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40 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 47, 48, 63, 6a. 1866. transferred: Provided, That the contract shall snpulahc for the full T81E1I,- burscment to the United States of the value oflsuch gunboat m anngal xnstalmeuts, not exceeding ten in number, with mvcrest. on each at sax per ccntum pcr annum from the date of the contract. APPROVED, April 17, 1866. . _Ms Individual Mcm0nhI" shall be Agn! 17, 1866. CHAP. XLXzIaI.T[;ied $:0;;]:: fz gz¢z·eth;m;oRl;t1iVqfPmu6d Maud. _ TIM} "$¤Yd¥¤¤"¤ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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through tbsp the personal services of fiederal officers and gildicrs, composed partly of ‘““"° “’ P'i“"°d written and partly of printed matter, but contaming no prxvatc communicamum` tions, and known as the "s0ldier’s individual memorial," shall be allowed to pass through the mails upon the payment of the usual postage on rinted matter. P Ar1>1z0v1:1>, April 17, 1866. April 20, 1866. CHAP. LXIII.—-An Ad ta authorize (/the Sale of Marine Hospdals and of Revemz it utters. Lqargne hossiml Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United }::éd;:§;, Q: States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasleased or sold. ury bo, and he is hereby, authorized to lease, or to sell at public aqctiou, bc S h M2 the highest and best bidder, for cash, after duc notice in the public news- PT; IL 76_' papers, such marine hospital buildings and lands appcrmining thereto as ’ he may deem advisable, and he is hereby empowered to make, execute, and deliver all needful conveyances to the lessees or purchasers thereof _ _ respectively; and the proceeds of said leases and sales are hereby approof ·`!P&’;$;*‘*‘°“ priawd for the marine hospital establishment: Provided, That the h0s· ppmvgmpitals at Cleveland, Ohio, and Portland, Maine, shall not be sold or leased, nor shall hny hospital be sold or leased where no other suitable and suficient hospital accommodations can be procured upon reasonable terms for the comfort and convenience of the patients. nugcggggygclliy Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be s01d_ be, and he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, ho sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash, after due notice in the public newspapers, such of the revenue cutters as ho shall find to be ill adapted mI;f°°°d“ °f to the purposes of the revenue service, and to expend the proceeds of sgid sales inf thedpurchasc or construction of other vessels better suited to t e wants 0 said service. A1>1>1z0v1a1>, April 20, 1866. Aprn zs, 1866. CHAP. LXV.·»-An Acc to mm American Registers to me Steam -VweL¢ “Mid¤ig¤n," "Dfspatch," and “William K. Muir," and for other Pwpwes. American reg- Be it enacted by the Senate and Hama of Rmresentatives of the United

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' _ ury is hereby directed to issue American registers to the Canadian-built g;;}:?;;. stcamcrs “Michigan " and "Dispatch,” and the America.11-built steamer wfmm k_ “William K. Muir," of the collection district of Detroit; and American Muiré th registers, or enrolment and license, to the following named vessels, that is v°;’m'j° ° °' to say, to the sloop “Jenny Lind of Wolf Island," of Oswego, New York; the schooners “Coqucttc of Oakville," “Trenton of Trenton," “Forest Queen," “Two Brothers of Wa11accburg," “Minetta of Ga.nan0guc," and “Elizabemh," of Oswego, New York; the barquc “St. Elizabeth," of Provincetown, Massachusetts; the barques “Advance " and “Ac0rn," and schooner “Asia,” of Chicago, Illinois; the barges “Harvest," “Ajax," and “Matilda," of Chicago, Illinois; the steamer "Princc Albert," of Georgetown, District of Columbia; the brig “Maitla.nd," propeller “Niagara," and steamboat “Cauadia.¤," of Buffalo, New York; the schooner