Chapter CLV. *to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.*(*a*)(*a*)See notes to act of March 2, 1819, ch. 49
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Chap. CLV.— An Act *to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.*(*a*)(*a*)See notes to act of March 2, 1819, ch. 49.May 26, 1824. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCourse of the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas. the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas shall begin at a point forty miles west of the southwest corner of the state of Missouri, and run south to the right bank of the Red River, and thence, down the river, and with the Mexican boundary, to the line of the state of Louisiana, any law heretofore made, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That2,000 dollars appropriated. the sum of two thousand dollars, to defray the expense of running and marking said boundary line, to be expended under the directions of the President of the United States, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatThe unexpended appropriation of 65,000 dollars, of March 3, 1821, ch. 35, to be expended agreeably to said act. so much of the appropriation of sixty-five thousand dollars, made by the act of the 3d of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, for carrying into effect the treaty of the eighteenth of October, eighteen hundred and twenty, with the Chactaw [Choctaw] Indians, as remains unexpended, shall, under foe direction of the President of the United States, be employed for the purposes mentioned in the said act of 3d of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That10,000 dollars appropriated. the sum of ten thousand dollars to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to defray the expenses of treat-EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156, 157. 1824.41ing with the Chactaw [Choctaw] Indians, to obtain a modification of the treaty of October eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. Approved, May 26, 1824. Chapter CLVI: making an appropriation towards the extinguishment of the Quaupau title to lands in the territory of Arkansas. 4 Stat. 41 1824-05-26 Chapter CLVI United States Government Publishing Office 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.
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Chapter CLV
*to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.*(*a*)(*a*)See notes to act of March 2, 1819, ch. 49
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