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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 88, 91, 92. 1831.
Proviso.
Suits, &c. forpenalties.
Act of March2, 1799, ch. 22.
1797, ch. 13.
Owners of,&c. authorized.
Barry v. Gam-ble, 3 Howard,32.
Proviso.
appointed in any of the places mentioned in the first section of this act,a suitable person shall be appointed for such places, and on all such sur-veyors, whether appointed or to be appointed, shall devolve the duties pre-scribed by this act, in addition to the customary duties performed by thatofficer in other places; and the surveyor at each of said places shall, be-fore taking the oath of office, give security to the United States for thefaithful performance of all his duties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars,and shall receive, in addition to his customary fees, an annual salary ofthree hundred and fifty dollars; Provided, That no salary arising underthis act, shall commence until its provisions shall take effect, and mer-chandise may be imported under its authority.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures in-curred by force of this act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed andaccounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled “ An act toregulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” passed on thesecond day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, andmay be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, en-titled “An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, pen-alties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned,”passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred andninety-seven.
Approved, March 2,1831.
Chap. LXXXVIII .—An Act to repeal the act to establish the district of Blakely.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An actto establish the district of Blakely,” approved the seventeenth day ofApril, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, be, and the same is hereby,repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Chap. XCI. —An Act to provide for the further compensation of the marshal of thedistrict of Rhode Island .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the marshal of the dis-trict of Rhode Island shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the com-pensation now allowed by law, an annual salary of two hundred dollarspayable quarterly, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise ap-propriated.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Chap. XCII. —An Act for the relief of certain holders of certificates issued in lieuof lands injured by earthquakes in Missouri .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the legal owners of anycertificates of new location issued under the act of seventeenth Febru-ary, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, for the relief of personswhose lands were injured by earthquakes in Missouri , which may havebeen located upon lands, any part of which has been adjudged to anyperson or persons as a right of pre-emption, shall be authorized to locatesuch warrants, upon such lands as are liable to entry at private sale,Provided, That previous to making such new location, the legal ownersaforesaid shall relinquish to the United States all claim to the previous