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. And be it further enacted, That the assent hereby given to the several acts aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to extend the provisions of any act which may be passed by the legislature of the state of North Carolina, to revive, amend, or carry into full effect the purpose of the acts aforesaid, so far as the assent of Congress may be deemed essential to the validity thereof.

, July 13, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to purchase a site, and to cause a building to be constructed thereon to be used as a custom-house in the port of New York; and that the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied to the purposes aforesaid.

. And be it further enacted, That for the improvement of Custom-house Square at the port of New Haven, in the state of Connecticut, nine hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, provided the same shall be by him deemed expedient; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, viz: for the erection or purchase of a custom-house and public store at the port of Middletown, five thousand dollars; for the erection or purchase of a custom-house and public store at the port of New London, five thousand dollars; for the purchase of a lot, and the erection of a custom-house and public store at the port of New Bedford, fifteen thousand dollars; and for the purchase of a custom-house at the port of Kennebunk, sixteen hundred dollars; for completing the custom-house and fence around it, of the port of Newport, five hundred dollars.

, July 13, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three commissioners, who shall form a board, whose duty it shall be to receive and examine all claims which may be presented to them under the convention between the United States and France, of the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, which are provided for by the said convention, according to the provisions of the same, and the principles of justice, equity, and the law of nations. The said board shall have a secretary, versed in the English, French, and Spanish languages, and a clerk, both to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and the commissioners, secretary, and clerk, shall, before they enter on the duties of their offices, take oath well and faithfully to perform the duties thereof.