The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-23

No. SAN ACT to amend an act entitled
"An actto provide for the redemption ana sue
OF lands held by the United States under the
several acts levylng direct taxes, and for other
purposes"
BE enacted by tie Senate and Houss IF Repre-
Sehtdtires If the Cn{ted Stdfes IF Aalericd IA Com
gress assembled That section six of an act entitled
'An act to piOvide for the redemption and SAFE
OF lands held by the United States under the
several acts levying direct taxes, and for other
purposes" approved June eighth, eighteen nun
dred and seVenty-two, be amended so that IL
viii read as follows:
'sEc 6. That all money derived from the sale
of schOol-larm lands under the provisions OF sec
ton eight OF an act entitled AN act 70 continue
In force and to amend an act entitled "An 0cG
TO establish a.bureau for the relief OF freedmen
and refugees, and for other purposes" approved
July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and siNty-SlN;
and all bonds purchased with the proceeds OF
such sales, and all moneys derived from the
leases OF said schOOl-farm lands by the direct
tax commissioners for the district Of South car
DINA, under the Instructions OF President Lin
coin, dated September sixteenth eighteen nun
dred and slXty-three, snail be turned over TO
the Secretary OF the Treasury by the officers OF
the government, In whose custody said money
and bonds may be and said moneys SHAH be by
said Secretary invested in bonds Of fhe United
States, and with said afOrenamed bonds shall DE
by him retained as n fund for the use ana sup
port OF lfrec public schools IN the parishes Oh
Saint Helena and Saint Luke, South CarOhhA,
In equal parts, the interest OF which shall annn-
ally be expended To Increase the efficiency Oh
any free public schools established and sus.
tanned In said parishes by authority OF salu
state, II such school should exist otherwise al
the discretion OF the commissioners hereinafter
named; ana such expenditures shall be made
under the direction ana control OF n speclul
board OF three commissioners, who shall be APP
pointed by and act under the direction OF inc
Secretary OF the Treasury, and removable at his
discretion, and shall be duly sworn that they
Will faithfully discharge their duties as such
commissioners, and shall give such good ana
sufficient bonds therefor as said Secretary shall
require, and who shall not receive more than
one hundred dollars per year each for their ser
vices also, that the acts of the drect-taN cont
misSiOnerS for the district OF South taIollnhi
heretofore performed In accordance win me
Instructions of Abraham Lincoln, president ol
the United states OF America, to the dlIect-laN
commissioners for the district OF SCUM thlo-
lima, dated September sixteenth, eighteen nun
dred and siXty-three, and the same are hereny
confirmed, 80 far as they relate TO the rehtllis
| OF the schOOl-larms, so called, inthe said par
| iShes, and the disbursement of the proceeds
thereof, This act shall be subject 10 aLlehu-
/ ment or repeal at the pleasure OF Congress-
Approved, March 3, 1873.
No. SAN ACT for the creation Of court
for the adjudication and disposition OF certain
| moneys received into the treasury uiutr ~
| award made by the tribunal Of Arbitration con
Stltuted by virtue OF tho first article OF lhe IIVal
! concluded at Washington the elghth Oh May
| ammo Domni eighteen hundred and seventy 5ohe
! between the United states Of America anu til'
| Queen OF Great Britain.
De IL enacted by tie Senate and HOUSE ~ Represen
| tdfiUes Of He UHted States At Americd ~ tuHgfeh
dssembttd, Inal immediately upon lll1 p"}2 ~
| OF the sum Of money awarded 70 lhe tnltuS
states by the tribunal OF arbitration at Geneyt
TO be paid into lhe treasury, and used 70 feuenhl
50 far as II may, the public debt OF lle uhlVe'
| states, and the amount equal 20 tle ueDI 50 !.
deemed shall be invested I'm the nVe per GEM
registered bonds Of the United states 70 pc llei'
| subject TO the future disposition OF congress-
Approved, March 3, 1873
No. 90.-AN ACT to place colored persons Wn
enlisted In the army ON the same loo'mB u
other soldiers as TO bounty ana pension
be Il enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires N the United Stdtes ~ 1mertcd ~ Con
gress assembled, That all colored persons Wh
enlisted In the army during the late war! an
who are now prohibited from Receiving puu1t
and pension on account OF being DOIne On VI
rolls OF their regiments as "slaNes,' slall U
placed ON the same footing, as TO bounty an
pension, as though they had not beeh slaves
the date OF their enlistment
Approved, March ., 1873.
No. 9l.-AN ACT fixing the time OF holdln
the fall term of the United States DISTRICT cOul
for the district OF Nebraska.
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House 81 Repn
sentdtipes Qf the United States " America ~ Coz