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 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 328, 329, 330, 331. 1874. 111 publio buildings, or the pay of the nevy and marine corps; but the eppro= Anvwpri M i? ¤ ¤ priauons named in this proviso shell continue available until otherwise or-   fg“';}Qf.',‘} dered by Congress, and this provision shall not apply to any unexpended 0,],,,,,,,,,, 0,,1,,,6,; balance of the appropriation made by the act approved December twenty- by Ciengress. first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, for expenses that may be in- _F Bf ¤¤°°P· curred under articles one to nine of the treaty with Great Britain con- "‘;’g,, cb 4 vo, eluded May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, which balance xvii, p{ g4_’ ` the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, eu- Vol. xvii, pp.863— thorized to be expended to enable the Presideutto fulfill the stipulations B77- contained in the twentieth twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, ,w§73·  227* v°l‘ and twentydifth articles of? said treaty: And provided further, That this ’ p' ` section shall not operate to prevent the fulfillment of contracts existing Existing contracts at the date of the passage of this act; and the Secretary of the Treas- ¤<>¤ ¤¤`<·>¤'>¤d· ury shall, et the beginning of each session, report to Congress, with his T,i;;f,‘}§f’“'{0 2 EQ2 annual estimates, any balances of appropriations for specific obje<5tsb,,1,,,,c¤¤jgzc,_,.;§)¤¤. aifected by this section that may need to be re-appropriated. any to Congress. Approved, June 20, 187 4. CHAP. 329 ·-—A¤ act to provide for the election of Congressmen at large for the State June 20, 1874- of Alabama. Be it matted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the two additional Bepre _E1ection of addisentetives to Congress allowed to the State of Alabama according to §°”°1 tR°Ig°”°“"“· the apportionment under the ninth census may be elected by the State nga? A,,°:b,,m?fgr°°° at large, and the other Representatives to which the State is entitled by the districts as now prescribed by law in said State; unless the general assembly of Alabama shell otherwise provide before the time tlxed by luw for the election of Representatives to Congress from said State. Approved, June 20, 1874. CHAP. $$0.-An act to authorize the issue of duplicate a,griou1tura.11nnd scrip whore June 20, 1874. the original has been lost or destroyed. ";""""‘—‘_‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representattves of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, Theta the provisions of the act Prvvisicris vf zwt _ of Congress of the ·twenty-tbird day of June, eighteen hundred and ;€,1“°» ;3‘·§Q3·g’;1; sixty, relating to the reissue of land warrants in certain cases, be, and w{dg§‘ t,,', ’ ·c,,;_ the same are hereby, extended so as to include the reissue of- agri- uu-e1-eenlege lun d culturahcollege land scrip lost, cancelled or destroyed without the fault ¤¤ripof the owner thereof, under such rules and_regula.tione as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Approved, June 20, 1874. CHAP. 331.-—-An dot making additions to the fifteeutb section of the act approved July June 20, 1874. 2, 1884, entitled *‘An act to amend an not entitled ‘An act to uid in the construction "j35 of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Peoffic Ocean, and xm_p_ 36; to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, mi1itm·y,and other pur- 136;, 0h_ 120, W,] · 1>¤¤¤¤.’ °PP!'°V°d Jn1y 1.156%* ‘ xii, p. mss. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentamee of the United States of America in Oougress assembled, That there shell be, and is A!¤¤¤<l*p 6 ¤f t Q hereby, added tm thd fifteenth section of the act approved July second, §°§§§"2“ RE;;, 2{ Y3,§}‘ eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled *‘An act to amend an act euti- v01_,,},, in gm " ` tled ‘An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Gov. ernment the use of the same for postal, military and other purposes}