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FORTY—-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. l85,l86,l88,198. 1873. 475 CHAP. ("LXXXV.— An Ant amendatorz; of an Act " setting aside certain Proceeds of Feb_ gg, 1g7g_ interna.] Revenue, for the Erection zy"·Penitentz'urz`es in the Territodes of Nebraska, iéggf Wushzngton, Colorado, Idaho, Mnntarza, Arzzona, and Dakota," approved January V01_,Q;,,_ _3y·y_ twenl_y·sec0nd, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. P Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Cbngress assembled, That the net proceeds of the Nptprvcwds of internal revenue in the Territory of Washington, for the fiscal years ;::;‘;:)'§‘?:;hQ‘;‘;;' severally ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- mn 1*m-new rmsix, the thirtietb day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and the l86*;r68» Me thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the same n hereby are, set aside and appropriated to and for the purpose of erecting, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, a penitentiary building in said Territory upon the site designated by the legislature thereof and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the moneys so set aside and appropriated in said Territory shall be devoted exclusively Amount notto to the erection of a penitentiary therein, and that the same shall not °¤°°°d· &°- execed in amount the sum of forty thousand dollars. Approved, February 22, 1873. CHAP. CLXXXVI. —An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the C'ustom· Feb- 22, 18T3· house Property at Plymouth, .Nort}1 Carolina. *_`;—`°"`_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Cusmmmouse ury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be sold, at public l:ggf;‘9§‘”€lY' auction, without unnecessary delay, in the town of Plymouth, in the State may bg s.§m_" of North Carolina, to the highest and best bidder, the old custom-house, and the lot of land on which the same is situated, the whole being known as " the custom-house property." in the said town of Plymouth, in the State of North Carolina, upon such terms of payment as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That said sale shall Notice of ssle be had after due notice published in some newspaper at or near where *°b°P“bh$h°d· the property is located. Approved, February 22, 1873. CHAP. CLXXXVIH. —- An Act,/or the Reli¢y"of Settlers on the late Sioux Indian Reser· Feb. 24, 1873. tion, in the Stale of Minnesota. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited States of America, in Congress assembled, That all actual settlers, who have Certain actual duly tiled their declaratory statements under the pre-emption laws, with §*l£';“,:Q,;*;° the register of the proper local land-office, upon the unsold lands now rmrvnscn to 1,., included within the limits of the late Sioux Indian reservation in the allowed ¤¤EL State of Minnesota, shall be allowed until the iirst day of March, anno giggxglgwog Domini, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, in which to make proof and their claims. payment for their claims. Approved, February 24, 1873. CHAP. CXCVIII. — An Act to define the Limits of the Collection District of the Teche, Feb- 25, 1873- in the State <y’ Louisiana, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the _ColIeetio¤ dis— State of Louisiana described as follows, to wit, commencing at the town §;"iE°‘:££;‘;I`“°h‘ of Plaquemine, in the parish of Iberville; thence down the western bank established_ of the Mississippi river to the town of Donaldsonville, in the parish of Boundaries Ascension_; thence down the Bayou Lafourche, and along its eastern bank to the sea; thence westerly along the coast, including all the islands, bays, and so forth, to the mouth of the Sabine river; thence up the said Sabine river, and along its eastern bank to a point due west from the said town of Plaquemine; and thence to the place of beginning, shall be, and the same is hereby, constituted and created the collection district of the g Teche. 2