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 58G FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. SEss.. III. Ch. 141-144. 1871. No part of the herein appropriated: Provided, That no money hereby appropriated “Pl”'°P'l°*l°“ *° shall be used or applied for the purpose until a valid title to the land all for the site of such building shall be vested in the llmted States, and until the State shall also duly release and rslinquish t? the United States the rivht to tax or in any way assess said site, or e property 0 the United Slates that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof. Approved, March 3, 1871. March 8, 1871- CHAP. CXLII. — An Aol granting the Rrbht of Way to the  Bay and   Pepin ""_""_`°" lzbilway Company for its Road across the Onezda Reseruatzon, uz the State of Wzsconsm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Rishi M'"! States of America in Congress assembled, That the Green Bay and Lake §;”€jje;i],;£,”f" Pepin.R.ailway Company be, and is herebyz authorized to build and maing`rantel to the tain its railway across the Oneida reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, i'£;?Pl;"lL*§:gl_ and to take sufficient land, not more than a str1p one hundred feet m mad g(,gp,my_ width, for the purposes of said railway, in accordance with and subject to the conditions of an agreement made by the chiefs and headmen of the Oneida tribe of Indians on the twenty-third day of May eighteen hundred and seventy, approved by and on nie with the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, March 3, 1871. March 3, 1871. CHAP. CXLIII. ·—-An Act for the Recovery of Damages for the Loss of the Sbmp-of ""'_""“"_"` War Oneida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United D¤m¤·%¤¤fol>¤ States ¢y"America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy {§:s°:i$Q$l°g‘};°P_ be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, after consultation with the of-war Oneida. Attorney-General, to take such measures, and institute and pursue to final judgment or decree such proceedings at. law? or otherwise, as may be needful to obtain full damages and indemnification for the destruction and loss of th: slioopl-otivgar Oneida, ini the bay lot' Yedldo, Japan, in tlanuzpiy, einiteen un re an seven y an cmp oy sue ega counse in e United States, or abroad, as hd may ind requisite to accomplish the purposes of this act. A1-rnovsn, March 3, 1871. MRM}! 3· 187]- CHAP. CXLIV. —An Act authorizing the St. Paul and Parf/ic Radroad Company to change its Line in Considcratiorl of a Relinquishmem of Lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United St. Pnuland Scales of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Paul and Pacific £f‘):;:§“;"‘;;d Railroad Company may so alter its branch lines that, instead of construct~ alter in limich ing a road from Crow Wing to St. Vincent, and from St. Cloud to the li¤3?· I, waters of Lake Superior, it may locate and construct, in lieu thereof, a °w °°°u°°' line from Crow Wing to Brainerd, to intersect with the Northern Pacific railroad and from St. Cloud to a point of intersection with the line of the original grant at or near Otter Tail or Rush lake, so as to form a more l’¤‘°P0¥'¤l¤¤¤l direct route to St. Vincent, with the same proportional grant of lands to g"‘“°°H'“‘d°' be taken in the same manner along said altered lines, as is provided for m£;3¤;n¤3>•;0¤¤— the present lines by existing laws: Provided, however, That this change kc Ok- I shall m no manner enlarrre said grant and that this act shall only take Ec. wt on y° effect upon condition of being in accord lzvith the legislation of the State of Minnesota and upon the thrther condition that proper releases shall be made to the United States by said company, of all lands along said abandoned lines from Crow Vifing to St. Vincent, and from St. Cloud to Lake Certain lands Superior and that upon the execution of said releases such lands so remmm °° m°·*· leased shall be considered as immediately restored to market without fur- ’ ther legislation. Armovno, March 3, 1871.