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and working OF said road may require, under
such regulations, and subject to such
taxation, as is imposed by law on SIM
liar property located in the city Of Washing
ton.
Sec. 5. And bc it further enacted, That
this act take effect from the time Of its pas
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APPROVED, March 3, 1863.
PUBLIc-No. Ill.
An Act to Incorporate the National Acade-
emy Of Sciences.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer.
ica in Congress assembled, That Louis
| Agassiz, Massachusetts; J. H. Alexander,
Maryland; s. Alexander, New Jersey; A.
d. Bache, at large; F. B. Barnard, at large {;
J. G. Barnard, United States army, Massa-
chusetts; w. H. c. Bartlett, United States
Military Academy, Missouri; u. A. Boyden,
Massachusetts, Alexis Caswell, Rhode Is
land; William Chauvenet, Missouri ]. H.
G. Coffin, United States Naval Academy,
Maine J. A. Dahlgrcn, United States navy,
Massachusetts, George Engelmann. st. Lou
is, Missouri; ]. f. Frazer, Pennsylvania !;
Wolcott Gibbs, New York; J. NJ. Gilless,
United States navy. District Of Columbia ;
A. A. Gould, Massachusetts; B. A. Gould.
Massachusetts,; Asa Gray, Massachusetts, ;
A. Guyot. New Jersey; James Hall. New
York; Joseph Henry, at large; J. E. Hill
gard, at large, Illinois; Edward Hitchcock,
Massachusetts, ]. s. Hubbard, United States
naval observatory, Connecticut; A. A..
Humphreys, United States army. Pennsyl-
vania; J. l.. LIZ Conte, United States army.
Pennsylvania /; ]. Liedy, Pennsylvania; J..
p. Lesley, Pennsylvania; NJ. F. Longstreth,
Pennsylvania; d. H. Mahan, United States
Military Academy. Virginia; J. s. Newber-
ry, Ohio; H. A. Newton, Connecticut; !;
Benjamin Pcirce, Massachusetts John Rod
gers, United States navy, Indiana; Fairman
Rogers, Pennsylvania; II. f. Rogers, Penn
sylvania; w. b. Rogers, Massachusetts,; L..
NJ. Rutherford, New York; Joseph Saxton.
at large; Benjamin Silliman. Connecticut /;
Benjamin Silliman, junior. Connecticut; |;
Theodore Strong, New Jersey John Torrey.
New York; ]. G. Totten, United States
army, Connecticut; Joseph Winlock. United
States Nautical Almanac, Kentucky; Jeffries
Wyman, Massachusetts, J. d. Whitney,
California, their associates and successors
duly chosen, are hereby incorporated, con-
stituted, and declared to be a body corpnr-
ate. by the name of the National Academy of
| Sciences.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That
the National Academy of Sciences shall con-
sist of not more than fifty ordinary members
and the said corporation hereby constituted
shall have power to make its own organiza.
ton, including its constitution. bylaws, and
rules and regulations; to fill an vacancies
created by death, resignation. or otherwise /;
to provide for the election of foreign and do
mestic members, the division into classes.
and all other matters needful or usual in
such institution, and to report the same to
Congress.
Sec. 8 And be IL further enacted, That
the National Academy Of Sciences shall hold
an annual meeting at such place in the
United States as may be designated, and the
academy shall, whenever called upon by any
department of the Government, investigate,
! examine, experiment. and report upon any
subject of science or art, the actual expense
of such investigations, examinations. expert
ments, and reports, to be paid from appro.
priations which may be made for the purpose
out tne 8Ccueny eudu ScceISS uo CouipehS".
ton whatever for any services to the Gov
ernmcnt Of the United States.
ArrRovED, March s, 1868.
Pubic No. ll6.
An Act to grant the Right of Presumption
to certain Purchasers on the "Soscol
Ranch," in the State Of California.
BE It cnactedby the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States Of Amer
ica, IN Congress assembled. That it may and
shall be lawful for the commissioner Of the
general land-ofiice to cause the lines Of the
public surveys to be extended over the tract
Of country known as the g Soscol Ranch,
in California, the claim to which by Don Ma
riana Gasdalupe Vallejo has been adjudged
invalid by the supreme court Of the United
States, and to have approved plats thereof
duly returned to the proper district land
Office Prorided. That the actual cost Of
such survey and plating shall arst be paid
into the surveying fund by settlers. accord
ing to the requirements of the tenth section
of the act of Congress, approved thirtieth Of
May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, Ito
reduce the expenses Of the surwy and sale
of the public land in the United States
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