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 FORTY—SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 173-176. 1872. 135 CHAP. CLXXIII. — An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish and to pro- May 18, 1872. tect natumal Gemeter£es," approved Februaiy twentywecond, eighteen hundred and szzty- Seven- Vo]. xiv. p. 399. Be it enacted by dw Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United Stateb of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Superintendhereby authorized to select. the superintendents of the national cemeteries °“°’ of ¥'”'*';;“lt from meritorious and trustworthy soldiers, either commissioned officers or  Em enlisted men of the volunteer or regular army, who have been honorably h¤¤¤mb1yQi¤— mustered out or discharged from the service of the United States, and who v°;’:;§;*,ddg;';i)*fed may have been disabled for active field service in the line of duty. soldiers; Sec. 2. That the superintendents of the national cemeteries shall receive their pay,&w.r· for their compensation from sixty dollars to seventy-five dollars per month, mw md “ according to the extent and importance of the cemeteries to which they may be respectively assigned, to be determined by the Secretary of War ; and they shall also be furnished with quarters and fuel, as now provided at the several cemeteries. Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions Rzpealing of this act are hereby repealed. °1“““°· Armovnn, May 18, 1872. HAP. L IV.—An Act uthorizin th e eta o War lo a in crtffioat 8. C C XX issued for For;/ication ;’u1;>§sc(rin Eyagreme, Kgzsldgau C u Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is gmail; Gmanhereby authorized and directed to cause to be paid certain certincabes or ¤=¤f€¤ iS¤l}¤<¥ for vouchers issued pursuant to military authority, at Lawrence, Kansas, in the ;;;t;;i§;uf:,£°r` year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for services performed in the erection mee, Kansas, of fortifications at that point, as recommended by General James H. Hardie, *° be Wd? Inspector-General of the United States army, of his investigation into the claims of citizens of Kansas, reported to the War Department, and that the amount thereof be paid out of any funds under the control of the War Department. Said certificates shall be paid upon presentation to the Secretary of War, or such disbursing OMGBI as he shall appoint for that purpose; and such payments shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of cx*;;%“£g&)<g¤ to three thousand dollars. ' Approved, May 18, l872. CHAP. CLXXV. —- An Act in allow the Pleasure Yacht “Bed Hat," to take the Name of Mw 1% 1872- " Addie Parker," and be registered under that Name. Be ii enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pleasure yacht regis- The yacht tiered at New Bedford, named “Red Hot," may, instead there0fQ take the ,;§;‘;·hE‘:;QQ%¥ name of “Addie Parker," and be registered under that name. ·· Addie pu. Approved, May 18, 1872. ker-" CHAP. CLXXVI. -An Act to fix the Times for holding United States Courts in the May 21, 1872. eighth Circuit. _—"“‘“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the Times emb- United States for the several districts comprising the eighth judicial H_Sh¤<} for hddhgg circuit shall hereafter be held as follows: gT{};f§¥” ° Mssouri : In the districts of Missouri, commencing on the third Monday Smtes in of March and the third Monday of September in each year. M‘“°“’i? Arkansas : In the eastern district of Arkansas, commencing on the second Arkansas; Moiiday of April and the fourth Monday of October in each year. Nebraska : In the district of Nebraska, commencing on the first Monday Nebraska; in May and the second Monday in November in each year. Ewa: In the district of Iowa, commencing on the second Monday of Iowa. May and the second Monday of October in each year.