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FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 35, 36, 39, 40. 1881. 323 Congress at each and every session; all laws of Congress; the annual messages of the President, with accompanying documents; the daily _ Congressional Record, and all other documents or books which may be printed and bound by order of either House of Congress; and the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives the documents referred to in this section." Approved, February 8, 1881. CHAP. 36.-An act relative to the Revolutionary battle-field of Bennington. Feb. 8, 1881. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas— !i*>V?l¤*i°"=">’ ury be authorized and is hereby directed to pay to the governor of the °f B""' State of Vermont the sum of forty thousand dollars, out of any money ° ` in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be by him transierred to the Bennington Battle Monument Association, which has raised an equal amount for the erection of a proposed monument to commemorate Monument. the Revolutionary battle of Bennington. Sec. 2. That no moneys shall be paid out of the Treasury for the ben- Appropriation. efit of such association until the design for its monument shall have been approved by the President of the United States, or by a commission appointed by him for the purpose, and a board of three Army officers appointed by him shall have reported to him that the moneys already raised, together with the sum hereby appropriated from the Treasury of the United States, shall be sufficient to complete the monument in accordance with the design approved by him, or by the commission appointed by him. Approved, February 8, 1881. CHAP. 39.-—An act to grant to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Feb, 9,1981, Bluifs, in the State of Iowa for public uses, a certain lake known as Carr Lake, ————-———————; situated near said city. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and is Title to Carrlake hereby, conveyed to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Blutls, l{’**¤“>d, ;*%;'il*¥f°f in the State of Iowa, and their successors in office, the title of the Uni- §“O‘Q_,';”°’ u 8* ted States to the meandered lake, situated in sections twentynine and ` thirty-two, of township number seventy-four, Pottawatamie County, in _ _ _ the State of Iowa, known as Carr Lake, upon the express conditions that C¤¤<h¤¤¤¤ of ¤· the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall *1** be inalienable for all time; but leases not exceeding ten years may be granted for portions of said premises, all incomes derived from leases of privileges to be expended in the preservation and improvement of the property or the roads leading thereto; the premises to be managed by the said corporate authorities, or such commissioners as they may elect, and who shall receive no compensation for their services. Approved, February 9, 1881. CHAP. 40.-An act authorizing the survey of parts of certain townships in Crawford Feb. 9, 1881. County, Wisconsin, and making an appropriation therefor. ——————————-——·-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the Bh?“S"{f1Y,§faf,Qf‘;;‘d General Land Othee is hereby directed to cause to be surveyed that part of Coffnty, Wm0n_ townships numbered nine and ten north of range four west, in the county sin.