Act of May 18, 1824, ch. 88, and explanatory act of May 26, 1824, ch. 176, an act making further provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands, continued until July 4, 1829.
1826, ch. 34.“An act to provide for the extinguishment of debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands,” approved May the eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and the act, entitled “An act explanatory of an act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands,” approved May the twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four; and also the act, entitled “An act making further provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands,” approved May the fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, be, and the same are hereby, revived and continued in force until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Approved, March 21, 1828.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXIII.—An Act authorizing a subscription for the statistical tables prepared by George Watterston and Nicholas B. Van Zandt.
Six hundred copies of the statistical tables, to be published by Watterston and Van Zandt, to be purchased, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for the Department of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for, and receive, for the use and disposal of Congress, six hundred copies of the statistical tables proposed to be published by George Watterston and Nicholas B. Van Zandt, of the city of Washington.
1500 dollars appropriated.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, to defray the cost of the said subscription; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 3, 1828.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XXVIII.—An Act to confirm certain claims to lands in the territory of Michigan.[1]
Claims purporting to be confirmed, &c., or recommended for confirmation, under the act of May 11, 1820, ch. 85, confirmed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims purporting to be confirmed, or recommended for confirmation, by the commissioners appointed to carry into effect the “Act to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on claims to lands in, and for settling the claims to lands at, Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, in the territory of Michigan,” passed on the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, which are contained in volumes two, four, and five, be, and the same are, confirmed.
Claims purporting to be confirmed, or recommended for confirmation, under the act of Feb. 21, 1823, ch. 10, confirmed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the claims purporting to be confirmed, or recommended for confirmation, by the commissioners appointed to carry into effect “An act to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the territory of Michigan,” passed the twenty-first of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, which are contained in volumes one, three, six, eight, and nine, of said reports, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed.
- ↑ Notes of the acts which have been passed relating to the sales of lands in the territory of Michigan, vol. ii. 437.
