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 _ AEORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 78, 79, 80, 83. 1876. 37 who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said office; and they shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to the land-otfioe now established at Salt Lake City. Approved, April 25, 187 6. CHAP. 79.-An act authorizing the sale of logs cut by the Indians of the Menomonee April 25, 1876. reservation in Wisconsin under the direction of the Interior Department. -·-——-··—;——-- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Sale of timber rior be and he hereby is authorized to cause to be sold at public sale, to °“*0°“a1;¥“"°m°“°° the highest bidder, for cash, after due public advertisement and in such ms N l°°' lots or quantities a he may deem judicious, all pine timber out upon the Menomonee Indian reservation in Wisconsin, under the direction of United States Indian agent J. C. Bridgman. Sec. 2. That the proceeds Application of arising from all sales of such timber shall be applied, first to the pay- proceeds. ment of any and all indebtedness incurred for labor, supplies and other _ expenses incident to the cutting and sale of said timber, and the surplus, if any, shall be deposited in the nearest government depository to phgcredit of the United States for the benefit of the said Menomonee n rans. Approved, April 25, 1876. CHAP. 80.——An act giving the consent of the United States to the county of Dubuque, April 25, T876- in the State of Iowa, to construct county buildings in Washington Square, in the "‘*"‘*’·"**· city of Dubuque, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the consent of the United P¤bli¤ buildings States is hereby given to the proper authorities of the county of Du- buque, in the State of Iowa, (the consent of the proper authorities of mgm, Sq,,,,,,,, by the city of Dubuque and also of the owners of property fronting on said consent of United square or heretofore located by description on said square, being first Stemhad and obtained,) to the construction of such public buildings as may be necessary for court purposes and for the public officers of said county, in the public park, in the city of Dubuque, known as Washixigtoii Square; and whatever title the United States now has to said premises is hereby relinquished to the county of Dubuque for the purposes herein indicated, and for no other MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore _ Received by the President April 13, 1876. {Nom BY rim Dm·An.u·1un1wr on Srnrm.-The 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, hasbecame a law without his approval.] CHAP. 83.-An act to change the name of the steamboat Charles W. Mead. April 26, 1876. Be it enacted by the Senate a/nd House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That authority is hereby given .Nam0 of 8h6am_ to the owner of the steamboat Charles W. Mead, of Allegheny City, boat Charles W. Pennsylvania, to change the name of said vessel to that of General Mwd ¤h¤~¤:<+d- Meade, by which name said steamboat shall hereafter be known. Approved, April 26, 1876.