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62 F ORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 7, 8, 9, 10. 1870. M°l*1°°¤jl'°*`°· ment of the navigation of the Des Moines river, in said Te1‘ritory," public highway as makes said river a. public highway be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, January 20, 1870. . .--` ‘ de ra theE ses 0 the Commi

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of Representatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House mf Representatives of the United for*;I;l;;I:|’l¤*l°¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thousand expense, of dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is the committee hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ‘;:rl;::;"“8 ml appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the committee y` on banking and currency, incurred in fulfilment of the order of the House of Representatives. APPROVED, January 20, 1870. Jam 2]. 18yo_ IX. -*-.4.71 Act to T€tiT8d QWUS of the ATM]. Pin;. Res. No.82. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Rgmelii gg States of America in Cbngress assembled, That no. retired officer of the cm, 0;;;,,, m-my army shall hereafter be assigned to duty of any k1nd, or be entitled to not to be as- receive more than the pay and allowances provided by law for retired ’g€‘°d°° d“°y* officers of his grade; and all such assignments heretofore made shall _ Former as- terminate within thirty days from the passage of this act.

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,,,,,,;,,,,,8 inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, clause. repealed. Approved, January 21, 1870. Jun. 26, 1870. CHAP. X.-An Act to admit the Stale of Virginia to Representation in the Congress ef the United States. Pi-oainble. Wmmms the people of Virginia have framed and adopted a constitution of State government which is republican; and whereas the legislature of Virginia elected under said constitution have ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and whereas the performance of these several acts in good faith was a feondition precedent to the representation of the State in Congress: ere ore, Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lgwiniqtfxt {States of America in Congress assembled, That the said State of Virginia f6';ms;]“,;u:u ig is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States: Pro- Congress. vided, That before any member of the legislature of said State shall take Stilggggaggra or re ume_his seat, or any oflieer of said State shall enter upon the and Sm, 0m_ duties of his office, he shall take, and subscribe, and file in the office of clals to takoone the secretary of state of Virginia, for permanent preservation, an oath }’§r;"§Lgf‘°h’b°‘ in the form following: “I, —— -—-, do solemnly swear that I have 0}.mS,r0m0r, never taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the [Oath to nn United States, and afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion against

‘:°c‘;‘llE"°;_ the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, so help me God ";

63_]’ ’ or Such person shall in like manner take, subscribe, and file the following oath: “I, -·—— ———, do solemnly swear that I have, by act of Congress of the United States, been relieved from the disabilities imposed upon me by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United before whom States, so help me God "; which oaths shall be taken before and certified °° b° “‘k°“· by any officer lawfully authorized to administer oaths. And any person