New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-03

er7lly along the said eastern line OF LtSuna
street to the westerly shore; thence IN
easterly, southeasteriy, ana
southerly direction, following the said shore
line and including the entire water front
between Laguna street and Van Ness
avenue to the point or place OF beginning.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall interfere
with or prejudice any valid adverse right or
claim, if such exist, to said land or any part |
thereof, whether derived from Spain, Next
co or the United States, or preclude an ex- |
animation and adjustment thereof by the |
courts.
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That |
all laws and parts of laws in conflict with |
the provisions of this act be and the same |
are hereby declared inapplicable to the
lands herein above relinquished and
granted
Approved, July /, 1870.
[PUBLIC-NO. l29.]
An act for the disposal of the lands within
the Fort Ridgely Military Reservation,
Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United states OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
War department having abandoned the
Fort Ridgely reservation, it shall be the duty
Of the Secretary of War, Immediately upon
u
praised the government improvements upon
said reservation, and shall report the value
thereof to the Commissioner OF the General
Land Office, designating the particular legal
subdivision Of land upon which the same ex-
ist. and the lands within said reservation
not heretofore entered and patented shall
be subject to disposal under the pre-emptlon
laws Of the United States, or at private
entry after public offering and for cash only,
and persons entering upon or purchasing
said lands shall pay the appraised value OF
the government improvements that may
appear to exist on their respective claims at
the date of proving up, or OF purchase al
private entry.
SIC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all entries which have been made on lands
within the limits Of the said reserve, ana
for which the General Land Office may
have issued patents in regular iorm not
having at the time knowledge OF said re-
serve. be- and the same are hereby, con
flrned Provided That the value OF the
government improvements thereon have
been, or shall be, paid for by, the persons
| making said entries, or by their assigns;
| And provided further, That the same shall
| he paid for within one year from the pas
sage of this act; and if the same are not
maid for within the time designated, the
| Secretary of the Interior is hereby author
| lied to. and shall Immediately thereafter,
| institute judicial proceedings against any
and all of the said parties, or their assigns
failing to make said payment, with the view
to vacate the patents which may have
| issued.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
| all entries heretofore made on said lands
and not vet patented are hereby declared,
| nj the discretion OF the Commissioner, null
and void. and directed to be cancelled by
the said Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, and the lands embraced therein
shall he disposed OF Under the provisions OF
this act.
Approved, July !, 1870.
[PUBLlc-No. 1901
AN ACT in relation to certain unsold iannS
in the counties OF Porter and Lake, i'll the
State of Indiana.
Whereas there is lying along the Little
Calumet river. in the counties OF Porter ant
Lake, in the State Of Indiana, a BODY
lands supposed to contain about four thou
sand acres, which has never been sold O
surve, ed. and which was described IN TN
ORIGINAL government surveys as impassabl
morass: and Whereas the Calumet Dram
ing Company has been organised under IN
laws of said State, for the purpose OF dram
inc the valley of said river, including SAT-
morass Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Q
+ Representatives of the United States 9
! America in Congress assembled, That sal
! unsold lands shall be subject to a lien unde
| the laws of the State OF Indiana for II
, proper proportion of the cost Of such drail
. AGE. and such lien may be enforced agalns
a | said lands in the same manner and to tn
q same extent as if the said lands were Owne
/ by private persons; provided, that no elan
9 | shall be held to exist against the Unite
Q States for such drainage.
L. ,r.4h IN
o said lands may be surveyed and sold to u
=. highest bidder under the directions OF Il
Secretary of the Interior, subject to sa
Il lien.
# approved, July ], 1870.
~ TPUBLIC-NO. 131.
# AN ACT to amend an act entitled IAN
it to establish and to protect nationan cen
q terieS.'
;r BE it enacted by the Senate and House
D. Representatives of the United States
n America in Congress assembled, That ire
: the time any State Legislature shall ha
IN given. or shall hereafter give, the conse
" of such State to the purchase by the Umt
70 States of any national cemetery menIoh
70 in the act entitled IAN act to estaoiisI =, ~
re protect national cemeteries" approIeu1 &c
IF ruary twenty-second, eighteen hthoreu d.
sixty-seven. the jurisdiction and power
at legislation of the United States over su
tn cemetery shall in all courts ana places
held to be the same as IS granteu 10y seG.i
eight, article one, of the constitution OF
Tnited States: and all the provisions OF 81
act of February twenty elghte
hundred and siXty-seVen, shall be apl
~ cable to the same. m
ID, SEC. ,. And be it further enacted, Thai
ed shall he tIe duty of the Secretary OF "
+o cause copies of this present act to
of sent to the governors of all such Stat
of wherein any Of such national cemeter
he NAV be situated, to the end that the Les
Of lati,rcs Of such States may give the cons'
he herein mentioned.
N, Approved July l, 1870.
nd
ne IPUbLIC-No. 132.
TO- AN ACT for the relief OF pre-emptlon s
ge tiers in the State OF Nebraska.
rs Be it enacted by the Senate and House
nc Representatives of the United States
rs America in Congress assembled, Ihat
aaSa tiers upon the public domain within
"a limits OF the State of Nebraska, who, pi
III. to the first day of January, eighteen n
VI bred and seventy, had filed their decIa
'h' tory statements under the pre-emptlon ID
er- for tracts once offered at pubilc saie .
ny afterward included in the Lateral lni l,'h
any withdrawal for railroad grants, W.
such lands were at date of filing, as g..
said subject to disposal, under o S, \
emption laws, and who, throusnI the Ia,
JsIr