50 FORTY-—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 85, 86. 1872. entered less than homestead laws a quantity of land less than one hundred and sixty acres, 5*0 “°"°’:’ " shall be permitted to enter under the provisions of this act so much land Dg$%;€’“n;l¥,e as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed one difference. hundred and sixt acres. The widows and Sec. .3. That case of the death of any person who vvould entitled g}Pg]';““°::t‘la°°'a to a homestead under the rérolvisignstolf the first sectioinhof this act,his widgw, if unmarried or in case 0 er ea or mam , en s mmor orp an guile};-Oth;S;;l;i• children, by ,a guardian duly appointed and bgfiicially accredited at the {;°gf.?g°y M Department of the Interior, shall be entitled to all the benefits enumerated in this act, subject to all the provisions as to settlement and rmprovements Proviso. therein contained: Provided, That if such person died during his term of enlistment, the whole term of his enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore re uired to erfect the title. _ Actual service Sec. 4. Tllat wherepa party at the date of his entry of a tract of land
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dggmgd equiv,. and employed in the army or navy of the United States, his services lem *° ¤ WSF therein shall, in the administration of said homestead laws, be construed gfgfézctxson to be equivalent, to all intents and purposes, to a residence for the same the tract entered length of time upon the tract so entered: Prowfded, That if his entry has
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’itary or naval service of the United States, and such tract has not been P¤<>Vi¤<>¤· disposed oi, his entry shall be restored and confirmed: And provided further, That if such tract has been disposed of; said party may enter another tract subject to entry under said laws; and his right to a patent therefor shall be determined by the proofs touching his residence and cultivation of the first tract, and his absence therenom in such service. Persons entitled _Sec. 5. That any soldier,. sailor, marine, officer, or other person coming
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make muy by enter upon said homestead: Promded, That said clarmant in person shall, ¤¤ ¤g¤¤f- within the time prescribed, commence settlements and improvements on the &g?g”Q;°;;f&6 same, and thereafter fulfil all the requirements of this act. ingmmr. _ SEC: 6. That the commissioner of the general land oliiee shall have &;a1¤r§?E;;¤€; znghgggstgfnw xi needful rules and regulations to carry mto effect the 8 H1 GS. Approved, April 4, 1872. April 5, 1872. CHAP. LXXXYI.—An Act to amend the tlzinyesecorrri Secfion q]` an Act entitled. "An 13:3,ch. éoéezzjeygiggal Taxes, and for other Purposes, approved Julyfourtecnth, ezghtecn . XV ¤ • • · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t/w United _mMe;t¢;h1a;n;1isc States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirty-two of an Qa,s°pmS bs?" act entitled "An act to reduce mternal taxes, and for other purposes," destined fin cer— approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, be, and the gg: gké; $1;-*. same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Snort0N 32. And be it furveyed and umm ther enacted, That merchandise transported under the provisions of this whose control. act shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles, securely fastened with locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of customs; and Inspectors- inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, gr upon anydcar, Kessel, vehicle, or train, at the discretion of the said ecretary, an at the expense of the said com anies res ectivel . And %N¤b¤¤I¤di¤g, such merchandise shall not be unladen or transliipped begween the ports
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unless, gw, ’ of the Secretary of the Treasury, in cases which may arise frdm a difference in the gauge of railroads, or from accidents, or from legal intervention, or from low water, ice, or other unavoidable obstruction to navigation; but in no case shall there be permitted any breaking of the original pack— ages of such merchandise. Ayrnovnv, April 5, 1872.
