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Territory of Wyoming, as may no longer be required for military pur-
poses: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, whenever in Reservations
his opinion the public interests may require it, cause any of the foregoing vdeyd into forty-
reservations, or part thereof, to be subdivided into tracts less than forty acre tracts or
acres each, or into town lots: And provided also, That each subdivision town lots.
shall be appraised and offered separately at public outcry, to the highest Pubicauction
bidder, as hereinbefore provided, after which any unsold land or lot shall
be subject to sale at private entry for the appraised value, at the proper Private entry.
land office: And providedfurther, That should there be improvements of Improvements.
buildings, or of building materials, or other valuable property, the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall have them appraised; and no patent shall issue Patent not to
for the real estate until the improvements are paid for, at the appraised issue until, &e.
value thereof, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the said
Secretary.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right is hereby granted to Dalles City
Dalies City to have and use the waters of Mill creek flowing through may use
tuwater the
of Mill
the military reservation of Fort Dalles, Oregon, and the right of way to creek;
convey the same through said reservation for the purposes of supplying
Dalles City with water and for manufacturing purposes.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That permission is granted to the may extend
corporated authorities of Dalles City to extend Liberty Street southerly, ibuerty treet
on the line of the same, through said reservation, and [that] the land lying Grant of land
east thereof be, and the same is, granted to said Dalles City, in fee, upon
the payment to the United States therefor [of] the sum of five dollars
per acre. Land to be
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the land hereby granted to said surveyed;
city shall be surveyed under the direction of the surveyor-general for the
State of Oregon upon application to him made by the mayor of said city; expenses of
and the expenses of such survey shall be paid by said Dalles City. survey.
APPROVED, February 24, 1871.
CHAP. LXXI. - An Act prescrihinq the Form of the enacting and resolvinq Clauses of Feb. 25,1871.
Acts and Resolutions of Congress, and Rules for the (onstruction thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the enacting clause of Formhereafter
all acts of Congress hereafter enacted shall be in the following form: faeofl a cts;
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled " ; and the resolving clause of of resolutions.
all joint resolutions shall be in the following form: Resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in No fdrther en-
Congress assembled "; and no further enacting or resolving words shall wtinds &c.
be used in any subsequent section or resolution after the first; and each Sections how
section shall be numbered and contain as nearly as may be a single to benumbered
s and what to con:
proposition of enactment. tain.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all acts hereafter passed Rules of con-
words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to sev- singular and
eral persons or things; words importing the plural number may include plural words;
to masculine and
the singular; words importing the masculine gender may ma be applied feminine;
females; the words "insane person" and "lunatic" shall include every "insane per-
idiot, non-compos, lunatic, and insane person; and the word " person " son and "luna-
may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and the ref- ti""Person" to
erence to any officer shall include any person authorized by law to per- include corpora-
form the duties of such office, unless the context shows that such words tion.
were intended to be used in a more limited sense; and the word " oath " ," Oath" and
shall include " affirmation " in cases where by law an affirmation may be "swOrn" to in-
substituted for an oath, and in like cases the word " sworn " shall include tion "and " af-
the word "affirmed." rmed."
SEC. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That, whenever an act shall be re-
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Repeal not to pealed, which repealed a former act, such former act shall not thereby be
revive former revived, unless it shall be expressly so provided.
act;
not to release SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the repeal of any statute shall
any penalty,&c. not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or
nless,
& liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing act shall so ex-
pressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in
force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for
the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
APPROVED, February 25, 1871.
Feb 25, 1871. CHAP. LXXII. - An Act supplementary to an Act to establish the Department of Justice.
1870, ch. 150.
Ante,p. 162. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the De-
Additional as- partment of Justice an additional assistant of the Attorney-General, who
sistant attorney, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
ized. of the Senate, and shall hold his office until a successor shall be duly
Appointment, qualified, and who shall be paid the salary of other assistants of the At-
VPl. xvii. p 6. torney-General.
APPROVED, February 25, 1871.
Feb. 27, 1871. CHAP. LXXIII. - An Act to enable J. H. Schnell, of California, to enter and pay for a
-Section of public Land in Californiafor his Tea Colony.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
J. H. Schnell States of America in Congress assembled, That J. H. Schnell, of Califor-
may enter,'&c.
asection of pub nia, be authorized to enter, at the proper United States land office, a
lie land for a tea quantity of land not exceeding six hundred and forty actes, at the mini-
colony, mum price, according to the lines of his improvements, tea gardens, and
other culture, in the county of El Dorado, in the State of Califbrnia, and
to which there may not be any adverse claim except that of the United
States.
APPROVED, February 27, 1871.
Feb. 27, 1871. CHAP. LXXIV. - An Act to authorize [the] Worthington NationalBank of Cooperstown,
New York, to change its Name and Location.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
TheWorthing- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Worthington National
ton National
Bankmay
Bank, now located in Cooperstown, State of New York, is hereby au-
change it name thorized to change its location to the village of Oneonta, in the county of
and location. Otsego, and State of New York. Whenever the stockholders repre-
chroa dingeto senting three fourths of the capital of said bank, at a meeting called for
that purpose, determine to make such change, the president and cashier
shall execute a certificate, under the corporate seal of the bank, specifying
such determination, and shall cause the same to be recorded in the office
of the comptroller of the currency, and thereupon such change of loca-
tion shall be effected; and the operations of discount and deposit of said
New name. bank shall be carried on under the name of the First National Bank of
Oneonta, in the village of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego, and State
of New York.
Liabilities and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained
brahts of the shall be so construed as in any manner to release the said bank from any
fected. liability, or affect any action or proceeding in law in which the said bank
may be a party or interested. And when such change shall have been
Notice of determined upon as aforesaid, notice thereof and of such change shall be
change to bweekly ewspapers in the aforesaid county in
published. published in at least two weekly newspapers in the aforesaid county in
which Cooperstown is situate, in the State of New York, for not less than
four successive weeks.
APPROVED, February 27, 1871.
