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clerk for saidcourt.
Attorney andmarshal’s sala-ries, &c.
Stated ses-sions of saidcourts.
Where in anycase concerningwrecked pro-perty, &c., thejudge shall havedetermined therate of salvage,to be allowed tosalvors.
Articles inthe cargo of aperishable na-ture, a sale ofthem to be di-rected.
Property re-maining afterthe portion ad-justed to thesalvors, not tobe removedfrom such storesas may be usedfor public pur-poses.
No vessel tobe employed asa wrecker, un-less under theauthority of thejudge of saidcourt, &c.
for said court. There; shall also be appointed an attorney and marshal,who shall exercise all the duties, give the same bond and security,and beentitled to the same salaries, fees, and compensation, that is nowallowed by law to attorneys and marshals in other districts in theterritory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the stated sessions of saidcourt shall be held on the first Mondays of May and November annually,at Key West ; and such other intermediate sessions, from time to time,as the judge in his discretion may think advisable and necessary. Thejudge shall reside at the island of Key West , and shall be entitled to re-ceive, as a salary for his services, two thousand dollars per annum, to bepaid quarterly, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-priated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever, in any case con-cerning wrecked property, or property abandoned at sea, the judgeaforesaid shall have determined the rate of salvage to be allowed to sal-vors, it shall be his duty, unless the salvage decreed shall have beenadjusted, without recourse to vessel and cargo, to direct such propor-tion of salvage to be paid to the salvors in kind; and that the propertysaved shall be divided accordingly, under the inspection of the officers ofthe court, and before it shall have been taken out of the custody of therevenue officers.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be ascer-tained, to the satisfaction of the judge of said court that any of theproperty saved, is, from its character, not susceptible of being dividedin the manner proposed, or that there are articles in the cargo of a perish-able nature, it shall be his duty to directa sale of the same, for the bene-fit of all concerned.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the property remaining, afterseparating the portion adjudged to the salvors shall not be removed fromsuch store as may be used for public purposes, nor disposed of in anyother way, within nine months, unless by the order of the owners, or oftheir authorized agents: and that the duties accruing upon such propertymay be secured at any port in the United States , where the owners mayreside.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no vessel shall be employedas a wrecker, unless under the authority of the judge of said court;and that it shall not be lawful to employ on board such vessel, anywrecker who shall have made conditions with the captain or supercargoof any wrecked vessel, before or at the time of affording relief.
Approved, May 23, 1828.
Statute I.May 23, 1828.
Assent al-ready given bythe UnitedStates to thecharter of theChesapeake andOhio Canal byan act of Con-gress incorpo-rating, and of
Chap. LXXXV .—An Act to amend and explain an ad , entitled “ An act confirm -ing an act of the legislature of Virginia , incorporating the Chesapeake and OhioCanal Company , and an act of the state of Mary land, for the same purpose” (a)
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent already givenby the United States to the charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio CanalCompany, by an act of Congress , entitled “An act confirming an act ofthe legislature of Virginia , entitled an act incorporating the Chesapeakeand Ohio Canal Companyand an act of the state of Maryland con-firming the same, shall not be impaired by any change of the route ofthe said canal, from or above the town of Cumberland , on the river
(a) For the acts of the states of Virginia and Maryland, and of the Congress of the United States , in-corporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company , the proceedings of the general special meeting ofthe Patowmac Company declaring their assent thereto, made necessary by said acts, to which, are added,extracts from the charter of the Patowmac Company; see Appendix , No. 1.