THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 85, 86. 1856. 33 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the school tax which shall be sehmltax dinlevied and collected under this act shall constitute a fund, or be added to P°“°d°f· any other fund now or hereafter to be constituted by any act of said corporation for the establishment and support of common schools, and for no other purpose, under such regulations as the corporation may prescribe. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Elwqon W. corporation to provide or establish at least two election precincts within 9i¤¤¤ wd the limits of the corporation of Georgetown, and to appoint not less than Qfgfgs °f °l°°° three judges of election for each precinct, and to adopt such other regulations as may be necessary to give full force and efect to this section. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts in con- Im,,,,,g,u,,t ilict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. acts repealed. Approved, August 11, 1856. Cru?. LXXXV.-An Act zo confirm to certain Persons therein named, their Titles lo cer- Aug. 11, 1866. tain Lots in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ( Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all those farm and vil- Ceitain farm lage lots at Prairie du Chien, in the State of Wisconsin, as designated gd 1*:1: upon the plat of the private land claims at said place, in volume four of Chim, °(mm.m,,d_ the public lands American State Papers, which plat was made in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty, by Isaac Lee, 'Esquire, the agent appointed by the commissioners to adjust land titles at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, which have not heretofore been confirmed and patented to the claimants, are hereby confirmed unto the several persons named upon said plat and the report of said Lee, and to their assigns and legal representatives; and village lots numbers six, ten, and eleven, in the main village, as designated upon said plat, are hereby confirmed to Hercules L. Dousman; and lot number nine, in said village, to Edward W. Pelton; and patents to the lots hereby confirmed, shall issue to such persons as now own, or as shall have the right to the same: Pro- This coummb vided, That the confirmation hereby made shall not interfere with any tion to he onlya heretofore made, and that such confirmation shall only operate as a relin- rgge3¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ quishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall in no man- ° °` ner interfere with any valid adverse right of any persons, if such exist, to the same land. Approved, August 11, 1856. Cr-nr. LXXXVI. —An Act to pmvidehfor the Public Instruction z` Youth in Primary Aug. 11, 1856. Schools throughout the County of Was mgtan, in the District of olumbuz, without the *""‘—‘ Limits 1y' the Cities of Washington and Georgetown. Be it enacted by the Senate and Himsa of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the levy court of the Commission county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, at their first meeting ers of primary after the passage of this act, shall appoint seven intelligent inhabitants ?°l'a’l“ “6W*‘°;h‘ of the said county, who shall reside without the limits of the cities of B1?;;;,, ggnagl Washington and Georgetown, two of whom shall be residents of that pointedportion of the said county lying and being west of Bock Creek, three between Rock Creek and the Eastern Branch, and two east and south of the Eastern Branch, to be commissioners of primary schools for said county, which said commissioners shall hold their offices until the second Monday in May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ilfty-seven, Tam of 0m,,,, and until others are appointed in their places; and in case any of the said commissioners thus appointed or to be appointed, as aforesaid, shall refuse to serve, or die, or remove from the county, or become incapable Vacancies, of serving, the vacancy or vacancies shall be hlled by the levy court as I""' mw soon as practicable. v01.. xx. Pun.-—-5
