Department of the Navy, and four additional clerks in the General Post-office, including the sum of nine hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-five cents, due for extra clerk hire in the General Post-office during one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLVIII.—An Act to allow a salary to the collectors of the districts of Nantucket and Pensacola, and to abolish the office of surveyor of the district of Pensacola.
250 dollars to be paid to the collector for Nantucket, and 500 dollars to the collector for the district of Pensacola, annually.
After the 30th June next, the office of surveyor for the district of Pensacola, to be abolished.
After the 30th June next, the office of surveyor for the district of Pensacola, to be abolished.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passage of this act, the following annual salaries be, and the same are hereby allowed, to wit: To the collector of the port of entry for the district of Nantucket, in the state of Massachusetts, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; and to the collector of the port of entry for the district of Pensacola, in the territory of Florida, the sum of five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the office of surveyor of the port of entry for the district of Pensacola, in the territory above mentioned, be, and the same is hereby, abolished.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLIX.—An Act to confer certain powers on the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
The levy court of the county of Alexandria to have the powers which the county courts of Virginia possessed, &c. on the 27th of February, 1801, in relation to county levies.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, shall, from and after the passing of this act, have, possess, and exercise, all the powers which the county courts of Virginia possessed and exercised on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, in relation to the laying of the county levies; and that the marshal of the District of Columbia, shall collect and account for the levies so laid by said court, in the same manner, and at the same time, as the sheriffs of Virginia collected and accounted for the levies made by the aforesaid county courts of Virginia, on the aforesaid twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one. The marshal of the district aforesaid, shall pay over the amount, so collected, to the order of the levy court aforesaid.
Seven justices of the peace to constitute a quorum.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any seven justices of the peace in the county of Alexandria, who shall be duly qualified, shall be a quorum for the transaction of all business appertaining by law to the levy court aforesaid.
The orphans’ court of Alexandria to hold its sessions on the first Monday of each month at the courthouse.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the orphans’ court of the said county of Alexandria, shall, hereafter, be held at the courthouse, in the town of Alexandria, so soon as a suitable room shall have been provided, on the public square on which said courthouse stands, for the safe-keeping of the records of said orphans’ court. The said orphans’ court shall hold its sessions on the first Monday in each month, and may adjourn from day to day, for the purpose of transacting the business of said court:Proviso. That the whole number of days of the session of said court, shall not exceed four in any one month.
The register of wills to give security for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register of wills for the county of Alexandria aforesaid, shall, within two months from and after the passage of this act, give bond and good security, payable to the