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 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 46, 47, 60. 1881. 325 CHAP. 46.-An act for the relief of Somerville Nicholson. Feb. 15, 1881. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United Somerville Nich- States be, and is hereby, authorized to restore Somerville Nicholson, <>1¤<>¤· now a captain on the retired list of the Navy, to the active list, to take rank next after Clark H. Welles: Provided, That no claim for arrearages Promo. - of pay shall accrue to said Nicholson by reason of restoration under the provisions of this act. Approved, February 15, 1881. CHAP. 4'7.—An act to restore the lands included in the Fort Roadin and Fort Crook Feb. 15, 1881. military reservations, in the State of California, to the public glomain, and lor -·—--·———-——- other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands included in the bowls. Fort Fort Reading military reservation and in the Fort Crook military reser- lY‘}"‘t"‘!-i.{¥"f* Ffm {ation in the State of California, are hereby restored to the public ( Ommll. to iublic domain. Sec. 2. That all patents heretofore issued to any lands within the S=»l·¤¤i·¤ ¤¤¤¤¤·¤¤- Fort Reading military reservation and Fort Crook military reservation °“· are hereby confirmed. . Sec. 3. That the rights of all settlers on said reservations, to acquire Rights or settitle under the homestead and pre-emption laws, are hereby recognized tl<>¤·¤ p¤‘¤¤¤rv<>d- and affirmed to the extent such settlers would have acquired by settling on public lands. Approved, February 15, 1881. CHAP. 60.-—An act to amend and re—cnact sections twenty-five hundred and seven- Fob_ 17, ]_33]_ teen and twenty-five hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes and changing -—-——-——— the boundaries of a customs district in the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-five hun- R. s, 2517, 2518, dred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be omwrded and M- amended by inserting after the word "sixty-nine," in the third line of °“”*°“°d· the first clause of said section, the thllowing words: “ Excepting those towns, plantations, and townships lying on the line of the European and North American Railway/’ so that said clause, as amended, shall read as follows: * "First. The district of Aroostook, to comprise the county of Aroos- Customs district took as bounded on the twentysecond day of February, eighteen hundred of A"°°“"°°k- and sixty-nine, excepting those towns, plantations, and townships lying on the line of the European and North American Railway, in which Houlton shall be the only port of entry." Also, that said section twenty-five hundred and seventeen be further amended by inserting after the word "forty-seven," in the fourth line of the sixth clause thereof the following words: "And the several towns, plantations, and townships in the counties of Aroostook and Washington ying on the line of the European and North American Railway/’ so that said clause, as amended, shall read as follows: _ _ " Sixth. The district of Bangor, to comprise the counties of Penobscot C¤¤t<>¤¤¤ d¤¤*>¤¤* and Pisoataquis and the town of Frankfort, in the county of Waldo, as °f B‘"‘g°" bounded on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and the several towns, plantations, and townships in the counties of Aroostook and Washington lying on the line of the European and North American Railway, in which Bangor shall be the port of entry and delivery, and Frankfort and Hampden ports of delivery?