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 364 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 299,300, 301. 1870. sentationin fifteenth articles of amendments to the Constitution of the United °°“K'°”‘ States having been ratified in good faith by a legal legislature of sald State, it is hereby declared that the State of Georgia is entitled to Right of the representation in the Congress of the United States. But nothing in P;:l;°°cQ;c(f°°“ this act contained shall be. construed to deprive the people of Georgra, §\gmbgrg of of the right. to an election for members of the general assembly of. ¤·¤¤¤¤¤l>l>’ ¤<>* said State, as provided for in the Consututxon thereof; and nothing m mg;;;} ggrsgidg this or any other act of Congress shall be construed to affect the term ofanyomcernot to which any officer has been- appointed or any member of the gen- °·E°°*°d· eral assembly elected as prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Georvia. _ Repeal of SET?. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act entitled P“"°°f“°“ "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year lidhlliiitiifllsij ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other P¤'¤l¤ll?l'¢i*¥g the purposes," approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, as · °rg““lw'9l"&°' rohibits the or anization, arming, or calling into service of the mihtia of the militia P g _ _, _ ,. . . forces in certain forces in the States of Georgia, MISSISSIPPI, Texas, and Vlfglhla, be, Sum- and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, July 15, 1870. July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCC.—An Act to id f I t- d Acc u t o the. Pro erty of the United States in the public giiifldiitgswandlvglridziizeels Cbrblonging Z>jh{Uniteol rgates in the District of Columbia. _ Be it enacted bylthe Senate and House of Representatives of the United thI¤'°¤'i°;;“ °f States of America an Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the 0f€;,€;°5;,,Xd Secretary of State, the Secretary oi' the Treasury, the Secretary o;`? the States in the_ Interior, the Secretary of Wai-, the Secretary of the Navy, the ost- {)°°‘3;;;$‘;f;fd Master-General, and the Adjutant-General, and the commissioner of dlipartmentsto agriculture, each severally as soon as practicable to make a_full and b¢ l>¤·k¤¤ md complete inventory of all of the property belonging to the United States k°pt' in the buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by each of them, and under their charge. And hereafter to keep in proper books such inventories and accounts, adding thereto an account of such property as may be procured subsequently to the taking of the same; and also an account of the sale or disposal ot" any of such property. Architw of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the architect of the Capitol £:Q;l,°;3,;°Q;’;:1;? extension shall make out an inventory, and keep a like account thereof} tory. as provided in section one of this act, of all property in and about the Capitol, and Botanical Garden, and the Pres1dent’s house and grounds. Annual report Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the gmaccounts, to make out an annual report thereof on the nrst day of De- G¤¤‘¤¤i¤_i¤·>¤¤¤ cember to Congress: Provided, That this law shall not apply to the QE:d?di’°‘“` books, pamphlets, papers, and documents in the library of Congress, nor to the supplies of stationery and fuel in the several public offices and buildings, which shall be accounted for as now provided for by law. APPROVED, July 15, 1870. July 16, 1870. CHAP. CCCI. —An Act to conjirm Title to certain Lands in Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 'lfitle of the States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the title of the United gging £'·,;t°§;° States to all lots, out-lots, tracts, pieces, parcels, and strips of land in in SL gm;St. Clair county, State of Illinois, lying and situate outside of the United cougtyglinois, States surveys as poted in the iie1d—notes of the United States survey- “"’“’d ors, and on the Mississippi river near surveys seven hundred and sixty- six, six hundred and twenty-four, and five hundred and seventy-nine, and near and adjacent to fractional sections one, two, eleven, and twelve,
 * l‘°;;°“° C°”` officers hereinbefore required ·to make and keep such inventories and