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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 191, 192, 193, 194. 1870. 188 er of the general land office, within twelve months` from the approval of this act: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to P¤‘¤viS<>¤· confirm any entries which have heretofore been annulled and vacated by said commissioner, on account of fraud, evasion of law, or other special cause: And provided further, That this act shall not affect the rights of subsequent purchasers in good iiiith. Approved, July 1, 1870. CHAP. CXCII. —An Act to repeal certain Sections of Acts passed by the territorial July 1, 3370, Legislature of Wyoming. '""_"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sections of swims gf acts, passed by the legislature of the Territory of Wyoming, to wit: The ¢¤¤¤i¤_¤<>¢¤ of fourth and sixth sections of an act entitled “An act rovidine for the thel°·°·°s]°?tur° _ _ _ _ P _ ¤ of Wyoming decollection of taxes heretofore assessed and levied 1H this Territory " ; also clared null. sections forty-nine to fifty-nine, both inclusive, of an act entitled "An act to create and regulate corporations," be, and the same are hereby, disapproved, repealed, and declared null and void. Approved, July 1, 1870. CHAP. CXCIII. —-An Act jbr the Reltq of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the .Tc1‘rit0r_y of Utah. Be it enacted by the Senate and House tj Representatives of the United A h H f States of America in Congress assembled, That the words " not exceeding S,,],!?,,;? Gig; five thousand in all," contained in an act entitled “An act for the relief may cuter pubof the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands," approved {;‘;m:zE:\;'$°° March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, shall not apply to Salt umm- not Lake City, in the Territory of Utah : but said act shall be so amended V1?67·_¤h· 171-1 and construed in its application to said city that lands may be entered as °' mv' p' 5 ' provided in said act; for the full number of inhabitants contained in said S h I _ city not exceeding fifteen thousand; and as the said city covers school maybxugffglxt section number thirty-six, in township number one north, of range num- Ind ,t ber one west, the same may be embraced in such entry, and indemnity mem-gxfnl Y shall be given therefor when a grant shall be made by Congress of sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the Territory of Utah, for school purposes. Approved, July 1, 1870. CHAP. CXCIV. —- An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to carry into E_§'ect Pro- _Q1Q]}' 1, 1870· visions of the Treaties between the United States, China, Ja n, Shun, Perszlz, and other 1860, ch. 179. Countries, giving certain judicial Powers to MiDiSl€7‘S,C77dpZ'0HSll]S and other Function- Vol. xii. p. 72.` aries ey" the Uiiiterl States in those Countries, and for other Pmp0sm," approved June tzventyseconcl, eighteen Izurzdred and sixty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of Congress enti- Act giving tied “An act to carry into effect provisions of the treaties between the °°Q'**l_*; .l¤Q;9i*§;_ United States, China, Japan, Siam, Persia, and other countries, giving gg., ind 20,,:% certain judicial powers to ministers and eonsuls, or other functionaries of extended to the United States in those countries, and for other purposes," approved £?v‘}’}§“Sg°é’£§?d June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty, as tar as the same is in cured; conformity with the stipulations of the treaty with Madagascar, is hereby V<>l- xv- t>- 491· extended to that country, and it shall be executed in conformity with the provisions of the treaty and the usages of Christian nations in such cases; extended to and the act shall, in the same manner, extend to any country of like char. acter with which the United States may hereafter enter into treaty relations. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superior judicial authority qertein sn. . · · · pener udicml conferred on the consuhgeneml or consul residing at the capital of any authmlty vested country mentioned in such act, or herein provided fo:} including the pow- in the Secretary er to make decrees and regulations, is hereby vested m the Secretary of ¤f Sme- State for the time being.