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 594 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Rus. 22, 23. 1871. Be it resolved {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Commissioner States of America in Oohgress asscmbkd, That the President be, and he 2,;%** °“"* m' hereby is, authorized and required to appoint, by and with the advice and ,P{,,,g,,¤,,,,,;, consent of the Senate,-from among the ciyil oficers or employees of the government, one person of proved scientific and practical acquaintance
 * ¤¤¤¤‘Y9 with- with the dshes of the coast, to be commissioner of ish and fisheries, to
 * 1gQ*;lm°°°1 serve without additional salary. _

Toxrivcstigahe Sec. 2. And be itjimlzer resolved, That it shall be the duty of said 3gé')';¥$°f:8g’"°zf commissioner to prosecute investigations and inquiries on the subject, the com and with the view of ascertaining whether any and what diminution in the 1¤k¤¤ Of tim number of the food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States U“i°°d S°“°°" has taken place; and, if so, to what causes the same is due; and also whether any and what protective, prohibitory, or precautionary measures should be adopted in the premises ; and to report upon the same to Conress. Executive de. g Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That the heads of the executive t>h¤¤`¤F¤¤¤*¢:i*·° °·ld departments be, and they are hereby, directed to cause to be rendered all u:,f°v” ga` necessary and practicable aid to the said commissioner in the prosecution of the investigations and inquiries aforesaid. Commissioner Sec. 4. And be ttfurt/wr resolved, That it shall he lawful for said com- $17 g·k§‘:“°h missioner to take, or cause to be taken, at all times, in the waters of the ’ ‘sea.-coast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens thereof as may in his judgment, from time to time, be needful or proper for the conduct of his duties as aforesaid, any law, custom, or usage of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 9, 1871. Feb. 9, 1871. [N0. 2% Joint Resolution authorizing the Sale maya Portion of the Fort Leavenworth mili- """""‘"‘""‘* tary servatzon to the Kansas A rwultuml a Mechanical Asroczation, of Leavenworth County, in the State of Kansas, _/gr Fair Grounds. Bc it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Portion or me States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Kansas Agricultural F°*`thL°?;Vf¤* and Mechanical Association, a. corporate body organized under and by
 * g;,,;?Q}nm3,y virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas, is hereby authorized to purbesold to the chase from the United States, for the sole purpose and use of such asso-

ciation as a. fair ground, and for experimental agriculture and horticulciatkln.ture, that portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation bounded Boundaries. and described as follows, viz. : Commencing at the southeast corner of the premises herein described, at a point one hundred feet north and in continuation of the west line of Sixteenth Street, as laid down and recorded in the map of the city of Leavenworth, and one hundred feet north of the south line of said reservatibn; thence running westerly and parallel to said south boundary two thousand five hundred and eighty feet to the east line of Nineteenth Street; thence northerly and in continuation of the east side of said Nineteenth Street two thousand one hundred and seventy-five feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of said reservation two thousand five hundred and eighty feet ; thence southerly and parallel to the west line of the premises herein described two thousand one hundred and seventy-tive feet, to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and twenty-eight and eigbty-two one-hundredths acres of land, more Reservation. or less ; reserving to the government or assigns the right to the coal, or royalty for coal, underlying the same. Ocmmission of Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of War is hereby yxwgo directed to appoint a commission of competent army officers, of such num- ,,,F,,,nh,;,,,d_ ber as he may deem best, which said commission shall, without unnec€S- sery delay, examine and report the true value of the land hereinbefore described to the Secretary of War. On receipt of this report, the Secre-