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 40 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 72,73, 74, 75. 1884. in Canada on the lett bank of the said River, in pursuance of the Provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York entitled “An Act to Incorporate the Niagara River Bridge Company" passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, or any Act or Acts of the said Legislature now in force amending the same, is hereby declared to be a lawful structure and an established Post Route for the mail of the United States. Received by the President, May 27, 1884. [N orn nr mnt: DEPARTMENT or Brun.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 73.- ilhn the rate of st to be aid u n mail matter of the second old; :1ien send by persons dtliesgohan the gublisggr or news agent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B<·>¤<>¤d¤!-¤·¤¤¤¤•ii States of America in Congress assembled, That the rate of postage on ,';““"· ?‘:;L""° newspaper and periodical publications of the second class, when sent I °g by others than the publisher or news agent, shall be one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall be hilly prepaid by postagestamps adixed to said matter. Approved, June 9th, 1884. June 11, 1834. CHAP. 74.-An act to authorize the sale of a certain portion of the Fort Hays Mil- —---—-——-—··—·— itary Reservation, Kansas, to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Fen Hays unit- States of America in Congress assembled, That, by and with the advice ,m,,K°°°°°i0n 3Q1am_ hereby authorized to sell to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of ,.,4,Kansas, on such terms as he may designate, for not less than the appraised value thereoi, such value to be ascertained as in the case of other sales of lands subject to appraisement, a portion of the Fort Hays Military Reservation not to exceed one hundred and sixty-five acres in extent, and having such metes and bounds as the Secretary of War p,,,,;,,, may designate: Provided, That the War Department shall retain entire control of Big Creek and all the timber along its banks on each side. . Approved, June 11, 1884. June 11, 1884. CHAP. 75.—An act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the ·—····················· Revised Statutes concerning e examination of drugs Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R- S· 27*3:  States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-seven hun- $8*917 $[5m dred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes is hereby so amended that $‘“'”,;‘ °B°m¤ the special examiner of drugs, medicines, chemicals, chemical preparagg,tions, dyes and dye·stuH's, paints, oils, varnishes, and other similar articles, at Boston, in Massachusetts, shall receive a salary of two thoustzrnld five hundred dollars, per annum, and shall be paid each year quar- Approved, June 11, 1884.
 * 5* ¤j¤°”f¤°¤? and consent of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior is