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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.75,94. 1844.
Statute I.June 15, 1844.
Persons for-merly in the re-puted limits ofthe U. S. , butnow in Texas ,allowed to re-move with ailtheir propertyinto the U. S.
Proviso.
Statute I.June 17, 1844.
Act of May 26,1830, ch. 104.
Persons injur-ing canal to paya tine.
J ustice to is-sue warrant,and party con-victed to beconfined inclose jail.
Proviso.
Chap. LXXV. — An Act for the relief of persons residing within the reputed lim-its of the States of Arkansas or Louisiana , and beyond the boundary line be-tween the United States and the Republic of Texas, as established by the com-missioners appointed to ascertain the same.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be law-ful for any person who, on the twenty-first day of May, which was in theyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, resided withinthe reputed limits of the States of Arkansas or Louisiana , as the samewere then known and understood, and who, since the demarcation ofthe boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas,by the commissioners of the respective Governments, has been found toreside within the limits of Texas , to remove within the limits of theUnited States; and to bring with such person, into the United States ,all his or her moveable property of every kind and description whatever,any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, always, That anyperson desirous of availing him or herself of the provisions of this act,shall present a petition in writing to the district judge of the district ofArkansas or Louisiana , as the case may be, setting forth the facts ne-cessary to entitle him or her to the benefit of the same, and containinga descriptive list of the property which he or she is desirous of bring-ing with him or her into the United States ; which petition shall be veri-fied by the oath of the petitioner, and on due proof of the facts thereinset forth, by competent witnesses, to the satisfaction of the said judge,it shall and may be lawful for him, and he is hereby required, to grantto such petitioner a certificate thereof, and that such petitioner has com-plied, in all respects, with the provisions of this act, and is entitled tobring into the United States the property specified and described in thesaid petition and certificate.
Approved, June 15, 1844.
Chap. XCIY. — An Act to amend the act entitled “ An act to incorporate the Alex-andria Canal Company,''’ approved on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen
hundred and thirty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That if any personor persons shall wilfully or maliciously, by any means whatever, injure,impair, or destroy any part of the Alexandria canal, or of its aqueducts,dams, locks, culverts, walls, embankments, bridges, buildings, or otherworks now constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed by theAlexandria Canal Company, under the authority of the beforementionedact, such person or persons so offending shall each of them, for everysuch offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five dollars, nor morethan fifty dollars, to be recovered, with costs, in the name and for theuse of the said company, before any justice of the peace of the Districtof Columbia ; and any such justice may, on his own view, or on appli-cation to him made, verified by affidavit, issue his warrant, describingthe injury committed; and upon conviction, such justice shall committhe offender to close jail, without bail or mainprise, until such fine andcosts be paid, or until discharged by due course of law: Provided, how-ever, That nothing in this section contained shall be so construed as toprevent the said company from recovering damages from any person orpersons who may commit any of the trespasses aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for anyperson or persons, other than such as shall be engaged in navigatingthe said canal, or in the employment of the said company, to walk orride over or upon the aqueduct erected by the said company over the