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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 87. 1831.
Commission-ers of northernboundary ofllli-nois.
Act of April18,1818,ch.67.
Surveyors, &c.
Statute II.March 2, 1831.
Proceedingsat the severalplaces.
entries and sales shall be as valid, in every respect, as if they had beenmade in the land district of Alabama .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates is hereby authorized to cause the surveyor general of the UnitedStates for the states of Illinois and Missouri, and the territory of Arkan-sas, to act as a commissioner on the part of the United States , wheneverhe shall be duly informed that the government of the state of Illinois shall have appointed a commissioner on its part, the two to form a board,to ascertain, survey and mark the northern line of the state of Illinois , asdefined in the act of Congress , entitled “ An act to enable the people ofthe Illinois territory to form a constitution and state government, &c,”passed the eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen;and, in case of vacancy in said office of commissioner, or of his beingunable to act from any cause, the President is authorized to fill suchvacancy by the appointment of some other qualified person, whenever itmay be necessary, until the object of the commission shall be attained.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commission-ers shall have power to employ the necessary surveyors and labourers,and shall meet at such time and place as may be agreed upon by thePresident of the United States and the government of the state of Illinois ,and proceed to ascertain, survey and mark the said northern line of thestate of Illinois, and report their proceedings to the President of the UnitedStates, and the governor of the state of Illinois .
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President may allow to thesaid commissioner of the United States , such compensation for his ser-vices as shall seem to him reasonable : Provided, it does not exceed theallowance made by the state of Illinois to the commissioner on its part;and the said allowance, together with one-half of the necessary expensesof said board, and the surveyors and labourers, and the allowance to bemade to the surveyors general of the state of Alabama and the territoryof Florida , and the necessary expenses incurred by them in running andmarking said line between said state and territory, shall be paid from thetreasury of the United States , out of any money not otherwise appropri-ated; and, to enable the President to carry this act into effect, there ishereby appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Chap. LXXXVII.— An Act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported
into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville , and
Natchez , to be. secured and paid at those places.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled,, That when any goods, wares,or merchandise, are to be imported from any foreign country, into Pittsburg ,in the state of Pennsylvania, Wheeling, in the state of Virginia, Cincin-nati, in the state of Ohio, Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, St. Louis ,in the state of Missouri, Nashville in the state of Tennessee , or intoNatchez, in the state of Mississippi ; the importer thereof shall depositin the custody of the surveyor of the place a schedule of the goods sointended to be imported, with an estimate of their cost at the place ofexportation, whereupon the said surveyor shall make an estimate of theamount of duties accruing on the same, and the importer or consigneeshall give bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the surveyor,in double the amount of the duties so estimated, conditioned for the pay-ment of the duties on such merchandise, ascertained as hereinafterdirected ; and the surveyor shall forthwith notify the collector at NewOrleans of the same, by forwarding to him a copy of said bond andschedule.