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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sxzss. III. Ch. 68, 71. 1871. 431 Territory of Wyoming, as may no longer be required for military purposes: Provided, 'llhat the Secretary of the Interior shall, whenever in Rciervuggps his opinion the public interests may require it, cause any of the foregoing $3;, ;l:;1,~0;ty_ reservations, or part thereof, to he subdivided into tracts less than forty acre tracts or acres each, or into town lots: And provided ako, That each subdivision *°W” 19***- , shall be appraised and ofiered separately at public outcry, to the highest Public zum0H' bidder, as hereinbetore provided, after which any unsold land or lot shall be subject to sale at private entry for the appraised value, at the proper Private entry. land office: And provided further, That should there be improvements of Improvements. buildings, or of building materials, or other valuable property, the Secretary of the Interior shall have them appraised; and no patent shall issue Patent not to for the real estate until the improvements are paid for, at the appraised l““° mlmi &°· value thereof, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the said Secretary. Spc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right is hereby granted to Dalles City Dalles City to have and use the waters of Mill creek flowing through the military reservation of Fort Dalles, Oregon, and the right of way to creek, i convey the same through said reservation for the purposes of supplying Dalles `City with water and for manufacturing purposes. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That permission is granted to the _¤¤¤y <=¤f¢¤<i corporated authorities of Dalles City to extend Liberty Street southerly, ;Q3f;g,;"°°t on the line of the same, through said reservation, and [that] the land lying Grant Jfldnd east thereof be, and the same is, granted to said Dalles City, in fee, upon the payment to the United States therefor [of] the sum of five dollars per acre. Lend to be Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the land hereby granted to said “““'“Y°di city shall be surveyed under the direction of the surveyor-general for the State of Oregon upon application to him made by the mayor of said city; ¢XP¤¤5¤S of and the expenses of such survey shall be paid by said Dalles City. °°"°y' APPROVED, February 24, 1871. CHAP. LXXI. ——· An Act prescribing the Form q/' the enacting and resolvinq Clauses of Feb. 25, 1871. Acts and Resolutions of Congress, and Rules for the Construction themf '°""_——’_` Be it enacted by the Senate and fkuse ty' Representatives q" the Cdzited States of America in Congress assembled,  enacting clause of F¤¤‘mb¤¤‘¤¤ft¢r all acts of Congress hereafter enacted shall be inlthe following form: g{:;;°;}"§m, " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United i States of America in Congress assembled " ; and the resolving clause of ofresoiuticns. all joint resolutions shall be in the following form: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Nv {dg5h6T ¤¤· Congress assembled "; and no further enacting or resolving words shall Qglgfj °' be used in any subsequent section or resolution after the first ; and ea_ch Sections how section shall be numbered and contain as nearly as may be a single ;‘;\g‘:v'L‘;Q“:’:;;‘;_ proposition of enactment. tam ` Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all acts hereafter passed R¤l?S °f°°¤· words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to sev- Btlgséfgl and eral persons or things; words importing the plural number may include plural wqrds; the singular; words importing the masculine gender may be applied to f6;£i‘;;l_"‘° Md females; the words " insane person " and "lunatic" shall include every sins,,,,}, per. idiot, n0n·compos, lunatic, and insane person; and the word " person ” S91'1’l,l8I`¤d“lU¤R· may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and the ref- t”T.I,m0¤,, to erence to any officer shall include any person authorized by law to per- mince corporaform the duties of such onice, unless the context shows that such words *i°¤· were intended to be used in a more limited sense; and the word " oath " ·*0nth" and shall include “ affirmation " in cases where by law an affirmation may be °‘]s`*:’°{{‘°;T;Pn;’;: substituted for an oath, and in like cases the word “ sworn " shall include  mid img, the word “affirmed." mmedsi Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, whenever an act shall be re-