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 608 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sxcss. III. Ch. 280-282. 1873. within ayear prescribed for liling their respective claims; and upon failure to file the f'°m· &°· proper notice, or to pay for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to entry by any other qualified applicant. S 5Tha° fil" l' l-dh h`- ju gage of mn. ECTION . t m caseo con icting e aims upon an s w ere the xm 2tEi¤;; provements shall be hereafter commenced, priority of possession and improre- Session): &cE to ment, followed by proper filing and contmued good fa1tl1, shall determine determine: the preference r1ght to purchase. And also where improvements have Wh°’° ““‘ already been made at the 'date of the passage of this act, division of the provements are . . . . . ai,-mdy made_ land claimed may be made by legal Sl1bd1V1SlQDS, to include, as near as may be, the valuable improvements of the respective parties ; and the comnnssioner of the general land-office shall be, and is hereby, authorized to issue all needful rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provxsions of this act. Edgisting rights Smcriou 6. That nothing in this act shall be construed to destroy or impair ¤°* ¤¤P¤¤¤d· any rights which may have attached prior to its passage, or to authorize the sale of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, or copper. Approved, March 3, 1873. ltlnrch 3, 1873. CHAP. CCLXXX.·-·An Act _/or the Reliq of Howard F. Blofat. Be it enacted by the Sena/te and House of Representatives of the United Howard F. States of America in Congress assenzbled, That the President of the United £*°‘;`?:t*;_1°£lg;t0r States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate, and by and with the ,;,gn me mind advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint, upon the retired list of the ust or the navy. navy, with the rank of master, Howard F. Moffat, now a volunteer officer on the active list of the navy. Approved, Msn-ch 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CCLXXXI. — An Act tc extend the Time for _/Fling Claims for additional Bounly under the Act of J u/y iwerrly-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. §§`}5j P_ 32% Be it enacted   t}te,Senate and House of Representatives of the United 'l`ime forfiling States of America m Congress assembled, That the time for filing claims °}¤““S "°*‘ **dd*· for additional bounty, under the act of July twenty-ei<rhth eighteen huntional bounty ex- . . . . . . . ° ’ *= . . tended. dred and sixty-six, and wlnch exp1red by limitation January tlnrtteth, gig ch-5£12- eighteen hundred and sevenrywhree, be, and the same is hereby, revived ·P‘ ‘ and extended until the tlnrtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; and that all claims for such bounties filed in the proper department after the thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and before the passage of this act, shall be deemed to have been filed in due time, and shall be considered and decided without filing. Aiarrnovmn, March 3, 1873. March 3. 1873. CHAP. CCLXXXII. - An Act to authorize and direct the Secretary of War to distribute 1808, ch. 55. Arms and military Equipments under the Act of April twenty-three, eighteen hundred and Vol. ii. p. 490. eight, and the Acts amendatory therej Be it enacted lby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United props,. qughg States of Ammca m Oqngress assembled, That the Secretary of WM be, pf arms and mil- and he is hereby, authormed and fhrected to distribute to such States as {2*;; if did rot, from the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two to the year eighteen to certain States. hundred and sixtymme, receive the same, their proper quota of arms and military equipments for each year, from eighteen hundred and sixty-two to eighteen .hundred and sixty-nine, under the act of Congress approved April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eight, and the several acts Igo distinficn amendatory thereof: PTOUld6d,-Til?.£ m the organization and equipment of zléslfglniasges, military compames and organizations with said arms, no discrimination &c__,,,, account shall be made between sandcompumes and organizations on account of of rw, <=01¤r, &¢- race, color, or former condmon of servitude. Approved, March 3, 1873.