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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 177, 178, 179. 1864. 323 Cnr. CLXXVH.—An Act to aid in the Settlement, Subsistence, and Su 1 of the June 30, 1864. Navajoe Indian Caplives upon a Reservation in the Territory of New mc. "`_;"" Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Smeg ¢y" America in Oemgress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, t Al;}:f°lg;l*d°“ appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise approprl- IQ5g10g Isdiam ated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of settling the Navajoe Indians, now captives in New Mexico, upon a reservation upon the Pecos River, in New Mexico, for the purchase of agricultural implements, seeds, and other articles necessary for' such purpose, for breaking the ground, and for subsistence of said Indians to the end of the next fiscal year, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said reservation may, un- R¢S¢1'V¤*i°¤ dor the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be so extended and §Q(’;yb°°xt°“d°d' enlarged on the south, as to include the entire valley of the Pecos River, known as the Bosqué Grande, and that the whole of said reservation, s0 enlarged, shall be designated and known as the Navajoe and Apache reservation, and as such shall, until otherwise ordered by law, be exempt from sale, and free from all occupancy except by the said Indians for the purposes herein mentioned; excepting such portion of the said land as is now occupied by Fort Sumner, or as may be needed for the use of said ii. P0SSEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the southern Apache agency southern of New Mexico is hereby abolished, and that an agent for the Kioway, Agfa9i; gS§l¤°Y Apache, and Camauche Indians be appointed, at a salary of fifteen hun- °‘ ° is ° ’ °’ dred dollars per annum. Approved, June 30, 1864. Gun. CLXXVIII. —- An Act to oing inwgma Convention behveen the United States June 30, I354, 0/ America and e Un' States of Colombia. _··————*· Be it enacted [gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of giving ,wEg:¥QQ"§:i?§ effect to a convention signed by the plenipoténtiaries of the United Scams and Co- States of America and the United States of Colombia, on the tenth 1°mPi¤ €° M of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, extending and renewing gglggdlmo the provisions of the convention with the republic of New Granada, of Vol. xii. p. 985. tenth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the first eight sections 1_g8Gr "h· 45s li of the “Act to carry into effect conventions between the United States vQ,]_x;;_P_14,5_ and the republics of New Granada and Costa Rica," approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same are hereby, renewed, reenacted, and made applicable to the said convention of tenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Armzovso, June 30, 1864. CHAP. CLXXIX.-—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy Ic appoint a Oommis- June 30, 1864. sion toselect a Site for a Navy Yard or Naval tation on the Western Waters, and `_"""—' jbr other Purposes. Be it enacted Qy the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy segfaxéggzrz be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to appoint a commission navy yard 0,, the consisting of one naval officer, one officer of the engineer corps, and one Mississippicivilian, to select the most approved site for a navy yard, or naval station, on the Mississippi River, or upon one of its tributaries, and to report to the next session of congress. Approved, June 30, 1864.