tions thereto have not been made subject to public sale, or being so subject have not been sold at public sale or by private entry, then each and every section contiguous to said selected section,1842, ch. 110. and not so sold, shall be thereafter reserved and withheld from sale in any manner, until the further order of Congress thereon. But nothing herein expressed shall be construed to restrain the said Territory of Iowa,Iowa may dispose of such part of said land as is more than sufficient, &c. after appropriating a sufficient quantity of land within said selected section for the site and accommodation of the public buildings, from selling and disposing of the residue of said section in lots or otherwise, for the use of said Territory, in the erection and completion of said buildings.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
Statute ⅠⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXVIII.—An Act for the improvement and survey of certain rivers, and the repair of certain roads in Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes herein specified, that is to say,
Removal of obstructions and survey of Suwannee riv.For the removal of obstructions at the mouth of the Suwannee river, and for the survey of the said river, with a view to its improvement, fifteen thousand dollars;
Survey of Yellow river.For the survey of Yellow river, Florida, to ascertain the practicability and cost of removing the rafts which obstruct its navigability, five hundred dollars;
Repair of road from Jacksonville, by Garey’s ferry.For the repair, including the alteration if necessary, of the road from Jacksonville, by the way of Garey’s ferry, to Newmansville, Florida, five thousand dollars;
Road from Jacksonville to St. Mary’s.For the construction of a road from Jacksonville to St. Mary’s, Florida, in part or in whole upon the route of the existing road, as may be found expedient, seven thousand five hundred dollars; all which sums shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
Statute ⅠⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXIX.—An Act granting to the judges of the supreme court of Iowa the same compensation as by law is given to the judges of the supreme court of Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Act of April 20, 1836, ch. 54, sec. 11. That from and after the commencement of the next quarter, after the passage of this act, the judges of the supreme court of the Territory of Iowa shall receive the same salary as is now received by the judges of the Territory of Wisconsin.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
Statute ⅠⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXX.—An Act to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.
Act of Jan. 14, 1841, ch. 3.
Act of Sept. 1, 1841, ch. 15.
Resolution of Sept. 1, 1841.
Resolution of April 14, 1842.
Number of inhabitants to be taken, &c.
Whites.
Age and sex.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshals of the several districts of the United States, and of the District of Columbia, and of the Territories of Wisconsin, Iowa, and of Florida, respectively, shall be, and are hereby, required, under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of State, and according to such instructions as he shall give, pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants within their respective districts and territories (omitting, in
