The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-14
rPublic-No. III


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| An Act concerniug the Attorney General.
Be il enscted by the Senate and House OF Rep
Iresentafives Of the United States Of America In
Congress assembled, That % much Of the :" Act
making appropriations for the Legislative, ex.
&c alive, and judicial, expenses Of the government
for the year en.,ing the thirtieth Of June. eIgh
teen humid. ed and seventy" as repeals the Sec
opd section Of the act Of August second eigh.
| teen hundred and sixty-One, entitled " An ACT
/ concerning the Attorney General and the attor-
neys and marshals of the several districts" be.
and the same is hereby, repealed; and said second
section is hereby declared to bein full fprce' aud
it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to
| report at the commencement of the next session
| Of Congress and to each succeeding session, the
names Of all the persons employed for the pur-
| D, ses aforesaid, snd where and upon what BUSH
ness employed, with the compensation paid to
| each.
Approved, April 10, 1869.
IPublc-NO 1877
An Act regulating the rights of property OF mar
ried woman in the district If Columbia
| Be it enacted BY the Senate and House of Rep
| resentatives Of the United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That in the District OF Col
umbia the right If any married woman 10 any
property, personal or real. belonging TO her al
the time of marriage. or acquired during mar
rage in any other way than by gift or convey.
ance from her husband, shall be absolute as II
she were femme sole, and sh all not be subject To
the disposal of her hu-band, nor be liable for his
debts; but such married woman may convey. de-
| WISE and be9ueath the same, or any interest
therein in the same manner and with like effect
as if she were unmarried.
Sac = And be it further enacted, That any
married may contract, and sue ana De
sued in her own name in all natter having re-
lation to her sole and separate property IN the
same manner il she were unmarried; put
neither her husband nor his property shall De
bound to any su~hcontract nor liable for any re-
covrry agail-t her in any such SUIT, but Judge
ment may be inforced b. execution against her
sole and separate estate in he same manner as If
\ she were sole.
Approved, April 10. 1859
TPublic-No. 20.
An act to renew certain grant. of land to the State
of Alabama.
Re i, enacted by the : nate and House of Rep
res4n,atiyes of the United States of America III
Congress assembled, That much of the grant
| Of lands maize 10 the State Of Alabama by act
| II Congress approved June three, eighteen hun
bred and fifty Fix, entitled % An act anting
,biic lands in alternate sections to the state OF
alabama to aid in the construction Of cet tam
\ railroads in said State were granted 10 As
SYST in the building of railroads - from near
G. uisien some p. int on the Alabama and Ml.-
sissippi state line in a direction t. the Mobile
and oh 10 railroad, with a view to connect Win
the said dobile and Ohio railroad. y and = from
| t;adsien to connect with the tie ana len
nessee and Tennessee line of railroads through
Chaitooga, Wills. and Lookout valleys, Is
hereby revived and renewed, subject T. all the
| conditions and restrictions contained IN the act
referred to, and subject {, the further iimittin
thar if either of the said railroads l. not CUM
pleted within three years from the time OF the
passage If this act further sale shall be made
TOR the benefit Of such raroa and the lands ui-
soli shall revert to the United states: PROVIDED,
That the lands granted by the act hereby re-
yiye.i, except mineral lands, shall be sold to
actual settlers only in quantities u greater thal
one-auarter section to one purchaser, ana Tor
price not exceeding two dollars and nifty cents
per acre
SEp And be it further enacted. That the
right. power ami authority is hereby given TO
the companies building the aforesaid railroads TO
take ON the public lands adjacent to the lines OF
said raj, ads .rth stone and other mate lais for
the coustructi n thereof and the right III way Is
hereby grated To the extent of one hundred feet
in width on each side of said railroads where they
may pass over the publ Lands 'nciu ing nece-
suy grounds for stations and structures connected
Herewith, not exceeding forty acres AT any one
| stariob.
Approved, April 10, 1859.
| TPnblic -
An Ac, to extent the time r the Little R-ck and
| Fort smith Railroad Company TO complete the
| first secti n OF twenty miles # said rad
Be il enaTt-t by the >enate and House OF Rep
| resentatives of the United States Of America IN
| Cpnyres. assembled. That net approved July
tvrntv eight eighteen hundred and sixty six.
entitled An act to revive and extend the pro-
visions Of An act granting tn right OF WY and
making a grant Of Land to the States OF Arkansas
and Mi sspuri to aid in the construction of rail-
road q ON a point upon the Mississippi river. op-
po-ite the ni,uth of the Ohio river. wa Lille
Rock. to he Texas boundary near Fulton IN Ark
| .nsas with branches to Port Smith aud the his
sissippi RIVER approved February nine, eighteen
| hundred and fifty three, and for other Pnrp- rs,
be 81 amended Al TO extend he time t. the Little
| ock and Fort Smith Railroad, for bu Id n the
first s-cIio, Of twenty miles provided f'r IN The
SECOND section Of said act. tor the term OF three
years from the thirteenth day Of May: shteeh
| hundred and sixty--ev-n, the time Of hiing the
ce tifcate If organization to said cor pany pro-
yi,ied for in the third section of SAID act: pro-
i viied That the land granted by the act hereby
revived shall be sold To actual settlers only III
nuan,i,ies not gre,ter than one. quarter Of
| section to one purchaser, and for price not
exceeding two d,liars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved, April 10, 1859.
rPublic-No. Is.
| An Act making appropi iation for the improve
| ment of rivers ami sarbors for the fiscal year
| ending June 30, ls69. and the year ending June