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meter for ascer-taining theproof of liquors.
Jan. 12, 1825.
Act of Feb.25,1825,ch.13,sec. 3.
Purchasers ofpublic lands,where the pur-chase has beenfound void, toreceive suchsum as they mayhave paid there-for.
Act of March3, 1823, ch. 36.
The governor,&c. of the Mi-chigan territo-ry, authorizedto divide it intotownships, &c.
Election ofcounty officers.
Proviso.
Vol. i. 51.
The civil offi-cers of said ter-ritory to be ap-pointed by thegovernor, byand with theadvice and con-sent ofthe legis-lative council.
President of the United States , to adopt and substitute such hydrometeras he may deem best calculated to promote the public interest, in lieu ofthat now prescribed by law, for the purpose of ascertaining the proof ofliquors; and that, after such adoption and substitution, the duties imposedby law upon distilled spirits shall be levied, collected, and paid, accord-ing to the proof ascertained by any hydrometer so substituted and adopted.
Approved, January 12, 1825.
Chap. V.— An Act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by theUnited Stales.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That every person, or the legalrepresentative of every person, who is, or may be, a purchaser of a tractof land from the United States , the purchase whereof is, or may be void,by reason of a prior sale thereof by the United States , or by the confir-mation, or other legal establishment of a prior British, French, or Span-ish grant thereof, or for want of title thereto in the United States , fromany other cause whatsoever, shall be entitled to repayment of any sum orsums of money, paid for, or on account of, such tract of land, on makingproof, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the samewas erroneously sold, in manner aforesaid, by the United States , who ishereby authorized and required to repay such sum or sums of money, paidas aforesaid.
Approved, January 12, 1825.
Chap. VI. — An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act to amend the ordinanceand acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan, '’' 1 and forother purposes. ( a )
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor and legis-lative council of the territory of Michigan be, and they are hereby,authorized to divide the said territory into townships, and incorporate thesame, or any part thereof; to grant, define, and regulate the privilegesthereof, and to provide by law for the election of all such township andcorporation officers, as may be designated within the same.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all county officers within saidterritory shall be hereafter elected by the qualified electors residing in eachcounty, at such time and place, and in such manner, as the said governorand legislative council may from time to time direct: Provided, Thatnothing in this section contained shall authorize the electors aforesaid toelect any judge of any court of record, or clerk thereof, or any sheriff,or judge of probate, or justice of the peace. And that so much of theordinance of Congress , passed July the thirteenth, seventeen hundredand eighty-seven, and of the laws of the United States , as are inconsist-ent with the provisions of this section, and as regard the Michigan terri-tory, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said terri-tory shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the saidlegislative council, shall appoint, all other civil officers in said territory,except such as are appointed by the President of the United States , byand with the advice and consent of the Senate of the same. And thegovernor of the said territory shall have pow’er to fill all vacancies inthe offices required to be nominated by him, which may happen during