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 28 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 80,82, 93, 96. 1874. and modes of proceeding as the said Supreme Court have prescribed or, Procmdmgs on may hereafter prescribe: Provided, That on appeal, instead of the evi- ,,pp,,,,j_ dence at large, a statement of the facts of the case in thenature of a special verdict, and also the rulings of the court on the admission or rejection of evidence when excepted to, shall be made and certified by the court below, and transmitted to the Supreme Court together with the transcript of the proceedings and judgment or decree ; but no appellate proceedings in said Supreme Court, heretofore taken uponany such judgment or decree shall be invalidated by reason of being mstituted Proviso. by writ of error or by appeal: And provtdedfurther, That the appellate court may make any order in any case heretofore appealed, which may be necessary to save the rights of the parties; and that this act shall not apply to cases now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States where the record has already been tiled. Approved, April 7, 1874. April 9, 1874. CHAP. 82.-An act to extend the time for completing the Wisconsin Central Railroad _ — in Wmconsm. . 1 . ’ V0 Xu' pp ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United E¤¤¤¤i<>1} <>¤` ¤l¤P<> States of America in Congress assembled, That the time specified in the ninth section of the act of Congress approved May fifth, eighteen hunm,,,,_ drcd and sixty-four, entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads in the State of Wisconsin," for the completion of the road mentioned in the third section of said act, and for the reversion to the United States of the lands granted by said act, to aid in the construction of said road, be, and the same is hereby, extended until the thirty-iirst day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Approved, April 9, 1874. APH} 14»187’*· CHAP. 93.-—An act to grunt an American register to the Canadian tug "Nouh P; Sprague." _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,0A?:l°*1°j}lIg¤,;*;,ii!;¤t;* States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Sprag§c_,, ‘ ury is hereby authorized and directed to issue an American register to the American-built Canadian tug “Noah P. Sprague," owned by Edward Evans, of Tonawando, Niagara county, State of New York, said tug having been recently rebuilt in the city of Buiialo, in said State. Approved, April 14, 1874. April 15, 1874. CHAP. 96.-An act to establish 11. reselryatipn for certain Indians in the Territory of 011 SLD:). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indian reserve- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following described tier-¤ <>¤¤¤bli¤¤*=d i¤ tract ofcountry, in the Territory of Montana, be, and the same is hereby, M°"“‘““· set apart for the use and occupation of the Gros Ventre, Piegau, Blood, _ Blackfoot, River Crow, and such other Indians as the President may, B<>¤¤d¤·¤¤¤- from time to time, see at to locate thereon, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of the Territory of Dakota, being the intersection of the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude and the one hundred and fourth meridian of west longitude; thence south to the south bank of the Missouri river; thence up and along the south bank of said river, to a point opposite the mouth of the Mariais river; thence along the main channel of the Marials river to Birch Creek ; thence up the main channel of Birch Creek to its source; thence west to the summit of the