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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 91, 92, 93, 94. 1870. 121 committed shall have become fully reformed, nor after ho shall have attained the age of twenty-one years. But tho said board shall have power to discharge any boy from their custody, by an order duly entered Discharges. upon their records, whenever they shall deem tho object of committing him fully attained. The trustees shall also have full power to place B°5’¤ °°mmitany boy, committed as herein described, during his minority, at such gidwuggggsdpx employment for or on account of said school of reform or otherwise, and structed; cause him to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge as may be suitable to his years and capacity, and as they, tho said trustees, may . soo fit; and they may, with the consent of any such boy, bind him out as and `¤<>¤pd ¤¤¤ an apprentice during his minority to learn such proper trade and om- as “pp""°‘°°s' ployment as in their judgment will be most conducive to his reformation a.nd amendment, and as will tend to his fixture benefit; and the said trustees shall, for such purpose, have power to appoint a committee of C°mmi£°° F° one or more of their number with power to execute and deliver, on bo- g2g3S3Q_ c' m` half of tho said board of trustees, iudontures of apprenticeship for any boy whom they may deem 21. proper person for an apprentice, and such indonturos shall have tho same force and effect as other indenturos of Lime: of such apprenticeship under the laws of the District of Columbia, and be filed i¤d'¤¤*¤¤`¤¤·&°· and kept among the records and in the office of the said reform school, and it shall not be necessary to record or filo them elsewhere. Sec. 6. And be it jltrtfzer enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior pm; of [hg shall cause so much of the tract of land known as the government fhrm, $°V€¤‘¤m¤¤*Di in the District of Columbia, as may not be deemed necessary for tho ggumih uso of the uqucduct, to be set off by mates and bounds, to the board of biu may be me trustees of the school of reform, in accordance with the provision of the gg ;g1**‘° '°f°*`m first section of the act: of July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty- ° six, of which this is an amendment; and thereupon the said board of trustees shall have exclusive possession and control of such portion as shall be thus set-off to them. APPROVED, May 6, 1870. CHAP. XCII. —-·An Act in Relation to the Iowa River in the State q" Iowa. May 6, 1870. Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omzgress assembled, That so much of the Iowa river, Portion of the in the State of Iowa, as lies north of tho town of Wapcllo, be, and tho {gx'; g;‘§;r;’h same is hereby. declared not a navigable river or public highway. not navigable, APPROVED, May 6, 1870. CHAP. XCIII. —— An Act to extend the Hmefar the Completion of the military Road /)·om May g_ 1370, Fort Wdkins, at (Zapper Harbor, in the State of Miclzigan, to Fort Howard, at Green ii Bag, in the State of W isoonsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the Mailed l£;¤:¤:;{>m<;;¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the construc- gary mad from tion and completion of the military road from Fort Wilkix1S,at Copper Fo;-tgyvilkins, Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Boy, in g:j1;£““· °" the State of Wisconsin, bo, and tho same is hereby, extended unul tho Original first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-tvyo. £:;1:g,&c. pre- SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the grnnts, riglits, and 1863;ch 1% privileges contained in the original grant be continued m full force and v¤1.;u. p.797. virtue for said time. APPROVMJ, May 6, 1870. ... ct t x the Point 0 Junction 0 the Union Pacafic Railroad May 6, 1870. CHAR X01V' Cojgpiézy aid/ithe Cenmd Piet/ic Hailroalé Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qi Representatives of the United State: of America in Congress assembled, 'lhat the common terminus and u gu;; {mm