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 56 _FOR.TY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.106,108,112,114. 1876. °l¤¤¤ld· Sec. 2. That the act of Congress approved February twentylfirst, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "_An act to provide for the building of a custom house, and so forth " in the city of Memphis, in the State of Tenne see, and for other purposes, be so amended as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the lot of ground now owned by the Government of the United States on the corner of Jefferson and Third streets, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, at public Terms. auction for cash, or on such credit as he may deem most advantageous, within twelve months from the passage of this act, after advertising the same for a period of thirty days in two newspapers published in= the city of Memphis, and in such other manner as he may think proper; and P*“°°°°d¤· the proceeds thereof shall be covered into the Treasury. Approved, May 23, 1876. . Mw 23i 1876- CHAP. 108.-An act to amend the charter of the Capitol, North O Street, and South ""'”""‘”"" _ Washington Railway Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1875, oh. 161, States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act Ameuded. five, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize and allow said company to extend its line on Fourth and Eleventh streets west from O street to P street north, and to lay a single track and run its B°¤*° °l¤¤¤€°d· cars one way upon P street between Fourth and Eleventh streets, instead of laying a double track and running its cars both ways upon O street. Approved, May 23, 1876. May g4,1375_ · CHAP. 112.-An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the ——-—-—--- United States arsenal-grounds near Benicia California. " - ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Rislit of WM? States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way, not ex- cm, q,,;_, ,;,.,,m,,,,]_ States included in the military reservation near Benicia, in the State of California, is hereby granted to the Northern Railway Company for the purpose of constructing a railroad: Provided, That the said right of way, and the width and location thereof through said lands, and the ` regulations for operating said railroad within the limits of the reservation so as to prevent all danger to public property, shall be submitted Secretary ofwar to, and approved by, the Secretary of War, prior to any entrpon aid °"§'f,’,:f,0 mlm also, That whenever said rights of way shall cease to be used for the t,,U,,m,d S,,,,t.,,,_ purposes aforesaid, the same shall revert to the United States: And Right or repeal, provided farther, That the right to repeal alter or amend this act is re- ¤'¤>-» *¤¤·>"~‘=¢l· served to Congress. _ Approved, May 24, 1876. May 25, 1870, CHAP. 114.-An act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia ---———··—-———·- to cancel and annul the condemnation of ground in square seven hundred and sixty; two, in the city of Washington, for a public alley, and for other purposes: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Condemnation or States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the zr<>¤¤<l for alley in District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to cancel and
 * 8 Sm-» *9** to incorporate the Capitol, North O Street, and South Washington Railway Company," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-
 * ]:,;;':]?:; _’:t’“§§u"; ceeding one hundred feet in width, through the lands of the United
 * 9 **PP*°V° me- lands, or the commencement of the construction of said works: rovided,
 * Ql1‘::5‘ieé62 my be annul the condemnation of ground in square seven hundred and sixty-

-two, in the city of Washington, District· of Columbia, for the purpose of locating a public alley in said square, should they deem the abandon-