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stores and supplies procured for the use of said vessel, and to allow him a credit for whatever sum appears to be due from him on the books of the department.

, June 15, 1844.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “,” be, and the same is hereby repealed.

. And be it further enacted, That the northern line of said reservation, as run and marked by Jennifer S. Sprigg, in the years one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two and one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, under contract with William Clark, superintendent of Indian affairs, be, and the same is hereby, ratified, approved, and established, as the correct northern boundary of said reservation.

, June 15, 1844.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That wherever the sixteenth section in said Territories, either in whole or in part, are now, or may hereafter be, included in private claims held by titles confirmed or legally decided to be valid and sufficient, other lands equivalent thereto, within any land district in said Territories most adjacent to said lands so taken up by private claims, “which have been offered at public sale, and remain unsold,” may be selected in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: and the lands so selected shall be entered in the office of the register of the land district in which they may lie, and be by such register reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office as school lands under this act: Provided―That, before making any entry of such other lands, the case shall be made out to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of said district, agreeably to rules to be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for the purpose of showing that the sixteenth section, or part thereof, has been included in the manner above mentioned.

, June 15, 1844.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following described pieces or parcels of land are hereby granted and given to the county of Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa, to wit: Two lots and a half lying and being situate in the town of Dubuque, on the northwest corner of Seventh and Locust streets, in said county, being the same land upon which the old county jail now stands, and is designated on the Government plat of said town as “public square.”

. And be it further enacted, That the county commissioners of the county of Dubuque be, and they are hereby authorized and