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 162 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch. 21, 218-220. 1872. _ _ gms may diwct, so as to preserve the free and qonvenient qavigation gf &cR*5b{)F° :>$m» said river. And the authority to erect and coubmuc sand budge shall bg m,,;;;,;,,:? subjec]: to I’GYOC2.ti0l1 or modification by Iavq whenever the public gogd sha1l,m the Judgment of Congress, so reqmre, without any expense 01* charge to the United States. Acc may be Sm. 6. That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or ‘"“°d· &°· remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of bridges, without expense to the United States, is hereby expressly reserved. Armovma, May 25, 1872. . May 27, 1872. CHAP. CCXVIII. — An Act to provide for theAbatement or R4/xzyment of Taxes on dia- """"""*"“ tdled Spirits in Bond, destroyed by Casuzz ty. Be it enacted by the Smale and House of Representatives of the Uizited T**°¤ °¤ dw States qf.Ame1··ica in Con res.: assembled That the Secrctar of the Treas tllleds iritsiu. g. ’ . y. bond, §,,s,,(,y€d ury be, ansi he xs hereby, authonzed, upon the productnou of sat1sfa.ctory by casualty, may proof to ham of the actual destruction by accidental Em or other casualty, £mb““d· °' ”‘ and without any fiaud, co11usi<m,or negligence of the owner thereof, of any distilled spirits on which the tax at the time of the destruction of said spirits b?d not been paid and while the same remained in the custody of any ofH0er 0 internal revenue in any distillery warehouse or bonded warehouse of the United States, to abate the amount of internal revenue taxes accruing there- 011,.and to cancel any warehouse bond, or enter satisfaction thereon, in whole or in part., as the case may be; and if such taxes have been collected since the destruction of said spirits, then the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund the same to the owners thereof out of any money in the treasury uct. otherwise appropriated. mlgfggcfg of 12,1 Tip? this act shall take effect in all cases of loss or destruction , e spmts as aforesand whwh have occurred smce the first day of the’§¤¥i¤& :3:; January, eqghteen hundred and sixty-eight: Provided, however, That when mm};,, &c_ t.l}o owners of sueh dnstmlled spirits, so destroyed as aforesaid, may be indemn16e<;,;§z;1n;;1so.1d tax gy o. lxiialid claim of insurance, said tax shall not bc rcmx 0 e extent 0 suc insurance. Approved, May 27, 1872. May 27 1872. CHAP. CCXIX.-A A :1 zh T zh S. W · · -—-¢-- Lake M, 0p,’I“& tZJ'}1JI'£5f JELZTEZ'%.Z£·»mZ. }°£§Zi£§lZZiS?""”“l“ "‘ Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wggiysgqcggpt States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, umm., Q m,, and he xg hereby, euthomzed and empowered to receive and accept from the Murme Hospital of Pennsylvania, a corporation duly iIlCO1‘POI HI€d by m,;?, of Em,] the ccmmonvveulth _0f Pennsylvania, the title to a. piece or parcel of Pm., xi, sw. land, being the peumsula. lying to the norchwmd of and inclosing the buy of Pmsquc Isle, and contmmng two thousand and twenty-four acres, monés :2: less, ig] bel hegd by} the government of the United States for the pro 00* on 0 e ur 01- 0 < ric: Provided Th tth d d   th same shal{ not be -I‘809iVCd, or accepted un;ei1 t,he title :0 il; ?;;¥;%:€om? plcm und mdefcusxble, nor unless the acceptance thereof shall be recom- Eicnegd lzy u board of officers of the corps of engineers appointed by the rem an. Am-uovun, May 27, 1872. __}_<Y_g[__§[,_§_§QL_ CHAP. CCXX. -.47: Act in Relation to the Dakota Southern Railroad Company. Be it encwied by the Senate and House 0 Rc res nt t u th  .. U ¢ d ufélgigggagzn isfqjes of America m Congress assembleg Tlgt ifhsggif pgsec; bytixe ,:,,,,,,,,],1,, of Da, GSYBMUVG ¤·¤9€Y¤b]y of $18 Territory of Dakota, and approved by the on 1`errlwry governor 011 the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and seécnty-