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of the sixth March, eighteen hundred and twenty, entitled “An act to authorize the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain Territories;” and an act of the seventh June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled “An act to extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri river:”Proviso. Provided, however, That if either or both of said commissioners to be appointed on the part of the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa should fail to attend to the aforesaid duty, after reasonable notice by the commissioner on the part of the Untied States, or if the State of Missouri, or Governor of Iowa, or either of them, should fail to appoint such commissioner on their part, respectively, after reasonable notice from the President of the United States, then, and in that case, the commissioner appointed on the part of the United States shall proceed to execute the duties enjoined by this act with either of said commissioners who may attend, or without the attendance of either or both of said commissioners, as the case may be.

To be approved by Congress.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the line to be so run, ascertained, and marked, shall not be deemed to be finally established and ratified by the United States, until the map or plat, and description aforesaid, and also the said report of the commissioner shall be submitted to, and the boundary, as thus ascertained and marked, approved and ratified by the Congress of the United States.

Appropriation.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the sum of four thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, June 18, 1838.

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June 18, 1838.
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Chap. CXVII.An Act making an appropriation for completing the public buildings in Wisconsin.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation for completing public buildings. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, granted and appropriated, of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, to defray the expenses of completing the public buildings in the Territory of Wisconsin, which are now commenced and partially completed; which said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be expended according to the act of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, entitled “An act to establish the seat of Government of the Territory of Wisconsin, and to provide for the erection of public buildings,” approved December thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty-six: Provided, That the commissioners elected in pursuance of the third section of said act, shall cause the said money to be so expended as to accomplish the completion or finishing of said buildings without further expense to the United States.

Approved, June 18, 1838.

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June 18, 1838.

Chap. CXVIII.An Act to require the judge of the district courts of East and West Tennessee to hold a court at Jackson, in said state.[1]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,A district court U. S. established in the western district of Tennessee. That a district court of the United States be, and the same is hereby, established in the western district of the State of Tennessee, for the counties of Benton, Carroll, Henry, Obion, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Haywood, Tipton, Shelby,