New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-28

IkEOOLUT1ON OF 0ENEkAL NATCRE-NO. 3. j
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for pub.
fishing specifications and drawings Of
Patent Office.
Be it resolved BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of
publication Of the abstracte Of specification
Of engravings heretofore accompanying the
annual report Of the Commissioner Of Pat
ents be discontinued altar the publication of
that portion of the report for eighteen hum
dred and sixty-nine, 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
drawings Of each patent subsequently,
issued, together with suitable in
dexes to be issued from time to time,
one copy to be placed for free public inspec-
tom in each capitol Of every State and Ter
ritory, one for the ike purpose in the clerks
Office of the district court Of each judicial
district Of the United States, except when
such Offices are located in. State or terrific
rial CO pitfalls, and one in the library Of Com
gress, which copies shall be taken and re-
ceivea In al courts - 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 al courts a. evidence, said
copies not to be taken from said depOsi-
tories for any other purpose than to be
used ~ evidence; and the Commissioner Of
Patents ia hereby authorized and directed
to have printed such additional numbers Of
copies Of specifications and drawings,
certified a. hereinbefore provided, at .
price not to exceed the contract price fer
such drawings, for sale, ~ may be war
Tanted BY the actusl demand for the same;
and the C0mmissiOner il also hereby author
lied to furnish . complete set of the specifi-
cations and drawings to any public library
which will pay for binding the same into
Patent Office, and for the transportation of
the same, and which shall also provide
proper custody for the same, with con-
venient acccss 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 fifty five, Sec
ton nine, Of act of Congress, approved
sixty-fOur, which reads - follows /: "SEC. 9.
And be it further enacted, That all litho-
graphing and engraving, where the proba-
Bile total cost Of the maps or plates illus
trating or accompanying any one work ex-
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 Su-
perintendent OF Public Printing, under the
direction Of the Joint Committee on Print
ing; provided, thst the Joint Committee ON
Public Printing be authorized to empower
the Superin. endent Of Public Printing to
make immediate contracts for engraving,
whenever, in their opinion, the exigencies Of
the public service win mot justify waiting
for advertisement and award"
Approved January II, l7l.
fGExERAL NATuRE-No. 1871
AN ACT for tho relief of the Stockbridgo
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
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
direction of the Secretary Of the Interior, be
examined and appraised, BY two or more
disinterested appraisers to be selected by
him, in eighty-acre lots, according to public
survey such appraisal snal state the
value Of the timber growing on each lot,
estimating the pine timber ct 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 im-'
provements, 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 the 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 iad-
vertised for sale, by notice Of not less than
three months, to be published in ut 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
the highest bidder, in lots Of not exceeding
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, ct not less than the minimum Of
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre,
and thereafter shall be subject to private
entry at the latter price, and shall in all
cases b. sold for cash only: Provided,
ri0r il hereby authorized to reserve from
sale quantity of said lands not exceeding
eighteen contiguous sections, embracing
such a. are now actually occupied and i'm
proved, and arc best adapted to agri-
cultural purposes, subject to allotment to
membors of the Indian party Of said tribe
~ hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3. 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 amount due to
individuals for improvements ~ returned
9y the appraisers, and the amount of the
oSots contracted by the sachem and c0un-
cllOrs lor the benefit of said tribes,
em0ununR TO the sum of eleven thousand
dollars, according to schedule to bo Ger
tined ~ them, and returned to the Com
SEC. 4. And be It further enacted. That
Immediately alter tho returna ahali r. -
oeiyed ct he General LAID O03ce az tie
lat public salo according 70 rs nrpviaions
of til ~, statsnent shall - na6s 8,