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 30 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 41, 44, 46, 47. 1882. and all such claims must be presented to the Postmaster-General within six months after the taking effect of this act; and 110 claim for losses which may hereafter accrue shall be allowed unless presented within three months from the time the loss accrued. postmasmgw- Sm:. 2.-That it is hereby made the duty of the POSl:m3St8f·G6DGf2.l em to make an- to report his action herein to Congress annually, with his reasons there- ¤"¤l *’°P°'“° C°¤‘ for in each particular case ""“" Appmvm, umu 17, 1882. Mar. 21, IE. CHAP. 44.-—An act appmpria;i;E;>1;;l::;1c% r e3 3hB;•e: ud dollars for continuing the Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Davis Island States of America in Oemgress assembled, That the sum of one hundred D¤¤¤» 0**** Rim'- thousand dollars, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of continuing the work on the Davis Island Dam in the Ohio River, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and in an- Appropriation. ticipation of part of the appropriation for such purpose in the regular river and harbor act. Approved, March 21, 1882 liar. 22, 1£. CHAP. 46.-An mt authorizing the sale of certain logs ent by the Indians of the -·—-———-—- Menomonee Besorvsmon m Wisconsin. Bo it enewtcd by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United "3L‘g‘::"Qfg0°; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the I11- g;,,_ ’ terior be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause to be sold at public sale me M. mt mm to the highest bidder, tbr cash, alter due public advertisement, and iu ],,.,._ such lots or quantities as he may deem judicious, all pine timber cut upon the Menomonee Indian Reservation during the winter of eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, under the direction of the then United States Indian Agent, J. U. Bridg· ' man. D"?] °°***°° °f Sec. 2.—That the proceeds arising from all sales of such timber shall p" be applied first to the payment of any and all indebtedness incurred toilabor, supplies, mid other expenses incident to the cutting and sale of said timber, and the surplus, if any, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Indians, and expended for their benefit under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, Merch 22, 1882. Ihr- 22, 1882. CHAP. 47.-Au act to amend section Eftythmeo hundred and tli1:y·two of the Revised Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mg¤gI5¤¤¤j; ¤€¢=-» 11} States of America in Congress assembled, That section fifty-three hundred me U:§";d“g’f:m‘; and fil’ty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the hgw l.,m;,m,,;_ same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, namely: R. S. 5352, 1039, “Evex·y person who has a husband or wife living who, in an Territory •¤¢‘¤d•>·l- or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, hereafter marries another, whether married or single, and any man who Y<>l>’E¤¤¤y· hereafter simultaneously, or on the same day, marries more than one ‘Y· woman, in a Territory or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, is guilty of polygamy, and shall be punished by · a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and by imprisonment fora 1;,* ,, QP], in term of not more than five years; but this section shall not extend to ensue eau. any person by reason of any former marriage whose husband or wife
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