t ALBANY REGISTER. tletTi, eighteen hundred and seventy." an proved Jnlv Bf:ee1h, elgh'eetl hundred and seventy; and tor lint purpose there Is hereby a'ppropriu'ed. from any money in the treasury of -he United Sates not otherwise anprnnrta ed, :li'. sum of five hundred and i htrleen I hnusand ' bree hun drcd and fnrty-ihreo dollars, or so much thereof rk may he hecessary. For this amount , or so much thereof as may lie necessary, for the snlisislence, civ ilization, an I ii'ire of tin' Arlukare. Gros Ventre, and Man Inn Indians, al Fort Iter thold agenev, i n'.nn. to make up den eienoyinthe appropriation forthe fiscal year ending J-ino thirllelh, eighteen hun dred and seventy-three, se'enty-six thou- taud dollars. . IdTSCEf.f.ANEOUS. For introduction o! shal Into the rivers and lakes of the Unl'ci s a'es. to lie ex pended under lie Unfed States Commls. iloncrof Fish and Fisheries, ten thousand dollars. ... , For a deficiency In tho appropriation for folding docnm nis in he House ol Kepro- . ientatlves,el tin thrm-nnd dollars. Topav Rives and Bailey for report toff and the publication of the del ea and proceeding of I lie Fori ; second Congress, forty-two insnsend dollar. Forthe pttbllo printing, llfly thousand dollars. , , , , TO reimburse S Wolf, recorder of deeds tor the District of Columbia, for certain books of record an 1 In lexes purchased by him forth.- use of hi- office m the years eighteen hundred mil seventy-one and eighteen hundred mil seventy-two, one thousand six bun Irednivl firry dollars. To pavthe ins: instalment due w . it. Powell for picture i lustra ive of Perry s victory, nine hun Ire ! an 1 live dollars. To liny for dee hundred eoniesol the proceedings of the International Prison Reform Congress which assemble 1 in Lon don in Jnlv, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, forthe use of the commissioner of The Unite 1 8 a es at sneh congress, one thousand Ave nnmlred dollars. For repair an 1 Improvement of the ( on gressional Cemetery, lo be expended un der the dlrec ion of and on vouchers to be approved by the o Hoer in ehirge of pun He buildings ami gronndsof the District of Columbia, iwo thousand toilers. To enable the hnnri of health of the District ofCohimbln ro perform the unties imposed upon tlieiii by law, thirty-nine tlinusand three hun Ire 1 dol ars. For completion of the bull Una known as the Columbia Hosnlal for Women: tor a steam-heating apparatus, for remodeling theuptier stories In order to have more rooms, and to vein late the building proi erlv, fifteen thousand dollar. For the purchase by the I lilted S'ates of the interest of the District of C olumbia in the present city-ball building in Washing ton, now use I solely for government pur poses, such sum as may lie determined by three impartial appraisers to lie selected by the Secretary of the Interior, not ex ceeding seventv-nve thousand dol ars, the same, lobe applied by said District only forthe erection of a suitable building for the District officers; andthogoyernorand board of public works are authorized.it they deem it advisable for that purpose, to secure sufficient land fronting on Pennsyl vania and Louisiana avenues, between Seventh and Ninth streets: PrwOed, That the government of tee united Mates shall not be liable for any expenditures for said laad.or for t he purchase-money i heiv for, or for the buil lings to lie erected thereon ; and no land, or the use thereof, Is hereby granted for the purpose ol erect ing any building thereon, for such butld- For purchase and distribution of valua ble seeds, being so much of the appropria tion forthe Department "1 Agrlculiu re, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight een hundri" I and seven I y-one, erroneously carried to the surplus fund, two thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-two cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. For defraying expenses of the Supreme Court and circuit and district courts of the United Slates, including the District of Columbia, and also for Jurors and witness es, and likewise for defraying the ex penses of suits in w hich the United states are concerned, and prosecuting offenses committed against the United States, and for the safe-keeping ol prisoners, for fiscal year ending June thirllelh, eighteen hun dred and seven ty-lwo,ilircc hundred thou sand dollars. . For salaries of United States district Judges, for fiscal vear ending June thirli cth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one thonsand six hun lied and ninety throe dollars and eighty-seven cents. For associate justices of the Supreme Court, for fiscal vear ending June thirti eth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, four thousand dollars. For rent of the lifth story of the building occupied by the Department of Justice from Januarv first to June thirtieth, eight een huniired'and seventy-three, two thou sand dollars. For fitting up rooms fwentv-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four, and connecting hall, in alMive building, and furnishing the nunc, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. To enable the Sergoant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives to pay the mem bers of the Fortv-tirst Congress from the mate of Mississippi for the lime embraced In the period between the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the thirtieth dnv of November, eight een hundred and sixty-nine, a sufficient sum is horebv appropriated. To enable the Clerk of the House to pay the Representative from the first district of Ohio, as provided In House resolution of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hun dred and eeventv-'hrcc, his compensation from the eleventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to December second, eighteen hundred and seventy two, tho sum of one thousand nine hun dred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty three cents, to' lie added to tho contingent fund of the House. To enable the Sergoant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives to pay to each Representative in the Forty-first Congress from the Senate of Georgia such sum as tihallmake his pay equal to that received by P. M. B. Young as a Representative in ald Congress. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pavthe bearerof the contesting elect oral vote of the State of Louisiana, the sum of six hundred and thirty-eight dol lars Is hereby appropriated out oftho ap portionment heretofore made to pay the i egnlar messengers. To reimburse the Sorgeant-nt-Arms of the House of Representatives for sundry payments made by him for contingent ex jxhsosof the House cm vouchers approved bv the Committee on Accounts; of said House, three thousand four hundred and sixty dollars and forty-live cents. For the purchase of site, and to com mence the construction of a brick build ing at Evansville. Indiana, to be used as a custom-house, court-house, post-offlcc,and tor othor government, offices, one hundred thousand dollars To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase a part of a lot of ground in Indianapolis, Indiana, east of and adjoin ing the ground on which the court-house and post-office Is situated, the sum of thir ty thousand dollars be, and is hereby, ap propriated. For salary of deputy commissioner of pensions, two thousand Ave hundred dol lars; salarv of medleal referee, two thou sand n,e hundred dollars; for additional comoonsation of four surgeons, now re ! cclvln" one thousand iwo hundred dollars ! per annum, to be one thousand eight hun l died dollars per annum. IWO thonsand ; four hundred dol ars; making, in all, i seven thousand four hundred dollars, the same tobc imme lia'ely a' ai'able. See. 2 Tha' 'h unexpended ba'anceof ! the aopronria'ion of one million dnl'ars for rinment of any balance due, or to lie found due. during the fiscal year ending I June thirtle'h. eighteen hundred and sev- i tntv-twn, to any 8' ate for costs, charges, and" expenses, contemnlne I and provided for In an I by the act approved Jnlvtwcn I t v-seven'h, eigh een hundred and sixty- one, being an net entitled "An act loin- demnifv certain States for expenses In , enrredny them in enrolling, equipping, and transporting troops for the defense ot j the United S a'es during (lie war of the I late rebellion," is hereby appropriated I for the service of 'he fiscal year ending ! dune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sev ! cn'v-three Hoc. 8. That a sum sufficient to pay the j amounts due respectively to the topog I rnpher.and to 'he assistant carpenter of ! the Post-office Department, and tbesuper- 1'itendent of the Pos'-Offlce building, tin- dor Hie provisions of the "get to revise, : eonsolida'e, and amend the sta'utes relit- ; ing to the Pos'-Offlce I enarfment," ap proved June eighth, eighteen hundred ! and seventy-'wo, Is hereby appropriated; and to nav' Wlliiam M. Ire'and nndJ. M. , McGrow for preparing regulations mil In structions for the use of the Post-Office Department under the new postal cole, j the stun of one thousand dollars each is ' hereby appropriated. To supply deficiency in the nnpropria- lion for registered i-ackage-envelopes for j the Pnst-Offlce Denartnienl for, the fiscal j year ending June thirtieth, eighteen bun- I orO'i and seventy-two. eleven thousand i j and llfiy-three dollarsand two cents. For balance on salaries of pnstmas'ers I forthe year ending June thirtieth, eight- , ecu linn bed and seventy-three, one hun dred an l eighty-four thonsand dollars. To enable the PostmnsteMleneral to pay the expenses incurred In eighteen hun dred ami sixty-six in fitting up the post office at Charleston, Sonth Carolina, one thousand four hundred and thirty dollars and five cents. gee. 4. That the following amounts, or so much thereof its may be necessary, are hereby-appropriated for the following named officers and Department for pur chase of postage-stamps for use during the fiscal yearendlngJunethIrtleth,elght een linn Ire land sevemy-four: For Executive office, six hundred dollars; for Department ofState,eighty-ihrec thou sand dollars; for Post-office Department, eight him drcd thousand dollars; for Treas ury Department, Hvo hundred and four thousand cloi ars : for Navy Department, thirty-eight thousand dollars ; for Interior Depai'lment, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars: for Agricultural Depart ment, fifty-two thousand dollars ; for De partment of Justice, fifteen thousand dol lars; for War Department, one hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars; for of fices of t lie Clerk of the House of Repre sentatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Sergeants-Arms of the House of Representatives, one hundred dollarseachj making, in all, one million eight hundred and sixty-five l hnusand and nine hundred dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster General shall cause to lie prepared a spe cial stamp, or stamped envelope, loin; used only for official mail-matter, for each of I lie r.xocutive iiepariinenis; aim sine, i stamps and stamped envelopes shall lie i supplied by the proper officer of said De- I pertinents to ail persons unuer itsuiree tion requiring the same for official use; and all appropriations lor postage hereto fore made shall no longer la; available for said purpose; and all said stamiis and Stamped envelopes shall lie sold or fur nished to said several Departments or clerks only at the price for w hich stamps and stamped envelopes of like value are sold at the several post-offices. For one month's salary of the late Charles H. W. Median, assistant librarian, forthe month of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to be paid to Mary M. Median, his widow, two hundred and ten dollarsand sixty cents. Sec. S. That there shall be appointed an assistant treasurer of the United States, to be located in the city of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio; and one to be located in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; and such assistant treasurers shall lie ap pointed in like manner, for like time, and lie subject to all the provisions of law to which t he other assistant treasurers of tho United States are subject. Sec. (!. That there shall he prepared within the custom-house of the city of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, and with in the custom-house to be erected ill the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, suitable and convenient rooms for the use of the assistant treasurers herein author ized, and sufficient and secure lire-proof vaults and safes lor i he safe-keeping of the public moneys collected and deposited with them ; and the said assistant treas urers shall have the custody and care of said rooms, vaults, and safes, respect ivelv, and of such other rooms, vaults, and sales as may lie temporarily assigned to them, or either of them, by the Secretary of the Treasury, and of the public moneys depos ited therein : and they shall perioral the duties required to be performed by other United Slates assistant treasurers In re gard to the receipt, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of such moneys: Pro vided, That the rooms, vaults, and safes now used by the United Slates designated depositaries at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chi cago, Illinois, shall be set apart for the purposes named In tins section, as far and as long as they may be applicable and con venient. Sec. 7. That upon the appointment and qualification of said assistant treasurers, the Secretary o' the Treasury shall revoke the designations us depositories of the United States of the surveyor of customs at Cincinnati and I he collector of customs at Chicago, and shall direct the transfer of alithe books, accounts, vouchers, property, and public moneys in I he offices of the said depositories to the offices of the said assist ant treasurers, respectively. Sec. 8. That the assistant treasurers au thorized by this net to be appointed shall receive a salary of live thousand dollars each per annum, to be paid quarterly yearly at the treasury of the United States, which shall be in full for all their services: and a sufficient amount to puv said salary until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby appropriated. Sec. It. That the assistant treasurers herein provided for may, with theapproval of the Secretary of the Treasury, appoint the same number Of clerks and messengers in their respective offices, and at the same compensation, as is now provided by law for the offices oft he United States deposi taries at Cincinnati and Chicago, respec tively; and all unexenled balances of moneys heretofore appropriated, or that may hereafter lie appropriated, for the payment of the clerks and messengers ap ixiinted In the offleesof thcasslstant treas urers created by this act. Sec. 10. That there shall bo appropriat ed and paid out of any money in t lie Treas ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of live thousand dollars, to bo expended, under t he direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, In such repair and additions ns may be necessary to put in good condition for Immediate use the offices, rooms, vaults, and safes herein mentioned, or such others as may be temporarily assign ed to the assistant treasurer at Chicago, Illinois, and in the purchase of any neces sary aldltional furni.ure and fixtures, ant) in defraying any other Incidental ex penses necessary to carry this act into etTect. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature-No. 94. AN ACT to authorise proemptors or set tlers upon homesteads on the public land to allenaie par lous of their pre empt ions or homesteads for certain pub lic purposes. B' it maetdbfi the Snale and Howe of R presnttalie s of th- Unild S atei of Ant r im in Congress ass mbl d. That any iicrson who lias already settled or hereafter may settle on I he public lands of the United States, ell her by pre-empt ion or by virl ue of the homestead law or any amendment thereto, shall have the right to transfer by Warranty, a ainSt his or her own acts, any portion of his or her said pre-emption or boniest eu 1 for church, cemetery, or school purposes or for the right of way of rail roads across such pre-emption or home stead, and I he transfer lor such public pur poses shall In no way vitiate the rigid to complete and perteel the title to their pre empt ions or homes' cads. Approved, March 3, ls'3. General Nature No. ft?. AN ACT to provide for the care and pres ervation of the cemetery neartbecltyof Mexico, purchased in accordance with the act of September twenty-eighth, eigh teen hundred and fifty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hpres ntativ oj the f' .'(. ' of Amer ica in Conor sx ass mbl d, That the Presi dent of the United S ates is authorized to provide out of the ordinary annual appro priations roresiaulisuing aim main. niiiuig United States military cemeteries, for the proper care and preservation and mainten ance of the cemetery or burial-ground near the city ol Mexico, in which are Interred tlie remains ot officers and soldiers of the United S ales, who fell In battle, or died in and around said city; and that this cemetery shall be subject "lo the rules and regulations affecting United States nation al military cemeteries within the limits of the United States, so far as they may, In the opinion of the President, be applicable thereto. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature- No. OB.) AN ACT to establish the custom-house value of the sovereign or pound sterling of Great Britain, anil to fix the par of ex change. lie it. enacted by the S' mate and House of R pretentativet of the United Stub s of Amir im in Conyrest OMitnMcti, That the value ot foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United Slates shall he that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circnlai ion Of I he vara his nations of the world shall lie estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and lie proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury. See. 2, That in all paymcntsbyortothe treasury, Whether made here or in foreign countries, w here it becomes necessary to compute the value of the sovereign or pound sterling, it shall la' deemed equal to four dollars eighty-Six cents and six and one-half mills, and the same rule shall be applied in appraising merchandise import ed where the value is, by the invoice, in sovereigns or iKinnds sterling, and in the construction of contracts peyuble in sover eigns or pounds sterling; and this valua tion shall be the par of exchange between Great Britain and the United states; and all contracts made after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy four, linsed on an assumed parol' exchange with Great Britain of fifty-four penco to the dollar, or four dollars forty-four and four-ninths ceutslo the sovereign Of pound sterling, shall be null and void. Sec 3. That all ads and jiarts of acts In consistent with these provisions be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1S73. (General Nature-No. 97.1 AN ACT to require national banks to re store their capital when imimired, and to amend the national-currency act. Be it enacted by the Ornate and JIuuse of li prewnUitiwa of the United Slates of Amcr tea in Vongri-ss assembled. That all national banks which shall have failed to iay up their capital stock, as required by law, and all national hanks whoso capital stock shall have become imimired by losses or Otherwise, shall, within three monthsafter receiving notice thereof from the Comp t roller of t he Currency, lie. required to pay tho deficiency in the capital stock by as sessment nxin i he shareholders, pro rata, lorthe amount of capital stock held by each; and the Treasurer. of the United Stales shall withhold the interest uixin all bonds held by him In trust for such asso ciation, upon notification from the Comp troller of the Currency, until otherwise notified by him; and it such banks shall tail to pay up their capital stock, and shall refuse to go Into liquidation, as provided by law, for three months after receiving notice from the Comptroller, a receiver may be appointed to close up the business of the association, according to Ihc provis ions of the tlitieth section of the national currency act Site. 2. That section fifty-seven of said act lie amended bv adding thereto t he bil low ing: 'And provided furlh r. That no at tachment, injunction, or execution shall be issued against, such association or its property, before final judgment In any such suit, action or proceeding in any State, county, or municipal conn." Sec. 3. That all banks notorganhtedand transacting business under the national currency act, and all persons, companies, or cor)siiutions doing the business ol bankers, brokers, or savings institutions, except saving-banks authorized by Con gress to use the word "national" as a pari of their corporate name, are prohibited from using llie word "national" as a por tion of the name or title of such bank, cor poration, firm, or partnership; and every such bank corporation, or firm, which shall use the word "national" as a portion of their corporate title or partnership name six months after the passage of this act, shall be subject to a penalty of titty dollars far each duy thereafter In which such word shall be employed as aforesaid as part of such corporate name or title, sucli penalty to be recovered by action In any court having Jurisdiction. Sec. 4. That it shall be the dnty of tho Comptroller of the Currency to cause to be examined each year the plates, dies, but pieces, and other material from which the national-bank circulation is printed in whole or in pari, and file in his office an nually a correct list of the sume; and such material as shall have been used In the printing of the notes of national banks which are In liquidation, or have closed business, shall lie destroyed under such regulations as shall lie prescribed by the Compt roller of the Currency and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the expense of such examination and destruc tion shall be paid out of any appropriation made by Congress for the special examina tion of national banks and bank plates. Approved March 8, 1878. (General Nature-No. 98.) AN ACT to confer nnon the superintend ent of the United Slates .Military Acad emy t he power tocon vene general courts martial. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hints' of R presntntiv s of the Unit d Salt s of Amer ica in Congress assimbl'd, That the super intendent of the United States Military Academy shall have power to convene general courts-martial forthe trial of ca dets, and to execute the sentences of such courts, except the sentences of suspension and dismission, subject to the same limita tions and conditions now existing as to other general courts-mart la). Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature-No. 9!t. AN ACT authorizing deputy collectors and other officers of the customs to act as disbursing agents in certain eases. Be it enacted by the S note and Hons' of It pves ntativ s of th United State of Am r lea in CtmgrtM assembled, That in case of the sickness or unavoidable absence of any collector or surveyor of customs from Ills office, he may, with the approval of tho Secretary of the Treasury, authorize some officer or clerk under htm to act in his place, and to discharge all the duties required by law of such collector or sur veyor in his capacity as disbursing agent: Provided, 1h& the official bond given by the principal of the office shall lie held lo cover and apply to the acts of the person appointed to act in his place in such cases. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature-No. 100.) AN ACT to authorize certain postmasters to deposit public moneys In national banks. B' it enacted by the S nnte and House of R presenlativt sof the Units dS.ates of Am r ten in Congress ass mbted, That from and after the passage of this act it shall lie law ful for any postmaster, having public money belonging to the government, Where there are no designated deposita ries, treasurers of mints, or treasurer or assistant treasurers of the United Slates, wiihln the county, to deposit i lie same, at his own risk and In his official capacity, m any national bank in the town, city, or county where the postmaster resides; but no ant horny or permission is or snail ne given for the demand or receipt by the postmaster, Or any other person, of inter est, directly, on any deposit made as herein described; and it shall he the duty of all postmasters who have made any such de posit t o report quan erly to the p'ostmasi er General the name of l he hank w here such deposits have been made, and also slate the amount w hich may stand ut the time to their credit. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature-No. 101.) AN ACT to fix the compensation of the deputy collector of customs at Saint Paul. Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United Slates of Amur ca in Congress ass inbled. That the "om pensation, including official emoluments of ull kinds, of the officer apisiinted in pursuance of the second section of the act entitled "An act to establish the collection district of Du Luth, and to create Saint Paul, in the collection district of Minne sota, a port of delivery," approved May twentv-thtrd, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars per annum: Proridid, hnuwr, Tnat said officer may be required, in addition to his duties us such deputy collector, to perforin the duties of an in spector ot tlie cusioms, wiiiioutauuuiuuai compensation. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature-No. 102.) AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphan children, to acquire hoincsteads on the public lands of the United States," and the amendments thereto. Be it enacted by the S nate and House of RprcsenUttivts of the Untied Sates of Amer ica in Congress assimbled, That section two of the act entitled "An act to amend an act relating to soldiers' and sailors' homesteads," approved June eighth eigh teen hundred and seventy-two, be amend ed so as to read as follows: That any )torson entitled under the provisions of the fore going sections toentera homestead, who may have heretofore entered under tlie homestead laws a quantity of land less than one hundred and sixty acres, shall be permitted to enter so much land as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature -No. 103.) AN ACT for the relief of the State of Con necticut and other States. Be it enacted by the S nate and House of R pres-ntatives of the United Stales of Am r ica in Congress assembhd. That the Secre tary of the Treasury he, ami he Is hereby, directed, out of any money appropriated, to continue the settlement of accounts presented under the act of July twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to pay to the governor of Connecticut, or to hisduly-aut horized agents, any amounts advanced bv the said State in said capaci ties during the late war; the said claims to bo settled by the proper accounting officers of the treasury upon vouchers filed: iVo-rid-d. That certificates of actual employ ment are filed with the accounts. Sec. 2. That when the vouchors of other States for payments made to chap lains, extra surgeons, or assistant surgeons situated similarly w ith those of Connecti cut are tiled, the Treasury Department shall adjust and settle them according to the provisions of the foregoing section. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature- No. 104.) AN ACT to authorize the interment of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines in the national cemeteries of the United States. Be U enacted by lite S not- and House of Remrs-'ntatiws of the United Sates of Amer ica in Congress ass nMtd, That honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines, who served during the late war either In the regular or volunteer forces, dying sub sequent to the passage of this act, may he buried In any national cemetery ol the United States free of cost, and theirgraves shall receive the same cure and attention as t he graves of t hose already buried. The production of the honorable discharge of the deceased shall be authority tor the superintendent of the cemetery to permit the Interment. Approved, March 3, 1873. . General Nature-No. 106.) AN ACT to encourage the growth of tim ber on western praries. Re it enacted bit the Senate and House of R nres "ntatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That any person who shall plant, protect, ond keep in a healthy growing condition for ten years fortv acres of timber, the trees thereon not being more than twolve feet apart each way. on anv quarter-section of any of the public lands of the Unltwi Slates, shall lie entitled to a patent for the whole of said quarter-section at the expiration of said ten years, on making proof of such fast by not less than two credible witnesses: Pro vkld. That only one quarter In any section shall lx thus granted. Sec. 2. That the person applylngfor the lieneflt of this act shall upon application to the register of the land-office in which he or she is alion' to make such entry, make affidavit before said register or re ceiver that said entry Is made for the culti vation of timber, and upon filing said affi davit wllh said registerand receiver, and on payment often dollars, he or she shall thereupon he permitted to enter the quan tity of land specified: Provided, hotvever, That no certificate shall be given or patent issue therefor nntll the expiration of at least ten years from the dale of such entry; and if at the expiration of such time, or at any time within three years thereafter, the person making such entry, or If he or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal repre sentatives, shall prove by two credible witnesses that he, she, or they have plant ed and for not less (ban ten years have cultivated and protected such quantity and character of timber as aforesaid, they shall receive the patent for such quarter section of land. Sec. 3. Thntifatanytimeafterthefiluig of said affidavit, and prior to the issuing of the patent for said land, it shall be proven, after due not lee to the party mak ing sneh entry and claiming to cultivate such tiuilier, io the satisfaction of the rcg laterof the land-office, that such person has abandoned or failed to cultivate, pro tect, and keep in good condition such timber, then, and in that event, said land shall revert to the United Stales. See. 4. That each and every person who, under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settiers on the public domain," approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or any amendment thereto, having a homestead on said public domain, who, at the end of the third vear of his or her residence thereon, shall nave had un der cultivation, for Iwo years, one acre of limber, the trees thereon not being more than twelve feet apart each way, and in a good, thrifty condition, for each and every sixteen lu res of said homestead, shall, up on due prool of said fact bv two credible witnesses, receive his or her patent for said liomes'eud. See. ft. That no land acquired under pro visions of this act shall, In any event, lie come liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of patent therefor. Sec. (I. That the Commissioner of the General Land-Office is hereby required to prepare and Issue such rules and regula tions, consistent with this act, as shall be necessary and proper lo carry its provis ions into effect ; and t hat t he registers and the receivers of the several land-offices shall be entitled to receive the same com pensatfon lor any lands entered under tbe provisions of this that they are now enti tled to receive when the same quantity of land is entered w it h money. See. 7. That the fifth section of the act entitled "An act in addition to an net to punish crimes against the United States, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, shall extend to all oaths, affirmations, and affidavits required or authorized by this act. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature -No. 108.) AN ACT for the protection of owners of saw-mills on the Mississippi river. Beit enacted by the Smtte and lime of Ripres'vttatives of the United States of Amer ica in Qngress assembled, That the owners of saw-mills on the Mississippi river be, and they hereby are, authorized and em powered, under the direction of the Secre tary of War, to const met or build pleni or cribs In front of their mill property on the banks of said river, for the protection of their mills and rafts against damage iiy floods and Ice: Prurided, however, That the piers or cribs so constructed shall not In terfere with or obstruct the navigation of said river: Provktd futther, That in cast: by reason of the shifting of the channel of t he said river or from any ot her cause, t he. piers or cribs, the construction of which are authorized by this act, shall be found lo obstruct the navigation of said river at auy time, the government expressly re serves the right to remove or direct the removal of any such piers or cribs at the cost, and expense of tlie owners thereof. Approved, March 3, 1873. General Nature No. 107.) AN ACT to provide for the. sale of the lands of the United States containing coal. Be a enacted by th- S'nate and House of R prcsctttatives of the United Slates of Amer ica in Congress assembler!, That any person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States, or who has declared his intention to become such, or any association of persons severally quali fied as ubove, shall, upon application to the register of the proper land-office, have the. right to enter, by legal subdivisions, any quantity of vacant coal lands of the United Stales not otherwise appropriated or reserved competent authority, not ex ceeding one hundred and sixty acres to such individual person, or three hundred and twenty acres to such association, upon payment to the receiver not less than ten dollars per acre for such lands, where the same shall be situated more than fifteen miles from any completed railroad, and not less than twenty dollars per ncte for such lands as shall lie within fifteen miles of such road. Sec. 2. That any jiersou or association of jiersons severally qualified as above, who have opened and improved, or shall hereafter open and improve, any coal mine or mines upon the public lands, and shall be in actual possession of the same, shall be en tilled ton preference right of entry, uinler the foregoing provisions, oflthc mines so opened and improved: fowidert. That when any association of not less than four persons, severally qualified as in sec tion one of tnls act, shall Inivo expendis! not less than live thousand dollars in working and improving any sucli mine or mines, such association may enter not ex ceeding six hundred and forty acres, In cluding such mining Improvements. Sec. 3. That all claims under section two of this act must be presented to the register of the proper land-district within sixty days utter the date of actual posses sion' andthe commencement of lmprove incntson the land, by the tiling of a declar atory statement therefor: 1'rovided, That w hen the township pint Is not on file nt the date of such improvement, filing must lie made w it hln si xt y days from the receipt of such plat at the district ollloc: -dnd pro vitbd furlhtr. That whore the Improve ments shall have been mode prior to the expiration of three months from the pass age of this act, sixty days from the expira tion of said three mouths shall lie allowed for tho filing of a declaratory statement, and no sale under tho provisions of this act, shall be allowed until tho expiration of six months from the date hereof. Sec, 4. That this act shall be held to authorize only one entry by the same per son or association of persons under Its pre visions; and no association of persons anv member of which shall have taken the benefit of this act either as an individual or as a member of any other association, shall enter or hold any other, lands tuxier Continued on 4th page.)