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Public Acts of the Twentieth Congress, First Session, Chapter 30
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April 17, 1828.

Chap. XXX.An Act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint certain agents therein mentioned.[1]

An agent or agents, to be employed in prosecuting the designation, &c., of the line forming the north-eastern boundary of the United States.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint such agent or agents as may be usefully employed in prosecuting the designation and settlement of the line forming the north-eastern boundary of the United States and bringing the existing controversy with Great Britain relating thereto to a speedy termination.

Approved, April 17, 1828.


  1. An act to provide for carrying into effect the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington on the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, March 3, 1843, ch. 89.