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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 261-264. 1873. 60I This act shall be subject to amendment or repeal at the pleasure of Congress. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCLXI.—~An Act for the Creation nf a Court jbr the Achudication and Dis· March 3, 1873. lyosmgn q" cgrzqjn jllonqys received into the Treasury under an Award made Ig the Tribunal zy`Arbzlmtion consiztuted by Virtue zy"the_firs! Artzclc of the T reaty concluzgd at ’ lVash1`ng!0n the cig/zlh of rllay, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sevent_y—0ne, between the United States of America and the Queen of Great Britain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ulzited States of America in Oongress assembled, That immediately upon the The money _ payment of the sum of money awarded to the United States by the tribu— g3"1t;;;;‘Q) U"` ml of arbitration at Geneva to be paid by the government. of Great qrgutgrgtaln Britain the same shall be paid into the treasury and used to redeem, so awarded by {M far as it may the public debt of the United States. And the amount equal  Q; §f”°' to the debt so redeemed shall be invested in the five per cent. registered used, &c. bonds of the United States to be held subject to the future disposition of Congress. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCLXII.-—An Act Z0 p/ace co/cred Persons who enlisted in the Army on the March 3, 1873. same Fo0/ting as other Soldiers as to Bounty and Pension. `—_”—" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhs United States of America in Congress assembled, That all colored persons who All¤¤l<>r¤d_per enlisted in the army during the late war, and who are now prohibited fghzgvlifnfgllfged from receiving bounty and pension on account of being borne on the rolls have the swim of their regiments as " slaves," shall be placed on the same footing as to fisms $$*0 bf>¤¤ bounty and pension, as though they had not been slaves at the date of ms an pans10m' their enlistment. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCLXIII. ——An Act fixing the Time of holding the Fall Term of the United M¤¤'¤l¤ 3, 1876 States District Court for the District of Nebruska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fall term of the United Term of the States district court for the district of Nebraska shall hereafter be held  gggisfor at Omaha upon the first YVednesday after the second Tuesday in the Ngbmska, month of October of each year. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCLXIV.-—·An Act creating the C'0IZecl1°0n District of Southern Oregon. March 3, 1873. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the ports, harbors, bays, Sgufhgm CO]- rivers, and waters of the main land of all that portion of the State of gclign di§**{f_*<>*` Oregon lying south and east of the north bank of the Siuslaw river, M3 shall constitute a collection district by the name of the southern collection district of Oregon; and a port of entry shall be, and hereby is, estab- Portof entry. lished for said district at Coos bay, in Coos county, of said State; and C U t a collector of customs shall be appointed by the President of the United 0m(l:;n§f‘p;l;,; States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to reside at gw. Empire city. Sec. 2. That ports of delivery shall be, and are hereby, established in Ports of delivthe collection district aforesaid, at Ellinsburgh, at the mouth of Rogue "Y‘ river, Port Orford, out at Gardner on the Umpqua river; and the col- Three de ut lector of customs of said district is hereby authorized to appoint, with the collectors agdgl., approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, three deputy collectors, to ized. be stationed at the ports of delivery aforesaid. Sec. 3. That the collector of said district shall be allowed a compen- Pay of collect. satiou of one thousand dollars per annum, with the fees allowed by law, OF mid d¢I¤¤¤¤¤¤·