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of the. sixth March, eighteen hundred and twenty, entitled “ An act toauthorize the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution andState Government , and for the admission of such State into the Unionon an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery incertain Territoriesand an act of the seventh June, eighteen hundredand thirty-six, entitled “ An act to extend the western boundary of theState of Missouri to the Missouri river Provided, however, That ifeither or both of said commissioners to be appointed on the part of theState of Missouri and Territory of Iowa should fail to attend to theaforesaid duty, after reasonable notice by the commissioner on the partof the United States, or if the State of Missouri, or Governor of Iowa ,or either of them, should fail to appoint such commissioner on theirpart, respectively, after reasonable notice from the President of theUnited States , then, and in that case, the commissioner appointed onthe part of the United States shall proceed to execute the duties enjoinedby this act with either of said commissioners who may attend, or with-out the attendance of either or both of said commissioners, as the casemay be.
Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That the line to be so run, ascer-tained, and marked, shall not be deemed to be finally established andratified by the United States , until the map or plat, and descriptionaforesaid, and also the said report of the commissioner shall be submit-ted to, and the boundary, as thus ascertained and marked, approved ofand ratified by the Congress of the United States .
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carryinginto effect the provisions of this act, the sum of four thousand dollars,be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in theTreasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 18, 1838.
Chap. CXVII. —Jin Act making an appropriation for completing the publicbuildings in Wisconsin .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thou-sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, granted and appropriated, outof any unappropriated money in the Treasury, to defray the expenses ofcompleting the public buildings in the Territory of Wisconsin, whichare now commenced and partially completed; which said sum, or somuch thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be expendedaccording to the act of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin , entitled“ An act to establish the seat of Government of the Territory of Wis-consin, and to provide for the erection of public buildings,” approvedDecember thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty-six: Provided, That thecommissioners elected in pursuance of the third section of said act, shallcause the said money to be so expended as to accomplish the completionor finishing of said buildings without further expense to the UnitedStates .
Approved, June 18, 1838.
Chap. CXVIII.— An Act to require the judge of the district courts of East andWest Tennessee to hold a court at Jackson, in said state, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited, States of America in Congress assembled, That a district courtof the United States be, and the same is hereby, established in the west-ern district of the State of Tennessee , for the counties of Benton, Car-roll, Henry, Obion, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Haywood, Tipton, Shelby,
Proviso.
Appropriation.
Appropriationfor completingpublic build-ings.
How to be ex-pended.
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(") See notes to the act of January 13,1831, chap. 1.