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THE "WEEKLY ERA. yfrt.'ll. BROWX, - -" Maxagkb. rTHE WEEKLY ERA. Hates off Advertlslnr 1 m. 12 m'H. 3 iu'b., B in'. in. -rgstT One year, in dvance. Six months. Three months. U oo 1 00 50 La 1 1 Snu'c $ 3 00 5 00 7 0 10 00 $10 00 'iii i 5 OOl 9 00 1 12 00 l 16 00. 20 0O 3 -I Job Prjxtixo: Job Work neatly ni promptly executed, of every style I iii tue.nio.i reiwiDauie iitiiih. i 1 do wduited fnni all part of the j Cnler vol. n. ir-Transient 1 per square for tl RALEIGH, X. .C., THURSDAY, JUXE 5, 1873. state. ,-oi bt IJlask a peciilty, XO. SO. for caeh subsequent insertion. v mTP" .1 -LlI. lo t J 00 VI 00 15 001 2 CO 3.. 0O V V . Am 1 -f i X-k ir,. A fe5i 5 do Jt?SlK! W 00 84 00 45 Ut I do 20 00, OWvJTn-ti.i.o iM no 1 ou ue w w: w t.s . .v SO-s2 I FIFTY etE " Hollywood. BV Md TIIKKX LAIY OX A VISIT T THK (.HAVE OF A LOVED OXE. Twu- MMi:ni r eve. The slanting sun beams I' ll I t. n a si' nilI w,i0t,0 gentle swell, inil graceful undulation Mretehed away rIn the ri h slow of tne i.eparting jiay. e waviiu outliuen, !resh an! am.. ...... ! green. Luxuriant verdure spread, and trees i were s"'". . , , Whose vast I t 'jx-rtions centuries had Wbwli mi'iiuhUo lean against the Und- Riven, ..... 1,.aOII. - . . i ir c at it iae a river ro.ieu T; ,f.i with ir-rccous coloring, w hieh uave tikvn isifs uion the burnished waters In tiim, illu-lve distance, far away. II. .w t dry-like their lniet how softly I,inl ing outlines fading i;i the lilit lAi-inug purple mist, ana goiutu Ethereal a the fabric of a dream. Vol UiidcJie, varied, picturesque a,,a wide. Krai i other shore, along tne sinuous T". rj'f tive view s f the meadows, for :, .lu M Tlie va'rmiw i--auty cultivation" IchN, Viii li Artand Natiue in their works .iUi.litV. I . . ....... I iii:i p.tii"i;nu i liv ; : iii.i.i,'"s and i-ities Willi.' Sllli.li' i ro n"l TI, title si. .j around. and clu-ten-d hills S-iit'stt r'"l I Its t ll alid t. Were :' .r r i. el n-ix's"' -.in. i'i. siir f busy lifo. i utiiir -IcinentH of strife ovtd, ii'r bruke the hush P.Tva.itn there. et voices arose Yet . Harmonious vice, in keeping With the si-rue, tlio sound i.f waters sweeping In iniitilcti thtiiiilers. deep as ix-eaiTs nar, Wfi-rc wave o'er wave breaks on S'.mo riK'ky shore : XKe enroling f bird", the whispering i.nez", Jlif x.ul nisief si-hing thn.' tiie trie-, V. Willi'" ehlliie of evellil'.g b;-ll-, frolu til f:mt -pin- r..a.! t i i r " t lie air, completes tiie esper it "ir. in the iuiit a " tit v f tin- I'-a.l," Wl.tril Ini nt.il narl'les h.t liieir h.al. Tlii re, dean st id .Is hu:i:-tn carts hive kll.iV. . V.y iH:t::. lie- iir throw :. Lie l w. Th 1 1" 1 ici-ii"cl.i-t, o'er hi, the wearv and prest, "Neitii s.-ulptureil stone, or grt'e!!Svrrd, ii'-t. The i.niie. al 1.' - ti tie se At i'rr through tin' are-, sti :iriTiguig l.iini, i In- -am', i;alne!i ss In pri.iid irra ve, Iu-t t:nti g.ive. iiieinorial pile dn-t-the soul to IJi-d wln j A IMrable. It Wa.s a suniiutT morn, thiwtiinp; brightly after :i ilewy niglit. The .-sit; rosi' joymi-Iy ami shone ovtr tlte li;M-. Ami nestliii"; on a leaf, as yet'shtuloweil from tlie liht, lay a little ilrot. of ilew, cliihlofthe nizlit. Tlun .spoke the .sun, and slid. Ojkii thy la-art, tlioti little dew-drop, and let my Ikmiiis entt r, arid nliine within thy bo-om." "And what, ) frre-at sun," said the tiny thin;.-, "wilt thou jrive me, or do"lornie, if I opt n my tom to revcivp tliee?" "I will light thee tip." Slid the m:ii, "with my rays, ! till t.'iu shalt sparkle like u jewel : or a -tar; and, at hn-gtli, 1 will . draw tlus safely away up to the ' lieavtiil dwell "in." 0 the little dew-drop pi veeon-ent, and thostin slioiu into its liosom ; when lo, it 1 hce-aiile like aetn.and the Kts.sers- ' )iy wo!iderel to It-hold its diamond iieauty. Uut as they hxkttl the light j wanes, the litterin? drop h-s- iiisl, till it disiippearetl ; yet ' they mourned it not, lor they knew I that it had pmeawayup,on unseen j wii;gs, into the warm skies. Even : iroi purity, ILe will make Iheni like it, sfiining in his liht; mid if by the band of ueat .draw von aw ii He should gentlyj iv out of our sio-ht,"! wt-wiuiiii grieve lor you, Know ing you have jne away ' to a brig-liter world, where He Himself is to shine there "as the stars for ever nnd ever." From Children'. Cittrrh at Home. ..-Ill ... ; - I Mr. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal in a recently delivered lecture on jour nal'Htii laid -down a broadly inde pendent platform for the newspaper alitor. He calls on every editor to to say to himself: " I will, what ever crimes of it, be : perfectly in deindont anil impartial editor;! will, let the Mlititians mind their Lu-ijicss ami I will mind my busi ness; I will tell the truth as I am aMe to conceive it, setting- down naught in malice; I will put the t; work that is in me on my aper; I will collect tlie news' in-du-triously ; I will express my opin ions .fearles-ly but resjK)nsibly ; I will accept no indulgrnces not jjiven niy neigh lairs ; I will not bo slapped 011 the back, nor le sneered at as a sjrt of Cluap John, a public pen sioner, who lives partly by his wits, partly by the oll'.il thrown out by the yard-dogs who congregate about the i -our t house, and partly by the insolent lH.-ne.ices of railroads and the absurd cajolery of side-shows." Transplanting Evergreens. Tlie test seasiJh for transplanting is June or July. The Hon. Samuel Walker, once President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Socie ty, who owned then extensive nur-serie-s in Iioxbury, transplanted 100 arUf vita treses for the writer on the i.-t day of August, warranting every one to live, and only one or t'.o elied. They should lie watered tit the time and mulchesl, but not wateresl again unless very dry Weather and then not oftener than omva week, as they do not require s much water as ekciduous frees and! may be killeel by to much. The late X. P. Willis thankcel the writer for the above information and said he had tried the experi ment at Idlewild, on the Hudson, with perfect success many years ?o. Xew York Observer. It is by practising, or striving to lractieethe Christian virtues, not by studying the Christian virtues, not by studying the Christian evi dences, that we become convinced of the truth of Christianity. " The least flower with a brimming cup may stand, AnJ share its dew-drop with another nean" , Xever trifle with little sins. Put up with a few little eins, and you ill soon want a few more. The deTil only wants to get the wedge of ft little allowed sin into the heart, and you will soon be all his own. None but the eye of Omniscience can pass a lair and Just Judgment on the issues of life. Our unfruitful Ps is great, our sins greater than both, . . 1.. - :.n.l lie will .-Time into I hd .mJ)lied. Vlth i". rei ler,... :,.,d nlthem-rh HntimUthoml tO location, thC.bUlIdlUg Of the I OFFICIAL. T AWSOF THE UNITED STATES. -L . I'a.wd at the third .Session of the forty-second Ccngres. General xatl'rk-Xo. 302.1 t An Act authorizing the Construction of ...,.-..-rt,. i.,VJ at Saint Louis in the State of Missouri lie it enacted by the Senate and House of IteDresentatives of th ! United States of merica. in Con- press assembled, That the Saint Clairnd Carondelet Uridine Com nany, a corporation chartered and organized under the laws of each of the States of Illinois and Missouri. and puch other corporations and in- uivuiuais, 11 any, as may hereafter associate themselves with them, be. ana me same are hereby, autnoriz ed to erect, maintain, and operate a uriuge across 1 ne .Mississippi river. 1 from fome point on the Illinois i shore, in the county of Saint Clair: and the State of Illinois, to the ! southern part of the city of Saint Louis, (formerly Carondelet,) in the State of Missouri, subject to all the condition contained' in said acts of ' . . . ... 1 incorporation or amendments there j to, and not inconsistent with the j terms and provisions contained in i this act ; and in eascof any litigation I ari-ing from obstruction, or alleged j obstruction, to the free navigation I of said waters, the cause shall be ! tried before the district court of the i United States of either State which any portion of said obstructions or J bridge touches. I Sec. -. That the bridge authorized by the preceding section to be built 'hallle subject to the following I conditions: First, the two spans ; over the main channel of the river 1 shall not lie has than live hundred feet in the clear from pier to pier at 1 low-water mark ; secondly, no span over the water at low-water mark shall le less than two hundred and ; fifty feet in the clear of abutments ; thirdly, the elevation of said bridge ; over the main channel shall not be less than one hundred feet above low water mark, as understood at ; the point of location, measuring for Mich t lvationto the lowest part of the superstructure or the bottom chord of said bridge, or in the ease of art h spans to the lowest point of the cent re of the arch ; fourthly, the ; piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river as near as practicable; and that no ripraps or other outside protection for im perfts t foundation will be permitted in the channel-way; that said bridge shall be provided with two railway tracks, two high way tracks, and two foot walks of not less than eight feet in width. See. :l. That said bridge company, authorized to construct said bridge across the Mississippi river by the States of Missouri and Illinois, upon whose territory said bridge will abut, shall give notice by publica tion for thirty days, in newpaiers having a wide circulation, In not less than two newspajtrs in the cities of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Ijouisville. Saint Louis, Memphis, and Xew Orleans, and shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his ex amination, a design of the bridge and piers, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the lir'tion of the current at all stages, and the soumlings accurately show ing the bed of the stream, ths loca tion of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other infor mation as may be requireel for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject by the Secretary of War; and if the Secre tary of War is satis fied that the provisions of the law ard piers ut If it snail appear that the conditions prescribed by this act etinnot be complied with at the location where it is ilesiresi to construct the bridge, the Secretary of War shall, after considering any remonstrances tiled against the building of said bridge, and furnish copies of such remon strances to the board of engineers provided for in this act, detail a iioard, comiKised of three experi ences! officers of the corps of en gineers, to examine the case, and may, on their recommendation, authorize such modifications in the requirements of this act as to loea tion and piers as will permit the construction ef the bridge," not, however;' diminishing the wielth of the spans conte-mplateil by this act: Provided, That the free navi gation of the river be not materially injures! thereby. See. L That any pe rson, company or corporation owning or opcratingj any bridge const ructetl under tins act shall maintain, at their own ex pense, from sunset to sunrise, throughout the year, such lights on their bridges as may be required by the light house boarel for the sifuri ty of navigation; anel all persons owning or operating said bridge over the Mississippi river shall, in any event, maintain all lights on their bridge that may be necessary for the security of navigation. Sec. . That the bridge construct ed uneler this act, anel according to its limitations, shall be decerned anel taken to be a lawful structure, and shall be recognizee! anel known as a jost route for the transmission of the mails, th troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, and no higher charge per mile shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, and munitions of war, or other property of the United States, in its passage across said brielge, than is charged on railroads, ap proaching said bridge. Sec. C. That the directors of said corporation may lie citizens of any of the United States, and may hold their meetings ineitherof the States of Illinois anel Missouri, as the board of directors may elect, and may execute a mortgage and issue bonds, payable, principal and inter est, in gold. Sec. 7. That all railway companies desiring to use the said bridge after its completion shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privi leges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the ap proaches thereto, under and upon such equitable terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secre tary of War, upon hearing the alle gations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree. Sec. 8. That the right to alter or amend this act so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge is here by expressly reserved; and any change "in the construction orny alteration of said bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress shall be made at the cost and ex pense of the owners thereof. This act shall besubject to amend ment or repeal at the pleasure of Congress. . - Approved, March 3, 1873. v ir 1 .j I - --- j GEXEKAIi XATCRE-XO. 303. AX ACT to amend n Act entitled "Ail "Act governing the colored Schools of ta District of.Ciftun.bia-" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, Thatthe board of trastees of schools for colored chil dren in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of Colum bia, shall consist of nine trustees, seven of whom shall be citizens of Washington, und two shall be citizens of Georgetwon, who shall be appointed by the governor of the .District or Columbia. Sec. 2. That the trustees anooin- ted under the provisions of this act shall be. appointed .In the manner following, namely : Of the seven to be appointed from the city of Wash ington, two shall be appointed for the term of three years, three for the term of two years, and two for the term of one ye-ar from the date of their appointments, respective 1' ; and of the two to be appointed from the city of Georgetown, one shall be appointesi for the term of three years and one for the term of one year from the date of their ap pointments respectively; and in case or vacancies occasioned by death, resignation, or any other cause; the governor of the 'District of Columbia shall fill the same for the unexpirtsl term of any such trustee. An el the saiil board of trustees shall be require! to furnish annually, on or before, the first day of April, a correct report of their transaction, to the governor of said District, who shall transmit one copy each to the .council and house of elelegates of the legislative as sembly of said District, with such suggestions as ho may think proper relating to said schools ; and any additional information that the said egislative assembly, or either branch thereof, shall, from time to me, request by resolution shall be ransmitted by said boarel of trus tees to the governor of said District, to be by him transmitted to isaiel egislative assembly. ; fces.. .'i. lhat the governor of the District of Columbia shall appoint annually, a secretary anil a treasu rer eif the said board of trustees, wh s term of office shall bo for one year from the elate of appointment. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to elisburse the funds under the control of said board, in accordance with the provisions of the acts of Congress and the legislative assem bly of the District" of Columbia governing the disbursment of mon eys appropriated for the supiort of the public schools eif Washington and Georgetown, as he may be eli rectel by a vote of a majority there of, and to keep accurate and full ac e'ounts of all moneys received by said boarel, and present proper vouchers for all expenditures:, and prepare, annually, a full anel correct statement of the financial transac tions ot said board ; a copy of which statement, after being approved by the board, shall be transmitted to the governor aforesaid, whose tluty it shall be to forwaiel copies, thereof to the council an 1 house of delegates of the District of Columbia, if re quested by resolution. As compen sation for his services, the treasurer shall receive live hundred dollars per annum, and he shall be required to give bond in the sum of twenty thousand elolIar-, with good anil sufficient securities, to be approveel by the governor of the ! District of Columbia. It shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to keep an accurate account of all proceed ings of the board in a journal to be kept for that purpose, and to per form such other duties as appertain to his office or may be rcquired of him by said board, and shall also act as secretary to the su perintendent and perform such clerical service as ,nlay be required by said superintendent, and for his services he shall receive the sum of twelve huntlred dollars per annum. It shall also be the duty of the teas- urer and the secretary to attentl all j meetings of the "board, but they! shall not be entitled to a vote. Sec. 4. That the governor of the District of Columbia shall be, anel is hereby, empowereel to remove any member or members, secretary or treasurer, of said boarel of trus tees. Sec. .". That the governor of the District of Columbia shall appoint a superintendent of schools for col ored chihlren, who shall receive the sum of two thousand five hunelreel dollars annually, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of the L governor of the District of Colum bia : Provided, 'lhat the terms oi office for the several persons hereby authorized to be appointeel shall be gin pn the first day of April, eigh teen hundred aneleventy three, on which tlay the governor of tne Dis-i trict of Columbia" shall make the appointment Jicrein providetl for. And provided also, That saiel boarel of trustees shall pot create any ad elitional offices, or change or fix the salaries of the officers conne'eteel with said boarel : Anel provided further-, That the , proportion of school money now due, or that may become elue, to said board from the citie-s of Washington and George town shall be paiel 4o the treasurer of saiel board, and riot to he trus- tees, as now provieleel. ' Approved, Match 3, 1873 "Cenerai. nature Xei. 113. AN ACT to confer Jurisdiction on tho Court Claims to hear and eleterrnino the Suit of Carondelet versus tho United States. i- Whereas doubts' ..Sexist touching thejurisdiction of the court of claims over the suit now pending, in said court against the United States for the recovery of a tract ;of land claimed to be a part of the commons of Carondelet, instituted by the city of Carondelet : Therefore F Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives! i of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That jurisdiction be, and hereby is," granted ; to the court of claims to hea.r anel eleter mine said cause, and the matters in controversy therein, subject to the right of appeal by either j party to the Supreme Court of the; United States ; and that . the depositions heretofore taken in said cause may be read at the trial thereof .with the same effect as if taken aftep the pas sage of this act. - Approved, March 3; 1873. General nature XpJ 314. AN ACT to place at the Disposal of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue certain Copies-of the new Compilation of Internal Revenue Laws, i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, Xhat of the seven thousand copies of the new compil ation of internal revenue laws or dered by section forty five of the act of June sixth, eighteen hundred and severity two, to be printed for the use of Congress, eight hundred sliall be for the use of the Senate, twelve hundred shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand shall be for the use of the commissioner df Internal revenue. 4 j , . Approved, March 3, 1873. Gexeual Nature Xo,' 277. AN ACT to encourage the growth of Timber on western Prairies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That any person who shall plant, protect, anel keep in a healthy, growing condition for ten years forty acres of timber, the trees thereon not being more than twelve feet apart each way on any quarter section of any of the public lands of the united States shall be entitled to a patent for the whole of said quarter-section at the expira tionof said ten years, on making proof of such fact by not less than two credible witnesses : Provided, That only onequarterin any section shall be thus granted. Sec. 2. That the person applying ior tne Deneht or this act shall, upon application to the register of the land office in which he or she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before said register or re eeiver that saiel entry is made for the cultivation of timber, and upon filing said affidavit with said regis ter and receiver, and on payment of ten dollars, he or she shall thereup on be permitted to enter the quan tity ot lanel specihed : Provided however, That no certificate shall be given or patent issue therefor until the expiration of at least ten years from the elate of such entry and if at the expiration of such time, or at any time within three years thereafter, the person making such entry, or if he or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal representa tives, shall prove by two cmlible witnesses that he, she, or thty have planted, -and lor not less than ten years have cultivated and protected such quantity and character of tim ber as alorelaid, they shall receive the patent for such quarter section of lanel. Sec. o. That if at any time after the filing of said affidavit, and prior to the issuing ot the patent lor said land, it shall be proven after due notice to the prrty making such en tri and claiming to cultivate such timber, to the satisfaction of the register of the lanel office that such person has abandoneel or failed to cultivate, protect and keep in good condition such timber, then, and in that event, said lanel shall revert to the Unitetl States. Sec. 4. That e'ach and every per son who, uneler the provisions of an act entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain" approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty two, or any amenelment there to, 'having a homestead on said public domain, who, at the end of the third year of his or her residence thereon, shall have had under culti vation, for two years, one acre of timber, the trees thereon not being more than twelve feet apart each way, and in a gooel, thrifty condi tion, for each and every sixteen acres of saiel homestcael, shall upon due proof of saiel fact by two credi ble witnesses receive his or her pa tent for said homestead. Sec. o. That no land acquires! un eler provisions of this act shall, in any event, become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracttxl prior to the issuing of patent therefor. Sec. G. That the commissioner of the general lanel office is hereby re eiuired to prepare and issue such rules anel regulations, consistent with this act, as shall be necessary anel proper to carry its provisions into effect; and that the registers and the receivers of the several land offices shall be entitled to receive the same compensation forany lanels entered uneler the provisions of this that they are now entitleel to receive when the same quantity of land is entered with money. Sec. 7. That the fifth section of the act entitleel " An act in addition to to an act to punish crimes against the United States, and for other purposes " approved March thirel, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, shall extenel to all oaths, affirma tions, anel affidavits required or au thorized by this act. Approved, March 3, 1S73. General nature Xo. 297.J An Act authorizing tho Award to tho Vincennes University of certain va cant and abandoned Laiids in Knox County, Indiaua. Whereas, it is alleged that there are certain parcels of abandoned lanels in Knox county, Indiana, which arecovereel by old Vincennes donation claims, which have be come abaneloned and to which there is no subsisting confirmation or set tlement by indivieluals as owners uneler confirmation: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the Vincennes University, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of In diana, to file in the United States district court for the district ofln eliana a petition descriptive of such abandoneel and unclaimed tlona tions in Knox county of that State, accompanied by such testimony as niay be relied upon in support of the said alk'getl abanelonment, with evidence that such list has been published for a periexl of at least three months in Knox county and calling on all parties to show cause, if such exist, why such tracts or parcels of land should nos be de clared vacant: and thereafter in such cases as the .saiel court shall find the tracts to be abandoneel and not claimed by any individuals un der any confirmation, or otherwise, it shall have power, to render a de cree accordingly, and upon such decree being deposited in the gen eral land office, with a patent cer tificate from the register of land office at Indianapolis, Indiana, a patent shall issue to the said Vin cennes University for the parcels of land so decreet! as abandoneel and awardetl to said university : Provid ed, That all proceedings in the premises shall bo at the cost of said university, anel that the patents so issued shall operate only as a quit claim .on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the valid adverse rights of any person should such hereafter be found to exist: and such patents and decrees shall have no effect upon or in respect to such adverse rights. 0 Approved, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo. 292. AN ACT supplemental to an act enti tled "an act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands for the con struction of a Railroad from Great Salt Lake Jo Portland, Oregon," ap proved April twelfth, eighteen hun dred and seventy-two. Be it enacted by. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad Company shall have the right to take from the public lands of the United States, timber, stone, and other material, necessary for the construction of its road. Sec. 2. That this act shall at all times be subject to amendment or repeal by Congress. Approved, March 3, 1873. Gexekal nature No. 29L A V ACT granting the Right of "Way through the public Lands to the Utah Northern Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That for the pur pose of enabling the Utah and rTorthern Railroad Companv, a corporation organizeel uneler the laws of the '.territory of Utah, to build and extend its line bv way of near itiver vauey, soda springs. Snake River Valley, and through Montana Territory, to a connection with the Xorthern Pacific Railroad, by the most advantageous and prac ticable line, to be selected bv said company, the right of way through the public lands in the Territory of Utah, Idaho, and Montana is hereby granted to said company. "Said right of way hereby granted to said company is to be the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of the central line of said road where it may pass over the public lands. There Is also hereby granted to said company all necessary ground, not to exceed twenty acres lor each ten miles in length of the main line of said railroad, for station buildings, work shops, depots, machine shops, switches, side tracks, turn tables, and water stations. And whenever it may be necessary to use material from the public lands for the con- j struction of said road, it may be done; but no private property shall be taken for the uso of said com pany, except in the manner now provieletl by section three of an act entitld "An act to amenel an act entitleel 'An act to aiel in the con struction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other pur poses,' approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty seven. Sec. 2. That saiel company snail be authorized and empowered to mortgage, in the usual manner, their franchise, road bed, and all property belonging to said com pany, to an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars per mile for the entire length of said road, upon such terms as may seein to them best ; anel upon said mortgage may issue mortgage bonds, not to exceed the same amount per mile; but in no case shall the bnite'el (states be liable in any way whatever for any thing elone by said company. Sec. 3. That the rights herein msinttvl ttlioll Tint- noelmlo thuerei- struction of other roads through any canyon, defile, or pass on the route of said road. Sec. 4. That the said railroad com pany shall locate the route of said railroad anel file a map of such lo cation within one year in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall complete its railroad within ten years after the passage of this act ; and nothing herein contained shall be construed as recognizing or elenying the authority of the legis lature ot Utah Territory to create railroad corporations. Scc. a. lhe Congress reserves to itself the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act whenever in its judg ment the interests of the people may require it. Approveel, March 3, ISTo. General nature Xo. 260. J AX ACT to provide for a Building suit able for a Post-office, for the Accom modation of the Revenue Officers, and the United States Courts and their Officers, in the City of Parkersburgh, West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate anel House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembleel, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is authorized and directed to cause to be constructed a suitable brick build ing, with a fire proof brick vault ex tending to each story, in the city of Parksburgh, We-st Virginia, for a post office, and for the accommoda tion of the United States revenue officers, and the United States courts and their officers ; and the sum of one hundred anel -fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriateel for the purpose aforesaid out of any money in the treasury .not other wise appropriated ; and the Secre tary of the Treasury shall cause proper plans anel estimates to be made, so that no expenditures shall be made or authorized, for the full completion of said building, beyonel the sum herein appropriateel: Pro- Ivieled, That no money hereby ap propriated shall be used or expend ed until the valid title to the land for a site, independent and unex posed to elanger from fire in adja cent buiklings, shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of West Virginia shall cede its jurisdiction over the same, and also eluly release anel relinquish to the Uniteel States the right to tax or in any way assess said" site, or the property of the Uniteel States that may be theroon, eluring the time that the Uniteel States shall be or remain the owner thereof. Approved, March 3, 1S73. General nature Xo. 311. AN ACT to purchase a Site for a public building in Pittsburgh. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembleel, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here by, authorized anel directed to pur chase, at private sale, or if neces sary, by conelemnation, in pursu ance of the statutes of the State of Pennsylvania, a suitable piece of ground, in the city of Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, for the erection of a building to be used for a court house, custom house, post office, United States marshal's office and other government offices, the cost of the same not to exceed three hundreel thousand dollars: Provided, That no money to be ap propriated under this act shall be available until a valid title to such land is. vested in the United States, nor until the State of Pennsylvania shall duly release and relinquish jurisdiction over the same, and ex- . . i. i. empt irom taxation ssucu property and the buildings to be hereafter erected thereon, while the same are in the possession of the United States. Approveel, March 3, 1S73, General nature Xo. 312. AN ACT providing for the Completion of the military Road from Santa Fe to Taos, in the Territory -of New Mexico. -Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the sum of twenty five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropria ted, out of any money in the. treas ury of the United States not other wise aypropriated, for the comple tion of the military road from the city of Santa Fe to Fernandez de Taos, in the Territory ot New Mex ico, to be expended under thejdi rection of the Secretary of War. Jpproved, March 3, 1873. GEXERAIi XATCRE-Xo. 305. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the City of Clielsea, Massachusetts, certrin land for the uso of a street. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uniteel States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Xavy is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Chelsea, in the Stale eif Massachusetts, for the pur pose of laying out and maintaining a street from Chelsea bridge to Chestnut street in said city, the fol lowing elescribed land, to wit: That the portion of the tract of land be longing to the United States, situat ed in the city of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Mas sachusetts, commencing on Broad way in said city, at the southwest erly corner of John H. Osgood's land and running northerly by land of said Osgood three hundred and twenty six and fifty one hundredths feet to land of the Uniteel States marine hospital ; thence running westerly on the northerly line of Chestnut street, extending fifteen and fitly one hundredths feet: thence running southwesterly bv land of the United States marine and naval hospitals seven hundred and thirty one feet to the northerly line ot said uroaelwa v : thence easterly by the northerly line of said Broadway, two hundred and sev enty two and thirty three one hun- dreelths feet; thence northerly by land of owners unknown, one hun dred and thirty and seventy five one hundredths feet ; thence easter ly by land of owners unknown, two hunelreel and fifty eight and seventy five one hundredths feet ; thence northerly by land of owners un known, one huudred and thirty and seventy five one hunelreelths feet; thence easterly by land of owners unknown, two hunelreel and fifty eight anel seventy five one hun dredths feet ; thence southerly by land of owners unknown one hun dred anel thirty anel seventy five one hundredths feet to the line of said Broadway ; thence easterly by the line ef said Broadway forty five feet, to the point of beginning ; said portion of land containing about fifty thousanel seven hundreel and nine square feet: Provided, That before such conveyance shall be made, the Secretary of the Navy j shall appoint a commission, eonsis- j ting of one line officer not below the rank of commodore, one sur geon, and one civil engineer, who shall report what amount, if any thing, shoulel be paiel for such land, taking into ae'eount the advantages and the disadvantages of the pro posed street to the property of the United States ; anel the sum so re ported shall be paiel, or secured to be paid, to the United States, atul credited to the naval marine hospi tal funels. - Approved, March 3, 1S7.5. General nature Xo. 2S.3.J AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretar3r of War to relase twenty-live Acres of the Lands of the United States at Platts burgh, New York, to the New York and Canada Railroad Company, and for other purposes," passed June eight, eighteen hundred and seventy two. Be it enacted., by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uniteel States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be authorized and empow ered to release to the New Y'ork and Canada Railroad Company, its suc cessors and assigns, a right of way along the banks of Lake Champlain, upon anel across the land owned anel possessed by the United States in the town of Piattsburg, Clinton county, New York, subject to such restrictions as the Secretary of War may think necessary to protect the interests of the United States: Pro vieleel, That before the execution of such release the said railroad com pany shal 1 first pay into the treasury of the Uniteel States the value of such right of way per acre as fixed bv the board of appraisers hereto fore appointed under the act hereby amended, as stateel in their reptrt approveel by the Secretary of War. And the Secretary of War is further authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to locate the twenty-five acres referreel to in said act hereby amended, in the northeasterly por tion of the saiel lands of the United States, and to release the same to the saiel company, its successors anel assigns, subject to the conditions anel provisos in saiel act contained, upon the payment of the full value of said twenty five acres, to bs as certained as in said act provided : Provideel, That saiel company shall elect to take saiel twenty five acres and pay such value so fixeel as aforesaid, within such reasonable time as may be fixeel by the Secre tary of War, anel after elue notice from the Secretary to said company. Approved, March 3, 1S73. General nature No. 307. AN ACT to provide for tho Establish ment of life-saving Station on tlie Coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized anel elirected to pro vide for the establishment of ten life saving stations on the coasts of Maine, Xew Hampshire and Mass achusetts, Virginia and North Caro lina, at such points as he may deem necessary, for the saving of life and property on said coasts. Sec. 2. That ,the Secretary of the Treasury be authorizeel and direc ted to report to this House, at the next session of Congress, the points on the sea and lake coasts of the Uniteel - States at which the estab lishment of life saving stations would best subserve the interests of commerce and humanity, with a detaileel estimate of the cost of such station. Approved, March 3, 1S73. General nature Xo. 303. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned Ordnance to certain organizations for monu mental purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, auth orized to deliver, if the same can be done without detriment to the government, four condemned can non and sixteen cannon balls to each of the following named organiza tions for the purpose of ornament ing burial grounds of deceased sol diers: " To the Army and Xavy Union of Portland, Maine ; To the municipal authorities of the city of Syracuse, New York : To the Grand Army of the Re public, at Ansonia, Connecticut ; To the Soldiers' Monument Asso ciation at Fitchburg, Massachusetts ; And to the municipal authorities of the village of Sturgis, Michigan, one cannon and four cannon balls. Approved, March 3, 1873, J Gexerai, nature Xo. 2SG. AN ACT to authorize the construction of a Railroad ami Draw-bridge across the Genesee River, in Monroe county, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate anel House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company of the State of Xew York be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct a draw bridge across the Genesee river, in Monroe county, in said State, in accordance with the pro visions of an act passed by the leg islature of the State of Xew York, March seventeenth, eighteen hun dred and seventy one, and entitleel " An act to facilitate the construc tion of the Lake Ontario Shore rail road, and to amend the several acts in relation thereto ;" and the saiel bridge when completed shall be deemed and taken to be a legal structure, and shall, with the rail roael of which it is to be a part, be a post road for the transmission of the mails of the Uniteel States, with the rights and privileges of other post roads. Sec. 2. That saiel structure herein authorized shall be builtand located under and subjevt to such regula tions for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War i shall prescribe, anel shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable anel proper nuans for the passage of vessels through or under the same, anel the said struc ture shall be changed at theeost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may di rect, so as to preserve the free anel convenient navigation of s-aiel river. And the authority to erect and con tinue said bridge shall be subjoct to revocation or modification bydaw whenever the public gootl shall 1 the judgment of Congress so require, without any expense or charge to the Uniteel States. Approved, March 3, 1S7. General nature No. 2SS.' AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of. tho old Post office property in Chicago. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, anel is hereby, authorizeel to exchange with the j city of Chicago the piece of land, i with the remains of the olel custom houseand post office buileling there on, at the corner, of Monroe and 'Dearborn streets, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, (said land front ing one hunelreel anel ninety feet on Bearborn street and ninety feet on Monroe street, or thereabout,) for the piece of laud, the property of the school fund of the city of Chica go, at the coi ner of Polk street and Fifth avenue, fronting .three hun elreel and eighty feet on Polk street and one hundred and ninety-eight and one half feet on Fifth avenue, or thereabouts; the difference in value between such pieces of land to be ascertained by a commission to consist of five persons, two of whom shall be appointed by saiel Secretary of the Treasury, two by the municipal authorities of the city of Chicago, and the four commis sioners so selected shall choose a fifth; and that upon the receipt of the report of such commission, or of a majority thereof, and its approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, the government of the United States or the city of Chicago, as the case may be, shall pay to the other in money the difference so ascer- j tained in the value of said pieces of land ; and any money which the United States may be required to pay is subject to future appropria tion by Congress : Provided, That the State of Illinois shall cede to the United States its jurisdiction over the property thus acquired by the Uniteel States, together with the right to tax or in any way assess said land or the property of the United States that may be thereon during the time that the Uniteel States shall be or remain the owner thereof. Approved, March 3, 1873. General nature No. 290. AN ACT to authorize the National 13ank of Springfield, Missouri, to change its Name. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the name of the National Bank of Springfield, Missouri, shall be ehangedi to the First National Bank of Springfield, Missouri, whenever the board of directors of said bank shall accept the name by resolutions of the board and cause a copy of suchires oliitions, eluly authenticated, to be fileel with the comptroller eif the; currency: Provided, That such ac ceptance be made within six months after the passage of this act. Sec. 2; That all debts, demands, liabilities, rights, privileges and powers of the National Bank of Springfield, Missouri, shall elevolve upon and inure to the First Na tional Bank of Springfield, Missemri, whenever such change of name is effected. Approved, March 3, 1S73. General nature Xo. 293. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act granting the Right of Way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other Pur poses," approved March third, eigh teen hundreel and sixty nine. Be it enacted by the Senate anel House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That all after and including the word " Provided," in the tenth line of section three of an act entitled " An act granting the right of way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Com pany, and for other purposes," ap proved March third, eighteen hun dred and sixty nine, be, and the same is hereby modified as follows. Sec. 2. That the right is hereby granted to the said Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Com pany to take from the public lands, earth, stone, timber and other ma terials, for the construction of the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad- for two years from the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo. 301. AN ACT to confirm the purchas3 by the Executive Department, on the eighth September, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, of a certain tract of Jand at Omaha, Nebraska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House "of Representatives of the United " States of America in Con gress assembled, -That the consent oftheUnited.Statf i" hereby given to the purchase of a certain tract of land at Omaha, Xebra.-ka, for which, under oreier of his commanding officer, Major William Myers, paid the sum of eight thousand dollars ; and the accounting officers are di rected to credit him in settlement of his accounts with the sum of eight thousand dollars, upon the filing of satisfactory vouchers show ing the payment of that sum to have been made by him uader such order. - Approved, March 3, ;j Gexerat, nature Xo. 296. An Act to provide for the Purchaso, by the Secretary of War, of Lands for the United States in the State of Texas, for . the Site To. t.tMd Military Posts. Be it enacted !y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America,' in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be authorized to purchase, at a fair price, to I bo ascertained by a board of three ! officers to be ap pointed by him, whose rejiort shall be subject to the approval or rejec tion of the President and the con firmation thereof by Congress, such lands in the State of Texas as may be necessary for the use of the Uniteel States for forts anel military posts. The report of the board shall be made through the commanders of the department and military elivis- j ion, and subject to their approval or disapproval : Provieleel, That the contract for any one of the said tracts of land shall not be complet ed, nor any of the purchase money paid, until the Mtoruey General of the United StateshaitJmvtt given his written opinion in favor of the validity of the title of saiel land And providetl further. That the legislature ot Texas will, at its next session, pass an act ceding exclusive jurisdiction over the said site or sites to the United States, and for ever exempting the property from taxation. Sec. 2. That nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize tho Secretary of War to bind tho gov ernment eif the United States to comply with any contract forany of saiel lands, or to be held by the ar bitration or adjudication of any of the courts of tho State of Texas as to the price thereof and the terms of purchase until the aforesaid LVarel shall have recommended the same and the President shall have ap proveel of said purchase anel Con gress shall have confirmed the same : Provided, That all authority xereciseti under this act shall cease at the expiration of three vears from ' -passage hereof. Approveel, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo. 291. An Act to enable the Secretary of War to pay the Expenses incurred in sup pressing the Indian Hostilities in the Territory of Montana, in tho Year eighteen hundred and sixty seven. Beit enacted by the? Senate and House of Repre'sentatives of the United States of Americ;i in Con gress assembled, That it shall be tho dutyof the proper, accounting of-' ficers of tho treasury to examine and i determine the amounts justly elue ' upon the claims for expenses neces sarily incurreel in suppressing In- dian hostilities in the Territory eif ' Mori tana, in the year eighteen hun- : elred and sixty seven, which have been examined and reported upon i by Inspector General James A. Hardie; but in no case shall the sum allowed thereon be in excess of the award reportetl by saiel General Harelie; anel in such investigation the testimony taken bv' General ; Hardie in relation thereto shall be ; received in evidence1,' but the same ; shall not be regarded as conclusive ' unless said- ejifficers are satisfied I therewith. And the sums so found ! to be due shall lie paiel to the pcr- persons severally entitled thereto j by a disbursing officer under , the i elirection of the Secretary of War : j Provided, That the ae-ceptance of j such payment shall be in full of all ; claims on account of said expenses: j And provided further, That no claim under the provisions of this i act shall be audited anel paid unless : presented within one year from the i ppssage of this act. ! Approved, March 3. 1S73. General nature No. 298. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to authorize tho Sale of certain public Property," approved Juno tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America; in Con gress assembled, T.tiat nothing con taineel in the first section of the act entitled "An act to authorize the sale of certain public property," approved June tenth, eighteen hun tlred anel seventy two, shall be so construed as to prevent the Secre tary of War from withdrawing any of the property from sale in cases where, in his judgment, tho highest bid offered is in ufficjent or unsatis-1 factory. Sec. 2. That any of the said prop erty withdrawn from sale uneler this act may be again offered, either at public sale or by inviting proposals, after six days' consecu secutive notice, i the day of sale, t fifteen days before in the newspapers mentioned in the act of which tb;s is an amendment. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to appoint a board of three army officers, which board shall appraise each piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, before the same is offered for sale, anel no salt; shall be made at a price less than two thirdrj of the appraised value. Approved, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo. 299. An Act to aid in tho Erection of a Mon ument to the Slemory of Major-Gcn-cral Oeorge II. Thomas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, anel he hereby is, au thorized anel directed to deliver to the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, eighty eight pieces of condemned bronze cannon, if the same can be spared without se-rious detriment to the government, to aid in the erection of an equestrian statue to the ; memory of Major General George II. Thomas. Approved, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo. 301. An Act authori zingthe Transfer of Safes from the War Department to tho Post office Department for use in tho Trans portation of registered Mails. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, au thorized to transfer such safes, or Eaymasters' chests, as may be on and in his ' department, to the Post office Department for use in the transportation of registered mails, wittv a view to promote the security of such mails. Approveel, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo. 300. An Act to change the Name of Schooner "Andrew Stewart" ' and Steamer " Sleepy Hollow." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized anel directed to change the name of the schooner " Andrew Stewart" to " Barnett Jones" and the steamer "Sleepy Hollow" to that of " Long Branch " and grant new registers to the same. - Approved, March 3, 1873. - , General, nature Xo. 310. j AX ACT to authorize the Secretary i of War to survey, plat, nnd sell S the present Cemetery Grounds upon the Fort Gratiot Military i Reservation in Michigan, and for t ether onrnnscs.-.- Be it enacted .by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Con gress assembled. That so much of the Port Gratiot military reserva tion, in tho State of Michigan, as has hf retofore been granted to tho city of Port Huron for a cemetery, shall be, Upon the request of saiel city, duly certified under the se'al thertif, fcurveyed and platted into streets, blocks, and lots, ' under the direction of the. Secretary of War, in conformity to tho plat of that portion of said military rescrva- tion surrounding said cemetery, lately made by Major O. M. Poo, IT. States, engineer, and now on file in the office of the register of deeds of Saint Clair county, and shall bo sold under. the direction of the Secretary frwH- at -public vendue, and the' proceeds of such sale, alter paying the expenses of such survey and ! sule, sI,all be paid over to the city 01 Port Huron, to ne useei ny saiu city for tho purchaso or improve ment, or both, of such lands as tho eity may aequlro for another ceme tery, and for removing tho remains of those buried in the present to tho new cemetery, and for such other purposes as may be necessary In tho change of burial places : Provided, That suitable and proer lots in tho new cemetery shall bo granted to those having lots in tho present cemetery, with like improvements, or their value, to a reasonable ex tent, and that reinterments not otherwise providetl .for shall be made at the expense of said city, and that tho city of .Port Huron, shall hold such moneys In trust for the purposes herein specifies!, and for no other whatever; and convey ances of the blocks and lots sold by ihe Secretary of War, as herein pro- vided for. shall bo made to pur War f chasers by tho .secretary of ar under such rule's and regulations as he shall prescribe,' ami the .survey A 1 and plat, or a' copy thereof, herein i provided for, shall bo rocordeel in i the office of the register of deeds in -i Saint Clair countv. and tho same. ' ; or eluly certified copies . thi'rcof, shall be evidence in all courts for all 'lawful purposes connected there i with ; And provided further That I said city shall obtain the consent of a majority eif the citizens thereof, ' owning or occuping lots in saiel i cemetery, to such removal. Approveel, March 3, 1873. . (General nature Xo. 3K. AN ACT to authorize tho President to ascertain tho value of certain lands in tho Stato of Iowa, north of the Rac oon Fork of tho Dos Moines Riyer held by settlers under the pro-emptioi and Homestead Laws of (ho United. States. , . Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the President, of the United States shal l be, ami he is hereby, authorized to appoint three commissioners, who shall as certain the number of acres, anefy appraisement or otherwise the valao thereof exclusive of improvements, of all such lands lying north of Raccoon Fork of tho Des Moines river, in the State of Iowa, as may now beheld by tho 'Des Moines Xavigation anel Railroael Company, or persons claiming titlo under it adversely to persons holding saiel lands, either by entry or under the pre-emption or homestead laws of the united states, and on what terms the adverse holders thereof will- relirieiuish the same to the United States ; and that they report the facts at the commencement of the next session .of Congress; but nothing herein contained shall bo held to .affect, in any manner, tho question oi tine to an' or said lands. Stc. 2. That tho compensathin of said commissioners shall bo eight dollars per diem during tho timo they shall be engaged in said service. Approved, March 3, 873. General nature No. 29. An Act to provide for tho Erection of a pubHo lluildhig for Post ollico and othiii;. U. S. Offices, at Jersey City, New Jersey. .lie it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, In Cori gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury lie and ho Is hereby authorized and directed to purchase a site suitable for post-offico and other United States offices in Jersey city, Xew Jersey, such as will be suthcie'iit for the accommodation of the post offices at Hudson city, Rergen city and Greenvlllo when consolidated in Jersey city and for this purpose one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Pro videtl, That tho Secretary of tho Treasury shall cause proper plans and estimates to bo mado for tho erection of such a building on the site aforesaid as he may Judgo neces sary, so that no expenditure) shall be made for the full completion of said building including tho cost of site, exceeding three hundred thou sand dollars, and no money hereby appropriated shall be uscel or applied until a valid title to the lane for tho site as aforesaid shall bo vested In the United States and until the State of Xew Jersey shall cede its jurisdiction over the same and f-hall also release and relinquish to the United States the right.to tax or in any way assess said site or the property of tho United States tliat may be thereon eluring thd ti Ino that the United States shal or remain the envner thereof. Approved, March 3, 1873. General nature Xo AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of tne l reasury to cnange tho oaipe f Steamer " New England," toj "City - of Portland." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives bf the United States of America, la Ihn gress assembled. That theSecnjtiiry of the Treasury be, and he IS heneby, authorized to change th nnujie of the steamer Xew Kno-laiid.'' of Kastport, Maine, to that of "CJtyof Portland," and grant a now iWiiten to said steamer. . Approved, March 3, 1873, General nature No. n7 A2i AUl ior wo temporary Keuer or int. lii liwn at Camp McDermlt, in nninboldl (t.anty, Nevada. j J J Be it enacted by the Senittel and House of Representatives (of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the Seefrj:tarv of War ia hereby authorized! ami directed to issue such rations bffbo l and clothing to the Indians, about JCamn McDermlt. in Huriibohlf county, jxevaoa, as may dc nieces-' sary to save such Indians froji des-t titutionand starvation untl tyicfij time as provision shall be mneld far them through the Interior De part ment. . Approved, March 3, 1873.
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