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 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 311·313. 1873. 621 States engineer, and now on file in the office of the register of deeds of sold atpublic Saint Clair county, and shall be sold under the direction of the Secretary °¤°*i°¤· of War at public vendue, and the proceeds of such sale, after paying pmcwgs of the expenses of such survey and sale, shall be paid over to the city of we- Porc Huron, to be used by said city for che purchase or improvement, or both, of such lands as the city may acquire for another cemetery, and for removing the remains of those buried in the present be the new ccm— etery, and for such other purposes as may be necessary in the change of burial-places: Provided, That, suitable and proper lots in the new com- Lots in new awry shall be granted to those having lots in the present cemetery, with °°"*‘°*°"Y· like improvements, or their value, to a reasonable extent, and that rein- Lerinents not otherwise provided for shall be made at the expense of said city, and that the city of Port Huron, shall hold such moneys in trust for the purposes herein specified, and for no other whatever; and c0nvey— Ccnvcyemces. ances of the blocks and lots sold by the Secretary of War, as herein provided for, shall be made to purchasers by che said Secretary of War under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, and the survey and plat, Survey and or 9, copy thereof, herein provided for, shall be recorded in the office of g:;(§;(‘;b°"‘ the register of deeds in Saint Clair county, and the same, or duly ccrziHed copies thereof; shall be evidence in all courts for all Inwful purposes con- Muiomy °*°¤€*~i- uected therewith; And provided further, That said city shall obtain the {gr;;,;);,;??,? consent: of a majority of the citizens thereof, owning or occupying lots in cemetery. said cemetery, to such removal. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXI. -— An Act lo prgrchase a Sitejbr a public Building in Piltsbuqqh March 3, 1873- Bc it enacted Qy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled T hat the Secretary of the T reas-   Siu? for ¤ pubury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, at pri- {{;Ptg‘§£"LK;{;‘ vase sale, or if necessary, by condemnation, in pursuance of the statutes &c_ g" of the State of Pennsylvania, 2. suitable piece of ground, in the city of Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, for the erection of a building to be used for a court.-house, custom-house, post-ofiice, United States marsha.l’s office, and other government offices, the cost of the same not I to exceed three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no money to be appropriated under this act shall be available until n valid title to such land is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Penusylvania. shall duly release and relinquish jurisdiction over the same, and exempt from taxation such property and the buildings to be hereafter erected thereon, while the same are in the possession of the United Smog. Ar1>R0v1·:1>, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXII.—An Act providing for the Completion of the military Road jiom M¤¥’¢h 3, 1873- Sanla FJ to Taos, in Ihe Territory of New bfezico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty- APP"°P"i**i*;‘;*} Eve thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any ig;?’£I£t§.(E l` money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, Santa FémTaos. for the completion of the military road from the city of Santa. Fé to Fornandez de Taos, in the Territory of New Mexico, be be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Wan. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXIII. —An Act to cm;/`vr Jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and M¤¤‘¤Y¤ 3, 1873; determine the Suit of Carondelet versus the United States Whereas doubts exist touching the jurisdiction of the court of claims Pr¤¤l¤bi¤· over the suit now pending in said court against the United States for the