The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-22

of America in Congress assembled, That
there shall be local board of inspectors
designated and appointed for the customs
district of Michigan, in the State of Mich.
gan, and the inspector Of hulls and the in.
spectOr of boilers, composing the said
board, shall receive q salary of nine hun
dred dollars year each. n n fsi-.5 81
Approved, March 3, 1873. aat.-'ga .
GENERAL NATURE--No. $751;
AN ACT to amend an act entitled San
act to provide for the redemption and sale
of lands held by the United States under
the several acts levying direct taxes, and
for other purposes" - r}.s.s.e + .s
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That Sec
ton six of an act entitled IAN act to
provide for the redemption and sale of
lands held by the United States under the
several acts levying direct taxes, ard for
other purposes" approved June eighth,
eighteen hundred and seyenty-two, be
amended SO that it will read as follows:
"SEC. @. That all money derived from
the sale of school-farm lands under the
provisions of section eight of an act enti-
tied An act to continue in force and to
amend an act entitled IAN act to establish
a bureau for the relief of freedmen and re-
fugees, and for other purposes,"' approved
July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
six and all bonds purchased with the
proceeds Of such sales, and all moneys de-
rived from the leases of said schooi-farm
lands by the direct-tax commissioners for
the district of South Carolina, under the
instructions of President. Lincoln, dated
September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, shall 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 shall be by said Secretary invested
in bonds of the United States, and with
said aforenamed bonds shall be by
him retained as q fund for the
use and support Of public free schools
pa and Saint Luke, South Carolina, in
equal parts, the interest of which shall
annually be expended TO increase the eff
cheney Of any free public schools estab-
lished and sustained in said parishes by
authority Of said State, if such school
shall exist, otherwise at the discretion of
the comm issioners hereinafter named
and such expenditures shall be made un-
derthe direction and control of q special
board of three commissioners, who shall
be appointed by and act under the direc-
ton Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and removable at his discretion, and shall
be duly sworn thatsathey will faithfully
discharge their duties as such commission
ers, and shall give such good and sufficient
bonds therefor as said Secretary shall re-
quire, and who shall not receive more
than one hundred dollars per year each
for their services also, that the acts of
the direct-tax commissioners for the dis
trict Of South Carolina, heretofore per-,
formed in accordance with the instructions
of Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States Of America, to the direct
tax commissioners for the district of South
Carolina, dated September sixteenth, eigh-'
teen hundred and sixty-three, and the
same are hereby confirmed, so far as they
relate to the renting Of the school-farms, so
called, in the said parishes, and the dis.
bursement of the proceeds thereof" This
act shall be subject to amendment or re-
peal at the pleasure of Congress. 2'gs1 q
Approved, March 3, 1879. 2i.si2 !, e TIPS
+ [GENEsALi 5NATURE-No. 90.l =
AN ACT to place colored persons who
/ enlisted in the army on the same foot
4 ing as other soldiers as to, bounty and
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
al colored persons who enlisted in the ar
my during the late war, and who are cow
prohibited from receiving bounty and pen
sion on account of being borne on the
rolls of their regiment as ''slaves," shall
be placed on the same footing, as to bounty
and pension, as though they had not been
slaves at the date of their enlistment.
Approved, March 8, 1878.
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/ GENERAL NATURE--No. OIL
AN ACT fixing the time of holding tn
fall term of the United States district
( court for the district of Nebraska. ffR
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives e0f the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the fall term Of the United States district
court fer the district Of Nebraska shall
hercafterbe' SHIELD at Omaha upon the first
Wednesday after the second Tuesday in
the month Of October Of each year. ~ n
approved, March 8, 1873. T.Bffty AW
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ssaIGENERALo NAFURE-No. 92.l 3
AN ACT creating~t the collection district of
1 lr6:asses Southern Oregon: ID 1 5s.fi si5.g
BE Il enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
the ports, harbors, bays, rivers, and water
Of the main land Of al that portion of the
State Of Oregon lying south and east of the
north bank, OF. the Siuslaw river, shall
constitute q collection district by the name
of--the southern collection district of
Oregon and a port of entry shall BE-, and
hereby is, established for said district at
Coos bay, in Coos county, Of said State !;
and collector Of customs shall be appoint.
ed by the President oftthe United States,
by and with, the advice and consent of the
Senate, to reside at Empire city. 49, ~
lSEc.a2. That ports of delivery shall be,
and are hereby, established in the collec-
ton district aforesaid, at Ellinsburg, at the
mouth of Rogue river Port Oxford, out at
Gadner, on the Umpqua river and the
collector of customs Of said district is.
hereby authorized to appoint, with the
appreciation Of the Secretary of the
Treasury, three deputy collectors to be
stationed at the ports of delivery afore-
said. .-,,.s,.... 'easl7sa .laas
SEC. 8. That the collector Of said
district shall be allowed a compensation of
one Thousand dollars per annum, with the
fees alldv ed by law. and A Commission on