76 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 141, 142, 143. 1866. of War and the companies and partiesliu interest, as will best effect and secure the purposes of thehgovernmgnsrpn ocgzupgnng the xslpnpé b d Sec. 2. And be it uri er enacte at ue acre my 0 ar n sm £°°“Pg“"Y3“d is hereby, authorized{o grant, to the companies and parties in intleym ggvgam to 6 such other uld, pecunigry or otherwise, towgrd cflsetgpg th; change ip the W¤z<>¤ wad- present: Iocauon of then- road and budge an csla IS mg thereon a xx agen road for the use lof the government of the United States to connect saxd island with the cmes of Davenport and Rock Island, to be so constructed as not materially to intcrfcrc with, obstruct, or impair the nawgmiou of the Mississippi river, as may be adjudged to be fair and equitable by the board of commissioners authorized under the act of April nineteenth, 1864, ch- 60- eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "AYl act in addition to an acc V°]‘ xm' p' 5o' for the establishment of certain arsenals," and may be approved by him. $m¤~I1IsI=¤¤d¤ Sxsc. 3. And be itherther enacted, That the provisions of the act, ap- ?sd1·L‘ff_°"°R°°k proved April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-fbur, entitled "An act; in addition to an act for the establishment of certain arscuals," be so extended as to include the small islands contiguous to Rock Island, and known as Benham’s, Wils0n’s, and Winnebago islands. Appropriations- S1·:c. 4. And be it further enacted, That the fbllowirw sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out; of any money in {Ec treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Rock Island arsenal, to be applied as follows, viz: For claims for To liquidate claims for property in Benhanfs, Wilson’s, and `Winnebago £)’1?f“°;1E{af;kIf3r_ islands, and for property in Rock Island which has been taken, in purposes, suancc of law, for military purposes, two hundred and ninety-three thousand six hundred dollars, or so much thereof, and no more, as may be necessary to pay the respective claimants such amounts as may be reported by the board of commissioners authorized by the act of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and ordered by the United States circuit; court 1:0 be paid to each. W¤·*·¤r P¤W¤f· To secure watenpowcr at the head of Bock Island one hundred thousand dollars. , &St<>r¤h<>¤¤¤¤, To erect stcrclxouscs for the preservation of arms and other munitions °‘ of war, and to establish communication between Rock Island arsenal and the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, one hundred thousand dollars. APPROVED, June 27, 1866. June 27, 1866. CHAP. CXLIl.—An fict to amend an Act entfiled “An Act to authorize the Sak qf 1866, Cb_ 6s_ Mlxrme Hospztals and Revenue Cutters," approved April 20t/z, 1866. Ang P' m` Be it enacted 6' y the Senate and House of Representutwes 0 the Mzzted States ey" America in Congress assembled, That the act; cutiLle`el"‘ An act to Gegiminmnrine autbprizc the sale of marine hospitals and revenue cutters," approved ggilégsfgg ggggah April lwcnticth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall not be construed to authorize the .Secretary of the Treasury to lease or sell any such hospital xyl1<erc the rehef furnished to sick ma.rine[1·]s shall show an extent of rchcf equal to twenty cases per digm, on an average, for the last preceding fpm- years, or where no other smtable and suificient hospital accommodauons can llc procured upon reasonable terms for the comfbrt and convcmence of the patients. APPROVED, June 27, 1866. June 27, 1866- CHAP. CXLHI.-—An Act in Anumdmenj of an Act to promote the Pmgress ey" Hu: Useful Arts, and the Acts in Amendment of and in Addition thereto. Bc it enacterl by fthe Senate and House of Represcnlafives of the United Fe f 1 Sides of America m Congress assembled, That upon appealing For the first for 6;t°5:_gp°°· lime {rom th0 decxsxon of the primary examiner to the cxamincrs-in-chief from dggigigu of in the patent officc, the appellant shall pay u fcc of ton dollzus into tho
