TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 36, 40. 1830.
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revenue cutter on that station for the purpose of boarding vessels, orwhen the state of the weather may be such as to render it impracticableto send an officer on board any vessel bound up James river, having acargo from a foreign port, the captain is hereby authorized and directedto deposit, with the surveyor at Hampton, a copy of the manifest of thecargo on board said vessel.
Approved, March 23, 1830.
In certaincases,captain ofvessel may de-posit copy ofmanifest withsurveyor atHampton.
Statute I.
Chap. XXXYI ,-^An Act to continue in force “ An act authorizing certain soldiersin the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them , and to locate othersin lieu thereof,” and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the act of the twenty-second of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled “ Anact authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bountylands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof,” be, and thesame is hereby, continued in force for the term of five years. And theprovisions of the above recited act shall be, and are hereby, extended tothose having like claims in the states of Illinois and Missouri .Approved, March 23, 1830.
March 23, 1830.
Act of May22,1826,ch.147,authorizing, &c.continued for 5years, and itsprovisions ex-tended to, &c.
Chap. XL. - in diet to provide for taking the fifth census or enumeration of
the inhabitants of the United States , (os)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the marshals of theseveral districts of the United States, and of the District of Columbia ,and of the territories of Michigan, Arkansas, and of Florida , respectively,shall be, and are hereby, required, under the direction of the Secretaryof the Department of State , and according to such instructions as heshall give, pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitantswithin their respective districts and territories, (omitting, in such enume-ration, Indians not taxed,) to be taken according to the directions of thisact. The said enumeration shall distinguish the sexes of all free whitepersons, and ages of the free white males and females, respectively,under five years of age; those of five and under ten years of age; thoseof ten years and under fifteen; those of fifteen and under twenty; thoseof twenty and under thirty; those of thirty and under forty: those offorty and under fifty; those of fifty and under sixty; those of sixty andunder seventy; those of seventy and under eighty : those of eighty andunder ninety: those of ninety and under one hundred; those of onehundred and upwards ; and shall further distinguish the number of thosefree white persons included in such enumeration, who are deaf anddumb, under the age of fourteen years; and those of the age of fourteenyears and under twenty-five, and of the age of twenty-five years andupwards ; and shall further distinguish the number of those free whitepersons included in such enumeration, who are blind. The said enume-ration shall distinguish the sexes of all free coloured persons, and of allother coloured persons bound to service for life, or for a term of years,and the ages of such free and other coloured persons, respectively, ofeach sex, under ten years of age; those of ten and under twenty-four;those of twenty-four and under thirty-six; those of thirty-six and underfifty-five; those of fifty-five and under one hundred; and those of one
Statute I.March 23,1830.
Marshals ofUnited States to cause inhabit-ants to be enu-merated, &c.
Act of Feb.3, 1831, ch.17.
Act of May5, 1832, ch. 74,sec. 2.
Act of May 22,1832, ch. 91.
All free whitepersons enume-rated to be class-ed according tosex and age.
Enumerationto state numberofdeaf and dumbbetween certainages.
Also, numberof blind.
All colouredpersons enume-rated to be class-ed according tosex and age.