twenty-five, of every instalment then due, and which shall afterwards become payable, shall be allowed, upon the amount so paid, a deduction, at the rate of thirty-seven and an half per centum.
Duty of the registers and receivers.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the registers and receivers of the land offices of the United States, immediately after the tenth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to return complete lists of the lands relinquished to the United States, within their districts; and such lands shall be exposed to sale as other public lands of the United States.
Fees to be allowed them.
1821, ch. 12.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of any land office, shall be allowed double the fees given them by the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, for like services, to be paid by the person or persons availing themselves of the provisions of this act.
The provisions of this act to extend to town lots, &c.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended to town lots, and out-lots, reserved for that purpose, and sold by the United States on a credit.
Approved, May 18, 1824.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Repealed.]
Chap. LXXXIX.—An Act providing for the appointment of an agent for the Osage Indians, west of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.
An agent to be appointed to the Osage Indians west of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint an agent for the Osage Indians west of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, who shall receive for his compensation the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, in full, and that all rations or other allowances made to him, shall be deducted from the sum hereby allowed.
Said agents to reside near said tribe or tribes.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each Indian agent to reside and keep his agency within, or near the territory, claimed by the tribe or tribes of Indians for which he may be agent, at such place as the President of the United States may designate.
Approved, May 18, 1824.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Repealed.]
Chap. CXXXVI.—An act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports.[1]
Specific duties on goods imported.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the following duties, that is to say:
Sail-duck.First. On sail-duck, osnaburgs, burlaps, and ticklenbergs, a duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem.
On all manufactures of wool, or of which wool shall be a component part, except worsted stuff goods and blankets, which shall pay twenty--- ↑ See notes to the acts imposing duties on imports, vol. i. 24.Act of May 19, 1828, ch. 55. Act of July 14, 1832, ch. 227. Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 55. Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 58. Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 62. Act of June 30, 1834, ch. 131. 139. Act of March 3, 1835, ch. 42. Act of March 2, 1837, ch. 15. Act of May 31, 1838, ch. 93. Act of July 7, 1838, ch. 178. Act of March 3, 1839, ch. 82, sec. 2. Act of Sept. 11, 1841, ch. 24. Act of Aug. 30, 1842, ch. 270. Act of April 2, 1844, ch. 8. Act of June 4, 1844, ch. 39.Under the Tariff act of 22d May, 1824, ch. 136, bombazines being goods in which wool is a component material, are liable to a duty of thirty per cent. The United States v. Edward Clarke and others, 5 Mason’s C. C. R. 30.
