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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 130, 132, 133. 1892. 59 CHAP. 130.-An act to confirm New Madrid location survey numbered twenty- June 24, 1892. four hundred and seventy-five and to provide for the issue of a patent therefor. wt Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho/use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the cimies Lucas mm General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent A§jjm§‘°;§:; t conveying the title of the United States to Charles Lucas and Asa P N °' Morgan and their legal representatives and assigns in and to the northeast fractional quarter of section thirty-five in township forty-nine of range seventeen west, south of the Missouri River, which said land was located by the said Lucas and Morgan under a New Madrid certificate of location numbered one hundred and thirty-four, and upon which land the city of Boonville, Missouri, is now located. Approved, June 24, 1892. CHAP. 132.-—An act to provide an American register for the steamer Foxhall, Jnme 25, 1892. of New Orleans, Louisiana. *‘_—···;— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of ‘*F»x1»¤11.·· Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built ,°¢j;*¢¤f,j=g¤1{¤zi¤¢¤r¢¤ steamer Foxhall, of New Orleans, Louisiana, purchased and owned by gu '°t°”°°° Lawrence C. Fallon, an American citizen, and repairedby him, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, author- mpeesm. ized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and the appurtenances of said boilers, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificates issued to steam vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the test to be applied to the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances will be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save the fact that said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate if said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and safety. Approved, June 25, 1892. CHAP. 133.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to forfeit certain lands June 25, 1892. heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for ··—···—····— other purposes/’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of an act rm-rents ima entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the pnu·- g"§{{*°{;, 0,- mmm ,0 pose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes,” purclzw- exrcnded be, and the same is, amended so as to extend the time within which °"° *`"" persons actually residing upon lands forfeited by said act shall be permitted to purchase the same in the quantities and upon the terms pro- V·>1-i‘6»r-4% vided in said section at any time within three years from the passage of said act. Approved, June 25, 1892.