Abram Smith, for Indian depredations, be, and the same are hereby, submitted to the third auditor of the treasury, for examination and adjustment; who is hereby directed to be governed in his decisions, by the provisions of the fourteenth section of the act of March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitledAct of March 30, 1802, ch. 13.
Proviso. “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” and by treaty stipulations with any of the tribes mentioned, applicable to any of the cases: Provided, That no limitation of time for presenting claims under that act shall bar any of the claims herein mentioned. And the amount of each claim, when so established and ascertained, shall be paid to the claimant or claimants, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the amount of each claim, when so ascertained and established, shall be reported to Congress, with the evidence in its support, for final decision and allowance.
Approved, May 31, 1830.
RESOLUTIONS
I. Resolution authorizing the purchase of fifty copies of the sixth volume of the Laws of the United States.
Clerk of House of Representatives to purchase 50 copies 6th vol. Laws of United States.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the clerk of the House of Representatives be directed to purchase fifty copies of the sixth volume of the Laws of the United States, to complete the sets in the library of Congress wanting that volume, at a rate paid for former purchases of the Laws, being four dollars a volume.
Approved, December 29, 1829.
II. Resolution granting the use of the books in the library of Congress, to the Heads of Departments, to certain officers of Congress, and to Ex-Presidents of the United States.
President of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives to grant the use of library to Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Postmaster General, clerk of the House of Representatives, chaplains, and Ex-Presidents.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being, be, and they are hereby authorized to grant the use of the books in the library of Congress, to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the secretary of the Senate, and clerk of the House of Representatives, the chaplains of Congress, and any individual, when in the District of Columbia, who may have been President of the United States; at the times, and on the same terms, conditions, and restrictions, as members of Congress are allowed to use said books.
Approved, January 13, 1830.
III. Resolution authorizing the transmission of papers, by mail, relating to the fifth census.
Papers relating to 5th census.
Act of March 3, 1825, ch. 64.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the thirteenth section of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, as restricts the weight of packages by mail, shall not apply to the transmission of papers relating to the fifth census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.
