FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 18. 1873. 405 described other lands situated in said county as nmsurveyed swamp-lands, and that in the year eighbeen hundred and sixty said lands were ordered to be surveyed by the general government, which survey was approved by the surveyor general of Missouri on the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and that by act, of Congress approved March the 1860, cy. 6, §2. twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty, said county was given two years in v°i‘ X"' p' s' which to present its claim and make proof to its title to said lands, which could not be done, owing to the existence of civil war then afiiicting the people of said county: and whereas said county, believing further time would be given to make said claim and proof, did sell no actual settlers the greater portion of said lands, which purchasers, relying on said title, have made, in many instances, permanent and valuable improvements: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States <y" America in Congress assembled, '1`hat the lands above referred no Certain swamp, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the county of Scott, in the State f¤°Sl“*}QS gw2E8d of Missouri, which lands, in the aggregate, amount no four thousand four ]&i,s?,,_,f°“n D ' hundred and len and sevenbyone hundredths acres, and described as follows: Parts of sections one, two, three, eleven, twelve, thirteen, twenty- four, and twenty-five, all in township number twenty-seven, range twelve: Provided, That nothing in this acl: shall prejudice the rights of any home- Existing Tight! stead or other entry made, by any person whatsoever, under the laws of “°°“E°°"d‘ the United States on said lands. Armzovnn, December 27, 187 2. CHAP. XVIII. -—- An Act making Appropriations to sup vly Dqfidencies in 2/nc A ppropriw Jan. 8, 1873. tions for the Service of the Government for the jiscal bear ending June thirq], eiglueen *_‘“""' hundred and seventy-tiiree, cmdfor other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and hbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or so Dedciency uy. much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appro- P;;P"’*g9“ {(:;*2: priated for the service of the year ending June thirtiehh, eighteen hundred §0,;§f;_mg u and seventy-t,hree, for tho purposes hereinafter expressed, namely : Post-qjice Department. — For the manufacture, engraving, and print- Post-offico Deing of postal cards for the service of the quarter ending June thirtietb, P”“'““°¤° eighteen hundred and seventy-three fifty thousand dollars. For registry-locks, to be used on through mail-routes for pouches containing registered letters, three thousand dollars. Ooast wrvey.-For replacing old and worn-out vessels for service in Coast Suwew the Coast Survey, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and Lake Champlain, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, twenty thousand dollars. Census.- For a deficiency in the appropriations for the expenses of Census. I the ninth census, twelve thousand dollars. Rebel Ram "AZbenmrlc."—To enable the Secretary of the Navy to Captors of pay the captors of the rebel ram “Albemarle," in accordance with the :g:L'f§‘“` A“’°‘ decree of the district court of the United States for the District of Colum- ` bia, two hundred and two thousand nine himd.red and twelve dollars and ninlity Celgjyi F h 1; l`th l thd ciig copies P¤f<=¤¢ OBi¤¤· atent ce. —- or p 0 0-1 ograp l1I1g,0I‘ o erwise pro u x _ of drawings of current and back issues of patents from the Patent; Olilce, ggssfsgjthw and for reproducing back numbers of the Patent, Office Gazette, twenty thousand dollars. D2`sh··ict of Columbia. - To enable the Secretary of the Interior pay Digtrict of Oothe expenditures made by the board of public works of Ithe District of l¤¤¤b¤¤· Columbia. for paving roadway, and curbing and paving sidewalks; grad-
