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 F ORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 82, 83. 1873. 421 reservations near the city of San Francisco, California, a pavilion hos- °¤¤ §°}'€""¤°¤* pitel, in accordance with the designs and estimates prepared by the super- vising architect, the cost of said hospital not to exceed the aunouut of the i Costiicr to exestimates, viz : Fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine md- &°· deilnrs and fifty-six cents, which amount is hereby appropriated for that API>¤‘¤P¤i¤*i0¤· purpose out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the Secretary of the '1`reasury is authorized, in his discre- Marine hastion to sell the marine hospital and grounds now owned by the govern- Pi"` may b° ment in that city: And provided furt/wr, That no reservation shall be SOE}, ,m,Vm0n used or occupied for the purpose herein indicated if the same is wanted or to be used, ig &c. likely to be wanted by the military department, nor without its formal consent first obtained. .A.P1·‘ROVED, January 28, 1873. CHAP. LXYXII. ·—An Act to abolish thqfianking Privilege. Jun. 31, 1873. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the frmiking privilege be, ue;;a:ggii§,g5lv` and the same hereby is, abolished from and after the iirst day of July, atmrJuly 1, 1873. anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and that thencefcrth all official correspondence, of whatever nature, and other muilable matter sent from or addressed to any officer of the government or person now authorized to frank such matter, shall be cha.rgea.bie with the same rates No aiiowmm, of postage as may be lawfully imposed upon like matter sent by or ad- *0 be mfide t0 dressed to other persons: Provided, That no compensation or allowance ;°;:*:;g?é;c§;§T shall now or hereafter be made to senators, members, and delegates of on uecimmcf i the House of Representatives on acconmt of postage. P°“”€°· APrn0v1:1>, January 31, 1873. CHAP. LXXXIII. —An Act to quiet the Title to certain Lands in the State ¢y" Iowa. Jan. 31, 1873. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [/Mte0Z· I States of America in Congress assembled, That the title to the lands in m€lj‘;;‘5;"  °°" the State of Iowa heretofore approved and certified by the Department iowa confirmed of the Interior for railroad purposes, to aid in the construction of a rail- *0 °¤**¤i_¤1F¤U¥°¤d rend from the city of Davenport, via Iowa city, to Council Bluffs, under °°mp”"‘°°‘ the grants made by Congress, according to the adjustments thereof made at the General Land Office, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, and their assigns, they being the corporations to whom said lands were certified: Provided, That this net Interestoftho shall be construed as conveying only any reversionaryor other interest ${‘f‘;£;·:;g° which the United States may have in said lands, and all lands settled ;i(,,,,,,smd`,,,,Jd upon in good faith and now occupied by homestead or preemption set- 9r¢g¢¤¤p¥¤¤3 tiers shall be excluded from the operations of this act. ug is S°‘v° ’ J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SCHUYLER COLFKX, Vi.'ce·Pres·ident of the United States and President of the Senate. Received by the President January 20, 1873. [Norm BY rm: Dm-A1u·:vmNr or Srnm.-——The foregoingtact having been presented tc the President of the United States for his epproxjzi1, and not having been returned by him to the house of Qcngress IH which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constituuon of the United States, has become 2. law without his approval.]