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 120 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 177, 178. 1868. Sp¤¤i=M=¤< for Sm. 8. And Ge it further enacted, That the city of Georgetown, me ]:`Q:s;’::g’°l` city of Washington, and the levy court of the county of Washington, schools for District of Columbia, be, aud they are hereby, authorized to levy and colg“shi*}§*°”· d loot a special tax on the taxable property within their respective jurisdiqw°£§°:,gg:’&° tions, for the erection of school-houses and the support of public schools, County- not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars for any one year, tg be assessed and collected as other taxes. Laws rcgulnt- Sec. 9. And be it fur¢lze¢· emu-ted, That all laws and parts of laws that "‘?·` P"°° °f m' revulate the prices of labor in the government printing office be, and bor at g0vern— ¤ I d. h H b h d f h men; pr;,,;;,,,;- the same are hereby, repea ed? an lt s a e the uty o the ooh- ¤f’fi¤<·§ r¤ri<>=¤l¤d· gressional printer to contract with the persons m that employment at mF;§z;d_1°Wd€` such prices' as are for the interest of the government, and are just to those employed. Ifayments to Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of executing M='·L¤¤ **;*1 37*25- the fourth article of the treaty of Washington, concluded on the ninth Qt?. Q;;:t;'Of" day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, the Secretary of the Washington, for Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the State of Maine
 * 3E‘;;°'K“°d "° for ninety-one thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres of land asv01_ ,,}i;_P_ 5·;4_ signed by said State to settlers under said article, a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre ; and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for twenty-six thousand one hundred and fifty acres of land a.

sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: Provided That before said sums are paid the States of Maine and Massachusetts shall Swim to be agree with the United States that the settlers upon their public lands in mst quisted in the late disputed territory in Maine entitled to be quieted in their posses- '·h°“` P°”‘”“‘°"· sion, as asoertained by commissions heretofore instituted by said States, shall have been or shall be quieted by a release of the title of the said States. inY2?;§;’:5;¤*'Y Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior, ' in hisndiscretion, is authorized to expend.the appropriation heretofore made icr the purpose of erecting a penitentiary for the Territory of Col- P _ orado, on tire site §e¥p1g;ng to and pxphvuded by the  gerrrtpry for the rome- purpose: rom c, a no par o is proper y s a e so or transferred without the consent of the United States first had and received. Aiwnovmn, July 20, 1868. Ji@QLl  CHAP. CLXXVIII. -—An gat tzfhcgtate thefS;t1Ze’1nLnt xy" certain Prize Cases in the out ern {strict 0 i. Bc it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United $50900 ’° "° States of America in Oon ress assembled That the S t f th ncceptell in set-, ,. .9 . ’ acre guy 0 8 tlementofelitiing -l\'6¢1Sl1l‘y 1S_h<¢l‘€by authorized and directed, upon the execution and de- livery to him by the`administratrix of the estate of ·Jarnes C.`Clapp, uu, wm of d00i-8B0d. IME United btates marshal for the southern district of B10;-ida, James G. Clapp, of u. proper written release of all claims and demands for, or on account
 * ‘L§;":K*;:5°"°” ofitpllgposts, charges, fees, and expenses due, or claimed to be due, the

mc, mms; said app as marshal aforesaid, or to his estate, in any prize or other &.c.;, cases in said district, to accept from said admiuistratrix the sum ot fifty thousand dollars in full satisfaction of all claims and demands of the United States against the estate of the said James C. Clapp, and against t b ith thedsufulties inlsaid (llppps oflhcial bolpdiland that said sum of fifty thou- 0 own san dollars Wien pai toget er wit the sums now on deposit with the mmm tresigurgr credit of the United States district court for the southern district of Flor- ?;]:Y;zSg*é¤;§;<;2s ida, shall be deposited with the assistant United States treasurer at Washgf dim-gbmion lilgiiill, District of C0lUfI1blil, subject to the Order of the United States in certain prize district court for the southern district of Florida, for the purpose of meet- °‘“s°“· mg decrees of distribution or restitution in the following prize causes pending m said d1str1ct: Schooner Lucy N0. 1, the cargo of the steamer
 * €g`6f,":;’ii,?;g_ assistant treasurer in Ndw York to the credit of the said Clapp and to the