September eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and another contract for another portion of said trust lands, dated May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; which survey is according to the provisions of the second article of treaty concluded with said tribe September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars and three cents to pay the bal ance due for the survey of the lands embraced in the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation in the State of Nebraska, under contract dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as provided by a treaty with the Omaha Indians and authorized by act of Congress approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to continue the extension of the geological explorations as begun in Nebraska under the provisions of the second section of the deficiency act of Congress, approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, United States Statutes, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, page four hundred and seventy, to other portions of the public lands; and for that purpose the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Patents be authorized to rent, under the direction of the Committees on Patents of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, such rooms as may be necessary for the speedy and convenient transaction of the business of the office: Provided, That all the moneys standing to the credit of the "patent fund," or in the hands of the Commissioner of Patents, and all moneys hereafter received at the Patent Office, for any purpose, or from any source whatever, shall be paid into the treasury as received, without any deduction whatever; and the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for salaries and miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the Patent Office, and for withdrawals, and for monies moneys] paid by mistake, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Patents to communicate to Congress at the commencement of every December session a full and detailed account of moneys received for duties on patents and for copies of records and drawings, and all other moneys received by virtue of said office; and of all moneys expended by him under and by virtue of this provision for said contingent and miscellaneous expenses, and for salaries, and the names of the persons to whom such salaries are paid, and the amount thereof paid to each.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the city of Georgetown, the city of Washington, and the levy court of the county of Washington, District of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, authorized to levy and collect a special tax on the taxable property within their respective jurisdictions, for the erection of schoolhouses and the support of public schools, not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars for any one year, to be assessed and collected as other taxes.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws that regulate the prices of labor in the Government Printing Office be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and it shall be the duty of the Congressional Printer to contract with the persons in that employment at such prices as are for the interest of the government, and are just to those employed.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of executing the fourth article of the treaty of Washington, concluded on the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the State of Maine for ninety-one thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres of land assigned by said State to settlers under said

article, a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for twenty-six thousand one hundred and fifty acres of land a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: Provided, That before said sums are paid the States of Maine and Massachusetts shall agree with the United States that the settlers upon their public lands in the late disputed territory in Maine entitled to be quieted in their possession, as ascertained by commissions heretofore instituted by said States, shall have been or shall be quieted by a release of the title of the said States.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to expend the appropriation heretofore made for the purpose of erecting a penitentiary for the Territory of Colorado, on the site belonging to and provided by the said Territory for the purpose: Provided, That no part of this property shall be sold or transferred without the consent of the United States first had and received.

Approved, July 20, 1868.

[PUBLIC-No. 71.]

AN ACT to facilitate the settlement of certain prize cases in the southern district of Florida. 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 is hereby authorized and directed, upon the execution and delivery to him by the administratrix of the estate of James C. Clapp, deceased, late United States marshal for the southern district of Florida, of a proper written release of all claims and demands for, or on account of, all costs, charges, fees, and expenses due, or claimed to be due, the said Clapp as marshal aforesaid, or to his estate, in any prize or other cases in said district, to accept from said administratrix the sum of fifty thousand dollars in full satisfaction of all claims and demands of the United States against the estate of the said James C. Clapp, and against the sureties in said Clapp's official bond, and that said sum of fifty thousand dollars when paid, together with the sums now on deposit with the assistant treasurer in New York to the credit of the said Clapp and to the credit of the United States district court for the southern district of Florida, shall be deposited with the assistant United States treasurer at Washington, District of Columbia, subject to the order of the United States district court for the southern district of Florida, for the purpose of meeting decrees of distribution or restitution in the following prize causes pending in said district: Schooner Lucy No. 1, the cargo of the steamer Adela, schooner Alicia and cargo, schooner Isabel and cargo, the steamer James Battle, schooner Diana and cargo, schooner Sea Lion and cargo, the cargo of the steamer Nita, steamer Pearl and cargo, schooner Teresa No. 2, steamer Union, steamer Victor and cargo, and schooner John Williams.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to deposit with the assistant United States treasurer at Washington, District of Columbia, the appraised values of the prize steamers Adela and Nita, condemned in said district court, and taken into the naval service, and, after deducting all proper charges and expenses, a moiety of the same shall be distributed under the decree of the said district court, according to law, among the captors entitled to share in said prizes, the steamers Adela and Nita respectively, and the remaining moiety of the same shall be subject to the order of the said district court, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That of the moneys mentioned in the first section of this act, when deposited as herein provided, there shall be retained by the said district court a sufficient fund to await final decrees in those of the cases enumerated in the first section of this act, wherein appeals have been taken to

the Supreme Court of the United States, and that the balance of said moneys, together with one-half of the appraised values of the prize steamers Adela and Nita, mentioned in the second section of this act, shall be distributed as prize money among the captors in those of the cases enumerated in the first section of this act, in which final decrees of condemnation have been entered and which are ready for distribution, without reference to the interest of the United States in any and all of the said cases, which said interest of the United States in each of the said cases, and the proceeds for distribution therein, as well as the interest of the United States in the appraised value of the prize steamers Adela and Nita, is hereby relinquished for distribution to the captors in those of the cases enumerated and mentioned in the first section of this act wherein decrees of condemnation have been or shall be entered, and for payment to the claimants in those of said cases wherein final decrees of restitution have been or may be passed; and that in each of said cases wherein final decrees of condemnation and distribution have been or shall be entered, the sum to be paid into the treasury of the United States for distribution to the captors shall be one-half of the gross proceeds of sale in said cases, less the costs taxed and allowed by the court: Provided, That any sum or sums remaining after execution of all decrees of distribution and restitution as herein before provided, be paid into the treasury of the United States to the credit of the navy pension fund: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed an admission on the part of the United States of any liability for the defalcation of the said Clapp as marshal aforesaid.

Approved, July 20, 1868.

[PUBLIC-No. 72.]

AN ACT authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Kansas and Missouri Bridge Company, a corporation having authority from the State of Kansas, to build a railroad, transit, and wagon bridge across the Missouri river upon or near the military reservation of Fort Leavenworth, and that when constructed all trains of all roads terminating at the Missouri river at or near the location of said bridge, shall be allowed to cross said bridge for a reasonable compensation to be paid to the owners thereof. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge; nor shall the spans be of less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, at low water.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the use of railroads leading to said bridge from either side of the river there is hereby granted a right of way through said Fort Leavenworth military reservation not exceeding for all of said roads three hundred feet in width: Provided, That said roads do not in any way interfere with the public buildings on said military reservation.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Kansas and Missouri bridge be, and the same is hereby, established as a post road, and that said bridge com

pany shall have the right to take from said reservation, at such places as shall be designated by the Secretary of War, all stone, timber, and earth necessary to use in the construction of said bridge.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, 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 bridges, is hereby expressly reserved.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Saint Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of the State of Kansas, to build a bridge over and across the Missouri river at Saint Joseph, Missouri; and all the rights and privileges conferred by sections 1, 2, 4, and 5 of this act are hereby extended, so far as they are applicable, to the Saint Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, and the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained in said sections are hereby made applicable to said company.

Approved, July 20, 1868.

[PUBLIC-No. 73.]

AN ACT for the registration or enrolment of certain foreign vessels.

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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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue certificates of registry or enrolment and license to the schooner "Bob," of St. Andrew, New Brunswick; and to the following named Canadian-built vessels, to wit: The schooner "Royal Albert," of Oakville; the bark "John Breden," the schooner "Prince Alfred," and the brigantine " Orkney Lass," all of Kingston; the schooner "George Henry," of Toronto; the schooner "Annexation," of Port Hope; and the schooner "Emperor," of St. Catherines; also the barges "Champlain" and Hochelega," of Quebec; the bark "Monarch," the brig "Sea Gull," and the schooner "Smith & Post," all of Oakville; the schooner "Welland," of St. Catherines; the schooner " Governor," of Montreal; the schooner "L. S. Shicklana," of St. Catherines; the schooner "Victoria," of Toronto; said vessels being owned by citizens of the United States, and having been at all times employed upon the waters of the lakes: Provided, That there shall be paid upon each of said foreign-built vessels a tax equal to the internal revenue tax upon the materials and construction of similar vessels of American build. Approved, July 20, 1868.

[PUBLIC-No. 74.]

AN ACT concerning the tax commissioners for the State of Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the acts and proceedings which have beeu had or performed by any two of the tax commissioners, in and for the State of Arkansas, shall have the same force and effect as if had and performed by all three of said commissioners.

Approved, July 20, 1868.

[PUBLIC-No. 75.]

AN ACT amendatory of an act approved July twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of certain bridges, and to establish them as post roads."

Whereas the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company, organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, and the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, organized under an act of the general assembly of the State of Illinois, have been consolidated, in pursuance of the authority granted to the said Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, in their act of incorporation, and the authority granted to the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company, by an act of the general assembly of the State of Missouri, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the company formed by this consolidation, under the name and style of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, is hereby recognized and declared to be a corporation by that name, with full power and authority to construct a bridge across the Mississippi river opposite the city of St. Louis, in conformity to the act of which this act is amendatory, with all the rights, privileges, and powers granted and conferred by the several acts of the general assemblies of the States of Illinois and Missouri to the respective companies by the consolidation of which the said Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company was formed, and not inconsistent with the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory: And provided further, That in constructing said bridge there shall be one span of at least five hundred feet clear between piers.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may execute a mortgage and issue bonds payable, principal and interest, in gold, and their bridge across the Mississippi river and approaches thereto, when constructed, shall be a post road to carry the mails of the United States, and enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said corporation may hold their meetings in either the State of Illinois or the State of Missouri, as the board of directors may elect, and the directors may be citizens of any of the United States; and said corporation may sue and be sued in any circuit court of the United States: Provided, That nothing in this act or in any previous legislation affecting the premises shall be so construed as to deprive the legislatures of the States of Illinois and Missouri of the right to regulate the tolls and fares which may be charged by said company for the use of such bridge: Provided further, That the tolls now fixed by the legislatures of Illinois and Missouri

shall not be increased.

Approved, July 20, 1868.

[PUBLIC-No. 76.]

AN ACT providing for the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation in St. Clair County, in the State of Michigan.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell, at such times as he may deem most advantageous to the interests of the government, and in such manner as hereinafter provided, all that portion of the military reservation known as Fort Gratiot, in St. Clair county, in the State of Michigan, which lies south of a line running due west from the south end of the Grand Trunk railroad wharf, on the St. Clair river, until it intersects the road known as the Lexington road, and all that portion which lies west of said Lexington road.