For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York, eighty-five thousand dollars. For fort on Willett's point, East river, New York, seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars. For Fort Wood, Bedloe's island, New York harbor, New York, seventeen thousand dollars. For Fort Hamilton, and additional batteries in New York harbor, New York, forty thousand dollars. Fort Schuyler. Fort on Willett's point. Fort Wood. Fort Hamilton, &c. &c. For fort on the site of Fort Tompkins, New York harbor, New York, Fort on site of thirty-two thousand dollars; and for completing the earth-work of the Fort Tompkins, glacis and slopes in and about Fort Tompkins, New York harbor, fifty-one thousand dollars. For Battery Hudson, New York harbor, New York, seventeen thousand dollars. For Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, seventy-two thousand dollars. For a new fort opposite Fort Delaware, Delaware river, Delaware, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For Fort McHenry, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, twenty-one thousand dollars. For fort at Lazaretto point, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, thirteen thousand dollars. Battery Hud son. Fort Mifflin. Fort opposite Fort Delaware. Fort McHenry. Fort at Lazaretto point. Fort Foote. For Fort Foote, Potomac river, Maryland, twenty-one thousand dollars. For Fort Washington, Potomac river, Maryland, twenty-one thousand Fort Washingdollars. For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Virginia, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dollars. For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dollars. For Fort Jackson, Savannah river, Georgia, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Georgia, twenty-five thousand dollars. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louisiana, sixty-four thousand dollars. For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river, Louisiana, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For fort at Fort point, entrance to the harbor of San Francisco, California, eighty-five thousand dollars. For fort at Lime point, entrance to the harbor of San Francisco, California, seventy-five thousand dollars. For fort at Alcatraz island, in the harbor of San Francisco, California, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hundred thousand dollars. For permanent platforms for modern cannon of large caliber, fifty thousand dollars. For contingencies of fortifications, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ton. Fort Monroe. Fort Moultrie. Fort Sumter. Fort Jackson. Fort Taylor. Fort Jefferson. Fort Jackson. Fort Saint Philip. Fort at Fort point. For surveys for military defences, one hundred and fifty thousand Surveys for dollars. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. military defences. June 10, 1872. mont to be re stored as captain CHAP. CDXVIII. — An Act for the Relief of John C. Beaumont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United John C. Beau- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, restore John C. Beaumont to the position of captain on the active list, to take position at the foot of the list of captains: Provided, That that the passage of this act shall not entitle the said John C. Beaumont to draw any additional back pay. on the active list; not entitled to additional back pay. June 10, 1872. Army officers retired, to be re tired upon what 1866, ch. 299, § 32. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all officers of the United States army who may hereafter be retired shall be retired upon the actual rank held by them at the date of retirement, and the thirty-second section of the act to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States, approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixtysix, is hereby repealed. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXX. — An Act to prevent and punish the Obstruction of the Administration of Justice in the Courts of the United States. Penalty for corruptly, or by force, or threats, &c., endeavoring to influence any grand or petit juror of any United States court in the discharge of his duty, or, &c.; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person or persons shall corruptly, or by threats or force, or by threatening letters, or any threatening communications, endeavor to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit jury or juror of any court of the United States, in the discharge of his or their duty, or shall corruptly, or by threats or force, or by threatening letters, or any threatening communications, influence, obstruct, or impede, or endeavor to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice therein, such person or persons so offending shall be liable to prosecution therefor by indictment, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both, according to the for attempting aggravation of the offence. And if any person or persons shall attempt to influence any to influence the action or decision of any grand or petit juror upon any juror in a matter pending before issue or matter pending before such juror, or before the jury of which he the jury, by, &c. is a member, or pertaining to his or their duties, by writing or sending to him any letter or letters, or any communication in print or writing in relation to such issue or matter, without the order previously obtained of the court before which the said juror is summoned, such person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to prosecution therefor by indictment or information, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, according to the aggravation of the offence. June 10, 1872. 1860, ch. 188. Vol. xii. p. 85. Provisions of APPROVED, June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXI. -An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act entitled "An Act for the final Adjustment of private Land-claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other Purposes." 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 act for adjusting entitled "An act for the final adjustment of private land-claims in the private landclaims in Florida, States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes," ap&c., extended for proved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same are hereby, extended, and the same shall continue in force for a period of three years from and after the passage of this act. three years. Claimants, if been continuous SEC. 2. That all persons claiming land as specified in the first section of said act may have their claims confirmed, in accordance with the forms possession has and in the manner prescribed in said act, in all cases where it shall be since, &c., to satisfactorily proved that the claimants, and those from whom they derive have their claims title, have held continuous possession of the land claimed, from the date confirmed. of the cession to the United States of the territory out of which the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri were formed. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXII. -An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the City of Red Wing, in the State of Minnesota, and to establish it as a Post-road. June 10, 1872. 1872, ch. 281. Ante, p. 215. Bridge may be way tracks be 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 any person or persons, company or corporation, being first thereto authorized built across the Mississippi river, by the legislatures of Minnesota and Wisconsin respectively, to build a at, &c., Red bridge across the Mississippi river, at or near the city of Red Wing, in Wing, Minthe State of Minnesota, and to lay on or over said bridge railway tracks nesota, and railfor the more perfect connection of any railroads that are, or shall be, con- laid thereon; structed to the said river at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided; that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; 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. not to interfere with navigation; suits to be tried where; may be built as a drawbridge, or spans and SEC. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at the option of the company building the same, be built as a drawbridge, with continuous with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: spans; Provided, That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and con- if with continutinuous spans, it shall not be of less elevation, in any case, than fifty feet ous spans; above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge; nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge piers; shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and not less than three hundred feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot if as a drawdrawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accesbridge; sible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw; and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet; and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark, and not less than ten above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats; and in no case shall unnecessary delay opened promptly, occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains. SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recog- and post-route. nized as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge, and the United States shall have the right of way for postal-tele-Right of way for postal-telegraph purposes across said bridge. spans and piers. &c. Draw to be Bridge to be a lawful structure, graph. SEC. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use the said bridge All railway companies to shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage have equal rights, of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of &c. Terms. Plans, &c., to be submitted to the Secretary of War. Changes. Act may be altered, &c. June 10, 1872. [Amended. 1873, ch. 298. Secretary of War to sell to highest bidder the following arsenals: Rome, lina, Mount Ver non, Apalachicola, and certain captured lands, &c., in Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia. all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. SEC. 5. That the plan and specifications, with the necessary drawings of said bridge, shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and until he approve the plan and location of said bridge it shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of the work thereon, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and all changes in the construction of said bridge that may be directed by Congress shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof. SEC. 6. 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. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXIII. —An Act to authorize the Sale of certain public Property. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post, p. 615.] States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell, in whole or in such subdivisions as shall, in his opinion, secure the greatest amount of money, either by public auction or by inviting proposals for the purchase thereof, and in either case to the highest bidder, all the lands and tenements belonging to the United States, at Rome, New York; Vergennes, Vermont; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Mount Vernon, Alabama; and Chattahoochee, Florida, now or heretofore used for arsenal purposes, and known, respectively, as Rome arsenal, Champlain arsenal, North Carolina arsenal, Mount Vernon arsenal, and Apalachicola arsenal; also the captured lands and tenements belonging to the United States at Shreveport, Louisiana; Marshall and Jefferson, Texas; and in Marion and Davis counties, Texas; and a tract of forty acres of land, more or less, situated about two and one-half miles from the present United States arsenal at Augusta, Georgia, which comprises the site of the old United States arsenal and any adjoining land purchased by the so-called "confederate States," which fell to the United States as captured property, and which has not hitherto been sold, and all the material and buildings of the powder-works erected by the so-called "confederate " government thereon: Provided, That no sale shall be made under this act until the time, terms, place, and mode thereof shall have been published in one of the principal newspapers in the city of Washington, in two of the principal papers printed at the capital of the State, and one paper printed in the county in which the arsenal or lands to be sold are situated, for the space of sixty days prior to the sale. If no newspaper is printed in the county where the property to be sold is situated, then the notice shall be published in a newspaper printed in any adjoining county. Notice to be first given by advertisement, &c. Terms of pay ment. Deeds to be executed. Proceeds of sales after, &c. SEC. 2. That the terms of payment for the property above directed to be sold shall be in all cases not less than one-fourth cash and the remainder on a credit of one, two, and three years, with interest at six per centum per annum, secured by land and surety from the purchaser or purchasers; and the Secretary of War is empowered and required, on receiving the purchase-money in full, to execute all necessary deeds of said property to the purchaser or purchasers thereof on behalf of the United States. SEC. 3. That the proceeds of said sales, after paying the necessary expenses thereof, shall, upon receipt of the same, be paid by the Secretary of War into the Treasury. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXIV.-An Act for the Restoration to Market of certain Lands in Michi- June 10, 1872. gan. Unsold lands of the Ottawa, &c., reservation in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the lands remaining undisposed of in the reservation made for the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan by the treaty of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fiftyfive, shall be restored to market by proper notice, under direction of the stored to market. Vol. xv. p. 621. Secretary of the Interior, as hereinafter provided. Michigan to be re SEC. 2. That said unoccupied lands shall be open to homestead entry for To be open to six months from the passage of this act by Indians only of said tribes homestead entry by Indians only who shall have not made selections or purchases under said treaty, includ- for six months. ing such members of said tribes as have become of age since the expiration of the ten years named 'in the treaty; and any Indian so entitled shall be permitted to make his homestead entry at the local office within the six months aforesaid of not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, or one-quarter section of minimum, or eighty acres of double minimum land, on making proper proof of his right under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the collector of customs for the district in which said land is situated is hereby authorized, and it is made his duty to select for such minor children as would be entitled under this law as heirs of any Indian. Collector of customs to select for minor children, &c. Bona fide set SEC. 3. That all actual, permanent, bona fide settlers on any of said lands who settled prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and tlers on such lands prior to seventy-two, shall be entitled to enter either under the homestead laws or Jan. 1, 1872, ento pay for at the minimum or double minimum price, as the case may be, titled to enter, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of the former or eighty acres of the latter class of land on making proof of his settlement and continued residence before the expiration of six months from the passage of this act. &c. SEC. 4. That all selections by Indians heretofore made and regularly Selections reported and recognized as valid and proper by the Secretary of the In- heretofore made terior and commissioner of Indian affairs, shall be patented to the respec- to be patented to by Indians, &c., tive Indians making the same; and all sales heretofore made and reported them. Sales regularly where the same are regular and not in conflict with such selections, or made, &c., conwith any other valid adverse right, except of the United States, are here- firmed, &c. by confirmed, and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases according to law. ing lands to be SEC. 5. That immediately after the expiration of said six months, the After six secretary shall proceed to restore the remaining lands to market by pub- months remainlic notice of not less than thirty days, and after such restoration they shall restored to marbe subject to the general laws governing the disposition of the public ket. Lands not to lands of the United States: Provided, That none of the lands herein men- be taken under tioned shall be subject to or taken under any grant of lands for public land grants, &c. works or improvements, or by any railroad company. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXV. · An Act to refund Duties paid on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise June 10, 1872. remaining in Bond or Store on the first Day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy two. refund duties to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever it shall be shown Secretary of to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that parties are enti- the Treasury to tled to refund of duties paid on goods, wares, and merchandise remaining parties entitled in public stores or bonded warehouses on the first day of August, eighteen under hundred and seventy-two, under the provisions of the eighth section of the act approved June six, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled 1872, ch. 315, "An act to reduce duties on imports and to reduce internal taxes, and for § 8. Ante, pp. 237, other purposes," it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to 238. draw his warrant upon the Treasurer, directing said Treasurer to re |