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 200 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 166, 167, 168. 1864.. Pending pro- year, respectively. And all writs, process, and proceedings returnable to °“'· the terms of either of said courts, as now fixed by law, shall be deemed returnable, and shall be continued to the terms of said courts, respectively, as Hxed by this act: Provided, That all executions, processes, or orders issued from the district court of any district in this act mentioned, in cases transferred to the circuit court, and in part executed, shall be regarded as having been issued from the circuit court to which each particular case is transferred, and shall be returned thereto. And no writ of execution or other nual process, or power exercised, or proceeding had in accordance with law to enforce any judgment or decree shall be aifected by reason of the transfer directed by this act. Approved, June 27, 1864. , . .— n r F “SlaveAc¢o 'bteenhundredand , ?i‘-“f?$E9‘L °“"" Clllzln A2. €.$"}».°£’..‘“.i,»"2'¥.'f‘t'}°.. Rendition .§~i¤‘t,a... st m' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repeal ofacts States of America in Congress assembled, That sections three and four of f‘;.*`,.*h?tf$;":j;‘:kQ; an act entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons ° dgé, 0h_ 1, tsescaping from the service of their masters," passed February twelve, 3.4. Vol- i- P- 302- seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and an act entitled "An act to amend, 1g5q,c1._6q_ and supplementary to, the act entitled ‘Au act respecting fugitives from Vol- ix- @462- justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters; passed February twelve, seventeen hundred and ninety-three," passed September, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 28, 1864. . . LX I.-AnActto vide thelm rovemento theGroundso tl¢eGov- CHAP C Vlemment Haw the glam by all Ez¢hc»g{¢y‘Land. f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Exghgpgg of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intemd fvf 8<{V°¤r rior is hereby authorized to deed to John Perkins a portion of the extreme Egggggjm f" south point or angle of the farm of the Government Hospital for the Insane, in exchange for two acres of land, more or less, now owned and occupied by the said Perkins, and situated near the middle of that side of the hospital farm which fronts upon the public roads: Provided, That not more than three acres are given for one contained in the last described piece of land belonging to the said Perkins : And provided, further, That the said Perkins is able to give, and does give, to the United States a good and sufficient title to the piece of land now owned and occupied by him. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior Expense, of is further authorized to defray the expenses of moving the dwelling-house moving dwelling- on the present Perkins tract to the tract exchanged for it, and of digging h°““· G"' and walling a well, out of any appropriation already made. or that may be made, for enclosing the grounds of the hospital. Approved, June 28, 1864. June 28, 1864. Cnar. CLXVIII. -An Act tgnpmvdejbr the Rslpair and Preservation of certain Public ""‘*‘-"""' orks of the Unit States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Apprvprintieu appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approprigigm fvgfks ated, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be expended on uorlghern under the direction of the Secretary of War, in protecting the commerce l*·k°¤· of the lakes by causing the public works connected with the harbors on Lakes Champlain, Ontario, Erie, St. Glair, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, to be repaired and made useful for purposes of commerce and navigation, so far as the same, in his judgment, may be necessary.