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STATUTE I. May 24, 1828.

[Obsolete.]

Sums appropriated.

Forts.

For repairs, &c.

Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.

CHAP. CXIV.-An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For fortifications, to each, specifically, as follows

For fort Adams, fifteen thousand dollars. For fort Hamilton, twenty thousand dollars. For fort Monroe, fifteen thousand dollars. For fort Calhoun, ten thousand dollars. For fort Macon, at Bogue Point, ten thousand dollars. For a fort at Oak Island, fifteen thousand dollars. For a fort at Mobile Point, twenty thousand dollars. For fort Jackson, sixteen thousand dollars. For fortifications at Pensacola, twenty thousand dollars. For fortifications at Charleston, fifteen thousand dollars. For fortifications at Savannah, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs and contingencies of fortifications, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropri ated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twentynine.

APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

STATUTE I. May 24, 1828.

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CHAP. CXV.—An Act in relation to the banks in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be, and is lating their dis hereby, declared to be lawful for the several banks of the District of Columbia, in calculating their discount or interest, to charge according to the standard and rates set forth in "Rowlett's Tables," and, in computing the time which a note may have to run, to reckon the days inclusively.

count to be

guided, &c.

APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

STATUTE I.

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CHAP. CXVI.-An Act to amend the acts concerning naturalization. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the second section of the act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject," which was passed on the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and the first section of the act, entitled "An act relative to evidence in cases of naturalization," passed on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any alien, being a free white person, who was residing within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, between the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and who has continued to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, without having made any previous declaration of his intention to become a citizen: Provided, That whenever any person, without a certificate of such (a) See notes of the acts relating to naturalization, vol. i. 103.

declaration of intention, shall make application to be admitted a citizen
of the United States, it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the court,
that the applicant was residing within the limits, and under the jurisdiction
of the United States, before the eighteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, and has continued to reside within the same,
or he shall not be so admitted: and the residence of the applicant within
the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, for at least five
years immediately preceding the time of such application, shall be proved
by the oath or affirmation of citizens of the United States: which citizens
shall be named in the record as witnesses; and such continued residence
within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, when
satisfactorily proved, and the place or places where the applicant has
resided for at least five years, as aforesaid, shall be stated and set forth,
together with the names of such citizens, in the record of the court
admitting the applicant; otherwise the same shall not entitle him to be
considered and deemed a citizen of the United States.
APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

CHAP. CXVII.-An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the expenses of the navy for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated, to wit:

STATUTE I.

May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.]

For defraying the expenses of

the navy for 1st quarter of 1829.

Pay and sub

For pay and subsistence of officers, and pay of seamen employed in the navy afloat, two hundred and ninety-four thousand and seventy-eight sistence of offi

dollars.

For pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of seamen, at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals, and in ordinary, forty-six thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars.

For pay of superintendents, naval constructor, and all the civil establishment at the yards and stations, fourteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For provisions, one hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For repairs of vessels, one hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For ordnance and ordnance stores, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairing and improvements of navy yards, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For arrearages prior to one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For contingent expenses for one thousand eight hundred and twentynine, embracing the items enumerated for that object in the act of second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, sixty thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses, not enumerated, for one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, thirty thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars.

For clothing for the same, seven thousand one hundred and ninetyone dollars and twenty-five cents.

For fuel for the same, three thousand and forty-nine dollars.

cers, &c.

Pay, &c. of officers and

seamen.

Pay of superintendents, &c.

Provisions.

Repairs of

vessels.

Medicines.

Ordnance.

Repairing, &c. of navy yards, &c. Arrearages prior to 1829.

Contingent expenses for 1829, &c.

Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 22. Contingent expenses not enumerated. Pay, &c. of marine corps. Clothing for

same.

Fuel.

Contingencies for same.

Additional contingencies

for same. Military

stores.

Medicines, &c.

Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.

STATUTE I.

May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.]

Sums respectively appropriated.

To revolu

tionary pension

ers.

Widows, &c.
Invalids, &c.

Sums appropriated to be

paid from treasury.

STATUTE I. May 24, 1828.

Duty of collectors after the passage of this act.

Act of Feb. 18, 1793, ch. 8.

Proviso.

STATUTE I.

May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.]

1828, ch. 117. Sums appropriated.

For contingencies for the same, three thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For contingencies additional for the same, one hundred and twentyfive dollars.

For military stores for the same, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For medicines and hospital stores for the same, five hundred and ninetytwo dollars and twenty-five cents.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

CHAP. CXVIII.—An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, respectively appropriated, for the objects following, to wit:

For the pensions to the revolutionary pensioners of the United States, two hundred thousand dollars.

For half-pay pensions to widows and orphans, three thousand dollars. For the invalid and half-pay pensioners, seventy-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

CHAP. CXIX.-An Act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fishery. (a)

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 the duty of the collector of the district to which any vessel may belong, on an application for that purpose by the master or owner thereof, to issue a license for carrying on the mackerel fishery, to such vessel, in the form prescribed by the act, entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," passed the eighteenth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three: Provided, That all the provisions of said act, respecting the licensing of ships or vessels for the coasting trade and fisheries, shall be deemed and taken to be applicable to licenses and to vessels licensed for carrying on the mackerel fishery.

APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

CHAP. CXX.-An Act in addition to "An act making an appropriation for the
support of the of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred
navy
and twenty-eight."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, viz:

(a) See notes of the acts of Congress in relation to ships and vessels, and persons employed in the fisheries, vol. iii. 49—and notes of the decisions of the Courts of the United States on the acts relating to the fisheries, vol. iii. 49.

For pay, subsistence, and provisions, thirty-five thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.

For medicines and hospital stores, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For outfits, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For repairs, and for wear and tear, ten thousand dollars.
APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

Pay, &c.

Medicines.
Outfits.
Repairs, &c.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. CXXI.—An Act for the better organization of the medical department of May 24, 1828. the navy of the United States. (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passing of this act, no person shall receive the appointment of assistant surgeon in the navy of the United States, unless he shall have been examined and approved by a board of naval surgeons, who shall be designated for that purpose, by the secretary of the navy department; and no person shall receive the appointment of surgeon in the navy of the United States until he shall have served as an assistant surgeon at least two years, on board a public vessel of the United States, at sea, and unless, also, he shall have been examined and approved by a board of surgeons constituted as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may designate and appoint to every fleet or squadron an experienced and intelligent surgeon, then in the naval service of the United States, to be denominated "Surgeon of the Fleet," who shall be surgeon of the flag ship, and who, in addition to his duties as such, shall examine and approve all requisitions for medical and hospital stores for the fleet, and inspect their quality; and who shall, in difficult cases, consult with the surgeons of the several ships, and make records of the character and treatment of diseases, to be transmitted to the Navy Department; and who, in addition to the compensation allowed to surgeons at sea, shall be allowed double rations while acting as surgeon of the fleet as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That assistant surgeons who shall have been commissioned less than five years, shall each receive thirty dollars a month, and two rations a day; after five years' service, they shall be entitled to an examination by a board of naval surgeons, constituted as aforesaid, and having been approved and passed by such board, they shall each receive an addition of five dollars a month, and one ration a day; and, after ten years' service, a further addition of five dollars a month, and one ration a day.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every surgeon who shall have received his appointment, as is hereinbefore provided for, shall receive fifty dollars a month, and two rations a day; after five years' service, he shall be entitled to receive fifty-five dollars a month and an additional ration a day; and after ten years' service, he shall receive sixty dollars month and an additional ration a day; and after twenty years' service, he shall receive seventy dollars a month and the rations as last aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every assistant surgeon (after having faithfully served two years) shall, while in actual service at sea, in addition to the usual compensation allowed him by law, receive double

(a) Acts relating to the medical department of the navy:

An act to regulate the medical establishment, March 2, 1799, ch. 27.

An act further to regulate the medical department of the army, May 8, 1820, ch. 75.

After the passing of this

act, no person to receive the appointment of

assistant sur

geon, unless examined, &c.

President of the United

States may designate, &c. to every fleet or squadron an intelligent surgeon, then in the naval service of the

United States.

Assistant sur

geons who have sioned less than five years, to receive each month, and two rations per day,

been commis

30 dollars a

&c.

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An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy of the United States, May 24, 1828, ch. 121.

An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy, approved May 24, 1828," Jan. 21, 1829, ch. 7.

An act to re-organize the navy department of the United States, Aug. 31, 1842, ch. 286, sec. 3. 2 D

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rations, and five dollars a month; and every surgeon in the navy, while in actual service at sea, shall also, in addition to his usual compensation, receive double rations, and ten dollars a month.

APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

CHAP. CXXII.—An Act authorizing the legislative council of the territory of
Michigan to take charge of school lands in said territory.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor and legis lative council of the territory of Michigan be, and they are hereby, authorized to make such laws and needful regulations, as they shall deem most expedient, to protect from injury and waste section numbered sixteen, in said territory, reserved in each township, for the support of schools therein; and to provide, by law, for leasing the same, for any term not exceeding four years, in such manner as to render them productive, and most conducive to the objects for which they were designed.

APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

STATUTE I.

May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.]

Sums appropriated for the military service for the 1st

quarter of 1829.

Pay of the army, &c.

Forage. Clothing of officers' ser

Recruiting

Contingent

vants.

service.

expenses.

Subsistence

department.

Purchasing department.

Medical de

partment.

Quarter

master general's depart

ment.

Military aca

demy.

Contingencies

of the army. National ar

mories.

CHAP. CXXIII.-An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit:

For pay of the army, and pay and subsistence of the officers, two hundred and sixty-four thousand and seventy-six dollars.

For forage for officers, ten thousand and thirty-two dollars.

For clothing of officers' servants, four thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars.

For the recruiting service,nine thousand dollars.

For the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, four thousand dollars.

For the subsistence department, fifty-four thousand two hundred dollars. For the purchasing department, forty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-seven cents.

For the medical department, six thousand dollars.

For the quartermaster general's department, eighty-five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

For the military academy at West Point, three thousand dollars.

For the contingencies of the army, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the national armories, ninety thousand dollars.

For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For armament of new fortifications, twenty-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriOrdnance de- ated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. APPROVED, May 24, 1828.

partment.

New fortifi

cations.

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