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 212 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 212, 213, 214, 215. 1866. Acceptance of conditions, and impositions of this act by the said Saint Joseph and Den-
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wm,;,?;,;, porate seal of the said company, duly executed pursuant to the direction of months- its board of directors first had and obtained, which acceptance shall be made within six months after the passage of this act and not afterwards, and shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, July 23, 1866. July za, wsa. CHAP. CCXIII. -An·A4·z to regulate the Regzktering of Vmezq. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Undead Am; 1866, ch. 8. States of America in Obngress assembled, That the act approved on the wig?; Eétaigggt tenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty- Cb_ 4_six, entitled "An act to regulate the registering of vesse1s,” shall not be V0!- K- P- 149· deemed or construed to o.H`ect or limit the operation of the act approved on the twenty-third day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue registers to vessels in certain cases," but the same shall be in full force and effect, anything in the act. first aforesaid to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, July 23, 1866. July 2;;, 1g6g_ CHAP. CCXIV.—~An Act to authorize the Oonstrizction of a Railroad through certain ` " "" ‘‘‘‘ ""‘ Land of the United States m Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lmvemvo,-th States of America in Congress assembled, That the Leavenworth City QW R=¤U¤¤¤i Railroad Company be, and are hereby, authorized to construct u, horse éfgazgfgg railway, with one or two tracks, through the military reservation from railinmy through Fora Leavenworth to the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, and take for the g*£{°'-Y ’°*°"’”‘ accommodation of the said road, or the business thereof, a strip of land over m,{yt,k,,1m,d said reservation not. exceeding twenty feet; in width: Provided, That the for md; location of said railroad through said reservation shall be on and along the m:§°“"°“ °f west side of the wagon road leading from the said city to the said fort, Compnny to and that the said company shall erect their own bridges and crossings, and °’°°*:"'}*b?idH· not be permitted to use those of the wagon road: And provided also, °Sf::nd°l;§’Q§§§; That whenever said strip of land shall cease to be used for the purposes to revpr¤if_¤<>¤ of said railroad company or the accommodation of the business thereof; “’°d t" ‘“‘l'°“d the same shall revert to the United States; that this privilege shall be alpurppsgs. . . . . . p,-,v,k,g., to lowed as long as the Secretary of War shall, in his discretion, determine, gigs; of and no longer. }vm,_. Armovmn, July 23, 1866. Juyy 28, gg6g_ CH{U.°· CCXV. -—A1{ Act to qmcnd the Acts approved August six,. eighteen hundred end —]8-Gi—Er6éj— szxty-ang, and Jirly ezxteen, mghzeen hundred and sixqy-wo, establishing a M`etr0p0l1tan VOL x}i_ p_ B2C_ Police m the Dzstrzct ¢y’ Columbia, to increase the Ejiczency thereof; and for other Pur- _2S6Z, ch. 181. P°$*>*· Vol. xii. p. 578. Be _ _ _ pw, P_ 314, it mddcd by the Senate and Muse of Represerztatwes of the Umm! Tmuofomcem States of America in Oongreas assembled, That the chief executive officer ofrnecmpoumn of the police shall hereafter be styled major; the present sergeants shall P°"°°· be called lieutenants; the roundsmen called scrgeants, and the patrolmcn called privates; and that, in addition to the officers and employés the commissioners of the metropolitan police, in the District of Columbia, Additional are HOW authorized by law to appoint, the said commissioners be authoram?}-q méd men ized go appcintfne captain, who slfialtbe the inspegtor off: the forcle, calm- duties as the said commissioners may direct ;J one der}? in the office of the major, who shall have charge of the records of the sanitary company, and
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