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Rules, applicable to the case, when the amount of interest is ascertained.
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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in ascertaining the amount of interest, as aforesaid, due to the state of Pennsylvania, the following rules shall be understood as applicable to, and governing the case, to wit: First, that interest shall not be computed on any sum which Pennsylvania has not expended for the use and benefit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to Pennsylvania by the United States. Second, that no interest shall be paid on any sum on which she has not paid interest. Third, that when the principal, or any part of it, has been paid or refunded by the United States, or money placed in the hands of Pennsylvania for that purpose, the interest on the sum or sums so paid or refunded, shall cease, and not be considered as chargeable to the United States any longer than up to the time of the re-payment, as aforesaid.

Amount of interest to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the amount of interest, when ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1827.

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March 3, 1827.

Chap. LXXX.An Act authorizing the establishment of an arsenal in the town of Augusta, in Maine.

Secretary of War to purchase a site for an arsenal in Augusta, state of Maine.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Department of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to purchase as soon as it can be effected, on reasonable terms, a site for an arsenal, in the town of Augusta, in the state of Maine; and to cause to be erected thereon such an arsenal as may be deemed proper, for the safe keeping of the arms and munitions of the United States, for the northern and eastern frontier; and that, for these purposes, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1827.

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March 3, 1827.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XCI.An Act to authorize the governor and legislative council of Florida, to provide for holding additional terms of the superior courts therein.

Additional terms of the superior court to be held.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor and legislative council of the territory of Florida are hereby authorized, until Congress shall otherwise direct, to provide by law, for holding the superior courts of said territory at such other places, within their respective districts, as may be necessary for the more convenient administration of justice therein.

Approved, March 3, 1827.

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March 3, 1827.

Chap. XCII.An Act for improving the navigation of the Ohio river.[1]

Snags, &c., to be removed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all snags, sawyers, stumps, logs, and obstructions of every description, which tend to endanger the steamboat navigation of the Ohio river, at any navigable stages of the water, and which present themselves, and are to be found on the banks and sides of the river, shall be removed so that the navigation of said river, may be rendered at all times safe: and the same shall

  1. See notes of the acts for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river, act of May 24, 1824, ch. 139.