TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.III. Ch.69,70. 1843.
Alabama , or any of the branches thereof, to an amount equal to theamount of the two per cent, fund relinquished to this State by the Con-gress of the United States , remaining unpaid : Provided, That no settlershall be allowed to enter more than one quarter section of land with thebills of said bank, or either of them: And provided further, That theState of Alabama shall receive from the Government of the UnitedStates , in payment of said two per cent, fund, the bills of the Bank ofthe State of Alabama , and the several branches thereof, taken and re-ceived by the registers and receivers, as aforesaid, from the settlersaforesaid, in payment for their pre-emption claims : And provided fur-ther, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to change theterms, conditions, and limitations, annexed to the relinquishment of saidfund to the said State, by the act aforesaid; but such terms, conditions,and limitations, shall apply and be in full force in reference to said fund,notwithstanding its payment in the mode provided by this act.
Approved, March 1, 1843.
Chap. LXIX.— in Act regulating the currency of foreign gold and silver coins inthe United States , (a)
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That from and afterthe passage of this act, the following foreign gold coins shall pass cur-rent as money within the United States , and be receivable, by weight,for the payment of all debts and demands, at the rates following, that isto say: the gold coins of Great Britain , of not less than nine hundredand fifteen and a half thousandths in fineness, at ninety-four cents andsix-tenths of a cent per pennyweight; and the gold coins of France , ofnot less than eight hundred and ninety-nine thousandths in fineness, atninety-two cents and nine-tenths of a cent per pennyweight.
Sr.r. 2, And it further enacted, That from and after the passageof this act, the following foreign silver coins shall pass current as moneywithin the United States , and be receivable by tale, for the payment ofall debts and demands, at the rates following, that is to say : the Spanish pillar dollars, and the dollars of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia , of not lessthan eight hundred and ninety-seven thousandths in fineness, and fourhundred and fifteen grains in weight, at one hundred cents each; andthe five franc pieces of France , of not less than nine hundred thou-sandths in fineness, and three hundred and eighty-four grains in weight,at ninety-three cents each.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of theSecretary of the Treasury to cause assays of the coins made current bythis act to be had at the mint of the United States , at least once in everyyear, and to make report of the result thereof to Congress .
Approved, March 3, 1843.
Chap. LXX.— An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of theUnited States for the half calendar year beginning on the first day of Januaryand ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three ; and for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, one thousandeight hundred and forty-three and ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thou-sand eight hundred and forty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any un-appropriated money in the Treasury , for the preservation, repairs, andconstruction of certain fortifications, for the half calendar year begin-ning on the first day of January and ending on the thirtieth day of June,
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Quantity ofland to be en-tered by a set-tler.
Alabama toreceive said billsin payment ofthe two per ct.fund.
Terms of therelinquishmentnot affected bythis act.
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