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Chap. III.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.
Appropriation for the compensation of the Senate and House of Representatives.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, for the compensation granted by law to the Senate and House of Representatives: and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 14, 1823.
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Chap. V.—An Act to continue the present mode of supplying the army of the United States.
The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th section of act of April 14, 1818, ch. 61, continued in force for five years, and to the end of the next session of Congress.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sections of the act, entitled “An act regulating the staff of the army,” passed April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen be, and the same are hereby, continued in force for the term of five years, and until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter.
Approved, January 23, 1823.
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Chap. VI.—An Act to enable the proprietors of lands held by titles derived from the United States to obtain copies of papers from the proper department, and to declare the effect of such copies.
The Secretary of the Treasury to cause authentic copies of papers filed, &c., to be made &c., and these copies to be equal evidence as the original papers.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any person claiming to be interested in, or entitled to land, under any grant or patent from the United States, shall apply to the Treasury Department for copies of papers filed and remaining therein, in any wise affecting the title to such land, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause such copies to be made out and authenticated, under his hand and seal, for the person so applying, and such copies, so authenticated, shall be evidence equally as the original papers.
Approved, January 23, 1823.
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Chap. VII.—An Act in addition to “An act to continue in force ‘An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,’ and, also, to make further provision for punishing the crime of piracy.”[1]
Act of May 15, 1820, ch. 113.
The 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th sections of act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77, made perpetual.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first, second, third, and fourth sections of an act, entitled “An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and to punish the crime of piracy,” passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force, in all respects, as fully as if the said sections had been enacted without limitation, in the said act, or in the act to which this is an addition, and which was passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
- ↑ See notes to the act of March 3, 1819, ch. 77.
