542 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 177, 178, 179. 1867. may be filed with the surveyplxi-geueml of tll1easu;·v<-zying district in whigb the lands are situate who sh transmit said ec amtory statement to the Certain acts general `land office:)And provided, further, That any act of said trus- °f,i"“°*°°’· *0 b° tees not made in conformity to the rules and regulations-herein alluded fg v°l€ggm,_,,,0,,,,_ shall be vpid ; effect to be given tobtb: lforegoigg prrgisiops tacceirihng to suc re¤·u ations as may e prescribe y e ecre y e n error: This act not And przvided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to
- .’PPlY*°"°"‘ military or other reservations heretofore made by the United States, nmu,`:,:°m"` to reservations for lighthouses, custom-houses, mints, or such other public
purposes as the interests of the United States may require, whether held under reservations through the land oiliee by title derived from the Crown nor to mines of Spain, or otherwise: And provided further, That no title shall be ac- °*` 8°ld» &°· quired, under the provisions of this act, to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar, or copper. Approved, March 2, 1867. Much 2, 1867- CHAP. CLXXVIII.-—An Act allowing the Duties on jbreign Merchandise imported mto the Port of Albany to be secured and paid at that Place. Be it enacted by the Senate and fbusc of Representatives of the United YALb¤¤Y8N€W States of America in Congress assembled, That Albany, in the State of P;Q,;,“,};,,$;y_ New York, and Wuhan the collection umm of New York, be, mi is hereby, declared to be a port of delivery within the aforesaid district; and Surveyor. there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs, to reside at said port, who shall, in addition to the customary duties performed by that officer in 1881, ¤lr 87- other places, perform the duties prescribed in an act entitled “An act alv°1'"' p` 48°' lowing the foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati Louisville Saint Louis Nashville and Natchez to be secured and paid at those,places," approved Mardh two, eighteeii hundred and B<>¤d,T¤¤¤,¤¤d thirt_y—one. The said surveyor, before taking the oath of office, shall give mary' security to the United States for the faithful performance of his duties in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and shall receive, in addition to the customary fees and emoluments of his office, an annual salary of six hundred dollars. lirivilcges and Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same privileges granted to TCS HC 10118 I, _ · . . , . . Pucablcl P' the ports of delivery mentioned in the first section of this act, and the restrictions created by the said act, are hereby extended and made applicable to all voods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States at anyixort of entry and destined to said port of Albany. Privileges of Sec. 3. And 6c it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury
- ‘;;·‘§3c$°;% 5*;; shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend the privileges of the
pm, warehouse acts of August six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and March ¥§6,_<>h- 8;;; twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the regulations of the §§5,"§j,?t0_' Trizsury Depaipment gelaggp thereto, to the said port of Albany. ot. x. p. 270. PPROVED, arc , . March 2, 1867. CH?. CLXXIX.-blA1’:Ac1fat1odc6eate the Off? of Survqyor—General in the T erritoryqf ontana, and esta is a jicc in the erritaries of lllontana and Arizona. Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §*;_";¥°*';§°¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the President, by the ad- °m °r °° °°" vice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to _Salarya¤d du· appoint a surveyorweneral for Montana whose annual salary shall be ms- three thousand dolldrs, and whose power, authority, and duties shall be Cl k _ the same as those provided bylaw for the surveyor-general of Oregon. cmgiemd He shall have proper allowances for clerk hire, office rent and fuel, what fuel. is now allowed by law to the surveyor-general of Oregon. Aylontaiai and Sxcc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the public lands within the d,;';'; 8s2gb_ Territories, of Montana and Arizona, to which the Indian title is or shall lished. be extinguished, shall each respectively constitute a new land district to
