EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 158,159. 1824.
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BepartmentoftheNavy,and for four additional clerks in the General Post-office, including the sum of nine hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-five cents, due for extra clerk hire in the General Post-office during onethousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and one thousand eight hundredand twenty-three.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLYIII .—An Act to allow a salary to the collectors of the districts of
Nantucket and Pensacola , and to abolish the office of surveyor of the district of
Beit enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the pas-sage of this act, the following annual salaries be, and the same are hereby,allowed, to wit: To the collector of the port of entry for the district ofNantucket, in the state of Massachusetts , the sum of two hundred andfifty dollars; and to the collector of the port of entry for the district ofPensacola, in the territory of Florida , the sum of five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtiethday of June next, the office of surveyor of the port of entry for the districtof Pensacola , in the territory above mentioned, be, and the same is hereby,abolished.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLIX .—An Act to confer certain powers on the levy court of the county ofAlexandria, in the District of Columbia , and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the levy court of thecounty of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia , shall, from and afterthe passing of this act, have, possess, and exercise, all the powers whichthe county courts of Virginia possessed and exercised on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, in relationto the laying of the county levies; and that the marshal of the District ofColumbia , shall collect and account for the levies so laid by said court,in the same manner, and at the same time, as the sheriffs of Virginia collected and accounted for the levies made by the aforesaid countycourts of Virginia , on the aforesaid twenty-seventh day of February, onethousand eight hundred and one. The marshal of the district aforesaid,shall pay over the amount, so collected, to the order of the levy courtaforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any seven justices of the peacein the county of Alexandria , aforesaid, who shall be duly qualified, shallbe a quorum for the transaction of all business appertaining by law to thelevy court aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the orphans’ court of thesaid county of Alexandria , shall, hereafter, be held at the courthouse,in the town of Alexandria , so soon as a suitable room shall have beenprovided, on the public square on which said courthouse stands, for thesafe-keeping of the records of said orphans’ court. The said orphans’court shall hold its sessions on the first Monday in each month, and mayadjourn from day to day, for the purpose of transacting the business ofSaid court: Provided, That the whole number of days of the session ofsaid court, shall not exceed four in any one month.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register of wills for thecounty of Alexandria aforesaid, shall, within two months from and afterthe passage of this act, give bond and good security, payable to the
Statute I.May 26, 1824.
250 dollars tobe paid the col-lector for Nan-tucket, and 500dollars to thecollector for thedistrict of Pen-sacola , annual-ly -
After the 30thJune next, theoffice of survey-or for the dis-trict of Pensa-cola , to be abo-lished.
Statute I.
May 26, 1824.
The levy courtof the county ofAlexandria tohave the powerswhich the coun-ty courts of Vir-ginia possessed,,&c. on the 27thof February,1801, in relationto county levies.
Seven justicesof the peace toconstitute aquorum.
The orphans*court of Alexan-dria to hold itssessions on thefirst Monday ofeach month atthe courthouse.
Proviso.
The registerof wills to givesecurity for thefaithful perfor-