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336 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 3454347. 1872. Walla., Washing- cxisting laws of the United States relating to the public lands, after appraise- Em 'I:i¤'fi*·°*'>’» m ment, vc the highest bidder, and at not less than the appraised value, nor at °,:?,d°’°t· sm; less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the United States mili- _ma5{ be subdi- tary reservation at Fort Walla-Wa.Ha., in the Territory of Washington; "‘d"d “"*°· &°·* Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, whenever in his opinion the public interests may require it, cause the foregoing reservation, or part. or parts thereof; be be subdivided into tracts of less than forty acres each, or into town-lots, with the necessary street or streets to make the same acces- _q¤»¢h Subdi- sible: And provided further, That each subdivision, together with the build-

f;&’1;’;f°ld ings, building materials, or other property which may be thereon, shall be

public auction. appraised and ofcrcd separately at public outcry, to the highest bidder, as hcrcinbcforc provided, but not in subdivisions of more than forty acres Umqld lots to each, after which any unsold land or lot; shall be subject to sale at private

;;*y;°;*;§;;i° mtg for the agpraisgd fgelgc at the proper land-oillcc.

gw PROVED, U116 , . ·Y¤¤° 8» 1872- CHAP. CCCXLVI.——An éct jhc hehe]: Sec1£z`tyh¢y` Bank Reserves, and to facilitate G »¢l17‘171g· 01458 '1`C 0mg8S. The Secremy Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhe United

>;"¤$¤$e'g`£¤;¤ry States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trem-

.uryis hcreb authorized be receive United States notes on dc oslt, without Eglatfgnééttsgsit, intcresb, from national banking associations, in sums not {css than mn Fglyzlmsyrzgté thousand dollars, and to issue certificates therefor in such form as the in what sung, secretary may prescribe, in denominations of not. less than five thousand Cmitimes dollars; which certificate shall be payable on demand in United States

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mj“dh°w notes, at the place where the deposits were made.

Nmsdeposam Sec. 2. That the United States notes so deposited in the treasury of ilcotuivrggeglgi of the United States shall not be counted as part of the legal reserve ; but tho ilertiécatcg to certificates issued therefor may be held and counted by national banks as lgzspart thereor] pint of téhcir ligcl reserve, sind {nay bchacccplgcddin the gtlexihcnt of' · cearmg- cusc aauccs at t c p aces w crc t c cposibs cre or were made. Currency not S20. 3. That nothing contained in this act shall be construcd to ¤uth0r— g‘;2::;g:&%°d izc any expansion or contraction of the currency; and the United Stat/es he,-Eby, notes for which such ccrtificzxtcs arc issued, 01* other United States notes apgggfh ggts cfllilic amoung qhaltle ba hfcld 2 spgcigl igposibs in the treasury, and used md how uppuelh cu y or c rc cmp 1011 0 suc cc 1 ca ss. APPROVED, Juno 8, 1872. J¤n¢_§,_1§7§L_ CHAP. CCCXLYII. ——An to amgnd ccclfonjive of an Act entitled "An Act mak- 1841, ch, 35, § 5_ nig Approprmtronafor the cwzl and dzplamaizc Expenses gfthe Guvernmentjbr the_ Year Vol. v. p. 432. eggglinsrg tzzijgwy-06c," ;1p[;(0n·e¢:h£|rIa}ch three, ezghteen hundred and for/_y·0ne, l Z T [JET 07lS NLC10ft 80 . Be it enacted the Senate and Mme 0 R resentatives 0 the Lhited Law writing to States of Amcrffg in Congress assembled, {habcghc prcvisionéfof the fifuh 3W2Q2Q2g?';`?; section of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and wm to ,,,,,,1,. to diplomatic expenses of the government for the year eighteen hundred and

  • ¤;¤i;g;j;¤§¤¥`€;l¤S· forty-cnc," approyccl March three, eighteen hundred and forty-one, which

fomging esmbhgléecl 33ld}13T1ELCd the conépcnsaticn of collectors of customs, shall bc duties of ccuec- much ,sm s na c construe to a _ to all survc crs of customs crts

  • °"· ]iCl`§Ol';11lllg, of gmvlng pcrforgmcd, thelégrtics of collcclors of cust0ms,pwh0

sm c cnt1b c to receive t c same com cnsation as is allowed to collectors by said act of March three, eightccg hundred and forty-cnc, for like Proviso. services in the scttlcment of their accounts with the treasury: Provided, Them the fccs, commissions, and cmoluments prescribed by law and collected by them shall amount to such maximum allowance. APPROVED, Juna 8, 1872.