Source: http://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/molaws/id/44895/
Timestamp: 2019-10-16 20:48:14
Document Index: 335591063

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7']

Previous 25 of 349 Next
26 LAWS OF
wardly, on a parallel with the northern boundary line of said tract of land, to
the White water thence, with the Stoddard county line, to the State line; thence
east to the Mississippi river; thence up the same, following the middle of the
main channel thereof, to the beginning.
§ '2.    This act to take effect, and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, Feb. \% 1839.
AN ACT to survey and define the constitutional limits of Ste. Genevieve county.
Sec. 1. Commissioner appointed to survey the limits of Ste. Genevieve county.
2. Time of meeting regulated.
3. How vacancies may be filled.
4. Board may appoint necessary agents.
5. Board shall take oath,
ib. Expenses how paid.
6. Compensation of board.
7. Former acts repealed.
§ 1; John Lee of Ste. Genevieve county, Aaron Lambeth of St. Francois
county, and Francis Clark of Perry county are hereby appointed commmis-
sioners, whose duty it shall be to meet at the mouth of the St. Laurent creek,
on the third Monday in March next, and proceed to survey, mark and ascertain the constitutional limits of Ste. Genevieve county.
§ 2. Should the board of commissioners, appointed by this act, fail to
meet on the day hereinbefore mentioned, said board shall meet on some other
subsequent day, within thirty days from the time by this act designated, to be
§ 3. Should a vacancy occur in the board of commissioners herein appointed
by any cause whatever, the remaining commissioner or commissioners, having
met to perform the duties assigned them by this act, shall fill the same, by
appointing some other person or persons.
§ 4. The board of commissioners shall appoint two chain carriers to accompany them, and as many other persons as may be necessary to assist them in
marking said surveys.
§ 5. The persons selected as aforesaid shall before entering upon their respective duties, take an oath, faithfully and impartially to perform said duties,
to the best of their skill and judgment, which oath may be administered by any
judge or justice of the peace, in either of the counties; and the expenses accruing from running said lines shall be audited by the county court of Ste. Genevieve
county, one half of said expenses to be paid by St. Francois county, and the
other half to be paid by Ste. Genevieve county, out of the county Treasury of
their respective counties; and the surveyors making said survey shall make out
two copies or plats of the lines thus run, and return one copy to each of the
county courts of Ste. Genevieve and St. Francois counties, which shall be recorded as evidence of said survey.
§ 6. The said commissioners, appointed as aforesaid, shall, one and severally, receive for their services, such compensation as is now allowed by law tor
§ 7. All acts, or parts of acts, coming within the provisions of this act, are
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0362.tif
Transcript 26 LAWS OF wardly, on a parallel with the northern boundary line of said tract of land, to the White water thence, with the Stoddard county line, to the State line; thence east to the Mississippi river; thence up the same, following the middle of the main channel thereof, to the beginning. § '2. This act to take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Feb. \% 1839. STE. GENEVIEVE. AN ACT to survey and define the constitutional limits of Ste. Genevieve county. Sec. 1. Commissioner appointed to survey the limits of Ste. Genevieve county. 2. Time of meeting regulated. 3. How vacancies may be filled. 4. Board may appoint necessary agents. 5. Board shall take oath, ib. Expenses how paid. 6. Compensation of board. 7. Former acts repealed. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: § 1; John Lee of Ste. Genevieve county, Aaron Lambeth of St. Francois county, and Francis Clark of Perry county are hereby appointed commmis- sioners, whose duty it shall be to meet at the mouth of the St. Laurent creek, on the third Monday in March next, and proceed to survey, mark and ascertain the constitutional limits of Ste. Genevieve county. § 2. Should the board of commissioners, appointed by this act, fail to meet on the day hereinbefore mentioned, said board shall meet on some other subsequent day, within thirty days from the time by this act designated, to be agreed upon by the members composing the board. § 3. Should a vacancy occur in the board of commissioners herein appointed by any cause whatever, the remaining commissioner or commissioners, having met to perform the duties assigned them by this act, shall fill the same, by appointing some other person or persons. § 4. The board of commissioners shall appoint two chain carriers to accompany them, and as many other persons as may be necessary to assist them in marking said surveys. § 5. The persons selected as aforesaid shall before entering upon their respective duties, take an oath, faithfully and impartially to perform said duties, to the best of their skill and judgment, which oath may be administered by any judge or justice of the peace, in either of the counties; and the expenses accruing from running said lines shall be audited by the county court of Ste. Genevieve county, one half of said expenses to be paid by St. Francois county, and the other half to be paid by Ste. Genevieve county, out of the county Treasury of their respective counties; and the surveyors making said survey shall make out two copies or plats of the lines thus run, and return one copy to each of the county courts of Ste. Genevieve and St. Francois counties, which shall be recorded as evidence of said survey. § 6. The said commissioners, appointed as aforesaid, shall, one and severally, receive for their services, such compensation as is now allowed by law tor similar services. § 7. All acts, or parts of acts, coming within the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, Feb. 11,1839. ■