TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 158,159,160. 1838.
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the tract of land lying on the Coosa river, whereon the town of Jeffer-son is situated, in said county, containing one hundred and fifty acres,according to the survey of S. R. Russell, county surveyor for the seatof justice of said county, instead of the quarter section allowed by lawfor the same purpose; the commissioners of said county paying for thesame the minimum price as in other cases.
Approved, July 5, 1838.
Chap. CLVIII. — An Act to modify the last clause of the fifth section of the de-posite act of the twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the last clauseof the fifth section of the act entitled “ An act to regulate the depositesof the public money,” approved on the twenty-third day of June, eighteenhundred and thirty-six, declaring that the notes or bills of no bank shallbe received in payment of any debt due to the United States , whichshall, after the fourth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hun-dred and thirty-six, issue any note or bill of a less denomination thanfive dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby, so far modified as that theinterdiction as to the reception of the bills and notes shall not continueagainst any bank which has, since the said fourth day of July, in theyear one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, issued bills or notes ofa less denomination than five dollars, or which shall issue any such billsor notes prior to the first day of October, in the year eighteen hundredand thirty-eight, but that from and after the said last mentioned day,the bills or notes of no baidc shall be received in payment of any debtdue to the United States , which bank shall, after that date, issue, re-issue, or pay out any bill or note of a denomination less than fivedollars.
Approved, July 5, 1838.
Chap. CLIX. — An Act to amend “ An act authorizing the Secretary of War toestablish a pension agency in the town of Decatur in the State of Alabama , andto provide for the payment of certain pensioners in the said town of DecaturU
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ofWar be, and he is hereby, authorized, if in his opinion necessary, toremove and establish said pension agency in the town of Huntsville ,Alabama ; and, in the event of said removal, the pensioners describedin said act shall be paid in Huntsville .
Approved, July 5, 1838.
Chap. CLX .—in Act to authorize vessels bound for the ports of Mexico , and pre-vented from completing the voyages in consequence of the existing blockade ofthose ports, to enter and store their cargoes in the ports of the United States .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That any vesselwhich may have been turned off from her port of destination in Mexico ,by the blockading squadron, may land and store her cargo in any portof the United States into which she may first enter, to be kept underthe custody of the custom-house, free from duty or any other charge,except the usual storage: Provided, The said cargo be re-exportedwithin twelve months from the time of its being so stored, and the pro-visions of the existing laws relating to the importation of goods, withthe privilege of re-exportation without the payment of duty, or with the
Cherokee coun-ty, &c.
Act of June 23,1836, ch. 115,last clause, mo-dified as to is-sues of notesunder five dol-lars.