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 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 9, 10, 12. 1880. 6] CHAP. 9.—An act to amend sections twenty-three hundred and - ggvségpshgesl zzd twenqr-five of the Revised Statutes of tbxoggtgdgtafag Be it enacted by the Senate and Eouseo R resentatio ‘ States of America in Congress assembled, Tjhategection iIW;:1:§illibI{?68U7]dQl§lil1(¥ Miumil 1¤¤d¤· dred and twentytve of the Revised Statutes of the United States be g' S' 2325* amended by· adding thereto the following words: “Provided, That where Pblozlgedi the claimant for a patent is not a resident of or within the land district { wherein the vein, lode, ledge, or deposit sought to be patented is located, the apphoat 1on for patent and the aiiidavits required to be made in this Application for section by the claimant for such patent may be made by his, her, or its PE**’°¤* end ¤·md=¤·· authorized agent, where said agent is eonversant with the facts sought mf .0 to be established by said aiiidavits: And provided, That this section shall p?:,?,}, apply to all applications now pending for patents to mineral lands.” l Sec. 2. That section twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Re- R. S. 2324, vised Statutes of the United States be amended by adding the following MMM words : “Prooided, That the period within which the work required to be Prmziao. done annually on all unpatented mineral claims shall commence on the first day of January succeeding the date of location of such claim, and this section shall apply to all claims located since the tenth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-two." Approved, January 22, 1880. CHAP. 10,-An act directing the removal of obstructions from the harbor at the Dole.- Jan. 23, 1880. ware Breakwater. 1- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Removal of oband he is hereby, directed to cause to be removed from the harbor at stwotions in lmthe Delaware Breakwater and the entrance thereto and in the main gggaggagglewrm ship channel of the Delaware Bay and River several vessels which were ‘ sunk in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and now forming obstructions endangering the safety of vessels entering said harbor after reasonable notice to the owners of such vessels to remove the same, and Noticethe sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be Appropriation. necessary, is hereby appropriated for that purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 23, 1880. CHAP. 12.-An act granting a right of way acrossWater Shops Pond in Springfield, Jan. 24, l880. Massachusetts, to the Springfield and New London Railroad Company. -»—-——-—· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way by means Springfield one of a bridge over and across the Water Shops Pond, so-called, belonging 5;,*; Ié°;*;°;3F:;}· to the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts, is hereby_ gran ted to Right of ww ‘ the Springneld and New London Railroad Company, for railroad purposes; the same to be used and enjoyed by said company at the same point and in the same location and extent that a way is now used by said company by means of the bridge heretofore constructed with the ap- _ proval of the Secretary of War: Prmiided, That whenever said right of I’r¢ww•¤· way shall cease to be used for the purposes aforesaid the same shall re- U vert to the United States: And provided farther, That the right to re- Promo. peal, alter, or amend this act is reserved to Congress. Approved, January 24, 1880.