The Portland daily press., 1873-04-08
[GENEBAL NATURE-No. 32.l


congress assembled, That all that portion of
Dakota Territy lying west of the one hundred
and eleventh meridian of longitude, which, ny
an erroneous definition of the boundaries OF
sald territory by former act of Congress, re-
maius detached and distant from Dakota proper
some two hundred miles, be, and 5he ;tnrv saw Of
hereby attached to the adjoining Ierri'o'S u
tana.
Approved, February II, 1873.
GENERAL NArURE-No oo'I
AN ACT prohibiting gift enterprises
District of Columbia.
r. oao,o, h, Tho Senate and House Of Rep
,eeentct;res If he Tinted States 9f Anteracd an
CONGRESS assembled, That SO muCn H OF tne acS OF
the 1eo;slative assembly OF the Dlstrlct OF Col
umbia entitled "a act imposing t license On
carr;ad on in the District of Columbia" ap-
,,rovad August twenty-third, eighteen hundred
nnd seyenty-one, as authorizes gift enterprises
therein and licenses to be issued therefor, is dis
approved and repealei and hereafter it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons to en-
gage in said business in any manner as defined
Sn said act or otherwise; and any person or per-
Sons so doing on conviction thereof in the DO
lice court of said District on information flied
for and on behalf of said District, in the man
ner provided fo" in the sixteenth section of the
act creating the police court in said District for
the enforcement of laws or ordinances of the
late corporations of Washington, GEORGETOWN,
and the levy court, shall pay fiue of not ex-
CteuluS QUE De imprisoned
In the Jail of said District for period of not
less than one nor more than six months, or
both, in the discretion of the court: Provided,
That any party. deeming himself aggreved by
the Judgment of said court may appeal there
from to the criminal court of said District in
the manner provided for in other cases of con-
vic ions in the said police court, and the judg-
ment of said criminal court shall be final
Approved February II, 1873. re "a rr
IGENERAL NATURE--No. 3I}
AN ACT in relation to mineral lands
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Rep
resentdtiues of the United States OF Anaerico in
Conoress assembled That within the States
hereinafter named deposits or mines Of iron
and coal be, and they are hereby, excluded
from the operatians of an act entitled can act
t. promote the Development of the mining re-
sources of the United States" approved Nj V
tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two and
said act Shall not apply to the mineral lands
situate and being within the states of Mich
gan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and that said
lands are hereby declared free and open to ex-
ploration and purchase, according to the legal
subdivisions thereof, as before the passage of
said act; and that any bona-tide entries of such
lands within said States since the passage
thereof. may be patented without reference TO
the provisions of said act.
Approved February IS, 1873.
GENERAL NATuRE-No. 35.l
AN ACT creating an additional land district in
the Territory of Arizona
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rap-
resentotiues Of the United States of AnaeTicd IN
Congress assembled That all that portion of
the Territory of Arizona embraced in the fol-
lowing described limits, to wit: commencing at
the eastern boundary of the Territory, at the
intersection of the first standard line north /;
and running thence west ON that line to the
western boundary of the Territory; thence
south with said boundary line to the southern
boundary of the Territory; thence east on said
lipa 70 ha nd af ba
and thence north on said line to the place of be-
ginning, shall constitute separate land dis
trict, to be called the ella land district, the
Office of which shall be located at such place in
said district as the President of the United
States may direct, which may be changed from
time to time as the public interest may require
Sec. 2. That the President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
or in the recess of the Senate register and re-
cever of public moneys for said district; and
said officers shall reside in the place where said
land Office is located; and they shall have the
same powers, perform the same duties, and re-
ceive the same emoluments as are or may be
prescribed by law in relation to land Offices of
the United States in other Territories
Approved, February Is, 1873
GENERAL NATURE-No36l
AN ACT to provide for obtaining information
of the condition of banks organized under
State laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o.
Representatives of the United States of Anaefico
In Congress assembled That it shall be the dut,
of the Comptroller of the Currency to report
annually to Congress, under appropriate heads
the resources and liabilities, exhibiting the
condition of the banks, banking companies,
and savings-banks organized uuder the laws
of the several States and Territories, such, in.
formation to be obtained by the Comptroller
from the reports made by such banks, banking
companies and savings-banks to the legisla.
lures or officers of the different States and Ter
rtories. Aud when such reports cannot be OBJ
tanned. the deficiency shall be supplied from
such other authentic sources as may be avail
able.
. SEC 2. Thatin order to carry the provisions
of the first section of this act into effect the
Comptroller of the Currency is hereby author
lied, if it should be necessary, to employ one
clerk of class four, who shall be appointed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, in the manner
now provided by law.
Approved February 10, 1878.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 37.]
AN ACT to remit the excise taxes upon alec
hol used by universities and colleges for sci
entifc purposes rEsrlg,
Belt enacted By the Senate and House of Rep-
resent1tiues of the United States of Arneyico IN
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to
grant permits to Incorporated or chartered sci
entific institutions or colleges of learning to
withdraw alcohol in specified quantities from
bond without payment OF the internal-revepue
tax on the same, or on the spirits from which
the alcohol has been distilled, for the sole and
exclusive purpose OF preserving specimens of
anatomy, physiology, of of natural history he
longing to such institutions, or for use in anv
chemical laboratory of such institutions: Pro-
ptded, That application for permits shall be
made by the presidents or curators of such in
tntions, who shall file bond for double the
amount of the tax on the alcohol To he with. Iho
drawL, With two good and sufficient sureties tn
be approved by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and conditioned that the whole onan-
tty OF aiconoi SO withdrawn from bond shall
be used Tor the purposes above specified and
for no other, and that the said presidents anS
curators shall comply with such other reop;ra i've
ments and regulations as the Secretary of the Treas
scribed shall be used by any officer as aforesaid &c
such institutions for any purposes other than tist
above specified then the said ofcersor surees shall
pay the tax on the whole amount Of alcohol Wit %
drawn from bond together with like amount ~a ~
penalty in addition thereto. Di'un' aS 4
= Approved. February 21, 1873
s~s-e.- GENERAL NATURE-No. 3s.1
AN ACT authorizing the nomination and a,ro;s.
ment OF certain volunteers on the active sf IF tbo
navy who are disabled in consequence of wounds ofs
received during the war. -e'
as eeacted ey e Senate and House Of Represen
tutpes tMe Cated states Of AaaerSca ss fouoressn
sebed, That the President Of the UniSed
and is hereby authorized nominate and b pe
upon the retired list of the navy with tbo ,9
maste L. R. Chester, formerly an acting ensgn dgn 2; Gt
Approved, February 21, 1873.
GENERAL NATuRE-No. s91
AN ACT making appropriations for the construct,or
preservation, and repairs of certain fo,1i6catios'
and other works of defense, namely:
Be 10 enacted by the Senate and House or pa,r.
ssntatives ofthe Uaited States of Aa,erca b, 1
gress assembled, That the following sums he smd
me same are hereby appropriated out of any money
~ tne treasury not otherwise appropriated for tbs
s;,t & tne nscal year ending the thirtieth of Iuna
nsS sSnseeh hundred and seventy -four and So tar 10
for ths ior the residue of the current fiscal ua 90
oeehse, namely: anu o'nef WORKS OF
=, for Fort Preble 1oor.1o, :,
thousand dollars nafpor, Maine, forty
. FOR Fort Scamman n, s
e1ousand dollars iofuand harbor, Maine flffv
For Fort Warrs,, n !
" tnousanl dollar. '0on narbor, Massachusetts
For Fort Wnthron Roa.-
dfty thousand dollars 'soon harbor, Massachusetts
For Fort Independents.
For Fort Adams, NeWnnoHr9el dollars: -''A''''enu-
sfxty-fye thousand dollars Aafoor, Rhode Island /
For fort on Dutch Island NJ ''u'
Island forty thousand dollars. 'agansett bay, Rhode
For Fort Schuyler, East r;vo ~ "'uo
fve thousand dollars -i'er, New York s;xt, |
forty Thousand dollars Lost river, New yor,, :
FOR Fort Hamilton, and additioro, 1
New York harbor, New York forty tI batteries /
For fort on site of Fort Tomnki1s' s'rSusand dollars
Dor, New York, thirty thousand dn, xsew York har-
For Battery Hudsop NJ.