TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 12, 14. 1831.
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or the foregoing acts, shall be so construed as to prevent the President ofthe United States from bringing the said lands in Arkansas into marketunder the existing laws; and all claims to donations under the before-recited act, which shall not have been presented and allowed by theproper authorities on or before the day which shall be fixed on by thePresident for the sale of said land, are hereby declared forfeited to theUnited States .
Approved, January 27, 1831.
Chap. XII.— An Act further supplemental to the act entitled “ An act makingfurther provision for settling the claims to land, in the territory of Missouri, ”passed the thirteenth day if June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. ( a )
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the United States dohereby relinquish to the inhabitants of the several towns or villages ofPortage des Sioux, Saint Charles, Saint Louis , Saint Ferdinand, Villaa Robert, Carondelet, Saint Genevieve, New Madrid , New Bourbon, andLittle Prairie, in the state of Missouri , all the right, title, and interest ofthe United States in and to the town or village lots, out lots, commonfield lots, and commons in, adjoining and belonging to, the said townsor villages, confirmed to them respectively, by the first section of the actof Congress , entitled “An act making further provision for settling theclaims to land in the territory of Missouri, ” passed the thirteenth day ofJune, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to be held by the inhabi-tants of the said towns and villages, in full property, according to their seve-ral rights therein, to be regulated or disposed of for the use of the inhabi-tants, according to the laws of the state of Missouri .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States do herebyrelinquish all their right, title, and interest, in and to the town and villagelots, out lots, and common field lots, in the state of Missouri , reserved forthe support of schools, in the respective towns and villages aforesaid, bythe second section of the above-recited act of Congress ; and that thesame shall be sold or disposed of, or regulated for the said purposes, insuch manner, as may be directed by the legislature of said state.Approved, January 27, 1831.
Chap. XIV.— An Act making provision for the compensation of witnesses, andpayment of other expenses attending the trial of the impeachment of James H.Peck.
Feb. 3, 1831.[Obsolete.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That to every witness sum-moned to attend the trial of the impeachment of James H. Peck, thereshall be allowed and paid, for every day’s attendance upon the said trial,the sum of four dollars ; and also for mileage, at the rate of twenty centsfor every mile distance coming to the city of Washington, and returningto the usual place of residence of the witnesses respectively, computingthe said distance by the usual route of travel by land.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thesecretary of the Senate to ascertain and certify the amount due to eachwitness for attendance and mileage; which certificate shall be a sufficientvoucher to entitle the witness to receive from the treasury of the UnitedStates , the amount certified to be due, unless otherwise ordered by theSenate .
Witnesses, fourdollars per diem ,and twentycents per mile.