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270 FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 84, 85, 99,100. 1871, maintaining a reservoir of water, and for other purposes, the northhalf and the southeast quarter of section numbered thirty, in township numbered fourteen north, of range numbered sixtysix west of the sixth principal meridian, of lands in the district of Wyoming Territory; said lands being now withdrawn from entry or sale and reserved for the use of said city. Patent to issue. Sec. 2. That upon the entry of said lands by said board of trustees of the city of Cheyenne, and the payment therefor to the United States of the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, patent shall issue to the said board of trustees of the city of Cheyenne, conveying to said board of trustees, for the use and benefit of the said city of Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming, the title of the United States in and to the said lands. ‘ Approved, March 2, 1877. March 2, 1877. CHAP. 85.-An act granting to the cittylof (Stevens Point, Wisconsin a certain piece —-—-—··—*" 0 8H . Pr%¤¤b1<>- Whereas, there is situated in the Wisconsin River, within the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, a small island containing less than one square acre of land, which has for many years been used for the storage of powder and other combustible or inflammable goods, and the people of said city are desirous that the said island be granted to the city for that purpose: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slsvevs P<>i¤t. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the

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§,,,,,,S_ to cause to be patented to the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the following described piece of land, to wit, the island in the Wisconsin River, within the corporate limits of the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in section thirty-one, township numbered twenty-four north, in range eight east, of the fourth principal meridian in said State. Approved, March 2, 1877. March 3, 1877. CHAP. 99.——An act to provide a building for the use of the United States district ..—-—-————— and circuit courts, the post office, and internal revenue officers at Austin, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United riuuie building States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the M A¤_s’¤¤¤. T<>X·. tv Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be b" bm °* constructed a suitable building with ure proof vaults at Austin in the State of Texas, for the accommodation of the circuit and district courts _ _ of the United States, the post office, and the internal revenue olhcers at a LIU11Fof 00*- cost not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars including cost of site : P1‘0V1S<>· Provided That no money shall be used or applied for the purpose mentioned until a valid title to the land for the site of such building shall be vested in the United States, nor imtil the State of Texas shall also . duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site and cede jurisdiction thereon or the property of · the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof. Approved, March 3, 1877. y,,,,-Ch 3) 1g7g_ CHAP. 100.-An act to repeal the statute forbidding appointments and promotioml ·--—-—-·-—— in the staff of the Army. —*"‘=’» P- 95- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ILS., 1194, p. 212, States of America in Congress assembled, That section eleven hundred “‘P"“1"d· and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes, now applying only to g1‘ad0S in the Pay Department of the Army above the rank of major, is hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1877. i