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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 144, 145, 146, 147. 1869. 839 CHAP. CXLIV.-—An Act amendato o' h h r Mar . Grounds at iS!. Louis and Libo-ty, 4;$•¢i[I_;)»:zillnlllrfol;nl1;€osSells£ed)£·pa3vel¢ll T tzventyftve, etghteen hundred and szxty-eight. Ante, p. 187. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That so much of the third sec- Six ¤¤¤‘¤¤ <>{ tion of the act providing for the sale of the arsenal grounds et. Saint lh°u‘:Q°::°lSt_ Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other purposes, approved July {locals, to be dostwenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, as grants to the city of $*****2*; b!' ';P° Saint Louis the westernmost six acres of the tract of ground occupied by vdglftold gym. the Saint Louis arsenal, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, so far as it ¢d W *=h¤ 91¤{j¤f designates the part of said tract so granted; and in lieu of said western- §:'fx;g,*'“ *2 most six acres there shall be granted to said city, for the purposes and gum upon the conditions expressed in said act, other six acres of said tract, to _ _ _ be designated by the Secretary of War; and that the period limited in f°3`;m° l‘m"°d . . . rection of sind act for the erection of the monument therein contemplated to be monumengwhen erected shall be considered as commencing at the time when the Secre- ¥<> <><>m¤¤¤¤¤¤ *0 tary of War shall have designated the six acres of said tract to be granted mn' to said city: Provided, however, That no part of the said six acres shall S°l<*¤'¤i°¤ **0* be selected east of the western line of the ground occupied by the Saint :}lEcf¤°d° (mt Louis and Iron Mountain railroad. ° APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CXLV.—An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to pmvide a National March 8, 1869. Oarreizcz secared by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to pmvide for the Circulation and phen thenecjQ" by ertendzng certam Penalties to Accessorzes. Vol. xii. p. 680. Be it enacted by the Senalte and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That. every person who shall aid bAl<}i¤S 0* or abet any officer or agent of any association in doing any of the acts zest2Q1f :g·”¤°m' enumerated in section fifty-two of an act entitled "An act to provide a national bank in national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to :Q2nim§zi’z;*}‘itB provide for the circulation and redemption thereof}" approved February {und,}, ho}., pm,. twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, with intent to defraud or i¤h¤d· deceive, shall be liable to the same punishment therein provided for the principal. Approved, March 3, 1869. CHAI'. CXLVI. —An Act relating to the Metropolitan Railroad Company. March 3, 1869. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y” the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Metropolitan Railroad M§im° f9;\*h§ Company, in the District of Columbia, be, and is hereby, allowed live R, dglxlolodlm-° years from and after the passage of this act for the completion of its pieteitsiine of line of street railways, authorized by the acts of July first, eighteen ;§:fj:d‘2;l“'“$‘ hundred and sixty-four, and March third, eighteen hundred and sixty- ;go4,ch,;9o,g11, tive, anything contained in said acts or any other act to the contrary 18Q;(h¤*;£g9»§8- Dotwithstandlng. 829, 5Q;5_ l ppl Approved, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CXLVII. —An Act to regulate Elections in Washington and Idaho Territories. March 3, 1869. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [States of America in Congress assembled, That elections in the Territories thEi1ectiop(s_in of Wasiiington and Idaho for delegates to the House of Representatives of°w:;;Qn;gfl of the forty-second Congress shall be held on the first Monday of June, and Idaho for anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, and afterwards biennially on d°l°S¤*°$ *0 C<>¤· . . . . ress, when to be the first Monday of June; and such officers in said Territories as are now gem; elected at the same time with their delegates shall be elected for offices for other omthereafter to be filled at the times herein specified, unless otherwise pro- °°"· vided by the laws of said Territory. Approved, March 3, 1869.