332 THIRTY-—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 193, 194. 1864s pay the county’s proportion of the direct tax imposed on the District of 1861, ch. 45. Columbia by the act of congress approved August five, eighteen hundred V°r xii- P- 29* and sixty-one, and the expense and cost of collecting the same, and that the aggregate of said direct tax imposed by the act aforesaid shall be dis tributed and apportioned between the cities of Washington and George town, and that part of said county of Washington lying outside the limits of said cities, according to the assessed valuation of property made in the jurisdiction of each by the assessment last prior to the date of the passage of said act of August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, July 1, 1864. July 1, 1864- Gnu. CXCIH.-An Act to authorize the Corporation of Washington to levy and col- """—"_""` lect the Direct Tax imposed by Act approved August jive, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the corporation of the city city sswssh. of Washington be, and they are hereby, authorized to assess and collect a i¤st¤¤ 1g3V t tax not exceeding the rate of fifteen cents on every one hundred dollars xiii; t,,;`;,?,.,;? of the value of all real and personal property in said city, and on any and tax. all other subjects of taxation as made and returned by the board of assessors of said city, to enable the said corporation to pay to the government 1861, eh. 45. of the United States the tax imposed by act approved August five, eigh- V¤l· xii- D- 292 teen hundred and sixty-one: Provided, That any surplus that may accrue P!°vls°' from the imposition of the tax as herein provided shall be deposited and applied to the use of the general fund of the said city of Washington. Approved, July 1, 1864. July 1, 1864. Crue. CXCIV.—An Act to expedite cthpfSettlement of Titles to Lands in the State ey --——-··=··· a z wma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the surveyor- When plats are general of California shall, in compliance with the thirteenth section of E;g°c?;il;;z;*’° an act entitled “An act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in C,,;,;,,.,,,,,, ,,0,,,,,, the State of California," approved March third, eighteen hundred and whe given, and fifty-one, have caused any private land claim to be surveyed and a plat %‘;'§§g':’t€'§1*S;;c_ to be made thereof, he shall give notice that the same has been done by a tion. publication, once a week for four consecutive weeks, in two newspapers, `yykcb- gs one published in the city of San Francisco, and one published near the ` 'p' ‘ land surveyed ‘; and shall retain in his office, for public inspection, the survey and plat until ninety days from the date of the first publication in San Francisco shall have expired ; and if no objections are made to said Copies to be survey, he shall approve the same, and.transmit a copy of the survey and
'°W“l“"8‘ plat thereof 'to, the commissioner of the general land·oHioe at Washington, for his examination and approval; but if objections are made to
said survey within the said ninety days, by any party claiming to have an interest in the tract embraced by the survey, or in any part thereof} such objections shall be reduced to writing, stating distinctly theinterest of the objector, and signed by him or his attorney, and filed with the surveyorgeneral, together with sucl1 aiiidavits or other proofs as he may produce in support of the objections. At the expiration of said ninety days the surveyor-general shall transmit to the commissioner of the general landoffice at Washington a copy of the survey and plat, and objections, and proofs tiled with him in support of the objections, and also of any proofs produced by the claimant and tiled with him in support of survey, _Approvalor together with his opinion thereon; and if the survey and plat are ap- 2£;gE£;§82fof proved by the said commissioner heshall indorse thereon a certificattwf g,,,,,,,.,, 1,,,,,,, his approval. If disapproved by him, or ifi in his opinion, the ends of_]¤¤· <>¤i<=¤· tice would be subserved thereby, he may require a further report from the
