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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
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AN ACT to anlend the usury laws OF the District
Of Columbia.
Approved April Y, 1870.

Be Il enacted blythe Senate aud HouIs q. R~sproof.
atires efths Uhited States Of Amried IN Con1ress
aatnbled: Irs .T.slg
That the rate OF Interest upon Judgments or de-
crees. aud upon the loal or forbearanec Of any mon.
cy, goods. or things In action, shall continue to DO
six dollars upon one hundred dollars for one year.
and aiter that rate for q greater or less sum, or for u
loncer or shorter time, except US hereinafter pro-
yided. ..|-
Ssc' ., And be Il further enacted, That In all con.
tracts hereafter % be made II shall be for the
parties to stIpulate or agree In writing that the rate
OF ten per cent. per aiinufLl, or any less sum, OF In
tercSt shall be taken and paid upon every one num-
dred dollars OF money loaned, or In any manner Que
and owing from any person or corporation III thls
District, E..
son or corporation In this District shall contract TO
receive o greater rate OF Interest than ten per cent.
upon any contract IN writing, or six per cent. upon
aHy verbal contract, such person or corporation
shall forfeit the whole OF said interest 50 contracted
TO be received, and shall BE- entitled only TO recover
the principal sum due to such person or corpora
ton. ,.E..
Sec, 1. And be II further enacted, That II any per-
son or corporation within the Disiict Of Columbia
shall directly or indirectly take or receive any great
er amount Of interest than ID provided for In this
act, upon any contract or agreement whatever. II
shall be lawful for the person, or his personal repre-
sentative. or the corporation paying the same. 70
sue for and recover all the Interest paid upon any
such contract or agreement from the person or his
personal representatives. or from the corporation
receiving such unlawful Interest: provided. that the
suit to recover back such Interest shall be brought
| within one year AFTER such unlawful interest shall
have been paid or taken.
this act contained shall be construed To change the
general laws In force In relation to banking associa:
lions organized under the act to provide a national
currency secured BY a pledge Of United! states bonds
and TO provide for the circulation and redemption
thereof, approved June three, eighteen hundred and
siXty.f0ur. .s on.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
W OF THE UNITED STATES.

tolls, and one In the library Of Congress, which eopies
shall be taken and received In all Courts a. eyidenee
OF all matters therein contained, and shall be ceru;
ned TO under the hand Of the Commissioner and sea-
OF the Patent Once, and shall DO taken and fceelSeo
In oil courts rs evidence, said copies not 70 % taken
be used as evidence; and the Commisioler OF Pat-
ents Is hereby authorized and directed 70 nave pnnt-
ed such additional numbers Of copies o. specinea-
tons and drawings, certified - herelnpsioIes pro-
vIded. at q price not to exceed the contract pnce or
such drawings, for sale, - may BE- warranted " INC
Is also hereby authorized 70 furnish q complete set
OF such specifications and drawings 10 any puoile
library which will pay for binding the same Into vol
umes 10 correspond with those In tho Patent once,
and for the transportation Of the same. and which
shall also provide proper custody Tor the SAME, with
convenient access for the public thereto, under such
regulations as the Commissioner shall doom reason
able; and provided also. that all contracts for max
Ing copies OF drawings shall be made under the pro
visions OF chapter one hundred and hfty-hve, sec
tion nine, of Act Of Congress approved June twenty
i've, eighteen hundred and sixty-0ur, which reads
as follows: "sec. 2. And be II further enacted, that
all lthographtng and engraving. where The. probable
total cost Of the maps or plates Illustrating or &C.
coinpanying any work exeeeds two hundred and
my dollars, shall DO awarded 10 the lowest and best
bidder for the interests OF the Government, due re-
gard being paid to the execution OF the work, aner
due advertisement by the superintendent Of Public
Printing. under the direction q ths Join! CS M, ~.
on Public Printing be authorized to empower the
Superintendent OF Public Printing to make tmmedi.
ate contracts FOR engraving, Whenever In their opun-
ion the ~eNigenciss OF the public service VIII not JUS
tlfy waiting for advertisement and award"
A RESOLUTION to authorize the restoration Of
Benjamin y. Richards 10 the active list OF the
Navy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

diction and that willis all persons may lawfully,
and Without restriction BY reason o. the aioresaid
state OF war, manufacture and sell within the United
States arms and munitions Of war, and other articles
ordinarily known a. "oontraband Of war" yet usy
cannot carry such articles upon the high seas for the
use or service or either belligcrent, nor can they
transport soldiers and officers Of either, or attempt
TO break any blockade which may be lawfully estab-
liShed and maintained during the war. without IN
curing the risk OF hostile capture, and the penalties
denounced by the lawof nations In that behalf.
And i do hereby give notice that all citizens ofthe
United 6tates and others who may claim the prVtec.
tion OF this Government. who, may misconduct
themselves In the premises, Will do 30 Of. their peril,
and that they can In no wise obtain any protection
from the Government OF the United States against
the consequences OF their misconduct.
In witness Whereof ! have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal OF the Uniicd States to DO af.
liked. , &c., g- -
II. ST. second day OF August, In the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
and Of the Independence Of the United States OF
J America the ninety-nfh. U. 3. dbANT.
BY the President; -! Boo. rH
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
Roolred Jy tie Senate and House Of Represaita
tires Of the United States Of america in CoHgres'
n...uII.I .

Resolred Jy TIE S1tate and ITome Of Repraeitn-
tires o, the United States Of america IN Congres'
That the President Of the United States be author.
lred 10 appoint three commissioners, and also a SEC
rotary, the latter TO he versed In the English and
Spanish languages, to proceed to the Island OF San
commissioners may deem necessary, and there TO
inquire Into. ascertain and report the political state
and condition Of the Republic Of Dominica. the
disposition OF the people Of the said rcdubiic to be-
come annexed TO and form part OF the people Of the
United States; the physical, mental and moral con.
dliion OF The said people, and their general condition
Us 10 material wealth aud industrial capacity; the
resources Of the country; Its mineral and agricultu-
raj products: the products OF It's waters and nrestsi
proportion thereof capable OF cultivation: the ch-
mate ard health u the country; It's bays, harbors
and rivcrsi Its general meteorological character. aud
the existence lnd frequency OF remarkable inetc0ru-
logical phenomena; the debt Of the Government
aud Its obligations. whether Mnde and ascertained
and admitted, or unadlusted ahd under discussion;
treaties Or engagements with other powers; extent
OF boundaries and territory what proportion Is
covered by foreign claimants or BY grants or con-
c~csSiOns, and generally what conceSsionssor fran
chlses have been granted, with the names OF the re-
~spectirc grantees; the terms and conditions on
which the Dominican government may desire TO b.
annexed 10 nni become part Of the United States a.
one OF the Territories thereof; such other inf0rmn-
tiUn with respect TO the said government or Its ter.
rItories as TO the said commissioners shall seem de-
slruble or important with reference 10 the future In.
Corporation OF ule Salu bOnllCAl ICpuOlC lnlO tue
United States rs one OF Its Territories. l.
Sec. 2. AMI be II further resolved, That the said
commissioners shall, AZ soon Us conveniently may
be, report TO the President o fthe United States, who
shall Lay the report be ore Congress.
Sec, 4. And be Il further resolve. That the said
commissioners shall serve without compensation. ex.
cppt the payment OF expenses; and the c0mpensa.
ton OF the secretary shall be determined by the
Secretary OF State, with the approval OF the Presi.
dent: provided, that nothing In these resolutions
contained shall he ..eid, understood or construed as
committing Congress to the policy Of annexing the
territory OK Sid republic OF Dominica.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08

Bel enacted BY u. Sssats and Hox,se d, Repre,snt.
atireI ottke Uated Sata Of Ameried, IN Con.
oresx nsseRbled tn f-
That all that portion OF the western district
land district, created BY the act approved March
three, eighteen hundred and tfty-eevcI., entitled
IAN act to establish three additional land districts
In the Territory OF Kansas, = which H. situated north
or the townships ten and eleven south In said State.
shall constitute Q new land district, TO be called the
Republican land district.
3 Sec. 2. And be II further enacted, That the Presl.
dent be. and he Is hereby authorized. whenever che
public interests shall require. to appoint BY and
with the advice and consent OF the Senate, or dn.
ring the recess thereof. and untilthe end OF the next
session Of Congress alter such appointment, q regis
ter and q receiver for the district hereby created,
who shall respectively be required TO reside at the
site OF their Offices. have the same powers. RESPONSE
blites and emoluments. aud be subject 10 the sam
acts and penalties which are or may be prescribed
by law In relation to other land officers OF the United
SEC. 81 And be Il further enacted, That the public
lands In said district shall be subJeetto sale and dis.
posal upon the same terms and conditions. as ether
bubble lands " the United States; provided, that MI
sales and locations made at the Office Of the old dis
trict Of lands situated within the limits OF the new
district, which shall be valid and right In other re.
spects, up to the day on which the new once shall
20 into operation, be. and the same are hereby con-
trmed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08

Be u enacted Jy the Senate and Hoase Of Repressnt.
Gtires Of the United States Of America in Con0ress
dfseinbled
That the military reservation at Fort Dakota, In
the county Of Mlnnehaba, and Territory Of Dakota
be, and the sane Is hereby, vacated, and the lands
embraced in said reservation shall be subject TO pr-
vatc entry under the provisions OF the presumption
much thereof as may be embraced In sections here.
tofOre reserved for school purposes: provided, that
nothing In this act shall be so construed as 10 Inter.
fere with any rights which may have accrued pre-
yi0us to the withdrawal OF said lands for the pur.
poses OF such reservation; and provided also. that
any improvements on said reservation made BY the
military authorities prior to Its relinquishment by
the Secretary Of War, shall be appraised by the
register and receiver Of the land Office OF the district
I'm which said reservation II situated, and paid for
located; aud provided further. that no patent shall
issue for any portion OF said lands until the improve.
ments thereon shall have been paid for ut their
appraised value.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
Approved july ], 1870.

Whereas, Edwin A. Stevens, who was In his life.
time the owner OF the ship known M the Stevens
battery, originally commenced under contract for
the United States Government, and upon the build
ing OF which large suLls OF money were spent by his
ment Qhc United States having previously rrlin .
Quished all claims 10 said ship. leave the same TO
be finished b. his executors at an expense not eX-
cecding the SUM OF one million Of dollars. and when
finished 10 be offered TO the State OF New jersey ns
q present. TO be by her received and disposed OF as
the said State should desIn proper; and whereas,
doubts have been suggested rs to the right OF the
said State to accept the said bequest without the
consent Of Congress under the prohibition OF tho
first article OF the Constitution OF the United States;
That the consent Of Congress Is hereby given that
the State Of New Jersey shall receive and dispose Of
the said ship according to the terms and conditions
OF said beQuest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for publishing
organizations and drawings Of Patent once.
Approved January II. Is7I.l

n, q, y,,ohr.a by IN. Senate AVID Hohse Of Repre-
sesiatirss OF ihs Eiit.d State Of Anseried IN
Tonorss asss.n6led. +lN
That the publication " the abstracts OF spccinca-
lions and Of the enrravings heretofore accompany
ing the annual report OF the Commissioner OF Pat.
ents be discontinued amer the publication or mat
portion ofthe report for eighteen hundred and sixty
nine. for which the plates have already been pro
pared; and that, In lieu thereof, the Commissioned
Be authorized TO have printed. for grntuitous dlstri-
button, not to exceed one hundred and my copies
OF the complete specips ations and drawings or each
patent subsequently sued. together with suitable
Indexes to be issued ico,a time TO time. Que copy 70
be placed for free public inspection IN each capltolQ
In the clerks ONCE OF the District Court OF eaeh Ju-
dieial District OF the Unitoi States, except When
such offices are located In State OF Territorial eap.'
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
Approved December p, 1870.
De u uasied by the Senate and HoHis Of Represenj
atires 81 the DATED Satei Of America IN Con0rei

De u tua.ied BY tie Senate and HoHis Of Represent.
dtires q the United &atei Of America IN Congress
assembled.
That so much Of section twcnty.one OF the Act to
reduce Internal taxes. and for other purposes. ap-
proved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sew
enty, as relates to sugar, be amended 80 THAT i
will read:
On all sugar not above number seven, Dutch
standard In color. one and threc-quartcr cents per
pound.
on all sugar above number seven, and not above
number ten, 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-Qnarterc 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 oil sugar above number sixteen, and not above
numbcr twenty. Dutch standard In color. three and
one. quarter cents per pound.
On all sugar above number twenty, Dutch stand
ard IN color. and on all refined loaf, limp, crushed.
powdered and granulated sugar. four cents par
pound provided, that the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury shall. by regulation. prescribe and require that
samples from packages or sugar shall bs taken by
the proper onlccrs. In such manner as 10 ASCERTAIN
the true quality OF such sugar; and the weights OF
sugar Imported In casks or boxes shall be marked
distinctly BY the stom.housc welgher, by scoring
the figures indcilbly on each package; and provided
further, that all slrup OF sugar, cane juice, mciads.
concentrated melndn. or concentrated molasses, en-
tered under the name OF mOlasSes, shall be forfeited
to the United States.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
q u Enacted By tie Senate and Home d .Rspreseat.
aiira. nftGs Mn Il Maix Of Ameiea IN Conorets

Re Il enacted by tie Senate and Home Of Rspretent'
aiirss 81 TIE tAitsd Hates Of Ansfea IN Conore'
dsseabled. .
That the city Of Kansas, In the stats OF Missouri
shall be and Is hereby constituted . port OF aenvery'
annexed 70 and made u part OF the couecton oLh-
tnct OF New Orleans, and shall be. subject 70 INC
same regulations and restrictions a. other portiot
delivery, annexed to and made . part o. the eonee-
tIon district Of New Orleans. and shall DC suoleet.o
OF delivery in the United States; and all the pnvll..
eees and facilities afforded by the act OF Congress oil
the second March, eighteen hundred and tnirty-one,
entitled IAN act allowing the duties on foreign
merchandise imported into Plttsburg, Wheeling,
Cincinnati, Louisville, Saint Louis, Nashville ana
Natchez 10 be secured and paid at those places
shall be extended 10 said port. A surveyor OF Gus.
toms shall be appointed to reside at said port anu
perform the duties prescribed by law, who shall re-
eeiye the same compensation now provided or
which may hereafter be provided by law for survey.
ors Of the same grade.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
Approved July II. $50.

Be u enacted BY the Senate and Togss Of RSpreaenf.
Aires .ofths United States Of america In Con0res'
assembLsd, N. ~
That the privileges Of the act Of May th;rtleth.
eighteen hundred and slxty-tw0. entitled An act
10 reduce the expcIs cs OF the survey ani ALE OF the
public lanis IN the United States. y be ADJ the = me
arc hereby extended TO Colorado: and lac provlso
OF the nrst section OF the act approved June second.
eighteen hundred and slSty-two, entitled An act
to establish a land ofnrc in the Territory Of Colora.
do, and for other purposes" is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be II further enacted, That nothing IN
the act or Congress approved March twenty.seven.
eighteen hundred and fnty-fonr, entitled act
for the relief Of settlers on lands reserved for railroad
purdoses," shall be construed 10 relieve such settlers
hoin the obligation to tc tho proper notices o thelr
claIms, as In other cases, and oil. claimant 81 pre-
emption rights shall hereafter. when 10 shorter pc
nod OF time Is now prescribed BY law, make the
proper proof and payment for the lands claimed.
within eighteen months after the date prescribcdior
nlIng their declaratory notices shall have expired
provided, that where said date shall have elapsed
before the passage OF this act, said pre-emptons shall
have ono year AFTER the passage hereof In which to
make such proof and payment.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08

Resided Jy the Senate and Ho~ss Of Rspreenta-
Tires Of ths United &ates Of america In CoH0res,
assentbied. S. .koa.
{ mat ali foreign merchandise which arrived II q
mort or the United States on or before the thirty.
ant day Of December. eighteen hundred and sev.
enty, and not entered or transferred 10 q public store
or bonded warehouse. shall be entitled 70 the bene-
AN Act 10 reduce internal taxes, and for other
purposes approved July fourteen, eighteen hun.
dred and seventy. the same as such merchandise
would have been entitled TO had II actually been In
nubIIc sto,s or bonded warehouse on or prior to the
th,rty.drst day Of December. eighteen hundred and
seventy: provided, that the owner OF such mcrchan.
disc shan, within thirty days from the passage VI
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08

Be q enacted bv the Senate aud HoIIe Of Rspr0ent-
assembled.
That the tirst section Of an act entitled An act
tory, and for other purposes" approved May fourth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, BE-, and the samc Is
so FAR amended that wris OF error shall be allowed
court Of said Territory, In the same manner they
were allowed before the passage OF the act to which
NhIa 4 anNaDIufnrv
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
AN ACT for the relief OF PIerpont Seymour, OF East
Bloomfield. New York.
Approved January Is, ISL.

Be Il Enacted y.ths Senate and HtoHse Of .Rcpreent.
assembled, COOL .
That the Commissioner Of Patents Is hereby au.
thotized and required to hear ami decide the nppp-
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 AMI
lfty.hye, for All improvement In seed. planters. or
grain driNs, 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 Plcrpont Seymour made application for
such extension. and paid the fee required by law,
within the time prescribed BY law. upon the notice
and under thc regulations prescribed by law and the
rules OF tho Patent Once: provided. that no dam
ayes shall be collected OF any peron for an Infringe
incnt Of said patent between the time OF the explra-
ton OF said patent and the time OF the renewal OF
the same, . #... . .
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08
fpublIc Re,olutlon-No. 2t.I

A RESOLUTION In relation to the printing. for tho
use OF the Department Of State. OF additional
copies Of documents emanatlng frOm that Depart.
ment.
That hereafter. In addition TO the number Of copies
OF documents emanatlng from the Department Of
State which may be ordered TO DC printed by either
house OF Congress, Il shall be the duy Of the Con-
gressIOnal Printer 20 cause 10 be printed for the uso
OF that Department i've hundred copies OF every
such document, when requested to do 10 by the Sec
rotary OF State: provided. that the expense Of the
same shall In no case exceed the sum OF hve nun.
dred dollars. Old
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08

Be Il enacted By the Senate and HoHss Of Represcat-
atirn Of the United Sstes Of America In Conore's
a~ssembLsd E.
That there shall not be assessed or collected. under
or By virtue OF section tour Of an act approved
March thlrty-onc, eighteen hundred and sixty-cight,
entitled An act TO exempt certain manufacturer
from internal tax. and for other purposes" any In.
those engaged In smoking hams, curing meats, or
others known "a In the provision trade, as nanufac.
turers within the meaning OF the said section; and u
any such tax shall have been a 70 scd, but not COL
lectcd, the same Is hereby RENTED.
tPubllc-So. 1911
AN ACT TO extend the provisions OF the precmp-
ton laws TO the Territory Of Colorado. and for
other purp0scs. .
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-08

Be u, enacted BY tie Senate and HoxIs Of Represent.
.aitses;Sf ths Unusd& aia Of hm.ried Ia COnrss
Z That rom the time any state Legislature shan
have given, Or shall hereafter give, the consent OF
such State TO the purchase by the United States OF
~ n,HonL esme.eII msnIonSu IN W. n ns1 Emu
eter1ea," approved February twenty-second, eight.
cen hundred and sixty%even. Tho Jurisdiction and
cemetery shall In allcourts and places DO held 70 DO
the same a. 10 granted By section eight, article one,