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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · April 25, 1808 · Chapter LX

Chapter LX. *to authorize and empower the President of the United States to exchange certain lands, for other lands more suitable for fortification.* April 25, 1808. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the Exchan

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Chap. LX.— An Act *to authorize and empower the President of the United States to exchange certain lands, for other lands more suitable for fortification.* April 25, 1808. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the Exchange of lands for fortifications in Portland.United States be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered, to cause the lands in Portland, whereon the fort and battery now stand, and the lands at Ocracock and Old Topsail inlets, in North Carolina, acquired with a view to erecting fortifications, to be exchanged for other lands more suitable for fortification, and the protection of Portland, in the district of Maine, and Ocracock, and Old Topsail inlet, in North Carolina.
Approved, April 25, 1808. Chapter LXI: to make Plymouth, in North Carolina, a port of entry; to change the name of the District of Nanjemoy to that of St. Mary’s, and to make Augusta, in the District if Maine, a port of delivery. 2 Stat. 497 1808-04-25 Chapter LXI Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 10 1 public 497 TENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 61, 62. 1808.
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