New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-31

land office, be held exclusively for location
for. The agricultural colleges and
s ssn thirty days the proper authorities Of
i United States land office for the land sonsbt
to be located by sections and parts of Sec
tons; Provided, That any rights, under the
presumption or homestead laws, acquired
prior to the fling of the required statement
with the United States r6gistec, shall not be
impaired or affected by this act; And pro-
vided further, That such selections shall be
made in every other respect subject to the
conditions, restrictions, and limitations con-
tanned in the acts hereby modified.
1 Approved March 3, 1871.
/ lGENERAL NAruRE--No. COL
AN ACT to extend the time for the rever--
/ sion to the United States of the lands
granted by Congress to the State of Mich
| lgan 10 ald IN the construction of rail-
! road from Pere Marquette to Flint in
said State, and for other purposes.
I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
time specified in the fourth section of the act
OF Congress, approved June third, eighteen.
hundred and ffty-six. entitled "An act
making grant of alternate sections of the
| public lands to the State of Michigan to aid
IN the construction of certain railroads in,
/ SAID State, and for other purposes" for the
1 reversion to the United States of the lands
granted by said act to aid in the construc-
non OF railroad from Pere Marquette to
Flint, and for the completion of said road.
be, and the same is hereby, further extended
| for the period of five years from and, after
| the passage of this act.
| SEC. That the State of Michigan NAV an
| thorize the sale of sixty sections of the land
| granted to aid the construction of said.
railroad frcan Pere Marquette to Flint,
l. -1nr,c fbxa
| said State shall certify that ten additional
miles of said railroad is completed and in
running order as q first class railroad; Pro-
| vided, That said lands authorized to be.
| sold as aforesaid shall include only lands
situated opposite to and coterminous with
| the completed sections; And provided; That
| in case said railroad shall not be fully COM
pleted from Flint to Lake Michigan within
the time as extended by this act, all the
| lands included In said grant to which the
right to sell shall not then have attached,
shall revert to the United States.
/ Approved March 3, 1871.
/ GENERAL fNATURE-No. 631
AN ACT to extend the benefits of the dona-
+ ton law of September twenty-seven,
I eighteen hundred and fifty, to certain
persons. ,-.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
all persons who, at the time of settle
ment, possessed the qualification prescribed
in the fourth and Eth sections OF In act
to create the office Of surveyor general of
the public lands in Oregon, and to provide
for the survey, and to make donations to
settlers of the said public lands,' approved
September twenty-seven, eighteen hundred
and fifty, and who made bona fde settle
ment upon the lands claimed by the Puget
A <,
ton Territory, within the time limited for
sc ttlement by said act and the amendments
thereto, shall be, and are hereby declared
TO be entitled to all the privileges and bene-
fits of said act and amendments.
SEC. 2. That the rights and privileges of
heirs and assigns under the sad donation
law, and the amendments thereto, shall be,
and are hereby, extended to the heirs and
assigns of the settlers named in the first
section of this act.
Approved March 8, 1871.
r. GENERAL NATURE-No, Col
AN ACT to restore Robert Boyd, blnior, to
the active list of the navy of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States be author
lied to nominate, and by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, to appoint
Robert Boyd, junior, now on the retired
list, as 10 commander OF the active list of
the navy.
Approved March 3, 1871.
AN ACT to authorize [thel Worthington Ma
. tional Bank of Cooperstown, New York,
{ to change its name and location.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
/ Worthington National Bank, now located
in COOperstown, State of New York, is
!; hereby authorized to change its location to
the village of Oneonta, in the county of
Otsego, and State of New York. When
ever the stockholders representing three
fourths of the capital of said bank, at
meeting called for that purpose, determine
to make such change, the president and
cashier shall execute a certificate, under
the corporate seal of the bank, specifying
such determination, and shall cause the
same to be recorded in the Office of the
controller of the currency, and thereupon
such change of location shall be effected;
and the operations of discount and deposit
of said bank shall be carried on under the
name of the First National Bank of One
,onta, in the village of Oneonta, in the
county of Otsego, and State of New
York.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
uOJulug Ill JIllS dCG cOutdlu0u SIHA Uc So
construed as in any manner to release the
said bank from any liability, or affect any
action or proceeding in law in, which the
said bank may be party or interested.
And when such change shall have been de-
termined upon as aforesaid, notice thereof
and of such change shall be published in at
least two weekly newspapers in the atore-
said county in which Cooperstown is situ-
ate, in the State of New York, for not less
than four successive weeks.
Approved February %, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. f5.
AN ACT to authorize the restoration Of
James Belger to the rank OF major and
unartermaster in the army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
President be, and he is hereby authorized
to restore JRmes Belger to the rank ofmajor
and quartermaster in the army to date from
the day of his restoration to his said rank
under this act.
Approved March 3, 1871. a.. 6 -a4 ae
GENERAL NATURE-No. 67.1
AN ACT to amend an act for the relief
Jearum Atkins, approved July fifteen,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of a
America in Congress assembled That thIs I
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