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 FIFTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 1467, 1468. 1905. 1037 trol, and administer endowments and gifts of money and property thereafter made to it for the maintenance of its educational work; to have and use a common seal, and to alter and change the same at pleasure; t0_ make and alter from time to time such' by-laws, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or the laws in force in said District or the laws of the university regulating the conduct of educational work, as may be deemed necessary for the government of the college, but said college shall not confer academic or honorary degrees; such college shall hold the property of the institution and all moneys and property conveyed to it by purchase, gift, conveyance, will, devise, or bequest solely for the purposes of the educational work specified in said certificate; the trustees of such colle e shall faithfully apply all funds collected or received and the proceeds thereof belonging to the institution, according to their best judgment, in purchasing lands and erecting buildings, supporting necessary officers, instructors, and servants, and procuring all equipment., educational and otherwise, necessary to carry on the work of the college. Sec. 3. That said university may enter into affiliated a reements ,g¤¤;*$¤*g with with any institutions of learning outside of the District of Columbia, 0 er u ml for the purpose of giving to students of such institutions the educational facilitiesT¥>'fsaid university and the De rtments of the Government in the 01 Qof Washington, which are [lily law open to students, upon such te _Tas are mutually agreed upon by the said university and the aihlia jnstitutions. Approved, March 3, 1905. - CHAP. 1488.-An Act For the resurvey of certain townships in the counties of March s, ms. Rock and Brown, in the State of Nebraska. [H- R- Wm-} Public, No. 201. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr·es0n.tatvPvea of tlw United [ 1 States of America in Oongresx assembled, That the Secretary of the gvbmqkq- di Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made a resur— in iiilll °§S¤ §°.€£,’{l vey of townships twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, and twenty- °°““""“· eight north, range seventeen; townships twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight north, range eighteen; townships twenty-five, twenty-six, twentvseven, and twenty-eight north, range nineteen; townships twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, and twenty- eight north, range twenty; townships twenty-tive. twenty-six, twenty- seven, and twenty-eight north, range twenty —one;townships twentyhve, twentv-six, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight north. range twenty-two; townships twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, an twenty-eight north, range twenty-three, and townships twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight north, range twentv—four west of the sixth principal meridian, situated in the counties of Rock and Brown, in the State of Nebraska; and all rules and regulations of the Interior Department requiring petitions from all settlers of said counties, asking for resurvey and agreement to abide by the result of the same so far as these lands are concerned, are hereby abrogated: ]’r0z•e'ded, That 1_j<>¤~iw¢¤. nothin herein contained shall be so construed as to impair the present ( °°“°°`m‘ bona fide claim of any actual occupant of any of said lands so occupied: _ I*mv»'de¢Zfw·/lzer, That before any survey is ordered it shall be made w,§}‘Q>' ,g"“,;"“,{,fQ,},?_ to appear to the Secretary of the Interior that the former official sur- v¤>‘¤d· vey of said lands is so inaccurate or obliterated as to make it necessary to survey the land, and only such parts of the land where the survey is so inaccurate or obliterated shall be surveyed. Approved, March 3, 1905.