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 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 18, 19, 20, 21. 1879. 1] second Mondays in February and September, and at San Antonio in the western district on the iirst Mondays in May and November. Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby Repeals. repealed. ' Approved, June 11, 1879. CHAP. 19.-An act to extend the time for th - ( ‘ public lands in the State of Minnesota §;dIIl"b1i*i;·it)<ir§)Io‘f(l`b];1,Ili;<i)f;. OD ccrmm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time at which preempt- Public lands. ors on the public lands in the State of Minnesota, including the lands *"°·°'“PP°’S"°i”}'* within the Fort Ridgely and Sioux Indian reservations, and the old Sioux °XYf"d°‘h” °"m*'“ Indian reservation in the county of Grant, Territory of Dakota, are now CM 1S` required to make final proof and payment, be, and the same is hereby, extended two years from October first, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight, in all cases when the pre—emptor shall make due proof before the register and receiver of the local land office in the district in which their lands are situated that their crops have beendestroyed or seriously injured by grasshoppers within two years prior to October first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Approved, June 12, 1879. CHAP. 20.—An act to extend the time of special postal service until service can be June 12, 1879. obtained by advertisement. -—————·-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in cases where special serv- Postal service. ice has already been placed on new routes, the Postmaster—General may, in his discretion, extend such service until the time when service can be obtained by advertisement, not exceeding in any case one year. And Duration of spe- Whenever an accepted bidder shall fail to enter into contract, or a con- cial service tractor on any mailroute shall fail or refuse to perform the service on said route according to his contract, or when a new route shall be established or new service required, or when, from any other cause, there shall not be a contractor legally bound or required to perform such service, the Postm aster-General may make a temporary contract for carrying the mail on such route, without advertisement, for such period as may be necessary, not in any case exceeding one year, until the service shall have commenced under a contract made according to law. And any Repeais. provision of statute in conflict with this provision is hereby repealed. Approved, June 12, 1879. CHAP. 21.-—An act to establish post routes. Jung 12, 1879, Be it enacted by the Senate and ·House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following post-routes Post-routes. be, and the same are hereby established. ALABAMA. Alr~b¤·¤¤¤· From Blake’s Ferry, to Cowpens. From Victoria, to Clintonville. From Abbeville, via Hardwicksburg to Smithville. From Tuscaloosa, to Carrollton. _ From Gainseville, Alabama, to Scooba, Mississippi. From Talladega, via Maxwells’ Mills, and Grishams Ferry, to Kelley’s Creek Post Office. From Hatchett Creek, to Sylacauga.