626 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 35, 36. 1851. Preparation Sec. 5. And 5e it further enacted, That for continuing the prepazitogaglfyttgg ration and publication of the works of the exploring expedition, includexploring exp? ing the pay of the scientific corps, care of property, payment for dingyé h 204 printing, and paper, and other contracts under the law of eighteen ’ °‘ hundred and forty-two, authorizing the preparation and publication of said_works, twenty-five thousand dollars. Removal of Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy E€°k .°f the be directed to cause the wreck of the steamer Missouri to be removed ssoun. . . _ 1850, 0b_ 80. from the harbor of Gibraltar m such mode as he shall deem expedient, by contract or otherwise, and that eighty thousand dollars be, and hereby xs, appropriated, out of any money IH the treasury not otherwise an%r0pr1a1ted as may be necessary to defray the expense of removing S31 wrec . Approved, March 3, 1851. March 3, 1851. Cin?. XXXV.-An dc! tv authorize the Secretary of War to al/010 the Payment ··;········ of Interest tu the Statnf Georgia for Advances made for the Use of the United States, in the Suppression of the Hustilities of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians, in the Years 1836, 1837 and 1838. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseqf Representatives of the _ Allcvyance of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary gl$;°gf Gtgmgii of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to the State of Georgia, for advances made to the United States for the suppression of the hostilities of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians, in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-tive, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and eighteen hundred and thirty- eight, interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum upon all sums allowed and paid to the State of Georgia, or that may hereafter be allowed and paid for any moneys advanced by the State for the purposes aforesaid, from the date of such advances until the principal sum Yroviw or sums were or may be paid by the United States: Provided, That no interest shall be paid on any sum on which the said State of Georgia did not either pay or lose interest. Approved, March 3, 1851. March 3: 1g5L CHAP. XXXVL — An Act authorizing the Pa ml of Interest upon the Arlrances ' made b the State of Maine or the Use 0 th? United States Government in the y I Protectwn of the North-eastern. I·`r0nticr. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhc _ A“¤W¤¤<=¤ ¤f United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper mterest to the - . smc of Mme_ accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the claim of the State of Maine a ainst the United States for interest u on mone borrowed and ac- E _ P Y tually expended by her for the protection of the north-eastern frontier of said State, during the years eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, eighteen hundred and forty, and eighteen hundred and forty-one; and the sum so found to be due to said State shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Mode ofcom- SEC- 2. And be it further enacted, That in ascertaining the amount lgifing th°¤¤*°¤‘· of interest as aforesaid due to the State of Maine, the following rules S' shall govern: First, that interest shall not be computed on any sum which Maine has not expended for the use and beneiit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to the State of Mame by the United States. Second, that no interest shall be paid on
