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of the territory eastward of the Lake Michigan; and also for the appointment of a clerk in each county, to act as clerk to the said court therein; and further to prescribe the jurisdiction of said courts, and the powers and duties of the judge or judges holding the same.

. And be it further enacted, That the judges of the supreme court of the territory of Michigan have, and may exercise, the right of appointing the clerk of the said court, and of removing him at pleasure.

. And be it further enacted, That no member of the legislative council shall be eligible to any office created, or the fees of which were regulated by a law passed whilst he was a member, during the period for which he was elected, and for one year thereafter.

. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, in so far as the same shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed; and, further, that Congress have the right, at any time, to alter or repeal this act.

, January 29, 1827.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, respectively appropriated towards the military service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and for the objects following; that is to say:

For the pensions to the revolutionary pensioners of the United States, one million two hundred and sixty thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars;

For the invalid and half pay pensioners, three hundred and one thousand and fifty-five dollars;

For pensions to the widows and orphans, twelve thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the said sums, respectively, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, January 29, 1827.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the township of land reserved in the district of East Florida, by an, for a seminary of learning, shall be located east of the Appalachicola river, and may be located in sections corresponding with any of the legal divisions into which the public lands are authorized to be surveyed, so as not to interfere with private land claims, and the rights of pre-emption; and the township located west of the Appalachicola river, as directed in the aforesaid act, so far as it is covered by the claims of those entitled to the right of pre-emption, by the , shall be located in sections upon any unappropriated lands in said district of country, until the amount taken by said interferences shall be satisfied and discharged.

. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislative council of said territory shall have power to take possession of the lands granted for the use of schools and for a seminary of learning, and to