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treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and the said act is hereby revived,and shall be deemed to provide for the survey of the coasts of Florida ,in the same manner as if the same had been named therein.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be, and he is hereby authorized, in and about the execution ofthe said act, to use all maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus,which now, or hereafter may belong to the United States , and employall persons in the land or naval service of the United States , and suchastronomers and other persons as he shall deem proper : Provided, Thatnothing in this act, or the act hereby revived, shall be construed toauthorize the construction or maintenance of a permanent astronomicalobservatory.

Approved, July 10, 1832.

Chap. CXCII .—An Act to provide iron tanks for the use of the navy of the

United States .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purchase of irontanks for the use of the vessels of war of the United States , in commis-sion, the sum of one hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundredand ninety-five dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out ofany money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, July 10,1832.

Chap. CXCI1I .—An Ad to establish additional land districts in the state ofAlabama , and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the tract of country inthe state of Alabama ceded to the United States by a treaty concludedwith the Creek tribe of Indians, at the city of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shallbe divided into, and constitute two land districts, by extending throughthe same, east and west, the line between township number twenty-two,south of the base line of the Huntsville district, and township numbertwenty-four, north of the thirty-first degree of latitude.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the land in said cededterritory, south of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Mont-gomery, and said district shall be called the Talapoosa district; and allthe land in said ceded territory, north of said dividing line, shall be soldat the town of Montevallo, and said district shall be called the Coosadistrict: Provided, however, That the President of the United States may, if he shall deem it expedient, remove either, or both, of the saidland offices to any other point in the respective districts, for which theyare established.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register andreceiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintendthe sales of the public lands in their respective districts, who shall resideat the places designated, give security in the same manner, in the samesums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority,shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands w hich shall bedisposed of at their offices as are, or may be, provided by law in relationto the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several officesestablished for the sale of the public lands.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of theSecretary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the

President au-thorized to usemaps, &c., andto employ per-sons.

Proviso.

Statute I.July 10, 1832.

Appropriation.

Statute I.July 10, 1832.

Two land dis-tricts establish-ed.

Land office forTalapoosa dis-trict.

For the Coosadistrict.

Proviso.

Registers andreceivers to beappointed.

Plats of sur-veys to be depo-sited.