day of July next, all exemplifications of patents, or papers on file, or of record in the General Land Office, which may be required by parties. interested, shall be furnished by the commissioner of said office upon the payment by such parties at the rate of fifteen cents per hundred words, and two dollars for copies of township plat[e]s or diagrams, with an additional sum of one dollar for the commissioner's certificate of verification with the General Land Office seal; and one of the employees of said office shall be designated by the said commissioner as the receiving clerk, and the amounts so received shall, under the direction of said commissioner, be paid into the Treasury of the United States; effect to be given to this act according to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior not inconsistent with the laws of the United States: Provided, That the fees stipulated in the foregoing provisions shall not apply to such authenticated copies as may be required by the officers of any branch of the Government, nor to such unverified copies as the commissioner in his discretion may deem proper to furnish. Approved, July 2, 1860.

No. 117 B.-An Act providing for satisfying claims for bounty lands, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands for military services in the late war with Great Britain, and for other purposes," approved July twenty-seventh, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, * and the two acts approved January twenty-seventh, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, therein and thereby revived, and also the two acts to the same intent and purpose, respectively approved the twenty-sixth day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and the eighth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and fiftyfour, be, and the same are hereby, renewed and continued in force and effect, without restriction or limitation as to the time of location of said warrants issued in virtue thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all warrants for bounty lands heretofore issued in virtue of any of the several acts herein before named, may be located at any time subsequent to the passage of this act, in conformity with the general laws in force at the time of such location; and that all entries and locations heretofore made with such warrants shall be as valid and effectual as if the several acts aforesaid had not expired at the time of such entry and location, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved, July 2, 1864.

* Vol. I. No. 55.

No. 118 B.-Joint Resolution granting certain privileges to the City of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States hereby relinquish to the City of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa, a municipal corporation established under the laws of said State, all their right and interest in the coal-beds underlying the River Des Moines, within the limits of said city: Provided, That no disposition or use thereof shall be made which shall obstruct the free navigation of said river; nor shall any one grant of the privilege of mining the same extend for a longer period than ten years.

Approved, June 15, 1864.

No. 119 B.-A Resolution explanatory of an act entitled "An act extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad of the State of Michigan."*

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act entitled "An act extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad of the State of Michigan," shall be so construed as to extend the time for completing only so much of said road as lies between Marquette and Ontonagon.

Approved, June 18, 1864.

No. 120 B.-A Resolution for the relief of the State of Wisconsin.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Department of the Interior shall, in adjusting the amount due the State of Wisconsin, under existing laws, as five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of the public lands within her limits, estimate and charge against her the value of the one hundred and twenty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-one and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of land granted to the Territory of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal which have been sold by said Territory or said State, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and as much more as the Territory and State received upon the same upon sales of any part thereof at a higher price, and shall credit said State with the amount that has been legally and properly applied by said State or Territory towards the cost of selling said land and towards the construction of said canal. And the said secretary shall also settle and allow to the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company such sums of money as have been properly expended by said company in the survey and location of said canal, in the construction thereof, as far as the same has been constructed, together

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with dams, locks, and slack-water navigation, and in the management and keeping the same in repair; and the same shall be paid to the said canal company out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding in amount, however, the balance charged against the State of Wisconsin upon the sales of said canal lands, as above required, after deducting the sum allowed said State for money paid by her out of the same fund. The same to be received by said canal company in full payment and satisfaction of all claims of said company against the State of Wisconsin and of the United States on account of said canal land grant, or on account of any action of the Territory or State of Wisconsin, or of the United States, in relation thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, appointed commissioner to adjust the accounts herein provided for, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, and to determine what sum shall be charged to said State of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the construction of said canal ; and what sums shall be credited, respectively, to said State and said company for the moneys expended by them in the construction of said locks and canal as herein provided.

Approved, July 1, 1864.

No. 121 B.-A Resolution explanatory of the tenth section of "An act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States," approved, May 30, 1862.*

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tenth section of an act entitled "An act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States," approved the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, providing for the deposit of money in a proper United States depository to pay for the survey of public lands, shall be construed to be an appropriation of the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated in the said tenth section, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the sums deposited under the said section to be placed to the credit of the proper appropriations for the surveying service: Provided, That any excesses in the sums so deposited, over and above the actual cost of the surveys, comprising all expenses incident thereto, for which they were severally deposited, shall be repaid to the depositors respectively.

Approved, July 1, 1864.

No. 122 B.—An Act to extinguish the Indian title to lands in the Territory of Utah suitable for agricultural and mineral purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to enter into treaties with the various tribes

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of Indians of Utah Territory, upon such terms as may be deemed just to said Indians and beneficial to the Government of the United States: Provided, That such treaties shall provide for the absolute surrender to the United States, by said Indians, of their possessory right to all the agricultural and mineral lands in said territory, except such agricultural lands as by said treaties may be set apart for reservations for said Indians : And provided further, That all such reservations shall be selected at points as remote as may be practicable from the present settlements in Utah Territory.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in agreeing with said Indians upon the amounts to be paid to them under the provisions of the treaties to be negotiated in pursuance of this act, care shall be taken to obtain from the Indians, to the greatest possible extent, their consent to receive for such payments agricultural implements, stock, and other useful articles, rather than money.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of negotiating said treaties and carrying out the provisions of this act, making presents. to said Indians, and defraying the necessary expenses incident to such negotiation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.

Approved, February 23, 1865.

No. 123 B.-An Act to provide for the payment of the value of certain lands and improvements of private citizens, appropriated by the United States for Indian reservations, in the Territory of Washington.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of eighteen thousand six hundred and eleven dollars and sixty-two cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying for the lands and improvements of private citizens, taken and appropriated, by order of the Department of the Interior, for Indian reservations and uses in the Territory of Washington; and the claims herein provided to be paid shall be allowed and paid in such manner and upon such proofs of the value of the property as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

Approved, February 23, 1865.

No. 124 B.—An Act providing for a District and a Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada, and for other purposes.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That no possessory action between individuals in any of the courts of the United States for the recovery of any mining title, or for damages to any such title, shall be affected by the fact that the paramount title to the land on which such mines are, is in the United States, but each case shall be adjudged by the law of possession.

Approved, February 27, 1865.

No. 125 B.-An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and additional appropriations for the current fiscal year.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the public lands in the State of Nevada shall, for surveying purposes, be attached to and included in the surveying district of California. Approved, March 2, 1865.

No. 126 B.-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to amend an act amendatory thereof, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.†

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assignment made by the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California to the Western Pacific Railroad Company of said State, of the right to construct all that portion of said railroad and telegraph from the City of San José to the City of Sacramento is hereby ratified and confirmed to the said Western Pacific Railroad Company, with all the privileges and benefits of the several acts of Congress relating thereto, and subject to all the conditions thereof: Provided, That the time within which the said Western Pacific Railroad Company shall be required to construct the first twenty miles of their said road, shall be one year from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and that the entire road shall be completed from San José to Sacramento, connecting at the latter point with the said Central Pacific Railroad, within four years thereafter. Approved, March 3, 1865.

No. 127 B.-An Act granting land to the State of Michigan, to aid in building a harbor and ship canal at Portage Lake, Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior.‡

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Michigan the right of locating and constructing a breakwater and harbor and ship canal through any public lands at or upon the neck of land on Lake Superior known as "The Portage:" Provided, That not more than one thousand feet in width on the bank of Lake Superior shall be occupied by said breakwater and harbor, and that a strip of land not more than four hundred feet in width on said neck of land shall be occupied by said canal: And provided further, That said ship canal shall be at least one hundred feet in width, with a depth of water not less than thirteen feet.

*See No. 36 B. and No. 39 B.

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