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 118 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 84, 87, 88. 1870. mg;§;’;°}*· md Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby ’ authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, registers and receivers for said land districts, who shall be required to their resi- reside at the site of their respective offices, have the same power, reg*2¤¤¤· S=\l¤¤'i¤¤· sponsibilitics, and emolnments, and be subject to the same acts and pen- ‘ altics which are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land offices in said ’l`erritory. APP1:0v1c1>, May 5, 1870. —@'£L CHAP. LXXXVII`. -—- An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act providinafrr the Tak. v{§??;{°:'  ing of the seventh and suI»s¢·qza·nl Censuses of the United States, and to jim the Number of '' the nlembers of the House aj Representatives, and to provide`/br their jidure Azporzwnment among the several States," approved May twenty-three, eighteen hundred an jijly. ,,,,g°fl§'§§; $:.,,8,, Be if enacted by the Serzate and lbuse of Representatives of the Umm] {0 b°}mm, to States of America in Cozzgress assembled, That the time allowed for trans- <><`>¤S¤¤ <>m¤¤· mining t/ie said [ei] copy of the returns of the assistant marshals to the census office is hereby further limited so that the returns of population upon schedule numbered cnc, in the act of May twenty-three, eighteen hundred and fifty, shall be sent to that officc on or before the tenth day of September next, and the complete returns upon all the schedules annexed to and made part of that act, excepting upon the schedule therein designated as number two, which schedule is hereby revoked, cancelled, and declared to be no longer a part of said act, shall be for- _ worded to the census office before the first day of October following: mgfssggyiggi Provided, '1`lmt the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized to ex- 6m,,,d.,d_ tend the time allowed for returns on the schedules, other than those of population, in any case where it shall appear to him to be necessary: P*°'lS°· Provided, further, That whenever, from the loss or destruction of returns, or from causes beyond the control of the officers charged with the enumcrntion, it shall be shown to be impracticable to comply with the requirements of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to extend the time allowed for rendering returns of population, not beyond the first day of October next. reggysgitofgé Size. 2. And beet further enacted, That the penalty provided in the wa, authormd fittecntli section oi said act of May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and inquiries. fifty, shall apply to any refusal whatever to answer either of the inqui- 1$?£·*;£·1rf3§5· ries authorized by said act. Péy ;Q,P§m,kI Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each assistant marshal or agent iw ¤¤•1l_¤‘¤*·¤i}'¤- shall be paid for making out and returning complete copies of the original
 * %:;f;.°:;,;n._ census returns, as required in the eleventh section of the act to which this

is a supplement, eight cents for each page of the two copies of the original census returns required by the said eleventh section. 0***- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the oath to be taken by assistant marshals employed to take the census shall be the oath required by the act of eighteen hundred and nity, of which this is an amendment. Arpnovmn, May 6, 1870. May 8, 1870. CHAP. LXXXVIH. ——An Act to authorize the Burlington and Blissouri River Renlread or its Amazons, to change the established Line of said Road in the State qf _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mg°,Gli’;g:f; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Burlington and Mis- may change part may so far change the location of that portion of its line that lies west of g°b$&;‘;(°:°‘°“‘“ the city of Lincoln, in said State, as shown by the map thereof now on ` file in the general land office of the United States, so as to secure a better and more practicable route, and to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad at or near the Fort Kearney reservation, said new line to be
 * ,,,,} g_ R_ O0_ souri River Railroad Company, or its assigns, in the State of Nebraska,