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82 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 162, 163, 164. 1866. 9°¤<>°¤`¤°d§h<+*<·>- ported, carried, or conveyed, or while the same is being remcved from $£S?:u%t;¥ °f such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagoh, or other veh}cle, every person who knowingly placed or aided, or permxtted the placing of the said substance upon or in such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehicle, to be so transported. carried, or conveyed, shall be Pumshmeuh deemed guilty of manslaughter, and on conviction thereof shall suffer imprisonment for a. period not less than two years. SEO. 3. And be it fur!/zer enacted, That it shall not be lawful to ship, Thosesubsmu. send, or forward any quantity of the said substances or articles, or m ¤FS ¤<>¤¤> be wr- transport, convey, or carry the same by a ship, boat, vessel, vehicle, or gqggygggs °°` conveyance, of any description, upon land or water, between a place in a forewn country and a place withm the United States, or between a place in orie State, Territory, or district of the United States, and a place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof; unless the same shall be securely enclosed, deposited or packed in a metallic vessel surrounded by plaster of paris, or other material that will be non-explosive when saturated with such oil or substance, and separate from all other substances, pack,,g8 h0w and the outside of the package containing the same, be marked, printed, wbc marked. 01* labelled in a conspicuous manner with the words "Nitr0-Glycerine, Danvercus "; and any person, company, or corporation, who shall know- ` ingl; violate the provisions of this section, shall be liable to a fine of not °"“ Y' less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars ac the dxscre- One half of Hue . . ’ to the ;¤{0,·mm·_ tion of the court, one half to the use of the mformer. _ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the district court of the United m’,g;5;;¤g;;gg;g_ States within the district in which any offence against this acc shall be tion of oyfences committed, or if committed in or upon any ship, boat, vessel, or vehicle, ““d°’ um ”·°*· beyond the territorial limits of any district, then within the district from which the same departed, or that in which it shall first arrive, shall have jurisdiction to try and punish the ofender under the provisions of this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That this act shall not be so con- Stggéhtgzgf to strued as tc prevent any State, Territory, District, city, or town within rggulaie O,} pro, the United States from regulating or from prohibiting the trafic in or gmx :ra1’d€ or transportation of the said substances between persons and places lying or th°;;};}’r;”ét';‘} being »Y1t.hh1 their respective territorial limits, or from prohibiting its infecwd, troguctwu mto such limits for sale, use, or consumption therein. 1>1>1a0vm>, July 3, 1866.

 CHA]?. CLXIII. —An Act for the Reliefof the Mernbers of tim Thirty-seventh Regiment

Qf Iowa W unteer Infantry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

?£ggg;?  »SYatcs of America ip Congress assembled, That there shall be paid to the

ty w,Buth mg? members of the thirty-seventh regiment of Iowa volunteer infantry the ment Ioyva v01- Same bounty prov1ded by law, or which may hereafter be provided bylaw “”*°°*` mf’“**’Y· to soldiers enlisted into the volunteer forces of the United States during In use of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and in case any of the memdeath, Sw. bers of saxd regiment are dead or may die before the payment of said bounty, the same shall be paid to their representatives in the same order provided by law for the payment of bounty in other cases. A1>1>R0v1c1>, July 3, 1866.

 CHAP. CLXIV.—An Act to create gn additional Land District in the Slaic qf

regon.

 Be it enacteQ by the Senate and Ihusa .0f Representatives of the United

had mmm i States of America an Congress assemhled, That the President of the United qmgon gsm,- S tates be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish an additional land lashed. chsizmct m the State of Oregon, and to fix from time to time the boundames thereof, whxch district shall be named after the place at which the office