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 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 298-301. 1873. 615 the patents so issued shall operate only as a quivclaim on the part of the verse rights, but United States, and shall not affeet the valid adverse rights of any person <>¤ly*<>£¤i*· should such hereafter be found to exist; and such patents and decrees °l°’m’ °' shall have no efect upon or in respect to such adverse rights. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCXCVIII. —-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to aulharize the Sale March 3, 1873. qfggrtain public Property," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. `Tg§1§§' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A""‘* p` 38°‘ Siam of America, in Congress assembled, That nothing contained in the Sécrewry gif first, section of the act entitled "An act to authorize the sale of certain g;’;,‘Q;f;n‘;};l" public property," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy- from auction sale two, shall be so construed as to prevent the Secretary of War from with- me? ¤¤¤_1fizr!¤<¤S¢ drawing any of the property from sale in cases where, in his judgment, “;,y1_° mm IS M the highest bid offered is insufficient or unsatisfactory. Sec. 2. That any of the said property withdrawn from sale under this Property withaet may be again offered, either at public sale or by inviting proposals, g'*;‘;1"0Q;>;(§’° after six days’ consecutive notice, fifteen days before the day of sale, in jd how ’ the newspapers mentioned in the act of which this is an amendment. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to appoint Land to be upa board of three army officers, which board shall appraise each piece or FV2S9d :1**;} nf puree] of land, with the buildings thereon, before the same is oH`ered for t§,,n°g$0_tQ;d;sS sa1e,and no sale shall be made at a price less than two-thirds of the of appraised appraised value. “l“°‘ APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCXCIX. —An Act to aid in the Ereczion of a Monument to the Memory of March 3, 1870. Jllajor-General George H. Thomas. ji;" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Bronze cannon and he hereby is, authorized and directed to deliver to the Society of >°<>¤‘ cquemlm} . . . statue of Mayorthe Army of the Cumberland, eighty-eight pieces of condemned bronze G€mm,1Th0maS_ cannon, if the same can be spared without serious detriment to the government, to aid in the erection of an equestrian statue to the memory of Ma_jor—General George H. Thomas. Aprxovmn, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCC.—An Act io change the Name of Schooner "Andrew Stewart " and March 3, 1873. Sleamer “Sleepy allow." __;;"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Treas- Name ¢]fA ury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to change the name of ,‘§Qfv°g‘Q;wm'}I the schooner "Audrew Stewart " to “Barnett Jones" and the steamer and steamer " Sleepy Hollow" to that of “Long Branch " and grant new registers £)§ll$$g{’1 to the same. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCI. —-An Act aufhorfzfna fhe· Transfer of Sq/és_/$·om the War Department to March 3, 1873. i the Posmjfce Depar!mentj?>r Use in the Transportation of registered Mails. t"`;"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Certain Safes and he is hereby, authorized to transfer such safes, or paymasters’ chests, as may be on hand in his department, to the Post-office Department for from the War use in the transportation of registered mails, with a view to promote the 3`;¥;¤;;**;§;}:>St_ security of such mails. 0mm_ Approved, March 3, 1873.