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 FORTY—·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114, 115, 118. 1872; 55 CHAP. CXIV. —-An Act in Relation to Bounties. Apr;] gg_ 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every volunteer, non-com- Bounty to_psr- ' missioned officer, private, musician, and artificer who enlisted into the mili- f[‘;“51"h°.§“l““d tary service of the United States prior to July twenty-second, eighteen Sewigelgiiggg hundred and sixty-one, under the proclamation of the President of the July 2»1861» &°· United States of May third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the V°l•  P- 126** orders of the War Department issued in pursuance thereof and was actually mustered before August sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, into any regiment, company, or battery, which was accepted by the War Department under such proclamation and orders, shall be paid the full bounty of one hundred dollars, under and by virtue of the said proclamation and orders of the War Department, in force at the time of such enlistment and prior to July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty- one:_.Provided, That the same has not already been paid. Pmviso- Approved, April 22, 1872. CHAP. CXV. —An Act authorizing the Secretaryof the Interior to make certain Negotia- April 23, 1872. tams with the Ute Indians sn Colorado. 'ti"` Be it enacted lg the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Negoeaqous m be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to enter into negotiations by ¤¤¤dq with tlm with the Ute Indians, in Colorado Territory, for the extinguishment of their right to the south part of a certain reservation made in pursuance of a treaty right in a certain concluded Marchsecond, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, situate in the "°S°“’““°“· southwest portion of the said Territory of Colorado; and report his pro- v°l‘ *"‘ P' 619* ceedings under this act to Congress for its consideration, the expense of such negotiation to be paid by the United States, and to be hereafter appropriated. Approved, April 23, 1872. CHAP. CXVIII. -- An Act to create the Lin/stan Land District, in the State cy" Oregon. April 24, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifmse of Representatives of the United S°;,;;72b$b§*1· States of America in Congress assembled That all that portion of the Linlitoulaud State of Oregon lying south of the fourth standard parallel south of the dl€·g)i§*g;d0*°S°¤ base-line, between townships eighteen and nineteen south, and east of es is ` the meridian line between ranges five and six in said State, shall constitube an additional land district, to be called the Linkton district; and the office of said district shall be located at Linkville, subject to be Osice. changed by the President of the United States as the public interests may require. Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, Register and in accordance with existing laws authorizing appointments to office, a"°°°‘""i register and a receiver for the district hereby created, who shall each be their residence, required to reside at the site of the office for said district, have the same pay, duties. &¤- powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties which are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States for the State of Oregon. _ Sec. 3. That all sales and locations made at the offices of the district $1}*3***13::]% in which the lands embraced in this district have hitherto been included, :gm,f;,°,zd_ S situate within the limits of this district, which shall be valid and right in other respects up to the day on which the new office shall go into operation, be, and the same are hereby confirmed. Approved, April 24, 1872.