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 LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Vll Pm li/?*—Sarir•g Service. An oct to organize the Life-Saving Service. June 18, 1878. .. . . . . . 16; Indian Reservation in Utah. An act for the restoration to market of certain lands in the Territory of Utah. June 18, 1878 .. ..    . ... .-..  ,...  . ...   ..-- ,.., - ,,,. 165 Promotions in the Navy. An act relative to examination for promotions in the Navy. June 18, 1878. 165 Pensions, Navy. An act to amend section forty-six hundred and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States. June 18,1o78-. .. .-.. ..      .--... 166 Courts in Indiana. An act to provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Fort Wayne, Indiana. June 18, 1878. . . .  ..  .- ..  166 District of Columbia. An act to provide for the revision and correction of assessments for special improvements in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. June 19, 1878 .. . 166 Dry-Dock, Baltimore. An act granting a site for a dry-dock in the city of Baltimore upon certain conditions. June 19, 1878. .. --.- . . .. -.-.. . . . ..   -.. ... . 167 Expenditures in Naval Service. An oct to regulate expenditures in the Navy. June 19, 1878 ... .. 167 General Account of Adeancea, Naval Appropriations. An act authorizing a general account of advances for naval appropriations. June 19, -1878 .. .  ..._.  ..:.      . . 167 South Pass Jellies. An act to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, " approved March third. anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-tivo. June 19, 1878. 168 Grasslioppera. An act for the relief of settlers on the public lands. June 19, 1878 .. . . .. 109 Courts in Nebraska. An act to provide for the holding of a term of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Lincoln, Nebraska. June 19, 1878 .. .. .--. . ...  169 Auditor of Railroad Accounts. An act to create an Auditor of Railroad Accounts, and for other purposes. .)une19, 1878 .. --- . .   -... ..  ..  .. . . .. 169 District of Columbia. An act to protect public libraries in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. June 19, 1878 . .. . .. .-..  . . . . . . --.. .. .  . .. 171 Tonnage-Dues. An act to amend section twenty-nine hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Stututes of the United States so as to allow repayment by the Secretary of the Treasury of the tonnage-tax where it has been exactcd in contravention of treaty provisions. June 19, 1878. 171 Chinese Indemnity Fund. An not supplementary to the act entitled “An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and Chino concluded on the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, at Shanghai," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, und to give the Court of Claimsjnrisdiction in certain cases. June 19, 1878  .. 171 Rancho Las Cruces. An act to authorize the claimants to certain lands in Santa Barbara County, California, to submit their claim to the United States district court for that State for adjudication. Jnne 19, 1878.. . . ..     ..    -...  172 District of Columbia. An act regulating exemptions in the District of Columbia. June 19, 1878. .. 173 Courts in North Carolina. An act to provide for the holdin g of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. June 19, 1878. . .. 173 District of Columbia. An act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a. tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes. June 19, 1878.- 173 Canadian Vessels. An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters contcrminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada. June 19, 1878 .. . . . .   . . 175 Elections in West Virginia and North Carolina. An act amending the laws with reference to elections in certain States. June 19, 1878 .. -...   -.  --    .--.-.  -. 175 Courts in Michigan. An act to detach certain territory from the eastern judicial district of Michigan, and to attach the same to the western judicial district of Michigan, and to provide for divisions in said western district and for holding the district and circuit courts therein, and for other purposes. June 19, 1878. ... . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . ... 175 Head-Money. An act to legalize the collection of head-moneys already paid. June 19, 1878 .. .. 177 Alleged lirauds Appropriation. An act to provide for the expenses of the Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the late Presidential Eli ction. June 19, 1878-  .. . ... ... .. 177 Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. June 19, 1878. . 178 Robert C. Walker. An not for the relief of Robert C. Walker. June 19, 1878. -. .. ..  206 Horace E. Mullan. An act for the relief of Horace E. Mullan. June 19, 1878...-. .. 206 Civil Expense Appropriations. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the tiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. Juno 20, 1878 .. . . . ... .--- .. ..   206 Venezuela Mixed Commission. An act in relation to the Venezuelan Mixed Commission. June 20, 1878- 241 Naval Observatory. An act to appoint a commission to ascertain the cost of removing the Naval Observatory. June 20, 1878 .. . . -... . .  . . . . . .   -. . 241 Utah and Northern Railway. An act creating the Utah and Northern Railway Company a corporation in the Territories of Utah, Idaho, and Montana, and granting the right of way to said company through the public lands. June 20, 1878. .. . . 241 Soldiers' Union, West Virginia. An act granting condemned bronze cannon to tho Soldiers’ Union of West Virginia. June 20, 1878 .. . .    --..  · ·  .--. ..-. .. ..-. 242 Sale of Small-Arma. An act to authorize the sale of the small·arms now in u e in the naval service, andthe eonversi n of the p oceeds of such sale in the purchase of arms similar in caliber to the arms now in use by the United States Army. June 20, 1878. . . .- -...   242 National Cemetery, Vicksburg. An act to construct a road to the national ccmetcry at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Juno20, 1878 .. . . ..-. -       .. ..   ..  242 Customs Dislricls, Maine. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, making Gardiner and Richmond, in Mai; e, ports of entry. June 243 20,1678. . . . . . . . . . . .  ..  -.-.. . · .      Pcnciongittorneyk Foes. An act relating to claim agents and attorneys in pension cases. June 20, 243 1 78. . - ..   . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . ..