Chapter VII. to authorize the Secretary at War to ascertain and settle by the appointment of Commissioners, the exterior line of the Public Land at West Point, with the adjoining proprietor.Jan. 22, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Co

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Chap. VII.— An Act *to authorize the Secretary at War to ascertain and settle by the appointment of Commissioners, the exterior line of the Public Land at West Point, with the adjoining proprietor.*Jan. 22, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Secretary of War authorized to settle exterior line of the public land at West Point.Commissioners may be appointed for that purpose.Their award to be approved by Congress.

That the Secretary at War shah be, and he is hereby authorized to settle the exterior line of the public land at West Point, in the state of New York, now in dispute with Thomas North, the adjoining proprietor; and for that purpose to appoint three commissioners to ascertain the same, whose determination, or a majority of them, the same being first approved by the Congress of the United States, shall be final and conclusive in the premises. And any such commissioner shall be entitled to receive at, and after the rate of four dollars per diem, for the time necessarily employed in executing said commission or appointment.

Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall and may be lawful forCommissioners entitled to compulsory process. the commissioners who may be appointed under this act, or either of them, to issue process, in nature of a writ of subpœna, for any witness that may be required on a hearing in the premises; and any person duly served with such process shall be bound to appear and testify under the like penalty, and be liable to be proceeded against in the like manner, as is provided by law, in relation to any witness whose attendance is required in any court of the United States, to give testimony in any matter depending therein.

Approved, January 22, 1811. Chapter IX: making appropriations for the support of the Military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven. 2 Stat. 615 1811-02-06 Chapter IX 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 11 3 public

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*to authorize the Secretary at War to ascertain and settle by the appointment of Commissioners, the exterior line of the Public Land at West Point, with the adjoining proprietor.*Jan. 22, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Co
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*to authorize the Secretary at War to ascertain and settle by the appointment of Commissioners, the exterior line of the Public Land at West Point, with the adjoining proprietor.*Jan. 22, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Co

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