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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 198,199. 1832.
Assent extend-ed to any act torevive, &c., theaforesaid acts.
Statute I.July 13, 1832.
Statute I.July 13,1832.
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Commissionersto be appointedto examine allclaims under theconvention withFrance .
Secretary andclerk.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assent hereby given to theseveral acts aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to extend to the pro-visions of any act which may be passed by the legislature of the state ofNorth Carolina , to revive, amend, or carry into full effect the purpose ofthe acts aforesaid, so far as the assent of Congress may be deemed essen-tial to the validity thereof.
Approved, July 13, 1832.
Chap. CXCVIII .—Jin Act making appropriations for a custom-house in the city» of New York , and, for other purposes.
Be 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 and directed, with theapprobation of the President of the United States , to purchase a site, andto cause a building to be constructed thereon to be used as a custom-house in the port of New York ; and that the sum of two hundred thou-sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneyin the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied to the purposesaforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the improvement of Cus-tom-house Square at the port of New Haven, in the state of Connecticut ,nine hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be ex-pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury , providedthe same shall by him be deemed expedient; to be paid out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be appro-priated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, viz: for the erection or purchaseof a custom-house and public store at the port of Middletown, five thou-sand dollars; for the erection or purchase of a custom-house and publicstore at the port of New London, five thousand dollars; for the purchaseof a lot, and the erection of a custom-house and public store at the portof New Bedford , fifteen thousand dollars; and for the purchase of acustom-house at the port of Kennebunk, sixteen hundred dollars; forcompleting the custom-house and fence around it, of the port of New-port, five hundred dollars.
Approved, July 13, 1832.
Chap. CXCIX .—Jin Act to carry into effect the convention between the United
States and his majesty the King of the French, concluded at Paris on the fourth
of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate , shallappoint three commissioners, who shall form a board, whose duty it shallbe to receive and examine all claims which may be presented to themunder the convention between the United States and France , of thefourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, which areprovided for by the said convention, according to the provisions of thesame, and the principles of justice, equity, and the law of nations. Thesaid board shall have a secretary, versed in the English, French , andSpanish languages, and a clerk, both to be appointed by the President, byand with the advice and consent of the Senate ; and the commissioners,secretary, and clerk, shall, before they enter on the duties of their offices,take oath well and faithfully to perform the duties thereof.