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FORTKTEIIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 260, 261, 262. 1874. 65 American possessions, or in any case where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits or result of a cruise, or voyage. — r · g Approved, June 9, 1874. CHAP. 261.-An act to reduce the area of the military reservation of Fort Sanders, Juno 9, 1874. and providing for the survey of said reservation as reduced. "`;""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the military reservation of Reduction of mm Fort Sanders, in the Territory of Wyoming, is hereby reduced in area, Of miiitm; ¤>¤<—>rv¤· and the said reservation shall, after the passage of this act, be limited Qgg v§*’ MP'; S" and bounded as follows: Beginning nt the point where the old stage yung3m`""` road to Salt Lake crosses the Big Laramie River, end running thence . east four miles; thence south tour and five tenths miles; thence in a. west southwest direction to the junction of what is known as the Five Mile Creek with the present south line of the reserve; thence along this creek to its junction with the Big Laramie River; thence along said Big Laramie River, to the place of beginning. , Sec. 2. That immediately after the passage of this act it shall be the gm-By duty of the officerzcommanding the military department of the Platte, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to cause em direct survey ot said reservation to be made in conformity with the provisions of the iirst section of this act, and to have posts or monuments planted at each of the corners thereof, and so marked that they will indicate the boundaries of said reservation. Sec. 3. That the lands heretofore constituting the Fort Sanders mili- Luna outside new mry reservation outside of the limits of the new reservation, as donned 1‘*=¤¤1‘V¤*i<>¤ °1>*>¤ W in section one of this act, shall be held to be and have been subject and °"'”'Y· liable to the operation of the laws of the `United States, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same had never been included within the limits of said reservation: Provided, That in all cases where any of said last mentioned lands would be subject to entry under the pre-emption and homestead laws of the United States, the actual settlers Rights of sewers. on said lands shall have the right and privilege to make proof and pay- ment for their respective claims, under the provisions of the pre-emptiou and homestead laws, by filing their declaratory statements, as provided by existing leiws, at any time within six months from the passage of this act. Approved, June 9, 1874. CHAP. 262.-—An act to grant an American register to the stcamship Suifolk and to yum, 9, 1g7d_ change the name of said ntaamship to that of Professor Morse. ""•‘—‘_*·‘·"·—" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lhpreeentatryesv of the United Scam of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- American r¤·.;i¤t¤r ury be, end he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue an American ;§lk““°'““*h’P S“f‘ register to the British steamship Suifolk, purchased for the account of ' the International Ocean Telegraph Company, and recently repaired at the port of Baltimore, Maryland, and to change the nanie of said steam- Name <=h¤·¤g¤d ’¤¤ ship from that of Sutlolk to that of Brofessor Morse, P*°f°“°” M"'"- Approved, June 9, 1874. _V01. 18, pb. 3-·5