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MISCELLANEOUS.


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UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTY FIRST
CONGRESS.
[PUBLlc-No IL
AN ACT to enlarge the jurisdiction of the probate
courts IN Idaho Territory.
Be 1T enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre- Pre-
sentdtsres Of the United States or Amer'cd ~ So
gress assembled hat the probate courts 0, IN ad
ruoIy Idaho. IN their respective couutes,, inv are
Il ton 10 ther PROBATE jurisdichon be- anu al civil
hereby authorized to hear AMI deterinndd Goes not
causes wherein the damage or Geot ca ayc,usive Of
exceed thu sum OF five hundrea ardsi,g under the
interest and such C. imina cases niTe tne interven
laws of III Territory do not require .ne rn
ton q graud jury; Wv wateS in controversy when
ibs Tile boundary, right to the peaceabe possess
i W -, u, M may be in dispute or in chencery or
ti q, cases: And proUided further, That in all
cases an appeal may be taken from any order, judg.
meot decree of said probate to the district
court.
SEC. p And be IL further enacted That all acts and
parts OF acls inon>i.r.nt with this act are hereby
reneaed: Provided, That this at shall affect any
at The time OF Its passage.
approved, December -, 1870.
GENERAL NATURE-No.2.l
AN ACr granting to the Utah Central Railroad
Company right way through the pub
lie lalds tor he construction
OF railroad andtele-
graph.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives of the United States Of America IN Con-
gress assembled, That the right OF way through
granted to the Utah Central Railroad Company,
corporation created rnaer the laws Oh IN. ale
legislative asmy ss; GI the for the
of a rsihoad and telegraph from point at or
ogaen City, IN the Territory OF Utah, TO Salt
and aui hory is hereby given to said corporation to
take ON tile public lands adjacent to the line Of
said road material OF earth, stone, timber, and SO
forth, TOR the construction thereof Said way is
granted said railroad to the extent OF two hundred
1eet in width on each side OF SAID raroau Mnere ~
necessary ground station buildings, workshops,
depots, machne-shops, switches. sde-traeks, turn
three months from the passage OF this act the said
Utah Central Railroad Company shall file with the
Secretary OF the Interior map to be approved by
him. bibtin the line OF the railroad OF said conf
papy, a. tie same has been located and constructed:
Provided FURTHER, That said company sbai! not
charge the Government higher rates than they do in
dvduals like transportation and telegraphc SER
vice. Aud it shah be the duty OF the Y rah Central
Raj road Company to permit any other railroad,
VIII Gu has been or shall be authorized TO De pulit Dy
The Untes States, by the legislature OF the Terri
tory OF Utah. TO form running connections WIN us
road on fair aud ecu table terms,
SEQ. 2. And be a. further enacted That the United
States make the grants herein, and that the said
Utah Central Railroad Company accepts the same,
upon the express condition that the said company
shall not the power given by section ten Of
approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-nn. and upon the further express cond-
OF the conditions hereof then IN such case, at any
time hereafter, the United States, byiit Congress,
MY do any and all acts and Things whlcn may pe
need vi and necessary for the enforcement OF such
Conditions. -.
SEC. 3. And be further enacted, That said Utah
Central Railroad thall be post route and military
road subject to the use CT the United States for
tall military, naval, and all other government ser
vice. and also ject such guations as Congress
may impose. restricting The charges Tor such Gov
eminent transportation
SEC. A. Ama be it further enacted, That the aecep.
lance OF the terms, ditions. and imposltons OF
ills act, by the said Utah Central Railroad Com
pany, shall be signfed in writing under the corpo-
the direction Of lis beard Of directors first had and
Obtained. which acceptance shall be made within 1
three mon his after the pa of this act, ana shal
be served on the President OF the United Sates and
msuch ascept nee and sevce shall not be so made,
$50. 8 And be 1t further enacted That Congress
may any time, having regard tor the rights OF
said Utah Central KaiIioaa Company, add to, alter,
amend, or repeal This act.
Approved, December Is, 1870.
GENERAL NATURE-No.3 81
AN ACT to amend an act entitled San act to
duee internal taxes, and for other purposes"
approved July fourteenth. eighteen
hundred and seventy.
Be itenacfed 5y the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatives Qf the United St1fes Of america IN Congress
assembled, That SO much OF section twenty-one Of
the reduce internal taxes, and for other pur.
poses. approved July fourteen. eighteen hundred
anU seventy, as relaes TO sugar, be amended so
[lba;l it will read
On ali sugar not above number seven, Dutch STAN
dard Color one and three quarer Cents per pound.
On al sugar above mum Der seven, and not above
number ten, Dutch stanoard 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 p und.
On all sugar above number thirteen, and not above
number sixteen. Dutch standard in color, two and
tbree-Quarter cents per pound.
On all sugar above number sixteen, and not above
number twenty. Dutch standard in color, three and
one quarter cents per pound.
On all sugar above number twenty, Dutch standard
in color, and on all refined loaf, lump, crushed pow
dere'i. ard graduated sug r, 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
Off ers. in such manner to ascertain the true
quality OF SUI sugar; aud the weights OF sugar i'm
ported in casks boxes shall be marked distinctly
by the TOM house wsieher, by scoring the figures
indelibiy on each package: And provided further,
That all slrup OF sugar, siIup vi sugar JUICE,
melada, conce ntrated melada, CT con entrated mo-
lasses entered under the name OF molasses, shall be
lore ted to the United States.
Approved, December %, 1870.
GENERAL NATURE-No. a.
AN ACT in relation t, certain territorial
penitentiaries.
Be it be enacted BY the Senate and House Of Rep
ressntdtives OF the United States Of america in
gress assembled rbat the penItentIary which has
been, or may hereafter be, erected by the United
States in aiy oreanized Territory thereof. shall.
when the same is ready for reception OF convicts,
be placed the and contl Of of the mar.hsi
OF the United states TOR the Territory or District
which such peniteatiary may be situated.
SEQ. And be it frth enacted, That it is hereby
ted States to prescribe all need ul ues and regula-
lions for the so9erement OF such penitentiary, and
the marshal having charge thereof shall cause them
to be duly and faithfully executed and Obeyed. The
reasonable compensation OF such marshal and OF his
deputies tor their services uoder this act aud said
esua ions, shall be fixed by The Attorney General;
al it and the expense incident to the subsistence
and employment OF offenders against the laws the
United States who have been or may hereafter be
sentenced to imprisonment in such pen Tertiary,
shall be chargeable On and payable out OF the fluid
Tor deffaylDg the expenses OF suits in which the
Uni ed States are concerned and prosecutions
Offences committed aga INST the United States: Pro-
vded That this actshall not be construed 10 increase
the maximum com pensaton now allowed by law 10
SEC ). And belt further enacted, That any person
convicted by court OF competent jurisdiction in a
IerrItofy, for violation OF The laws thereof and
eenteDced to imprisonment may at the cost CT such
Territory, on such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed by such rules and regulations be received
subssted and employed IN such penitentiary during
the term Of his OF Der imprisonment, in the same
fence ageinst the laws OF the United States.
Approved, January TO- 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No 81
AN ACT to amend an act entitled I" An act to auth
Orize the rerunding of the national debt"
Re 1T enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
tdtiues Of the United States OF america Congress
assembled, That the amount OF bonds authoriz ID by
the act approved Jdy fourteen, eighteen hundred
and seventy, entitled " An act to authorize the re-
fandiDg OF the national deot," 10 be issued bearing
nye per centum interest per annum, be, and The
same is, increased to five hundred millions of dol
ar', and the interest OF any p rtion of the bonds
issued under said act this act may, at the Gre
ton OF the Secretary OF the Treasury be made paw
able quarter -yeary Provided, hOaceUer, That this
act sna not be construed to authorize any Increase
OF the tota amount OF bonds provided tor by the act
TO which this act is an amendment.
Approved, January 20, 1871. |
GENERAL NATURE-No.6
AN ACT ceding certain Jurisdiction to the
State OF Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentdtiUes Of the United States of Aneriea in on
gress assembled That the Jurisdiction the place
purchased for the 10 alton OF the National Asylum
for Disabled Volunteer soldiers under and by Viz
tuc OF Ihe act OF Congress of March third, eighteen
hunered and sixty five entitled IAN act to moor
porate National Military and Naval Asylum for
the relief OF the totally disabled officers men of
the volunteer forces of the Uni,ed S,aies, and the
act OF March twenty-frsr, eighteen hundred and |
sxty-six, amendatoIy thereto, and upon which said
ASYLUM is located is hereby to he