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States, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, thirty-seven thousand fivehundred dollars.
For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late and presentgovernments, five hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
For the support of lighthouses, floating lights, and other objects, forthe protection of navigation, forty-two thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands of the United States , ten thousanddollars.
For stationery and books for the offices of commissioners of loans,four hundred dollars.
For the salaries of the two keepers of the public archives in Florida territory, two hundred and fifty dollars.
For the salaries of the ministers of the United States at London ,Paris, Madrid, St. Petersburg, Mexico, and Colombia ; for the salariesof charges des affaires at Stockholm, the Netherlands, Denmark, Lisbon ,Guatemala, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Peru , and Chili; for the salaries ofthe secretaries of legation, and for the contingent expenses of allthe missions abroad, thirty-one thousand six hundred and twenty-fivedollars.
For the salaries of the agents of claims at London and Paris , onethousand dollars.
For the relief and protection of distressed American seamen in fo-reign countries, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby ap-propriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwiseappropriated.
Approved, January 6, 1829.
Chap. II.— An Act restricting the location of certain land claims in the territoryof Arkansas , and for other purposes.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That no person entitled toa donation of land by the eighth section of an act, entitled “An act toaid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to LakeErie , and to grant a quantity of land to said state to aid in the construc-tion of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations of landto certain persons in Arkansas territory,” shall be permitted to enter theimprovement of any actual settler in the territory of Arkansas , beforethe same shall have been offered for sale, unless it be with the consent ofsuch actual settler; and all entries which may be so made shall be con-sidered null and void.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no person residing south ofthe Arkansas river , and west of the present territorial line, shall be enti-tled to the donation of land given by the eighth section aforesaid, unlesssaid persons shall move east of said line; and, in that case, they shall beentitled to the donations specified in said eighth section of said act,under the restrictions aforesaid.
Approved, January 6, 1829.
Chap. III. —An Act to preserve from, injury and waste the school lands in theterritory of Arkansas .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor and gene-ral assembly of the territory of Arkansas be, and they are herebv,Vol. IV.— 42 2 e 2
Payment ofpensions.
Maintenanceof lighthouses,&c.
Surveyingpublic lands.
Stationery,
&c.
Keepers ofpublic archivesin Florida .
Salaries ofministers, &c.abroad.
Statute II.
Jan. 6, 1829.
Persons en-titled to a dona-tion of land inArkansas , byvirtue of an actentitled, &c.,not allowed toenter the im-provement ofactual settlers,&c.
Act of May24, 1828, ch.108.
Residentssouth of Arkan-sas river , &c.west of territo-rial line, notentitled to do-nation given bysaid act, unless,&c.