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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.I29,130,131,132. 1834.

Statute'I.June 30, 1S34.

Appropriationfor papers andbooks of Wash-ington .

Statute I.June 30, 1834.

Appropriations

for

Roads fromHelena to themouth of Cacheriver;

From Jacksonto fort Smith ,and

From Strong’sto Batesville .

Statute I.June 30, 1834.

Part of act ofJuly 14, 1832,ch. 227, sus-pended.

Secretary ofTreasury to re-port to Con-gress .

Statute I.June 30, 1834.

Of what thecorps shall con-sist.

Chap. CXX1X _ An Act to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the papers

and books of General Washington.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-fivethousand dollar^ be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid outof any [money] in the treasury not otherwise appropriated—to enablethe Secretary of State to purchase the manuscript papers and a portionof the printed books of General George Washington, the said papers andbooks to be deposited and preserved in the Department of State ; underthe regulations the Secretary shall prescribe.

Approved, June 30, 1834.

Chap. CXXX.— An Act authorizing the President of the United States to causecertain roads to be opened in Arkansas .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the UnitedStates to cause a road to be opened from Helena, in Arkansas territory,to the mouth of Cache river; also, a road leading from Jackson, in thecounty of Lawrence, by Liberty and Fayetteville, in the county ofWashington, in the aforesaid territory, to fort Smith : And also, That thesum of seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated,for the purpose of locating and constructing a road from Strong’s, (apoint on the military road from Memphis to Little Rock, ) by Letchfieldin Jackson county, to Batesville, in the territory of Arkansas .

Approved, June 30, 1834.

Chap. CXXXI .—An Act to suspend the operations of certain provisoes of “An actto alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,” approved thefourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

Be it. enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisoes of the tenthand twelfth clauses of the second section of the act to alter and amendthe several acts imposing duties on imports, passed July fourteenth, eigh-teen hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same are hereby, suspendeduntil the thijd day of March next. And in the mean time, that theSecretary of the Treasury be directed to inquire, whether it be neces-sary to except any manufactured articles from the operation and effectof those provisoes, by reason of the difficultiy of ascertaining the dutieschargeable upon such articles, and that he make report to Congress , atthe commencement of the next session.

Approved, June 30,1834.

Chap. CXXXII .—An Act for the better organization of the United States ’ “ marine

corps.” (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas-

(a) Marine Corps . (Notes to act of July 11, 1798, vol. i. p. 594.)

A brevet field officer of the marine corps is not entitled by law to brevet pay and rations by reasonof his commanding a separate post or station, if the force under his command would not entitle a brevet