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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.

Clerk of said court to be appointed by the judges.Sec. 3. 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.

No member of the legislative council to be eligible to any office, &c.Sec. 4. 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.

All laws, &c. inconsistent with this, repealed.Sec. 5. 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all laws and parts of laws, in so far as the same shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed; and, further, that Congress have the right, at any time, to alter or repeal this act.

Approved, January 29, 1827.

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Jan. 29, 1827.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. VII.An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States.

Sums respectively approprited towards the payment of revolutionary pensioners.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:

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

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

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

Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sums, respectively, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, January 29, 1827.

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Jan. 29, 1827.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. VIII.An Act to provide for the location of the two townships and land reserved for a seminary of learning in the territory of Florida, and to complete the location of the grant to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky.

The township of land reserved for a seminary of learning, in the district of East Florida, by act of March 3d, 1823, ch. 28, sec. 11, to be located east of the Appalachicola river, &c.
April 22, 1826, ch. 29.
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 act of Congress, approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, 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 act approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, 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.

Power given to the governor to lease the same.Sec. 2. 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