New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-08

| rection Of Nashville, is hereby revived and
| renewed for the use and benefit of the South
land North Alabama Railroad Company,
| subject to al the conditions and restrictions
contained in the act referred to, and sub,
| iect to further limitation, that if the said
| railroad is not completed within three years
| from the passage Of this act, no further sale
| shall he made for the benefit of said road,
| and the lands lnsold shall revert to the
| United States; provided, that the lands
granted by the act hereby revived, except
mineral lands, shall be sold to actual set
tiers only, in quantities not greater imam
one quarter section to any one purchaser,
and for price not exceeding two dollars
and fifty cents per acre.
Sec. 2 That the right, power, and au-
thority is hereby given to the company
building the aforesaid railroad to take from
the public land, adjacent to the lines OF
said railroad, earth, stone, and other mare
rails for the construction thereof; and the
right of way is hereby granted to the ex-
tent of one hundred.feet in width on each
side of said railroad where it may pass over
the public lands including all necessary
grounds for stations and structures con-
nected Herewith, not exceeding forty acres
at any one station.
Approved March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE.-No. 81.
AN ACT in relation to fraudulent trade
marks ON foreign watches.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. That from
and after the first day of April, eighteen
hundred and sevehty-one, no watches,
watch cases, watch movements, or parts of
watch movements, of foreign manufacture,
which shall copy or simulate the name or
trademark of any domestic manufacturer,
shall be admitted to entry at the custom
honses of the United States, unless such do
nestle manufacturer is the importer OF the
same.
SEC. 2. That domestic manufacturers of
watches who have adopted trademarks, may
cause to be recorded in the treasuy for the
United States, in book to be kept for that.
purpose, and under such rules and regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the Secretary
OF the Treasury, their names, residences
and descriptions of trademarks, and FUR
nish to the Secretary fac-similes of such
trademark; and it shall be the duty of the
Secretary to transmit one or more copies OF
the same to each collector or other proper
officer of the customs of the United States,
to be used by such officers in the execution
of the first section-of this act.
Approved March 3, 1871.
AN ACT TO provide for the redemption OF
copper and other token coins.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled That the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
lied and required to redeem in lawful
money, under such rules and regulations
as he may from time to time prescribe.
all copper, bronze, copper-nickel, and base
metal coinage of every kind heretofore au-
thorized by law, when presented in sums of
not less than twenty dollars; and whenever
under this authority these coins are present
ed for redemption in such quantity as TO
show the amount outstanding tosbe redun-
dant, the Secretary of the Treasury is au-
therized to discontinue or diminish the man
ufacture and issue of such coinage until
otherwise ordered by him.
Approved, March'3, 1871.
GENERAL NArURE-No. GIL
AN ACT confirming the title to certain,
lands
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
title to the land certified TO the State of
Iowa by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office of the United States, under an
act Of Congress entitled "An act confirming
land claim in the State of Iowa, and for
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eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in ac-
eordance with the adjustment made by the
authorized agent of the State of Iowa and
the Commissioner of the General Land Of
flee, on the twenty-frst day of May, ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and approved by the Secretary of the In
terror on the twenty-second day of May,
ammo Domini eighteen hundred and sixty
six, and which adjustment was ratified and
confirmed by act of the general assembly
of the State of Iowa. approved March
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, be, and the same is hereby ratified
and confirmed to the State of Iowa and It's -
grantees, in accordance with said adjust
ment and said act of the general assembly
Of the State of Iowa; provided, that nothing
in this act shall be SO construed as TO affect
adversely any existing legal rights or the
rights OF any party claiming title or the
right to acquire title to any part of said
lands under the provisions of the so-called
homestead or pre-empted laws of the United
swamp lands.
Approved March 8, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. e..
AN ACT to create ports of delivery at Eu--
reka and Wilmington, in California, and
lectoF at Vallejo California, and to abol-
ish the office of surveyor of said port.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
Eureka, in the county of Humboldt, and
Wilmington, in the county of Les-Angeles,
State of California, shall be, and are hereby,
respectively, constituted ports of delivery,
within the collection district of San Fran
cisco; and there may be appointed deputy
collector of customs for each of said ports,
who shall perform the duties of such office
and receive the compensation of one thou
sand five hundred dollars per annum as
salary.
SEC. ?. That any vessel of one hundred
tons, or over, coming from or going to sea,
may proceed directly to or from Eureka or
Wilmington. and report, through the deputy
collector of said port, to the collector of
customs at San Francisco.
SEC. B. That the office of surveyor of
customs, created by act of Congress july
enc, eighteen hundred and seventy, for the
port of Vallejo, in California, is abolished,
and in lieu OF such surveyor of customs
deputy collector of customs is hereby au-
thorized to perform the same services and
receive the same rate of compensation as
is provided in this act for the deputy col. .
ieetor at the port of Eureka or the port of
Wilmington. sr
Approved, March 3, 1871
GENERAL NATURE-No. Gil