Chapter XCII. to authorize the President of the United States, in Conjunction with the State of Texas, to run and mark the Boundary Lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas
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Chap. XCII.— An Act to authorize the President of the United States, in Conjunction with the State of Texas, to run and mark the Boundary Lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas.June 5, 1858. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the UnitedBoundary lines between the Territories of the United States and Texas to be run. States be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to appoint a suitable person or persons, who, in conjunction with such person or persons as may be appointed by and on behalf of the State of Texas for the same purpose, shall run and mark the boundary lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas:
Beginning at the point whereBoundaries. the one hundredth degree of longitude west from Greenwich crosses Red River, and running thence north to the point where said one hundredth degree of longitude intersects the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude; and thence west with the said parallel of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude to the point where it intersects the one hundred and third degree of longitude west from Greenwich; and thence south with the said one hundred and third degree of longitude to the thirty-second parallel of north latitude; and thence west with the said thirty-second degree of north latitude to the Rio Grande.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That such landmarks shall be establishedLandmarks to be established. at the said point of beginning on Red River, and at the other corners, and on the said several lines of said boundary, as may be agreed on by the President of the United States, or those acting under his authority, and the said State of Texas, or those acting under its authority. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of eighty thousand dollars,$80,000 appropriated therefor. or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this act: *Provided,* That the person or personsProviso. appointed and employed on the part and behalf of Texas are to be paid by the said State: *Provided further,* That no persons, except a superintendentPersons to be employed by the United States. or commissioner, shall be appointed or employed in this service by the United States but such as are required to make the necessary observations and surveys to ascertain such line and erect suitable monuments thereon and make return of the same.
Approved, June 5, 1858.