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any other terms of such circuit court, whenever, in his opinion, the public interest or special exigencies may require it.

, June 17, 1844.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed by the Governor of the Iowa Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, a commissioner, to act in conjunction with such commissioner as may be appointed by the State of Missouri, and such third person, not a citizen of the State of Missouri or Territory of Iowa, as may be designated by the two commissioners aforesaid; the duty of which said three persons it shall be, to ascertain, survey, and mark out the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, and to cause plats of the said line, when so ascertained, surveyed, and marked out, to be returned to the offices of the Secretary of State of the United States, of the State of Missouri, and of the Territory of Iowa, which plats shall be accompanies by reports of their proceedings in the premises.

. And be it further enacted, That said three commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have authority to appoint a surveyor, and engage the necessary assistants and laborers, to enable them to ascertain, survey, and mark the said line; and the compensation of said commissioners, and of the surveyor employed by them, shall be at the rate of eight dollars per day, for so many days as they may necessarily be employed about the business aforesaid; and the laborers and assistants shall be paid such compensation as may be agreed upon between each of them and the commissioners, or a majority of them, not to exceed two dollars per day.

. And be it further enacted, That the report, as aforesaid, of any two of said commissioners, shall be final and conclusive, and the line so ascertained, surveyed, marked out and returned as aforesaid, by any two of said commissioners, shall be the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri.

. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not go into force until the Legislature of the State of Missouri shall have assented to the same, and agreed to abide by the award of said commissioners, or any two of them, as final and conclusive; and the sum of four thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

, June 17, 1844.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all actions, suits and judgments in law or equity commenced and now pending or which may hereafter be commenced by or against either of the banks of the District of Columbia whose charters expire on the fourth of July eighteen hundred and forty-four for the collection of any debt due or the recovery of any right belonging to said banks shall not abate or be in any manner estopped by reason of the expiration of the charter of the bank commencing the same, but may be prosecuted to final judgment and execution in the same manner as though said charter had continued in existence, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding; and all goods, chattels, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, seized on mesne process, attached, levied upon, set off, or in any way assigned and