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were made in good faith, and without an interest to commit a fraud upon creditors or bona fide subsequent purchasers.

Approved, April 20, 1838.

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April 20, 1838.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. LIX.An Act making an appropriation for the removal of the great raft of Red River.

Appropriation for the removal of the Red river raft.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seventy thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the complete removal of the great raft in Red River, in the States of Louisiana and Arkansas.

Approved, April 20, 1838.

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May 21, 1838.

Chap. LXXXII.An Act to authorize the issuing of Treasury notes to meet the current expenses of the Government.[1]

Act of Oct. 12, 1837, ch. 2.
Treasury notes to be issued according to the provisions of act of 12th Oct. 1837, ch. 2, in place of, &c.
1839, ch. 37.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States, is hereby authorized to cause Treasury notes to be issued, according to the provisions of, and subject to, all the conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in an act entitled “An act to authroize the issuing of Treasury notes,” approved the Twelfth day of October last, in place of such notes as have been, or may be, issued under the authority of the act aforesaid, and which have been, or may hereafter be, paid into the Treasury and cancelled.

Approved, May 21, 1838.

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May 25, 1838.

Chap. LXXXIV.An Act making appropriations for the continuation of the Cumberland road in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and for other purposes.

Act of March 3, 1837, ch. 46.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury unappropriated, to wit:

In Ohio.For the continuation of the Cumberland road in the State of Ohio, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

In Indiana.For the continuation of the Cumberland road in the State of Indiana, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, including bridges.

In Illinois.For the continuation of the Cumberland road in the State of Illinois, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Bridge over Dunlap’s creek.
Terms of the appropriation.
1837, ch. 46.
For the completion of the bridge over Dunlap’s creek, on the Cumberland road, in the State of Pennsylvania, the sum of nine thousand dollars; which said appropriations are made upon the same terms, and shall be subject to all the provisions, conditions, restrictions, and limitations, touching appropriations for the Cumberland road, contained in the act entitled “An act to provide for continuing the construction, and for the repair of certain roads, and for other purposes, during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,” approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.

Approved, May 25, 1838.

  1. Notes of the acts which have been passed relative to the issuing of Treasury notes, vol. 2, 766.