Out of money in the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 19, 1822.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. VIII.—An Act authorizing the transfer of certain certificates of the funded debt of the United States.
Certificates of the funded debt, issued to creditor states upon the assumption of their debts, made transferable.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the certificates of the funded debt of the United States, which, upon the assumption of the debts of the several creditor states, were issued in their favour, respectively, be, and hereby are, made transferable, according to the rules and forms instituted for the purpose of transfers of the public debt.
Approved, February 19, 1822.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. IX.—An Act for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida.
Act of March 1, 1817, ch. 22.
The President may employ the land and naval forces to prevent the destruction of, or carrying away, public timber, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized to employ so much of the land and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary effectually to prevent the felling, cutting down, or other destruction of the timber of the United States in Florida; and also to prevent the transportation or carrying away any such timber as may be already felled or cut down; and to take such other and further measures as may be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida.
Approved, February 23, 1822.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. X.—An Act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fourth census.[1]
Number of members to which each state is entitled.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected agreeably to a ratio of one representative for every forty thousand persons in each state, computed according to the rule prescribed by the constitution of the United States; that is to say: within the state of Maine, seven; within the state of New Hampshire, six; within the state of Massachusetts, thirteen; within the state of Rhode Island, two; within the state of Connecticut, six; within the state of Vermont, five; within the state of New York, thirty-four; within the state of New Jersey, six; within the state of Pennsylvania, twenty-six; within the state of Delaware, one; within the state of Maryland, nine; within the state of Virginia, twenty-two; within the state of North Carolina, thirteen; within the state of South Carolina, nine; within the state of Georgia, seven; within the state of Alabama, two; within the state of Mississippi, one; within the state of Louisiana, three; within the state of Tennessee, nine; within the state of Kentucky, twelve; within the state of Ohio, fourteen; within the state of Indiana, three; within the state of Illinois, one; and within the state of Missouri, one.
- ↑ See the acts relating to the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the census of the United States, vol. ii. 128.
