New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-01


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throueh tho pnbfc 1eunain, Including ~
necessary efumd for eoeeeoI eut1nS
ings, work-shops, depsts, machine-shole
switches, side tracke, tnfnr tahles ana Weset-
stations: provided, that Within three 1870 49,
from the passage Of this Aot, the se9 Utaa
Central Railrosd Company shsll ME With
the Secretary Of the Interior . map to be
approved by him, exhibiting the line Of the
railroad of said company, - the same 4ae
been located and constructed; pr0y1deds
further, that aaid company shall NOT clarge
the government higher rates than they 40
individuals for like transportation and tel
.eeraphic service. And it shall be the auty'
permit any other railroad, which has been
or shall be authorised to be built BY the
United States, or by the Legislature Of the
Territory Of Utah, to form running cOnnec-
tions with it's road on fair and equitable
terms.
United States make the grants herein, and
that the said Utah Central Rai!rvad Com
pany accepts the same, upOn-th express
condition that the said company shall not
exercise the power given by section ten OF
chapter sixteen Of the laws Of the Territory
of Utah, approved nineteenth of February
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; and upon
the further express condition that II the
said company make any breach OF the con-
ditions hereof, then in such case. at any
time hereafter, the United States, by its
In nd al
things which may be neetlfnl and necessary
for the enforcement of such conditions.
SIC. 8. And be it. further enacted, That
said Utah Central RailrOad shall be . post
route and q military road, subject to the
use of the United States for postal, military,
naval and all other government service,
and also subject to such regulations az Con-
for such government transportation. .
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the acceptance of the terms, conditions and
impOsitiOns of this act, by the said Utah
Central Railroad Company, shall be stgni-
fed in writing under the corporate seal OF
said company, duly executed pursuant TO
the direction of its board of directors first
had and obtained, which acceptance shall
be made within three months after the
passage of this act, and shall be served ON
the President of the United States; and if
such acceptance and service shall not be 90
made, this grant shall be void. l q
Sec. S. And. be it further enacted, That
Congress may at any time, having due 70.
gard for the rights Of said Utah Central
Railroad Company, add to, alter, amend,
or repeal this act. Lgg.s ~ &. ~
Approved, December Is, 1870. -
(0ENERAL NATURR-NO. 81
AN ACT to amend an act entitled IAN act
to reduce internal taxes, and for other
purposes" approved July fourteen, eight
cen hundred and seventy.
Be it enacted BY tho Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That -
much of section twenty-One of the act to,
reduce internal taxes, and for other -pur-
poses, approved July fourteen, eighteen
hundred aud seventy, a. relates to sugar,
be amended so (that1 it will road
On all sugar not above number seven,
Dutch standard in color, one and three-quar-
ter cents per pound. s,ia...f-
On all sugar above number seven, and
not above number tn, Dutch standard in
color, two cents per pound.
On all sugar above number ten, and not
above number thirteen, Dutch standard in
color, two and One-quarter cents per pound.
On all sugar above number thirteen, and
not above number sixteen, Dutch standard
in color, two and three-quarter cents per
pound.
On al sugar above number sixteen, and
not above number twenty, Dutch standard
in color, three and 0ne-quarter cents per
pound.
On all sugars above number twenty,
Dutch standard in color, and ON all refined
Loaf, lump, crushed, powdered and granu-
lated sugar, four cents per pound: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall,
by regulation, prescribe and require that
samples from packages of sugar shall be
taken BY the proper officers, in such manner
as to ascertain the true quality Of such SUI
gar: and the weights of sugar imported in
casks or boxes shall be marked distinctly
by the custOmhOuse weigher, by scoring
the figures indelibly ON each package: And
provided further, That all syrup Of sugar,
syrup OF sugar cane juice, meiada, concen-
trated melada, or concentrated mOlasses,
entered under the name of mOlassee, shall
be forfeited to the United States. 20. y
Approved, December q, 1870. t'e
GENERAL NArCRE-No. II :.
AN ACT for the relief of Pierpont Seymour,
of East Bloomfield, New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Commissioner of Patents is hereby author
lied and required to hear and decide the
application OF tierpOnt seymour, OF East
Bloomfield, in the State Of New York, for
an extension of the letters-patent granted to
him by the United States on the twenty
fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and
fifty five, for an Improvement in seed
planters, or grain drills, and shall have
power to extend said patent for the term of
seven years, with the same effect that such
extension might have been granted had the
said Pierpont Seymour made application for
such extension, and paid the fee required
by law. within the time prescribed by law,
upon the notice and under the regulations
prescribed by law and the rules Of the
Patent Office provided, that no damages
shall be collected Of any person for an in
fringement of said patent between the time
Of the expiration Of said patent and the
time of the renewal of the same.
Approved, January %, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 81
AN ACT making appropriations for the
payment of invalid and other pensions of
the United States for the year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seY
enty-twO. "'
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here
by, appropriated out of any money in the
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