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 THIRTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 96, 97. 1863. 771 Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of said Superintendent branch mint be authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the £°Yé"*Y f?’ du": Treasury, and on terms to be prescribed by him, ho issue in payment of ,;,;}si,%°;2:gfiFy the gold dust and bullion deposited for assay and coinage or bars, drafts, or wm <>fd¤p•>¤itcertilicabes of deposit, payable at the treasury or any sub-treasury of the United States, to any depositor electing to receive payment in that form. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the laws and parts of laws _ L=¤!¤ ¤’¢g¤l¤i· now in force for the regulation of the mint of the United States, and for ;§§d2`:’°i,li(§g,B the government of the officers and persons employed therein, and for the to this lil-meh. punishment of all oH`ences connected with the mint or coinage of the United States shall be, and they are hereby, declared to be in full force in relation to the branch of the mint by this act established, as far as the same may be applicable thereto. Sud. 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred thou- Appmprimon sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money W ca? this M in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into eH`eet the provi- mm ° °°t' sions of this act, and to meet the expenses of the current year and for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, March 3, 1863. Gun. XCVII. ——An Ad to provide for the Disposal of certain Lands therein named. Much 3 18,63 Be it enacted Zgq the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` &ates of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of the Fm Howard general land-office shall, as soon as may be, cause that portion of the Mu;:'? R°’°£° public domain known as the Fort Howard Military Reserve, including gd Suizzggm the site of the fort, containing three acres and four-hundredths of an acre, imo lots. which is situated in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, between Fox River and Beaver Dam Run, and which is not included in the confirmations to Talbot C. Dousmau and Daniel Whitney, nor in the grant to the State of Wisconsin under the resolution of Congress approved Resolution April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “A resolu- ¤¤¤¤b¤¤ 30- tion explanatory of] and in addition to, the act of June third, eighteen 1856, gh. 43. hundred and fifty-six, granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin to V°1‘x‘· P' 2°· aid in the construction of railroads in said State," as heretofore surveyed under the direction of the surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa., to bc surveyed and subdivided into lots of such form and of such size, not less than one fourth of an acre, and not more than forty acres, as he may deem expedient, dedicating such portions of the same to the use of the public for streets and highways as he may think the public interest and convenience Streets. may require; and shall cause a plat thereof to be duly aud properly cer- pm, to 5,, tilied by such surveyor-general, and recorded in the oiHce of the register mfiiied Md 1*6- of deeds for said county of Brown; and when so surveyed, pIatted,and °°id°€‘ b ld recorded, he shall cause each and all said lots to be sold separately at mpazdgg, ;t°° public auction, giving not less than two m0nths’ notice of the time and public auction. place of such sale by advertising the same in such newspapers and for such period of time as he may deem best. Every such lot shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, and when not paid for within twenty-four hours from the time of purchase, it shall be liable to be resold under the order of the commissioner of the general land-office aforesaid, but no iu2d`; 1*;;; gid' sale shall be binding until approved by the Secretary of the Interior. proved, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Patents. President no cause patents to be issued in due form of law for each and every such lot as soon as may be after the purchase of and payment for the same. Sec. 3. And be it jicrtker enacted, That it shall also be the duty of Portion of the the commissioner of the land-office to cause so much of the public }_’(‘§:;n€°;f)*}‘°n domain adjacent; to said reserve as lies between said Beaver Dam Run and Howard Mm. Duck Creek to be re-surveyed into lots, the lines of which shall conform as my R659m