302
1828.
1819, ch. 98, toextend to caseswhere patentshave issued orshall hereafterissue.
Statute I.
May 24, 1828.
[Obsolete.]
15,000 dol-lars appropri-ated to defraythe expenses oftreating withthe Chippewas ,&c.
Commission-ers appointed tonegotiate saidtreaty.
Statute I.May 24, 1828.
30,000 dollarsappropriatedfor the sup-pression of theslave trade.
Act ofMarch3,1819, ch.101.
Secretary ofthe Navy tosatisfy the claimof TaliaferroLivingston.
Proviso.
act, entitled “An act providing for the correction of errors in making'en-tries of lands at the land offices, - ’ approved March third, one thousandeight hundred and nineteen, are hereby declared to extend to caseswhere patents have issued, or shall hereafter issue: upon condition thatthe party concerned shall surrender his or her patent, to the commis-sioner of the general land office, with a relinquishment of title thereon,executed in a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. XOV1I .—An Act to enable the President of the United States to hold atreaty with the Chippewas , Ottawas, Pattawaltimas, Winnebagoes, Fox and iSacsnations of Indians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thou-sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to defray the ex-penses of treating with the Chippewas , Ottawas, Pattawattimas, Winneba-goes, Fox and Sacs nations of Indians, for the purpose of extinguishingtheir titles to lands within the state of Illinois and the territory of Michi-gan, situated between the Illinois river and the lead mines, on Feverriver, and in the vicinity of said lead mines; and, also, certain reservationson the south-east border of Lake Michigan ; and that the President ofthe United States , if he shall deem it expedient, may apply a part of theaforesaid appropriation, for the purpose of holding a treaty with the Choc-taw nation of Indians, to extinguish their title to the tract of land, whichlies in the territory of Arkansas, east of the western boundary line ofsaid territory; the said sum to be paid out of any money in the treasurynot otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of negotiatingsaid treaty, on the part of the United States , the President shall be, andhe is hereby, authorized to appoint commissioners, by and with the adviceand consent of the Senate , as soon as practicable, and to fix their com-pensation, so as not to exceed what has been heretofore allowed for likeservices.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. XCVIII .—An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of the
slave trade, [a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty thou-sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out ofany money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the suppressionof the slave trade, pursuant to the act of Congress of the third day ofMarch, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy beauthorized to pay, out of the sum herein appropriated, the claim of theadministrator of the estate of Taliaferro Livingston, late United States ’marshal for the district of Alabama, for the maintenance of sundry Afri-cans , captured in one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: Provided,The Said administrator shall produce satisfactory evidence of the reason-ableness of the charges for the said maintenance ; and that the sums re-ceived by the said Livingston for the hire of the said Africans , and for thelabour performed for him by said Africans , if any, be accounted for, anddeducted.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
(o) For acts relating to the slave trade, see vol. i. 347.