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, o QEORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II, Ch.12, 18, 19. 1877. 221   e H. Swrkweatber of Conneolaiout, deceased, late 2, member of the House _ _ — _ of Representatives as authorized by the resolution of the House of Rep- ¢* ·e... V resentativesiof May fifbh,eigh’ceen hundred and seventy-six,a,nd[cony i curved in by the Senate May twentieth eighteen hundred and seventy · A Qsix; said portraits to accompany the eulogies ordered to be printed by “ ‘ the same resolution. ‘ » _ s SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives s T. W. FERRY U, President of the Senate pro tempore. j A Received by the President December 16, 1876. o [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;-—ThB foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become zn law without his approval.] K CHAP. 18.--An act providing for the sale of Saline lands. Jan, 12, 1877, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representattfves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever it shall be made Saline _1¤¤d¤ to ‘ _ appear to the register and the receiver of any land office of the United ‘¤<> °_X¤m*¤*>‘d *****1 Stmtes phat; any lands within their district are saline in character, it shall '°P°‘°°°‘1 °“‘. t be the dmty of said register and said receiver, under the regulations of ` the General Lend 0iHc.e,rto take testimony in reference to such lands co ascertain their true character, and to report the same to the General Lend office ; and if, upon such testimony, the Commissioner of the General Land office shall Gnd that such lands are saline and incapable of being purchased under any of the laws of the United States relative to the public domain, then, and in such case, such lands shall be oiiered TQ M <>¤°V$>¤>d M tor sale by public auction at the local land oiiee of the district in which P‘“’¥‘° ““°“‘°"· the same shed} be situated, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land office, and sold to the highest bidder for cash, at as price nots less than one dollar and twenty frve cents Minimum priceper marc; aud tin cose said lands fail to sell when so offered, then the ‘ ? same shell beisubjecta totprivame sale, ab such land office, for cash, at a. To be Sold af ' price not? less than one dollar and twentzyfive cents per acre, in the P“""·*° Sm- ~sngmeSme.nner,,as other lands of the United States are sold, Provided, » That the foregoing enactments shall not apply to any State or Territory Wlnen act me to which has not had a grzmt of salines by not of Congress, nor to any ”PP15’· State which may have had such em grant, until either the grant has been fully satisfied, or me rights of selection thereunder has expired by efflux 4 of time. But nothing in this acts shall authorize the sale or conveyance s of an title other than such as the United States has,,emd the patents Form or pmnn. ~ issued sha1l;be hrthe form of an release and quit-claim of all title of the United Steves in such lands. · _ sSEO.i2. Thnt all executive proclamznbions relating to the sales of I’ub— Advertisements. t lic Lands `shaall be published in only one newspaper, the same to be 1·.m,p,351, ~ printed emd publishedrin the State or Territory where the lands are situ K uzwbed, and to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, January 12, 1877. E CHAP. $19.--An act authorizing the use of certain funds 110w in the Treasury, be- Jzm.12, 1877. 4 _ longing to the Osage Indians.""""‘"’_""" 3Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ _ f Stattes M America in Congress assembled, That; the Secretary of the Inte- m££}°;Qp5;‘Qfé;‘}g_ riot be, and he hereby is authorized to use a sum not exceeding Fifty dimw · Thousand dollars from funds now in the Treasury belonging to the Osage