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May 15, 1820.

Chap. CXXVII.An Act to provide for the expense of surveying certain parts of the coast of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

5000 dollars appropriated for surveying certain parts of the coast of North Carolina.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for carrying into effect a resolution directing a survey of certain parts of the coast of North Carolina, passed on the nineteenth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury.

Appropriation of sums to pay persons who paid duties on goods at Castine, and for relief of W. Channing.
1820, ch. 40.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums respectively necessary to carry into effect the “Act for the relief of certain persons who have paid duties on certain goods imported into Castine,” approved the eleventh day of April, in the present year, and also the “Act for the relief of Walter Channing,” approved the eleventh day of April aforesaid, shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, May 15, 1820.

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May 15, 1820.

Chap. CXXXI.An Act to continue in force the act, entitled “An act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court,” approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.[1]

Act of 3d March, 1817, ch. 63, continued for three years.
Act of Feb. 22, 1827, ch. 18.
Act of August 29, 1842, ch. 264.
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 provide for reports of decisions of the Supreme Court,” approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for three years and no longer.

Approved, May 15, 1820.

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May 15, 1820.

Chap. CXXXII.An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to amend the act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force.”

Second sec. of the act of 31st Jan., 1809, ch. 11, amended—
So as to authorize enlistments for the service of the cruise.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the act, entitled “An act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force,” passed on the thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so far as to authorize the enlistment of able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, during the continuance of the service or cruise for which they shall be enlisted; not, however, to exceed the period of three years.

Approved, May 15, 1820.

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May 15, 1820.

Chap. CXXXIII.An Act to provide for repairing the roof of the general post-office, and to procure an engine for the protection of said building.

The Postmaster General to cause the roof of the building to be repaired and slated, and to procure a fire engine.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he hereby is, directed to cause the roof of the general post-office to be repaired and covered with slate; and also to procure and keep, for the protection of said building, an engine and apparatus for extinguishing fire, and to cause to be built a suitable house for the safe keeping of such engine.