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 THIRTY—ElGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CH, 196, 197. 1864. 335 he may establish, and for the sale so made a patent shall issue as in ordi- ,nary cases. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if it shall appear that there Other lou may are any other lots in said reserve not disposed of by the United States, it M S°ld‘ shall and may be lawful for the said commissioner to dispose of the same in the manner provided in the foregoing section. APPROVED, July 1, 1864. . .——An Act to r atc the Com ztion o Re isters and Receivers 0 ul 1, 1864. C$tzPLaE§g_;f£es in the several Seziiles and TMm, in th{Loc€11ion of Lands by State`; ·i‘!r‘*‘_”’ and Corporations under G1jants_fi·0m Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Thatfrom and after the passage Fees of regisof this act, in the location of lands by statds and corporations under grants ;Q"fa:‘f°?;i°°;Q'_'°" from congress for railroads and other purposes, (except for agricultural colleges,) the registers and receivers of the land-oH:ices of the several states and territories, in the districts where such lands may be located, for their services therein, shall be entitled to receive a fee of one dollar for each hnal location of one hundred and sixty acres, to be paid by the state or corporation making such location, the same to be accounted for in the same manner as fees and commissions on warrants and preemption locations, with limitations as to maximums of salary prescribed by existing laws, in accordance with such instructions as shall be given by the commissioner of the general land-oillce. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Burlington and Missouri Burli¤%0n me River railroad company may so far change or modify the location of the gi§°¤*l ger uncompleted portion of its line, as shown by the map thereof now on file ifi k;cI;`§%n_ °mg° in the general land-office of the United States, so as to secure a better and more expeditious route to the terminus of said line on the Missouri River, said new line to be located within the limits of the land grant made by the United States to aid in its construction; and said change shall not impair the right to, nor change the location of; their present land grant. A map of the change shall be filed with the commissioner of the general Post, pp. 528, 573. land-office within one year after the passage of this act. Approved, July 1, 1864. CHAP. CXCVII. —-An Act to establish Salaries for Poslmasiers, and for other Purposes. July 1, 1864. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oonyress assembled, That the annual compensation Postmastsrs to of postmasters shall be at afixed salary, in lieu of commissions, to be b°I£‘:’f5:;‘;;f”· divided into Eve classes, exclusive of the postmaster of the city of New gw_ ’ York. Postmasters of the first class shall receive not more than four sam of mm thousand dollars, nor less than three thousand dollars ; postmasters of of1s: clhss; the second class shall receive less than three thousand dollars and not of 2d class; less than two thousand dollars; postmasters of the third class shall receive of an elm; less than two thousand dollars and not less than one thousand dollars; postmastem of the fourth class shall receive less than one thousand dollars cum class; and not less than one hundred dollars; postmasters of the fifth class shall df 5th class. receive less than one hundred dollars. The compensation of the postmaster ot New York shall be six thousand dollars per annum, to take Postmasterof effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and the N"' Y°'k‘ compensation of postmasters of the several classes aforesaid shall be established by the Postmaster-General under the rules hereinafter provided. Whenever the compensation of postmasters of the several offices, (except What omm the office of New York,) for the two consecutive years next precedingthe 3;: 'md “ m first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall have amounted ` to an average annual sum not less than three thousand dollars, such offices