New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-13

wise appropriated, to be expended under
the direction and superintendence of the
| Secretary of war, for the purpose of con-
tinuing the prosecution of the work upon
4 the Improvement of st. Mary's Falls canal
and st. Mary's river, the SUM of one hun
dred thousand dollars.
Approved February 2. 1871.
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| An ACT making an additional Appropri
alton for the Improvement of the Louis-
| vile and Portland Canal for the fiscal
year ending June thirty, eighteen hun.
dred and seventy-one, and for other pur-,
| poses.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
| Representatives of the United States IN Con-
gress assembled, That the additional sum of
two hundred thousand dollars be, and the
same Is hereby, appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appr0-
| priated, for the improvements of the Louis =
| vile and Portland canal during the current
! fiscal year, to be expended in accordance
with existing laws; and for the completion
/ of the section work at the Des Moines
rapids, three hundred and forty-one thou
sand dollars.
Approved January Is, 1871.
| AN ACT making Appropriations for Rev-e
enue Cutters. usltl
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, That tha
sum of three hundred thousand dollars be,
and the same hereby is, appropriated, out
of any moneys in the treasury not other
| wise appropriated, to enable the Secretary
| of the Treasury to construct steam cutters
| for the revenue marine service, the sanse
| not to exceed in tonnage the maximum re-
| commended by the commission appointed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, December
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty nine
| Approved December %, 1870.
AN ACT to authorize the JetSey Shore
| National Bank, Pennsylvania, to changes
Hs Iocatlon.i ifsvaag ~ fa-rs~ .r.,-.r-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
| Representatives of J, the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Jersey Shore National Bank, now located
| in jersey Shore, LycOming county, Penn
! sylvania, is hereby authorized to change its
| location to the city of WilliamspOrt, LY-
coming county, State of Pennsylvania
Whenever the stockholders representing
threefourths of the capital of said bank, at
] meeting called for that purpose, deter
| mine to make such change, the president
| and cashier shall execute certificate under
I the corporate seal of the bank specifying
such determination, and shall cause the
same to be recorded in the office of the con-
troller of the currency, and thereupon such
change of location shall be effected, and
| the operations of discount and deposit of
! said bank shall be carried on under the
name of the Williamsport National Bonk,
| in the city of WilliamspOrt Lyconing
| county, State of Pennsylvania
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall be so
construed as in any manner to release the
said bank from any liability, or Affect any
| oof;nn or prnaaaAtnO In law in w hinh thfz
said bank may be a party or interested
| And when such change shall have been
| determined upon as aforesaid, notice
| thereof and of such change shall be pub
llshed in at least two weekly newspapers in
the aforesaid county of Lycoming, State of
Pennsylvania, tor not less than four sue
| cessive weeks. '. ~ .iF4a4
Approved, December %, 1870.
AN ACT relating to the printing of the
annual report of the Secretary of War
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall be the duty of the congressional prin-
| ter, in place of the twenty-five hundred
copies of the abridgment of the annual re-
port of the Secretary of War ordered by
| section one of the act of July twenty
| seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty six, To-
| cause to be printed and bound for the use
| of the War Department, eight hundred full
copies of the last annual report and accom-
panying documents.
Approved, January 10, 1871
AN ACT to repeal an act of the Legislatures
of Wyoming Territory apportioning said
Territory for Members of the Council
and House of Representatives of the Ter
riterial Legislature. M
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
act of the legislature of the Territory of
Wyoming, entitled "An act appOrtioning
the Territory of Wyoming into council and
representative districts, and for other pur-
poses" be, and the same is hereby, disap-
proved and repealed. And the next appoy-
tionment of said Territory for members of
the council and house of representatives in
the Territorial legislature shall be made by
the governor of the Territory in the man
ner and form prescribed in section four OF
the act of Congress entitled IAN act to
provide temporary government for the
twenty five, eighteen hundred and sixty
| eight.
Approved February 81, 1871.
AN ACT relinguishing to the city of d.
| buque, Iowa, whatever title may remain
in the United States to certain lot Of
ground in Dubuque.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
| Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That what
ever title may remain in the United States
to certain lot or parcel of ground in Du-
| buque, Iowa, be. and the same is hereby
relinquished to the city of Dubuque and its
assignees, which lot or parcel of ground is
bounde1 by the city limits, main street, and
| out-lots numbers six hundred and seventy,
three six hundred and seyenty-four, SIX
hundred and seventy and sin hun
dred and seventy EIGHT, and designated ax
| a graveyard" on the official plat of Du-
| buque, as laid out by the commissioners un-
der the acts of July second, eighteen hun.
| eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.
| Approved February ls, 1871.
| AN ACT to authorize the Worcester County,
National Bank, Massachusetts, to changer
| its location.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
| Worcester County National Bank. now
| located in Blackstone, State of Massachu-
| sets, is hereby authorized to change its
| location to the town of Franklin, State OK
| Massachusetts. Whenever the stockholders.
| representing three-fourths of the capital of
| said bank, at a meeting called tor that pur-
| pose determine to make such change, the
| president and cashier shall execute a certi-
| ficate, under the corporate seal of the bank
! specifying such determination, and shall
| cause the same to be recorded in the Office
of the controller of the currency and there