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 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 112-115. 1863. 807 priations which may be made for the purpose, but the academy shall Expenses receive no compensation whatever {0I` any services to the Government *h°'°°£ of the United States. Ammovxso, March 3, 1863. CHA?. CHI. ·- An Ad to 8SM6U8h the Gauge of the Pactfc Railroad and its Branches. Mm-ch 3, 1g6g_ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House J Representatives if the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the gauge of the Pacific Gauge of Pwnc milmad and its branches throughout their whole extent, from the Pacific ’°il’°¤d wd cms; so the Missouri River, shall be, and hereby is, established at four br%’;°;;_ 495_ feet eight ‘and one half inches. ’ Ammoven, March 3, 1863. CHAP. CXIII. ——An Act to enable the District Courts of the United States to issue Exe- March 3, 1863. cuzions and other final Process in certain Cases. 11* Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State.; of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases wherein gm,,;,, district the district courts of the United States within and for the several districts ¤<>¤¤¤ $6 i¤S¤¤ of Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas had rendered gfigfmalséggj Emil judgments or decrees prior to the passage of an act entitled‘“Au act to amend the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty- 183y__ch_ 34 seven, entitled ‘ An act supplementary to the act entitled an act to amend Vol. v. p. 176. the judicial system of the United States,’ " approved July fifteenth, eigh- 3362- ch- 178- teen hundred and sixty-two, which cases might have been brought, and m°’ p` sm could have been originally cognizable in a. circuit court, said district courts shall have power to issue writs of execution or other final process, or to use such other powers and proceedings as may be in accordance with law, to enforce the judgments and decrees aforesaid, anything in said act of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the coutrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, March 3, 1863. Crux-; CXIV. — An Act to provide for issuizq an American Register to the Steam-vessel Much 3, 1863. "Maple ea_f." ———-—————- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, under the American M_ direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, an American register to the gism-tolissueto British colonial built steam-vessel “Maple_LeafQ" now owned by Charles ?§:£§?’ M“P1° Spear and J. H. B. Lang, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. Aprxovmn, March 3, 1863. ’ CHAP. CXV. ·- An Act relating to the Validity of Deeds of Public Squares and Lats in Much 3 1g6s_ the City of Washington. —-—-%—- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no deed or conveyance Daedsofpubuc heretofore made, in pursuance of law, of squares or lots of public land in squares, &q., by the city of Washington, by the commissioner of public buildings, or any *";>t;H:‘;§§*;;_Z°;i0t T Other authorized officer, shall be deemed invalid in law, for the want of $0 be invaug fo, an acknowledgment by said commissioner or other authorized officer be- want <>f¤<=ku0w1— » fore such judicial officers as deeds of real property made between indi- °dg“‘°“°‘ viduals are required by law to be acknowledged. gi Approved, March 3, 1863.