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Statute I.
July 3, 1832.
[Expired.]
Transfers ofappropriationsin the naval ser-vice authorized.
Statute I.
July 3, 1832.
[Obsolete.]Legislature au-thorized to selland convey cer-tain tracts ofland.
Proceeds ap-plied to educa-tion.
Statute I.July 3, 1832.
Commissioner,surveyor, andclerk to be ap-pointed.
Salaries.
TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 154,155,161. 1832.
Chap. CLIV .—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct
transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That upon the application ofthe Secretary of the Navy, the President of the United States shall haveauthority, whenever in his opinion the unforeseen contingencies of thepublic service may require it, to direct that a part of the money appro-priated for a particular branch of the naval service be applied to anotherbranch of the said service; in which case, a special account of themoneys thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid beforeCongress before its adjournment, if then in session, and during the firstweek of the next ensuing session, if such transfer be made in the recessof Congress .
This act shall continue in force until the close of the next session ofCongress and no longer.
Approved, July 3, 1832.
Chap. CLV. —An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Indiana to sell
and convey certain lands granted to said state for the use of the people thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the stateof Indiana be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in such man-ner, and on such conditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, thefollowing described tracts of land heretofore granted and set apart forthe use of said state, namely : sections numbered thirteen progressivelyto thirty-six, inclusive; section sixteen excepted, in township numberedtwo, north of range two, west; and sections numbered one to twelveprogressively and inclusive, in township one, north of range two, west;and the north-east quarter of section numbered fourteen, in townshipseven, north of range two, west; and the north-west quarter of sectionnumbered twenty-six, in township one, north of range five, west, in theVincennes district; likewise, section fifteen, in township two, north;section twenty-eight, in township three, north of range four, east; andfractional section, numbered thirty-one, in township nine, north of rangetwo, east, of the Jeffersonville district; and to apply the proceeds of saidsale to the purposes of education: Provided, That the legislature shallnot authorize a sale of the said land at a less price than that at which thepublic lands are sold at private entry.
Approved, July 3, 1832.
Chap. OLXI. —An Act to provide for carrying into effect the treaty of limitsbetween the United States of America and the United Mexican States .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the commissioner and sur-veyor to be appointed on the part of the United States , according to thethird article of the treaty of limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States , of January twelfth, one thousandeight hundred and twenty-eight, and April fifth, one thousand eighthundred and thirty-two, be severally appointed by the President of theUnited States, by and with the consent of the Senate ; together witha clerk to the said commissioner to be appointed in the same manner;and that for the purpose of carrying into effect the second and third arti-cles of the treaty aforesaid, there be appropriated, out of any money inthe treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums:
For the salary of the commissioner two thousand five hundred dollars.