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thorized, by proclamation, to suspend the operation of either or both ofthe provisions of this act, as the case may be, and to withhold any or allthe privileges allowed, or to be allowed, to Colombian vessels or theircargoes.
Approved, May 19, 1832.
Statute I.
May 19, 1832. Chap. LXXX. — An Act authorizing the revision and extension of the rules and
regulations of the naval service.
Board to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitedconstituted, &c. States of America; in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby, authorized to constitute a board ofnaval officers to be composed of the naval commissioners and two postcaptains to meet at the seat of government, whose duty it shall be, withthe aid and assistance of the attorney general, carefully to revise andenlarge the rules and regulations governing the naval service, with theview to adapt them to the present and future exigencies of this importantarm of national defence, which rules and regulations, when approved byhim and sanctioned by Congress , shall have the force of law, and standin lieu of all others heretofore enacted.
Approved, May 19, 1832.
Statute I.May 22, 1832.
R. Island, 2Conn. 6Vermont , 5NewYork , 40NewJersey , 6Penn’a. 28Delaware , IMaryland , 8Virginia* 21N.Carolina,13
S. Carolina, 9Georgia, 9Kentucky , 13Tennessee,13 Ohio , 19Indiana , 7Mississippi , 2Illinois , 3Louisiana , 3Missouri , 2Alabama , 5
Chap. XCI .—jLn Jlcifor the apportionment of representatives among the severalstates , according to the fifth census,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America> in Congress assembled , That from and after the thirdday of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, the Houseof Representatives shall be composed of members, elected agreeably toa ratio of one representative for every forty-seven thousand and sevenhundred persons in each state, computed according to the rule prescribedby the constitution of the United States , that is to say, within the stateof Maine, eight; within the state of New Hampshire , five; within thestate of Massachusetts, twelve; within the state of Rhode Island , two;within the state of Connecticut, six: within the state of Vermont , five;within the state of New York, forty; within the state of New Jersey ,six; within the state of Pennsylvania , twenty-eight; within the state ofDelaware, one; within the state of Maryland , eight; within the state ofVirginia, twenty-one; within the state of North Carolina , thirteen; with-in the state of South Carolina , nine; within the state of Georgia, nine;within the state of Kentucky, thirteen; within the state of Tennessee ,thirteen; within the state of Ohio, nineteen; within the state of Indiana ,seven; within the state of Mississippi, two; within the state of Illinois ,three; within the state of Louisiana, three; within the state of Missouri ,two; and within the state of Alabama , five.
Approved, May 22, 1832.
Statute I.
Mav 22 1832 Chap. XCII.— An act to alter the time of holding the district court of the United- — - States for the western district of Louisiana , (a)
Court to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitedneld 2d Monday $t a t es 0 f America , in Congress assembled , That the district court of the•n June. United States for the western district of Louisiana , shall be hereafter
holden on the second Monday of June, in each year, instead of the thirdMonday of August, as is now required by law.
(a) See notes to the acta relating to the district court in Louisiana , vol. iii. p. 774.