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 THIR'1`Y—NIN’I`H CONGRESS, Ssss. I. C11. 18, 19, 20. 1866. 9 CHAP. XVIII. —An Act to further secure Anzerican Citizens certain Privileges under the March 16, 1866- T reuty of TVashington. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizited _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the produce of the forests ucg%',Y’m‘8I;,;‘f‘ of the State of Maine upon the Saint John river and its tributaries, owned ms of M,`,,,,, by American citizens, and sawed or hewed in the Province of New Bruns- sawed in New wick by American citizens, (the same being unmanufactured in whole Eé`:;'};€;é°1,¥G;°g°t? or in part,) which is now admitted into the ports of the United States duty, free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe. Sue. 2. And be itjdrt/ner enacted, That this act: shall take efect from When act takes and after rlie seventeenth clay of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. °E°°*· APPROVED, March 16, 1866. CHAP. XIX. --An Act in Relation to the Court of Claims. Itfgych ]7’ jg5g_ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thurteenth section of m.§?gj2l;’ff1g6l,‘ an act approved the third day of March, anno Doniini eighteen hundred 6h_ ggf ’ and sixty-three, entitled "An act to amend an act to establish a court for V0!- xii- P· 766 the investigation of claims against the United States," approved February APPMIS Fo? . . . - . _ . _ ccuitof claims twenty-fourth, eighteen [hundred] and bity-hx e, be, and the same is hereby, to the Supreme repealed; and ll'Olll the linal judgment, or decree, in all cases heretofore conrt of the decided by the Court of Claims, of the character mentioned in the fifth U““°d S““°*· section of said act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, an appeal shall be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, at any time within ninety days after the passage of this act, except in such cases where the amounts found due by said Court have been paid at the treasury. Size. 2. And be it further enacted, That the regular session of the Regular S¤S¤i¤¤ Court of Claims shall hereafter commence on the first Monday of Deceni- g£,§;`;‘,°0°£Om_ ber in each year. nience when. Sec. 3. And be e'tjiu·ther enacted, That at the end of every term of Cl k f t the Court of Claims, the Clerk of said Court transmit a copy of the de- of cyiliing ,,20;:,; cisious thereof to the heads of Departments ; to the Solicitor, Comptrol- of every term, to lers, and Auditors of the Treasury; to the Commissioners of the General $,‘;';QL§3Q't§f us Land Office and of Indian Affairs; to the Chiefs of Bureaus; and to other iiemls of departollieers charged with adjusting claims against the United States. *1*01**5. &¤- .APPROVED, March 17, 1866. CHAP. XX.-.411 Act to amend an Act to extend the Charter of the President and March 17, 1866. Direciors of the [`L·I'€)}lB.)l’S Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown, in the f;" Dismcc of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Dzitcd Repeal of cw States q" America in Congress assembled, That the sixth, seventh, eighth, tain sections of ninth, and tenth sections of the act to incorporate the president and di- Q:$i;‘Lf*tE;°';,*}l;g: rectors of the }!`l1'CY1161l’S Insurance Company of lVashingt0n and George- ,,§C,,·§ I,,,,,,.,,,,,, town, in the District of Columbia, approved March third, eighteen hundred Cgvmpgmy of and thirry-seven, and which was extended by the act approved February ll aShmg°°"* &°* seventh. eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, be, and the same hereby are, repealed; the fire companies which existed at the time of the passage of said acts, and upon which existence said sections were based, having ceased to exist. Size. 2. And be it fin·¢}zcr enaczfecl, Thai; the stock of said Firemen’s Stock to bei,. Insurance Company shall he issued, sold, transferred, and held in the S“°d»$°ld»&°· same manner that the same might; have been issued, sold, transferred, and held had those sections never existed. A1>1>R0vE1>, March 17, 1866.