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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 53,54,55. 1823. 779 Sec. And be it further enacted That this act shall take effect, A-°* *° ¢¤k° and be in force from and after the first day of Mav next ensuing the °K°°° 1"M" passage thereofum"' Approved, March 3, 1823. S1-A·r·u·r·¤ II. CHAP. LlII.——An Act making t/ee gold coins if Great Britain, France, Portugal, March 3, 1823. and Spain, receivable in payments on aecmmt of public kmds. "`""'—"`“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 3 A°° °f M“'“h States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the ’dgi?}gil,,,5,?§ passage of this act, the following gold coins shall be received in all pay- Great Britain, ments on account of public lands, at the several and respective rates fol- ;°"“€“'> lowing, and not otherwise, viz: the gold coins of Great Britain and Por- ggiselougg tugal, of their present standard, at the rate of one hundred cents for recefiled in pay- every twenty-seven grains, or eighty-eight cents and eightminths per m°”* °‘;.1°°‘ pennyweight: the gold coins of France, of their present standard, at the mum O nds` rate of one hundred cents for every twenty-seven and a half grains, or eighty-seven and a quarter cents per pennyweight: and the gold coins of Spain of their present standard, at the rate of one hundred cents for every twenty-eight and a half grains, or eighty-four cents per penny- weight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Se- S,,,,,,,,,,., 0,- cretary of the Treasury to cause assays of the foregoing coins to be made the Treasury to at the mint of the United States, at least once in every year ; and tomake §““°° ;“‘Y“ *° report of the result thereof to Congress. jym; f,;:;`;; Appnovrzn, March 3, 1823. Srnurz II. Cntr. LIV.-J1n Act_/'m- clearing, repairing, and improving, certain roads for Mmh 3» *82* the purpose o/`faeilitating the transportation of the United Slate.? Mail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Presideutw States ry America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the ·>¤·1y¤ ¤;;¤=·i¤b United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause to be cleared, :,1:,,: repaired, and improved, the United States’ mail road, from Nashville in ed, autfimthe state of Tennessee, to New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana: P¥°V°d• , Provided, He shall not expend rhore than seven thousand nine hun- P¤>vi¤¤· dred and twenty dollars, in clearing, repairing, and improving, the same, and that the said sum shall be expended on that part of the road which may lie within [the] territory occupied by the Indians, and to which their title has not yet been extinguished. Approved, March 3, 1823. Srarurz II. Curr. LV.-An act respecting stamps. March 3, 1823- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A ig"£'°{lél)° States of America, in Congress assembled, That, whenever any person 0kb3L ’ ’ or persons shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, the duty charge- Deeds, ste. able by the act, entitled “An act to establish a general stamp office," :?_°·X*I:{l Sgt passed on the twenty-third day of April, in the year one thousand eight 18,,0, nappy_ ’ hundred, on any deed, instrument, or writing, on which the said stamp ment of the duduty chargeable by law shall not have been paid, together with the further {7 Md W: dgsum of ten dollars, and shall obtain a certificate thereof, from the Secre- vmé 2**,,-°'° tary of the Treasury, such deed, instrument, or writing, shall be, to all in- stamped. tents and purposes, as valid and available, as if the same had been, or
