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208 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 77, 78, 79, 80. 1861. . . .-An Act authorizi the Secretarjy 0 the Treasury to issue a Register

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Bc it enacted by the Senate and House <y" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemblevl 'l`hat the Secretary ofzthe Treas- * Reg,,,,,, to ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to 1ssue a register to the schooner Perm- owner of the schooner Perseverance, of Ogdensburgh, lp the State of '°“’·"°°· New York, the said schooner or vessel having been built m Canada; and said schooner or vessel shall hereafter be considered and deemed to be a. schooner or vessel of the United States, and entitled to all the rights and privileges accorded by law to ships or vessels built in the United States: Provided, The Secretary shall be satisfied that the owner of said schooner is a citizen of the United States. APPROVED, March 2, 1861. . . .— nAct to rovide orthe Com Zcticno the milita_ Roads am

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty-five Mnlmy roads thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the ¤¤N¤w M¢¤i¤¤- Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of the military road from Fort Union to Santa. Fe, New Mexico, and for the completion Post, p- 489· of the military road from Taos to Santa Fe, in New Mexico, fifteen thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1861. March 2, 186r CHAP. LXXIX. —-An Act donating to the States of llhnnesota and Oregon certain Lands _"——`— reserved by Congress for the Territories of Minnesota and Oregon for University Purposes. Bc it enacted Q; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands reserved for the B30i?;? use of a university in the Territories of Minnesota and Oregon under gon for umm-- section second of an act of Congress passed February nineteenth, one ¤i¤{é51 ch 10 thousand eight hundred and Efty-one, entitled "An act to authorize the VOL ik_ P; 56,, legislative assembliew of the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota to take charge of the school lands in said Territories, and for other purposes," be hereby donated to the States of Minnesota and Oregon for the use of said university. Approved, March 2, 1861. March 2, 1861. Cnr. LXXX. —— An Act to remove the United States Arsenal _/iam the City o Saint Lows, and to provzdefor the Sale Q/'the Lands an which the same is locateaf Be it enacted by the Senate and Hume of Representatives of the United United States States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, zfgzlégl go: *;*2 and he is hereby, authorized and required to proceed at once to have the L,,,,,, grounds now used for the purposes of an arsenal, in the city of Saint Lum to be Louis, laid off into blocks, according to the present plan of that portion of wld. the city, and to have the same subdivided into lots of a convenient size, for building purposes, and subject the western unoccupied portion of the same to sale to the highest bidder, at public vendue, on such terms as to him may seem most advantageous, first giving sixty days’ notice by advertisement in at least three newspapers, published in the city of Saint Louis, of the time, place, and terms of sale, with a description of the p,,,.,,.,d,_ 1,,,,, property to be sold; the proceeds of such sale to be applied to the mc. spplrod- tion at Jefferson Barracks, inlthe State of Missouri, of suitable buildings for containing lall the tools, implements, machinery, arms, and materials now at said Saint Louis arsenal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be,