THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 101, 102, 103. 1864. 95 to wit: Section number thirty-three, and the west half of section number LOW for €°"· , . . - y ernment purthu-ty-four, in township number three south of range number sixty-erght pssss so bs ,s_ west of the sixth principal meridian: Provided, however, That there shall served. be reserved from such sale and entry such blocks or lots in the town of Denver as may be necessary for government purposes, to be designated by the commissioner of the general land-ofiice. Sec. 2. And be it jicrtber enacted, That in all respects, except as herein Provisions or modified, the execution of the foregoing provisions shall be controlled by #0*2 Qf 18447 °h• . . . . , . 17, one., otherthe provisions of said act of twenty-third May, eighteen hundred and wise to ,pp,y_ forty-four, and the rules and regulations of the commissioner of the general land-office. Approved, May 28, 1864. CHAP. CI.-An Act to provide for the Pa ment of the Claims of Peruvian C'1`tizens, June 1, 1864. under the Convention between the United States and Peru, of the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and szxty-three. PO_s,"P_ ML ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House 1y' Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of dis- Paymeutsto charging the obligations of the United States, under the convention with FWD};;:, (és3Q0D' Peru, of the twelfth of January last, there be paid to Stephen G. Mon- dfiiljarmsn V8,- tauo, or to his legal representatives, in the current money of the United gel. States, the sum of forty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents; and to Juan del Carmen Verge], or his legal representatives, the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventy dollars, in the silver money of the United States, or its equivalent, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 1, 1864. Cntr. CI1.—An Act in Relation to Franlced Matter. J¤¤€ L 18% Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all communications relat~ mggigglsgntz ing to the official business of the department to which they are addressed, heads 0,- depart, of whatever origin, addressed to the chiefs of the several executive de- ments, Sw-, to be partments of the government, or to such principal officers of each exccu- ;;';t&‘§E§§tl;‘;ff” tive department, being heads of bureaus or chief clerks, or one duly ,;,,,5,,;,,8,,;, authorized by the Postmaster-General to frank official matter, shall be received and conveyed by mail free of postage without being endorsed " official business," or with the name of the writer. Approved, June 1, 1864. Cnsr. CHI. —-An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act nuzking a Grant of Lr1nd[s] to June 2, 1864. V the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads
- in said State," approved May jifleen, eighteen hundred and VOL‘X' 9:
Be it enacted by the Senate and Abuse of Representatives of the United States af America in Congress assembled, That the Mississippi and Mis- Th¤MiSSi§Sippi M souri Railroad Company, a corporation established by the laws of the %’£,£gg“fJ“;:n_ ’ State of Iowa, and to which the said state granted a portion of the land- panymay change _ grant mentioned in the title of this act, to aid in the construction of a l‘}°i{t“’“ °*` Pm ? railroad trom Davenport to Council Bluils in said state, may modify or 0 me` t change the location of the uncompleted portion of its line, as shown by
the map thereof now on file in the general land-otiice of the United States, so as to secure a better and more expeditious line for connection
- with the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Railroad
- Provided, never-
tlteless, That said new line, if located, shall in every case pass through Ngwiim, U, ga
i the corporate limits of the cities of Des Moines and Council Bluffs; and *h¥9¤£l1 Des se the right of way over the public lands of the United States is hereby g;’,;;°;?1?°3,6s_
granted to said railroad company for that purpose: Provided, That said and Newton,
,~ line shall pass through the town of Newton, in Jasper County or as near ir, &c_ ' S
