New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-31

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ter in controversy, when the title. boundary
or right to the peaceable possession of land
may be in dispute, or in chancery or divorce
cases: And provided further, That in all
cases an appeal may be taken from any
order, Judgment or decree OF said proDato
courts to the district court =
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That
all acts and parts Of acts inconsistent WIN
this act are hereby repealed; provided, tins
act shall not affect any suit pending in the
district courts of said Territory at the time
= j. G. BLAINE,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Vice President Of the United States and
- - President Of the Senate.
Approved December -, 1870.
U. s. GRANT.
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NArURE-No. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for pub:
Patent Office.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
publication of the abstracts OF specifications
Of engraving heretofore accompanying the
annual report Of the Commissioner of Pat
ents be discontinued after the publication Of
that portion of the report for eighteen hum
dred and sixty mime, for which the plates
lieu thereof, the Commissioner be authorized
to have printed, for gratuit0us distribution,
not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies
of the complete specifications and
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-
ton in each capitol of every State and Ter
ritory, one for the like 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 ca pitfalls, and one in the library of Con-
gress, which copies shall be taken and re-
ceived in all courts as evidence of all mat
tiers 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 all courts a. evidence, said
copies not to be taken from said deposit
tories for any other purpose than to be
used ~ evidence; and tho Commissioner OF
Patents ia hereby authorized and directed
to have printed such additional numbers Of
copies of specifications and drawings,
certified as hereinbefOre provided, at Q
price not to exceed the contract price fer
such drawings, for sale, as may be war
ranted by the actual demand for the same;
and the Commissioner is 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
volumes to correspond with those in the
Patent Office, and for the transportation of
the same, and which shall also provide
proper custody for the same, with con-
venient access 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 he made under the provisions
of chapter one hundred and ffty-fve, sec
ton nine, of act of Congress, approved
June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and
sixty-fOur, which reads as follows !: "SEC. 9.
And be it further enacted, That all litho-
graphing and engraving, where the pr0bar
bic 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, that the Joint Committee on
Public Printing be authorized to empower
the Superinte ndent of Public Printing to
make immediate contracts for engraving.
whenever, in their opinion, the exigencies Of
the public service will not justify waiting
for advertisement and award."
Approved January IL, 1871.
GENERAL NArURE-NO. 49,
AN ACT for the relief of the Stockbridge
and Nunsee tribe Of Indians, in the State
of Wisconsin. ~
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
two townships of land. situated in the
sin. set apart for the use of the StOckbridge
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 shall state the
quality of the soil, the quantity, quality and
value of the timber growing on each lot,
estimating the pine timber at not less than
one dollar per thousand, and the value OF
all improvements, if any, made thereon,
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
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 q
may be fixed by the Secretary Of the In
terror. 80 a
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, Thai
| the said two townships of land shall be ad
vertised for sale, by notice Of not less thar
three months, to be published in ct Least
three newspapers of the district having
general circulation, and shall be offered al
| public auction, at the nearest Government
the highest bidder, in lots of not exceeding
eighty acres each, but shall not be sold fol
less than the appraised value thereof
| Nome 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 yea
| after they shall have been offered as afore
said shall be again advertised and o6ere(
ment land office within the Green Bal
agency, at not less than the minimum o
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre
and thereafter shall be subject to privat.
entry ct the latter price, and shall in al
Gases b6 sold for cash only: Provided
however, That the Secretary of the Int
rior ID hereby authorized to reserve iron
sale quantity Of said lands mot exceeding
eighteen contiguous sections, embracing
such as are now actually occupied and i'm
proved, and are best adapted to agri
cultural purposes, subject to allotment t
members of the Indian party Of said trib
e. hereinafter. provided.