48 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 62, 63, 64. Rams. 1. 1879. May seventh, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, to wit, chapter ninety- six, of the first session of the seventeenth congress, devolved upon and vested in "the mayor of the city of Washington for the time bemg" be, and the same hereby are, vested in and devolved upon the Secretary of the D<=¤5\sf•>r<=<>r!¤·i¤ Interior, who shall execute the deeds thereby reqmred, under his hand '*““lLQ"CW““h‘“g‘ and official seal, when it shall appear to him that the persons applying t0??,.,,,,,;,,; for such deeds are duly entitled to have the same: Provided, nevertheless, this act shall not be so construed as to create or FOVIVG any right lost by lapse of time. Approved, July 1, 1879. July 1, 1879. CHAP. 63.-An act for the relief of settlers on the public lands indistricts subject to "“'“"""'*' g'1`3»SSb.0]_)p6l` lll(5'l1I.‘Sl0l1B. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1•u1»uc lands. States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for home- Absence of sui- stead and pre-emption settlers 011 the public lands, and in all cases where
- ~l°¤`S b°°**»¤$<> °f pre-emptions are authorized by law, where crops have been or may be
g"‘"h°m’°"‘ destroyed or seriously injured by grasshoppers, to leave and be absent from said lands, under such rules and regulations, as to proof of the same, as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe; but in no ease shall such absence extend beyond one year continuously; and during such absence no adverse rights shall attach to said lands, such settlers being allowed to resume and perfect their settlement as though no such absence had occurred. Final proof. SEC 2. That the time for making tinal proof and payment by preemptors whose crops shall have been destroyed or injured as aforesaid, may, in the discretion of the Commissionerof the General Land Office, be extended for one year after the expiration of the term of absence pro- _S¤1»tl~>r¤ vu der vided for in the first section of this act; and all the rights and privileges ”"”b°"°“m”'° “°”· extended by this act to homestead and preemption settlers shall apply 1873.•=h. 277, to and include the settlers under an act entitled “An act to encourage 17 S*°*·· 605- the growth of timber on Western prairies" approved March third eighteen hundred and seventy three, and the acts amendatory thereof Approved, July 1, 1879. July 1, 1879. CHAP. 64-.-An act to put salts of quiniue and sulphate of quinine on the free list. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m?¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤ f¤¤¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- ‘ sage of this act the importation of salts of quinine and sulphate of quinine shall be exempt from customs duties; and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, July 1, 1879. RESOLUTIONS. April 18, 1879. [No. 1.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing of a. portrait of the late Joseph —-—-· ——-—·——— Henry, to accompany the memorial volume heretofore ordered. · Resol/ved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Joseph Henry. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Portrait. ury have printed the portrait of Professor Joseph Henry, to accompany the memorial volume already ordered by Congress; and the sum of nve Appropriation. hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, to defray the cost thereof, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 18, 1879. ‘
