The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-07-26
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES

NA"o Vt LIE UNITED STATES,
raised at the FIRST Session of the Thirty ninth
Congress.
[PUBLIc-No. 75I
AN ACT for the disposal of the public land for bo,e
stead actual settlement in the States of Alabama
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida
Resolved by the Senate and House of Renresan+o-
yves OF the United States ofAmerca in Congress- as
M mat from and after the passage of this act
an the public lands in the States of Alabama Missis
slppl Louisiana Arkansas, and Florida shall he dis
posed OF according to the stipuations of the home
| stead law OF twentieth May eighteen hundred and
sixty-two entitled IAN act to Secure homesteads 70
actual settlers on the public domain and the act
ssuppilemental thereto, approved twenty first of
this restriction that until the expiration of two
years nom and after the passage of this act no entry
snail pc made for more than halfquarter section,
or eighty acres; and in lieu of the of dollars
required to be paid by the second section of said act
there shall be paid the of five dollars the time
OF the issue OF each patent and that the public lands
IN said States shall be disposed of in no other man
ner alter the passage of this act ProUded That no
distinction discrimination shall be made in the
construction or execution Of this act account of
| race or color And provided further, That no min
eral lands shall be liable to entry and settlement I'M
der Its provisions.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted. That section sec
ond of the abovecited homestead law entitled IAN
act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the
puolc domain, approved May twentieth eighteen
follows THAT the person applying for the benefit of
TINS acl ha upon application to the register of the
ANA once IN which he or she is about to make such
entry make affidavit before the said register or re-
celVer that he or she is the head of family or is
tWentyone years ormofe ofage shall have perform
ed service IN the army or navy of the United States
ana that such application is made for his or her ex
clus1Ve use and benefit and that said entry is made
Tor the purpose OF actual settlement and cultivation
and not either directly indirectly for the use and
oeneht OF any other person whomsoever and upon
filing the said affidavit with the register or receiver
and ON payment OF five dollars, when the entry is of
not more than eighty acres, he or she shall therein
on be permitted to enter the amount of land speci
ned Pr0uaded, hOaceoer, That no certificate shall
be given, or patent issued therefor until the exDira
ton of five years from the date of such entry and if
at the expiration ofsueh time or at any time within
two years thereafter, the person making such entry
or II he be dead, his widow; in case of her death
his heirs or devsee; or in case OF widow making
such entry her heirs devisee in case of her death
shall prove by two credible witnesses that he she or
they have resided upon or cultivated the same for
the term oftye years Immediately succeeding the
time OF filing the affidavit aforesaid and shall make
affidavit thatno part of said land has been alienaed
an that he will bear true allegiance to the govern
ment OF the United States; then, in such case, he,
she, or they, if at that time citizen of the United
States shall be entitled to patent, in other cases
provided d by law w. ana Rr9g5ded Further
leaving an infant child or children under twenty
years ofage, the right and fee shall enure to the
benefit of said infant child or children and the ex-
ecutoE administrator, or guardian may, at any time
within two years after the death of the surviving pa
rent and in accordance with the laws of the state in
which such children for the,time being have their
domc, sell said land for the benefit OF said infants
but for no other purpose: and the purchaser shall
acquire the absolute title by the purchase and been
titled to patent from the United States on the pay
ment of the office fees and sum of money herein |
specified Pro0ided That until the first day of Jan
uary, eighteen hundred and siXty-seyen anyiperson
applying for the benefit of this act shall in addition
to the OATH hereinbefore required also make oath |
that he has not borne arms against the United States
or given aid and comfort to its enemies.
Sec. 3. lind be it purifier enacted, That all the |
provisions of the said homestead law and the act |
amendatOry thereby, approved March tWenty-frst |
eighteen hundred and sixyfour so far as the same
may be applicable, except so far as the same are
modified by the preceding sections of this act are
applied to and made part OF thsiact as fully if here
in enacted and set forth.
Approved, June 81, 1866.
PUBnC-No 49,
AN to reimburse the State of West Virginia for
moneys expended for the United States in enroll |
ing equipping and paying military forces to aid in
suppressing the rebellion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- |
sentatives OF the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That Immediately after the pass |
age of this act the President shall appoint three Com
missioners whose duty it shall be to ascertain the
amount ofmoneys expended by the State of West |
Virginia in enrolling, supplying equippng subsist-
ing, transporting and paying such State forces as
have been called into service in said State since the
twentieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
one to act in concert with the United States forces
in the suppression of rebellion against the United
States
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That the Com |
mssoners appointed shall proceed at once to ex-
anime all the expenditures made by said State for
the purposes herein named allowing only for dis |
bursements made and amounts assumed by the State
for enrolling, equippng, subsisting, transporting,
supplying and paying such troopr werecaed into
service by the Governor at the request of the United
States department commander commanding the dis |
trict in which West Virginia may at the time have
been included. or by the express order consent or
concurrence of such commander or which may have |
been employed in suppressing rebellion in said |
State. And no allowance shall be made for any
troops which did not perform actual military service
in full concert and cooperation with the authorities
of the United States and subject to their orders.
Sec. 3. Ind be 0tsrtter enacted, That in making
ing officers of the government, the commissioners
shall state separately the amounts expended respec-
lively for enrolling, equipping, armfng subsistng,
transporting, and paying SAID troops, and from the
aggregate amount they shall deduct the amount of
direct amount of direct tax due by the said State to
the United States under the act entitled IAN act to
provide increased revenue debt and for other pur-
poses, Approved August fifth, eighteen hundred
and siXty-one.
Sec A. And be it, further enacted That in the adj
justment of accounts under this the commission
ers shall not allow for any expenditure compen-
sation for service at rate greater than at the
time authorized by the laws of the United States in
similar cases.
Sec. 5. And be ii falrther enacted, That so soon
said commissioners shall have made up said ac-
count and ascertained the balance, herein direct
ted they shall make written report thereof show
ING the different items ofexpenditure as hereinbe-
fore stated, to the Secretary of the Treasury who
shall cause the same to be examined by the proper
accounting officers of the treasury, and said officers
shall audit the accounts as in ordinary cases. and if
from their reportit shall appear that any sum re-
mains due to the said State he shall draw his warrant
for the same payable to the governor of said State,
Sec. g. and be atttrt1,er enacted, That the COM
missioners to be appointed as aforesaid SHALL before
proceeding to the discharge of their duties be sworn
that that they will carefully examine the accounts
existing between the United States and the State of
West Virginia, and that they will, to the best of
their ability, make just true and impartial state
ment thereof, as required by this act. They shall
receive such compensation for their services as may
be determined by the Treasury
Sec. T. And be itftrtter enacted That the sum
Of three hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hun
dred and fortyeight dollars and thirty-seven cents
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to carry
this act into effect.
Approved, June a. 1866.
rPUBLIo-No III
AN ACT to establish a photographic Office in the
Navy Department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That there shall be a photographic
Office attached to the Bureau of Navigation in the
Navy Departmentfor the improvement of the means
for navigating safely the vessels of the navy, and of
the mercantile marine by .proyiding, under
and cheap nautical charts, sailing directions nayga
vessels of the United States and for the benefit and
| use of navigators generally.
tary OF the Navy be- and he is hereby, authorized to
cause to be prepared at the photographic office at
tached to the Bureau ofNaVigatiOn in the Navy De-
partment maps, charts, and nautical books relating
to and required in navigation, and to publish and
furnish them to navigators at the cost of printing
and paper and to purchase the plates and copyrights
of such existing maps charts navgators sailing d.
rections and Instructions, as he may consider neces
| sary, and when he may deem it expedient to do So
and under such rules regulations, and instructions
| as he may prescribe.
Sec 8. And be @Jtcrther enacted, That the mon
eys which may be received from the sale of all such
maps charts and nautical books shall be returned
by the Secretary of the Navy into the treasury of the
United States to be used in the further preparation
and publication OF maps, charts, navigators sailing
directions and instructions for the use of seamen
and to be sold at the rates forth in the prece
ding section.
Approved, June p, 1866
lPUBLIc-No 78.
AN ACT to incorporate the Howard Institute and
| Home" Of the District Of Columbia.
Be ii enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
Se7tdttUes ofGte United States Of america in Con-
gress assembled, That James NJ. Edmunds Sayles
j. Bowen, Cordial St0rrs, Augustin Chester John
q Elyans, j. Sayes Brown, and Linas D. Bishop,
and their associates and successors are hereby de