established:) and the acts of the presidents aforesaid shall be countersigned by the cashiers of those banks respectively. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the President of the Bank of the United States, that the duties now performed by the commissioners of loans will be transferred to the Bank of the United States, and he shall direct the commissioners of loans and the agents for military pensions, where there is no commissioner, respectively, in the several states, to deliver to the president of the Bank of the United States, or to the president of a branch thereof, or to the president of such state bank as the Bank of the United States may employ, on such day or days as he may designate, the register, and all the records and papers of their respective offices; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners of loans and agents for pensioners to comply with the said direction, and also to take duplicate receipts for the delivery of the records and papers herein described, one of which shall be transmitted, without delay, to the Secretary of the Treasury Provided, however, that the Secretary of the Treasury may designate such time before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, for the performance of the duties aforesaid, as the public convenience will permit; And provided also, That this act shall not be construed to extend to any agent for military pensions in any state where there is no bank established by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the office of commissioner of loans, upon the delivery of the records and papers, as herein required, to the Bank of the United States, or its branches, or to the state banks employed by the Bank of the United States in those states where there may be no branch, shall be, and hereby is, abolished; and the pay and emoluments of the said commissioners of loans, and the clerks and persons employed by them, after such delivery, shall respectively cease and determine. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the act, entitled "An act for the prompt settlement of public accounts," shall commence, and be in force, on and after the third day of this instant, March, any thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, March 3, 1817. CHAP. XXXIX.-An Act to regulate the trade in plaster of Paris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the fourth day of July next, no plaster of Paris, the production of any country, or its dependencies, from which the vessels of the United States are not permitted to bring the same article, shall be imported into the United States in any foreign vessel. And all plaster of Paris imported, or attempted to be imported, into the United States, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, and the vessel in which the same may be imported, or attempted to be imported, together with the cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such plaster of Paris, vessel and cargo, shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in like manner, and under the same regulations, restrictions, and provisions, as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, and distribution, and remission, of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force five years from the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen: Provided, nevertheless, That if any foreign nation or its dependencies, which have now in force regulations on the subject of the trade in plaster of Paris, prohibiting the exportation thereVOL. III.-46 2 H of to certain ports of the United States, shall discontinue such regula tions, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to declare that fact by his proclamation, and the restrictions imposed by this act shall, from the date of such proclamation, cease and be discontinued in relation to the nation, or its dependencies, discontinuing such regulations. APPROVED, March 3, 1817. STATUTE II. March 3, 1817. CHAP. XL.-An Act authorizing the deposit of the papers of foreign vessels, with the consul of their respective nations. Act of Feb. 26, 1803, ch. 9. Ships' papers to be produced to the collector before entry. The papers to be deposited with the consul of the nation within fortyeight hours. Fine in case of non-compliance. Proviso; as to foreign nations in whose ports American consuls are not allowed to have custody of papers according to the act mentioned. 1803, ch. 9. Consul not to deliver the papers to the master until he produces a clear ance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the register, or other document in lieu thereof, together with the clearance and other papers, granted by the officers of the customs to any foreign ship or vessel, at her departure from the port or place from which she may have arrived, shall, previous to entry in any port of the United States, be produced to the collector with whom such entry is to be made. And it shall be the duty of the master or commander, within forty-eight hours after such entry, to deposit the said papers with the consul or vice-consul of the nation to which the vessel belongs, and to deliver to the collector the certificate of such consul or vice-consul, that the said papers have been so deposited; and any master, or commander, as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with this regulation, shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, nor exceeding two thousand dollars; Provided, That this act shall not extend to the vessels of foreign nations in whose ports American consuls are not permitted to have the custody and possession of the register and other papers of vessels entering the ports of such nation, according to the provisions of the second section of the act supplementary to the act "concerning consuls and vice-consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen," passed the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and three. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any foreign consul to deliver to the master or commander of any foreign vessel the register and other papers deposited with him pursuant to the provisions of this act, until such master or commander shall produce to him a clearance in due form from the collector of the port where such vessel has been entered; and any consul offending against the proviConsuls of sions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof before the Supreme Court fending to be of the United States, be fined at the discretion of the court in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, nor exceeding five thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1817. fined. STATUTE II. March 3, 1817. [Obsolete.] Decayed furniture to be sold, and the proceeds and 20,000 dolls. additional appropriated for fur nishing the President's house anew. CHAP. XLI.—An Act to provide for furnishing the house of the President of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, to cause to be sold such articles furnished by the United States for the President's household, as may be decayed, out of repair, or unfit for use; and that the proceeds of sales, and so much of a sum not exceeding twenty thou sand dollars, in addition thereto, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as the President of the United States may judge necessary, be, and hereby are, appropriated for the accommodation of the household of the President, to be laid out and expended for such ar- STATUTE II. CHAP. XLII.-An Act further to regulate the territories of the United States, and March 3, 1817. their electing delegates to Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in every territory of the United States in which a temporary government has been, or hereafter shall be established, and which by virtue of the ordinance of Congress of the thirteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, or of any subsequent act of Congress, passed or to be passed, now hath or hereafter shall have the right to send a delegate to Congress, such delegate shall be elected every second year, for the same term of two years for which members of the house of representatives of the United States are elected; and in that house each of the said delegates shall have a seat with a right of debating, but not of voting. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the first Monday of August next the citizens of the territory of Missouri, qualified according to the act, entitled "An act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri," shall elect a delegate to Congress; and it shall be the duty of the general assembly of the said territory to make provision by law for the annual or biennial meetings of the said general assembly, as the interests of the territory may in their opinion require; and such annual or biennial meeting shall be on the first Monday of December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. And so much of any law, or laws, as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. APPROVED, March 3, 1817. Delegates to Congress to be second year, elected every vol. i, 51. The citizens of Missouri to elect a delegate to Congress. Act of June 4, 1812, ch. 95. be made for the meeting of the general assem Provision to bly. STATUTE II. CHAP. XLIII.—An Act to continue in force an act, entitled "An act for establish- March 3, 1817. ing trading houses with the Indian tribes." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and which was continued in force for a limited time by an act passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, shall be, and the same is hereby, further continued in force until the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and no longer. APPROVED, March 3, 1817. Act of March 2, 1811, ch. 30. establishing trading houses The act for with the Indian tribes continued until the 1st of May, 1818. Act of May 6, 1822, ch. 64. CHAP. XLIV.-An Act to aller and establish certain post-roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the post-roads hereafter named be discontinued: STATUTE II. March 3, 1817. Post-roads discontinued. In Pennsylvania.-From Wysoxby, Orville and Warren to Nanticoke. Pennsylvania. From Silver Lake or Montrose to Binghampton. In Virginia-From Liberty to Fincastle. From Williamsport to Jersey Shore. In Indiana. From Brookville, by Bath and Lewistown, to Salisbury. Virginia. Kentucky. Post-roads established. Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts. Connecticut. New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. In Kentucky.-From Isbellville to Ewingville. From Greenup c. h. to Little Sandy Salt works. From Danville, by Casey c. h., Pulaski c. h.,Wayne c. h., Burksville and Columbia, to Danville. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following be established post-roads. In Maine.-From Jay, by Jaypoint, Dixfield and Holmantown, to Rumford. From Anson to Solon. In New Hampshire.-From Dunstable, by Nottingham West, to Pelham. From Ossippe, by Effingham, to Parsonfield. In Vermont.-From Craftsborough, by Kelyvale, and Montgomery, to Richford. In Massachusetts.-From Groton, by Pepperel and Holles, to Amherst, N. H. In Connecticut.-From Bridgeport, by Weston, Reading and Bethel, to Danbury. From Stanford, by way of New Canaan, and North Ridgefield, to Danbury. From Colchester, by Chatham, to Middletown. In New York. From Canandaigua, by Bristol, Richmond, Livonia, Gennessee and Warsaw, to Sheldon. From Oswego Falls, by Port Glasgow and Portland, and along the ridge road by Carthage, to Rochester. From Moscow, by the state road, to Buffalo. From Oswego, by Montrose, Pa. and the turnpike to Milford, thence by Hamburg, in New Jersey, to Jersey City. From Poughkeepsie, through Beekmantown, to New Milford. From Bath, by Angelica, Hamilton, Cerestown, Pa. Coudersport and Jersey Shore, to Williamsport. From Bath to Naples. From Angelica, by Nunda and Leicester, to Batavia. From Salem, by Hebron, Argyle and Fort Edwards, to Sandy Hill. From Kingston, by Hurley, Marbletown, Rochester, Warwarsink, Mamakoting, to Milford, Pa. From Madison, by Peterboro, to the Sullivan Post-office at the Chittenengo creek. In New Jersey.-From Trenton, by Birmingham, Lambertsville, Prattsville, Frenchtown, Milford and Hughes' Forge, to Easton, Pa. From Baskingridge, by New Providence, to Springfield, in Essex county. In Pennsylvania.-From Newtown on the Somerset great road, by Fairfield meeting-house, to Armagh. From Greensburgh, by the Great Salt works, to Indiana. From Connelsville to Mount Pleasant. From Kittaning to Roseburg. From Franklin, by Oil Creek Town, Centreville, Bloomfield and Union, to Waterford. From Lewistown, by Bellville, M'Aleavy's, Henry's and Petersburgh, to Alexandria; or, from Lewistown, by Bellville, Kisharvyville's valley, Wilson's mills, and Huntingdon, to Alexandria. From Womelsdorf, by Rohrersburg, Pine Grove, Klingerstown, and Georgetown, to Sunbury. From Meansville, by Wysox, Pike, Head of Wyalusing creek and Windham, to Montrose. From Measville, by Sugar creek, and Smith's, to Putnamville. From Putnamville, by Columbia, Springfield, Athens and Old Sheshiquin, to Meansville. From Montrose, by Orwell and Warren, to Athens. From Shickshenny, by Huntingdon, Jackson and Evernvills, to Jer sey own. In Maryland.-From Westminster, by Taneytown and Emmittsburg, to Waynesburg. From Baltimore, by Randalstown, Freedom and New Windsor, to Uniontown. In Ohio.-From St. Clairsville, by Harrisville, Cadiz, Flushing, Morristown, Belmont and Barnsville, to Woodfield, thence by Dillon's on Capteen Creek, to St. Clairsville. From Dayton to Monroe. From Columbus to Granville. Post-roads established. Maryland. Ohio. From Cincinnati, by Carson's, Ingersoll's ferry, or town of Miami, Clarke's store, and Harrison, to Brookville, Ind. In Virginia-From Charlotesville, by Grayham's store, to Brown's turnpike. Virginia. From Liberty to Salem. From Clarksburg, by Lewis c. h., to Point Pleasant. In Kentucky. From Cattelsburg, by Little Sandy Salt works, Isle's mills, Owingsville, and Mouth of Bald Eagle, to Paris. Kentucky. From Louisville, by Middletown, New Castle, Twin meeting house, to Boone c. h. From Russelville, by Elkton and Ewingville, to Hopkinsville. From Hopkinsville, by Greenville, Madisonville, Bellville and Morganfield, to Shawneetown, (Indiana.) From Elizabethtown, by Philadelphia, to Corydon (Indiana.) From Danville, by Liberty and Somerset, to Monticello. From Monticello, by Burksville, to Glasgow. From Burksville to Columbia. From Upper Blue-lick, by Moorfield, to Owingsville. From Port William, by Bedford, to New Castle. In North Carolina.—From Morgantown, by Rutherfordton, to Green- North Carolina. ville, S. C. In Tennessee.-From Boat-yard to Scott c. h. From Dandridge, by Seviersville, to Maryville. From Knoxville, by Loysborough and Speedville Iron Works, to Cumberland Gap. From Nashville, by John Hunts, to Clarksville. From Shelbyville to Winchester. From Morganton, by Russel's ferry, Chota, Tellico Plains, Beaver Dams and Griffins, to Carnesville, Ga. Tennessee. In South Carolina. From Pocotaligo, by Hickory Hill, in Prince South Carolina. William Parish, to Lower Three Runs, or Higginbottoms. Georgia. From Cambridge, by Scuffletown, to Pickensville. In Georgia.-From Washington, by Elberton c. h. and Danielsville, to Carnesville. In Indiana. From Corydon, by Shoemaker's, Troy, Mount Pleasant, Darlington and Evansville, to Harmony. Indiana. From Corydon, by Fredericksburg, to Salem. From Lexington, by Salem, to Peola. From Vincennes, by Emmersonville, Carlisle, and Terre Haut, to fort Harrison. From Madison to New Castle, Ky. From Madison to Vernon. From Lawrenceburg, by Decatur, to Wilmington. |