appointed in any of the places mentioned in the first section of this act, a suitable person shall be appointed for such places, and on all such surveyors, whether appointed or to be appointed, shall devolve the duties prescribed by this act, in addition to the customary duties performed by that officer in other places; and the surveyor at each of said places shall, before taking the oath of office, give security to the United States for the faithful performance of all his duties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and shall receive, in addition to his customary fees, an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars;Proviso. Provided, That no salary arising under this act, shall commence until its provisions shall take effect, and merchandise may be imported under its authority.
Suits, &c. for penalties.
Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22.
1797, ch. 13.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled “An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned,” passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
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Chap. LXXXVIII.—An Act to repeal the act to establish the district of Blakely.
Repeal of act of April 17, 1822, ch. 27.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act to establish the district of Blakely,” approved the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
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Chap. XCI.—An Act to provide for the further compensation of the marshal of the district of Rhode Island.
Additional compensation.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshal of the district of Rhode Island shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the compensation now allowed by law, an annual salary of two hundred dollars payable quarterly, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
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Chap. XCII.—An Act for the relief of certain holders of certificates issued in lieu of lands injured by earthquakes in Missouri.
Barry v. Gamble, 3 Howard, 32.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legal owners of any certificates of new location issued under the act of seventeenth February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, for the relief of persons whose lands were injured by earthquakes in Missouri, which may have been located upon lands, any part of which has been adjudged to any person or persons as a right of pre-emption, shall be authorized to locate such warrants, upon such lands as are liable to entry at private sale,Proviso. Provided, That previous to making such new location, the legal owners aforesaid shall relinquish to the United States all claim to the previous
