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FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 18, 19, 23. 1881. 315 aforesaid, notice thereof and of such change shall be published in two weekly papers, one in the county of Suifolk and one in the county of Norfolk, in said commonwealth of Massachusetts, not less than four weeks. Sec. 3. That whenever the location of said bank shall have been changed from said city of Boston to said town of Milton in accordance with the first section of this act, its name shall be changed to the Blue Hill National Bank of Milton, if the board of directors of said bank shall accept the new name by resolution of the board, and cause a copy of such resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency. · Sec. 4. That all the debts, demands, liabilities, rights, privileges, and powers of the Blue Hill National Bank of Dorchester shall devolve upon the Blue Hill National Bank of Milton, whenever such change of name is effected. Approved, January 13, 1881. ’ . CHAP. 19.-An act for the relief of certain settlers on restored railroad lands. j,m_ 13, 18S]" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons who shall have Relief of settlers settled and made valuable and permanent improvements upon any odd on r¤st<>r¤d railnumbered section of land within any railroad withdrawal in good faith "°"*d l"·“‘l“· and with the permission or license of the railroad company for whose ` benefit the same shall have been made, and with the expectation of purchasing of such company the land so settled upon, which land so settled upon and improved, may, for any cause, be restored to the public domain, and who, at the time of such restoration, may not be entitled to enter and acquire title to such land under the pre-emption, homestead, or timber-culture acts of the United States, shall be permitted, at any time within three months after such restoration, and under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, to purchase not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in extent of the same by legal sub-divisions, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, and to receive patents therefor. ‘.Approved, January 13, 1881. CHAP. 23.-An act for the relief of the Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin, and to aid Jn_ 18, 1g3i_ ghem to obtain subsistence by agricultural pursuits, and to promote their civiliza- ------—-- 1011. Whereas a large number of the Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin Winnebago Iu- ~ have selected and settled in good faith upon homestead claims, under <1ia¤¤i¤Wi¤¤<>¤¤i¤· section fifteen of the act entitled “An act making appropriations to P"’“"“’l”· supply denciencies in the appropriations for the dscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and prior years, and for 1s7s,en.1:s2 other purposes ", approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- Stat-, 18, 426- five, and all said Indians having signified their desire and purpose to abandon their tribal relations and adopt the habits and customs of civilized people, and avail themselves of the benefits of the aforesaid act, but in many instances are unable to do so on account of their extreme poverty; and » _ _ Whereas a portion of the funds belonging to said Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin, and accruing under the act of J unc twenty-fifth, eighteen 1864, ch. 148, hundred and sixty-four, ‘· providing for deficiencies in subsistence and SM-, 13, 172- expenses of removal and support of the Sioux and Winnebago Indians of Minnesota ", amounting to the sum of ninety thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-three cents, is now in the Treasury of the United States to their credit; and ~ .