32 FORTY-FO URTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 53, 54, 55, 56. 1876. • 1855, ¤l¤· 10% een hundred and nfty-five; March second, eighteen hundred and fifty. 1° S"'“‘··6°°· seven; and June fourteenth, eighteen hundrecland fifty-eight, be, and 1857, ch. 61, the same is hereby, donated to the several counties in said State through 11 Stat., 168. which it runs, to wit, Olatsop, Washington, Yarn H1ll, and Polk, to each 1g5g0h_16g, such portion as runs through it; said counties hereafter to own and 11 Stat., 337. control the same; and such road is hereby abandoned as a military road. Approved, April 11, 1876. April 11, 1876. CHAP. 54.;-An act for the sale of the Arsenal and lot, at Stonington, Connecticut. ° Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sah °*`, ‘¤’°°¤¤1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, §,f°}‘;‘,?“ égnsffaf and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell for cash, after such cu§;•' ’ advertisement for at lea-st one month as he may deem necessary, either _ by public auction or by inviting proposals for the purchase thereof, and in either case to the highest responsible bidder, a certain lot and parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, in the town of Stonington, Connecticut, belonging to the United States and formerly used for arsenal pur- Deed poses; and the Secretary of War is empowered and required, on receiv- ' ing the purchase money in inll, to execute the necessary deeds of such property to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, conveying all the right, · title and interest of the United States therein. Proceeds. . Sec. 2. That the proceeds of said sale, after paying the necessary expenses thereof, shall, upon receipt of the same, be paid by the Secretary of War into the Treasury. Approved, April 11, 1876. APH] U, 1876- CHAP. 55.-An act to enable the Secretary of tlic Treasury to pay judgments pro- ‘f"'_""_""' vided for in an act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An not providing for the payment of judgments rendered under section 11 of chapter 459 of the laws of the First session of the Forty-third Congress." A,*;{‘,gI§;‘ · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,0,,,,, ,,,,1,,,,; bond, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasrorgiymeut of. ury, for the purpose of paying the judgments provided for in an act 14 gn ¢=l¤· 102; 6 approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled P:8:•l’Pé6· · · “An act providing for the payment of judgments rendered under section ·p‘ ’ eleven, of chapter four hundred and dfty-nine of the laws of the first session of the Forty-third Congress," is hereby authorized to convert into coupon-bonds, and to sell, after five day s' notice, so many as may 1873 ch 261 be necessary for this purpose of the five per Célllflllll registered bonds of 1, Sm_·6,,,] the United States now held subject to the disposition of Congress under ’ the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, chapter two hundred and sixty-one. . 1818g€é:lr·;5,¥g§1g: Sec. 2. _That_ so much of* section hfteentof the act approved June Pm8d_ · » twenty-third, eighteenhundred and seventylfour, chapter four hundred and fifty-nine, as conflicts with this act, is hereby repealed. Approved, April 11, 1876.
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April 13, 1876. CHAP. 56.-An act to amend section 1044 of the Revised Statutes relating to limita- '_"’*"""—·"" tions in criminal cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o R resentatineao the United m££,g,?44>P·193¤ States of—Ameriea in Qongress assembled, ldiatqdection one theusand and _ forty-tour of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so Limitation in as to read as follows: U wmofofoumnot Ile person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense, not c,,,,,,,,,, capital. except as provided in section one thousand and iortysix, unless
