act; and the same shall be bounded by the sectional and divisional lines run, or to be run, under the direction of the surveyor general for the division of the public lands: Provided also, that no lands reserved from sale by former acts, or lands which have been directed to be sold in town lots, and out lots, shall be sold under this act.
