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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS III. Ch. 150, 151. 1869. 841 V public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free RQ1d §¤ l>¤ R T from tolls or other charges upon the transportation of any property, troops, §;gI}:eg'§.g;"y or mails of the United States. tolls to the 5, sm. a. And be u www mma, That sam me min be constructed U·gjg¤,§¤¤=•a=·

 with such width, graduation, and bridge as to permit of its regular use as of-   mma
 a wagon roaldé and in such other special manner as the State of Oregon
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i Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the State of Oregon is author- O!`°8°“ my _ ized to locate and use in the construction of said road an additional ;sQ.°,,:,l§g,°,,$°$, amount of public lands, not previously reserved to the United States nor road an additionotherwise disposed oi, and not exceeding six miles in distance from it, “L;E‘:l‘£d‘;fn°t· equal to the amount reserved from the operation of this act in the first Em, section of the same, to be selected in alternate odd sections, as provided in section first of this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That lands hereby granted to said Lund; granted, State shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say, g?" °“lY ,.'·° b° when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the www ° ° Interior that ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then a. quantity of the land hereby granted, not to exceed thirty sections, may be sold, and so on from time to time, until said road shall be completed; and if said road is not completed within five years no further sales shall R°’;·dt;gb°.th be made, and the lands remaining unsold shall revert to the United States: ?:i2$,,°y°,,:: Provided, however, That the entire amount of public land granted by this not, then, &<=· act shall not exceed three sections per mile for each ¤1i1e— actually con- nOyg;°;";§;:§t Bi»I'llCtCd. I &g, ’ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States surveyor- It-;’*¤d¤ 8*{¤§°d general for the district of Oregon shall cause said lands, so granted, to be 3 e;§`;,`;°{,:,,,_ surveyed at the earliest practicable period after said State shall have ticable period enacted the necessary legislation to carry this act into effect. “f°°'· &°‘ Approved, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLI. —-An Act to define the Fees ay" Recorder of Deeds and to provide for the March 3, 1869. Appointment of Warden of the Jail in the District of Oolumbm, and for other Purposes. """"'_'_""' Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage R¤zi¤f¤r of _ of this act the style of the “ register of deeds of the District of Colum- g,ig€;2fégfu%$' bia" shall be " recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia? · bis to be emma Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legal fees for the services *°°I;’d:h,‘;· f of said recorder of deeds shall be as follows, viz : ,.w,,.58,_ ° ° The filing, recording, and indexing, or for making certified copy of any _ Filing, recordinstrument coutaining two hundred words or less, fifty cents, and fifteen “‘g·&°· °' °°PY· cents for each additional hundred words, to be collected at the time of filinv and when the co is made. . lgr each certificate grid seal, twenty-five cents. ,,,g°;Lt,£°°i”° For searching records extending back two years or less next preceding Searching current date, twenty-five cents, and five cents for each additional year, to "°°°"d’· be paid by the party for whom the search may be made. _ For recording a town plat, three cents for each lot such plat may con- Pl£:f°'d*“8 tain. For recording a plat or survey, five cents for each course such survey ma contain. · _ {lor tiling and indexing any paper required by law to be Bled in his deiiiigiidsgrsll office, fifteen cents. °,.€f1°é“f)""‘g‘;;‘ For each examination of title by the party or his attorney, fifty cents. -,,°_ Y P y' For taking any acknowledgement, fifty cents. A¤l·=¤¤W|¢dz- Sec. 3. And be aftfurther enacted, That all deeds of conveyance, leases, ““B‘;ds mm, powers of attorney, and other written instruments required by law to be gw, m,0’,~qeq_ filed and recorded, and all copies of instruments and records and certiii- &¤· by W¤1\¤¤¤¤