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 50 THIRTYQEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 60.. 1864. force and effect within the said state as elsewhere within the United States ; and said state shall constitute one judicial district, and be called the district of _,Nebraska. Expenses of Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That any unexpended balance of c<¤¤v¢¤ti<>¤· the appropriations for said territorial legislative expenses of Nebraska remaining for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred an_d sixty-four, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, shall be applied to and used for defraying the expenses of said convention and for the payment of the members thereof, under the same rules, regulations, and rates as are now provided by law for the payment of the territorial legislature. APPROVED, April 19, 1864. Cmxr. LX. -An Act in Addition to “An Act for the Establishment of certain Arsenals. Wrinanns it is necessary that the government of the United States P*”mbl°· should at an early day, for the purpose of the arsenal at Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, provided for in the act passed July eleventh, 1862, ch. 148. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, obtain the possession of and title to V°l·Xll·P·537· certain lands, now the property of private persons, upon which to locate the said arsenal, with the grounds and buildings needful for and to make a part of the same: Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, R¤ck Island to and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to take and hold full, com- Secretary of War lands and shores of the island of Rock Island, in the state of Illinois, the fwd h°ld· same, when so possessed, to be held and kept as a military reservation by the War Department, upon which shall be built and maintained an mégsglggh 3i3E_ arsenal for the construction, deposit, and repair of arms and munitions of on. war, and such other military establishments as have been or may be authorized by law to be placed thereon in connection with such arsenal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if it shall appear upon ex- Ccnapcnsation amination by the Attorney—General of the United States of the titles of gg ?""‘*t€ pf"?` the lands on Rock Island taken and occupied by the Secretary of War y taken. . . . . . for an arsenal and other military purposes, as pFOV1d6d in the foregoing Mode of pro. Section, that any part or parcels thereof are now the property of; and are 3;-¢:IT;¤€*;l;‘;;€ rightfully possessed by, any individual. or corporation as his or their own agmeg uP0n_ private property, the value of such private property so taken, and a Just compensation for any damages caused by such taking, shall, if mutually agreed on by the Secretary of War and the rightful owner or owners thereof and approved by the President, be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to said rightful owner or owners so agreeing, out of the appro- _ priations made or to be made for the construction of said arsenal: Pro P’°"‘S°‘ vided, That before such payment shall be made, the said owner or owners of such private lands so taken, or such of them as shall agree, shall by good and sufficient deed or deeds, in due form of law, and approved by _D<~=¢d W bg the Attorney-General of the United States, fully release and convey to given' the United States all their and each of their several and respective rights in and titles to such lands so taken. Prom d_ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the Secretary of War shall whew Ovjngfflo not agree with any private owner or owners of lands so taken for the mtagmsasm use of the United States for military purposes, or if any such owner OF @3*1**565, &¤· owners shall refuse to accept the sum to be paid to him or them by the Secretary of the Treasury as and for the true value thereof; or shall from any other cause neglect or fail, for the space of twelve months after such taking to execute and deliver the deed or deeds thereof, needful in the opinion of the Attorney-General of the United States, to convey to the United States the title of said lands taken,
 * i,Ea1;§]{,;(E§s` plete, and permanent possession in behalf of the United States, of all the