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 O FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 260, 261, 262, 263, 264. 1876. 131 the failure or refusal to perform such service, shall be prima-facie evidence in all actions or prosecutions arising under this section that such failure or refusal was wrongful? Approved, August 11, 1876. CHAP. 261.-An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the name Aug. 12, 1876. l of the steamboat “Hiram Wood." ————·-————-—-·———- Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Name pr steamury_be, and is hereby, authorized to change the name of the steamboat *6,,** **2;, 0, H1 "H1ram Wood " to ‘* Dr. Burleigh} and grant an enrolment license in ..  Buriggih., ° such other name. Approved, August 12, 1876. CHAP. 262.-An act to change the hl3i1g1C of the pleasure yacht "Ella" to that of Aug. 12, 1876. ¢    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of the pleasure u Tglulvsuvf y=-wht yacht *‘Ella,” registered in the southern district of New York, be, and w]“}l¢,’“m §l"‘“¥°‘l the same is hereby, changed to “Myra ," and the Secretary of the y ' Treasury is authorized to grant a register in accordance therewith. Approved, August 12, 1876. CHAP; 263.-—An act concerning the employment of Indian Scouts. Aug. 12, 1876. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the Ariny _0i·agii_ia1i.nnnter appropriation act of twenty-fourth July, eighteen hundred and seventy- 9* I¤¤d;=¤¤ ¤°*>¤*¤ six, as limits the number of Indian scouts to three hundred is hereby ‘°'“°°““ ‘ repealed; and sections ten hundred and ninetydour and eleven hundred _ _ and twelve of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the employment of one 1870; 22**- thousand Indian scouts, are hereby continued in force: Provided, That iz"? ,09,, v_20g_ a proportionate number of non-commissioned officers may be appointed. 1;; SQ; 11],2; v_2in_ And the scouts, when they furnish their own horses and horse-equip Allow ance for ments, shall be entitled to receive lorty cents per day ior their use and b<>*¤·‘¤· risk so long as thus employed. Approved, August 12, 1876. CHAP. 26*1.--An act to continue the provisions of an act entitled "An act to pro- Aug. 12, 1876. vide temporarily for the expenditures of the Governinent." *""’_"‘_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of an act f AL>i·1‘<>P2¤y_E*1;§ entitled "An act to continue the provisions of an act entitled ‘An act to  ‘:,°,,€§,,_ provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government} approved ,,,,d_ June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,” approved July thirty- _ tlrst eighteen hundred and seventy six, bc, and the same are hereby, 9542*% PP- °5· 7** extended and continued in full force and eifect, until and including the 2,,,8,*,, ,6,, fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. ’ Approved, August 12, 1876.