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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 99, 100. 1865. 517 Montana Territory, with a branch from the mouth of Turtle Hill River, *1* dug] RiV°'» or such other point as may be selected, to Omaha. °{§,g2n$;’°§,;;, Second. A road from a point at or near the mouth of the Big Sioux with branch to River, via Yancton, Dakota Territory, to a point at or near the mouth of 0mm' _ _ the Big Sheyenne River, thence up said river to its main forks, thence up Ou£"§'fQ,g'€,,§_" the north fork to a point of intersection with the road from Niobrara. Yancton, ho. Third. For a road from a point on the western boundary of Minnesota, From western to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, to a point at or near £gg,;‘;“:¥ggM'“' the mouth of the Big Sheyenne River. Sheycnne River. Fourth. A road from Virginia City, in Montana, upon the most prac- From Virginia tioable route, to Lewiston, in Idaho. Cilpétg L°“'¤='=°¤» Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, to enable the Secretary of mA arggimon the Interior to carry out the provisions of the foregoing section, the ,¤d}i.l;,p£t;0¤. ' sum of one hundred and forty thousand dollars be, and the same is ¤¤<=¤f ¢l1¤¥=<>£ hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, fifty thousand dollars of which shall be applied to the construction of the road from Virginia City to Lewiston; fifty thousand dollars shall be applied to the construction of the road from Niobrara and branch to Omaha; twenty thousand dollars shall be applied to the construction of the road from the mouth of the Big Sheyenne to its intersection with the Niobrara road; ten thousand dollars shall be applied to the construction of a bridge over the Big Sioux River, or so much of this sum as may be necessary, and any balance remaining to be applied to continuing and improving the road from Sioux City, Iowa, to the Big Sheyenne, Dakota Territory, and the remainder shall be applied to the construction of the road from the western boundary of Minnesota to the Big Sheyenne River: Provided, That any unexpended money now in the Prov-iso. treasury, appropriated for the construction of a road from Sioux City to Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, shall be, and is hereby, transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior. Approved, March 3, 1865. Czar. C. -—An Act to authorize the Ooinage of T /tree-Cent Pieces, and for other Pur- March 8, 1865. POSGI. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, '1‘hat so soon as practicable after _A three-cont the passage of this act, there shall be coined at the mint of the United P'°°°‘°l’°°°*“°d· States a three-cent piece, composed of copper and nickel in such propor- Composition, tions, not exceeding twenty-five per centum of nickel, as shall be deter- §;§cl;*¤;l;°P°» mined by the director of the mint, the standard weight of which shall be ’ ` thirty grains, with no greater deviation than four grains to each piece, and the shape, mottoes, and devices of said coin shall be determined by the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. And the laws now in force relating to the coinage of cents, and providing Laws appm,,,_ otiicers of the mint, and of the Secretary of the Treasury be, and the same are hereby, extended to the coinage herein provided for. Ssc. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws now in force, relating to Laws relating the coins of the United States, and the striking and coinage of the same, *°°°l¤S ii": 3***** shall so far as applicable be extended to the coinage herein authorized, xi:  m whether said laws are penal or otherwise, for the security of the coin, regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, for preventing debasement, or counterfeiting, or for any other purpose. And the pireotorof director of the mint shall prescribe suitable regulations to insure a due ;‘;"{,;Q,£‘;k° conformity to the required weights and proportions of alloy in the said g ` coin, and shall order trials thereof to be made from time to time, by the assayer of the mint, whereof a report shall be made in writing to the director. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said coin shall be a legal To be legal vcr.. xm. Pms.—44
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