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 416 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. S1tss.III. Ch. 55-59. 1871. hereby, authorized to enter said tracts, not to exceed one hundred and 1862, ch.75. sixty acres, including improvements, at one dollar and twenty-Eve cents v;’};8f“$,l’·3*;°°‘ per acre, or claim the same as a homestead, agreeably to the act of Con. Vet. xiii. ss. gross granting lipmestead g apétpp settlers. Approved. ebruary,. Feb. 18, 1871. CHAP. LVI.-An Act tocedehmytlB_Stt;$e_:_/éadZlti,c§¢2: unsold Lands in the Virgina '_`-"`U"_"-`-` ml I L9 T2 1 · Be it enacted by the Senate and House qt Representatives of the United Unwkllqngis States ty" America in Congress assembled,_That thelands remaining im. gifmglipxict surveyed and unsold in the Virginia military district in the State of in Ohio, ceded to Ohio be, and the same are hereby, ceded to the State oi Ohio, upon the Olgghdmom conditions following, to wit: Any person who, at the time of the pas- ` sage of this act, is a bona Bde settler on any portion of said land may hold not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres so by him occupied by his pre-empting the same in such manner as the legislature of the State of Ohio may direct. Approved, February 18, 1871. F•b· 18. 1871- CHAP. LVII.—-An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act fw the Survey ty"Grana or "_"";"-` Claims ofLand," approved June second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B°g¤¤lh°f wl States tf America in Congress assembled That an act entitled "An act °$£ £}|?P;gg{,_ for the survey of grants or claims of land," approved June second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, bein chapter XC. of the acts of the second session of the Thirty-seventh gongress of the United States, be, and A¤q¤i*¤¢l the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That the repeal of said act shall gg1x1_ °°t °'f' not aifect any rights heretofore acquired under the same. Approved, February 18, 1871. F¤b· IK. 187r CHAP. LVIII. -—An Act to amend an Act entitled ".An Act to confrm Zitle to certain “3'§*@T“§<7T mma in 1utms..·· Ante, p. 805. _ _ _ Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lands in I111- States of America in Congress assembled, That the description of the ¤°l°· lands mentioned in said act be so amended as to read township two ,b,‘:,°Q$:g:°°°t°f north, instead oi; town[ship] one north." Approved, ebruary 18, 1871. Feb- 18, 1871- CHAP. LlX.—An Act relin {sizing to the City of Dubuque, Iowa, whatever Title may "`"°""""°"`°` remain in the Unitedu States to a certain Lot of Ground in Dubuque. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 0 the United Interest at the States of America in Oonyress assembled, That whatever titlef may remain Pg};?;;;?;?: in the United States to a certain lot or parcel of ground in Dubuque, puimqiw, Egypt, Iovéra, be, and the spmp is hereby, rplinfauished to the citydof Dubuque gi-ents to u nn its assionees, w iicn ot or arce 0 round is bounde b the city ml" limits, mairiastrcet, and out-lots riumbers six hundred and seveiity-three, six hundred and seventy-four, six hundred and seventy-seven, and six lm mgm. hundred and seventy-eight, and designated as a “grave-yard," on the V,,,_’,,_ ,,_ M_ official plat of Dubuque, as laid out by the commissioners under the acts %_i;1:’f%¤¥;· ggk of Jolly spcotpd, eiigpteen hundred and thirty-six, and March third, eigh- ' ‘ ‘ ‘ teen un re nn t irty-seven. Approved, February 18, 1871.