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64 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1:. 79. 1864. name and the name of the port to which she belongs painted on her stem, as required by law. Name rwt to Sec. 2. And be it further enacted: That no master, owner, or agent 0; g:c;;;Q)§°g,§;' any vessel of the United States shall IH any way change the name of such tised as to name. vessel, or by any device, advertisement, or eontnvance, deeeive, or attempt to deceive, the public, or any oincer or agent of the United States government, or of any state, or any corporation or agent thereof, or any per— son or persons, as to the true name of such vessel, on pain of the forfeit- When mtzkes ure of such vessel: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the °H"°t‘ expiration of sixty days from and after its passage. APPROVED, May 5, 1864. ‘ .—nto Landsto the tateo 1 ,¢oa`

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Be it enacted ky the Senate and Abuse of Representatives <y" the United Lands granted States ¢y"America in Congress assembled, That there be, and there is ‘° M}:;‘:j‘}:£" hereby, granted to the state of Minnesota for the purpose of aiding in the giixit Paul m· construction of a railroad in said state from the city of Saint Paul to the h¤¤d Q? L¤k° head of Lake Superior, every alternate section of public land of the United S“P°"°"' States, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of the said railroad on the line thereofi within the state of Minnesota; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road is definitely Hxed, Reserved or sold, appropriated, reserved, or otherwise disposed of any sections, or any P"°é’“P*°d l”“dS· part thereof; granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached to the same, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to select from the lands of the United States nearest to the lines of sections above specified, in alternate sections or parts thereofl so much public land of the United States, not mineral, as shall be equal in amount to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of preemption or homestead settlement may have attached, as afbresaid; which lands thus selected in lieu of those sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated or disposed of; or to which the rights of preemption or homestead settlement may have attached, as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections designated as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid, shall be held and disposed of by Land not to be `the said state for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the land

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from the road. the lines of said road: And provided, jhrtizer, That the lands hereby Lands granted, granted for and on account of said road shall be exclusively applied in the h°“’*° M '*PPh°d· construction of the same, and for no other purpose whatever, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses through the same, as in this act Nvtfo be %P· hereinafter provided: Provided, also, That no part of the land granted by ¥;;°:;° mtam this act shall be applied to aid in the construction of any railroad, or part thereof, for the construction of which any previous grant of land may have Piormer reset- been made by congress: And provided, further, That any and all lands Emfgsaggt mth' heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States, from the operations of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of the said road through such reserved lands; in which case the right of way only_ shall be granted, subject; to the approval of the Presif{¢E¤g¤1¤&¤P¤'i:¤ dent of the United States: Provided, further, That the minimum price of gnu:;" °"° the even sections and parts of sections of the public lands of the United States, within the limits often miles on each side of the line of said road, shall be two dollars and fifty cents per acre. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever said state shall