Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1849-06-13

corner made by Sullivan. extending east
wardly. as he run and marked the said
line to the middle Of the Des Moines river;
and that line run due west from said
northwest corner to the middle of the Mis-
souri, river, is the proper dividing line,
between said States west of the aforesaid
corner land that the States of Missouri and
Iowa are bound to conform their iurisdic-
ton up to said line on their respective sides
thereof, from the river Des Moines to the
river Missouri.
And it is further adjudged and decreed
that the State of Missouri be, and she is,
hereby perpetually enjoined and restrain
ed from exercicing jurisdiction north of
boundary aforesaid dividing the States;
and thai The State Of Iowa be, and she
hereby is, also perpetually adjoined and
restrained from exercising jurisdiction
south of the dividing boundary established
by this decree
And it is further ordered, that Joseph
c. Brown, of the State of Missouri, and
Henry B. Hendershott, of the State Of
Iowa, be, and they are hereby appointed
Commissioners 10 find and remark the
line run by said Sullivan in 1916, extend
ing eastwardly from said northwest cor
ner to the Des Moines river; and especial
ly, to find and establish said northwest
corner and to mark the same as hereinafter
directed: And also to run line due west,
on parallel Of latitude, from said corner,
when found, to the Missouri river, and to
mark the same as hereinafter directed.
And said Commissioners are hereby
commanded to plant at said northwest cor
ner cast iron pillar, four feet six inches
long, land squaringtwelve inches at its base,
| and eight inches at its top; such pillar to
be marked with the word "M1sso uR1" on
its south side, and "rowA" on the north,
and estate LINE" on the east side; which
marks shall be strongly cast into the iron.
And similar pillar shall be by them plan
ted in the line near the bank of the Des
Moines river with the mark of /" STATE
LINE" facing the west: And also similar
one, near the east bank Of Missouri river,
shall be planted by the said Commission
ers in the said line; the mark of estate
Line facing the east.
And it is further ordered that pillars
or posts, Of stone or of cast iron, shall be
planted at every ten miles in the line ex-
tending east from the northwest corner
aforesaid to the Des MONIES river; and al
so at the end Of every ten miles on the
due west line, extending to the Missouri
river from said corner. These latter line
posts to be Of such description as the
Commissioners may adopt;or as the parties
to this suit, acting jointly, may direct the
Commissioners to use-except that said
line posts shall be Of stone or iron.
| And it is further ordered that duly
certified copy of this decree thall be for
warded to the Chief Magistrate of the
State Of Missouri, forthwith, by the clerk
OF this court; and that similar copy shall
in like manner be forwarded to the Chief
Magistrate of the State of Iowa. And the
Commissioners of this court hereby ap-
pointed, are directed to correspond with
said Chief Magistrates respectively, thro'
their Secretaries Of State, requesting the
cooperation and assistance OF the State
authoities in the performance of the du-
ties imposed on said Commissioners by
this decree. And it is further ordered
that the clerk of this court forward TO
each of the said Commissioners a copy
hereof, duly authenticated, without delay
And it is also ordered that said Com
missioners make report to this court, on
or before the first day of January next,
of their proceedings in the premises; with
bill of costs and charges annexed.
And it is further ordered that should
either of said Commissioners die, or re-
fuse to act, or be unable to perform the
duties required by this decree, the Chief
Justice Of this court is hereby authorised
and empowered to appoint other Commits
sioners to supply vacancies; and, if it be
deemed advisable by the Chief Justice,
he may increase the commissioners, by
appointment, to more than two; and he is
authorised to act on such information in
the premises as may be satisfactory to
himself.
And should any other contingencies
arise in executing this decree, the Chief
Justice, in vacation, is further and gen.
orally authorised to make such orders,
and give such instructions, as this court
do when in session. Copies of all orders
and instructions, and acts done in the
premises, by the Chief Justice, shall be
filed with the clerk of this court, together
with the petitions, papers, and documents
on which they are founded
And reports Of the Commissioners if
made in vacation, shall be filed with the
clerk also for safe keeping thereof until
presented in open court, for its action
thereon.
And it is further ordered and adjudged,
that the costs of this suit including the
original bill, cross bill, and the proceed
ings thereon, and all costs incident to es-
tablishing and marking the dividing line,
and all other costs and charges of every
description. shall be paid by the States Of
Iowa and Missouri, equally.
/, William Thomas Carroll, Clerk of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
do hereby certify that the above and pre-
ceeding eight pages, contain true copy
of the decree of said Supreme Court made
in the above entitled cases, at December
Term, eighteen hundred and forty eight.