Salary of J. C. Pickett.To James C. Pickett, secretary of legation, left in charge of the affairs of the United States at Bogota, on the termination of the mission of Mr. Moore, one quarter’s salary, for the expense of his return to the United States, five hundred dollars.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLXVI.—An Act repealing certain acts of the legislative council of the territory of Florida.
Acts imposing higher duties on slaves belonging to non-residents repealed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all such acts or parts of acts, passed by the legislative council of the territory of Florida, as may impose a higher or greater tax on the slaves or other property of non-resident citizens, than is imposed on the slaves or other property of resident citizens of said territory, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and declared null and void.
Punishment for enforcing such acts.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall attempt to enforce any of the acts, or parts of acts, passed by the legislative council of the territory of Florida, as aforesaid, by demanding or receiving any tax, imposition, or assessment authorized or prescribed thereby, such person shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or either or both of said punishments.
County of Leon to elect two additional members of council.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the county of Leon, in the territory of Florida, shall be authorized to elect two additional members to the legislative council, on the first Monday in September next, and it shall be lawful for the legislative council to designate by law the election districts, in such manner as to ensure an equality of representation to each.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLXVII.—An Act to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian reservation lying between the rivers Mississippi and Desmoins.
Lands relinquished, and to be vested in certain half-breeds of Sacs and Fox Indians.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest which might accrue or revert to the United States to the reservation of land, lying between the rivers Desmoins and Mississippi, which was reserved for the use of the half-breeds belonging to the Sacs and Fox nations, now used by them, or some of them, under a treaty made and concluded between the United States and the Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, at Washington, on the fourth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and vested in the said half-breeds of the Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, who, at the passage of this act are, under the reservation in the said treaty, entitled, by the Indian title, to the same; with full power and authority to transfer their portions thereof, by sale, devise or descent, according to the laws of the state of Missouri.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLXVIII.—An Act authorizing the governors of the several states to transmit, by mail, certain books and documents.
