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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27

rules and bylaws nay be changed at any
regular meeting of the board OF trustees OF
the association by . majority vote OF the
members Of such board present.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That 1t
shall be lawful for the said association TO
purchase, hold and convey real estate, as
follows: First, such as shall be requisite for
the immediate accommodation OF its bust
ness; or, second, such as shall have been
mortgaged to it in good faith by way Of Sc
curity for loans previously contracted, for
money due; or, third, such as shall have
been conveyed to it in satisfaction Of debts
previously contracted in the course of its
dealings; or, fourth, such as shall have been
purchased at sales upon judgments, DEGREES,
or mortgages obtained or made for such
debts. a.. -.
SEC. S. And be it further enacted, That
the number of trustees to manage the bust
ness of said corporation shall be twenty, a
majority Of whom shall be residents Of the
District of Columbia; and the first board
shall be elected from among the
corporators herein named, and any
vacancy existing or occurring by
death, resignation, or otherwise, in said
Office of trustees, shall be filed by ballot at
such time as the bylaws shall prescribe;
number to be the president of the said
board, who shall also be the president Of
said association, and shall elect two of their
number as vice-presidepts, one of their
number as secretary, and one of their num-
Der as treasurer of the same
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That
the president, .vice-presidents, secretary,
treasurer, and the subordinate officers and
agents of the association shall respectively
give such security for their fidelity and good
conduct as the board of trustees NAV from
time to time require, and the board shall fix
the salaries of such officers and agents.
Approved, June %, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27

spectiyely receive such fees and cnm,..
sAtiOns and exercise such pO8ers ara -
form euch duties as are fixed and enio;pss
by law. "a .sss3s.
SEC. g. And by it further enacted. rb,.
the circuit and district judges shall apnoo IL"
two clerks, each Of whom shall be eIerSs
both Of the circuit and district courts -
said western district, one Of whom shall !.
side and keep his Office ut the city of NaS
son, and the other shall reside and Keen II
Office at the city Of La Crosse, who sb. ny
receive the fees and compensation ~
services performed by them, respectivel~r
now fixed by law.
SEC. 10. And be it further enac...
That either of the clerks Of the circr;s
and district courts for said vss.
ern district is hereby author,ss
under the direction of the district Judge =
said western district to make o transcrct
from any of the records, files or papers r.
the district and circuit courts of the CnitaJ
States remaining in the Office Of the cerIs
in said eastern district, Of all matters ana
proceedings which relate to or cones-s
liens upon or titles to real estate situa:eS
said western district and for that purpos.
shall have access to said records in fs
Office of said clerks in said eastern distrirt
and such transcripts, when so made H.
either Of said clerks shall lie certified toE
true and correct by the clerk making. ~
same, and the same when so. made and ca,
titled shall be evidence in al courts and
places equally with said originals.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, Tas
this act shall not affect the taking of tbs
census in the State of Wisconsin in ANN
Donlini eighteen hundred and seventy: bu.
the same shall be had, made and takenas
though this act had not been passed.
Approved June %, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
fPUBLIC-NO. 1927
AN ACT for the relief of presumption set
tiers in the State of Nebraska

AN ACT for the relief of presumption set
tiers in the State of Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That set
tiers upon the public domain within the
limits of the State OF Nebraska, who. prior
to the first day of January, eighteen hun
bred and seventy, had filed their declara-
tory statements under the presumption laws
for tracts once offered at public sale and
afterward included in the lateral limits of
any withdrawal for railroad grants, where
such lands were at date of filing, as afore-
said, subject to disposal, under said pre-
emption laws, and who, through erroneous
belief that by such withdrawal the lands
SO settled upon and claimed became subject
to the designation of ''unoffered' lands,
have failed to make the proof and payment
required by law within one year from the
date of alleged settlement. shall be, and are
hereby, allowed and authorized to make
such proof and payment within one year
from the passage of this act, upon showing
full compliance with all other provisions
Of the pre-emption laws; provided, that
such settlements were upon the even-n,im-
bered sections, and do not include cases de-
clared to be invalid by the Commissioner of
the General Land Office.
Approved, July Z, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
(PCBLIC-NO, lQl.1

AN ACT to pay loyal citizens in the States
lately in rebellion for services in taking
the United States census Of eighteen hun
dred and sixty.
BE it enacted BY the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
claims Of loyal citizens in the States of Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Texas and Virginia, for services
rendered as United States fnarshals and
their assistants in taking the eighth census
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty may
be paid out Of any unexpended balance of
any moneys hitherto appropriated for the
payment of United States marshals and
their assistants for services rendered in
taking the eighth census in the wear
eighteen hundred and sixty; provided, that
no money shall be paid on account of any
such claim until proof, satisfactory to the
Secretary Of the Interior, of the loyalty to
the United States throughout the late re-
belliOn of the person by whom said service
is alleged to have been performed, shall
have been furnished, among which proofs
shall be the oath Of the person alleged to
have performed the said service, if such
person be living: provided, that satisfactory
evidence shall be submitted to the proper
accounting officers that the claimants under
this act have never received compensa-
ton for their services from any source what
ever.
Approved, June "a, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
tPUBLIC-NO. 1911

LII
AN All to amend an act entitled "An act
to establish and to protect nationan GENE
teries."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That from
the time any State Legislature shall have
given, or shall hereafter give, the consent
of such State to the purchase by the United
States of any national cemetery mentioned
in the act entitled IAN act to establish and
protect national cemeteries" approved Feb
ruury twenty-secOnd, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, the jurisdiction and power of
legislation of the United States over such
cemetery shall in all courts and places be
held to be the same as is granted by section
eight, article one, of the constitution of the
United States; and all the provisions of said
act of February twenty-secOnd, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, shall be appli-
cable to the same.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty Of the Secretary of War
to cause copies of this present act to be
sent to the governors of all such States,
wherein any of such national cemeteries
may be situated, to the end that the Legis-
latures of such States may give the consent
herein mentioned.
Approved July !, 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27

moraes; and, whereas, the Calumet Drain
ing Company has been organised under the
laws Of said State, for the purpose of drain
ing the valley of said river, including said
morass: Therefore,
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That said
unsold lands shall be subject to lien under
the laws OF the State Of Indiana for its
proper proportion of the cost of such drain
age, and such lien may be enforced against
SAID lands IN the same manner and to the
same extent as if the said lands were owned
by private persons; provided, that no claim
shall be held to exist against the United
States for such drainage.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
said lands may be surveyed and sold to the
highest bidder, under the directions of the
lien.
Approved, July !, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
Tho Tensas Gazette saws:

Mr.. Albert Hull, one of the assistant
,narshals appointed to take the census of
this parish, died at the hotel in this place
on Thursday. Mr.. Hull was native of
Maryland, and had been living In Tensas
since last summer. His disease was swamp
fever. contracted in riding through the par
ish in the sun, attending to his duties as
assistant marshal. -
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27

.u THE CONFEDERATE CEMETERY AT ELMIRA.
NEW YORK-We have seen q late letter
from our esteemed friend, Mr. Thomas n,
Davis, Of this city (who has been absent for
several weeks past on trip through New
York for the benefit of his healthy. in which
he refers to a visit to the Confederate Gene
terry at Elmira, in that State. 1t will be
remembered that Elmira was the site of
one of the military prisons of the United
States government during the war, and that
= great many Confederate soldiers died there
during their confinement. Of their wounds
or of sickness. Mr.. Davis represents that
the cemetery in which their remains are
gathered is handsomely enclosed and regu-
1arly laid out, the walks being neatly
trimmed and graveled, and the graves COW
cred with grass, flowers and shrubbery, all
eyincing marks Of constant care. Whether
this attention is rendered by the citizens,
the government or the town authorities, Mr.
Davis says he is not able to state, but it GER
fidelity of the parties who have it in charge
From four to six thousand confederate
heroes sleep their last dreamless sleep in
this distant enclosure.
The Southern people should take comfort
in knowing that their dead are SO well
taken care of and their memories so faith
fully honored in the distant and alien
country in which they breathed their last.
away from home and friends. If we knew
that such attentions were paid by the people
-vhO were then our enemies, 1t would add
man a wreath to the Federal graves In our
next memorial .decoration.-Lynchtu,y Re
1asbticass.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
(PUBLIC-NO. l34.1

An act to establish an additional land dis
trict in the State of Kansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
that portion of the western district land
district, created by the act approved March
three, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, en-
titled IAN act to establish three additional
land districts in the Territory of Kansas"
which is situated north of the township line
dividing townships ten and eleven, south, in
trict to be called the Republican land dis
trict.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the President be and he is hereby au-
thOrized, whenever the public interests
shall require, to appoint. by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, or during
the recess thereof and until the end of the
next session OF Congress- after such appoint
ment, register and a receiver for the dis
trict hereby created, who shall respectively
be required to reside at the site of their Of
fees, have the same powers, responsibilities
and emolulnents, and be subject to the same
acts and penalties, which are or may be pre-
scribed by law in relation to other land Of
ticers OF the United States ia said State
SEc.3. And be it further enacted, That
the public lands in said district shall be sub
Ject to sale and disposal upon the same
terms and conditions as other public lands
OF the United States: Provided, That all
sales and locations made at the office Of the
old district of lands situated within the
limits OF the new district, which shall be
valid and right in other respects, up to the
day on which the new office shall 90 into
operation, be, and the same are hereby, con-
frmed.
Approved, July 7, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
TPCBLIC-NO. 1871

AN ACT to amend an act entitled An
act to establish a police court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. and for other purposes"
approved June seventeen, eighteen hun
dred and seventy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America i'll Congress assembled, That an
act entitled AN act to establish a police
court for the District of Columbia and for
other purposes" approved June seventeen.
eighteen hundred and seventy, be- and the
same is hereby amended so that the said
police court may be organized and the first
term thereof held any day after the Judge
OF said court shall have been commissioned
and qualified.
Approved July I, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
Approved, July l, 1870.
fPUBLIC-NO. 1901

AN ACT in relation to certain unsold lands
in the counties of Porter and Lake. in the
State of Indiana.
Whereas, there is lying along the Little
Calumet river, in the counties of Porter and
Lake, in the State of Indiana, a body of
lands supposed to contain about four thou
sand acres, which has never been sold or
surveyed, and which was described in the
original government surveys as impossible
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
proved, June 80, 1870.
lPUBLIC-NO. 114.1

lPUBLIC-No. Ia
AN AL 10 require the holding of addi-
uonal district and circuit courts of the
onlted States in the district of Indiana,
and for other purposes.
y be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives of the United States of
america an IN Congress assembled, That in adj
mtlon to the terms of the circuit and dis
trict courts OF the United States for the dis
slics OF Indiana, now required by law to be
held at the city of indianapolis, terms of
the said courts shall hereafter be held at
the city Of New Albany, commencing on the
nrst Mondays in January and July Of each
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| trains are passing over the same; but in no
| case shall Unnecessary delay occur in open
ing the draw during Or after the passage OF
trains.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
any bridge constructed under this act and
according to its limitations shall be a lawful
structure, and shall be recognized and
known as a post route upon which also no
higher charge shall be made for the trans
mission over the same of the mails, the
troops, and the munitions of war of the
United States, than the rate per mile paid
for their transportation over the railroads
or the public highways leading to the same
bridge: and provided also, that said cor
poration may execute q mortgage and issue
bonds payable, principal and interest, in
gold or United States currency.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That
the United States shall have the right of
way for postal telegraph purposes across
said bridge.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the bridge company aforesaid shall submit
to the Secretary of War, for his approval, q
plan with the necessary drawings OF their
bridge, conforming to the above require
ments; and until the Secretary OF War ap-
prove the plan and location OF said bridge,
and notify the company OF the same IN
writing, the bridge shall not be built or
commenced: and should any change be
made in the plan of the bridge during the
progress Of the work thereon, such change
shall be subject likewise to the approval OF
the Secretary of War;
Sec g. And be it further enacted. That
Congress shall have power ut any time to
alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Approved, July ], 1870.
[PUBLIo-No. 1877.
AN ACT amenilatory of "An act to protect
the rights of actual settlers upon the pub
lie lands of the United States, approved
July q, 1865, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in COngressj assembled, That the
act entitled IAN act to protect the rights of
actual settlers upon the public lands of the
United States" approved July twenty-seven,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and
the same is hereby, amended, by adding
thereto the following provisO, viz: Pro
vided. That all such agricultural college
scrip shall be received from actual settlers
in payment of presumption claims in the
same manner and to the same extent as is
now authorized by law in case of military
bounty land warrants: And provided
further. That all locations of such scrip
made within thirty days after the date of
approval of said act Of July twenty-seven,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, if other
wise in conformity with law, are hereby
legalized and made valid.
Approved, July l, 1870.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12
Death is at the Door.

In all sheso complaints the system evidently
shows want of red blood, and Mr. Churchill, IN
his work on Diseases OF Females, says /: Bear
ng IN mind that the blood lie remsrk ably def
c'ent in red corpuscles, and the known property
Of iron to correct this condition theory suggest.
it IS the most to be relied on, the best of which
the Citrate" Citra.e of Iron enters largely
INTO the composition of English Female Bitters
combined with powerful vegetable tonics of rare
qualities.
Among the mountains of TeHness and the
piney woods of Mississippi, is found certain
hard and finty root, which has been in secret use
By some oil midwives for many ears pOssessin z
magic powers in regulating and restoring al
females suffering with any affection of the womb.
This root we have obtained, ave it fair test in
our practice and it is nov one Of the pie
Ingredients in these Bitters. Other powerful
uterine and general ton les also enter into its
competition. We slso add Leptsndra or Black
root, 'uhcient to act upon the liver and keep the
90 wels open.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12
English Female Bitters,

The only acknowledged Uterine Tonic ar d Fee
maze Regulator known, wall cure all those CON-
plants above mentiOnd in incredibly shorl
time. The Bitters st once arouses, strengthens
aud restores the womb to its natural condition
removing distractions, relieving pain aud reg
ul.ting the monthly period. Yonder stands a
pale, feeble and ianguid girl, just bursting int
womanhood; che is the pride of ali, bat bark
she 81 entity steals pickle, eats chalk, or slate
pencil; no appetite for food; she turns with q
dull eye and seeks solitude her eye no longer
spsrkles; her merry laugh is no longer hea d
ringing through the air she mo pes ABOUT with
oioodiess lips and gums, with headache, palpa-
tstIon, const' alton, swimming of the head, cold
feet and hands, melancholy; she has a coated
tongue, offensive breath, and host of Other
evils too numerous to meUt ton.
When neglected all these symptoms become
aggravated, there Is sick stomach hear burn u
dark line settles under the eyes, the legs and an
sles are swollen the hair loses its g.oss and fall,
off, there is biittleness and splitting of the finger
nails, swollen abdomen extreme nervousness
iretfulness, pains and aches, dry cough, Hyster
zeal FITS. rapid pro-trstion, epilepsy and death
If you. any OF your friends. thus afflicted
send at once for a bottle OF English Female Bit
snG be cured. Irs effects Ire agical in such
complaints. Surely no mother will postpone and
delay this duty until
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12
Common Grog-shop Bitters.

Empty fitter Bottles of vsriou, STYLES, can h,
found around almost every dwelling and cabir
through "ut the land. Their taste is pleasant
An are adrert'sed to cure almost every disease
while the manufacturers kno,c they possess ne
me 'ieinsl properties whatever. They sre @
nsny daguises for exceedingly common bere-age,
which DO not. nor cannot possibly cure any one
Beware OF these pleasant bi.ters in quart bot
ties, they contain a sting for your vitsls and he
who buys them carries ''topers" grog Into his
house One man who knows nothing about med
cine, ssyr his big bottles of common stuff will
cure chiils and fever, rheumatism and consump-
ton aD other. whose bottle is very fancy, cures
all impurities OF the blood. makes old men Young
casts out devils, restores ght to the blind, and
numerous o her miracles while yet AM Their tho
p1esumes every man drunka d, proposes to
cure collie, ingrowing nails, yellow fever. heart
disease and l0ve-sick maidens!! We know they
make no such cures. We know the people at large
are deceived and swindl~d and as We desire to
ventilate these common humbugs, make the fol-
lowing challenge to one and all
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12
Blooming Young Girls,

N'dde-aged mstrons, those at the critical period
md the aged grandmother all cured by tn,
use of our English Female Bitters, now prescri-
led and usod by physicians all over the country
If you are troubled with ia ling of the womb
attended with sense ct weight and bearing
down pain in the back and side, and other at
PENDANT evils, English Female Bitters will Civ.
ntire relief
Those at the "turn Of life, mothers after con
hnement. and all others male or female) who are
cow alescents from any protraoted or debiltAting
comp amt. Who gain strength slowly, and whose
digestion is SLOW and imperfect, viii find these
Biz ers the very thing their system demands. II
gives powerful appetite. aids and assists di
sestion, arouses the liver, strengthens mentally
and ply sically, and fills the whole system with
pure crimson blood coursing through its channels
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12
Sickness, Pain and Death,

Legitimssely result pen aties for violations Of
natural laws, from which nons escape
The faded cheek, the pale and wan features
the duh eye, the clouded intellect, the deep hca
wing sigh, the feeble an1 emaciated frame, the
detected brow, the tottsrink gait, all indicate
previous tr.nsgressien of law. Knowing that
.'procrastination is the thief Of time, all ntUiii
gent beings apply for some remedy as soon a.
circumstancees permit; while those who 90 mol
act upon the principle that delays are danger
GUS, generally linger, lose more time and pay
more money.
Thousands of mothers and daughters. in all
stations and conditions of lite, suffering lin.
gering and dy ing from she effects Of some dread
full
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12

That one Tablespoonful of ENGLISH FEMALE
BlTTEkS contains as much medicinal proper
ties as one bottfe of any of the pleasantly tasted
common advertised bitt.rs of the day The
medical profession to decide the question. Be i,
understood that English Female Bitters is not q
beverage, but i, . powerful Iron and Vegetable
Tonic com bined, curing long standing chronic
female complaints in every direction.
Put up in large bottles at l.50 per bottle, or
ak bottles for s. 90. and sold by druggists and
merchants everywhere
j. P. DR0MGOOLE CO., Props.
Memphis, Tenn.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12

The chairman Of the township committees will
call their primary meeting At their usual place.
OF meeting on Tuesday. October 18th, or at such
times as will suit their convenience, giving time
enough for them to be present at the convention
Cordova-R X Mccormick
Port Byron-Dr E Z Rogers
Cos-James B Larus
Canoe Creek-John M Walker
Zuma-Jehn Shafer.
Hampton-Lucius Wells.
Moline-Stewart Hoon.
Coal Vslley-Lewis Wilson.
Black Hawk-Jacob Adams.
Bowling-James Mcconnell.
Rigns ton-R B Olmsted.
Buffalo Praire-.Iohn kistler.
Andalusia--Samuel kenworthy.
Drury j r Underwood.
Rock ISLAND, IT,, Oct. 3, 1870.
JAMES r. COPP, Chairman.