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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 21, 23, 24, 28. 1871. 399 CHAP. XXI.-An Acc aki anaddir lAti xh I z the J. 18, 1871. Louisville and Portland néanzilg for the  Ye§5-";1IiTdgzg0.T}efi;rMFrqtn§z?hU};Z’mwnhuhjdmd an and seventy-one, and jbr other Pmposes. Be it enacted by ithe Senate and House of Representative: of the United _ _ States of America in Congress atscmbled, That the addititional sum of forA,5}’*gl;€lf*‘°” two hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated and pg;,];,; out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the im- canal; provement of the Louisville and Portland canal during the current fiscal year, to be expended in accordance with existing laws ; and for the com- for work at gletion of the section work at the Des Moines rapids, three hundred and ;§;,g°* M°“’°' orty-one thousand dollars. ' Ammovsn, January 18, 1871. CHAP. XXIII. -— An Act zo ame}n_dhan Apt   ‘; An Act to aut/zorize the Refunding Jah_ 20, 157], o the natzona t.' igmjlriigf Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Am’ p' 2m' States Qf America in Congress asseméled, That the amount of bonds au- Amount of Eve thonzed by the act approved July Fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, P" °§¤P b°¤d$ d entitled “An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt,” to be gg 5§55%m°0, issued bearing Eve per centum interest per annum, be, and the same is, and interest increased to five hundred millions of dollars, and the interest of any por- "‘;£_‘;z¥;{‘Y‘bl° tion of the bonds issued under said act, or this act, may, at the discretion of q y` the Secretary of the Treasury. be made payable quarter-yearly: Pro- Pr¤vis¤- vided, however, That this act shall not be construed to authorize any in- n0?z0°“;};='QQ§“t crease of the total amount of bonds provided for by the act to which this &e. ° act is an amendment. Ammovnp, January 20, 1871. CHAP. XXIV. — An Act ceding certain Jurisdiction to the State of Ohio. Jim- me lsu Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction over the Jurisdiction place purchased for the location of the “National Asylum for Disabled Q;EQlf§;,?'IQ3_ Volunteer Soldiers," under and by virtue of the act of Congress of March mm1_ Asylum third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to incorporate a Q};lg;i:;>;°g0l National Military and Naval Asylum for the relief of the totally disabled d- H ·,] éd officcrs and men of the volunteer forces of the United States,” and the aet ceilrgd ch 0013%. of March tvienty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, amendatory thereto, V£°;;ifhé_°gb9_ and upon which said asylum is located, is hereby ceded to the State of 1356,-5, 21, Ohio, and relinquished by the United States. And the United States V¤I· XW- P- 10- shall claim 01- exercise no jurisdiction over said place after the passage of this act: Provided That nothing contained in this act shall be construed Pmviso. to impair the powers and rights heretofore conferred upon the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, ineorporated under said act, in and over said territory. APPROVED, January 21, 1871. CHAP. XXVIII. —An Act pr tIzeA1;diq§_%`c Pierpom Sqyemue-, 4yEm Bbemjield, Jan. 25, 1871. ew or. Ba it enacted by the Senate and House <y" Representatives of the United I _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of P_APgg:*§;°Q °f patents is hereby authorized and required to hear and decide the applica- mL:,?; ,-0,. exZe,,_ tion of Pierpont Seymour, of East Bloomfield, in the State of New York, sion of patent for au extension of the letters·patent granted to bim by the United States gyggngggrif on the twenty-fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for an &,,_ ’ ’ improvement in seed planters, or grain drills, and shall have power to extend said patent for the term of seven years, with the same effect that such extension might have been granted had the said Pierpont Seymour