Statute Ⅰ.
[Expired.]
Chap. CLIV.—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances.
Transfers of appropriations in the naval service authorized.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the application of the Secretary of the Navy, the President of the United States shall have authority, whenever in his opinion the unforeseen contingencies of the public service may require it, to direct that a part of the money appropriated for a particular branch of the naval service be applied to another branch of the said service;Special accounts of the moneys transferred, and of their application, to be laid before Congress. in which case, a special account of the moneys thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid before Congress before its adjournment, if then in session, and during the first week of the next ensuing session, if such transfer be made in the recess of Congress.
This act shall continue in force until the close of the next session of Congress and no longer.
Approved, July 3, 1832.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CLV.—An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Indiana to sell and convey certain lands granted to said state for the use of the people thereof.
Legislature authorized to sell and convey certain tracts of land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the state of Indiana be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in such manner, and on such conditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, the following described tracts of land heretofore granted and set apart for the use of said state, namely: sections numbered thirteen progressively to thirty-six, inclusive; section sixteen excepted, in township numbered two, north of range two, west; and sections numbered one to twelve progressively and inclusive, in township one, north of range two, west; and the north-east quarter of section numbered fourteen, in township seven, north of range two, west; and the north-west quarter of section numbered twenty-six, in township one, north of range five, west, in the Vincennes district; likewise, section fifteen, in township two, north; section twenty-eight, in township three, north of range four, east; and fractional section, numbered thirty-one, in township nine, north of range two, east, of the Jeffersonville district;Proceeds applied to education. and to apply the proceeds of said sale to the purposes of education: Provided, That the legislature shall not authorize a sale of the said land at a less price than that at which the public lands are sold at private entry.
Approved, July 3, 1832.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLXI.—An Act to provide for carrying into effect the treaty of limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States.
Commissioner, surveyor, and clerk to be appointed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner and surveyor to be appointed on the part of the United States, according to the third article of the treaty of limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, of January twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, be severally appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the consent of the Senate; together with a clerk to the said commissioner to be appointed in the same manner; and that for the purpose of carrying into effect the second and third articles of the treaty aforesaid, there be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums:
Salaries.For the salary of the commissioner two thousand five hundred dollars.
