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THIRTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 99. 1857. 195 which shall be imported, in any other than the ordinary condition, as now and heretofore practiced, or which shall be changed in its character, for the purpose of cvadiug the duty, or which shall be reduced in value by the intentional admixturc of dirt or any foreign substance to twenty cents per pound or less, shall be subject to pay 2. duty of twenty four per ccntum ad valorem, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. _ Sec. 4. Ami be it further enacted, That all goods, wares, and mer- ¤¤J*‘f° chandizc which shall be in the public stores on the first, day of July aforc- 1§g·?,°;gs sa; said, shall be subject, on entry thereof for consumption, to no other duty duties as if imthan if the same had been imported, respectively, after that day. §;""°d ’·f“"` thm S1:0. 5. And be it further enactedQ That on the entry of any goods, y` wares, and mcrcbaudizc imported on and after the first day of July aforesaid, the. decision of the collector of the customs at the port of importation 1 D¤¤*Si°¤ g*`<;?l· 2nd_ entry, as to their liability to duty or exemption therefrom, shall be Jlgggzgfuxlégi final and conclusive against the owner, importer, cousiguee, or agent of nogiqe iséiveu in any such goods, wares, and mcrchaudizc, unless the owner, importer, “’“"'“€~ °· cousigncc, or agent shall, within ten days after such entry, give notice to the collector, in writing, of his dissatisfaction with such decision, setting fbrth therein distinctly and specifically his grounds of objection thereto, and shall, within thirty days after the `date of such decision, appeal there- Appeal ,,0 th, from to the Secretary of the Treasury, whose decision on such appeal Secretary of shall be final and conclusive; and the said goods, wares, and merchau- 3g;::;? mtg';';'; dizc shall be liable to duty or exempted therefrom accordingly; any act decision, to be of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding, unless suit shall be brought FML ¤¤]<*SS_Sl;fi° within thirty days after such decision for any duties that may have been Qbgggght wit m paid, or may thereafter be paid, on said goods, or within thirty days after 1889, ch. 82, 5 2. the duties shall have been paid in cases where, such goods shall be in 1“5»°h·22· bond. A:>r1z0vm>, March 3, 1857. Cun. XCIX.—An Act makivg a Grantqf Land to the Territmjy of Ilhrmcsota, in alm- March B, 1857. nate Sections, to aid in the onstruction of certain Rmlroads in said Terri , and Y" granting Public Lands in alternate Sections w the State of Alabama, to aid Construction of a certain Railroad in said State. Be it enacted kg the Senate and House of Representatives ey" the United G”¥¤* °f mid Smzes of America in Congress assembled, That there be and is hereby ;;¤£$,€°°t“ fm granted to the Territory of Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, from Stillwater, by way of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony, to a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and the mouth of Sioux Wood River, with a. branch via Saint Cloud and Crow Wing, to the navigable waters of the Red River of the north, at such point as the Legislature of said.T0rritory may determine ; from St. Paul and from Saint Anthony, via Minneapolis, to 2. convenient point of junction west of the Mississippi, to the southern boundary of the Territory in the direction 0£ the mouth of the Big Sioux River, with a branch, via Faribault, to the north line of the State of Iowa, west of range sixteen; from Winona, via Saint Peters, to a. point on the Big Sioux River, south of the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude; also from La. Crescent, via Target Lake, up the valley of Root River, to a point of junction with the last: mentioned rdad, cast of range seventeen, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of cach of said roads and branches; but in casc it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads and branches Gmntinlieu of are definitely fixed, sold any sections, or any puts thereof, granted as L:_”$df"°€mP“'i aforesaid, or that the right of preémption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent, pr agents, to be appointed by the Govcrnor of said Territory or future State to select, subject to the approval of the Sccrct:u·y· of the Interior, from the lands of the United States