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expenses as shall be incurred by their direction, including the sum ofthree hundred dollars, to each, for his personal services and expenses;Provided, however, That their accounts shall be settled at the Treasury,in the same manner as those of other public agents.
Approved, June 28, 1838. ..
Chap. CXLVIII.— Jin Act relating to the Orphans’ Court of Alexandria county,in the District of Columbia .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after thepassage of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the judge ofthe orphans’ court of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia,in quarterly payments, out of any unappropriated money in the Trea-sury, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, in lieu of all othercompensation for his services as judge of said court.
Approved, June 28, 1838.
Chap. CL .—An Act to confirm the act of the Legislative Council of Florida , in-corporating the “ Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company,” andgranting the right of way to said company through the public lands, and forother purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passedby the Legislative Council of Florida , entitled “ An act to incorporatethe Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company,” approvedeighth January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same ishereby, ratified and confirmed: Provided, however, That the said com-pany shall not be deemed to have, nor shall they exercise, bankingprivileges; nor shall the said act be so construed as to give or grantbanking privileges to said company ; and in case the said company shallexercise banking privileges, of any description, in any way or manner,then this confirmation or ratification of said act of incorporation shallbe void and of no effect.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right of way shall be,and is hereby, granted to said company over and through any of thepublic lands of the United States over which the said road may pass:Provided, That the said land to be used and occupied by said companyfor the line or route of such road shall not exceed eighty feet in width.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall havethe right to take from the public lands in the vicinity of said road andwithin twenty rods of the centre thereof, on each side, all such materialsof earth , stone, or wood as may be necessary or convenient for theactual construction of said road or any part thereof; and, during theconstruction of said road, to occupy said lands to the width aforesaid,so far as may be necessary to the convenient performance of said work :Provided, however, That the rights and privileges granted by this sec-tion shall be so exercised as to cause as little damage as possible to thepublic lands adjacent to said road ; and proper drains or sluices shall beconstructed by the said company so as to prevent the obstruction of anystreams or water-courses which may be crossed by said road.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and arehereby, granted to the said company all necessary sites for watering-places, depots, and workshops, along the line of road : Provided, Thatno one depot or watering place shall contain over four square acres, tobe laid off in a square form; and not more than one of said squaresshall be granted to or taken by said company for each ten miles of saidroad.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall, with
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Allowance toeach of saidboard.
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Pay of theJudge.
Right of waythrough thepublic lands,granted.
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Sites grantedfor wateringplaces, &c.Proviso.