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 FORTY··FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 264, 265, 266, 267. 1870. 277 CHAP. CCLXIV. -- An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the National Academy cj July 14, 1870. Sciences. “"1`_"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the Limimfion Y? National Academy of Sciences, approved March three, eighteen hundred lf.;3£b‘;;;h` and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to remove the remlhved. limitation of the number of ordinary members of said academy as pro- 1893·°}}:1u·§2· vided in said act. l°l‘ X"' p' BUG' Approved, July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLXV.-An Act lo amend Section jimr of the Act of March thirty-one, July 14. 1870. ézglusen hundred and sixty-e@}z2. i—""_"‘ Be it enacted by i/ze Senate and House of Representatives of the Matted States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall not be as- l¤*¢l`¤¤l*¤K sessed or collected, under or by virtue of section four of an act approved $,;%;°b§f_s°S“d March thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An act to paokeis, Stn.; exempt certain manufacturers from internal tax, and for other purposes," lSf,8·1°h·‘*1·§5g· any internal tax upon pork—packers, lard-renderers, or those engaged in 0`xV` P` ` smoking hams, curing meats, or others known as in the provision trade, as manufacturers within the meaning of the said section; and if any if assessed, not such tax shall have been assessed, but not collected, the same is hereby to l’° °°““*°d· remitted. Approved, July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLXVI. -- An Ac: to dwlnrefzgmwlxn the United Sauces main Lands granted July 14, 1870. to the State of Louisiana to ai in constructing a Railroad therein. ""'_”"" Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ay' the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the lands which were C¤*¤l¤l¤¤dS granted by Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to the fglggigntfin uid_ State of Louisiana, to aid in the construction of the New Orleans, Ope- &c. declared forlousas, and Great Western Railroad, and which have not been lawfully {‘§§§gd*‘é:£;S disposed of by the said State under said grant, which has expired by 1g5g_ eh_ 42i limitation, or by act of Congress since the original grant, are hereby de- Vol- Kip- 18- clared forfeited to the United States, and these lands shall hereafter be disposed of as other public lands of the United States. Approved, July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLXVII. — An Ac! to discontinue the Clarksville, Arkansas, Land District and July 14, 1870. the Establishment ofun additional Land District in that State. "’“"""“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Umzgress assembled, That the district of lands now Qlnrksvllle land subject to disposal at Clarksville, Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, ;{;t%‘Q;é£;ka'l` discontinued from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and qmlsd, seventy, and that thereafter the said land district be divided as follows: Beginning at the corner common to townships twelve and thirteen north, ranges seventeen and eighteen west, and running thence west between said townships to the corner common to townships twelve and thirteen north, ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven west; thence south with said range line to the corner common of townships nine and ten north; thence _ West on the line between said townships to the western boundary of lllé State, the lands lying north of said division line, and within the limits of disiiici mabthe said Clarksville district, to be subject to disposal at Harrison, Arkan- lished in Arkansas, and those lands lying south of said division line within said district to S“s‘ be subject to disposal at `Dardanelle, Arkansas, to be known and designated as the Harrison and Dardanelle land district. _ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United R?8*S*°l` Md,. · . . YBCEIVCF. States is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and con-