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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 228, 229. 1832.
bill may be putin custom-housestores under thebond of the im-porter, &c.; andsuch as remainafter March 3,1833, to be sub-ject to no otherduty than if im-ported after thatday ; if the du-ties were previ-ously paid, tobe refunded.
Proviso.
Statute I.
July 14, 1832.
Appropriationfor extinguish-ment of Indiantitle to lands inMissouri and Il-linois .
Annuity to theShawnees, &c.
Legatees ofA.McKnight.
To be paid fromthe treasury.
Statute I.Jul y 14, 18 32.
Appropriation.
may be put into the custom-house stores, under the bond of the importeror owner; and such of said articles as shall remain under the control ofthe proper officer of the customs on the third day of March, eighteenhundred and thirty-three, shall be subject to no other duty than if thesame were imported, respectively, after that day. And if the duties orany part thereof on the articles deposited as aforesaid shall have beenpaid previous to the said third day of March, the amount so paid shall berefunded to the person importing and depositing the said articles: Pro-vided, That this section shall apply to merchandise in original packageswhich may have been entered and taken into the possession of the im-porter or owner; upon condition that the said merchandise be placedunder the custody of the proper officer of the customs, and that thesame shall remain under his control on the third day of March next:And provided further , That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorizedto prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry thissection into effect.
Approved, July 14, 1832.
Chap. CCXXVIII .—An Act to provide for the extinguishment of the Indian title
to lands lying in the stales of Missouri and Illinois , and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of forty-sixthousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to he applied,under the direction of the President, to the extinguishment of the titleof the Kickapoos, Shawanees, and Delawares, of Cape Girardeau , to landslying in the state of Missouri ; and of the Piankashaws, Weas, Peorias,and Kaskaskias, to lands lying in the state of Illinois ; and, for the pur-pose of defraying all the expenses of treating with, removing, and sub-sisting, said Indians for one year; for an additional compensation to theShawnee Indians for their reservation at Wapaughkonitta, in Ohio , anannuity of two thousand dollars per annum, for fifteen years; and, also,the sum of three thousand dollars to defray the expenses of procuringthe assent of the Menominee Indians, to the treaty between them andthe United States , which was provisionally ratified during the presentsession of Congress .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasurybe, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legal representatives of JohnPettigrew and James Pettigrew , the sum of nine thousand seven hundredand fifty dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per centum, from themonth of June, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, until thetime of payment.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasurybe, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legatees of AlexanderMcKnight the sum of two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars,with interest, at the rate of six per centum, from the month of June, inthe year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, until the time of payment.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said sums be paid out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 14, 1832.
Chap. CCXXIX .—An Act for the erection of barracks, quarters, and store-houses,and the purchase of a site, in the vicinity of New Orleans .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundredand twelve thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Trea-