St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-07-31

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term of not more than ten years, and
shall pay a fine equal to the sum 50 en-
bezzled.
SEC. 3. And be it further resolved,
That = sum OF the proceeds of such sales
not exceeding seventyhyc thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated for the pay
ment of the necessary expenses incurred
by or under the authority of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury for incidental eXpeu~-
e. in acting under the laws respecting
the collection and disposition of captured
and abandoned property, and for the
necessary expenses OF defending, i'll the
the discretion of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, such suits as have been brought
against him or his agents in the premises
and for prosecuting suits IN the United
Safes for the recovery of such property.
and for providing for the defence of the
'nited States against suits for or in re-
>pect to such property in the Court Of
Claims
Approved, March 80, 1865.
\ Resolution for the appointment Of u
commission 10 select suitable locations
Tor powder magazines.
Resolved bv the Senate and House
of representatives OF the United N:atc~
of America in Congress assembled. That
the Secretary of the Navy be. and hn
hereby Is, authorized and directed 10 -
iect three competent officers OF tie NAVY
to constitute Il commission, whose du.v
it shall IL to cxamiEc and report upon
the practicahi!ity of securing more ~uita-
hle sites for powder magazines than those
now used in the vicinity OF New York.
Boston, and Portsmouth,, New Iiamp-
shire also to report the cost OF procGr-
M the SAID sites and the probable rN-
prA~c Of erecting magazines thereon.
Approved, May 10, IN"N.
Joint Resolution concerning certain lands
granryG 10 r.,,i.uad conpuu.c, IA ans
States OF AIlrni-,,u and Wisconsin.
BE ii resolved ~ Tic N-n..s IA. Iiru-c
OF Representatives, "i the ,'ni;yd N,a;,-
OF America an Congress assembled. t.,
Il failure to Grad. twenty mics ut the
roads within two YEAS from ,hc pS--...,
OF the act entitled IAN act TO extend H..
time for the completion OF certain ..l-
roads to which land grants have been
made III the States OF MICHIGAN aId
Wisconsin," approved on the third day
OF March. ammo DJmiui ciyhtrcu hun
,irci and ,iNty-iilc, and twenty mI.y~ adj
thereof in each year Thereafter.
IL required by said act. snail NOT ,.,4~.
any forfeiture or rc.cr-ion to thy Emitted
TED state, OF any lands -raui,d To- ihr
-Hid states. or either oil thrn. To aI In
the construction OF tnc railroad. dc~.y.U-
ed Provided. That sad companies. OF
either of them. shall fully complete their
sad railroads in the manner required 10y
law ON or before the tlirty-tr~t Deem
Der. ammo Domiui eighteen hundred AMI
>escmty-two, ut which time Il failure
shall forfeit the lands to the United
States Provided That the proyi~-
ions OF this section shall apply only to
the chartered and projected line OF rail
way from the city of Fond du Lac. in
in the State OF Wisconsin, northcriy to
E>conaba, III the State OF Michigan, and
the chartered and projected line of rail
way from Marquette. in the STATE OF
Michigan, westerly to Ontonagon. in the
same State: And provided further.
That if the said Marquette and Omuha-
CON Railroad Company, in the SAFE of
Michigan, shall not have completed az
cording to law ten additional miles Of
their railroad. on or before the first d.v
Of January, \. ID. eighteen hundred and
>lXty-ninc, and shall not in like manner
complete ten miles OF SAID railroad in
each and every year thereafter, then it
shall he lawful for the legislature of the
said State of Michigan to declare the
grant OF lands to said company TO De for
teited and to confer the SAID grant ct
lands upon some other company in the
same manner as if the said mrant was
now for the first time made to the said
State of Michigan.
SEC. ,. And be it further resolved.
That the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office be, and lie hereby Is. author
lzed and directed TO cause a patent. IN
due form of law. To be issued 10 the hi
cago and Northwestern Railway Compa-
ny, in pursuance of a resolution passed
by Congress granting the same to tie
State OF Wisconsin, approved April twen-
ty-tive, ammo Domini eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, and an act OF the legiSIa-
ture OF Wisconsin, approved June six
teen, ammo Domini eighteen hundred and
slXty-two, granting the same to said
company for eIghty acres of land of the
Fort Howard military reserve, as the
saline was surveyed and approved by said
commissioner on the eleventh June. ammo
Dominl eighteen hundred and sixty-tuur
Approved, May 20, 1868.
Joint resolution in relation to the break
water at Portland, Maine.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States
OF America in Congress assembled, That
so much of the unexpended balance of
the appropriation for the breakwater in
Portland harbor, Maine, as the chief en-
glneer shall deem proper, may be ex-
pended under his direction in excavatinr
the middle ground near said break
water, and in otherwise protecting the
from injury by filling and i'm
proving the same.
Approved, June 5, 1868.
In the New Hampshire Legislature
Inc services OF chaplain were dispensed
with, and an inyitat;o, o,,.a.la,.