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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 256, 257, 264. 1892. 273 to law. But shall have no eiieet whatever upon the validity or inva- vanuity or deed, lidity of the deed or paper so recorded, and shall be no evidence of con- °‘°·· "°‘ *‘“°°°""*· structive notice to any persons not actually knowing the contents. Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby empowered b Riwvrds of lll deeds and directed to continue to make and keep a record of every deed ex- y "°i“""°*’°k“*’”‘ ecuted by any Indian, his heirs, representatives, or assigns, which may require the approval of the President of the United States or of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever such approval shall have been given, and the deed so approved returned to said office. Sec. 3. That the Commissioner of ,Indian Affairs shall cause a seal sed wtemse. to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States sh all approve, and copies of any public ·documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commis- cmincmm. siouer thereof, or by such officer as may, thr the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof. Sec. 4. That the Commissioner of Indian Aifairs shall have the cus- F¤¤¤•;}li¤z¤¤¤lfl¤d tody of said seal, and shall furnish certified copies of any such records, °°pi°° ° °‘ books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the tiles of said office, to any person applying therefor who shall comply with the requirements of said office, upon the payment by such parties at the rate of ten cents Fmper hundred words: and one dollar for copies of maps or plats, and the additional sum of twenty-five cents for the Commissioner’s certificate ·of veriiication, with the seal of said office; and one of the employes nemvaugcim-k. ·of said office shall be designated by the Commissioner as the receiving clerk, who shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, and the amounts so received shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, be paid into the Treasury of the United States; but fees shall not be de- No ages m copies manded for such authentimated copies as may be required by the officers f"' °m°"‘1 “°°‘* °“· ·of any branch of the Government or by any Indian who shall satisfy the Commissioner by satisfactory legal evidence that he or she is not able, by reason of poverty, to pay such fees, nor for such unverified copies as the Commissioner in his discretion may deem proper to furnish. Approved, July 26, 1892. CHAP. 257.-An act authorizing the payment of a certiticate of indebtedness of July 26, 1892, the District of Columbia, numbered forty-nine hundred and eighty seven. ··—·;—······ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred h_1>l¤¤rl¤l= df Columand seven dollars is hereby appropriated, one-half out of any money in '2m,,,,p,i,.,i.,,, t., the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and the other half out of the H:{{t;}({:;;;“°¤*¤ •>f *¤· revenues of the District of Columbia, for the redemption, with interest, ` ofa eertiiicate of indebtedness numbered four thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven, issued by authority ‘of section seven of the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia, approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, dated July iirst, eighteen hun- -dred and seventy-three. Approved, July 26, 1892. CHAP. l64.-—An act to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable July 2v, un. merchandise without appraisement to the port of Dunkirk, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of the Dunkirk, iw. Y. seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ,,£$}{,",`§':.{$§{Z,;f§‘§‘$.Y]"` eighty, governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise without V<>l·2*·l•~i·* appraisement, be, and the same are hereby. extended to the port of Dunkirk, in the State of New York. Approved, July 27, 1892. vox. xxv¤—18