418 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 103, 143, 144h 1867. Res onsibui- collector, in the enrolment and licensing of vessels, shall be subject to the ’·i°° °F °°u°°’°"· laws of the United States, and liable to all the penalties and responsibilities imposed upon collectors in like cases. Approved, February 28, 1867. . . . - Net File to Land in the Towns 0 Santa Clara and ...—..“’m It W"- CHAP "“"‘ A"A?§i$?nZf Q,. the Sm .,~¤,.iM... f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited Right of the States ry America in Congress assembled, That all the right and title of P¤f;*?** T“‘t*°* *° the United States to the land situated within the corporate limits of the 0°}°S;:é,ii;Q:;;i° towns of Santa Clara and Petaluma, in the State of California, as deand Petaluma, fined in the acts of the legislature of that State incorporating said towns, °"l·"{""‘l"m‘°d be and the same are hereby, relinquished and vranted to the corporate to those towns, ’ . . . . .° . &c. authorities of said towns and their successors, m trust, for and with authority to convey so much of said land as is in the bona fide occupancy of The gmutnot parties upon the pa=sage of this act, by themselves or tenants, to such
- <>_¤${€¤_<* *0 ¤¤Y parties : Provided, 'fhat this grant shall not extend to any reservation of
the United States, nor prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such
verse i·igi¤rs;_ exist, to said land or any part thereof, nor preclude a judicial examina- §?;iz5";‘;;‘£n-£_" tion and adjustment thcreofi mms. A Approved, March 1, 1867. March 2, 1867. CHAP. CXLIV.—-An Act makin Appr0pr1`atz`ons jbr i/ze Repair, Preservation, and "_"”%‘-“ Complexion of certain Public 1VOM; hez·et¢y‘ore commenced under the Authority of Law, and jbr other Pzuynoses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives <y" the United public Works States of America in Congress assembled, That: the following sums of appropriation. money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction and superintendence of the Secretary of \V2ll‘, for the repair, preservation, and completion of the following works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for the other purposes hereinafter named, that is to sny : ——— Examinations For examination and survey of works of improvement for which apwd S¤YV¤YS· proprizitions have been heretofore made, and concerning which no sufficient. information is now in possession of the department, and for examination and survey at other points in the fourth and fifth sections of this act speci- Un Atlantic fied, that is to say: On the Atlantic coast, thirty thousand dollars ; on the and Pacino Pacilie coast, twenty-five thousand dollars; on the northwestern lakes, °°:;_’;{lwwcm seventy-five thousand dollars ; on the western and northwestern rivers, one lakes, hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War, _wcstem,&c. when the public interests require it, shall cause examinations orre-ex- "v§;;`mmm_ aminations to be made, with suitable surveys, of the works aforesaid and tions, Sic. to be all other works provided for by this act, and shall make such changes or
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mav be changed. . Other hm.b0,.s shall be necessary and proper. And he shall cause such needful examito be examined nation of other harbors and places in the fourth and fifth sections of this
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- ;$;‘:1‘;‘st;h° act specified, upon the sea and lake coasts and on western rivers, to be
required and made as will enable him to determine what improvements thereof are re- Uwif <=°¤¤· quired to render them safe and convenient for the navigation of the naval and commercial vessels of the United States, and the costs of such im- Reportto CDH_ provements; and he shall make full report thereof; and of the plans grass. deemed advisable therefor, to Congress on the first Monday of December next, for such action as may be judged expedient and right. And if, upon such examination and survey of works first herein named, being works now existing or in process of completion, and concerning which no information is now in the possession of the department, there shall remain an unexpended balance of appropriation, properly applicable there-
