the security of the river to be Post, p. 215.] under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said the navigation of river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and the said structure shall prescribed by the be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper Secretary of War. means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and the [See ch. 281. said structure shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river. And the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation, modification by law whenever the public good shall in the judgment of Congress so require, without any expense or charge to the United States. Right to erect, &c., the bridge, may be revoked. Bridges across the Mississippi River authorized near Muscatine, Iowa; between the counties of Carsides, Illinois, &c. roll and White between La consin, and Houston Co., Minnesota. SEC. 6. That the Muscatine Western Railroad Company, or their assigns, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Iowa, be, and is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Mississippi river at the city of Muscatine, in the State of Iowa. The bridge authorized to be built by this section is hereby declared to be a post-route, and shall have all the privileges, and is subject to all the terms, restrictions, and requirements contained in the foregoing sections of this act. SEC. 7. That a bridge may be constructed and maintained across the Mississippi river, at any point they may select, between the counties of Carroll and Whitesides, in the State of Illinois, and the counties of Jackson and Clinton, in the State of Iowa, either by the Western Union Railroad Company or the Sabula, Ackley, and Dakota Railroad Company, or both of them, or by either or both of their successors or assigns, or by any person, company, or corporation having authority from the States of Illinois and Iowa. The bridge authorized to be built by this section is hereby declared to be a post-route, and has all the privileges, and is subject to all the terms, restrictions, and requirements contained in the foregoing sections of this act. SEC. 8. That a bridge may be constructed and maintained across the Crosse Co., Wis- Mississippi river, at any point they may select, between the county of La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin, and the county of Houston, in the State of Minnesota, by the Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, their successors or assigns, or by any person, company, or corporation having authority from the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The bridge authorized to be built by this section is hereby declared to be a post-route, and has all the privileges, and is subject to all the terms, restrictions, and requirements contained in the foregoing sections of this Right to alter, &c., this act, expressly reserved. Act to take act. SEC. 9. 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. 10. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after effect from pas- its passage, without any expense or charge to the United States. APPROVED, April 1, 1872. sage. April 1, 1872. may be re-ap CHAP. LXXIV. — An Act to authorize the Restoration of Gilbert Morton to the naval Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Gilbert Morton States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United pointed ensign in States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to re-appoint Gilbert Morton an ensign in the navy. the navy. April 1, 1872. Name of the APPROVED, April 1, 1872. CHAP. LXXV. - An Act to change the Name of the Pleasure Yacht" Lois" to that of "Sea Witch," and to change the Name of the Yacht "William M. Tweed" to that of "Julia." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas ury be, and hereby is, authorized to change the name of the pleasure yacht "Lois" yacht "Lois," owned by Frank H. Stott, of the State of New York, to changed to "Sea Witch"; that of "Sea Witch," and grant said vessel registry in said name. Tweed," to SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, au- that of the thorized to change the name of the yacht "William M. Tweed," owned "William M. by A. B. Stockwell, of the State of New York, to that of "Julia," and "Julia." grant said yacht registry in said name. APPROVED, April 1, 1872. CHAP. LXXVIII. An Act to authorize the President to appoint George Plunkett a Paymaster in the Navy. April 2, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is George Plunkett hereby, authorized to appoint George Plunkett a paymaster in the United may be appointed States navy, if, in his opinion, the interests of the public service will be the navy. thereby promoted. APPROVED, April 2, 1872. a paymaster in CHAP. LXXIX. — An Act to provide for the Reporting and Printing of the Debates in Con- April 2, 1872. gress. made for report for two years from Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the congressional printer Contract to be is hereby directed to enter into a contract, in behalf of the general govern- ing, &c., the dement, with Franklin Rives, Jefferson Rives, and George A. Bailey, for the bates in Congress reporting and printing of the debates in Congress for the term of two years, March 4, 1871. on and from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, in accordance with a proposed form of contract from the said Rives and Bailey, submitted to and approved by the joint committee on public printing on the part of the Senate. reporter for the the approval of the Speaker. tisement, for re SEC. 2. That for the purpose aforesaid there be appropriated and paid, Appropriation. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the accounts having been approved, as in previous years, by the secretary of the Senate and by the clerk of the House, or their representatives. SEC. 3. That no person shall be employed as a reporter for the House No person to without the approval of the Speaker of the House: Provided, That it shall be employed as a be the duty of the joint committee on public printing to publish an adver- House without tisement once a week, for four weeks, in one newspaper in each of the cities of Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, and San Francisco, inviting proposals in detail for Proposals to be reporting and for printing, together and separately, the debates of the invited by adverforty-third, the forty-fourth, and the forty-fifth Congresses, together or porting, &c., the separately, and to report all proposals which may be received before the debates of the designated day to Congress, at the earliest practicable date, with estimates, 45th Congresses. hereby directed to be made by the congressional printer, of the cost of reporting the debates and of printing them at the government printing office, accompanied by the recommendations of the joint committee on No debates to public printing on all proposals and estimates so submitted; and that the be reported, &c., at public expense bills for such advertising be paid in equal parts from the contingent funds after, &c., exof the Senate and of the House of Representatives: And provided further, cept, &c. [Last That no debates shall be reported or published at public expense, after the See Post, p. 510.] close of the present Congress, except upon written contracts entered into therefor under the authority of Congress. APPROVED, April 2, 1872. CHAP. LXXX. 43d, 44th, and proviso repealed. An Act to establish a Port of Entry and Delivery at the City of Pitts- April 2, 1872. burgh, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a port of entry and deliv- Pittsburgh, Pa.. made a port of entry and deliv ery. April 2, 1872. 1856, ch. 164. Vol. xi. p. 119. erers of deposits ery be, and is hereby, established at the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which shall be entitled to the same provisions and subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of entry and delivery in the United States. APPROVED, April 2, 1872. CHAP. LXXXI. — An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to authorize Protection to be given to Citizens of the United States who may discover Deposits of Guano," approved August 18, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act given to discov of Congress approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An act to authorize protection to be given to citizens of the United States who may discover deposits of guano," be, and the same are hereby, extended to the widow, heirs, executors, or administrators of such discoverer, where such discoverer shall have died before perfecting proof of discovery or fully complying with the provisions of said act approved as aforesaid, after complying with the requirements of the act of Congress Rights of dis- of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That covery, &c., not impaired. nothing herein contained shall be held to impair any rights of discovery or any assignment by a discoverer heretofore recognized by the government of the United States. Prohibition of the export of guano suspended as to certain persons until July 14. 1877. 2. 1856, ch. 164, § Vol. xi. p. 119. 1865, ch. 80, § 8. Vol. xiii. p. 494. 1866, ch. 298, § 3. Vol. xiv. p. 328. April 2, 1872. Preamb.e. A commission to determine a new division line Woerner and the SEC. 2. That section three of an act approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes," amendatory of the act aforesaid, approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word "five," wherever the same occurs, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "ten." APPROVED, April 2, 1872. CHAP. LXXXII. · · An Act to provide for the Exchange and Transfer of two small Parcels of Land in the City of St. Louis, Missouri." WHEREAS the United States marine hospital grounds, situated in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, lie adjoining lands of John G. Woerner, upon an angular line of division; and whereas it is represented that an alteration and straightening of said division line, and an exchange of certain irregular strips of land, will be conducive to the interest and convenience of both parties: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasbetween property ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a commission, to consist of of John G. two persons, to determine upon a new division line between the property St. Louis marine of John G. Woerner, of St. Louis, Missouri, and the St. Louis marine hospihospital tract. tal tract, which shall be a continuous straight line; and the Secretary of Conveyance to the Treasury is authorized, if he shall be satisfied that the said exchange John G. Woerner shall be beneficial to the government of the United States, to convey to if, &c. Secretary of the Treasury to approve appraisement and location. John G. Woerner the strip of land that may be found to lie on the south side of the line so determined upon, in exchange for the strip of land that may be found to lie on the north side of said line: Provided, That the said division line shall be so located that the exchange of said strip of land, and the location of said line, shall involve no expense to the government; and upon the further condition that the said John G. Woerner shall pay unto the United States the sum of the difference of value, if any, between the two parcels of land thus exchanged, such sum to be ascertained by the said commissioners, who, in case of disagreement, shall choose an umpire; a majority of the commission thus constituted, to determine the location of said division line, and the difference in value as aforesaid, the appraisement and location to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. And upon the full payment of the sum aforesaid, if any difference in value should be in favor of the United States, and conveyance by John G. Woerner to the United States of a valid title to the said strip or parcel of land lying north of the said new division line, and adjoining the southeast corner of the said St. Louis marine hospital grounds, and the payment of all expenses that may be incurred in locating said new line, determining the difference in value of the two parcels of land, and the transfer herein provided for, and compliance with the other conditions herein set forth, the Secretary of the Treasury shall execute the necessary deeds for the conveyance to John G. Woerner of the parcel of land lying on the south side of said new division line, and adjoining the southwest corner of the St. Louis marine hospital grounds. APPROVED, April 2, 1872. CHAP. LXXXIII. Secretary of the Treasury to execute the necessary deeds. - An Act authorizing an American Register to the Dutch Bark " Alice April 2, 1872. Tarlton." 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 an American register to the Dutch bark "Alice Tarlton," owned by John S. Emery and Company, of Boston, Massachusetts. APPROVED, April 2, 1872. CHAP. LXXXV.-An Act to enable honorably discharged Soldiers and Sailors, their Register to issue to the bark "Alice Tarlton." April 4, 1872. [Amended. 1872, ch. 338. Post, p. 333. 1873, ch. 274. Post, p. 605.] Certain honor one-quarter sec homestead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every private soldier and officer who has served in the army of the United States during the recent ably discharged soldiers, sailors, rebellion for ninety days, or more, and who was honorably discharged, and and marines, has remained loyal to the government, including the troops mustered into may enter upon, the service of the United States by virtue of the third section of an act &c., not over entitled "An act making appropriations for completing the defences of tion of certain Washington, and for other purposes," approved February thirteenth, public lands as a eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and every seaman, marine, and officer who has served in the navy of the United States, or in the marine corps, during the rebellion, for ninety days, and who was honorably discharged, and has remained loyal to the government, shall, on compliance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," and the acts amendatory thereof, as hereinafter modified, be entitled to enter upon and receive patents for a quantity of public lands (not mineral) not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, or one quarter-section, to be taken in compact form according to legal subdivisions, including the alternate reserved sections of public lands along the line of any railroad or other public work, not otherwise reserved or appropriated, and other lands subject to entry under the homestead laws of the United States: Provided, That said homestead settler shall be allowed six Settlement, months after locating his homestead within which to commence his settle- commenced with&c., may be ment and improvement: And provided also, That the time which the home- in, &c. stead settler shall have served in the army, navy, or marine corps aforesaid, Certain time to shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect title, or if be deducted. discharged on account of wounds received, or disability incurred in the line of duty, then the term of enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect title, without reference to the length of time he may have served: Provided, however, That no patent shall issue to any homestead settler who has not resided upon, improved, and cultivated his issue until, &c. said homestead for a period of at least one year after he shall commence his improvements as aforesaid. Patent not to Persons entitled SEC. 2. That any person entitled under the provisions of the foregoing under this act to section to enter a homestead, who may have heretofore entered under the a homestead, who VOL. XVII. PUB. -4 have hereto 160 acres as a entered less than homestead laws a quantity of land less than one hundred and sixty acres, shall be permitted to enter under the provisions of this act so much land now make the as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. homestead, may difference. up The widows and of those entitled to a homestead under this act, may enjoy its benefits. SEC. 3. That in case of the death of any person who would be entitled orphan children to a homestead under the provisions of the first section of this act, his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children, by a guardian duly appointed and officially accredited at the Department of the Interior, shall be entitled to all the benefits enumerated in this act, subject to all the provisions as to settlement and improvements therein contained: Provided, That if such person died during his term of enlistment, the whole term of his enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect the title. Proviso. Actual service in the army or navy to be lent to a residence for the same time upon the tract entered SEC. 4. That where a party at the date of his entry of a tract of land under the homestead laws, or subsequently thereto, was actually enlisted deemed equiva- and employed in the army or navy of the United States, his services therein shall, in the administration of said homestead laws, be construed to be equivalent, to all intents and purposes, to a residence for the same length of time upon the tract so entered: Provided, That if his entry has been cancelled by reason of his absence from said tract while in the military or naval service of the United States, and such tract has not been disposed of, his entry shall be restored and confirmed: And provided further, That if such tract has been disposed of, said party may enter another tract subject to entry under said laws; and his right to a patent therefor shall be determined by the proofs touching his residence and cultivation of the first tract, and his absence therefrom in such service. as a homestead when, &c. Provisos. Persons entitled under this act to a homestead may make entry by an agent. Settlements, &c., to be made in person. Commissioner of land office to make rules. April 5, 1872. 1870, ch. 255, § 32. Vol. xvi. p. 271. Merchandise imported at certain ports, but destined for certain other ports, veyed and under how to be con whose control. Inspectors. No unlading, &c., between first and last ports, unless, &c. SEC. 5. That any soldier, sailor, marine, officer, or other person coming within the provisions of this act, may, as well by an agent as in person, enter upon said homestead: Provided, That said claimant in person shall, within the time prescribed, commence settlements and improvements on the same, and thereafter fulfil all the requirements of this act. SEC. 6. That the commissioner of the general land office shall have authority to make all needful rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this act. APPROVED, April 4, 1872. CHAP. LXXXVI. — An Act to amend the thirty-second Section of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes," approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirty-two of an act entitled "An act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes," approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: SECTION 32. And be it further enacted, That merchandise transported under the provisions of this act shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles, securely fastened with locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of customs; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel, vehicle, or train, at the discretion of the said Secretary, and at the expense of the said companies respectively. And such merchandise shall not be unladen or transhipped between the ports of first arrival and final destination, unless authorized by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, in cases which may arise from a difference in the gauge of railroads, or from accidents, or from legal intervention, or from low water, ice, or other unavoidable obstruction to navigation; but in no case shall there be permitted any breaking of the original packages of such merchandise. APPROVED, April 5, 1872. |