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treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the said act is hereby revived, and shall be deemed to provide for the survey of the coasts of Florida, in the same manner as if the same had been named therein.

. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, in and about the execution of the said act, to use all maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus, which now, or hereafter may belong to the United States, and employ all persons in the land or naval service of the United States, and such astronomers and other persons as he shall deem proper: Provided, That nothing in this act, or the act hereby revived, shall be construed to authorize the construction or maintenance of a permanent astronomical observatory.

, July 10, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purchase of iron tanks for the use of the vessels of war of the United States, in commission, the sum of one hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, July 10, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tract of country in the state of Alabama ceded to the United States by a treaty concluded with the Creek tribe of Indians, at the city of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be divided into, and constitute two land districts, by extending through the same, east and west, the line between township number twenty-two, south of the base line of the Huntsville district, and township number twenty-four, north of the thirty-first degree of latitude.

. And be it further enacted, That all the land in said ceded territory, south of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Montgomery, and said district shall be called the Talapoosa district; and all the land in said ceded territory, north of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Montevallo, and said district shall be called the Coosa district: Provided, however, That the President of the United States may, if he shall deem it expedient, remove either, or both, of the said land offices to any other point in the respective districts, for which they are established.

. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and receiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintend the sales of the public lands in their respective districts, who shall reside at the places designated, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices as are, or may be, provided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands.

. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the