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284 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 25, 26, 29. 1885. At’¤<>r¤¤y-G¤3=¤r- Sec. 4.. That the court shall cause notice of all petitions presented gl of :h°bU‘:":f1 under this act to be served on the Attorney-General of the United States, · ,;,,*3 EQ P:,,,,?,;; who shall be authorized, by himself or his assistant, to examine wrtpresented, and re- nesses, to cause testimony to be taken, to have access to all testimony ¤i¤¤ ¢=i¤i¤¤¤ by bmi taken under this act, and to beheard by the court. He shall resist all d°f°“°“· claims presented under this act by all proper legal defenses. Sccre t ary of S20. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to procure, Egsguggmafllx as soon as possible after the passage of this act, through the American memsfmm abroad_ minister at Paris or otherwise, all such evidence and documeu ts relatmg to the claims above mentigned as candbe obtained frcéui abro:d;Dwluch, ` to ether with the like evi ence an ocuments on e in the epart- Bccord of ro- mgnt of State, or which may be filed in the Department, may be used °°°di”t§”£“36 of before the court by the claimants interested therein, or by the United gfx in St.; Smtx but the same shall not be removed from the files of the court;

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court an the ccumen pr u ore em s eposr et in e Department of State. com to report Sec. 6. That on the nrst Monday of December in each year the court gxd€1°¤¤'*:°» lg shall report to Congress, for final action, the facts found by it, and its to b0gt?m"$]y conclusions in all cases which it has disposed of and not previously r·e- gs www, ported. Such iinding and report of the court shdl be taken to be merely ' advisory as to the law and facts found, and shall not conclude either gm"., bud ig the claimant ar Conggdess and all clalimstgatnulallly pregm to said notpmeutsd i¤courtwitIun‘ eperi o twoyears 'mi yt°sacts orever W¤!¤•¤‘¤· barred; and nothing in this act shall be construed as committing the United States to the payment of any such claims. Approved, January 20th, 1885. an. W, . CHAP. 26.-5.g he rrght' of the Frunon rn an '

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the State of Nebraska. _ Be it enactedby theScnatem•dHouseqfRqr••on¢¢tioa•of theUnitad h58M Ffh yay States of America in Oongres: assembled, That the Fremont, Elk Horn ,”°:%mu,,B”_ and Missouri Valley Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized u-ng.,, ;,m·_, under the laws of the State of _Nebraska, are hereby_ ted the right grated to Fm of way, one hundred feet in width, for their said. across and mgnm IQ? through the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, located_ in said State ky Emma cmu_ of Nebraska, not to interfere with any buildings or improvements Pay, thereon, and$rhe location thereof to be subject to the approval of the Secretary o ar.

 Approved, January 20th, 1885.

Jan. 21, $. CHAP. 29.-Au act to authorize the Secretary of War to uhh and turn over to —-—-———-—--•··-——— th IllDe lll! fh! In g iue;h°t;n°r¢;'xrt°ryp ·eert pertsof C p Donr$il';.eMlihryBcurv tion, Be it enacted by the Sonata and Home o Representation of the United ugimp D¤¤sl¤ of America in assembled, That the Secretary of War be, umf{,2hB°°°’_ '°‘ atnd is hereby, autho to relinquish and turn over to the Department cmd, ,,m,,.,_ o the Interior, for restoration to the public domain, such parts of what stand to public is known as the Camp Douglas Military Reservation, in the Territory of <l¤¤•i¤· Utah, as are embraced in the claim of Mr. Charles Popper- the same being in accordance with the recommendations of the board, of officers ¥.‘;‘;‘2Zl"“‘i¥‘ §‘éa£‘ .€{T.'.12‘fE=§f1}é’£°é S'§i’.°;"' °?l'c...g.°“" ""E§"%$—“¥...2" “‘° · · ·. . · av · an . lieutenant Fourth lnfantry, recorder, constituted for the purpdse aminiug the claim of the said Charles Popper by order of Brigadier