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 FORTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 82, 83, 84. 1877. 269 to statutes of this kind. and he shall revise the indexes and incofpomto Revision of i¤— therein references to the additions herein required. d°X°S· SEO. 3. Them; there shall also be included in said edition the Articles of Ad<“ii*¤i<3¤=¤1 mw Oonfédcrabion, the Declaration of our National Independence, the Ordi— *°" “’ b° ‘“°1"d°d· nance of seventeen hundred and eighty seven for the government of the Northwestern Territory, the Constitution of the United States, with foot notes referring to decisions of the federal courts thereon, the “Act; to 1866, ch. 140, provide for the revision and consolidation of the statute laws of the 14 Sams., 74, United States," approved J una twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and 1874, ch. 333, sixty-six, and the "Acb providing for publication of isha Revised Stats- 18 Sim., 113. utes and the laws of the United States! approved Juno twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventzy-fou,r, as well as the present act:. Sec. 4. That said new edition shall be completed in manuscript by Whenjzo be comsaid commissioner by the first day of January mmo Domiui eighteen Pl°P°d m m’*¤“· hundred and seventy-eight, and by him presented to the Secretary of °°}}gt{m pmmm] State {br his examination and approval, who is hereby required to 0x· to Sgcrgtgry of amine and compare the same as amended, with all the amcndatory acts, Scam for approval. and, within two months after having been submitted to him, and when __ the same shall be completed, the said Secretary shall duly certify C9”**¥*°*m> °f 0** the same under the seal of the Secretary of State, and when printed and “m“""’°*°“‘ promulgated as herein provided the printed volume shall be legal and con- D¤¤]=Md 1*%**1 clusivc evidence of the laws and treaties therein contained, in all the °"d°"°°‘ courts of the United States, and of the several States and Territories, and said Secretary shall cause fifteen thousand copies of the same to be Numbm *0 W printed and bound at the Government Printing Office, under the super- P"“°°°• vision of said commissioner, at the expense of tha United States, and without unnecessary delay. Sec. 5. That said commissioner shall receive, as full compensation Compuuszmou for all services above required to be performed by him, the sum of five fur ¤<>¤¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤i<·¤¤¤¤‘· thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1877. CHAP. 83.-Au act for the relief of the board of trustees of the Antiotam National March 2, 1877. Cemetery -·—-.--—.-. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of d1s- Appl-¤p1—1¤,m>¤. chaxrgiug the balance of the indebtedness incurred by tho board of trust- Payment of debt; ccs of t}1BAH[iBt3m National Cemetery in establishing the same and Of A¤’Ji*>'¤=¤¤ Nw improving the grounds thereof and the proper burial therein of the sol- °‘°““1 O°"’°m`·Y‘ dicrs who fell on the battle-field of Autiebmn, there be appropriated the sum of iittecu thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise upp1·<>pria.te_ b¤ War to hereafter provide for the prescwvation and supcriutaudancc of of ‘;f>;h°¤g‘;;g?:} the said cemetary as one of the nzntiomzl cemeteries of the United States G0,3'°t;1.m_ ' under the laws now in force in regard to such national cemeteries: Pro- Proviso. vided, That the said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof• as may be necessary, to discharge the present existing indebtedness shall not be paid until the legal title to the said property shall be vested in _ the United States. Approved, March 2, 1877. CHAP. 84.———Au act to authorize the board of trustees of tho city of Cheyenne, Wyo- Much 2, 1877. ming Territory, to enter and purchase for the use of said city certain public lands. -—·—·—-·—-—— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of trustees of (_`]hgyg¤ne,\V.T., the city of Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming, me hereby author- may onmraguxl purized zmd empowered to enter and purchase, for the use of said city in °h*=¥¤° °‘”’°““’ 1*‘“d·