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 FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 226, 227, 228. 1876. l ,10] n ~ /  , ‘ Sec. 4. That the whole subject; matter of reform and reorganization of R~>£¤¤¤ =!»¤d <>¤‘- ‘¤ the Army of the United States shall be referred to the commission here- fm ‘ Z “ ° ‘°'} "'“ inaftar provided for, who shall carefully and thoroughly examine into m?' ` the matter with reference to the demands of the public service, as to the I’<>¤¢» p1>-216»409- uumbar and pay of men and officcrs and the proportion of the several arms and also as to the mnk pay and duties of the several staff corps, and whether any and what reductions can be made either in tha line or staff; in numbers or in pay, by consolidation or otherwise consistemtly with the public service having in view 2, just and reasonable econcmy in the expenditure of public money, the actual necessities of the military service, and the capacity for rapid and effecbiva increase in time of actual war. The Commission hereby created shall consist of two mem- 9°¤¤¤*¤¤¤°¤ °°¤· bers of the Senate and two members of the House of Repmscutatives to °°‘°“*°d° be appointed by the presiding officars of each House respectively of the Secretary of War, and two officers of the Army one from the line and one from the Staff Corps, to be selected by the President with special reference to their knowledge of tho organization, and experience in scrvire. Such Commission shall assemble as soon as practicable and pro- Duties. cased to the consideration of the matters with which they are charged, and make report to Congress by the first; day of the next session through the President of the United States, with all the evidence record 01= other- · wisc which they shall have received and considered. And the sum of ExP°““°“· one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated from the Contingent fund of the War Department to defray 'the expenses of such commission to bc expended under the direction of the President of said Commission. Approved, July 24, 1876. " CHAP. 227.-—-Au act to declare forfeited to the United States certain lands granted to July SA, 1876. the State of Kansas in aid of the construction of railroads by act of Congress ap- ·· ·· ·· proved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty three. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejyresenmtives of tim United States of America in Congress assembled, That all lands which were granted Kakgggggffgggggg by act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty f(,,fGm,d three, to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of 9, railroad, commencing at Leavenworth, Kansas, and running, by way of the town 1863  b 98 0i' Lawrence and the Ohio City crossing of the Osage River, to the 12 S{,“ '77§ southern line of the State, in the direction of Galveston Bay, in Texas, ’ with u branch from Lawrence, by the Valley of the Wakarusa River, to en, point on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fc Railroad, where said road intersects the Neosho River, and which have not been patented to said railroad company by the United States under said grant or earned , by the completion of said road and to which said company are not lawfully entitled, am hereby declared forfeited to tho United States, and shall h<>rcaftev ba subject to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws of the United States. Approved, July 24, 1876. · CHAP. 228»—A¤ act to continue the public printing July 24, 1876. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofAme*r€ca in Congress assembled, That the Congressional Printer Publio printing is hereby authorized to continue the work required by law in advance ¤¤¤i¢i¤¤¤d f<>¤‘ Wu of appropriations to be hcrcaitcr made; and this act shall continue in d“i:·“ 65 91 force for ten days. P:,° ,,;B?j22 ’ ' Approved, July 24, 1876.