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 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 165, 166,168, 170. 1874-. 45 of, with notice to the United States as terre tenant pro forma., and serve process upon an y officer of the United States who shell l1a.vethe.superintendence of said canal, whose duty it shall be to notify the Attorney- General of the United States of such service; whereupon said Attorney- General shell enter an appearance in said case, and take all necessary steps to represent and deiend the interests of the United States in such proceedings, so that thesame may be conducted in the same manner and with the like effect as if the said Louisville and Portland Canal Company were still in existence as a. corporation. Approved, May 11, 1874. CHAP. 166.--An act to authorize the Secretary of Warto furnish copies of certain M¤·y ll, 1874. _ papers called for by resolution of the House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Am,,0pr;m,,,, M hereby authorized to employ such number of temporary clerks as may copying papers rebe necessary to speedily copy and furnish to this House the papers here- 1¤*i¤5€_*·° *¤i¤1 of tofore called for in the matter of the trial of Captain Hurts, by resolu— °“¥’“‘"‘ H“‘"’· tion of March tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and that the sum of two hundred and nfty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated_ out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defray- ing the expenses thereof. Approved, May 11, 1874. CHAP. 168.--An act to establish an n.ssa.y-oiliee at Helena, in the Territory of May 12, 1874. Montana. "`°""‘”"`1‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Umitod States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- A¤¤¤¥·¤m¤<> M ury is hereby authorized and required to establish an assay-office at H°1°“"'· M°“*'"“‘· Helena, in the Territory of Montana, the said assay-oliice to be con-5%*73* jg,} 131* "°]‘ ducted under the provisions of the act entitled "An act revising and ’P' ` amending the lows relative to the mints, assoy·oHioes, and coinage of ' the United States? approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and Buudiu to be · directed to cause to be constructed SL suitable building at Helena, in the c0,,m,,¤,§d_ 'Territory of Montana, for the purpose of said stsseymiice, and provide the same with the necessary iixtures and apparatus, at a. cost not ex- Limit of cm ueediug fifty thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated out of ‘ any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 12, 1874. “ CHAP. 170.·— An act to enable the Secretary of War  carry out the act of April May 13, 1g14_ twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "4n_eet to lprovlde for the relief of the persons suftering from the overdow of the Mississippi 1VOI.',,! and’ {0I` 05h0I' QHFPUSCS. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameréedin Congress assembled, That to enable the Secretary Appropriation for of War to carry out the provisions of the act approved April twenty. supplies toéautferers third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “An act to provide  °1?'i}iS‘;§;Sip‘;)f for the relief of the persons suffering from the overflow of the lower Rm,,._ Mississippi River," the sum of ninety thousand dollars is hereby ejppropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of purchasing supplies of teod to be issued under his direction to any and all classes of destitute or helpless persons hvmg