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This act not to be considered as construing, &c.Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act shall be considered as giving a construction to so much of the tenth and eleventh sections of the original charter of said bridge company, as relates to the construction of draws in said bridge.

Approved, May 14, 1830.

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May 14, 1830.

Chap. XCVI.An Act to alter the time of holding the sessions of the legislative council of the territory of Florida.

Times for sessions to commence.
Vol. iii. 654.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislative council of the territory of Florida shall commence its session on the first Monday in January in each year, instead of the second Monday in October, as now directed by law.

Certain enactments of the legislative council annulled.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the first and third sections of an act “to amend an act for the apprehension of criminals and the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors,” passed by said legislative council the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, be, and the same are hereby annulled.

Approved, May 14, 1830.

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May 20, 1830.

Chap. XCVIII.An Act to establish a port of delivery at Delaware City.

Port of delivery established.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Delaware City, in the district of Philadelphia, shall be a port of delivery; and a surveyor shall be appointed, who shall reside at said city.

Approved, May 20, 1830.

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May 20, 1830.
[Obsolete.]

Chap.XCXIX.An Act making appropriations to carry into effect the treaty of Butte des Mortes.

Appropriations for treaty with Chippewas, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, to carry into effect a treaty with the Chippewa, Menomonie, and Winnebago Indians, ratified the twenty-third February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, viz:

Distributing goods.For the expense of distributing goods among the Indians at said treaty, as stipulated in the fourth article, fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-two dollars.

Education.For purposes of education, as provided by the fifth article, for three years, three thousand dollars.

Boundary commissioners, &c.For compensation of commissioners, and other expenses attending the adjustment of boundaries, and other objects referred to in the first, second, and third articles, five thousand dollars.

Approved, May 20, 1830.

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May 20, 1830.

Chap. CI.An Act to reduce the duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa.

Duty on coffee.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the duty on coffee shall be two cents per pound, and from and after the thirty-first