The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23

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Sarassa to Arkansas Post. From
Watson Station on the Texas, Missis-
sippi River and Northwestern Rail
Road, to Red Fork on the Arkansas
River, From Bath Station, OH the
Texas. Mississippi River. and North
western Railroad to South Bend on the
Arkansas River.
Approved, February 81, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled
IAN act to prevent the extermina-
tion of tlIr-bearing animals in Alas
ka,'' approved July first eighteen
hundred and seventy.
Bet enacted 6y the S37tote and House Of
Rsprescaroeiresof the United States Of Amer
fcl, tp Congress assembled.
That the act entitled San act to
prevent the determination of fur-bear-
ing animals in Alaska approved
July first, eighteen hundred and sew
enty, is hereby amended so as to au-
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury,
and he is hereby authorized. to desig-
nate the months in which fur-seals
may be taken for their skins on the
islands of Saint Paul and Saint George,
in Alaska, and i'll the waters adjacent
thereto. and the number to be taken
on or about each island respectively.
Approved, March "a, 1874.
AN ACT to establish bonded ware
houses for the storing and cleansing
of rice intended for expectation.
Be ii enacted 6u he .Sencie ard House Of
E1epr.escntatires oft1,e C1afted States Of I4neeT
lcd in Compress ass mill q.
That from and after the passage of
this act importers bonded warehouses.
to be used for the storage and cleansing
of imported rice intended for eXporta-
tiOn TO foreign countries. may be es-
tablished at amy port of entry in the
United States, under suoh rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe.
Approved, March 81, 1874.
AN ACT to provide for the redemp-
ton of the loan Of eighteen hundred
and fifty eight.
Be it e1loc.ed 6y The Senate and House of
Raprese'ltotitNs cftle Tinted States Of inner
lea in CCn0TcS$ assembled,
That for the purpose of redeeming
the bonds issued under the act entitled
San act to authorize loan not eX-
ceeding the sum of twenty millions of
dollars,' approved June fourteenth.
eighteen hundred and fifty eight, as
amended March third. eighteen hun
dred and fifty-nine, called the loan of
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, it is
hereby declared to be the pleasure of
the United States to pay all the coupon
bonds of said loan on the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-four. at which date the interest
thereon shall cease, and coin i'll the
Treasury sufficient to redeem said cou-
pom bonds is hereby appropriated tor
chat purpose.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary oil the
Treasury may issue an equal amount,
at par of principal and interest. of five
per-centum bonds of the funded loan
under the act for refunding the nation
al debt. approved July fourteenth eigh-
teen hundred and seventy. and the act
amentlatory thereof, approved January
twentieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one, for any of the bonds of the
loan of eighteen hundred and fifty
eight which the holders thereof may
on or before February first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four. elect TO eX-
change for the five -per-centum bonds
of the said funded loan with interest
from said January first: PrOUided.
| That no commissions or allowances
whatever shall be paid for the exchange
| of bonds hereby authorized, and no in
| tereSt shall be allowed on the new
bonds for any time for which interest
is paid on the bonds exchanged.
JIG. BLAII4E
! Speaker of tie House Of Representatives.
MATT II. CARPENTER
President Of the Senate 9a'o tempofe.
Approved, December 18th, 1873.
u. S. GRANT.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled
IAN act to encourage the growth OF
timber Oh western prairies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives. Of the United States Of inner
| tcd in Congress assembled,
That the act entitled IAN act to en-
courage the growth of timber on west
ern prairies," approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
be, and the same is hereby, amended
so as to read us follows: That any
| person who is the head of a family OF
who has arrived at the age of twenty
one ydars, and is a citizen of the
United States, or who shall have filed
his declaration of intention to become
such, as required by the naturalization
plant, protect, and keep in healthy
growing condition for eight years
forty acres os timber, the trees Thereon
each way, on any quarter section o
any of the public lands of the Unite6
States. or twenty acres or any lega
subdivision of eighty acres, or tel
acres or any legal subdivision of fort1
acres, or one fourth part of any frac
tional subdivision of land less thar
forty acres, shall be entitled to pat
ent for the whole of said quarter sec
ton, of of such legal subdivision o
eighty or forty acres, or fractiona
Subdivision of less than forty acres. IL
the case may be, at the expiration o
said eight years. on making proof o
such tact by not less than two credibl,
witnesses: Prooided. That not NOR,
than one qvarter of any section shall
be thus granted, and that no person
shall make more than one entry under
the provisions of this acT, unless fac
tional subdivisions of less than forty
acres are entered which, in the aggre
gate, snail not exceed one quarter
section.
Sec. 2. That the person applying
for the benefit of this act shall, upol
application to the registerer of the
land district in which he or she il
about to make such entry, make
affidavidit before the registerer. or the
receiver, or some other officer author
lied to administer oaths in the districl
where the land is situated, who is re.
quired by law to use an official seal
feat said entry is made for the cultiva.
ton of timber, and upon filing sale
: afidavidt with sad register and receiv.
er, and on payment of ten dollars. ht
, or she shall thereupon be permitted tc
enter the quantity of land specified
and the party making an entry of {
quarter section under the provisions O
this act shall be required to break ter
acres of the land covered thereby the
: first year, ten acres the second year
and twenty acres the third year aftel
date OF entry, and to plant ten acre: