TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II Ch. 39, 40, 41. 1831.
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For fortifications at Charleston, South Carolina, forty-five thousand Charleston ,dollars.
For fortifications at Pensacola, Florida, one hundred thousand dollars. Pensacola .For a fort at Mobile point, ninety thousand dollars. Mobile point.
For repairs of the battery at Bienvenu, Louisiana , three thousand four Bienvenu.dollars.
For repairs of fort Wood, Louisiana , three thousand six hundred Fort Wood,dollars.
For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars. Contingencies.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Chap. XXXIX. — An Act for the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise. March 2, 1831.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend relief to anyimporter of foreign merchandise who may have been charged, under theprovisions of the third section of the act, entitled “ An act for the moreeffectual collection of the duties on imports,” passed the twenty-eighthday of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, with any duty inaddition to the duties existing on such merchandise previous to the pas-sage of said act, to the amount of such additional duty: Provided, Saidmerchandise shall have been imported previous to the first day of Janu-ary last: Provided, also, That no person shall be entitled to the reliefauthorized to be given by this act, who, by the exercise of reasonablediligence, by himself, or his agents, factors, or correspondents, could havecomplied with the provisions of the said third section of said act: andthe Secretary of the Treasury shall require and receive satisfactory evi-dence, from every person claiming the benefits of this act, that such dili-gence has been used, and that he has acted bona fide, and without anyintent to violate, or evade the provisions of said third section, before heshall grant the relief herein provided.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
The Secretaryof the Treasury authorized to re-fund certain du-ties.
Act of May28, 1830, ch.147,sec. 3.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Chap. XL.— An Act for the sale of the lands in the state of Illinois reserved forthe use of the salt springs on the Vermillion river, in that state.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois shallbe, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold andconveyed, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the legis-lature of said state has or may direct, the whole or any part of the landsreserved and set apart by the President of the United States , on thetwenty-ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for the useof the salt works on the Vermillion river, in said state, and to apply theproceeds of such sale to such objects as the legislature of said state hasor may direct: Provided, Said land shall not be sold for less than onedollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
March 2, 1831.
Proviso.
Chat*. XLI. — Jin Ad for the relief of the citizens of Shawneetown , («) March 2, 1831.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Obsolete.]States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be law-ful for any purchaser, the assignee or legal representative of any purchaser,
(a) An act concerning Shawneetown, vol. iii. p. 113. Instalments due on certain lots in Shawneetown remitted, vol. iii. p. 778.