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242 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 362, 363, 364, 365. 1878. Rishi of Way granted bylaw to the Utah Northern Railroad Company are hereby m°d‘°°d·°*°· modified and regranted so as to enable the Utah and Northern Railway Company and its assigns to build their road by the way of Marsh Valley, Portneuf River and Snake River Valley instead of by the way of Soda Springs and Snake River Valley as originally granted _ To po a corpora Sec. 2. And said Company is hereby made a railway corporation i n the gm is giahi 1***** Territories of Utah, Idaho, and Montana, under the same conditions and °’°‘° °"m°°" limitations and with the same rights and priveleges that it now has and p,m,,;,,,_ enjoys under its articles of incorporation. Provided that said corporation shall at all times hereafter be subject to all the laws and regulations in relation to railroads of the United States or of any territory or state Suits. through which it may pass And suits against said corporation may be instituted in the courts of said Territories or either of them having jurisdiction by the laws of such Territory. Am¤¤dm•>¤t,ct¤- Sec. 3. Congress may at any time add to, alter, amend or repeal this act Approved, June 20, 1878. June 20, 1878. CHAP. 363.-An act granting condemned bronze cannon to the soldiers Union of ‘"-—‘——·‘· West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United West Virginia, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be ¤<>ldi¤r¤’ union- and he is hereby, authorized to furnish to the Governor of West Virginia mg°“;‘;1';‘;‘(;":,;`““' for the soldiers union of that State, one or more of the condemned gbronze cannon belonging to the government of the United States, as may be necessary to make a bronze soldiers statue, to be erected upon a monument in the capitol square of Wheeling. Approved, June 20, 1878. June 20, 1878. CHAP. 364.-An act to authorize the sale of the mall-arms now in use in the naval —-——-———-— service, and the conversion of the proceeds of such sale, in the purchase of arms similar in caliber to the arms now in use by the United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R iiicd small- States of America in Congress assembled, That the chief of the Bureau of il';:? f mmm_ Ordnance of the Navy Department be, and he is hereby, authorized to iw, ° ° ’ sell the rfiled small-arms and carbines of caliber “iiity", now used in the Navy, as well as the cartridges adapted to them (now or which may be on hand), in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of the Navy; the proceeds of which sale shall be used, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in the purchasing of arms and ammunition of the caliber of small-arms in use by the United States Army; and that he shall report his action to Congress. Approved, J unc 20, 1878. June 20, 1878. CHAP. 365.-—An act to construct tilroadjo ithe national cemetery at Vicksburg, ‘;*"*1"‘* IBSIBBIPP Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven thousand Road to cpme- dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in {xy “°'“‘ V*°k°‘ the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of constructg' ing a macadamized road from the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi to the national cemetery near that city, to be expended under the direction ot the Secretary of War, or so much of the above sum as is necessary. Approved, June 20, 1878.