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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 176, 177, 178, 179. 1866. 93 Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That when it is necessary to em- lgf’:gi;;’°a$'5&_ ploy soldiers as artifioers or laborers in the construction of permanent ge,;, 0,. `;,,bO,e,, military works, public roads, or other constant labor of not less than ten inconsnnntianos days’ duration in any case, they shall receive in addition to their regnlar Qmngfwgsin pay, the following additional compensation therefor: enlisted men, working cass t5 have ex. as artifioers, and non-commissioned officers employed as overseers of such tm PM'- work, not exceeding one overseer for every twenty men, thirty-five cents Troops of cm per day, and enlisted men employed as laborers twenty cents per day; gineer and ordbut such working parties shall only be authorized on the written order of ;‘s:K&°n‘£Q:'gQvc a commanding officer. This allowance of extra pay is not to apply to the 6,;;,-,, Pay, troops of the engineer and ordnance departments. An W n to Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the allowance now made by 0mm; fgtiiavd law to officers travelling under orders where transportation is not furnished increased in kind shall be increased to ten cents per mile. Approved, July 13, 1866. cnn. cnxxvn. -A» Act many to Pilots and Pilot zzeguzatsm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House tf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no regulations or provi- mgm gig;:,;;';]] sions shall be adopted by any State of the United States of America which ,,,,;;,,,1 in mes shall make any discrimination in the rate of pilotage or haltipilotage be- vf Pil9*¤z° ¤*` tween vessels sailing between the ports of one State and vessels sailing °°m"" v°"°h' between the ports of different States, or any discrimination against vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, or against national vessels of the _ _ _ United States, and all existing regulations or provisions making any such mE5:;Q§¤g'°‘ discrimination, as herein mentioned, are hereby annulled and abrogated. ab,-,,g,,,md_ Approved, July 13, 1866. CHAP. CLXXV'I¥I.—-An Act to amend "An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Ilhmzesota to aid in the Construction of the ffailroad _/rom St. Paul to Ialce `;i64•.‘El" mh Superior," upproved May ji:/ih, ezg/zteen hundred and snxtycfour. ° ‘ xm' P' ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of the act en- Ifland intendtitled “An act making a grant of lands to the State of Minnesota to aid Fddwhbf E{’;)"*°d· in the construction of the railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior," i-;,,;,,,c§·n,,€,,¥. approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be amended by add- qw <>f b<>¤¤d¤ry ing thereto the following: Provided further, That in case it shall appear, };Q;‘§6$°§gg‘;°* when the line of the Lake Superior and Mississippi railroad is definitely may be made located, that the quantity of land intended to be granted by the said act uP- in aid of the construction of the said road shall be deficient by reason of the line thereof running near the boundary line of the said State of Minnesota, the said company shall be entitled to take from other public lands of the United States within thirty miles of the west line of said road such an amount of lands as shall make up such deficiency: Provided, That the same shall be taken in alternate odd sections as provided for in said Odd sections. act. Approved, July 13, 1866. CHAP. CLXXIX. — An Act to extend to certain Persons the Privitiqe of Admission, in July 18 ISGS_ certam Cases, to the United States Government Asylum for e Imam. ————J———- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That civilians employed in the Cl""*°“’ i", service of the United States, in the quartermastefs department and the gg3i;;;?,?:;;;: subsistence department of the army, who may be, or may hereafter be- departments come, insane while in such employment, shall be admitted on the order tlg°f;];’:n';d;\";tE°d of the Secretary of War, the same as persons belonging to the army and lum, it Gus. y