The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-17
PUBLIC ACTS.

| H. D. 1863
, PUBLIC ACTS.
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President HANNIBAL HAM
| LIN. Vice President and President of the Sen
ate. SOLOMON FooTE was elected President
of the Senate, pro tentpore, on the eighteenth,
| day of July and continued SO to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHAP CIX.
An Act amendatory OF an Act entitled can Act
to provide for the Care and Preservation of the
Works constructed by the United States for
bringing the Potomac Water into the Cities of
Washington and Georgetown, tor the Supply
of said Water for all Gover[nl lmental Purposes
and for the Uses and benefit of the Inhabitants
of the said cities.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiVes of the United States OF America In
Congress assembled, That, i'll addition to the
powers conferred upon the corporation of wash
ington the second and third sections OF the act
of Congress approved March three, eighteen hum
dred and fifty y-ninc, [enttledl "An Act to provide
for the care and preservation OF the works con-
structed bv the United States for bringing the
Potomac water into the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, for the supply of said water Tor all
governmental purposes, and Tor the uses ana be
netit of the inhabitants of the said Cities full
power and authority are hereby given to the SAID
CORPORATION to levy and collect water tax on all
real property within the corporate limits OF the
CITY of Washington which binds on or touches On
any avenue street, or alley in which main water
pipe has been laid or hereafter may be laid by the
United States or by the corporation OF Washing!
ton, which water-taX shall be as nearly as posi-
BILE equal and uniform; may be levied on lots in
proportion to their frontage or their area, as the
said corporation may determine; and may be col
lected in not less than three nor more than nve
Il tn1Y Nanfs M
the first shall bear interest at the rate OF SIX per
centum per annum, commencing from the date
of Tatl which the first instament becomes due,
but NAV at the option of the owner of the pro-
perty taxed be paid and discharged in full at any
time after it shall have been levied. And the said
corporation of Washington is further authorized
and empowered petition of the owners of the
majority of the real estate on any square or line
of squares to lay down water-pipes and erect fire
plugs and public hydrants wherever the same
may be requisite and necessary tor Puohc con-
yeDience security from fire, or for health.
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, That, TO
aid in the erection, maintenance, and efficiency
of fire plugs throughout the city, the said cOrpo
ration of Washington is hereby authorized and
empowered to levy md collect 4 special annual
tax on all buildings within five hundred feet oi
any main water-pipe into which, or the premises
connected Herewith, the water has no. been IN
troduccd, and the owners or occupants OF which
do not paw an annual water-rate or rent in accor-
dance with the ordinances of the corporation,
which tax shall be levied with reference to The va
lue OF the DullUtnE SO ldAeu, auu Siiill Uc ilul
more than five dollars nor less than one dollar
per year; but whenever the water shall be intro
duccd, in conformity with the corporation laws.
into any building or premises, the ilre-D'ng tax
thereon shall cease; and whenever the water snail
be discontinued from any building or premises
into which it has been introduced, the said build
ing shall be subject TO the ire-p.ug tax from the
date of the discon inUance of the water
See 8. And be it further enacted, That the
water-taY hereby authorized to be levied and col
lected shall constitute fund to be used eNclu-
siycly to defray the cost of distribution of the
water, including all necessary fixtures and ma
chimes connected with said distribution; and the
annual water rates or rents authorized to be col
lected by the act of which this act Is amendatory
shall constitute fund exclusively for the main
tenance, management, and repair OF the system
of water dis trbutiOn.
Approved, Marsh 3, 1868.
CHAP. CXVI.
An Act to grant the Right of Presumption to GER
tain Purchasers on the "Soscol Ranch,'' in the
State of California
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives OF the United States OF America III
Congress assembled, That it may end shall bc
lawful for the commissioner Of the general land
Office to cause the lines of the public to
be extended over the tract of country known us
the ''Soscol Ranch" in California; the claim 10
which by Don Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo has
been adiugded invalid by the supreme court of
the United States, and to have approved plats
thereof duly returned to the proper district land
Office: Provided, That the actual cost of such
survey and plating shall first be paid into the
surveying fund by settlers, according to the re-
quirements of the .cnth section of the act OF Con
gress, approved thirticth of May, o!gntccn hun
dred and siXty-two, " to reduce the expenses OF
the survey and sale OF the public lands III the
United States"
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That after
the return of such approved pais to the district
office, if may and shall be lawful for individuals,
bona fdc purchasers from said Vallejo, or his
fFN lima n htI
public surveys at one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, the land so purchased, to the extent to
which the same had been reduced to possession
at the time OF said adjudication of said supreme
court, joint entries being admissible by coternn-
Gus proprietors TO such an extent as will enable
them to adjust their respective boundaries.
Sec. 3. Aud he it further enacted, That muni-
cipal claims within the limits of the said 'Soscol
Ranch may be entered under the terms, limta-
tions, and conditions of the town-site act of
twenty third Of May, eighteen hundred and forty
four.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all
claims within the purview of this act shall be
presented to the reg ister and receiver within
twelve months after the return of such surveys
to the district land Office accompanied by proof
of bona fdc purchase under Vallejo, OF settle
mcnt and the extent to which the tracts claimed
had been reduced into possession at the time OF
said adjudication; and thcreupon each case Shall
be adjudged by the register and receiver under
such instructions shall be given by the COM
missioner OF the general land Office, to whom the
proof and adjudication shall be returned oy thc
local land office, and no adjudication shall be
final until confirmed by the said commissioner.
Sec. ). And be it further enacted, That and
claim not brought before the register and receiver
within twelve months, as aforesaid, shall be
barred. and the landds covered thereby, with any
other tracts within the limits of said ''SOsco
Ranch," the titles to which are not established
under this act, sha be dealt with other public
lands: Provided, That no entry shall be made of
lands reserved and occupied for military, naval,
or other public uses, or which may be designated
for such purposes by the President. nor snail any
claim under this act extend to mineral lands
Approved, March 3, 1853.
CHAP. CXVII.
An Act to provide temporary Government for
the Territory of Idaho.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatve af the United States oi America in
Congress assemb ed, That all that part of the
territory of the United States included within the
following limits, to wit Beginning at point in