FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 136, 137, 138. 1873. 437 tively in possession or control of the assets of such corporation or company shall be deemed valid notwithstanding proceedings in bankruptcy may have been commenced and be pending against such corporation or company. API’ROVED, February 13, 1873. CHAP. CXXXYI. -·An Act tzprovidefzrthe Appointmentqfa Commission to complete Feb. 14, 1873. the Boundary Lme between the erritory of the United States and the Possessions of Great T Britain, not completed undw the Act rgf August eleventh, eighteen hundred and -si:c, Vol. ixi. p. 42. 5;:;/rgpxzzzto E feet the _/irst Article of the Treaty q/jijleenth June, eighteen hundred and Be it enacted by the Senate and House <y" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United C°mmiSsi°¤ *·° States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint the Secretary of $,%Ts5;tfvtif,, State, or either of the assistant secretaries, or the United States minis- betweeuythe ter at London, or in his discretion by and with the advice and consent H]“"°‘lSt?¥“‘*’“‘¥ of the Senate to appoint a commissioner to act jointly with such officer gg)? 0 or commissioner as may be named by her Britannic Majesty, for the purpose of completing the determination of so much of the boundary line between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain as was left uncompleted by the commissioners appointed under the act of Congress of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, V01,1x.p, 359, to carry into effect the first article of the treaty of the fifteenth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, between the United States and Great Britain. Sec. 2. That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as Appropriation may be required, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into eH`ect the provisions of this act. AFPROVED, February 14, 1873. CHAP. CXXXVII. -An Act authorizing the Secretary ¢y" the Treasury to rq"und the Feb. 14, 1873. dgfereiztitzl Duty on Articles actual! on Ship-board in French Vessebs destined jbr the ""_"`;' United States on the fijlh of Ncvemiiér, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That goods, wares, and mer- Discriminating chandise imported in French vessels from countries other than France, and d“;{’{g’“£;°'! which were on ship-board and bound to the United States on the fifth ffizcnci, v6,;,.;,!;,, day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, are hereby relieved ou, &<=·, to be rcfrom liability to discriminating duty under the seventeenth section of §§22°g,;_].,·| §l.,_ the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, revived on V¤1.’xiii.p.`215. such goods by the proclamation of the President of the United States, S P 1 dated October thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two; and the ti0,sEN0_"i?m°` Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in any such case, to P<>s¢,p. 957. refund such discriminating duty which may have been paid on such goods, wares, and merchandise, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 14, 1873. CHAP. CXXXVIII.—-An Act making Appropriations {br the current and contingent __F€b· 14, 18`73· Expenses of the Indian Department, and f2]rju[filIing Treaty Szipu/ations with various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thrrtwth, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, and jbr other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States (y" Arnerica in Congress assembled, That the following sums bc, and Appropriations they are hereby, appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, g>1;ii{§;;°i)g*` eighteen hundred and seventy-four, out of any money in the treasury not pmmeuh mais, otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and comin- stipulations, &c. gent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations
