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LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
GENERAL NArURE-No. 1871
PASSED AT THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE ORTY-SECONI
CONGRESS.

q C,at
OF any clerk of any court of the UcIted osaoes
may be appointed by such court upol, .ne up
plcatlon OF the clerk, and be rehp'' aoe ~ ''i.
pleasure of t,e court; and the con'pensat'ono OF
any such deputy shall BE- paid by the clerk; and
in case of the death of the clerk, his deputy or
deputies shall. unless removed by the judge,
continue in office and perform the duties of the
G ERIK. IN his name, until his successor be duly
appointed and qualified and for the defaults
or misfeasances in Office of any such deputy
whether in the lifetime of the clerk or after his
death, the clerk, aud his estate, and the sure
ties in his official bond shall be liable; and his
executor or administrator shall have such rem
edy for any such defaults or misfeasances COM
mitted after his death as the clerk would he
entitled to if the same had occurred in his life
time.
Approved, June 8. 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. $780,
AN ACT to provide for the redemption and sale
of lands held by the United States under the
several acts levying direct taxes, and for 9TH
er purposes.
BE It enacted By the Senate and House Of Rep
rss mt itives of the Tinted States of Anterica In
Con Iress assembled That all the land
now owned or held by the United States,
by. virtue of proceedings under the act en-
titled AN act fo1 the collection of direct
taxes in insurrectionary districts within the
U1Ited States, and for other purposes" APPROX
ed June seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, and unier acts supplementary thereto, or
upon the same subject-matter, may lie redeem
ed anu restored to such persons as shall make
application therefor to the Secretary of the
Treasury, through the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, within two years from the pas-
sage of this act, and furnish satisfactory evil
deuce to said Department that such person or
applicant in each case was, at the time the
United States acquired title thereto, the legal
owner of such land, or the heir at law, or de-
visee, Tor grantee, in good faith, and for valua-
BILE consideration of such legal owner; but be-
fore such redemption shall be awarded and til
tie restored on any such application and proof,
such applicant shall pay into the treasury of
the United States the direct tax charged against
the lands described in such application, to-
gether with the cost OF advertising and of the
sale of said lands, and all other charges against
tue same, and interest Oh said tax from the date
of its assessment at the rate of ten per centum
per annum and interest on said costs and
charges at the same rate, from the time they
accrued and We're payable; Provided hoaoeyer
That II any other person or persons than such
applicant shall in any case make satisfactory
evidence to said Department that he or they
afJerS the acquisition of title by the United
States, and before the passageo this act, made
valuable and permanent Improvements ON said
land IN good faith and under color OF legal title
it shall then be the additional duty of such APP
plcant for redemption to pay to such person or
persons the reasonable value of such permanent
ton; aud If the applicant and such person or
persons tail to agree upon and amicably settle
such claim Tor improvements, then the value
thereof shall be assessed and reported to the
Secretary OF the Treasury, under oath, py three
competent and disiuterested freeholders resi-
dents of the county or parish in which such land
is situate, who all be appointed for that pur-
pose by the United States district Judge of the
district where the lands are situate, upon infor
nation from the Secretary of the Treasury that
. claim Tor compensation for such permanent
improvements Is pending in any case, and un-
ad :usted by the parties thereto. 1t shall also
be the duty of said board of freeholders to
state in their report the nature of said improve
ments, when they were made, by whom, and
the reasonable value thereof, as aforesaid, and
any other facts that may be i, their Judgment
mateEial lair and just determination of the
rightsof the parties. They shall send one copy
or such report to the Secretary of the Treasury
and file duplicate thereof In the office of the
clerk OF the highest court of record of the ate.
in the county or parish where such land is sit
uate. The reasonable fees of such board shall
be borne and paid equally by the parties to said
controversy.
SEC. q That whenever the foregoing conditi on
have been 1mplei with, AMI REDEEM ptiJn and resto-
rati II OF title has been awarded in any case by the
Secretary of the Treasury it shall be the duty of the
Commissi ner of the Int nal Revenue to make ont
certincate of release Of the interest and title of the
nlted States In and to such lands, in duplicate
which STALL be approved in writing by the etary
Of the Treasury, and his approval ind rsed tbereon
IND then one copy thereof shall be delivered to such
lppic mt and the other tiled in the office Of said
SEC. 5. That the Commissioner of Internal Reye-
nne with the approval OF the Secretary of the Treas
nry, SHALL soon may be after the passage If this
act, presc ibe AMI promulgae such rules an regula
lions, not inconsistent with the pfovis ms Of this act
may be necessary anu proper to facilitate the
cution Of this act and secure the most speedy and
expensive attainment Of the purpose hereof that
Is practicable.
Sec. 4. Tint if at the expiration of the time here
nbef ne allowed fr redemp ion, there shall remain
any Of said ands unre .eemeJ it shall then be the
duty OF the sail Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
under the direction Of the Secretary ct the Treasury
TO proceed to Sell at public ancti m as soon as NAV
be istent with the public interests the lands not
reieme and restored an to release and convey the
same to the purchasers In the manner fJresaid and
in the mean time and unit, 81 sold to release tie
anne.
;. &c .. That all lands now owned by the United
States acquired under the provisi ms Of any of the
United States drect-tax acts situated in the state
Of South Caro- qa including all tracts or lots CT land
for in full at the present time shall be Included in
The provisions Of this act: Provided hosceper, That
the applications of the purchasers under armv and
navy sales SHALL for six months after the passage Of
This act have precedence so far as elates to the land
pure based by them.
schoo farm" Ian s, up Ter the provsi ms of sec Jon
eight of an act tiled "An 10 continue in force
and to amend AN act to establish bureau for the
relief OF freedmen, and fugees, and II other pur-
pose auprove.t July sixteenth, eighteen hundred
and sixiy-six, and Which money is NV in tbe en-
ody OF the Freedmen's bureau, be, and the same is
lereby appropriated for the and support of fre.
public schools in the parishes of Saint Helena and
saint Luke, South Carolina in eqnal paris 10 he ex
,enled undrr the direction and control OF special
board OF three comm ssiones who shall be appoint ed
,y and ac5 under the drec ion of the Secretary of
he Treasury, and shall be duly sworn that they will
aithfuly disch rye their dutes such commissions
rs, and shall give such good and sufficient bonds
hcrefor as said Secretary shall require and VIII shall
mt receive more than ne hundred dollars per year
ach for their services.
SEC 4. Inat the provisions of this act shall mt he
onstrued to apply to or embrace any lands farms,
Ian ati0us, or lois wlich are now, in whole or in
art used or occupied by the United States FIR ma
onal cemeteries, or for the burial of the dead. or
Their public purposes, which have been set apart
any such purpose or which, under tie instruction
the President of the United States, have been re-
srved fr military or naval purp ses, or such lot of
nd on Hunting Island, South Carolina as may be
ecessary a site for the erection of lighthouse.
Sec. s. That the premises known and des-
mated as block one hundred and twenty three
n the plat Of the late commissioners of direct
lxes for said State, in the town of Beaufort
foresad, now occupied as courthouse
d the county of Beaufort, in said State,
e, and the same are hereby, released
mo SAD county, for the public uses of said
J J ana that all sums of money due to the
) nited states on account of said premises be,
ounty. 'o ~ lawn u '"'N
o. o.. Inat section twosof au act entitled
old se az ior Tue relief of purchasers of land
OH LOT direct taxes in the inSnrroot;ororv
' aS approved Nav ninth, eighteen bnnd. |
g. sua seVenty-two be- and the same ;s bara. |
y, amended to read as follows: 40 iiei0
r. DEC; 2. That ia all cases where III, -
80 'y ,and sold for taxes as aforesaid L:l
,s~ 81 vi assigns, has recovered or shall rao ms
n . eauie from the purchaser, his beirs w
iSnS, "itnout COLLISION on his or thair "a as
ne Judgment OF any, U uited States Cat aIt Sy |
eason OF failure without his or tbo;s Dy |
n neglect, OF the title of the purchaser raut,
rom said sale, the Secretary of the Tra osved
~ the payment into the treasury, by the clsri,'
It the money deposited with him as aforesaiS ~
md on bel e satisfied that any purchasar ~,
eirs or assigns without his or tleir collnsim, has
zen evict d from turned out a. anv noesess;n, A
ny such land by the judgment of CIV United States
ourt, In the manner before mentioned "a herehu o.
horzed ont OF any money in the treasury not OF her
II appropriated to repay to the person or persons
ntit ed thereto sum OF IN ney equal to that origi
ally by the purchaser of the land so resoyereJ
the same HAS been paid into the treasury or to a,y
erson legally authorized to receive the same for the
nit Staies" ~
Approved, June s, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1911
N ACT tn amend an act reloting to soldiers anal
sailors homesteads. "-'
Be il sadc.ed By the Senate and House or Be,,ro-
nj ltiUes Qfthe United States of america in I'm
ess assembled: That the act emit led IAN act to
able b morally discharged soliiers an ga Tors.
Dir vi lows and orphan children, to acquire home,
ads IN the public Ian Of the United Statesn an |
wed April fourth, eighteen hundred and SEVENTY |
0, be, and the same Is hereby. amended SO as to |
o.