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 4 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 13, 15. 1866. Act suspended tion of this act, or any part thereof; shall be suspended as to any foreign Wh°¤°V°’» &°· country or countries, or any parts of such country or-countr1es,_wvl¤enex·er the Secretary of the Treasury shall oiHc1ally determine, arid give public notice thereof, that such importation will not tend to the introductxop or spread of contagious or infectious diseases among the cattle of the United States; und the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty, to make all necessary orders and regulations to carry this law into effect, or to suspend the same as therein provided, and to send copies thereof' to the proper officers in the United States, and to such officers or agents of the United States in foreign countries as he shall judge necessary. _ Src. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Act may be States, whenever in his judgment the importation of neat cattle and the £‘“d°i"‘;P°”“£!X§ hides of neat cattle may be made without danger of the introduction or Ogtggogrtgigém spread of contagious or infectious disease among the cattle of the United &c. States, may, by proclamation, declare the provisions of this act to be m- operative, and the same shall be afterxvards inoperatxve and of no effect from and after thirty days from the date of said proclamation. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person convicted of a. wil- _P¤¥3¤!ty fof _ ful violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a.
 * g“t‘°¤ °f this flue not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment. not exceeding

one year, or by both such tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved, March 6, 1866. biatch 8, 1866- CHAP. XIII.—An Act to quiet the Title to certain Lands within the corporate Limits _""!,`;-"- of the City of Sun Francisco. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bight of the_ States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right and title of ?£‘lg‘;°   the United States to-the land situated within the corporate limits of the Saul F,-umm city of San Francisco, in the State of California, confirmed to the city of ¤‘<;l¤=¤¤¤ ¤h¤·¤ San Francisco by the decree of the circuit court of the United States for my the northern district of California, entered on the eighteenth day of May, goutirmed, sub- one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, be, and the same are hereby, and upon the following trusts, namely, that all the said land, not heretofore granted to said city, shall be disposed of and conveyed by said city to parties in the bona fide actual possession thereof; by themselves or tenants, on the passage of this act, in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the legislature of the State of California may prescribe, except such parcels thereof as may be reserved and set apart by ordinance Valid ndvme of said city for public uses : Provided, however, That the relinquishment rights not ¤fFect~ and grant by this act shall not interfere with or prejudice any valid ad- °d‘ verse right or claim, if such exist, to said land or any part there0fQ whether derived from Spain, Mexico, or the United States, or preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereofi Approved, March 8, 1866. March 10, 1866- CHAP. XV.—An Act to declare the Zlfeaning of certain Part;;)' the Internal Revenue 1864, Cb_ 17E_ Act, approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty;/bur, a jbr other purposes. V°r "m· P· "“· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A ;,,§1?,0,··p;,,- States of America in Congress assembled, That in section one hundred a}g¤__¤t;¤;g;g>, and twenty of the act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to Whgh support the Government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other Vol,xiii. p. 283. purposes," approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the words: "al1 dividends in scrip, or money thereafter declared due, and
 * °°*» &°· relinquished and granted to the said city of San Francisco and its successors, and the claim of the said city to said land is hereby confirmed, subject, however, to the reservations and exceptions designated in said decree,