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Washington, to be determined in the manner hereinafter Washington at such place, and shall pass along such mentioned Provided, always, and be it enacted, That be- public street or alley, to such point or terminus, within fore the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company afore the said city, as the said company shall find best calculasaid shall proceed to construct any rail road which they ted to promote the objects of said road: Provided, That may lay out or locate, on, through, or over any land or the level of said road within the said city shall conform improvements, or to use, take for use any earth, stone, to the present graduation of the streets, unless the said or other materials, on any land within the said District, Corporation shall agree to a different level: And provid they shall first obtain the assent of the owner of such ed, also, That the said company shall not be permitted land, improvements, or materials, or, if such owner shall to take or terminate the said road west of the west side be absent from said District, or shall refuse to give such of seventh street west: And provided, also, That the assent on such terms as the said Company shall approve, said road shall not cross, or interfere with, or infringe on or, because of infancy, coverture, insanity, or any other the existing Washington City Canal, or the Chesapeake cause, shall be legally incapable of giving such assent, and Ohio Canal, their waters or basins, or any other cathen it shall be lawful for the said company to apply to anal which may hereafter be projected and executed to justice of the peace of the County of Washington, who connect the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal with the shall thereupon issue his warrant, under his hand aforesaid Washington City Canal in its whole extent to and seal, directed to the Marshal of the said District, the Eastern Branch of the Potomac : Provided, also, The requiring him to summon a jury of twenty inhabi- rate actually charged and received on all that part of said tants of the said District, none of whom shall be in- road within the District shall not exceed three cents a terested, or related to any person interested, in the land ton per mile for toll, and three cents a ton per mile for or materials required for the construction of the sad transportation, except as hereinafter specified, and shall rail road, or a stockholder, or related to any stockholder, be the same each way: Provided, also, That the priviin the said company, to meet on the land, or near to the leges granted by this bill to the aforesaid rail road comother property or materials so required, on a day named pany shall be upon the condition that the said company in such warrant, not less than three nor more than fifteen shall charge the same rate of toll upon the same articles days after issuing the same, to proceed to value the dam- going east and west between Baltimore and Washington. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in addition to ages which the owner or owners of any such land or other or occupation of the the charges authorized by said act of incorporation to be property will sustain by the use same, required by the said company; and the proceed- made by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company ings, duty, and authority of the said Marshal, in regard to aforesaid, the said company shall be authorized, within such warrant and jury, and the oath or affirmation to be the said District, to make any special contract with any administered, and inquisition to be made and returned, corporation. company or individual, for the exclusive use shall be the same as are directed and authorized in regard of any car, or of any part of, or place in, any car, or to the Sheriff, by the fifteenth section of the said act of other carriage, on any rail road constructed by the said the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, incor- company, for a specified time or distance, or both, or for porating the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Compa- the receipt and delivery, or the transportation of merny; and all the other proceedings in regard to such jury,chandise or other valuable articles, in boxes, parcels, or and the estimating and valuation of damages, and the pay-packages, weighing less than one-tenth of a ton, on such ment or tender of payment of any damages ascer tained by such valuation and effect thereof, and of the View of any lands, or other property, or materials, as to giving the said company a right to use the same for the use or construction of any rail road within the said District, as hereby authorized, shall, in every case, and in every respect, be the san.e as is provided in and by the abovementioned act of incorporation in regard to the rail road thereby authorized to be constructed by said Company: Provided, also, and be it enacted, That whenever the said company, in the construction of a rail road into or within the said District, as authorized by this act, shall find it necessary to cross or intersect any established road, street or other way, it shall be the duty of the said company so to construct the said rail road, across such established road, street or or other way, as not to impede the passage property along the transportation of persons or same; and, where it shall be necessary to pass the Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said compasaid rail road through the land of any individual within the said District, it shall also be the duty of the said ny are, also, hereby empowered to make such special Company to provide for such individual proper wagon contract with any duly authorized officer or agent of the ways across the said rail road, from one part of his land United States, for the conveyance of the mail, or the to the other; but nothing herein contained shall be so transportation of persons or property for the use of the construed as to authorize the entry by the said Company United States, on any rail road which has been, or shall upon any lot or square, or upon any part of any lot or be constructed by the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road square, owned by the United States, or by any other Company, on such terms as shall be approved of by the body or bodies politic or corporate, or by any individual competent officer or authority; and in all such instanor individuals, within the limits of the City of Wash-ces, to receive the compensation so agreed for, accord ington, for the purposes aforesaid, of locating or con- ing to the terms of each contract. structing the said road, or of excavating the same, or for the purpose of taking therefrom any material, or for any other purpose or uses whatsoever; but the said company, in passing into the District aforesaid, and construct ing the said road within the same, shall enter the City of terms as may be mutually agreed on between the parties: Provided, That the charge for the transportation of merchandize or other valuable articles shall not exceed one cent per mile for any single box, parcel, or package weighing less than fifty pounds, and measuring in size, not more than two cubic feet; and for any heavier or larger box, parcel, or package, weighing less than one-tenth of a ton, not more than two cents per mile. And the said company, in all cases where the whole of the merchandise, produce, or other property, transported on their rail road within the said District, at any one time, belonging to the same person, co-partnership, or corporation, shall weigh less than a ton, and more than half a ton, shall be entitled to charge and receive, for the transportation thereof, at the same rate per mile as if it weighed a full ton; and if the same shall weigh less than half a ton, the charge per mile may be the same as for half a ton; always estimating a ton weight to be two thousand pounds. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said railroad company may charge and receive, for taking up and setting down any passenger or traveller within the District, conveyed a shorter distance than four miles, a sum not exceeding twelve and a half cents. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That unless the said company shall commence the said lateral rail road within one year, and complete the same with at least one set of tracks, within four years from the passage of this act, then this act, and all the rights and privileges thereby granted, shall cease and determine. eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and, in case of vacancy in said office of Com. missioner, or of his being unable to act from any cause, the President is authorized to fill such vacancy by the appointment of some other qualified person, whenever it may be necessary, until the object of the commission shall be attained. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to prevent the Con- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Board gress of the United States from granting the same or si- of Commissioners shall have power to employ the neces milar privileges to those hereby granted to any other sary surveyors and laborers, and shall meet at such time company or companies, incorporated or to be incorpora- and place as may be agreed upon by the President of the ted by the States of Maryland or Virginia, or by Con- United States and the Government of the State of IIgress, or from authorizing, by any future law, such ad-linois, and proceed to ascertain, survey and mark the ditional rail road or roads, in connexion with said road, said Northern line of the State of Illinois, and report so as to extend the same road, or to construct others con- their proceedings to the President of the United States, nected therewith, to such parts of the District as from and the Governor of the State of Illinois. time to time may be required by the convenience of those parts of the District into which the said company are now restrained from carrying said road, or from enacting such rules and regulations, prescribing the speed of cars or carriages passing over said road, and other matters relating thereto, necessary for the security of the persons and property of the inhabitants of the District, in such manner as to the present or any future Congress shall seem expedient: And provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to give any rights or privileges to the said company, beyond the limits of the District of Columbia. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if the State of Maryland shall determine to construct a rail way between the city of Baltimore and the District of Columbia, or shall incorporate a company for the same purpose, then similar rights, privileges, immunities, and powers, conferred by this act on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, be, and the same are hereby conferred on the State of Maryland, or any company which may be incorporated by it for the same purpose, within one year after the passage of this act. Approved: March 2, 1831. AN ACT to ascertain and, mark the line between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be run and marked the boundary line between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, by the Surveyors General of Alabama and Florida, on the thirty-first degree of north latitude; and it shall be the duty of the Surveyor General of Florida to connect the public surveys on both sides with the line so run and marked. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be issued for such tracts of land as were sold and paid for at the land office at Tallahassee, in the Territory of Florida, as are found to be situate within the limits of the district of lands subject to sale at Sparta, in Alabama, agreeably to the terms of the act organizing that district; and the said entries and sales shall be as valid, in every respect, as if they had been made in the land district of Alabama. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President may allow to the said Commissioner of the United States, such compensation for his services as shall seem to bim reasonable: Provided, it does not exceed the allowance made by the State of Illinois to the Commissioner on its part; and the said allowance, together with one half of the necessary expenses of said board, and the surveyors and laborers, and the allowance to be made to the Surveyors General of the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and the necessary expenses incurred by them in running and marking said line between said State and Territory, shall be paid from the Treasury of the United States, out of any money not otherwise appropriated; and, to enable the President to carry this act into effect, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1831. AN ACT allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnatti, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places. Be it enacted, &c. That when any goods, wares, or merchandise, are to be imported from any foreign country, into Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, Wheeling, in the State of Virginia, Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, or into Natchez, in the State of Mississippi; the importer therof shall deposite in the custody of the Surveyor of the place a schedule of the goods so intended to be imported, with an estimate of their cost at the place of exportation; whereupon the said Surveyor shall make an estimate of the amount of duties accruing on the same, and the importer or consignee shall give bond, with sufficient suretics, to be approved by the Surveyor, in double the amount of the duties so estimated, conditioned for the payment of the duties on such merchandise, ascertained as hereinafter directed; and the Surveyor shall forthwith notify the Collector at New Orleans of the same, by forwarding to him a copy of said bond and schedule. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the importer or his agent, is hereby authorized to enter any merchandize, imported, as aforesaid, by the way of New Orleans, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President at that port, in the manner now prescribed by law; and of the United States is hereby authorized to cause the the Collector shall grant a permit for the landing thereof, Surveyor General of the United States for the States of and cause the duties to be ascertained as in other cases, Illinois and Missouri, and the Territory of Arkansas, to the said goods remaining in the custody of the Collector act as a Commissioner on the part of the United States, until re-shipped for the place of destination; and the whenever he shall be duly informed that the Government Collector shall certify to the Surveyor at such place the of the State of Illinois shall have appointed a Commis- amount of such duties, which the said Surveyor shall ensioner on its part, the two to form a board, to ascertain, ter on the margin of the bond, as aforesaid given to sesurvey, and mark the northern line of the State of Il-cure the same, which goods shall be delivered by the linois, as defined in the act of Congress, entitled "An Collector to the agent of the importer or consignee, duact to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to formly authorized to receive the same, for shipment to the a Constitution and State Government, &c." passed the place of importation, and the master or commander of 57 APPENDIX-To Gales & Seaton's Register. Laws of the United States. every steamboat, or other vessel, in which such merchandise shall be transported, shall, previously to her departure from New Orleans, deliver to the Collector duplicate manifests of such merchandise, specifying the marks and numbers of every case, bag, box, chest, or package, containing the same, with the name and place of residence of every importer or consignee of such merchandise, and the quantity shipped to each, to be by him subscribed, and to the truth of which he shall swear or affirm, and that the said goods have been received on board his vessel; stating the name of the agent, who shipped the same; and the said Collector shall certify the facts, as aforesaid, on the manifests, one of which he shall return to the master, with a permit thereto annexed, authorizing him to proceed to the place of his destination. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if any steamboat or other vessel, having merchandise on hoard, imported as aforesaid, shall depart from New Orleans without having complied with the provisions of this act, the master thereof shall forfeit five hundred dollars; and the master of any such boat or vessel, arriving at either of the ports above named, on board of which merchan dise, as aforesaid, shall have been shipped at New-Orleans, shall within eighteen hours next after the arrival, and previously to unloading any part of said merchandise, deliver to the Surveyor of such port the manifest of the same, certified, as aforesaid, by the Collector of New 58 [21st CONG. 2d SESS. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and Blakely. Be it enacted, &c. That the act, entitled "An act to AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Nowell. Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of War cause to be paid to Samuel Nowell, of New Hampshire, a pension of eight dollars per month during his natural life, commencing on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Approved, March 2, 1831. Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. Orleans, and shall make oath or affirmation before the said Surveyor that there was not, when he departed from New Orleans, any more or other goods on board such boat or vessel,imported as aforesaid, than is therein men tioned; whereupon the Surveyor shall cause the said AN ACT to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company in casks, bags, boxes, chests, or packages, to be inspected, and compared with the manifests, and the same being identified,he shall grant a permit for unloading the same, or such part thereof as the master shall request, and, when a part only of such merchandise is intended to be lander, the Surveyor shall make an endorsement on the back of the manifests, designating such part, specifying the articles to be landed, and shall return the manifests to the master, endorsing thereon his permission to such boat or vessel to proceed to the place of its destination; and, if the master of such steamboat or vessel shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifests within the time herein directed, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Collector of the port of New Orleans shall permit no entry to be made of goods, wares, or merchandise, where the duty on the sa ne shall exceed the amount of the bond deposited with the Surveyor, as aforesaid, nor shall the said Surveyor receive the bond of any person not entitled to a credit at the custom house, or for a sum less than fifty dollars, and that, when the said bond shall have been completed, and the actual amount of duty ascertained and certified on the margin, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Surveyor of the port where the bond is taken, to deposite the same for collection in such bank as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That where Surveyors are not already appointed in any of the places mentioned in the first section of this act, a suitable person shall be appointed for such places, and on all such Surveyors, whether appointed or to be appointed, shall devolve the duties prescribed by this act in addition to the customary duties performed by that officer in other places; and the Surveyor at each of said places shall, before taking the oath of office, give security to the United States for the faithful performance of all his duties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and shall receive in addition to his customary fees, an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars Provided, that no salary arising under this act, shall commence until its provisions shall take effect, and merchandise may be imported under its authority. Be it enacted, &c. That the subscribers to this company, their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Potomac Fire Insurance Company of Georgetown ;" and shall by that name have succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of law in the United States, and to make and use one common seal, and the same to alter and amend at their pleasure. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That subscriptions be opened in Georgetown, in the District aforesaid, under the direction of Francis Dodge, Raphael Semmes, Walter Smith, John Kurtz, William S. Nicholls, L. G. Davidson, John Marbury, Joel Cruttenden, O. M. Linthicum, James Dunlop, William G. Ridgeley, Samuel Humphreys, and William Hayman, as Commissioners, or a majority of them, for raising a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars, divided into eight thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners, after giving ten days previous notice of the time and place for receiving subscriptions of the said stock, shall proceed to receive the same; and should the number of shares subscribed exceed the number of which the capital stock consists, then, and in such case, the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed so to apportion the shares subscribed among the several subscribers, by proportional reduction, as may reduce the whole to the aforesaid number of eight thousand shares. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one dollar on each share shall be paid to the Commissioners at the time of subscribing, and a further sum of four dollars on each share of stock by instalments, after giving thirty days previous notice to the stockholders, in one or more newspapers printed in the District of Columbia, not exceeding two dollars on each share; and that the remainder of the said twenty-five dollars shall be secured by notes payable on demand, signed and endorsed to the satisfaction of the President and Directors. The said notes shall be renewed whenever the directors may con sider it proper; but the directors are hereby required to cause the same to be renewed at least once in every twelve months; and every stockholder neglecting or refusing to renew his vote, or neglecting or refusing to pay any instalment, when required by the President and Directors so to do, shall forfeit all his interest in this company, and be held liable for his proportion of any loss which may have occurred previousto such neglect or refusal. Constitution of the United States; that the said president and directors shall conduct business in Georgetown, that they shall keep full, fair, and correct entries of their transactions, which shall be at all times open to the inspection of the stockholders; they shall also have power to hire or purchase a suitable building or buildings in Georgetown, for the purpose of transacting the affairs of the institution; that the president, or such other person as may be appointed in his place, and four directors, shall form a quorum for transacting business, and all questions which may come before them shall be decided by a plu. rality of votes. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, should any forfeiture be incurred by any member of this institution, the same may be annulled, remitted, and made void by a majority of the whole board of directors present at the meeting at which the motion for such remission shall be made : SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all policies of Provided, That no remittance of any forfeiture under this insurance made by this corporation shall be signed by the act shall take place without the payment of the principal President, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with of said instalment, and interest thereon, or the renewal the common seal thereof; and all losses on any such poof his note, as required by the directors, as also the pay-licy or policies shall be adjusted by the president and ment of his proportion of such loss as may have occurred board of directors, and paid, agreeably to the terms of previous to such forfeiture. the policy, out of the funds of the company. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, as soon as two thousand shares shall be subscribed for, the Commissioners hereby authorized to receive subscriptions shall call a meeting of the subscribers, after giving ten days notice in one or more of the newspapers printed in the District of Columbia; and the subscribers who shall assemble in consequence of such notice, or appear by proxy, shall choose by ballot from among the stockholders, by a majority of votes, twelve directors, who shall continue in office until the first Monday in August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; on which Monday in August, in every succeeding year thereafter, an election shall be held for twelve directors as aforesaid, who shall continue in office for one year from the time of their election, and until others shall be chosen in their stead; and the said directors, at their first meeting, shall choose from among themselves, or from the stockholders at large, a President, and allow him a reasonable compensation for his services; and, in case of death, removal, resignation, or other disqualification of the President or any of the Directors, the remaining directors may elect others to supply their places during the remainder of the term for which they were chosen. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every subscriber shall be entitled to vote by himself, his agent or proxy, appointed under his hand and seal, attested by two witnesses, at all elections made by virtue of this act; and shall have as many votes as he holds shares, as far as ten shares; one vote for every five shares which he may hold over ten shares as far as fifty other shares; and one vote for every twenty shares which he may hold over sixty shares. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of this institution shall be conducted by the president and directors elected as aforesaid; that the president shall preside at all meetings of the directors, and, in case of absence, his place may be supplied by one of the directors, appointed by the board; that the president and directors shall have power and authority to make all kinds of insurances against loss or damage by fire, and insurances on inland transportation of goods, wares, merchandise, and country produce, not exceeding ten thousand dollars in any one policy, and to invest the funds of the institution in stock, or dispose of the same in such manner as in their judgment may be most advantageous to the said institution; that they shall have full power and authority to appoint a Secretary, and such other clerks and servants under them as shall be necessary for transacting the business of the said institution, and may allow them such salary as they shall judge reasonable; to ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall appear to them necessary for regulating and conducting the concerns of the said institution, not being contrary to, or inconsistent with, this act, or the laws and Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That dividends of the nett profits arising on the capital stock, or so much thereof as to them may appear advisable, after reserving one-third of the nett profits as a surplus fund, until it shall amount to the sum of twenty thousand dollars, shall he made at such periods as the president and directors may judge proper, not oftener than once in six months, and the same shall be paid to the stockholders or their legal representatives; but if a dividend shall at any time be declared of a greater amount than the nett profits of the said company at the time of making the same, each and every director that consented thereto, shall, and is hereby declared to be liable for, in his individual capacity, and bound to contribute to make good the deficiency in the capital stock occasioned by such improper dividend. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That no stockholder shall be answerable, in his person or individual property, for any contract or agreement of said company, or for any losses, deficiencies, or failures, of the capital stock of said institution, except in the case of a director declaring an improper dividend, as before provided for in the tenth section of this act; but the whole of the said capital stock, together with all property, rights, and credits, belonging thereunto, and nothing more, shall at any time be answerable for the demands against the said company. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the stock of this institution is hereby declared personal and not real estate, and may be assigned and transferred on the books of the company, in person or by power of attorney only; but no stockholder indebted to the company shall be permitted to make a transfer, or receive a dividend, unti! such debt is paid or secured to the satisfaction of the president and board of directors. SEC 13. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and continue in force until the first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and until the end of the next session of Congress which shall happen thereafter; and on the dissolution or expiration of this charter, the president and directors for the time being shall take prompt and effectual measures for closing all its concerns; but no such dissolution or expiration shall operate so as to prevent any suits to be brought or continued by or against the said corporation, for any debt or claim due by or to, the same, and which arose previ ously to said dissolution or expiration; but for the purpose of closing its concerns, its corporate powers shall remain unimpaired. Approved, March 2, 1831. AN ACT to provide for the further compensation of the Be it enacted, &c. That the Marshal of the District of Laws of the United States. the compensation now allowed by law, an annual salary of two hundred dollars, payable quarterly, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 2, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of certain holders of certificates issued in lieu of lands injured by earthquakes in Mis souri. Be it enacted, &c. That the legal owners of any certificates of new location issued under the act of seven [21st CoNG. 2d SESS. Be it enacted, &c. That the consent of the United teenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and States shall be, and is hereby given to an act of the Genefifteen, for the relief of persons whose lands were injur-ral Assembly of the State of Ohio, entitled "An act for ed by earthquakes in Missouri, which may have been lo- the preservation and repair of the United States' road," cated upon lands, any part of which has been adjudged passed the fourth day of February, in the year of our to any person or persons as a right of pre-emption, shall Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, which be authorized to locate such warrants upon such lands act is in the words and figures following, to wit: as are liable to entry at private sale: Provided, That previous to making such new location, the legal owners aforesaid shall relinquish to the United States all claim to the previous location: And Provided further, That such locations shall be made and patents issued therefor, under the same regulations, and restrictions, as if the locations had been made under the provisions of the second section of the act of the twenty-sixth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, entitled, "An act to perfect certain locations and sales of the public lands in Missouri." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That whenever the consent of the Congress of 'the United States to this act shall be obtained, the Go'vernor of this State shall be, and he is hereby authorized to take under his care, on behalf of this State, so much of the road, commonly called the National Road, 'within the limits of this State, as shall then be finished, and also, such other sections, or parts thereof, as may thereafter be progressively finished within the limits aforesaid, whenever the same shall be completed; and he shall be, and is hereby authorized to cause gates and 'toll-houses to be erected on said 10ad, at such finished parts thereof as he shall think proper, for the purpose ' of collecting tolls, as provided by the fourth section of 'this act: Provided, The number of gates aforesaid shall 'not exceed one on any space or distance of twenty Sec. 2 That a superintendent shall be appointed by 'the Governor, whose duty shall be to exercise all reasonable vigilance and diligence in the care of the road 'committed to his charge; to contract for and direct necessary for the preservation, repair, and improvement 'the application of the labor, materials, and other things 'thereof; he shall pay for the same out of such sums as the Governor shall furnish him for that purpose, sub AN ACT to rectify the mistake in the name of Williamject to such responsibility and accountability as the Tumey, an invalid pensioner. said Governor shall dictate; and shall conform to such duct, in all particulars relative to his said trust : he may be empowered to suspend the functions of any toll-gatherer for alleged misconduct, till the pleasure ' of the Governor shall be known, and to fill the vacancy Be it enacted, &c. That the name of " William Tur-instructions as the Governor shall prescribe for his conney" in the fifth section of the act, approved the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled “An act for the relief of sundry revolutionary and other officers and soldiers, and for other purposes, be changed to William Tumey, and that the said William Tumey and no other, may have and enjoy all the relief and be nefit granted by the said act to "William Turney.” Approved, March 2, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Jackson and Lucius Be it enacted, &c. That there shall be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the schooner Julia D. Ramsey, built in Quebec, but now owned by Daniel Jackson and Lucius M. Higgins, citizens of the United States, and lying at the port of Newbern, in North Carolina, whenever the said Jackson and Higgins shall furnish the Secretary of the Treasury with satisfactory proof that the said schooner has been repaired in the United States, and that the cost of repairing her, by her present owners, exceeds three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, March 2, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of William Delzell, of Ohio. Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name : thereby occasioned during such interval; and it shall be his duty to give information of the facts in such case 'to the Governor, without any unnecessary delay the 'said superintendent shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Governor, who shall allow him a reasonable compensation for his services. Sec. 3. That the Governor be, and he is hereby au'thorized to appoint the necessary collectors of tolls, and ' to remove any of them at his pleasure; and also, to al'low them, respectively, such stipulated compensation as he may deem reasonable. It shall be the duty of each and every toll-collector to demand and receive, at the gate or station assigned him by the Governor, the tolls prescribed and directed by the fourth section of this act; and to pay monthly into the treasury, according to the directions they may receive from the Treasurer of the State, all the moneys so collected by said collectors, that shall remain, after deducting their compensa'tion aforesaid; the said collectors shall be governed, in 'all respects relative to their office, by such regulations 'as the Governor shall ordain, in order to ensure a due ' responsibility and faithful discharge of their daties. Sec. 4. That, as soon as the said gates and tollhouses shall be erected, it shall be the duty of the said 'toll-collectors, and they are hereby required, to demand |