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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 306, 307, 308, 309. 1866. 848 Congress passed during the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, for See pages 5, the {mal year ending June thirtioth, eighteen-·hundred and sixty-seven, 18*% 28°· the sum of four hundred and eighty-six thousand five hundred and twenty-Evo dollars. V Avmzovmn, July 28, 1866. -A.n Act to rotect tlw Manu acturerso M`zneraI Wavrs ih tIwDistr£ct Jul 28, 1866. CHAP. CCCV11 of Oogumbia, and fyréhcr Puzgrscs. _";`-""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,S'm¢e.e of America in Congress assembled, That all manufacturers and ven- Mg;*¤*`¤;_>*“{" dere; of mineral waters and other beverages by law allowed to be sold in my wit:,.J°&’; bottles, upon which their names or their mark or marks shall be respcc- mq in bomes on tively impressed, may file with the clerk of the supreme court of the Dis-   trict of Columbia a description of such bottles and of the name or marks may me in com thereon, and shall cause the same to be published for not less than two d¢S<=¤iP¢i¤¤0f weeks, successively, in a daily or weekly newspaper, published in said b°m°°’&°° District of Columbia. Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That it is hereby declared to be un- The filling lawful for any person or persons bcrcafter, without the permission of the ;‘§l};:’5t2‘f*t¥°h owner or owners thereoi to fill with mineral waters or other beverages &¤.wicbo¤: ’ amy such bottles so marked,' for sale, or to traffic in any such bottles so Pf”mé$m· dah marked, and not bought by him or her of such owner or owners thereof; ° are W and every person so offending shall be liable to a penalty of fifiy cents for Penalty. every boctle so filled, or sold, or used, or disposed of; or bought, or trafficked iu, for the first. offence; and of five dollars for every subsequent offence, to be recovered as other lines in said District of Columbia. APPROVED, July 28, 1866. CHAP. CCCVII\`.—An Ad domatin certain Lou in the City of Washington jbr July 28, 1866- Sdwols jbr Cobred C'}•i&rcn in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and &use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of public ugm gg buildings bc, and he is hereby, authorized and required to grant and con- in wumngwu vey be the trustees of colored schools for the cities of Washington and for dw wh ¤¤¤ Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, for the solo use of schools for g£l:;l;g°;;5%$¤¤ colored children in said District of Columbia, all the right, title, and interest. of the United States in and to lots numbered one, two, and eighteen in square nine hundred and eighty-five, in the said city of Washington, said lots having been designated and set apart by the Secretary of the Intcrior to be used for colored schools. And whenever the same shall be T0 ¤‘¤V¤¤‘*»i¤` converted to other uses, they shall revert to the United States. &°' .A1>1>¤0vm>, July 28, 1866. CHAP. CCCIX.——An Act to mend the Jurisdiction of Oommimbners of the Circuit July 28, 1866. Umm of the United Sum. """"""‘"" Be it enacted by the Sonata and House of Representatives of the United Slam of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners who t9°'¤¤'£i”*9¤°¤ now arc, or hereafter may bc, appointed by the circuit courts of the 20;%; gssléim United States to take acknowledgments of bail and aihdavits, and also to gisqpowcrs of take depositions in civil causes, shall and may exercise all the powers that ·L‘E;:_°:é ¥;‘;‘:;°» spy justice of the peace may exercise under and in virtue of the seventh cb gm y ·;_ ' section of the act passed the twentieth of July, anno Domini seventeen V¤l· i·P·184· hundred and ninety, entitled “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchant service." Approved, July 28, 1866.