THE

Statutes at Large

AND

PROCLAMATIONS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM DECEMBER 1869 TO MARCH 1871,

AND

TREATIES AND POSTAL CONVENTIONS

Arranged in Chronological Order and carefully collated with

the Originals at dashington,

WITH

REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT

ACTS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

The rights and interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this work 18 printed are hereby recog-
sized, acknowledged, and declared by the publishers, according to the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress,
passed March 3, 1845.

VOL. XVI.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1871.