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r-ii?jifiit"iit .o..li Or'tH lAL. OF THE UNITED STATES. rsM;n at tm y s::conii skssion 'fs'ni: foil- j TV SKCOMl OONUltKSS. KiEXKU!. NATTKE No. U2.1 AX ACT making npproprlpatlnns l;r the tiMrt. ol ih. array fur the year ending June thirty. eighteen' hundred and seventy three, and' i ir o;hei- p-.trpost-s. Be it vntctid ftf t'f Sttioie a tl finurs nf Urp'ctn'iiliyea if the. Unitid State of Aiwridit in C nyr,as oaemhUJ: That Ihe following sums bo, and the same arc hereby, appropriate I, out of any luouc in the treasury not o' herwise appropriated, I ir the supper hi th j army fji- i lie year ending Jti 10 thirtieth, eighteen hu.ulreil and eeveutj thive. Fiirfxpcnw of the Communling jCuera!Ts OtUe, Ave tlnmsaml dollars. For expenses of rforuiilnz and transporta tion of recrulls, one bunilred and twenty thousand five bundle I anil eighty dollars, " For contingent expenses of the Adjutant General's deparlmeut at the headquarters of milir-iry divisions and departments, live ihou Ktnd dollars. Fur ih ! expense of ihe sina'-servioe of the iivniv, twelve thousand live hue. lie I dol lar. Fjr p-y of the army, and f,r pa-ment to discharge t soldier for clot hi ng not" iliawn, twelve million one hundred and live thousand fire hundred and iduetv one dollars and -thirty-two cents. For allowances to ofilcers of the nnnv for Iraasportatlonof theimeivesaii 1 th-lr ba;igae, vvneti traveling on duty, without troops es corts or supplies, two hundrcj an 1 forty thousand dollars. For general expenses such as the compen sa ion of witnesses while tin court-martial service, an I traveling expenses ofpiivmus ters' clerks, and po-tat-eon leters, and i.k--ig-s and - telegram received and sent hy ntucers of thjaiiny on public business, mili tary commissions and courts of iuip.irv, one bund re I thousand dollars. For sub-i-te.ice of regular troops, engi neers, and Indian scouts, two million seven bundle I an I seventy thousand nine hundred aad forty-four dollars. For regular s.ipplies of the Quarternta-i tcr's depjiinieul, to wil : For the regUiar suppllei of the Quartermaster's department, consisting of fuel for ntttcers, i-nllsie I men, guariU, hospitals, storehouses, a.-.d ollices ; of loiae lu kind for the torses, inuies, and oxen of Ihe Quartermaster's department, at the several posts and nations, and with the armies In the Held ; for the horses of t he sev eral regiments ol'cava'ry. the batteries of artillery ,and such companies of infantry and scout as mav lie mounted, a ml for The au thorized miniber of officers' horses, inclint lu(t bedding for the animals: ofstr.iw for soldiers beiMingj and of stationery, includ ing blank bonks lor the Quartermasters de partment, eortltleatos for discharired soldiers, blank forms for the l'ay and Quartermaster's departments, and for printing of division and dejiartinent orders and reports, four mil ion dollars. For incidental expenses, viz: For postage and telegrams or ttpMibft!i; extra par to soldier employed, nmier ihe direction of the ijtiarlcriuaszer's depart mtiitf, lu lite erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hos pitals, tn the construction ef roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, under the acts of March second, eighteen hundred ami nineteen, and August fourth, eighteen hundred and nfiy-four, lu. eluding those employed as clerks at division and department headquarters ; expenses ol' expresses lo and from the frontier posts awl armies in the field ; of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and 'to trains where mili ary escorts cannot be furnished ; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on ditty In the field. r at posts on the frontiers, of at posts and other places wheu ordered by the .Secrelarv 4f War, and of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture, hire of laborers in Ilia Quartermaster's department, including the hire of Interpreters, :.pte, and guides for the army; compensation of clerks to oltioers of the Qoartmiater'sde-artinent t compnnsatlon of forage and wagtiu masters authorized bv the act of July tilth, elghleen hundrodandthlrty-eight; for the appreheiv sion of deserters, and the expense incident to their pursuit; and for the followlngexpendt tures required for the several rogtmeutsof ravalry, the batter ies of light artillery, and such comianles of Inlantry and scouts as may be mounted, namely : the purchase of travel ing forges, blacksmiths' and shoeing tools, hjrte and mule shoes aid nail;, iron and stet 1 lor shoeing, hire of vertertuary surgeons, medicines lor Dorses and mules, picket-roes, and tor shoeing the horses of the corps named: also, generally, Ihe proper and authorized expenses for the movement and operations of an army not expressly assigned lo any other department, one million two hundred thou sand dollars. For purchase of horses for the ealvarv and artillery, and for Indian scouts and for such Infantry as may be mounted, three hun dred thousand dol iars. For traosiortalion of the army, including baggage of the troops when moving either by land or water; of clothing, camp, and ganrlson equipage from the depots ot Phila delphia and Jelfersonvllle to the several ois ami army deiols, and from those depots to the tno"w In the Held; of horse equipments and of subsistence stores from the piaces of ixirchase, and from the places of delivery u- der contract to such places us the circumstan ces of the service may require them to be sent : of ordinance, ordlnanec stores, and email-arms form the founderles ami armories to the arsenals, fortilioailons, froniier osts, and army depots; lrclght, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen, mid harness, and the purcha-o and repair of wagons, carts, aud drays, and of ships and other sea-going vessels, and boats required for the transportation of supplies and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage ut tho several posts, hire or team sters, transportation of funds for the iay ami other disbursing departments ; the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gull or Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; for procuring water at such posts as, lr.-m their situation, require It lo be brought from a distance; and for clearing roads and removing obstructions from roa Is, harbors, and rivers lo the the extent which may lie required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, four million dollars. For hire of quarters for officers on military duty, hire of quarters for troops, of store houses for the sale-keeping of military stores, of offices, and of grounds for camps, and for sntnuier cantonments, and for temporary frontier stations; for the construction of tem porary huts and stables: and for repairing public buildings at established posts, one mil lion two hundred and titty thousand dollars. For construction and repairs of hospitals, one hundred thousand dollars. For heating and cooking stoves, ten thou sand dollars. For purchase and manufacture of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and for preserv ing and repacking stock of clothing, camp, ami garrison equipage, and materials on hand at the Sohnylkill arsenal and other depots, even hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For the necessary expenses of such sales of storas or material'belonging to the army es tablishment as may be authorized by law, ten thousand dollars. For establishing and maintaining national military cemeteries, two hundred and fifty tboosand dollars. For army contingencies, namely, inch ex penses as are not provided for bv ether esti mates, embracing al 1 branches or the military service, seventy-five thousand dol lar. For pare has of medical and hospital atip ptles, par of private ph vale tans employed in emergencies, live hospital attendants e xpenses of purveying depots, of medical examining boards, and Incidental expenses of the me t ical department, three hundred thousand dol lar. For providing surgical apparatus andsp- pi'ian. e for ihe releif ol' I ersons disnb ed in the milit irv and nav il service of the L' idled St.iles. and not included within the terms ol any a v granliii,' nrtlflcial limbs, or other sp '- i ll rdlof. te'i iliou-aii'l dorm s, to be ex , . . 1 1 . ,., i .,. .;. . .I -...- i ,-i i r :intS.c:-.!.ar;. iitW'iv: rnniicl. Th tl .1 re per' s'-a!l be T i V' i '' rjx- - i iv ;' :i ; i . t 3 ; :vi i;.. -Iriwlnij .lie :.i::m- in : l'.-l ii i.ee of en.:';i h'V hi;i rciiive I, a id hei aturean ! cost ol the ainiara' us provi-'.e I. For the Armv Melical Miireum and medi cal ami ivher mvessai v w orks for Ihe library of the Surgeon tieuei ei's i iillce, ten thousand dollars. Knirineer tk'pav.inent at WlHett's imlut: For protection ol jiontor.-bocits. remlelln ponton material, nad for current expenses of iteimt, fire thousand dollars. For niodillcition and repair of buililings, live thotisanil dol'.iirs. For erei-tloii of new chapel, (h e Ihousan I dollars. For repairs of instruments for general ser vice of the corps of engineers, ten thousand dollars. For purchase rf ste;e an I minlnmaterla's, ami for simple photographic apparatus for copbis ni'ijis, one tliousaiel ilollars. For expenses of trials with trpe loes for harlsir and land deteih-e, awl nuterial for same, ten thousand dollars. Kor ihe orduauce service required to de fray I lie current cxj-ense.-i at the arsenals; of receiving stores ami issuing arms and nthei or luance s'.ipp'ies; of police and oftibe du ties; of rents, toll, fue', anil lights; of a'.nlnn ery and oftice furniture; of ti ols and instru ments for use; of public animals, forage, and vehicles ; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, including those attending radical trials and test of ordnance, small-arms, and o;her ordiinncc supp'ies, two hundred thou sand dollars. F'or inaiiufacturlng metallic amuultion for sm ill-arins, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For overha'tllng, preservings, niwl cleaning new oidnaiiv-.e store-, on hand in the arsenals, scve it v live tbou-and dollars. For sea-coast canuou, and carriages for Ihe s.lllV ui. ; huuilre I a:id twemy thousau I dol- lar. F'or experiments and tests of heavv rilled ordnance, twu huudreil and siwenty iluiusand dollars: Provided, That this appr.ij i i:i;io:i shall be ami'ie.l lo at least three mole! sol lie ivy ordiiance, to Ii-' de -innate. I b a b 4ird oforticers ( lie ;s injtsl b tlie Sccret.-iry 1 War, whi.-li resirt shall itk-Jude bodi classrs. breech aud n.uzzl,) leaping cannon, and the Isiwderand projcrtiles ntvessary for testing lite same sluill be supplied from stores on hand. For constructing and tesling Mollat's breevdi-loading He pieces, eight thousand dollars; and tor testing James Crockett's graduating and accelerating ,-artridge, and lor experimenting wi h ent metallic cart ri lge of Wil lis K. Misire, an 1 o her improve ments in am:iiillion, live thousand dollars. For purchase and manufacture of other ordnance stores to till requisi.ion ol tnsips. fifty tlious:iid dollars. For manufacture of arms at the national armory, one hundred and fitly thou-and flol dollar's; Provi.lcc, That no iiart of thlsar proprta'ion shall be expended until a breech loading system for inusLe s and cat iii:es shall have been adopted for the mi i'ary service upon the recomnienda'ion ol'the b'-nrd lo lie apiK-lntel by the Seerctary of War, which board shall consist of not less than fiveoili cers, as follows: one general olllcx-r, one or.! uauce otticer. a;i I line? officers of the line, one to be uiken from the cavalry, one from the liif.in:rv and one from the artillery : nd provided ii:r:her, 'Ihat Ihe sytein, when s(l adopted, shall lie the only one to lie used by the i ird nan. e department in the manufacture of musketsand carbines for Ihe military ser vice: and no royalty shall lie Jiid by the government of the I'nited states for the use i.f-aid patents to any f lis otlicers ir tm ployees, or for any palent in which said lli cor or employees' may lie direct ly or indirect Iv intcrsied. ' 'Sii'.J. That hercafer It shilllie ll'ega! to brand, mark, or tutno on the liodv if any soldier by sentence of cOJrl-mrl d. ami the wort! "corporeal" shall be striken from the forty-flfth of the rules and article for the gov ernment of the armies of the Uni ed Slates. Approved. June $, ln7i. itiENEliAL NATL'KK -No. HiL j AX ACT making appi'oprUUious for tliu rc- I Iir, prcsi'ivaiioh, aud completion feer-! tain pub'ic works on rivers and harbors. ' and lor other purposes. He it eii'icteJ the Senaf una IJoimt ; rif ttepretntuttvet if the United Statet o, ! AiHtncn in Cvnyrenn anxtmldtd, j That the following sums of money be, and! are hereby, appropriated, to lie m'id out. of i auy money In the treasury not otherwise ap- ' prnpriate l, to be cxwndiVl under the illrec- ' lion of the Secretary of War, for Ihe repair, j preservation, ami completion of the following ! pub lc works hereinalier named : ! For the Improvement of lti Liith liarlior, i Minnesota, tilt v thousand dollars: Provldeil, j That no pall of said sum shall lie exiH-nded so I as to in jure the liavbor of Superior city, WU- i con-in. j For ihe improvement of Supciior t'ity liar-1 lxir, Wisciinsiii, lll'iy thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Marque: l harbor,! Mlcblgttn, tlliv thousand dollars. I For ihe Improvement of Monomnnec har- bar, Mi.-liiiin and Wisconsin, iwenty-iivc ' iiioitsauii (iniiurs. For the improvement of Ahnaiiee harbor, Wis.-or.sin, twenty-live thousand dollars. For Ihe improvement of Two Itivers harbor, Wisconsin, iwcnlv-Uve thousand dollars For thu Improvement ot bhchoygaii harlir, Wi-s-oiisin, eighteen thousand doliara. For the iiuprovemunt of Port Washington liarlsir, WLscousin, til'iccti thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Kenosha harbor, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Chlcuro harbor. Illinois, ninety thousand dollars. ; For the improvement of Calumet harbor. Illinois, forty thousand dollars : For the Improvement or Michigan City har- : boa, Imllana, fifty thousand dollars. j For the improvement of New UnlT.ilo har-1 bor, Michigan, five thousand dollars. I For iiayment to the tireeuhavand Missis-I slpi Canal Company, for so much of all and singular its property and lights of prowrtv 111 and to the line of water commuiilcjtion lie twecn the Wlscon-in river and the mouth of Ihe Fox river, Including its locks, dams, ea lut's, and franchises, as were under the act of Congress for the improvement of water com munication between the Mississippi river anil l.ake Michigan bv the Wisconsin and Fox riv ers, approved July seventh, eighteen hun dred and seventy, reported by the tsecretarv of War to be nee te 1, In bis cominunicaHou to the House of Itepreseiitilivcs dated March eighth, eighteen hundred and seventv-two, one hundred and forty- five thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Frankfort harbor, Michigan, leu thousand dollars. For the improvement of Manistee liarbor, Michigan, ten ihoutaud dol ars. F'or the Improvement of Pere Marquette harlior, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Peutwnter harbor, Michigan, thirty thousand dol Iars. For the improvement of While River har bor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Muskegon harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. For ihe improvement of Grand Haven har lior, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Dlack Lake har lior, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of haygaluok harbor, Michidan, fifteen thousand dollars. Kor the improvement of South Haven har lior, Michigan' twelve thousand dollars. F'or the improvement of tsaint Joseph har . I sir, Michigan, three thousand dollars, For the improvement of Saint Mary's river and Saint Mary's Fallsca-al, Michigan, three hundred thousand ollars, of which sura fit teen thousand dol Iars may be applied to se cure the right of Way. For the Improvement of C'hrboygan harbor Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. -For the Improvement of Au Sable river, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. , For the improvement of Harbor of Refuge, on iJtke Huron, one hundred thousand dol lars. For the Improvement of the mouth of Block river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Saint Clair flats, Michigan, four thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Toledo harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars. For the Improvemrnt of Sandofky river, Ohio, ten thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Sandusky City har bor, Ohio, thirteen thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Ashtabula harbor, Ohio, fifteen ttyousand eojlurs. For the improvement cf Vermillion barber. Ohio, five thousand dollars. For (lit! improvement of Krie harbor, Penn l yhanl-i, lifleen tnnu'-aud dol'ars. "For the nnprovenit-i:! of Iuinkirk 1 arbor. New York, iwentr-tive thoii-and dollars. F.n- Ih- v in :,! i f I'ovi C iron har bor. Vi-, el -lit ;l;i.ils.ii:. il! 'ars. F r . e inr-r t-nii-'i' of K'oy l.'ivcr b -r. Ol.i k'h iliourau-l do! ai. For I lie improvement of Matniiee river :;bove To!e-lo. Ohio, seven thousand dollars. For the improvement of Monroe harbor, Michigan, leu thousand dollars. For the Improvement of UtilTalo harbor. New York, seventy-five thousand dollars ; aud the unexpended balam-e heretofore a pproprl n:e I for building sen-wall nt ltufi'alo. For the Improvement el'tilcott harbor. New York, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement ot Oak OrcliRnl har lior. New York, two thousand five bitti'tred lioliars. For the Improvement of Puliueyvllle har bor. New York, ten IhoUi-aml dollars. For the Improvement of Little Sodus harbor New York, hl'teeii thousand dollars. For i he Improvement of lllg siinlus harbor, New York, tit een thousand dolhirs. I-or the improvement of Oswesro harts. r. New York, uue hundred thousand dollars. For ihe improvement f Ogilensburgh i.ar lior. New York, teu thousand dollars. For ihe Improvement of Plaitsbnrgh har Isir. New York, ten ihou-and dollars. For the improvement of Jtnrllngtoii harls-r, Vermont, thirty thousand dollai-s. For the improvement or oiler ('reek, Ver mont, from V ergennes to Its outlet on Lake t.'hnniplaln. ten ihou-and dolla.is. For dredge and snag boats on the l."piiei Mississippi river, lorty-two thousand dol lars. For the Improvement ef the Minnesota Riv er, Minnesota, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the lies Moines rapids, Mississippi river, four hundred thou sand ilol ars. For the Improvement of (he Kvk I-i'and nipliLs, Mississippi river, fifty tbou-and dol lars. For the preservation of the falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, and Ihe navigation of Ihe Mississippi river above Ihe Mime, IH'iJ thousand dollars. For improvement of the Mississippi, Missou ri, an I Arkansas rivers, i-nu-:y thisis-ind do' l.iis ; for lmpiovi iiieii; f ih.-'LiitV Missouri li.i..-. iIhim-vuhI dollars : f r lm;.rnveiin-i:t i t ilie o.ia.hl!:i liver, in rkaosas. siiv thou.-and dollars: and for further Improve ment of I lie Oiuichita river, in Louisiana, folly thousand dollar-. For Ihe improvement of the Monneguhe'a river tietween Morgantown and Newlreneva, in accordance with the plan submitted bv Central A. A. Iluniphreys in bis reisirt to Ihe House ol I'epresenlntives date-1 Fetiruary founei-iHh. eighteen hundre'l aud seventy two, twenty-five thousan,! ilollars. For ihe Improvement of the (ihi-i river, and Ihe harbors thereof. Including lh repair of the Cumberland dam, tw o hundred thousand do' Iars. For the improvement of the Osage river, Ml-souri. twenty-live thousand ilollars. For the improvement of Currant river, Missouri, live tnousaml dollars. For the continuing ihe work on the canal al the Falls ol the Ohio river, three hundrea Ihou-and dollars. And the Sere:ary of War Is hereby directed to report lo I oegress, nt Us next session, or sooner, if practicable, the cotvli'.ioa of said c-ma', and lite provi-tons n!.-essnry lo relieve the stune from Incum brance, with a view to such legislation as w ill render the s-anie free to commerce at the earliest practicable peri-l, subject onlv to such tolls as IU.-IV lie ins. c-ssary lor the suis-r-lnteiider.ee and repaia thereof, which sliall not, after the passngu of this act, exceeii live cents per ton. For the Improvement of the Mississippi river betwe.-n the mo'illi or tlie Illinois river and the mouth of I tic Missouri river, twentv tlve thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Ihe Mississip4 river between the mouth of the Missouri river and the mouth of Uhi Mci-rlmac l tver.oue hiindre 1 thousand dollars. For the imiirorement of Hie Walmsh river, Indiana, commencing at its mouth, fifty thou sand dollavs. For the continuation of the work now In progress on the Tennessee river, lie low hat lamsiga, Including the Muscle shoals, fifty thousand dollars. For Ihe Improvement of Ihe Tennessee river, between Kuoxvllle and Cluittauisiga, twenty-live thousand dollars. For'the Improvement of Cfimtierland river, in Tennessee, twenty thousand ilollars. For Ihe improvement of the mouth of the Mi-.-i-slppl river, Louisiana, one hundred ami llt'y-tive thousand dollars. For the improvement ef Tones bayou, Lou isiana, twenty thou-and dollars. For Improvement of Calt.tsicu pass, in the Slate of Louisiana fifteen thousand dollars. For Ihe Improvement of liar in ;,ilvelon lay, ten Ihou-and dollars, and for improve ment ol Ihe harlior of lialveston, Texas, llilr'y-one thousand dollars. For the Improvement of Cypress bayou, near Jell'ersuu, Texas, leu thousand ilol lars. For the Improvement of the Tangipahoa river, Louisiana, two thousand five hundred dollars. For removing the raft in lted Itivcr, Louis iana, one liitndiu I and lllty thousand dol lars. For removing the wreck of the gunlioat ' Oregon," pi the Chiftineie river, Louisiana, six thousand dollars. For dredging the liar a! (ho mouth of tho harlmrnf Cedar Kevs, F'lorlda, seven thou sand live hundred dollars. F'or dredging the liar at the mouth of Saint John's river, Florida, ten thousand dollars. For Ihe Improvement of Mobile harlior ami bay, Alabama, seventy-five thousand dol lars. For the Improvement of the shi-cliannel lu Charleston liarbor, (south Cavo ii a, thirty eitht thousand seven hundred dol a s. For removing obstructions in Ashcpoo riv- r, isouth Cuiolina, one thoi amd three bi n ilred dollars. And Ihe amount of Ihe appro- iiritition ma ie by act of Congress, pprwved uly eleventh, eighteen hundred and sevenl v, for removing obstructions lu Town Creek, near 1 'liarleston, -south Carolina, which re mains unexicndod. Is hereby appropriated to remove wrecks obstructing navigation in Slono river, Soma Carolina, near Church Hilts. For the Improvement of Savannah harbor aud liver, Oeorgla, 11 fly thousand dollars. For Ihe Improvement of tho entrance to tlie barlKir of Italltitmre, In Paiaisco river, and Chesapeake bay, one hundred thousand dol lars. For the Improvement of tho Rappahannock river, below x'rederickslmrg, Virginia, fifteen thriusand ilollars. F'or the improvement of tho James river, Virginia, lifiy thousand dollars For the improvement of the Appomattox river below l'elersburgh, Virginia, forty thou sand dollars. For the improvement of Aqtiia e reek. Vir ginia, one thousand live huudreil dollars. F'or the Improvement of Accotluk creek, Virginia, five HioiiBtnd ilollars. For the improvement of Roanoke river be low Weldon, North Carolina, teu thousand dol Iars. F'or I he improvement of Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Curolina, one hun dred thousand dollars. F'or the improvement of Queenstown har bor, Maryland, twelve thousand dollars. For the improvement of Worton harbor, Maryland, twelve thousand dollars- For the improvement of Cambridge harbor, Maryland, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Northeast river, Maryland, teu thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Wkiomico riv er, Marvland, five thousand dollars. Ford. -auing and improving the channel of ths Schuylkill liver from its mouth to the Chestnut street bridge, Philadelphia. Penn sylvania, fortv thousand dollars, of which sum Biithclcnl "is to be used lor removing the rock between Locust street and the said briilge. For Ihe Improvement of Wilmington har bor, Delaware, ten thousand dollars. For the repair of pier of the ice-harbor at New Castle, Delaware, aud for building a new pier al said harbor, twenty-seven thou sand dollars. F'or the Improvement of Delaware river, between Trenton and ltordentown, New Jer sev, ten thousand dollars. For the Improvement of the Hudson river, New York, fortv thousand dollars. For the removal of obstructions In the East river, New York, Including Hell Gate, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Providence rlvjr, Rhode Island, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Pawtucket river, Rhnile Island, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Passu; river, between Newark and Passlo, New Jertey, twentv-flve tbgilfatvl dollars. - Tor the Improvement and removal of rock in Port Clesler liarbor, New Y'ork. twelve thousand dol 'ars. For the itnpro' einenl of Koundout 1 arbor. New York, leu tlHiiisiiiid dollar. For tin inipr ni'-'i' ol tl ebreakwa'er at it o. 1. i-:::: i, l.'!.'i.- l''?', lifiy lloi -and '"'Iars. -'erTb- i 'in-- -mi-!'! ! iv.'. i: u.-l. insr. I h --lc Is a.i i' mid i inn .' K ill, :eu ;h..u-ai.d dollars. For the Improvement of the thainrs river, Connect 1 -in. ten thousand ilollars. For the improvement cf the Coune.-ti.-ul river lie'ow Harltur.l, i oniie--ti- itt, Including Saybrook bar at the month f Ihe river, forty thousand ilollars. For Ihe improvement of the Connc-tk-iit river on or above Lnfleld falls aud below Holvoke, twrnl v-llve thousand dollars. For ti.e linproiieine-t ol New Haven t.nr ls.r, Conmvtlcut, twenty ihousaiid dollars. For Ihe improvement of Ihe Iloiisatonic, liver, Coni.ecttcut, III een thousand dollars. For Ihe Improvement of BridgvHirt harbor 'onnis-iiciit, forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Norwalk harlior, I'onncc'lcnl, between the store bridge and the railroad diim-biidj:e, ten thousand dol :ars. For the improvement i-f Port .IcnVrsvn Harbor. Long island. ew York, fifteen tbou sand dollRrs. For the iinpnunnent of Pecoric river.I.oi g island, New York, ten thousand ilollars. F'or the improvement of Huntington bar lir. Long island. New York, lweiit-to thousand live nnndred doPars. For the iniprowineiit of I he Nanatiaugiis. river, Maine, teu thou-and dol'avs. For the improvement of Sullivan iier and Sullivau falls Maine, twenij-live tlioiisjiud ilollars. For Ihe Impmvi meiit of Ihe Pem-bscM riv er. Maine, forty thousand dollars. For ihe Improvement of the Kenni liec riv er, Maine, eilil thousand dollars. For ihe improvement of Royals river, Maine, ten thousand dol Iars, For the improvement ef Pi llland liarbor and Pack bay, Man.e, tony-live thousand ilollars. For t lie intprovi incut of Saco river, Maine, lifieen Ihousand dollars. For Ihe Improvement of Richmond's Island, M:ti:ie. iwi-iuy ilioiisnnd dollars. For riiiioi: v il k in i; i.ii.i:i-r l.aibor. M i--achiiM-;:s. ii u tl o:i-aci -'.oliars. F-r the improvi-ii'iei I if ll- m I a; Nr. M is-iichiisevls, secil. -li i ll:oii,-:ind ilo'- lars. For the iniproveim-n f Taunton river, Massachnseiis. ten ihousand dellars. For tin iinprovemei.t ol Pi mouth lnwlior. Massachitseil.-, Iwo thousand live huudreil dollars. For Ihe Improvement of Fdgarlown hall sir Massachusoits. twenty Ihomand dollars. For the Improvement of Provincetown Lar bor, M.issachu e'ts. five thusaiil ihillars. For thvi improvement e-f Wells harbor, Maine, live llmusind ilollars. For removal "f rocks at enlrnuee ol Well flee! harbor, Massachusetts, live Ihoii.-and iloPars. For the iinprovenien of the Merriuiac river above Haverhill. Massachusetts, 1weuO-!lvc tlioii-aud dollars. For the improveim-nt of linxbury harlsir, Massac huselis, ten ihousand dollors". For the improvement of Waieham harbor, Massachusetts, ton thou-and ilol'iirs. For the improvement of the Lower Wil lomette river, Oregon, fifty thousand dol lars. For the Improvement of Ihe I'ppor Colum bia river, lUejoo, titty thousand dollars. For Ihe removal of Rincou roek. In the har liorofson Fraik-ltcn, California, lifiy tlioii snnd dollars. For the Iniprovcnvjnt of the breakwater at Wi'niington, California, scventy-fivo thou tand dollars. For tlie inqirovement of the Tombigliee river, tsn thousand dollars. For removal of rocks ai.tTSjr Haven har lsir. Co:ine.-llcut, litteen thnsisand dollars. For iuipmvt-iuent of i'.s h.s-o yp..i- tvniiii. Ilw town of dovr, New Jlamp-lilro, lea thou sand dollars, For improvement ot Itlack River liarlior, Ohio, twenty ihotiscrsl dollars. For surveys and eaniliialioiis. with tlie view to the iimveiirtit of river harliors, one bnndnsl and ilfi v-tiioiisond dol'ars. SB-, t. That tin secrelary of War is bere- bv itrec!st lo case eXMinrtiatifms or sur- vi-vs, or iKHh to lie mule at the following lioiiiis. namolv! Ar Kevport liarbor. New Jersv : channel between !late island and New Jersev ; at I lonjuisey crei'k. New Jer sev ; at Hear creel, 1 jvko Ontario, New York : at W'aiWInitlHtiniU'bor.New York ; for a breakwater jft RonseX V"i ou Lake hamp'ain, Nw York: at Port Austin and Port CrescenU Ml- higan; aifhe month of l'eiisaukte river, Wisv-onsin; at Wankegan l.ailsir. Illinois; Ihe Mncbbis river, Maine: at Wickfmil harlsir and Newpswt liarbor, lihoile Island; tho east side ol ?ro hl-rw-e liver, bet ecu Field's jiotnt and Fox point, Piod Island; at Poit Orford, Oregoi?: at stero bay, pan liulsOlilsiioeoniitr, t'a'if-ir-nin : fhe mouths ot' Nomoni creek and 0,-co. qitan river, Virginia ; the bay or sound from I'eieware line thnaigli Worcester ciainty to I liiiKotaague inlet, V irginia, with a view to an inlet at or nnar a pla-e called the Horn macks ; for a ship-caunl l-twpt-ii the waters of lialveston Ikiv and Saline lake, Texas; Chester river at Kent Island narrows, Marv laud; Saint Francis river, from CreenM'le down, Missouri ; tiasconade river, Missouri: Tomligliee river, lietween Fnltonand Colunv bus, Mississippi; harlsir of Cellar Keys and eh.iimel to same. Florida ; Nianlic river, Con necticut : the bars al the outlet of Sabine pass, Te.-as; Ihe Mississippi river, lietween Ihe mouth of (he Misaonn river and the month of the Ohio river ; west end of Hie pass at and near Rio Unck point, Texas; the bar at Ihe moiiih of Sabine river, in Salnne lake, and tn extend op the main channelnel of said river 10 the town of iiezora; al the mouth of the Nnches river. In Salnne lake, and toexlend up the main channel of snld river lo the town of itoonville. at the point where the Angelica river falls into Ihe Nuches river, and lo ex tend up tho main channel of said river to the I own of Patlonia, Texas; at the mouth of the Trinitv river, In Calveston bay.auil toexlend up the "miin cliannel of said river lo Ihe town of MikuoIIh. Texas; Washington harlior. NorthCarolinaKdenton harborNoriliCarolinn; lii'iutli of Mnckay's creek, North t aroima: Chippewa river, lip to Chiptiewa falls. Wis consin ; harbor at swanton, Vermont ; harlsir nt lialveston, Texas: at Apalachlcola river, from Cha'lahooi-lic, Fhnida, to Apnla-ht.-ola ; at Chatuihoivhe river, from ('liimbns, liisirgla, to Cliaiialioivbe. F lorida: at Flint river, from Aibany,iiHirgla,loCfcattahiHvhe, Florida; for survey of breakwater a Mi'ford, t'oiinecdcilt : mou:h of Pine river, Michigan : the harbor of San Diego, C'a'iforiila; mouth f (irand Calumet river, Indiana: tire.it Kanawha river, from the tlre.it liillstotlic mouth. West Virginia ; to complete tho sur vey of the Sanies river and Kanawha canal ; lor surveo of Camden harlior, Maine ; for a sea-wall or breakwater at Triniilad liarbor. California: ol the channel nnd liank nt en trance of Salem harbor; on Merrimack river, Massachusetts, from Haverhill lo Newbiiry isirt, including Duck Hole and Currier sholes; the New river, from Ihe mouth of (ireenbrier. in West Virginia, to the lead mines, in Wvthe county, Virginia; at St. Helena bar, in" tlie Columbia river. Oregon; for surverv for the removal of wreks of gun boats steamers, and other obstructions placed 1 1 Yazoo river during the war, and for the rosurvey of fiavanab liarbor: the Deleware river between trenton and Kaston; for tbe (.urvCT of the river St Mary's, In Ohio and Indiana; for the nurvey of the Minnesota liver above the mouth of the Yellow Medi cine, Minnesota. sec. 3. That in the examinations or sur veys of all points mentionad In the foregoing section, the Secrelarv of War bo directed to ascertain, ac far as practicable, Ihe amount of tonngo of commercial Imsiness during the previous year at. each point, together with such other facts as bear upou the question of the contemplated Improvement, ami that be communicate the same, together with his re port of the examination or survey of such isiint, to Congress: Provided, That so much of the amonut herewith appropriated for tlm survi-col rivers and harbors as U requisite for contingencies, may be used for said pur liose. Apiirove.1, June 10, l7i. GF.NKVAL KATt'BE-N'O. 120. AN ACT to provkle for Ihe redemption and . sale of lanos held by tbe United States un der the several acts levying direct taxes, and for other purposes- Be it mated bv the Senate and House cf' Rrprttentatirff of the United Stattt ef America in Umgres auembled, That al) (be lands now owned or held by Ihe United Eiatta, by virtue of proceetbaji under tbe act entitled "An act Tor the eollec tlon or direct taxes In lnenrrecilonarvilutric's wiilnn l be Cr.ue I s-ates.aud for oilier isu )k.m s," approved June seventh, eighteen Inn - i i-l n -nt .-Ixlj -two, and iinder ac siq.p'c i:i. i.:ry tlier.--i. or upon ihe same sul.H c -i:n'ier. :iiy be r.- U-ii.ie I and restored 'o "'-'" l'1''" " -r:l niiiM arp ica-i n ihej,? lor i die Mv.eliiry . the t rea-urv, Ihroiij.!! ihe Ci nili.issioi er of Internal lU-venne, win,. In two tears from the parage of ibis twt. and f irnlsb satlM'aclnry eudenci' to said Deter ment that such )i r-iu or Applicant in each case was, at the time tlie I uitisl States m--,tiirod-tiiIo tbtrelo, Ihe legal owner of such hind, or the heir al law. or d- iee, ior graii-ts-e. iu goml faith, and for valuable considera tion, of such legal ownr; but l-efoie such icdeinplion shall In awarlevtaiidtitleresiortst ou an v such niipiicatlon aud proof, such as p leant slinll y Into the ireastiM ol'the I ' niied Stales tne direct lax charged against ihe Ian Is describe 1 in such application, to gether with the co-t of adverti-ing ami of ihe -ale of siii-I lands, aud all other priqu-r chai ifes aeainsi ihe sain:-, and Inten-ts on m I In m i he dale of Us assessment at ihe rate of 1 ten percenlinn tier a nr. tun. and Interest on said costs and charge' al the anie rate, froin the time they accim- l ui.d were iiMilile: i-i-io iue-i, iinffMi-r. main hiiv oilier person or iersous- than s-.u-h aj- lic-u'it sliall lnhn ca-emake -atl-f.ictorv evidence tosaid I e- Ritiiu nt that lie or " t hex. nl.er the acqulil llon of title by Ihe I'nited S ates. and before the pus.-,-te ol ihi-i net. made valuable aud .-iin:ineut improvement on said land in gosl lalih and under color of legal title. It -luill then be the additionol duiv of such ap plicant lor redemption to pay to such iornn or s r-ons I lie reasonable value of such per inaneul iiuproveinenlh at tbe time of actual ieiUiiiHloii ; and if the applicant an 1 such l;rsou or s-rsoiis l.-iil lo agrie upon and Mtuicalily -etile such claim for im provements, then i lie value thereof shall Is- assessed anl reioried to the secrplury ol the Ticasiirv, under oa Ii, by llnee coiiipi tent ami disin ei ested I'ret-holiiers rt-siilenls of the count v or tiarisli in win. h.-is ii land is situate, w ho shall Is- apsiinie.l for that pur-use bv the I'nl-.ed Mates ili.-irict judge of tin- district where ihe lands are sllunie, iqsin Information Irom the sevre aiy of Ihe Treasury thai a claim for coiuis-nsjttlou lor i:.-h i'i inaiu nt luvlrovr- ! lueuls I-- sruli:i-r in a-i ca--, arid Ilia Ijtisfed j ti llh-al io-Uiere I..' Il -had .-i'-ii iv Ho- 1 il'l I 1 -ai I IsiH'd ol ireeho o-r- lo s e in iluir r.--:rt the i.u.i.ie ol s.u I iuin.-i-iucut.-, j when U-.ey were made, by wlnim, and the r.-asoiiaiiie value iie-reoi, as af.iresaul. and any oilier facts Hint may lie in their juiimneul material toa fair and just delerinina'ion of li e rights of the ries. Thev shall send one copy of such report to ihe "Seeretarv of the Treasury, and tile a duplica'e thereof in theotliceof ilieclerk of die highest court rf I'M-ort of Ihe state, in Hie county or iwiri-h where such land is situate. '1 he" reasonable j l'.-es of said Utftrd sliall lie borne ami jsiiil equally by the wrties to said controversv. SH'. 1. That whenever Ihe furegoliig' coii ilitlons liave beeiicianilied with, and redemp tion and ri-storatt-m o( title has ls-en awanitsl in any case by ihe t-ocreiary of the Trea-urv, it sliall Iv the ilulyi fihti CommisKioner of Ihe Inleiiial Revenue to make out a clrtltlcatc ! or release ol ihe interest and tl le of Ihe l int- j e I Stales In And lo such lands, in dub'.k-ale, I wnicii stiaii ne approve", lu wiiting, hvihe Secrilary of the Treasury, and his approval indorsed iliereon. and llu-n one copy thereof, shall be delivered to such app'icant ami tlie oilier tiled iu tlie office of sai t Cominls.-ioncr. Sbc. x 'i'iwtt tlie Coiumissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secrotary ot the Treasury, shall, as soou as mav lie after the passage of this act. prescribed "and pro mulgate sik h rules and regvlatlous, not Incon sistent w itb tlie provistuu of this act, as mav be necessary and pro-ir to faci itaic the exe cution of this act aud secure the most rqieedy and least exieusive attainment of ihe piiriare hereof that is praclicabie. Mi'. 4. That if. al the expiration of ihe time het-H i before -a lowed for re.lcuipiion, there shall remain auy f said lands uui eileemed, li shall then be tlie duty of the said Commis sioner of Internal Revenue, under the di rec ti m f ihe Secretary of the Treasury, lo pro ceed lo sell al public auction, as soon as may lie consistent w 11 h the ptililic interests, the lauds not redeemed and restored, and lo re lea aud convey tlie same to the piirvbasers In the maimer aloresaid, and lu the nu-au tUne and until so sold lo release, tlie mine. Set. a. Tliat ail lanls now owmsl by the 1'iiite I S;a:es acquired under tlie provii-ious of any of the I'nited Stales direc.-:ax acts, iluaied In the Slate nf.NHith Carolina, lu c'udingall tracts or lots of land purchased nnd '-army and navy'' sales, not paid for In full al Ihe present lime, shnll lie Included In Ihe provisions of this act: Provile.1, however. That Ihe applications of iliepnrehasers under "army and navy'' sales shall, for six months afier the lasnne of this act, have pra-slence so far as relates to Ihe land purcliascd by Iheni. Km1. 6. That all monov derived rrom the -a e of "scl-isd-fann" la nils, umk-r the pro-vi- ions of se.-.tloii eight of an act entitled -An act lo continue In force and to ameml 'An act lo establish a bureau lor the reilef nf ft-Rcd-m -u, and refugees, and for other puris-ses,' " approved July slxteenlh, eiglit5-en liun lied and slxty-slx.'and which money l now In Ihe en-tody of the Freedinen's biirenu, lie, and Ihe same is hereliv appropriated for thv use and support of free public schools in the imrlslu- of saint Helena and Saint Luke. South Carolina, in equal parts. tnlieex-nded under the direction and control of a special board of three commissioners, who shall be appointed by and act under the direction of Hie Secretary of tbe Treasury, ami shall be duly sworu that they will fall I'd nil y discharge tlieir duties aj such commissioners, and shall give such good and sufficient bonds tlierctor as said Secretary shall require, and who sliall not receive more than one hundred dollars fier year each for Ihelr services. SKC 7. That the provisions of this act shall not be construed lu apply to or embrace any lands forms, plantations, or lots which are now. In whole or in (art. used or occupied by the Cntte4 States for national cemeteries, or forthe burial of the dead, or other public purposes, or wh.ch have lieen set apart to any such puriise, or which, umler Ihe instruction of the President of the President ol the Vidtcd States have been reserved Sir mili tary or naval purposes, or such lot of land on Hunting Island, South Carolina, mav be necessary as a site for the erection of a light house. Skc 8. Thai tlie premises know and desig nated as bhvk one hundred ami twenty-three on die plat of the late commissioner's of di re, t taxes for said State, in the town of Ili-a'.ifort aforesaid, now occupied as a court house for Ihe county of lleaiifort, in sal 1 State, lie, and the sanic are hereby, released unto said count v, for the public uses of said couutv; and that all sums of money due to the 1' iiltod States on account nf sai 1 premises lx and they are hereby, released in favor of said ciuniv. sw. 8. That section two of an act entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers of land sold for direct (axes In the lnsurreclkmary S ates," approved May ninth, eighteen hun dred aud seventy-two, be, and ihe same is hcrebv, amended to read as fol lows : "Si-i', 2. Thai in all cases where ihe owner nf any land sold for taxes as aforesaid, his heirs'or assigns has reeovered or shall re cover I he same from the purchaser, his heirs or assigns w ithout collusion on his or their part, bv the judgment of any Culled 8-ates court, bv reason of a failure, without his or their fault or neglect, of the title of the pur chrscr derived from said sale, the (Secretary of the Treasury, on the payment Into the treasury, by t ho clerk, of the money deposited with him as aforesaid, and on being radsfled that any purchaser, his heirs or assigns with out blser tnelr collusion, baa been evicted from or turned out of possession of any such land bv the judgjnent of any United States court. In ihe manner before mentloued,ls hore by authorized, out of any money In the treas ury not otherwise appropriated, to repay to the person or persons entitled thereto a sum ol money equal to that originally paid by the purchaser of the land so recovered, If the same has been ualdliito the treasury, or to anv rson legal lv authorized to recelvo the tame for tho United States" Approved, Jnne 8, 1872. (tiE-NKKAL SATVRE -So. 121. j AN ACT to amend an act relating lo soldiers' '' and sailors' homesteads. lie it enacted by the Senate and Ifouee of lle,rettHtatiree of th' United Statu of America in Conqnet auembled. That the act entitled "An act to enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors their widows and orphan chlMred, to acquire iiomesteatis on ineptiunc wunnw - m,,, , States" approved AirU fintrth, eighteen bun- 1 I msi IHU Bnwi . V, , - ' " - , . hereby, atnenled to at torrid as follows: I I 1 Thai every private soldlsrand ofllcer who has served in tbe army of the United Slates dur ing the recent rebellion for nlr.ely days, or more, and who vs. lierornbly dtschaigeit, and l.a reitiairi 'I loa! tothe geu-n.menl, ii clwl iitt; the- tnM'is niusfi-retl imo the service ol'the l'i:ied states by virlure of Ihe third secllon f an a.-t eniitic-l --An :.ct liiiikligat propi la lions for cnniileUng ihe defenses ol Wasb ir.gtou, and lor other )iospc.ses,"' npirovrsl February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and every seaman, marine, and ofii e'er who lias served In the navy of ihe I lilted Staitis. or In the miriue coris", dunng ihe relx-llion, for tiiuely dnys and who was honorably oWliargee. and lias remained loyal to ihe government, sluill, on coinplinu.'e with ihe provMnns of an act tntitle.1 "An act to secure honiesteails to actual settlers on the 1 ubli domain," and ihe ads amemlatory i hereof, as hereinalier modified, lie eutith-d lii enter iijs.hi and receive ia:enls lor a quantity of public lands 'not mineral: not excluding one hundred and sixty acre, or one quarter--is-.tion, to Is? taken iu' -nnpnit form, accord ing to li-gal sulNlivisiims, Including tho atterii aie resi-rved sections of public lands along the line ol any rniln ad or other public work, not ntm-rwi-f' reserved or approprlat'sl. find th -r Inn-Is n l.je.-t m entry under Ihe home tend law (.i' ih,. I'nited Males: Provi ded, That said homestead settler shall I al'uwed six tnunihs af.er hs-aili.g Ills hetne s ead. and filing his declaratory stuteiiK-nt. w It bin wMch to in.ikc his entry aud eoti.-iiK-ncebis sertU-meiit and improvement : And provided also. That the lime w hich Ihe home, -lead settled shall have seived in Hie aruiv. i aw, or ui.il ine corps aforesHid sliall lie de ducted from ihe i in-- heretotore required in pet foe! tit ie, or -l .li harged on aivount ol wmnds received, or disability Incurred in Ihe lire of duty, then Ihetemi of enlistment snail l:e ileducteil from Ihe time heretofore required In -rl'ect title, without reference to the 'englh of time he ny have served: Provided, however, That no liatent sliall issue to any In meslea l settler who bus not resided tt ou, improved, and cull lna'ed his said homcslead l-ir a rlid of al least one yearafter lie sluill ,-oiniiM-nce his improvements as aforesaid. Ssjc. 1. Tliat any person entilleil. under the provisions of the foregoing rtvlion, to enter a homestead who may have heretotore enlored. umler the hoiiw-t:?i.'l law's, aipmnillv of land es than one hiiRilnsI and sixty rcres. -hall In- s-ri.u'ted lo eicer under tlie pro isious of I li- a,-t, sn much land contiguous .otlie nact iiilnii, e I in the tlr-t i nn y as, w hen adderf to Ih -qi-antity previously lu'itereil, shall not ex ceei oi e hiiuilrfsl and sixty acres. skc. 3. That in case cf the death of any person w ho would be entitled lo a homestead under Ihe proxislnns of the first reel ion of i lii a, t bis widow. If unmarried, or In ease of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children, by a guardian duly aptsiinted and officially accredited at the liepartment ol" the I.i'eiior, shall lie entitled to all the hei.ellts enumerated In this act, subject to all the pro visions as to settlement and improven-enis I herein contained: Provided, That if such person died during his term of enlistment, the whole term of his en'istment sliall liedc dnc.tod from the time heretofore required lo perfect the illle. sn. 4. That where a rty at tbe date of I is entry of a tract of land under the liome sti a l laws or subK-qiu-nlly thereto, was act tally enlisted and employed in the aiinyor navy of tne United States his servi.-es there in, shall, in the a I ml nistration of said honie stc.i l laws lie construed to lie equivalent, lo all intents aiul purposes toa residence liir the same length of time upon the tract so entered: Provideil. That If his entry lias Isien canceleil by reason of his absence" from iai-1 trad while in lie military or naval set vice of the United States, aud Bitch ttact has not ls-en disjioseil of, his entry shall be restored: And provided further, That If such tract l as liven db-iosed of, said parts may enter another tract snlijeet to entry under said laws: ami his right to a patent theretnr may le determined by tbe proofs touching bis residence ami cnltivationof the first trad and his absence therefrom In such service. Rm 6. That any soldier, sailor, marine ofllcer. or other jierson coming "wllhlrt' the provisions of this act may, as well by an agent as in ierson.cnter upom eaftt homestead by filing a declaratory statement ns in pre emption cases : Prorlde-J, That said claimant In person shall within the time prescnlied nuke his actual entry, commence settlements and Improvements oh the same, and thereaf ter flit till all the requirements of this act. Sn. 6. That tbe Commissioner of the Gen eral I-and ofiice shall have authority to make nil needful rules and regulation lo carry into effect the provisions of this act. A pproved, June 8, 1872. (tiENF.BAL NATVRK- No. 130.) AN A( T to amend section live of an act en . tltleil "An act making approprialions lor . the civil and diplomatic eense of the government for ihe year eighteen hundred and forty one," approved March three, eighlieen hundredand forty-one, and to au thorize tho proper construction thereof. it enirtril hy the Sewtte and If mine if lirpresrntittlrc.t nf the Uuitnl States f America in Cimyre .ii6ei', Tha! Ihe provisions of the fifth section of the act entitled "An act making appropria tions for tlm civil and diplomatic exienses of the government for Ihe year ehrhleen hun dred and forty-one," approved March Ihree, eighteen hundred and forty one, which es tablished and limited theoomjiensnlioii of c-ol-lis-tors of customs slmli be amended and shall U'construeil loapply toall surveyors of c-ns-loms ports perlbrnii'ng. or having perfonned,. tlie duties of collftiors of customs, who shall be entitled to rtveivc Ihe same comiensatiu as isallowod to collectors by sold actofMarih three, eighteen hundred and fortv-one, lor like services in the settlement of their ac counts with the trersury : Providwl. That the fees commissions, and emolnments nresv-rib-csl by law and collected by them shall amount lo such maximum allnwauce. Approved, June 8, 17J. lliKNFIt.VL XATl'BK- No. lHt. AN ACTforlhclielfer seciirily of bank re serves and lo facilitate bank clearing-house exchanges. Be it enacted hi (he. Scnatt and flmitf, rf lieprtintativtt of the United Slates of America in Conjreet aetenitiled. That tbe Secretary of the Treasury Is here by authorized lo receive United Stales notes i n deposit, without interest, from -national Iwtnking associations in suns not less than ten Ihousand dollars,; ami to issue certifi cates therefor in sivh form as the Secretary may iiresorthe. In denominations of not lees than five thousand dollars: which certltlcat3 shall he iayable on demand In United Stales notes, at the place where the deposits, were made.- - Skt. ?. That the Tnltcd Slate notes so deposited In tbe treasury of the United Stales shall not be counted as part of ihe local re serve : but tbeclrtifia-ates issued rncreior may lio held and counted by national banks as art of their legal reserve, and may lie ac cented In tho settlement of clearing-house balance at tho places w lie re tho deposits tlterefor were made. Sw. 3. That nothing contained In this act shall be construed to authorize any expansion or contraction of tbe currency; and the Unit ed Status note' for which such certificates are issue-1, or other United states notes of like amount, shall be held as special deposits in the treasury, and used only for the redenqi tlon of such certificates. Approved, Juue 8, 1872. General, nature -No. 105.) AN ACT to take awajr the eirc.nlt court jur isdiction of the cistrict court of the United States for the northern district ot Georgia, to create a circuit court In said district, ana for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rrpreitntalivet of the United Statet of America in Congrett a$tembled: That so much of anv act or acts of Congress asvesJs In tbe district court of the United Slates for the northern district of Georgia tbe iwwer and Jurisdiction of a circuit court be, and the same Is hereby, repealed: and there hereafter be a circuit court held for Mid district, presided over as the circuit coort now is or hereafter may be, in the southern district. Sit 1 That aU aodon, tulte, levjtlloiif. causes, pleas, process, and other proceeatnfs