United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/1st Session/Chapter 87
Chap. LXXXVII.—An Act to authorize the appointment of a marshal for the northern district of the state of Alabama.
Marshal created for North Alabama.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a marshal shall be appointed for the northern district of the state of Alabama, whose duties shall be the same, in every respect, within said district, as those required by law to be performed by the present marshal.
Salary, fees.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when a marshal shall be appointed for said northern district, he shall be entitled to a salary of two hundred dollars per annum, besides the fees of office fixed by law. And the salary of the present marshal be two hundred dollars per annum, instead of the sum heretofore allowed. The sum allowed, by law, to the marshal of Alabama, for taking the fifth census, shall be divided between the marshals of south and north Alabama, according to the number of souls enumerated in each district; and so soon as the marshal for the northern district shall be appointed under this act, the duties of the present marshal shall cease and determine in said district.
Approved, May 5, 1830.