Charleston.For fortifications at Charleston, South Carolina, forty-five thousand dollars.
Pensacola.For fortifications at Pensacola, Florida, one hundred thousand dollars.
Mobile point.For a fort at Mobile point, ninety thousand dollars.
Bienvenu.For repairs of the battery at Bienvenu, Louisiana, three thousand four dollars.
Fort Wood.For repairs of fort Wood, Louisiana, three thousand six hundred dollars.
Contingencies.For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XXXIX.—An Act for the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise.
The Secretary of the Treasury authorized to refund certain duties.
Act of May 28, 1830, ch. 147, sec. 3.
Proviso.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 shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend relief to any importer of foreign merchandise who may have been charged, under the provisions of the third section of the act, entitled “An act for the more effectual collection of the duties on imports,” passed the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, with any duty in addition to the duties existing on such merchandise previous to the passage of said act, to the amount of such additional duty: Provided, Said merchandise shall have been imported previous to the first day of January last:Proviso. Provided, also, That no person shall be entitled to the relief authorized to be given by this act, who, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, by himself, or his agents, factors, or correspondents, could have complied with the provisions of the said third section of said act; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall require and receive satisfactory evidence, from every person claiming the benefits of this act, that such diligence has been used, and that he has acted bona fide, and without any intent to violate or evade the provisions of said third section, before he shall grant the relief herein provided.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XL.—An Act for the sale of the lands in the state of Illinois reserved for the use of the salt springs on the Vermillion river, in that state.
State of Illinois authorized to sell certain lands.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the legislature of said state has or may direct, the whole or any part of the lands reserved and set apart by the President of the United States, on the twenty-ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for the use of the salt works on the Vermillion river, in said state, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the legislature of said state has or may direct:Proviso. Provided, Said land shall not be sold for less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XLI.—An Act for the relief of the citizens of Shawneetown.[1]
- ↑ An act concerning Shawneetown, vol. iii. p. 113. Instalments due on certain lots in Shawneetown remitted, vol. iii. p. 778.
