ed at Monroe and Opelousas, and the office of the Surveyor General of Louisiana.
What portion of Fayetteville district shall be called in the Western district.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all portion of the present Fayetteville district which lies south of the line between townships eleven and twelve north of the principal base line, shall form a separate land district, and be called the Western land district, and the land office for said district shall be established at the county seat of Johnson county or such other place as the President of the United States shall designate.
Register and receiver to be appointed.
Their compensation.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, under the existing laws, a register and receiver in and for said district, whose compensation shall be the same as provided for other registers and receivers; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as it can be done, to cause the necessary tract books, plats, maps and surveys of the public lands, in said district, to be filed in said office; and all applications for entries in said district shall be made as heretofore prescribed by law at the land offices now established, until the first day of June next.
Approved, July 7, 1838.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Expired.]
Chap. CLXXVII.—An Act to continue in force the act for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Act of 18th January, 1837, ch. 5, continued for two years.
Act of Feb. 27, 1841, ch. 13. That the act approved January eighteen, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States,” be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for two years from the end of the present session of Congress.
Approved, July 7, 1838.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. CLXXVIII.—An Act exempting from duty the coal which may be on board of steamboats or vessels propelled by steam on their arrival at any port in the United States.
Captains of steamboats arriving in the U. S. with coal on board, may proceed with the same to foreign ports without paying duty thereon. Acts repealed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the captain or master of any steamboat or vessel propelled by steam, arriving at any port in the United States, to retain all the coal such boat or vessel may have on board at the time of her arrival, and may proceed with said coal to a foreign port, without being required to land the same in the United States, or to pay any duty thereon; and all acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, July 7, 1838.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CLXXIX.—An Act making appropriations for the compilation of the laws of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation. That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in compiling the statutes and other laws of the Territory of Florida; the same to be placed for that purpose under the control of the Governor of said Territory.
Approved, July 7, 1838.