88 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 188, 189, 190. 1860. prior to the ccssion to the United States of the tamtory m whnch sgud lands were included, or where such title was crcatgd gud perfected dnnng the period while the foreign governments finm whwh It emnnated claxmed sovereignty over or had the actna.1 possesnon of such termtory, tno person or persons, his, l1er, or their heirs, dcvxsnes, legal ?cprescuta.t1vcs nr grantees, so claiming such lands, may, at than option, mstend of subm1t- ting their claim to the officcr or officcrs hgrmnbeforc mentioned, proceed Petition to by petition in any district court of the United States withxn whose gumsf°d°"1 ‘“‘m°° diction the lands or any part of the lands claimed may hc, unless snch
n claim mes within the purview of the third section of thin act ; be whncn
pmmdgugs pctitiogthe United States shall be made defendant, and It shall pe varnthereon. fied by the onth of the party or parties, and conform to lane provmons of section one of this act, and to the practice of such court m chancqry, and the attorney of the United States for such district shall dcfcndnganngt the same for the United States; and the court shall decide the clanm vahd or invalid according to the principles established in this act, and decree accordingly. If the decree be against the United States, an appeal shal1 be entered to the Supreme Court of the United States; and if xt bc against the claimant or claimants, he or they may take an appea1 directly to that court, as of right and course, without aiidavit or secumty other than for costs ; and the 831118 shall be adjudged de novo in the Supreme Court as in other cases of appeals thereto in chemcery, and as equity and justice and the principles aforesaid may require; which decision shall be final, and patent shall thereupon issue, if the claim be adjudged valid, for so much of the lands ciaimcd as remain unsold; and for so much as may have been s01d,the provisions of section six of this act shall apply an be in force. “A;m'£“$ Sec. 12. Andh it fiutlwr enacted, That this act shall be and remain f°x·°a in force during the term of five years, unless sooner repealed by Congress; and all claims presented or sued upon, according to the provisions of this act, within the said term of five years, may be prosecuted to final determination and decision, notwithstanding the said term of Eve years may have expired before such final determination and decision. Ammovnn, Juno 22, 1860. Juno 22, 1860. Can. CLXXXIX.—An Act in Relation to Mission (Jaims at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Mi¤:i<>£¤¤‘% States of America in Congress assembled, That the missionary claims
gr:,?; az (QQ; referred to in the fourth section of the act of twenty-sixth September, ¤r individuals. eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act providing for the examina- 1s¤0,¤1¤. 11,9 4. tion and settlement of claims for land at the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan," V¤I· lx- ¤· 470· and reported upon by the register and receiver at Sault Ste. Marie, pursuant to said act, shall be entitled to recognition and confirmation in the same manner and on the same terms as claims of individuals therein provided for; and upon the final approval of the said claims, as provided in the eighth section of the act aforesaid, patents shall be issued therefor. Approved, J unc 22, 1860. JMB 22, 186*% CHAP. OXO.-An Act in Relation to malicious Lf I , aspasau u ' and private Property, wit/ain the £glgc;;f g'gIu$1?biu. Be ie enacted Ig the Senate and House 0 R resentatives 0 the United
Wi!f:¤;,§:éLin· »S'{a¢es of Ammgq in Uongress assemblcd{Th;€ every persnfn who shall
fénrgm works ’°f wrlfully and mahcmusly, or wantonl;5 and without cause, in the District xm, Sm., how of Columbia, cut down or destroy, or by gird1iug,1oppi¤g, or otherwise P“°m*°d· injure any fruit or other tree, not his own, standing or growing for shade, nrnamentt or <>ther useful purpose, or shall maliciously destroy, mutilabe, or otherwise mjurc any statuary, monument, or other work of art, stand-
