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FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 225, 226, 227. 1880. 237 For mw and miscellaneous books for office of the Solicitor of the Treas- M is c O llsmcous ury, five hundred dollars. b°°k¤· Covmr or Gmxms.-For sadamies of live judges of the Court of s »1M·1 0 A 0 r Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars ouch; chief clerk, three J‘;.dg°”5’f"’°C*{“¤`* thousand dollars; 0110 assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; baJiIi&',o11c 3101.l:“Q;'§* f thousand five hundred dollars; and messenger thereof; in ull, twenty- ’ nine thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, books, fuel, labor, postage, and other contingent and Contingent nxmisccllsmcous expenses, two thousand Eve hundred dollars; for report. P<>¤¤¤¤· iug the decisions of the court, clerical hire, labor in preparing and superintending the printing of the hftccnth volume of the Reports of the Reports Couri·oi' Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the cour1a,0nc thousand dol- 01=¤ir¤¤- laws; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars. Sec. That the Secretaries respectively of the Departments of State, of smumms 0 r' the Treasury, Wax, Navy, and of tho Interior, and the Atmrnoy-General, d¤1>=5r¤w¤¤t¤ M1 · are authorized to make requisitions upon tho Postmaster-General for ;;‘°;;”€;g0*;‘;z‘{‘;‘gi" the necessary amount of official postage-stumps for the usc of their cig; ,:,,},,}:S_ H departments, not exceeding the amount stated in the estimates submitted to Congress; and upon presentation of proper v.0ucl1ors therefor at the Treasury, the amount thereof shall be credited to the appropriation for the service of xhc Post-Office Department for the same fiscal year. Sec. 3. That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchman, and Pay of assist»u.ut _ laborers provided for in this act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall ¤*€$¤°“L€°TS M1 *1 be as ibllowsz For assistant messengers, Eromcu,a»nd watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars por annum ouch; for laborers, six hundred ,,t,m,§_ ’ and sixty dollars per annum each. Sec. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with Repoul provistho provisions of this act are hereby repealed. ions. Approved, Juno 15, 1880. CHAP. 226.-—An act to change the mm; af Elm steamboat "L. B0ardmu.u"t0 “Rivor J uno 15, 1880. 0 O . ··—·····t;···*· Be it cmwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Stomrxbout “L. my bc, and hereby is, authorized to change the name of the steamboat B<>¤fd¤¤=¤¤·" “L. Bom·dmzm", of New York, to “Rive>r Bello", and grant said steamboat proper marine papers in that name. This act to take cifcot immediatcly. Approved, June 15, 1880. CHAP. 227.-A.n act relating to the public lands of tho United Staten. Jung 15, 1880, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 0] the United States of Amvrolca wm Congress assembled, That when any lands of the Public lands. United States shall have been entered and the Government price paid EMU MM! 1>=~y— therefor in full no criminal suit or proceeding by or in the name of the gzgt sigh ¥§:_“‘;m;‘f United States shall thereafter be had or further maintained for any Pass? trespasscs upon or for or on account of any material taken from said lands and no civil suit or proceeding shall be had or thrtahor maintained for or on account of any traspasscs upon or material taken from the said lands of the United States in the ordinary clearing of land, in working n. mining claim or for agricultural or domestic purposes or for maintaining innprovpmeuts upon the land of any bona tide settler or for or on ac- Bona fide ¤<> B- count of any timber or material taken or used by amy person without ;uig"°*°°“°d fault or knowledge of the trespass or for or on account of any timber ' taken or used without fraud or collusion by any person who in good . faith paid the officers or agents of the United States for the same or for or on account of any alleged conspiracy in relation thereto: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall apply only to tres- Pfwkv-