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96 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CII. 71, 72, 73, 74. 1870. May 4, 1870. CHAP. LXXI, --An Act to extend the Time with in which Persons elected lo Office may take

 the Oat/1 <y"Q#icefrescrz`bed in an Act entitled "An Act to admit the éjtate of Tam; ga

Ante, p. 81. Representation in e Lhngress of the United 6tales," approved March thzrly, eighteen hundred and seventy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q" Representatives of the United _ QfH<>¤¤¤ elect States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons duly elected to Qld3x3;;; mjlfs office in the State of Texas, and holding. the proper certificate of such April 30, 1870, election, shall have thirty days from April thirty, eighteen hundred and

  • °5“*";. 'lg? m° seventy, within which to take, subscribe, and file the oath of office preoa I0 ° m` scribed in the act of Congress approved March thirty, eighteen hundred

and seventy, for the admission of the State of Texas to representation in the Congress of the United States. Approved, May 4, 1870. May 4, 1870. CHA P. LXXII. - An Act to provzrle for the Revision and C'0ns0lz`dation of the Statutes ry" """"'—’—"` the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act ¤f' 1866, States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved June °l" M°(V°I‘ twcnt -sev tl 'rrht h ndred and sixt -six entitled "An act to ro xiv, p_ 74) rg- · en lylqlo cen U t · y , P _ vived. vide for the revision and consolidation of the statute laws of the United C°mml”l°¤· States " be and the same is hereby, revived; and the President is anerstorevlse,&c. _. ’ ’ . h I d . d f. h S . the mmm of thouzed, by- and wit tie a vice an consent 0 the enate, to appoint the United three commissioners to prosecute and complete the work prescribed by S'·§‘,*:;iS0_ said act: Provided, That the said commissioners shall devote their entire SN, pm p_ 3U_ time and attention to their duties as commissioners, and shall receive no compensation after said work shall be completed, nor for a longer period than three years from the time when this act shall take effect. Approved, May 4, 1870. May 4, 1870. CHAP. LXXIII. ··-An Act amendatory of the organic Law of Cobmdo Territory, and __""""';" for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¢})PI;:¤l$ frgm States of America in Congress assembled, That the organic law of the B:°C§l0,§§§[;`ay Territory of Colorado be, and the same is hereby, so lar amended that lie to the district an appeal shall be allowed from any final order, Judgment, or decree of °°“"i any probate court in said Territory to the district court of the district within which such probate court is held, under such proper regulations t>utnottosu· as shall be prescribed by the law of said Territory; and hereafter no Prggggggggl writ of error or appeal shall be allowed from any decision of a probate sm, pU,,,p_ 27,] court directly to the supreme court of said Territory. Corporations Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly of said f°" °h*\"““bl° °" Territory may, by general incorporation laws, authorize persons to assoeducational pur- . . . . pos;:] h 59 ciate themselves together as bodies corporate for charitable or educational 1 ._¤ - - purposes. V"' "“‘ P‘ 17* Approved, May 4, 1870. May 4 1870. CHAP. LXXIV.—An Act to authorize the Issuin o a Cert' cate o ist or Enrol- ,A_”* ment to the Schvcmers “Zenas Snblwé and "ll?’atrio{;’Reg ry Preamble. Wnmnnns the schooners “Zenas Snow " and “Patriot " are Americanbuilt vessels, and being [have been] denationalized by a sale of a small fraction of each to a foreigner, who has since become naturalized; and whereas, after seizure by the United States, the said vessels have been under me latévs restored to the owners thereof by the Treasury Department: here ore, qmiecm of Be it enacteel by the Senate and Ihase cy" Representatives af the United

s;;t{y,¤<;f6Ot;> State
of Amertea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-

ém .. Z85Mury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a certificate of registry or smwn and enrolment to the schooners “Zenas Snow " and “Patriot." “ P¤¤”l°*·" Approved, May 4, 1870.