expenses as shall be incurred by their direction, including the sum of three hundred dollars, to each, for his personal services and expenses; Provided, however, That their accounts shall be settled at the Treasury, in the same manner as those of other public agents.
Approved, June 28, 1838.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. CXLVIII.—An Act relating to the Orphans’ Court of Alexandria county, in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Pay of the Judge. That, from and after the passage of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the judge of the orphans’ court of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia, in quarterly payments, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, in lieu of all other compensation for his services ad judge of said court.
Approved, June 28, 1838.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. CL.—An Act to confirm the act of the Legislative Council of Florida, incorporating the “Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company,” and granting the right of way to said company through the public lands, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Act of the Legislature of Florida, incorporating, &c. confirmed.
Proviso. That the act passed by the Legislative Council of Florida, entitled “An act to incorporate the Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company,” approved eighth January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed: Provided, however, That the said company shall not be deemed to have, nor shall they exercise, banking privileges; nor shall the said act be so construed as to give or grant banking privileges to said company; and in case the said company shall exercise banking privileges, of any description, in any way or manner, then this confirmation or ratification of said act of incorporation shall be void and of no effect.
Right of way through the public lands, granted.
Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right of way shall be, and is hereby, granted to said company over and through any of the public lands of the United States over which the said road may pass: Provided, That the said land to be used and occupied by said company for the line or route of such road shall not exceed eighty feet in width.
Right to take from the public lands earth, stone, or wood.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have the right to take from the public lands in the vicinity of said road and within twenty rods of the centre thereof, on each side, all such materials of earth, stone, or wood, as may be necessary or convenient for the actual construction of said road or any part thereof; and, during the construction of said road, to occupy said lands to the width aforesaid, so far as may be necessary to the convenient performance of said work: Provided, however,Proviso. That the rights and privileges granted by this section shall be so exercised as to cause as little damage as possible to the public lands adjacent to said road; and proper drains or sluices shall be constructed by the said company so as to prevent the obstruction of any streams or water-courses which may be crossed by said road.
Sites granted for watering places, &c.
Proviso.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and are hereby, granted to the said company all necessary sites for watering-places, depots, and workshops, along the line of road: Provided, That no one depot or watering place shall contain over four square acres, to be laid off in a square form; and not more than one of said squares shall be granted to or taken by said company for each ten miles of said road.
