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 FORTY~FIRST CONGRESS. Srzss. II. Ch. 259, 260, 261. 1870. 275 and products hereinafter enumerated shall be exempt from internal tax, Mm l¤*°”’°l namely: Canned and preserved fish, shell-fish, meats, fruits, and Vogté- tagme p_25·;_ tables. ’ APPROVED, July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLX. ——·An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Oonstruc- July 14, 1870. tion 5/ 0. Bridge across the lmssouri River upon the military Reservatzbn at F or! Leuven- wor, K¢msas." Vol. xv. p. 121. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sixth section of the St-·Y°S°Pl* Md act entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the £?'f{°6£l;,¥,,y Missouri river, upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kan- bridge the Missas," be amended, so as to read as follows : Smcriou 6. And be it further j°“;l,’f S°‘ enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Saint Joseph and Denver City os P Railroad Company, a corporation chartered and created by the laws of the State of Kansas, or their assigns, to build a bridge, and maintain the same, across the Missouri river at or near Saint Joseph, Missouri, ou the _Rish¤»*'°¤¤’i°· terms, and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in the first, t‘°f§g£”;],_ 246 second, and third sections of the act of Congress, passed July twenty-five, sy 1-qi. ' eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An act to authorize the con- °l· ‘“’·P·2‘“· struction of certain bridges, and to establish them as post-roads," and that said corporation may have, hold, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and franchises conferred by, and contained in, said last-mentioned act; and said company may construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and for foot passengers, charging and receiving reasonable tolls therefor ; arid8i m*d°* and when said bridge is constructed under said limitations it shall be a PW `mll °’ lawful structure and be recognized and known as a post-route : Provided, Y*’°'*$°· That if said bridge shall he constructed as a drawhridge the spans of the draw shall not be less than two hundred feet in the clear on each side of the central point. Approved, July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLXI. -A» Ae: to mm the Fon Dakota military Remvatm in the Tent- July 14, 1870. tory of Dakota, and for other Purposes. '"__’_—` Bc it enacted by the Senate mul House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the military reservation 1\§ilifar>F‘¤¤é¤1‘— at Fort Dakota, in the county of Minnehaha, and Territory of Dakota, {)’§;%’;a°:wg:°d7 be, and the same is hereby, vacated, and the lands embraced in said reser- andls.nds_subvation shall be subject. to private entry under the provisions of the pre- .m';*°gQ'*"° emption and homestead laws of the United States, except so much there- y’ ' of as may be embraced in sections heretofore reserved for school pur- l _ _ poses: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be soconstrued as to m- Oigzprggggtgbu terfere with any rights which may have accrued previous to the withdrawal " ‘ of said lands for the purposes of such reservation: And provided also, t0Ig;P:¤"rL*;;:(§* That any improvements on said reservation made by the military authorn- Md p,§f°;0,._ ties prior to its relinquishment by the Secretary of War, shall be appraised by the register and receiver of the land office of the district in which said reservation is situated, and paid for by the purchaser of the t lands on which the same are located ; And provided further, That no pat- issE:*3‘;:,"‘gc_° ent shall issue for any portion of said lands until the improvements ’ thereon shall have been paid for at their appraised value. Approved, July 14, 1870.