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 186 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 195, 196, 197. 1870. ,;*°*dm¤>' b° Sec. 6. And be it jim/ter enacted. That Congress shall have power at °` many time to alter, amend, or repea. this act. Approved, July 1, 1870. J I 1 1870. CHAP. CXCVI.—An Act amendator or "An Act to protect the Rights ty" actual i;{ Spttleg upon the publablands of the Ulitited St °f_P¤‘¤- be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following pro. °l°"m°' viso, viz.: Provided That all such agricultural college scrip shall be i received from actual settlers in_payment of pre-emption claims in the same manner and to the same extent as is now authorized by law in case Cm,,,,, pm, of military bounty-land warrants: _And provided further, That all locations tions of such _ of such scrip made within thirty days after the date of approval of said °°"P '”“°°""l‘d‘ act of July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, if otherwise in conformity with law, are hereby legalized and made valid. Approved, July 1, 1870. July 1, 1870. CHAP. CXCVII.-An Act to relinquish the Interest of the United States in certain Lands to the City and County of San Francisco. Be it enacted by the Senate and [muse ry" Representatives of the United the`lG=n§;;¢3¤'¤¤*<>*` States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right and title of the Stuminths United States to the military reservation in the city and county of San Point San José Francisco, in the State of California, known as the Point San José mili- tary reservation, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and granted to tm, mz, and to the stud city and county, and its successors, for the uses and purposes SM1 as fOh¥)Vi’S11 First,. To main npré all prtreets and alleys as now laid out upon Purpose of W tie o ups map o tietpity o ap] rafnciscpl S§cond.hAnd then, in trust, lease. o gran an convey e remain er 0 said an s tot e parties severally §;';°£|;d°r to who are ct the}. dlate of the passage of this act in the actual bona fide pos- ,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,1,,,,, session thereo y themselves or their tenants and in such arcels as the Src. same are so held and possessed by them; or who, if they lifive not such possession, were deprived thereof by the United States military authorities when they went into the occupancy of said military reservation, or were deprived thereof by intruders or trespassers, against whom possession °i$fg:p{ekc :;:;;;:1 lb: gpcpyercd bygegaldprpceszl Third. dT; haze and to hold all the ' _ » Y, o said an, or e use an ene t of said city there being excepted from this relinquishment and grant all that certaixi piece or parcel of land, portion of said reservation, and which is bounded and »£$€t32€°“ °‘ ;i?3$2‘iT.i1i’i’tZ"€§;`2E‘é.F‘L““°?°l€i.g T “ "?“§ ”`E‘° ""’““ “"“"`F“" · · rnccoeao an ,tth promontory of Point San José, where this same is riiirigbsigztiidsby th; wegterlytlnfelof Vpm,Ne§ Avgnue; running thence southerly along the sai wes er y me o an ess venue to its intersection with the northern line of Bay Street; thence westerl l ’ _ _ _ _ y a ong the north side of Ba Street t up intipsectiop with thpheastienin line og Laguna Street; thenceiiorthernly a ong ie sm eastern me o aguna treet to the westerly shore · thence in a northeasterly, easterly, southeasterly, and southerly direction; following tie said shore-line, and including the entire water-front between aguna Street and_Van Ness Avenue, to the point or place of beginning. rigxghtéédgpgjngi shalper;t2;•fAnd behtt furtlter enacted, That nothing in this act contained mm i imc elrp wit or prejudice any_ valid adverse right or claim, if such
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