Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-24

agent o. the State of Iowa and the Commissioner
OF the General Land ONCE, on the twenty hrse
day Of HAY, ammo Domini eigaeeen nnnaree s ssa
Int ror on the twenty second DAY OF NAV, ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixU-sx, ano
which adjustment was ratined and connrmsd oy
&C. Of the general assembly Of tle State OF Iowa,
approved March thirty one. eighteen hundred
and Hxty-eight, be, and the same Is hereby, rat-
fed and confirmed TO the State OF Iowa and
grantees in accordance with said adj ustment ana
said act Of the general asse nbly OF the State OF
Iowa: Prorided, That nothing in this act shall
be SO Construed as to affect adversely any exist
ing legal rights the rights of any party claim
ing title the right to acquire title to any part
OF said lands under the provisions OF the so
called homestead or pre-empted laws OF the
United States, or claiming any part teseeol -
swamp lands. tAppsoved, March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NAruRE-No. e2l
An Act to create ports OF delivery at Eureks
and Wilmington, in California, and provide
for appointment Of deputy collector of VAL
lejo, California, and to abolish the offioe OF
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
seatatires of the United States Of America t Con-
gress dssembted, That Eureka, in the county Of
Los Angeles, State of California, shah be, and
are hereby, respectively, constituted ports Of
delivery, within the collection district OF Saa
collector Of customs for each OF said ports, who
shall perform the duties of such Office and re-
ceive the compensation Of one thousand nre
nunQreu OOlldTe per Anuu IN As salary.
SEC. 2 That any vessel Of one hundred tons,
or over, coming from or gcing to sea. may pro-
coed directly TO or from Eureka or Wilmington,
and report, through the deputy collector of
said port, to the collector OF customs at San
FIarcsco.
SEC. 3. That the ice of surveyor Of customs,
created by act of Congress July one, eighteen
hundred and seventy. for the port Of Vallejo,
in California, IL abolished, and in lieu OF such
surveyor of customs Q deputy collector Of Gus
toms Is hereby authorized to perform the s,me
SCI rfn Ornh %ha ya<A nf
sation as is provided in this act for the deputy
collector at the port of Eureka or the port OF
Wilmington. fApproved, March 3, 1871.
lGssERAL NAruRE-No. ss.l
An ACT to extend the benefits OF the donation
law of September twenty-seven, eighteen hum
dred and fifty, to certain persons.
Be f enacted ny the Senate and Hynse of Repre-
sentdfres Of the United States of America in Con-
evess assembled, That oil persons who, at the
time Of settlement, possessed the qualifc atoms
prescribed in the fourth and fifth sections OF
AN act to create the Office OF Surveyor general
Of the public lands in Oregon, aud to provide for
the survey, and to make donations to the set
tiers of the said public lands" approved Sep
fifty, and who made bona fide settlement upon
the lands claimed by the Puget Sound Agricul-
tural Company, in Washington Territory, with
In the time limited for sc element by said act and
the amendments thereto, hall be, aud are here.
by declared to be, entitled to all the privileges
and benefits of said act and amendments.
SEC. 2. That the rights and privileges or heirs
and assigns under the said donation law, and
the amendments thereto, shall be, and are here
by extended to the heirs and assigns of tina set
tiers named In the first section Of this act.
Approved, March 3, 1871.