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i [ FORTY—FIRS'1‘ CONGRESS. Sess. III. Rss. 18-22. 1871. 593 ¥ eighteen hundred and seventy, the same as such merchandise would Ami P- 269- § have been entitled to had it actually been in public store or bonded l warehouse on or prior to the thirty·iirst day of December, eighteen i hundred and seventy: Provided, That the owner of such merchandise Ownerto

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Q cation therefor in writing to the collector of the port at which such Om merchandise arrived. Q Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the said act is hereby further The word ' amended by inserting the word “herein," in the twenty-first section ];£g:°,ei?,’;n°°]l];° thereof, between the words " otherwise " and "provided," wherever the 21st section of said words occur together in the said section, and this amendment shall ¤°* 167°·°l1·2“· take effect from and after January first, eighteen hundred and seventy- 26§{"w’PP'262` one. APPROVED, January 30, 1871. [N0. 19.] A Resolution granting the Right of Way to the Pensacola and Barrancas Rail- Jan. 30, 1871. road Company through the naval and military Reservations near Pensacola, Florida. `_—_"" Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way is hereby Rl8M °f WW · to the Pensacola granted to the Pensacola and Barrancas Ra1lr0ad Company to construct and B,,_,.,.,,_,,c,,_ their road upon and through the naval and military reservations near Railroad Com- Pensacola, Florida, under such regulations, restrictions, and conditions 1’”·“Y· as the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War may prescribe. APPROVED, January 30, 1871. [N0. 20.] A Resolutum jbr the Appointment of General Williarn T. Sherman a Regent of Feb. 2, 1871. the `mithsoman Institution. _"“"`“` Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That General William T. Sher- _ G¤}]_°*‘§l Wilman be, and he is hereby, appointed a member of the board of regents g;Ef,i,,,°;:r;'j° of the Smithsonian Institution, in the place of Richard Delaneld, resigned. gent or the APPROVED, February 2, 1871. 8g:£];g‘]‘““ h' [N0. 21.] A Resolution directing the Secretary of War to sell Bergen Heights Arsenal. Feb- 8, 1871- Resolved bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he B°*`8?¥DI])°lSb]s is hereby, authorized and directed to sell at public auction, to the highest gis;;?,],,, ,,§,;° bidder, the lands and tenements belonging to the United States, situate tion. in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, and known as the Bergen Heights arsenal. The sale shall be made on the ground after Notice and thirty days’ notice in the Newark Daily Advertiser and Newark Even- Pl“°° °f "’·l°· ~ ing Courier, papers published in the city of Newark; in the Daily Times and Evening Journal, papers published in Jersey City, New Jersey; and in the New York Times and New York Tribune, papers published in the city of New York; and the proceeds arising from said sale Proceeds of shall be paid into the treasury of the United States; andthe Secretary “*’Emv8ymc8_ of War is hereby authorized upon the said sale to make a good and sufiicient conveyance of the said property to the purchaser or purchasers thereofi APPROVED, February 3, 1871. [N0. 22.] Joint Resolution fir the Protection and Preservation of the Food Fishes of the Feb. 9, 1871. Coast of the United States. WHEREAS it is asserted that the most valuable food fishes of the coast Preamble. V and the lakes of the United States are rapidly diminishing in number, to the public injury, and so as materially to affect the interests of trade an commerce: Therefore, v01.. xvi. Pun.——38