Proviso.him to his land warrant and patent: Provided, such measure be justified by the time of his enlistment, the period of service, and the report of some officer of the corps to which he was attached.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
Statute I.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CXXIX.—An Act providing an additional compensation to the district judge of the southern district of New York.
Additional compensation to the district of judge of New York.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to the district judge of the southern district of the state of New York, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, for a compensation for his services in holding the courts of the United States, in the northern district of said state.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
Statute I.
Chap. CXXX.—An Act to enable the Levy Court of the county of Alexandria to lay a tax for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting a jail and courthouse.
A tax to be laid on the county on Alexandria for building a jail and courthouse in Alexandria.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to raise, by a tax upon the taxable inhabitants of the said county, a sum sufficient to defray the expense of building a jail and courthouse, for the said county, which sum shall be appropriated to the erection of such buildings accordingly under the direction of the said court.
Approved, April 27, 1816.
Statute I.
Chap. CXXXI.—An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road in the territory of Illinois.
Commissioners to be appointed for laying off the road.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark in the most eligible course, a road from Shawanee town, on the Ohio river, to the United States’ Saline, and to Kaskaskia, in the Illinois territory; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States, who, if he approves of said survey, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the treasury of the United States, and the said road shall be considered as established and accepted.
Road to be opened under direction of the President.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said road shall be opened and made under the direction of the President of the United States, in such manner as he shall direct.
Compensation payable to commissioners, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, for each and every day which they shall be necessarily employed in the exploring, surveying and marking, said road: and for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners and their assistants, and opening and marking said road, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of eight thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 27, 1816.