or the foregoing acts, shall be so construed as to prevent the President of the United States from bringing the said lands in Arkansas into market under existing laws; and all claims to donations under the before-recited act, which shall not have been presented and allowed by the proper authorities on or before the day which shall be fixed on by the President for the sale of said land, are hereby declared forfeited to the United States.
Approved, January 27, 1831.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XII.—An Act further supplemental to the act entitled “An act making further provision for settling the claims to land, in the territory of Missouri,” passed the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.[1]
Act of June 13, 1812, ch. 99.
The United States to relinquish certain rights.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States do hereby relinquish to the inhabitants of the several towns or villages of Portage des Sioux, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Saint Ferdinand, Villa Robert, Carondelet, Saint Genevieve, New Madrid, New Bourbon, and Little Prairie, in the state of Missouri, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the town or village lots, out lots, common field lots, and commons in, adjoining and belonging to, the said towns or villages, confirmed to them respectively, by the first section of the act of Congress, entitled “An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the territory of Missouri,” passed the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to be held by the inhabitants of the said towns and villages, in full property, according to their several rights therein, to be regulated or disposed of for the use of the inhabitants, according to the laws of the state of Missouri.
United States to relinquish all right, &c. in Missouri.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States do hereby relinquish all their right, title, and interest, in and to the town and village lots, out lots, and common field lots, in the state of Missouri, reserved for the support of schools, in the respective towns and villages aforesaid, by the second section of the above-recited act of Congress; and that the same shall be sold or disposed of, or regulated for the said purposes, in such manner, as may be directed by the legislature of said state.
Approved, January 27, 1831.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XIV.—An Act making provision for the compensation of witnesses, and payment of other expenses attending the trial of the impeachment of James H. Peck.
Witnesses, four dollars per diem, and twenty cents per mile.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to every witness summoned to attend the trial of the impeachment of James H. Peck, there shall be allowed and paid, for every day’s attendance upon the said trial, the sum of four dollars; and also for mileage, at the rate of twenty cents for every mile distance coming to the city of Washington, and returning to the usual place of residence of the witnesses respectively, computing the said distance by the usual route of travel by land.
Secretary of the Senate to certify.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Senate to ascertain and certify the amount due to each witness for attendance and mileage; which certificate shall be a sufficient voucher to entitle the witness to receive from the treasury of the United States, the amount certified to be due, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.
- ↑ See notes of decisions of the Supreme Court on land titles in Missouri, vol. ii. pp. 748, 812.Notes of acts passed relative to land titles in Missouri, vol. ii. p. 812.
