United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 232
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CCXXXII.—An Act to provide for the taking of certain observations preparatory to the adjustment of the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio.[1]
Observations to be made preparatory to the adjustment of the boundary line of Ohio.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States cause to be ascertained, by accurate observation, the latitude and longitude of the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan; and that he cause to be ascertained, by like observation, the point on the Miami of the Lake which is due east therefrom, and also, the latitude and longitude of the most northerly cape of the Miami bay; also, that he cause to be ascertained, with all practicable accuracy, the latitude and longitude of the most southerly points in the northern boundary line of the United States in Lake Erie; and also, the points at which a direct line drawn from the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, to the most southerly point in said northern boundary line of the United States, will intersect the Miami river and bay; and also, that he cause to be ascertained by like observation, the point in the Mississippi which is due west from the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan;Result to be returned within one year. and that the said observations be made, and the result thereof returned, to the proper department within the current year.
Approved, July 14, 1832.
- ↑ By the fifth section of the act of March 2, 1833, ch. 54, the time for taking observations as to the northern boundary of Ohio was extended to December 31, 1835.