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 228 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-r. 50, 51,53. 1819. quarter of a cent; for carriages, wagons, or carts, seven cents for each wheel, and three cents for each horse, mule, or ox, drawing the same; for every other horse or mule, three cents; for cattle, three cents per Pmv,S,,_ head; for hogs and sheep, two cents each: Provided, That no toll shall be exacted at the said bridge, for the passage of any wagon or carriage laden with the property of the United States, or for the drivers thereof, or for the passage of any troops of the United States, or the militia of any state, or of the District of Columbia, marching in a body, or any cannon, or military equipments, belonging to the United States; Provided also, That if the number of two hundred shares shall not be subscribed within one year from the time of opening subscription books proviso_ by the commissioners, as hereinbefore directed; or if the said bridge be not erected and built, and finished and completed, by this act, within three years from and after the first day of October next; or if it should remain, at any time thereafter, so out of repair, for two years, as to be unsafe for travelling ; then, and in that case, all the powers, authority, privileges, emoluments, and immunities, whatsoever, by this act granted to the said company, shall cease and determine, and shall become absolutely forfeited. Approved, February 24, 1819. Snwrs II. ——-—-·· March 2, 1819. Crm?. L.-An Act confirming the elaim of Alexander Maconib to a tract of land °""—"""“"' in the Territory of Michigan. Be it enacted, ¢j·c., That Alexander Macomb of the territory of Mich- Land title igan, be, and he hereby is, connrmed in his right and claim to a tract °°”H"”°d· of land, being an island, situated in the mouth of Detroit river, known by the name of Stoney Island, which was formerly occupied and improved for the benefit of the heirs of William Macomb, deceased, under whom the said Alexander Macomb now claims title; and upon a regular plat and survey of the said island being returned into the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Ofhce, a patent shall be grant- Yfovi¤¤· ed for the aforesaid island or tract of land: Provided, That the confirmation and grant, to Alexander Macomb, hereby made and directed, shall not prejudice the legal claim (if such there be) of any other person to the same tract of land. Amuzovisn, March 2, 1819. Srnur: II. ""”`“` March 2, 1mg_ Cmnt LI.-./2n Act for the relief ey" John B. Timberlake. Be it enacted, cya., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Allowcd acre- sury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required, in the settlement ::;°h;’*;;¤· of the accounts of John B. Timberlake, a purser in the navy, to allow ,,,,,,m_lnm a credit of three thousand eighty-four dollars and thirty-three cents; this sum having been drawn by the late lieutenant John Trippe, while in the command of the United States schooner Enterprize, over and above his pay and emoluments, from the said John B. Timberlake, the purser of the said vessel. Approved, March 2, 1819. Snrvu II. -.-.. _M¤rch2, 1819. Crux-. LII[.——·.»2n Act to authorize William Prout to institute a Bill in Equity Iigfore the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, against the Commissioner 0 the Public Buildings, and to direct u defence therein. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That William Prout, of the District of Colum- _Aqthorize¢tw bia, be, and he is hereby, authorized to institute a bill in equity, before £’l°;"l\H:°gl:r the Circuit Court for the District aforesaid, against the commissioner a ,,B?,,,,l;'c1,,,m¥ of the public buildings for the time being, to try his claim to recover one thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents, and