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 342 F ORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 151, 152. 1869. 2- Féw;1. ¤L¤d ¤¤ti¤l¤¢l William G. Flood is hereby declared to be entitled to all the legal fees ’° f°°°` and emoluments of said office for his said services which have been hitherto allowed the register of deeds, and which accrued during said BI`lOda 0fx:'g€:;;;5£€}, P Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of Columbia, aP_ this act the supreme court of the District of Columbia shall have pointment, ro- authority to appoint a suitable person to act as warden of the jail of said m°""‘l· &°· °f· District, and to remove said officer whenever in the opinion of said court the public interests may require it, and to fill all vacancies which may occur. lX:‘g;’:0:gifP' Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the warden of said jail shall mm 0mc,,,s’&°_ have authority to appoint such subordinate officers, guards, and emwbject to up- ploye [e]s as are necessary for the proper management and safe-keeping P"°"“l· &°‘ of prisoners, which now are or may hereafter be authorized by law, sub- _ ject to the approval of the chief justice of said court. cl£‘;I;*¤l*¤8 Sec. 6. And be it further eizacted That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. A1>1>1;0v1·:1>, March 3, 1869. ]l_§¤`¤h 3, l8§j?_;_ CHAP. ClJII.—.¤1n Act to canjirmléertega pjvate Land Claims in the Territory qf ew exwo. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United V gcrtailn dri; States of America in Congress assembled, 'Ilhat private land claims numi:§G;“M§x?;‘;“S bered forty-one, forty-two, forty-four! forty-six, and forty-seven, Territory (me,-med, of New Mexico, as known and designated by the numbers aforesaid in the reports of the surveyor-general of the said Territory and on the books of the commissioner of the general land office, be, and the same are here· Certain rights by, confirmed: Provided, That such confirmation shall only be construed mt °“`°°"°d· as u quit-claim on [or] relinquishment of all title or claim on the part of the United States to any of the lands not improved by or on behalf of the United States, and not including any military or other reservation embraced in either of the said claims, and shall not affect the adverse rights of any person or persons to the same, or any part or parcel therecfZ Chim! **2;*8 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the general ents to issue. said several claims to be surveyed and plattcd, at the proper expense of the claimants thereof, and upon the Bling of said surveys and plats in his 0Hice he shall issue patents for said lands in said Territory which have heretofore been confirmed by acts of Congress and surveyed, and plats of such sfurvey Bled in his office as aforesaid, but for which no patents have ereto ore been issued. cO§i‘;‘;Yt;*gub_ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all surveys authorized by this ik, ¤u,.v°ys_ act shall ccntbrm to and be connected with the public surveys of the United States in said Territories, so far as the same can be done consist- _ ently with the landmarks and boundaries specified in the several grants P¥'°Vl¤°· upon which said claims are founded : Provided, however, That when said lands are so confirmed, surveyed, and patented, they shall in each case be held and taken to be in full satisfaction of all further claims cr demands against the United States. Approved, March 3, 1869.
 * )‘f;¥;¥f°}u’;‘3 pw land office shall,· without unreasonable delay, cause the lands embraced in