504 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 87, 88, 89. 1865 uplon their arises security, taken the required oath, received his commission, and reported " °¤· &°· at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury for duty, unless the said Secretary shall in any particular case direct otherwise. Lands hsidiu Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That where lands or tenements glxhzfggzg have been, or shall hereafter be, sold under the provisions of the several [nay be redeemed acts of congress relating to the sale of lands for direct taxes in insurrec- 2 my ¢>W¤¤1‘· if) tionary districts, in tracts which, at the time of sale, were held by two or °' more freehold owners, in severalty, any one of these owners, being otherwise entitled to redeem, shall be allowed to redeem for the piece or parcel of land held by him as a freehold owner, as aforesaid, on paying his proportionable part of the tax, penalty, costs, expenses, and interest—the said proportionable part to be ascertained by the said commissioners. Ovfiqn of RUF And it shall be optional with the purchaser either to retain the residue of gzlgir m °u° the tract purchased, after a redemption of a part, or to surrender his certificate of purchase to the commissioners, and receive back from them the amount of the purchase-money paid, with interest: and in case he shall elect to retain the piece or parcel unredeemed, he shall surrender his certificate for the whole tract purchased, and the said board shall issue a new certiiicate for the piece or ceriqfcatc for the piece or parcel of land retained. Approved, March 8, 1865. March 3, 1865. CHAP. LXXXVIH.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to aid in the Con "—"·"‘*" struction ofa Railroad and Telegraph Line _/rom the Missouri River to the Pacino Ocean, 18S2v m0' and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for postal, miIz`tar_1,•, and other Pur. v°1‘ x“' P' 489* poses," approved Julyfrst, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to amend an Act amendlgiéi ¢h£é6· atory thereof, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sizrlyfour. °P'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certain m1_ States of America in Congress assembled, That section ten of said act of roads may issue July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be so modified and amended
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° cific Railroad Company, of California, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, eastern division, and all other companies provided for in the said act of the second of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to issue their six per centum thirty years' bonds, interest payable in any lawful money of the United States, upon their _ Authority to separate roads. And the said companies are hereby authorized to issue, ‘”“°‘ respectively, their bonds to, the extent of one hundred miles in advance of a continuous completed line of construction. Ass; ment by Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assignment made by the C¤¤f¤1luP¤<=ifi<= Central Pacidc Railroad Company of California to the Western Pacific §j££egfQ:cmc Railroad Company of said state, of the right to construct all that portion R.R.Co.ratiHed. of said railroad and telegraph from the city of San José to the city of Sacramento is hereby ratified and confirmed to the said Western Pacific Railroad Company, with all the privileges and benefits of the several acts of congress relating thereto, and subject to all the conditions thereof: Provided, That the time within which the said Western Pacific Railroad First twenty Company shall be required to construct the first twenty miles of their ¤¤;l¤¤ 5 ;<;¤g6m_ said road, shall be one year from the first day of July, eighteen hundred Qc::, and sixty-five, and that the entire road shall be completed from San José to Sacramento, connecting at the latter point with the said Central Pacific Railroad, within four years thereafter. Arxmovicn, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865- Cm?. LGXIX. -—An Act relating to the postal Laws. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlarives of the United Unpaid do- States tf America, in Congress assembled, That all domestic letters, exm°z*lE°**:"°L°X‘ cept letters lawfully flanked, and duly certified letters of soldiers and gg,',,, (3;,3,12, mariners in the service of the United States, which are deposited for wr 0i¤c¤· mailing in any post·office of the United States, on which the postage is
