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482 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 88, 91, 92. 1831. appointed in any of the places mentioned in the first section of this act, a suitable person shall be appointed for such places, and on all such surveyors, whether appointed or to be appointed, shall devolve the duties prescribed by this act, in addition to the customary duties performed by that officer in other places; and the surveyor at each of said places shall, before taking the oath of office, give security to the United States for the faithful performance of all his duties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and shall receive, in addition to his customary fees, an annual salary of Proviso. three hundred and fifty dollars; Provided, That no salary arising under this act, shall commence until its provisions shall take effect, and merchandise may be imported under its authority. Suits, Sw- for Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures in- P°“““‘°”‘ curred by force of this act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed and Act <>fM¤rch accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to 2= 179% ***22* regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, en- 1797, cn. 13. titled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. Approved, March 2, 1831. Srnnrn II. March 2, 1831. Crue. LXXXVIII.—An .0cl to repeal the acl to establish the district of Blakely. Repeal of act Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives ryf the United

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States ¢y" America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act

’° ’to establish the district of Blakely," approved the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, be, and the same is hereby, repea ed. Ammovmn, March 2, 1831. S·r·.n·ur1: II. Mvch 2, 183]- CHAP. XCI.—An det lo ovide or the urlher com emotion o the marshal 0 the pr distiéct of Bfhode Islawf f f AddmP¤¤] °°m· Be it enacted by the Senate and Hbuseipf Representatives of the lhrited p°""u°°' States of America, in Congress assemble , That the marshal of the district of Rhode Island shall ‘be entitled to receive, in addition to the compensation now allowed by law, an annual salary of two hundred dollars payable qtparterly, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appro riate . Xrrnovmo, March 2, 1831. 8·r.u·u·u: II. *" M¤‘¤h 2, will- CHAP. XCh.—tdn Act for the reli? of certain holders ty' certifcales issued in lieu of lands injured y earthquakes in Lhssouri. tc0W¤:]¤ _ °§ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqaresentatives of the United ' °“ °""°States of America, in Congress assembled, That the legal owners of any Barry v, Gam. certificates of new location issued under the act of seventeenth Febru- 1;% 3 H<>w¤r<!, ary, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, for the relief of persons z' whose lands were injured by earthquakes in Missouri, which may have been locatedupon lands, any part of which has been adjudged to any person or persons as a right of pre-emption, shall be authorized to locate such warrants, upon such lands as are liable to entry at private sale, P¤0Vi¤¤· Provided, That previous to making such new location, the legal owners aforesaid shall relinquish to the United States all claim to the previous