War. Secretary of tificers to render a correct report, once each month, of the corps, to the quarter-mastergeneral, and on oath to make out the pay roll thereof; which pay roll shall be examined by the quarter master general, or, in his absence, by one of the deputy quarter masters, and by him be countersigned, and faithfully and without delay to execute all such orders as he may receive from the Secretary at War, any officer of the quarter-master's depart ment, or from the officer commanding in the field or garrison to which his corps or any part thereof may be attached. Term of service of the corps. Appropria sion. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this corps shall be engaged for and during the term of three years, unless sooner discharged by the President of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense that may be incur red in the execution of this act, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. April 23, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER LX. AN ACT for the relief of William Hubbell. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasurg Department be, and they are hereby authorised and required to allow to William Hubbell, one of the collectors of the excise tax the sum of one thousand and eighty two dollars, fifty-one and an half cents, as a credit (on account of uncollected revenue and stationery) against the judgments which have been ob tained by the United States, against the said William Hubbell. H CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM H. CRAWFORD, April 23, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER LXI. AN ACT to authorise the Secretary for the New Orleans BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Secretary for the Department of War, be, War empowand he is hereby authorised and empowered, change a lot to exchange the lot of ground, situate in the of ground in city of New Orleans on which the Military with the UrHospital of the United States stands, with the suline Nuns. Ursuline Nuns of said city, whose convert adjoins or is near the same, for such other lot or lots of ground, in said city of New Orleans, or its vicinity, owned by the said Nuns, as, in the opinion of said Secretary, shall be conveniently situated for a Miinary Hospital and To make a for the lot, of equal value with the said lot on which the said Hospital now stands, including the value of said Hospital. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of such exchange, the Secretary for the deed to them Department of War is hereby authorised and empowered to make, execute and deliver, in behalf of the United States, to the said Ursuline Nuns, or to such person or persons as they may designate, a deed or other instrument in writing, therein and thereby conveying to them all the right and title of the United States, in and to the said lot of ground afore. said, reserving however, to the United States, the use of said Hospital, for such time as he shall judge necessary; and the Secretary for the Department of War is hereby also au thorised to take and receive from the said Ursuline Nuns, or from such person or persons, as may be authorised in their behalf for that purpose, a deed or deeds or other instru ment in writing, conveying to the United States a good and sufficient title to the lot or lots of ground, which he may agree to take in exchange: and which deed or deeds, or other instrument in writing, shall contain the necessary covenants to secure to the United States in case of any failure of title thereto. H. CLAY, And to re ceive one from them in behalf of the Ú. States. Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. April 23, 1812. APPROVED, CHAPTER LXII AN ACT to authorise the granting of Patents for Land, according to the Surveys that have been made; and to grant Donation Rights to certain Claimants of Land in the District of Detroit; and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That pa- Patents, to tents shall be granted to the persons whose whom to be claims to land have been confirmed in the district of Detroit, in conformity to the sur granted veys con Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person, whose claim has been firmed by the commissioners aforesaid to a tract of land bordering on the river Detroit, and whose tract, as confirmed, does not ex. tend in depth eighty arpens, French measure, shall be entitled to a donation of any vacant tract of land adjacent to and back of the land confirmed to him as aforesaid, provided that such donation shall not exceed forty arpens, French measure, in depth, nor in quantity of land that contained in the tract already con firmed to him, nor shall in any case the tract confirmed as aforesaid, and that allowed as a donation, together exceed eighty arpens, French measure, in depth, and in all cases where, by reason of bends in the said river, and of adjacent prior claims, each claimant cannot obtain a tract equal in quantity to the tract already confirmed to him, the vacant land applicable to the object shall be divided between the claimants in such manner as shall appear to the commissioners for adjusting the claims most equitable. And every person claiming a donation in virtue of this section shall, on or before the first day of December next, deliver to the register of the land office at Detroit, a notice, in writing, of the situation and extent of his claim, which he shall file in his office on receiving twenty five cents from the party or parties for each claim; and if such person shall neglect to deliver such notice within the time limited, his right to a donation, under this section, shall become void And the commissioners for adjusting claims to land in the said district shall, as soon as may be after the first of De cember next, proceed to examine and decide, according to the provisions of this section, on the claims filed as aforesaid; and when it shall appear to the said commissioners that the claimant is entitled to a donation of land, they shall give a certificate stating the cir cumstances of the case, and that the claim. ant is entitled to receive a patent for such a tract of land by virtue of this section, which tract shall be surveyed in conformity with the decision of the commissioners, at the expense of the party, under the direction of the Surveyor General, by such of his assistants residing in the said district as the said Sur |