The Arkansas advocate., 1831-05-25

and of the islands opposite and neares ] thereto from Saint Mary to the south sid
 of Saint John's to be called the Saint John 1 district, and port of entry shall be estab i lisbed at such point on the saint Johns riv CT, as the President may direct, and a col lector shall be appointed, who shall give the same bond, perform the same duties and be entitled 10 the same compensation and fees, as the collectors, in other district. in Florida.
 Sec. 5. ind 6e t .ft4tc, enacied, Tha1 Prospect, in ali the district of Belfast, if the State of Maine, shall be n port of de. ttyef1 and that surveyor shall be appoint. ed, who shall reside at that place. Sec. 6. .4Rd be t .fiH.ther cHocted, That the ports of Kennebunl5, in the State ol Naine, and Middletown, in the State oi Connecticut, be, and they are hereby made ports of entry for vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same
 Approved, March ,, 1881. GO Nh act to ascertain and mark the line be-
 tween the State of Alabama and the
 Territory of Florida, and the Northern
 boundary of the State of Illinois, and
 for other purposes.
 Be | eHacicd dH he SeHa1c ard FTfasf of Representations oftbe Jtaiiea Sales 0f .5i0fe- f7cd n Congress dSgem5ted That the Pres ldent of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be run and marked the boundary line between the state of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, by the surveyors General of Alabama and Florida. on the thirty-frsf degree of north latitude; and t shall be the duty of the Surveyor General of Florida to connect the public surveys on both sides with the line so run and marked.
 Sec. ,. .3'd he t further e0acicd Hat patents shall be issued for such tracts of lands as were sold and paid for at the land office at iallahasse, in the Territory Of Florida, as are found To be situate within the limits of the district of lands sutiect to safe at 'Parta, in Alabama, agrcoably 10 tte terms of t4e act orraniziro flat dis triet; and the said entries and sales shali be as valid, in every respect, as if tfev had been made in the land district of tta- bama.
 Sec. ?. ,44d tc # ft1ebe1 enacteF. That the President of the United States Is here. by authorized to cause the Surveyor Gen eral of the United States fer the States of Illinois and Missouri, and thc Territory of Arkarsas, to act as a commissioner on the part efthe | nitcd States, whenever he shall he duly informed that the government ofthe state of Illinois shall have appointed cem- missioner on it's part, the two to form 2 board tp ascertain survey and make the northern line of the State of Illinois, as defined in the act of Congress, entitled " An act 10 enable the people of the Illinois Territory toform constitution and state government &c.8 passed the eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and Tn case of vacancy in said office of Com missioner, or of his being unable to act from any cause, the President is authoriz- cd 10 fill such vacancy by the appointment of some other qualified person, whenever II may be necessary, until the object of the commission shall be attained.
 Sec. l. ,4Rdbc H further enacted, That the said Board of Commissioners shall have power to employ the necessary surveyors and taborers, and shalf meet at such time and place as may be agreed upon by the President of the United States and the Government of the State of Illinois, and proceed to ascertain, snr.ey and mark the said Northern line of the State of Illinois, and report their proceedings to the Presi- dent of the United States, and the Gov ernor of tho SStafe of Illinois,
 Sec. :, .AHa ie f}G4r3ber endcfcd, That the President may allow to the said Conn missioner of the United States, such com pensation for his services as shall seem to him reasonable: Prorided, il does not ex- cecd the allowance, together with one half of the necessary expenses of said board, and the surveyors and laborers, and the allowance to he made to the Survey ors General of the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and the necessary expenses incurred by them in running and marking said line between said State and Territory, shall he paid from the Treasury of the United States, ont of any money not otherwise appropriated; And, to enable the President to carry this act into effect, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two hundred dollars.
 Approycd: March ?. 1891 62
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