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FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SES . I. C11. 301, 392. 1.882. 297 when practicable; and said boards shall ascertain and report to the Rcvvrt- Secretary of the Navy, in writing, which of said vessels are unfit; -fo1· further service, or, 1f the same are unfinished in any navy-yard, those which cannot be finished without great and disproportionate expense, and shall in such report state fully the grounds and reasons for their oggnmn. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy, if he uE°:gg'§:$‘1tX2$g s ll concur m opinion with said report, to strike the name of such ves— sdgckeu kgom sel or vessels from the Navy Register and report the same to Congress Navy Register. _SEO. 3. N 0 officer of the Navy whose pay is appropriated for in ·this Sh°'° dnt! , °f bill shall be employed on any shore duty after October first eighteen §’,T{{$”`;x§°;Q’iL‘;sP` hundred and eighty two, unless the Secretary of the Navy shall deter- ’ mme that the employment of an officer on such duty is required by the public interests, and shall so state in the order of employment, and also the duration of such service, beyond which time it shall not continue. Approved, August 5, 1882. - CHAP. 392.-An act nntherizin the Secreta of the Interior to ’ of ' lands adjacent to the town of gendleton, iu1H1e State of Oregon, gmngcahg Umatilla Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In· Sal? of luml vu terior he, and he hereby is, authorized to cause to be surveyed and laid *1;**** ‘0ut into lots and blocks so much of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Peumczfcn in the State of Ore n, lying and being contiguous to or in the vicinity ' of the town of Pendleton, as maybe necessary to allow said town proper and needful extension and growth, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres. That the lands so authorized to be laid out into town-lots shall, in the plan and survey thereof, correspond as near as may be to the plans and survey of the said town of Pendleton, as laid ont and estab- Survey. lished. That at the time of the said survey the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said lots and blocks to be appraised by three disinter· API,,-,;,,,,,,,,,;, ested persons, to be appointed by him, who, after taking and subscribing an oath before the county elerk of Uma#;illa.0ounty, Omgonto faithfully and impartially perform their duty as appraisers of and lots and blocks under the provisions of this act, which dath sm}! bemmrned with their appraisement, shall go in person upon the gmmnd and determine the value of each lot and parcel thereof; making lists thereof par ticnlarly describing each lot, block, and parcel, with the appraised value thereof, as by them determined; which said list shall be verfiled by the adldavit of at least two of said appraisers, made betbre the said clerk of Umatilla County, Oregon, to the edect that said hst IS a correct hst ef the said lots, blocks, and parcels appraised by them, and the appmisements thereof, are the true value of each parcel appraised, and that the same were determined by them after due and full mspection of each and every parcel thereof. _ Smc 2. That upon the return of said survey and the appraxsement sale at publ}: of said lands, if the same shall be approved, the Secretary of the Interior :*;°£*=*=°:l::’ *2; shall cause said lands to be oderedfor sale at public auction at the door mghm wma:} of the court house in the town of Pendleton, which sale shall be advertised, for at least thirty days, in such manner as the said Secretary shall direct. The said sale shall be open, public, and to the highest bidder, and shall continue from day to day until all of the said lands shall have been sold or ofered for sale. The said lands shall be olfered in single lets and parcels, and no bid shall be received for any lot or parcel less than the appraised value of the same. Payment; shall be made as fol- P¤y¤¤¤¤*¤· lows: One third at the time of sale,oue third in one year, and one third in two years; but no patent shall issue until full pszment shall haye ( 14.* been madex All lots, blocks, and parcels of said lan not sold at sand PuL°“‘b“°‘ ::l°:"_“_’ plxblie sale shall thereafter be subject to private entry at the appraised ,,,,5,,* to Pd,,," value werent _ Upon a failure of amy purclmser to make any of the de· amy.