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 FORTY-TH1RD CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 415, 416, 417, 418. 1874. 20] CHAP. 415.-An act authorizing the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to June 22, 1874. the Interior Department parts of certain reservations in the Territory of Arizona`;‘—"°"‘ as may be no longer required for military purposes. 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, _Cermin reserva- ·and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish and turn over to the Depart- *'° PS ‘“ A““°““ ment of the Interior, for restoration to the public domain, such parts of §°:,I£g°;g' ,5,; S35: what are known as the Fort Yuma, Fort Whipple, and Camp Date dgmaiu, Creek reservations, in the Territory of Arizona, as may in the opinion I,, 303 of the Secretary of War, be no longer required for military purposes: 08* ' Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall expose the same at To be offered at public offering for sale to the highest bidder in the legal subdivision not P“”h° €”}°~ greater than one quarter section when the same can be made, and not C°¤dm°¤¤· below the minimum price provided bylaw. And any land left unsold Unsold portion, at such offerin g to be held thereafter for disposal as other public lands. h°“' dlSP°S°d °f· Notice of such public sole shall be published for sixty daysin two news Ngtiqq of .,,,16, papers each, one published in the capital of the Territory, and the other circulating nearest the place of sale: Provided further, That bona dde settlers, upon any part of said lands prior to the declaration of the res- Rights of settlers. ervation lines, shall have a right to acquire title to the lands so occupied by them at said time, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres each, under the land-laws of the United States. Approved, June 22, 1874. CHAP. 416.—A¤ act to extend the jurisdiction of the Light-House Board. Juno 22, 18-M_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ——""""— States of America in Congress assembled, That the Light House Board are L, mm _, B T, hereby directed to cause examinations to be made, and to report to the to jg3mi3g` 2mm1Q_ Secretary of the Treasury what light-houses, lights, beacons, and buoys port; what li gn t- are required for the better security of navigation on the Mississippi, h¤{¤¤¤¤, &<>-_, vw- Ohio, and Missouri Rivers, including speeiiiestatement as to the re- gi“‘”f‘},,%% spective localities where and by whom now maintained, where required, S,,IQI;,’R,,.,,{,,_ and estimated cost of their construction and maintenance. iApproved, dune 22, 1874. CHAP. 417.-——An act for the transfer of twenty condemned Bronze cannon for the JMB 22 1**7* erection of al statue to the late Major General George Gordon Meade. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represerttatioes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of 'War be, C<>j,¤¤¤£=<l **8;* and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer to the Fairmount &2g,,,,5rM;3,;° ° Park Art Association (a `corporation created by the laws of Pennsylvavia.) twenty condemned Bronze cannon to be used by the said association for the erection of a Bronze Equestrian statue to the late Maior General George Gordon Meade within the limits of the City of Philadelphia. Approved, June 22, 1874. ‘ CHAP. 418.-—-An not referring the ol;-rim of the owners of the schooner Adu A. Andrews to the Court of Claims Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the legal Ofcggflfoug Gwner or owners of the schooner Ada ,A. Andrews, her cargo, freight, A,,dmW,,,,,f,,m,Q, tc, and personal eflects, alleged to have been sunk by collision with the oourtcrcimms. United States vessel of war Ticonderoga on or about the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventybne, be referred to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the same to judgment, with right of appeal Prcviw as in. other cases: Provided, That no suit shall be brought under the provisions of· this act after six months from the date of the passage thereof. . ` Approved, June 22, 1874.