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 336 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 135, 136, 137, 138, 139. 1869. have on deposit in said bank at the time such check is certified an amount of money equal to the amount specified in such check; and any check so Certain certi- certified by duly authorized officers shall be a good and validobligation Md <=h¤¢=k¤ *°b° against such bank ; and any officer, clerk, or agent of any national bank g°}$°;},,m,, yo, violating the provisions of this act shall subject such bank to the liabilities unlawfully eerti- and proceedings on the part of the comptroller as provided for in section V01.,xiii. pim. and six¢y·f'¢¤1f· M h 3 1869 Arruovno, are,. March 8• 1869- CHAP. CXXXVI.-Ara Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to exmnpt certain 1868, ch. 41,5 2- lllamrfhuurers from Internal Tux, and for other Purposes," approved Zllarch tiirtyyirsg, AM. r- 59- eaynam hundred and smyeigm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certain i¤¢¤r‘- States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to exempt certain
 * %gf,$:,l:g‘5l;“§50• fifty of the national banking law, approved Juno third, eighteen hundred
 * L;i°;;c‘f,l::2, manufacturers from internal tax, and for other purposes, approved March

y. . . . . remitted. thirty-one, eighteen hundred and SlXiy-Clght, be, and hereby 1s, amended in the second section thereof so as to remit all taxes upon naval machinery which had not accrued prior to the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. March 3, 1869. CHAP. CXXXVII.—-An Act relating to Captures madegy Admiral Farraqufs Fleet in the Zllissfssippi River in May, (l862,) eighteen hundr and sixty-eiglit, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Vessels be- States of America in Congress assembled, That the vessels attached to or 1°E‘gl"*i°°A'l‘ connected with Admiral Fa.rrz1¤ut’s fleet in the river Mississippi which mural l·`au·re§ut‘s . . . . ° . . . _' _ gm i,, the 1;,- participated m the opening of that river and which resulted m the capture ==i*¤¤m>i KiV<=f.i1\ of New Orleans in the month of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, £m;{£$j’Jgb° and which by law would have been entitled to prize-money in the captures behest: of the made by said vessels, shall be now entitled to the benefits of the prize l"‘“°l“‘"· lzuvslin the sumedlmanner fnsrtheyl woulg have been had this district pourt or tie eastern istrtcl; 0 ounsiano. een tien open an ie cap ures t0m;’;’.‘;‘;‘:S"(§? made by said vessels had been lil-yelled therein; and any court of the tjo“_ J i°` United States having admiralty jurisdiction may take and have cognizance of all cases arising out of said captures, and the same proceedings shall be had therein as in other eases of prize. ,S:**",)°° ”“:'3’d· Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the shares in such captures EQ}, gr Qi,?;},,,,,, awarded to the officers and men entitled to prize shall be paid out of the ery of the United treasury of the United States. °°“°°" APPROVED, March 3, 1869. March 8, 1869. CHAP. CXXXVIII. —An Act ejplanatory of the Act entitled “An Aut declaring the ]35`9:i§§["éXT" Title to Lan Warmnh in certain Cares." V°l° m' P' 308‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lagnlreptryé States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act Qigsejgzfm. °` declaring the title to land warrants in certain cases/’ approved June ants of land third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, be so construed and applied as wg_};‘;Q°:,;T:;`{ to authorize the legal representatives of deceased claimants whose claims Sled P,-Pyle? ,10. were filed prior to their decease to file the proof necessary to perfect the 0e8h0D 0 uxm· game, °"" Armzovmo, March 3, 1869. M916h 3. 1869- CHAP. CXXXIX.—An Act to establish a Bridge across the East River, between lllé Cities of Brooklyn and New York, in the State of New York, a Post-Road. Tho ;,,.;dg,,, Be it enacteel by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¢~.uthoriredE States of America m Qongress assembled, That the bridge across the East °°'°”°‘° "“° River, between the cities of New York and Brooklyn, in the State of