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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 371, 372. 1887. 551 CHAP. 371.-An act to repeal certain provisions of the act approved March third, Mar. 3, 1857. eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, relating to the purchase of arms for the use of the ——-—-—-— States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of section three A,.,,,,f,,",h,Mju. -of an act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the ua. fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and R*=P*?**l °*` Mw for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- f-‘;‘*1E"‘;:§cf,';‘s‘L““:Q. live, as provides that so much of the appropriations between the iirst of ,,1-ms fgr gt,;,,, January, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the ninth of April, eight- while in rebellion een hundred and sixty-tive, under the act of April twenty ·third, eighteen *2 b° °°"°*'°d i¤*° hundred and eight, therein referred to, aswould have been used for the t §’,3,"‘i§“;'{',b5 'F purchase of arms to be distributed to the several States that were in v91f 2, Q,, ;i90,· * rebellion, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 372.-An act to provide for the redemption and sale of the school-farm Mar. 3, 1887. lands now held in Beaufort County, South Carolina, by the United States. ————— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the lands in Beaufort Lands in Benu- County, South Carolina, known as the sch0ol·farms, now owned or held {M? C°“¤°Y· S-.C·· by the United States by virtue of the proceedings under the act enti- Sfatu ba, If,';:::, ·tled “An act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts mm, my bq ,6. within the United States, and for other purposes," approved June deemed. seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and under acts supplementary V°i· 12- P- *2*- thereto or upon the same subject-matter, maybe redeemed and restored to such persons as shall make application therefor to the Secretary of Application to the Treasury, through the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, within ‘*° ¤•d° m ¤ Y°¤*· -one year irom the passage of this act, and furnish satisfactory evidence that such person or applicant in each case was, at the time the United . States acquired title thereto, the legal owner of such land, or the heir- .at·law, or devisee (or grantee, in good faith and fora valuable consideration) ot such legal owner; but before such redemption shall be awarded and title restored on any such application and proof, such applicant shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the amount of tax, Tax, etc., to be penalty, interest, and costs properly chargeable against the lands de- widscribed in such application, together with the cost of advertising the sale of said lands: Provided, That if any such school-farm is only a Proriao. part of a tract of land against which said tax was levied. then the applicant for redemption shall pay only such pro rata share of the tux, penalty, interest, and costs as may be ascertained by the Commissioner -of Internal Revenue to be properly chargeable against such school-ihrm. Sec. 2. That whenever the foregoing conditions have been com plied with, and redemption and restoration of title have been awarded in any case by the Secretary of the Treasury, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to make out a certiiieate of release of the Release. interest and title of the United States in and to such lends, in duplicate, which shall be approved, in writing by the Secretary of the Treasury, and his approval indorsed thereon, and then one copy thereof shall be delivered to such applicant and the other tiled in the oillce of said Commissioner. Provided, That if the applicant has received from the United Proriao. States the surplus proceeds of the sale of such land under section Proceeds ofsale. thirty six of the act of August fifth eighteen hundred and sixty one, he shall not be entitled to redeem the same under this act unless such applicant shall refund the surplus so paid 81:0.3. That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval Regulations. -of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall, as soon as may be alter the passage of this act prescribe and promulgate such rules and regulations, jznot inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as may be necessary and