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levy court, (ball ha continued for the following purpose, to wit; For the, oollectloa of all isai of bom, dee tai : , Mid cities, resgectively,or to Mid levy , court ; for the enforcement of all coo , tracts made by said cities, respectively, or by said levy onrt, and all taxes, heretofore asaasssd, remolding unpaid; . for the collection ;of all just claims . egataet Mid dues, respectively, or .against Mid levy court, until the affairs ... of Mid cities, respectively, And of said . .levy court, shall bae boon fully closed; ,K suit in favor of or egaine Mid , T corporations, or cither of . them, shall . abate by ntiMHOf tkfMWgir this i,,ct, bat the Mme ftell be proeecuted to final judgement M If this, act had not beea passed. -,- - -tU M 6c. 4U .lad e tl further noctid. Tbt there shall be ao election holdea, for merer, or mem ben of the common : council of the city of Georgetown prior 4o the first day of June, eigteeu hun ' , dred end seventy-one, but the present mayor end common council of said city hell hold their offices until Mid first dey of Jane next.. No taxes for general , purposes shell hereeiter be Msecsed by ? vthe municipal authorities of tbe cities 1 of Washington or Georgetown, or by . Mid levy court. .. And nPon be. repeal of the charters of the cities of Wasb ; ington and Georgetown, the Disuict of ?a Colombia be, and la hereby, declared - to be the sveeessor of said corporation, ud all the property of said corpora-. , ; tions, and of the county of Waihington , shall become vested in the said District ' of Colombia, and all fines, penalties, " coats, and forfeitures, which are .how by law payable to said cities, respect .. ively, or said levy court, shall bo paid ' ' to said District of Columbia, and the J salaries of tbe edge and clerk pf, the ! police court the compensation of the ' deputy clerk and bailiffs of said police court, and or toe marsnaM or me wib trict of Columbia shall be paid by said District:. Presided, That the moneys ." collected apoa the lodgements of said '. police court, or so much thereof as maj t be necessary, shall be applied ", to tbd payment of the judge and other officer , of Mid court,, and to .the payment of the necessary expenses thereof, and any - surplus remaining after nay log the sal : aries, , compensation, and ,, expenses aforesaid, shall be paid into the trees , ... ury of ,he District ft the end of every 0r j -.!-- .- ? j ,;f Apdroved, February 21, 1871. . ' A ACT for the relief of tbe Stock ' bridge and Monsee tribe Of Indians, in : the State of Wiseoosiu. ' ' ! St it enacted hy tk Senate and Homes of Repretentatives of the United State of i Amenca in Congress assembled J , That the two townships, of landr pit. t uated in tbe county of Sheweoew, and a Bute et Wisconsin, set apart for tbe m. of the- Stockbridge and Manses - tribe of Indians, shall, under direction -, of tbe Secretary of the Interior, be ex tniaed and appraised, by two or more a l diaiate rested aopraiMr ta be aeleeted . by him. In eighty-aero lots, according . - to public survey such appraisal shall .- state the quality of the Mil, the quan- , tity, quality, and value of Abo timber -i, growing on each lot, estimatiog the pine timber at act Ism than one dollar pee thousand, nd tbe value of all im proTemeoU, it . any,! made thereon; . with thet name of the owner of fueh improvemeeu, , as . certified by - tbe t sachem and councillors or Mid tribe, t and, when returned - to tbe land office of the district in which said lands are sitae ted, be subject to publio inepec --: tion for at least thirty days before the r day appointed tor the sale of anch lauds, as hereinafter provided. . One . -copy of said appraisal aball - be made and returned jto the land office of the district, and odupliMto thenof to the Secretary of to Interior, withia sii months from the- passage of tbisct, .and tbe person appointed to make such appraisal aball be eJlo wed such com-.'rpeuMtion- for their services as may be r fixed by the- Secretary of. the loterior. 8ao a.- AttdUUurtJur saosteeV That n the said two townsbipa of land shall be awivertised tat ;Mle, by notice of aot so leM voaa axve kooujp, w w rwo Im t least; tbree newapapera of tba - ii district havtag general circulation, and s ebaU bO offered at pobllofuetion, at - Abe nearest GoTeremeut- land otBce ,trithio lbe Qreem Bay agency, to tbe ( f highest bidder, in lots of not ezesed-i.b'-ing sighty acres each, but shall not be ae Mid for less than, the appraised, value 1? 6 thereof ; Kooe or Mid toad , soau m irubje to- entry , untU. tbey shall have fo(5heei flerrd s -eifotesald, and then , j ooj at tbe priee fixed by auchpprais faL .11 of said lands remaining no- sold at the expiration -of one year after they ah ail bave beea offered as afore Mld shall. be agai advertised and of r,, fercdat publio, auction, the, uearest a covemmeut, land, .office within.,, the j, & .OrM itay ogesey , at not leas than the irSAlalmm of quo dollar aad twenty-five , ceots per Otero and. thereafter shall be -a. subject to private entry at the latter -co price, aad jball to all eases be sold for ,q cash only .J,T09tded, havener, That tbfl te8ecretBry C j tbe loterfor, is hereby . authorised to reserve (rem aale a qnao-. tity,.ovSaid lands not exceeding eight o,t. eea ;ontiguons . sections, .embracing f, soeh as are sow actually . occupied and ,m .improved, end are best , adapted to eg. a rCicultural, purposes,, subject ta( allot .e,aeot tot membera of tbe lodiau party noiOf id .tribe M baraiaeftar provided viio Ua!saMrtAr.saefThat hi tromhe first proceedings; of the aala leads, as rrovided is. the.secodd eunMotioaaf shall a.ai4 ths - a oxpeaaea of spraisal aad Ml of Mid iJaUi.s the ouat due teiadUiduala W50 fcr- uuprovev-aatei as eturae4 hy the .a'wWralMrs.aad , th; amoust .of, the" sJe,eoatr,jr3tfeo s&chenu aed to sWP( forHhsj, benefit, of ..Mid .,a,tribest amounslat th sum. ff .eleven hi.oes4eUara,coordlnj!to aschedV .SHOvWr fMEoejriiss oy osm,acg . men oro4,io,tto Conunlasioner of ladiaa 1.Im.. " M. ..." I" i vthe gross , amount of moneys . reeled from ..the sale of the said two town sbipa of land,, after deducting there from tbe sums appropriated by the pre ceding sections of this act,, to which Mid amount shall' be added the value of the lauds remaining unsold of said .two townships, estimating the same , at aixty eents per acre ; also the sum , of six thousand dollars held in trust ,.bv the government of the United States . for the use of the Stockbridge- and 'Uanaee tribes of Indians." under the treaty of eighteen, hundred and thirty .nine jViand the total jamonnt thereof . "shall, constitute the entire som of money doe from the govern meat of the .. United Statea to the Mid 8tockbridge and Munaee tribes of Indians to, be paid and appropriated for their, benefit aa nereaiter airectea. s . . . . See. I. .nd be it further enacted, Tbt. the cum of money thus found due to , tbe said tnbM shall be dirided between the citisen aad Indian parties of. said , tribes, in. proportion to the u amber of ."each rMpectively, according , to rolls thereof, made and returned in conform ltr with tbe provisions of this act to the : Commissioner of Indian , Affairs : uTbat portion wf Mid aum .beioogiog to ..the citisen party shall be equally divi :.4od among tbem per capita, and ..paid , to. the, heads , of families, and adult ', members of said party ; that portion of Mid, sum. belongiug to the Indian party, shall be placed to their credit on the books of the Treasurer of the Unl r, ted States, and bear iotereat at tbe rate of five. per. centum per annum, payable aemi-anaoelly , and Mid- interest shall , be applied to the support of schools .the purchase of "agricultural lmpie : menta, or paid la such other manner ..as the Pi evident may direct; Provided, . Aowetr,.,Tbat a part of said sum due tbe Indian party, not oxceediog thirty thousand dollars, may, oa the request Of the sacbem and councillors of aaid . tribe, be expended in securiog a new r location for said tribe, and in remov ing and aiding them to establish tbem , selves in their, new home ; and in case . of their procuring aod removal to such - lim. th. ..1,4 etgoten, seeuons oi tana reserea tor their use by tbe second section of this act shall be Mid in the manner there in provided, and the proceeds thereof be placed to their credit aa aforesaid. See. . Andbtit further enacted, That, for . the purpose .of . . determining , the persona who are,, members of - Mid tribes and the future relation of each to tbe government of the United States there shall be. prepared, under tbe dU rectiou of tha Commissioner of Indian '.Affairs, or such person as may ' be se. lected by him to superintend the same, two rolls, one to be denominated the citisen roll, to' embrace tbe names ot gall such persons of full age, and their families, as signify their desire to sep arate their relations with Mid tribe, and to become citixens of the United without heirs capable of Inheriting, tbe $ad shall revert to and become tbe common property of said tribe ; there shall also be set apart and ap propriated " a lot, not exceeding forty acres, to be held as common property oa which to erect a church, parsonage, achool-honse, and other improvements necessary for the accommodation ot said tribe : Provided, " That if any " fe male shall marry out of said tribe, she Shall thereby1 forfeit all right to hold any or. said lends, as lr oeceaaed. Skc. 9.,Adbe it further enacted, That the allotments contemplated in tbe previous sections of this act shall be made, and a certified copy thereof re turned to tbe vommtsaioner or Indian Affairs, within one year after the res ervation ahall have been made and ac cepted by said. tribe; and thereafter tbe title" of tbe lands described therein shall be held by the United States in trust for individuals and tber heirs to whom tbe same were allotted. Tbe surplus lands .embraced in such reser vation remaining after making sucn al lotments shall be held la like manner by tbe United States, subject to be al lotted to individuals of Mid tribe who may not have received eny portion of Mid reservation, or to be disposed of for the common benefit of said tribe : Provided, That ao change or addition shall be made in tbe allotment re turned to the Commiseiooer ot Indian Affaira, unless tbe same shall be ap proved by the Secretary of the Interior, , , ... J. U. B LAIS K, Speaker of the Houte of Repreeentatioe. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Vict-Prttident of the United Statee fj and President of the Senate. ' Received by the President January 25, 1871. , Mots bt ths Dsfabtmbbt or Stats he, forvKoioff act having been pre seated to tbe. Presideot of tbe United Stales for bis approval, aod not hav ing been returned by him to tbe bouse of Congress in .which it originated within tbe time prescribed by tbe Con, stitntion of tbe United States, baa be come a law without bis approval. J . States j tbe other to be denominated ' tbe Indian roll, and to embrace the names of all such aa deaire to retain . tbeir tribal character and continue un der tbe eare - aod guardiaoahip of tbe T United Statea ; which said rolls aball ,j be signed by the sacbem aid,, eouacil . lors of Mid tribe, certified by tha per son superintending the Mme, aod re ' turned to the Commiaaioner of Indian .-Affairs, but ao person of full age shall . be entered upon said citisen roll with :: out his or her full and free ce event, ,. -personally given to. tbe person, super : intending such enrollment ; nor aball any peraoa, or his or her descendants, be. entered npoa either or Mid rolls - who may have heretofore separated from Mid tribe aad received allotment of lands under the act of Congress for tbe relief of the Stockbridge tribe of , Indians, of March third, eighteen hun dred and forty three, aod amendment of August six, eighteen , handred and . forty. six, or nnder tbe treaty of Feb ruary five, eighteen . hundred aad fifty jsix.or who shall not be of Stock P bridge or. 11 a usee descents, After tbe ? Mid rolls shall be made and returned t as heteia . provided, the seme shall be j.. held as a full surrender and reliuquisb , meet oa the part of the citisen party, each and every one of tbem, of all claims to be thereafter known or . eon ,idered as members of said tribe, r in any meaner interested in any provis ion heretofore or hereafter to be made , by any treaty or law of the United Statea for the benefit of said tribes, and they and their descendants .aball i thenceforth beadaaited to all tbe rixbu i and privilegM of citiaans ot the United states. -si .t-':.',:, ' in , t-'- ' ; i See. 7. And be it farther saaeted. That aiter the Mid roUs aball have been soade and returned, the said Indian . party aball . theaeeforth ho- huowa as , the "Stockbridgo . tribe of Udiaoa," and may.be located upon lcds reserv ed by the second section of this act, or such other reservation aa may be pro cured for them, with tbe assent of the ..council of said tribe, and,., their edop. . uou among tbem or any individual, not of Indian descent shall be null aod void..,,,., i.: ;,.;,.. .'; .: B ,Jec. fi- And be it further enacted. That as soon as practicable, alter a auitable aad permanent reaervatioo, shall be obtained aad accepted by said tribe, either at their present .heme or else- whara. tha aame shall., under tha di. 'rection of the Secretary of the Interi or, do surveyeu ana auoaiviaea.io cori respond with tbe public survey, and .the. council, bt Mid. tribe, ander the superintendence of the agent of the , United States, shall, make just and f fair -llotmeDt of 9 ch thereof (la compat.form) aa may" hi required, . among, ue,ootiou . eomaoalae? said tribe. . aa " folio rs t , Bach head of a family eonststiag' of Jfoar perMaa shall rw eive eighty acres of lead, aad if eenaistias: of more than ' fa'ttr naraona. at tha diaeretios) of the " emiacil, eighty acre more may be as- '. slgoedr to him ot berf Oach mare -per ,y a - 'o , e " not lar.iuaea - ta amy ramiir, snail, re- ' JOINT BKSOLCTIOK entboriziog the eale of a portion of tbe Fort Leav en worth military reservation to to Kansas Agricultural end Mechanical Association, of Leaveoworth county in tbe State of Kansas, for fair grounds Be it reeolved by the Senate and Haute of : : Representative of th United State of .: America an Congress assembled : .-That tbe Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Association, a corporate body organised under and by virtue of the laws or the state or Kansas, hereby authorised to " purchase from tbe united States, for the sole pnrpoae and use : of such association - as a fai ground, and for experimental agricul tare and horticuleure, that portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reser vation bounded and deacribed aa fol lows, vis : Commencing at the sontb eaat corner of the premises herein de scnoed. at a point loo feet aorta an in continuation of tbe weat line of Sixteenth street, M laid down aod re corded ia the map of the city of Leav enworth, and 100 feet north of tbe aoutb line of said reservation ; thence running westerly and parallel 10 aaid south boaadry 2,580 feet to tbe east of Nineteenth street : ' thence nortneriy and in eoftinuatioo of tbe eaat aide of said Ninwf.entb street 3,580 feet; thence easterly aod parallel to tbe aoutb line of said reservation 2,580 ; tbence southerly and parallel to tbe west lioe of the premises herein described 2,175 feet, to the place of beginning, con taining 128 83-100 acres of land, more or less J reserving to tbe government or assigns the right to tbe coal, or royalty for coal, underlying the same. Sso. 2. And be it further resolved, That tbe Secretary of War is hereby directed to appoint a commission of competent truT. officers, of such . number as be mber : at Lrnebburg, oa the second Monday Of March and September ; at Ablogton, on tbe third Monday of March aad September ; had at Harris onburg, oa tbe "Wednesday after the fourth Moo day of March and Septem ber, in each yearr, - """ -" " ' Sso. 3.' And be it further enacted, That the diatrict of Virginia shall hereafter constat of tbe counties of Mid State not named in this "act, and' shall be called tbe eaatera diatrict of Virginia ; and Circuit and district courts of the United Stotes shaft be held in said eastern v district," as follows : " At' tbs city of Richmond oa the first Monday of April and October, and at the city of Alexandria on the first Monday of January and on the firaf Monday of Julv. and at Fojfolk on tbe first Hob, dey of May and firatMoaday of Novem ber, in each year. f - ' : Sso 4. 4nf6trtAreoet'f, That the said circuit or district court for either of aaid districts may, in its dis cretion, order special terms, and order a grand or petit Jury, or both, to at tend tbe same, by an order to be en , tared of record twenty days before the day at which said special term shall be ordered to convene : and Mid courts respectively at : such special , term shall, have all tbe powers that they have at a regular term appointed by law : Provided, however, That -no special term ot said circuit court for either district shall be appointed ex cept by aod with the concurrence and and consent of tbe circuit judge Sso. S. And be it further envcted. That all suits and other proceedings, of wbatsoevet name or nature, bow pend ing ia the circuit or district court of the United States for the district ot . Virginia, shall be tried and disposed of the circuit and district courts, re spectively, for said eastern district, ss the same would have been if this act . had not been passed, and for that pur pose jurisdiction is reserved to tha said courts in the Mid eaatera district and the clerks of tbe circuit and dis trict courts of tbe preaent diatrict of Virginia aball records and filea of tbe said circuit aod district courts, at the city of Richmond, and do and perform all tbe duties appertains to tbe said . offices, respectively, within tbe eastern district, except aa in nerealter pro vided ; and all'proceea returnable to or proceedings noticed for any term of may deem best, which said commission shall, without unnecessary delay, ei amlae and report the true value of tbe land i' hereinbefore described to the Secretary of War. Oa receipt of this report, tbe Secretary of War will for ward certified copies of tbe same to tbe Secretary of tbe Interior aod to tbe Kinsas Agricultural Association. . Sao. 3. Andbtit further resolved. That whenever tbe association thus notified shall place to the credit of the United Statea with tha Treasurer of the Uoi ted States, in lawful money, the amount of said appraisal, and notified tbe Sec retarv of tha Interior to cause to be issued to the said Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Association a patent for the said land above described Provided. That tbe esaoclation shall make tbe said deposit wltbin one year from the date of tbe notice of appraisal from the Secretary or War. . . Approved, February 9, 1871. , "AN ACt to divide the State of Vir ginia Into two judicial districts. . B it enacted by the Senate and House of , Regrtsentative of th. United States of , , . . . ,t , . . , ! Tbat : the eotrntie of Albemarle. ' Allegheny, Amherst, '- Appomatox . Augusta" Bath V Bedford, Bland. ' Botetonrt. Bnebanaa, Buckinebam, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke,, craigvuamoertaaar rioyo, jrranklin, Frederick, Fluveuna, Giles, Qrayaou, Oraeai Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lee. Madisow, Moetgniuery, Kelsoo, Patrick, tbe present ci.cuit or district court aball be deemed to be returnable to the next term of said courts, respec tively, In the Mid eastern district, as fixed by bis act. . "' Ssc.6 And be it further enacted, that upon application of any. party to any tuit or proceeding now pending in the present circuit or district courts of the United States, for tbe preaent district ot Virginia, wbicb should have been commenced in tbe proper court for tbe western district If this act had beea lo force at the time of the commence, moot thereof, the proper court shall oider that the same be removed f -f further proceedings to the ' proper court shall . order that the same be re moved for further proceedings to tbe proper court for Mid western district ; and thereupon the clerk shall transmit certified copiea of all tbe papers aod of all orders made therein to tbe clerk of the court to which sucb suit or pro- reeding shall be removed, and all fur ther proceedings shall be had lo Mid court, to which the same shall be re moved as If tbe said suit of proceed ing bad originally beea commenced therein. Sac. 7. And be it further enacted, Thta the passage of thta act aball not have tbe effect to destroy or impair the lira of any judgment or decree, rendered bv tbe circuit or district court of tbe United Stales for the preaent distric t ot Virginia, prior to tbia act taking ef fect : and final proceaa or any I udg meut or decree entered in the circuit or district, court of the United States for tbe district of Virginia, or wbicb shall be entered therein ' prior to this act taking effect, aod all other process for the enforcement of any order of said conns respectively, in any cause or proceeding now pending therein, except causes or proceedings removed as herein provided, shall be issued ' from and made returnable to the prop er court for tbe eastern district or Vir iiioia, and may bo directed to and exe cuted by tbe marshal of tbe United States for tbe Mid eastern district ia ' any part of "e State of Virginia, bBC.8 And be it further enacted, That there shall "be appointed a district judge foe said western district ot Vir ginta, wbo shall receive an annual sal ary of three thousand five hundred dollars; and there shall also be ap pointed a marshal and district attor ney of tbe United States for said wes tern district of Virginia, who shall re - spectively receive such fees and com pensation, and exercise such powers aad perform such duties aa are fixd and e Joined by law.. : StC. 9 And be it further enacted. That the circuit and district judges shall i appoint four, clerks, each or waoi shall be clerks both of the circuit and district courts for said western district. one of whom ahall reside aad keep his office at Lynchburg, another shall r. side and keep his, office at Abingdon, aootber shall roblde and keep bis offi at Danville, and the tourth shall resiae and keep bis office at,;tiarriaonburg. who aball receive tbe free and eompea tat ion for servicer performed by tbem, respectively, now fixed bt lew.. i - 8ao 10. And bait further enacted, That aft her of tbe oiavfca at too circuit aad district Marts for Mid western district is hereby authorised ander the direo this act shall aot ff el tha completion of the ceotua of the State ot Virginia for the year eighteen hundred aad sev. enty ; aad nothing herein aball affect existing lava, or exiatlog officers ex cept as herein modified and provided, -.Approved, February 3h187l, , i -"' nit. lo :-. . j.., ss Vil rh.f,i;ti 64 JMojTTTT 5!fU ejffa?ciet J "AN ACTniaklnr insrsnrlatlMt far the support of the Military 'Academy for toe nscai year ending June thirty, eighteen handred and seventy-two. BHt medeted bjf the Senate mud Bo of eXepresentattvee of in United State of Aenem as vonare Assembled. 1 ? ; That the following sums be, and the same era hereby, .appropriated out of any mony in the treasury . aot other wise appropriated, tor the support of tha Military Academy for the year end ing ; the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred aad aeventy-twe : -,.,-),-,, -;, , For additional pay of officers, - aad for pay-of inatraetora, cadets, aad musicians, two hundred aad sweety eight thousand eeven handred and seventy-five dollars aad fi'ty cmw. .--- ; For repairs aad improvemeats, twen ty- we thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel aad - apparatas, loarteea thousand dollars. - ; : , , For annual repairs of gas-pipes, gaa- meters, and retorts, six hundred dol lara. - i !iir s,.ts--j'l,:-s Jr.-. . : For fuel for cadets' mess-bell, and hops, aae laundry, . three lb oa sand five handred dollars. .- - : : - . ,-) For potage aad telegrams, two hun dred dollars. v For atatiooery, five boudred dollars. .' For trans portatioa r one thousand two hundred dollars. - ; '-.For type and materials tvr office aad diplomas for graduates, four hundred dollars. . - "nf ' i -' For- cadet registers, class reports. aad blanks, three hundred dollars, For compensation to pressman and lithographer, ooe bnudred dollars.' For clerk to disbursing offi -er aod quartermaster, one tbouaand six hun dred and fifty dollars. ' For elerk to adjutant, one thousand five hundred dollars. : For elerk to treasurer, one tbouaand five hundred dollars. " Department ot instruction in mathe matics: For surveyor's compass, filty. eight dollars r chain, eight dollars; leveling rod, sixteen dollars ; measur- Ing-tapes, twelve dollars: repairs to Instruments, twenty dollars; text- booke for instructors, twenty dollars air, one hundred aod thirty-roar dot Artillery, eavelry, and Infantry tac ties r Tan-bark ' for riding-ball and gymn'aaium,one hundred and 6rty dol lars i stationery for assistapt ' lostruc. tors ot tactics, one 'hundred dollars; furniture for 'offices ot commandant and Officer In charge, and tbe reception room for visitors, tb re boalred dol lara; for repairs and new apparatas for gymnMinm, five hundred dollars ; in all, oee thousand aod fifty dollars, Civil aod military engineering ? For models, mape, aod text books for in structors, five hundred dollars Natural and experimental phfioao. pby ? For pocket-barometer, eeventy five dollars ; for compassej, sixty dol lars ; for repairs and contingencies. two hundred dollars ; compensation to attendants, fift dollars ; in all, three hundred and eighty five dollara. Drawing : For pencil modela for aec ad claaa, fifty dollara ; col ores models for second class, fifty dollars ; topo graphical models for third class, fifty oouars ; architectural models and or naments, twenty-five dollars ; paper. pencils, colors, and brushes.' ten dol lars ; In all, one hundred and eighty nve oouars. , Ethics : For text-books, books of reference, aad stationery for instruc tors, fif y dollars. French t For text-books and station ery for instructors, fifty dollars Chemistry, mineralogy, and geology; uor cnemieaia, Including glaaa. pro celaln ware, paper, wirea, aad abeet- eopper, one tttonsand four boodred dollara ; for material for practical in stroetions la photography, two hun dred tnd fifty dollars ! for work-bench aad tools, aad tools for latbe. sixty, five dollara ; for carpenters' aod metal work, fifty dollara ; for gradual In crease of tbe cabinet, five hundred dol lars ; tor rough specimens, files.' and alcohol lamps for practical instruction. Fas Pahtski, Pittsylvania, Bappabaa- - J thaaVto Judga of said wee. Sam. lUMsaa wanam-inif Kkh,' w v w www m umh(.iiv uvmm ham. BosmU, Scott, Smytk. Shenan- BF of snrda1 fibas. paperaof doah, TasewelU" WMhiegtoo, Wise, Wythe, aed Warren, of tbe State of 1 Virginia, Shall hereafter constitute si new. judicial district of the United djstrict coartt of :rJjmT !. wostata "dial ot a taem bar of any family,-' and each he bald at Ltbc air-nWeHsswsjioar saMhjis orpnan cniia, aoau -receive rony acres: ..iriimmedieteir aftea lb, retaraa abaJi . f ' the' Uodr SMigued . And" allotted 'as v0 eJ received tha GeoeraXLaad lejf rjtfofwsiac,. i,na an fiTiirnn aanw anrmraiara tin hi, 1 ihiibh n BvaiHS-ariirm won, tH sr sw nztn wpiewi snail aw ho scend Ms ar ber heirs, embers . trvisioas ej tkMaet, a statemant ahall t bsae ao iar ao draotioa: the Sutes. and be called tbe western dia 2 trict of Virginia aad tha circuit aad j ot toe united Mates for district of Virginia shall achbarg. OanviUe. Ab ingdon, and Harrlsoabarg, wlthia said district..:' ' -''' - Sea. X. And be it further enaMed That lbs term of the eircult 'aad distriet court or, ths V attea States for Mid wee term dlstrtet shall be held at Danville. : -the distriet and circuit ; eoarts of the United States remsiatag ia tbe office of the clerks is aaid eaatera district. of all matters aad proceeding which relate to or concern liens upon tltlesaf- . to real estate stasia ia aaia sterawa district 'sad for that parposhetieor . have accost to .aaid records la the sf . See of the Mid clerks io said eastern district : and aaeb transcriots. When SO made by either of said clerks, shall ha certified to be true aod Correct by the elerk making the earns, and the saata : when so made aad oartlfied ahall be evidence in all eoarts and , plaooa - J ... ... . - ..... ... ;'- -. . -i4 iifi i lod $a? presecFIoeambeni.' - For aoauogeostes for supsratendent, oee thousand dollars r r i. ih For expensea of board of visitors, to wit, beard,, lodging, aad traaelling allowances, three tboaMad dollars. . For repairiog aad opeaiag roads aod paths, two thouaaad fire hundred dol lars. For grading, ,dra lain g,-f end improv ing drill ground, ooe tbwesaad dollara. For ioereaaiog tbe supply of water, refewildfasg sttaf'yawasirsll foot of Crows' Neat mountala, fire tbonssnd dollars For survey, map, aad estimate for plea for bringing 'Wrater from Boaad pood, two thouaaad five hundred dol lars. ' . ..-; For heating apparatus, book caves for archives, office furaitore, dpbols- tery, blind, gas. pi pea aad tutares la fire proof betiding for public office aad archives, five tboaMad dollars. " !- Approved, Febrnary 18, 1871.' , - AM ACT for tbe relief of certala pur chasers of leads from tbe legal rep. reeentstives of Bartkoloaacw Coosln. Whereas tbe claim of the Bartbero- mew Cousin, or his legal repreaaasa tivea, ia embraced in Beeorder BatM report of Febraary Mcoad, 'Stgbteea hundred and sixteea, and coafirmed to the extent of a teegad square, and tar- vry aomoerea two thousand tee boa. dred and ninety-six was mads for tbe same Id tbs year eighteen hundred aad eighteen aod whereas a further eon. firmatlou was mide of eight hundred aad ninety-nine arpena, or sir hundred and sixty-four aod seventy-eight hun dredths acres, ia the favorable report, numbered sixty-one, of the board of commissioners, under tbe acts ovT' Con gress of tbe years eighteen boudred aad thirty-two and eighteen huadred aad tbirty-tbree, confirmed by tha act of July, eighteen hundred aad thirty six : Therefore, ' '" '-- '!':! -. j Be it enacted by the Senate and-' Bourn of Repreeentatioe of the United Stmt of ' America m Conor assembled, -a i That it shall and may bo lawful for the county surveyor of tbe county of Cape Girardeau, or; whomsoever may be designated by tbo Commissioner of the General Land Office, to select aa area, ia compact forms, aa near aa mar ba to tbe quantity of acres of the con firmation by the act of July fourth, eighteen huadred aed thirty-six, .ac cording to legal subdivisions, aad ia foil satisfaction of said claim i bag-inning at a corner where a lioe of. the ' servry numbered two. thousand one hundred aed amety-slx iatvraects tha north lioe of section twelve, towasbip thirty-one aortb, range alerea east, near tha sortheaat corner of aaid sec tion twelve l thence with. Mid line of Mid survey two thousand ooe hoadred and alaety eix to a corner of Mid sur vey two tbooaand eae , handred and alaety-aix, ia section tweaty-thrM of Mid township aad range ; theace weat- wardly On a liae sufiicieat distance tbat a lioe projected . aortbwardly par- allot vrttn tea western boaodary iiaeor aarvey boob bered two. onsaud one faaadred aod , ninety-six, aad running eastwardly to tbe place of beginning, will include tbo said , quaouty of six hundred aad sixty-tour aad Mvaaty. eight hundredths acres ; aed thsrMfter, and witbtn one year from tbe paasage of tbia act, the partita claiming ia right of Mid Gooeia aay track outside of tbe limits of said aarvey aambered two tbooaand oae hoadred aad ninety- six, and tbe selection authorised by this act to make good the second con firmation aroreaaid, be, aad are here by, authorised, oa satisfactory proof to tbe register aod receiver ot the lead district ia wbicb said , tracts are situ a. ted, of each right, to make pay meat therefor at the rate of ooe dollar aod twenty.Bve cee's per acre, or by pre ptioo or -.claim or homestead, ac cording to - tha lawa of tbo Ualted States io anch ease made aad previ- ded'v, K-T-.. -ie Sac. 2. And b si , furtner ; enacted. Tbat any tract or parcel of land, after tbe survey and adjustment of said con firmation, w hicb ia aot , embraced therein bat withheld from sate hy tha Government of tbe United States by reason of the supposed interference aod aee-surveyor of sad eecead con firmation, thereafter aod ia aaa year from the adjustment or seta aarvey aay party or peraoa residing apoa aad cul tivating aueh tract or par el of land withheld from aale aa aforeaaid at and before the passage . of tbia act, apoa making satisfactory proof to the reg ister and receiver of the lead district ia which sach tracts or paroels are sit uate of aetael settlement according to tbe provisions of this aeelioe, bo, aad are hereby, authorised to enter Mid t recta, aot to exceed oae. a boo red and sixty . acres, including Jaiprevemenu, at one dollar aad tweety-five Mata pee acre., or claim tbe aame aa a aome- ataad, agreeably to the act of Coogreaa granting bomeetMd to actual settlers. Approved, ceoraary o, ao two handred dollars; for fossils, illus trating Amerlcsa rocks, for deity use la section rooms. One hundred and fif ty dollars'; for repairs aad improve meats ip electric, galvanic, magnetic, el rctro-m agnatic, aad mageeto-electric apparatas, roar auatfred aad fifty dol lara roe galvanic , battery aad lamp regulator, one h aadred aad forty dol- tare ; tor repairs aad addition to paeu matio aad tbermio apparatas, oae bun dred aad fifty dollars ( for Voightlao. aer S casaeM tebe. seventv-fivedollars for Dollmeyer'r rapid rectilinear lata, one huadred : aad . fifty-dollars t f jr Latld's dyeamo-magaeto-eleetrie ehiae complete, one ' thonsaed eight hoadred aad fifty dollars f for addit ioaal compeasatioo, to atteadaot, fifty dollars : ia all, five tbouaand tour baa.- dred and eighty five dollara. . Miscellaneous and contlBgent ei- pensee : For- ga, coal, oil ror ngatiag academy ' and cadets' barracks, mess- ball and aosDital. omeee. ataoies, sas ide.walk, four thousand dollars f for Water-nines Dlembing. aad repairs. two thousand dollars ; scrubbing pab lie buildings, (set quarters,) fia baa reo) ana n.xiy ootir , . M. tubs' -oells. aaa wages of scrub bers aad cleaner, oae thouaaad five handred dollar t chBlK, sponge, ana slated for veclastlow-rooms, oao hun dred dollara ; compeeeetlon ot Chapel, two huadred dollars ; compenaaUea a llbrariaU. one buadred Bad twenty dollars v eomoeoMtioo to aooooamla inua aSeere is charge of mechanics, fifty dollar ; eompeusatioo to soldier mwitlnm ia adioUiBt's office, fifty dot. lars ;-amaaaUagla aU to eight thoaa aad five haadrod aad eighty ' t For tSMreaee aao mmnemw . l uilailMla. .BttS biadiag, two thesavad dollars . Mlary I aad at tha time- of sack aaf torei shall of Ubrariaa'a aaaiataet, oae tboaMad 1 ha asieg, aaid improve an4 ts fJbtwa. aw lara, avgasa vjm aeace m -ww y a-t.aK7i saisa a wsaau e b, .wtOii a xi niie4 -;!" v tiwfj sju w 4) AS ACT for the relief f Aratoa Smith... ...i. ,s ., Beiteoctedn by the Senate mud Bern of Bspreatntato of the UnUed State of America aa Centres assembled j . That Aratoa Smith have Uave to make a aew appiicatioB te ,the Com- isslooer of Patents for the exteasioe ot tbe lttera-pateat graated to bias for aa improvement io plows, oa.thesix- laootb dy of Jaeoery, eigateott hun dred aad fifty-fire, for foarteoa yssri from said date, la the. Mare moaner atbssssld have doaa a. leaei alaety days oetore toe- exptratsoa-of said paw eat, aad that tha Caen tx Las ioaer of Pat en ta be aethoriMd to i ooaelder ead determine said applleatioa km tha Mme maener, -and with Aha aame eCeot, as if it had beea . filed alaety deya baora tbeespiratioaalMldaatMt: Pramided, That aay suck exteaetoa wf aaid aavteot taait aot stgoct.. tea- ngnta ta awstiuaa ta bm saea improveMkl pUvys af aa aay pereea who, siaMtha aixtaaeth day of Janaary, aightaa haadradaod ststy-alce, and , prior ..Uts; , appro v uji mm aewj. oo,. aay.