New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-29

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(REsoLUTI0N OF GENERAL NArURR-No. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for pub.
fishing specifications and drawings Of
Patent Office. /
Be it resolved by tho Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
publication of the abstracts Of specifications
Of e~ngravings heretofore accompanying the
annual report of the Commissioner of Pat
ents be discontinued after the publication of
that portion of the report for eighteen hum
dred and sixty-nike, for which the plates
have already been prepared; and that, IN
lieu thereof, the Commissioner be authorized
to have printed, for gratuitOus distribution,
not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies
of the complete specifications and
drawings of each patent subsequently
issued, together with suitable in
dexes to be issued from time to time,
n o to be placed for free public inspec
ton in each capitol Of every State and Ter
ritory, one for the like purpose in the clerks
Office Of the district court of each judicial
district of the United Ststes, except when
such Offices are located in State or terrific
rial On pitfalls. and one in the library Of Con-
gress, which copies shall DO taken and, re-
ceiyed in al courts q evidence of all mat
ters therein contained, and shall be certified
to under the hand Of the Commissioner and
seal Of the Patent Office, and shall be taken
and received in all courts as evidence, said
copies not to be taken from said deposit
tories for any other purpose than to be
used - evidence; and the COMMISSIONS Of
Patents ia hereby authorized and directed
to have printed such additional numbers Of
copies Of specifications and drawings,
certified az hereinbefore provided, II q
price mot to exceed the contract price fer
such drawings, for sale, a. may be war
ranted by the actual demand for the same:
and the Commissioner IL also hereby author
lied to furnish . complete set Of the specif-
cations aud drawings to any public library
which will pay for binding the same into
volumes to correspond with those in the
Patent Office, and for the transportation Of
the same, and which shall also provide
proper custody for the same, with con-
venient access for the public thereto, under
such regulations as the Commissioner shall
deem reasonable and provided also,
that all contracts for making copies of
drawings shall be made under the provisions
Of chapter one hundred and ffty-ive, sec
ton nine, Of oct of Congress, approved
June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, which reads as follows .'SEC. 9.
And be it further enacted, That all itho-
graphing and engraving, where the proba-
BE total cost Of the maps OF plates illus
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ceeds two hundred and fifty dollars, shall
be awarded to the lowest and best bidder
for the interests Of the government, due re-
gard being paid to the execution of the
work, after due advertisement by the SUI
perintendent OF Public Printing, under the
direction of the Joint Committee ON Print
ing; provided, that the Joint Committee on
Public Printing be authorized to empower
the Superin, endent of Public Printing to
r~cHo Cn~nAIsnkn Ann<~Sm<a for oArvp0USm~
whenever, in their opinion, the exigencies of
the public service will not justify waiting
for advertisement and award"
Approved January ll,f1S7l.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1871
AN ACT for the relief Of tho Stockbridge
and Munsee tribe of Indians, in the State
of Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
two townships Of land, situated in the
county Of Shawanaw, and State Of WiscOn-
sin, set apart for the use Of the St0ckbridge
and Munsee tribe Of Indians, shall, under
examined and appraised, BY two or more
disinterested appraisers to be selected by
him, in eighty-ecre lots, according to public
survey; such appraisal shall state the
quality of the soil, the quantity, quality end
value Of the timber growing on each lot,
estimating the pine timber at not less than
one dollar per thousand, and the value of
all improvements, if any, made thereon,
with the name of the owner of such i'm
proyements, as certified by the sachem and
councillors of said tribe, and, when returned
to the land office Of the district in which
said lands are situated, be subject to pub
Lie inspection for at least thirty days before
the day appointed for the sale of such
lands, as hereinafter provided. One copy
of said appraisal shall be made and re-
turned to the land Office of the district, and
q duplicate thereof to the Secretary Of the
Interior, within six months from the pas
sage Of this act, and tho person appointed
to make such appraisal shall be allowed
such compensation for their services as
may be fixed by the Secretary Of the In
terror.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the said two townships of land shall be ad-
vertised for sale, by notice Of not less than
three months, to be published in at least
three newspapers Of the district having
general circulation, and shall be offered at
public auction, at the nearest Government
land Office within the Green Bay agency, to
eighty acres each, but shall not be sold for
less than the appraised value thereof.
None of said lands shall be subject to entry
until they shall have been offered as afore-
said, and then only at the price fixed by
such appraisal. All of said lands remain
ing unsold at the expiration of one year
after they shall have been offered as afore-
said shall be again advertised and offered
at public auction at. the nearest govern
ment land office within the Green Bay
agency, at mot less than the minimum Of
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and thereafter shall. be subject to private
entry 1T the latter price, and shall in all
cases be sold for cash only: Provided,
however, That the Secretary Of the Int.
rior il hereby authorized to reserve from
sale Q quantity of said lands not exceeding
eighteen contiguous sections, embracing
such a. are now actually occupied and i'm
proved, and are best adapted to. agri-
cultural purposes, subject to allotment to
| members of the Indian party Of said tribe
| as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
| from the first proceeds Of the sale Of lands,
- provided in the second section OF this
act shall be paid the expenses of appraisal
and sale of said lands, the apOunt due ia
individuals for improvements a. returned
BY the appraisers, and the amour of the
debts contracted by the sachem and c0un.
ciliors for the benefit of said tribes.
amounting to the sum Of eleven thousand
dollars, according TO . schedule to be Ger
4 missioner Of Indian AfEairs.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That
m9ediately afeer tho fetprns ..shaH be n
ostVn3 ~ tn. General Land Ofioo or II
lHtDlbfo sa1e according Ia the provikonl
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