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344 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 205, 209, 210. 1864. ,03*3* md *°W¤ highest bidder, subject to a minimum of ten dollars for each lot; and such lots as may not be disposed of at public sale, shall thereafter be liable to private entry at said minimum, or at such reasonable increase or diminution thereafter as the Secretary of the Interior may order from time to time, after at least three months’ notice, in view of the increase or decrease A°'°““1$°“l°"· in the value of the municipal property: Provided, That any actual settler upon any one lot, as aforesaid, and upon any additional lot in which he may have substantial improvements, shall be entitled to prove up and purchase the same as a preemption, at said minimum, at any time before the day Hxed for the public sale. _ When estab- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when such cities or towns are 1*:;*3 “§‘;“ ““' established upon unsurveyeddands, it shall and may be lawful, after the n ye ands, . . . . . . gtgnsion limit; extension thereto of the public surveys, to adjust the extension limits of h°W ¤d.i¤S°¤d· the premises according to those lines, where it can be done without inter- _ Petentsto ference with rights which may be vested by sale; and patents for all ’”“°‘ lots so disposed of at public or private sale shall issue as in ordinary cases. If mgpg, gm, Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if within twelve months from ¤¤¤¤t iiisdiu the establishment of a city or town, as aforesaid, in the public domain,

f::;sm8°;2fh,;’ay the parties interested shall refuse or fail to file in the general land-office

he madb, and lots transcript map with the statement and testimony called for by the prod*$P°S°’d °£ visions of the second section of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to cause a. survey and plat to be made of such city or town, and thereafter the lots in the same shall be disposed of as required by said provisions, with this exception, that they shall each be at an increase of fifty per centum on the aforesaid minimum of ten dollars per lot. Rsgulatieiis to Sec. 5. And be ,it further enacted, That effect shall be given to the ggzgact me foregoing act, according to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Repeal efaet of Secretary of the Interior. The act entitled “An act for the relief of 18'¢·1°h· 17- the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain ° ° v' P' G5?` circumstances," approved May`twenty-three, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-four, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, July 1, 1864. July 2, 1864. CHAP. CCIX.—An Ad to repeal the Act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred """"’_‘ and sixty;/`our, prohibiting the Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repeal ofaet States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act {’;lP!:‘£1*:;’§f°°;Id· to prohibit certain sales of gold and foreign exchange/’ approved June 1864, cb lg; seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, Ame, p. 12.2. repealed. Axrnovnn, July 2, 1864. ‘ 1864. CHAP. CCX.—An Act maki A ions orsund Civil E enses o the Govern-

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Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Civil expenses and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereafter “l’P’°P“‘*"‘°“· expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, viz. :-— gounsnwey, Survey of the Coast.- For the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emolumeuts of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars.