X LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS. · Page. Antiolam National Cemetery. An act for the relief of the board of trustees of the Antietam N atxonal Cemetery- March 2, 1877 --------~--- - ----- - -~--- · ·---- - -----------·----— —; ---- -- ···---··- 969 _ Cheyenne Reservoir, Wyoming. An act to authorize the board of trustees of the city of Cheyenne, I Wyouiing Territory, to enter and puroh ase for the use of said city certain public lands. March 269 2 1877 -·.- ·.-. · ----- - ·---- ---- ·..- .-- ·- - ----·--- ---- ---.-· _---; ------ - ---- _ . »Steven.3l°oinf, lliigh An act granting to the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, a certain piece of land. 270 larohQ, .. . ... . . . . . . . . .4 ..-,-- .. _..._.- Pnblk: Building, Austin, Tam. An act to provide a building for the use of the United States district and circuit courts, the post-office, and internal-revenue ofdoers at Austin, Texas. March 3, 270 1877 .. . . . . . . .. . ... . .. . . .-.. .. .. _ I- Stay Appointments, Army. An act to repeal the statute forbidding appointments and promotions in the stnif of theArmy. March 3, 877 .. ...1.. .. . . .-,. . 270 Indian Service Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fullilling treaty-stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year endinlg June thirtieth, 1878, and for other purposes. Marsh 3, 1877 .. 1 .. 271 Legislative, Executive, an Judicial Appropriations. An act ma ing appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial exlpenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtneth, 1878, and for other purposes. arch 3, 1877 -- .. . . . . . 294 Post-Roads. An act establishing post-roads, and for other purposes. March 3, 1877..-_. . . .. 319 ~ Coded Lands, Compensation. An not to provide for compensation to the owners of certain lands ceded ‘by the United States to Great Britain in and by the treaty of Washington of July 9, 1842. March3, 1877 .. . .. . .. .:.:.-. -. 343 Civil Expenses Appropriations. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the nscal year ending June thirtieth, 1878, and for other purposes. March 3, 344 - 1877 ... .. .. . . .. . . . ...-- -· ··---- -J ---- ---- Dmciency Appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations . for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 1877, and prior years, and for other purposes. March 363 3, 1877 . . . . . .. .. . .-... Dcsert~Le?gl¢; An act to provide for the sale of desert-lands in certain States and Territories. March 577 1: .. .. ... _ - ... .. . ... .. ‘ Hot Springs Reservation. An act in relathirto the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas. M_l_mMajchd3,18;7.:.£. . A-...}.-..?. .. 377 t • ry ca emy pproprna ions. n ac ma mg appro ria ions or e suppor o e 1 1 ery itggademy for the fiscal year ending June thirtietli, 1878, and for other purposes. March 3, $80 7.•. .. .-. ... ...--. I Postal Service Appro_priations._ An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oliice Department for the iiscal year ending June thirtietb, 1878, and for other purposes. March 3, 1877. 383 Naval service Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, 1878, and for other purposes. March 3, 1877- .. . . . . . . . -- 385 Forlmcations Appropriations. An act making appropriations for fortifications and for other works of defense, and for the armament thereo , for the fiscal year ending June thirtietb, 1878, and for - other purposes. March 3, 1877 .. . . . .. .--- - . . . . . 391 Town-Sites. An act respecting the limits of reservations for town-sites upon the public domain. March 3, 1877. . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. 392 · Grape-Brandy. An act relating to the production of fruit-brandy, and to punish frauds connected with the same. March 3, 1877 . ... . . .. . 393 Theodore Mosher. An act to authorize the appointment of a sergeant in the Signal Corps as a second lieutenant in the Army. March 3, 1877. -. . . . . . ... . . 395 Swamp-Lands, Missouri. An act granting to the State of Missouri all lands therein selected as swamp and overilowed lands. Ma1·¤h3, 1877. . .. .. .. .. . .- . 395 ‘ District of Columbia. An act for the supgrt of the government of the District of Columbia for the _ fiscal year endingJune thirtieth, 1 8, and for other purposes. March 3, 1877 . . . 396 Electoral Commission. n act making an appropriation for the expenses of the Electoral Commission. March 3, 1877 .. . , . . . . . . . . . ,..,. _. .,,. .,.. ,,,, ..,, ..., _,,,, 402 Western and Atlantic Railroad. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to open and re-adjust the settlement made by the United States Government with the Western and Atlantic Railroad of Georgia. March 3, 1877 .. . . . . . ,..,.,,,.. .., ._,,.. . .,...,.. . . , ,.._, _ __,_ 402 Pensions, Army. An act amending the pensiomlaw so as to remove the disability of those who, hav- _ lng participated in the rebellion, ave, since its termination, enlisted in the Army of the United States, and become disabled. March 3, 1877 ...,. . ., .. .,.. ,.,, . ..,,. ,___ 403 Pensions, Navy. An act equalizing pensions of certain officers in the Navy. March 3, 1877 .. .--. 403 .ZI0meutcador’s Ajidaoit. An act to amend section 2291 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to proof required in homestead entries. March 3, 1877 .,,,, ,, ,,,,_,, , _,___ __ 403 Homestead Entry. An act for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the pre-emption laws. March 3,],877 ____,, _ ,,,__ _ ,_,. . .. .. ..,, . ,,.,, ,, ._,,,, . . .._,,,,,, _ 404 Claims Comntission. An act to extend for two years the act establishing the Board of Commissioners of Claims and the acts relating thereto. March 3, 1877 .. . . . . . . . ... . 404 Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad. An act to secure the rights of settlers upon certain railroadlands, and to repeal the first five ections of an act entitled "An act Vgranting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho alley Railroad and its extension to Red River," approved July twenty-fifth, 1866. March 3, 1877 . . .. . . 404 Denver and Rio Grande Railway. An act to amend an act entitled f‘An act granting the right of way through the public lands to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company," approved June eighth, 187:2. March 3, 1877. .. . .. . . , , ,.,., ,,,, ,___ . ,,,,, , ,,_,, , ,____ , _____ ____ 405 Grasshoppers. An act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands. March 3, 1877 .. .--. 405 ' Continental Congress. An act to provide for a reprint of the resolves, ordinances, and acts passed by the Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation. March 3, 1877 .,.,.. , .. 406
