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34 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 63, 64, 65, 66. 1876. g Bedwrwd wr- ing shall be redeemed. And the fractional currency redeemed under "9“°?' *° l’° Pm °f tliis act shall be held to be a part of the S1DklIlg·l"l1l|d provided for by °mkmg`f°°d` existing law, the interest to be computed thereon as in the case of bonds redeemed under the act relating to the sinking-fund Approved, April 17, 1876. April 17. 1876- CHAP. 64.-Au act to provide for the expenses of admission of foreign goods to the ""—""*"““ Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America ln Congress assembled, Thatthe sum of forty thousand .lmt,p. 3. dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in Post, pp. 45, 211, the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the

  • l‘*·2l"· direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the purpose ot examina-

C¤¤*°¤¤¤ °¥I*Q¤· tion and appraisement, and for the incidental expenses connected with §;h$,&'f:’t”“"'"] the admission, of foreign goods to the Centennial Exhibitwn at Phila- ` delphia. Approved, April 17, 1876. April 17, 1876. CHAP. 65.-——An act providing for the mls of part of custom house lot in Rockland -—·——-—-t··-—· aine Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ S¤l¤ of raft Of States ofelmertca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- °‘:“E’m,2{g"3°,,}0°” ury be, and he is hereby authorized to sell and convey a trip of land ° °° n ’from the easterly side of) the custom house in Rockland, Maine, being rm, p. oi. that part of the lot lying easterly of the proposed street running through the lot, being about eighteen and six tenths feet wide at the northerly end, and running southerly one hundred twenty-one and four tenths · feet to a point, and containing about eleven hundred and twenty-two Price. square feet, at public auction or private sale: Provided, That said land shall be sold for not less than the original cost to the Government: And Timo or sale. provtdedfnrther, That the sale hereby authorized shall be made within one year after the date of the approval of this act. Approved, April 17, 1876. April 1g_ 1876. CHAP. 66.-—An act further to provide for the administering of oaths in the Senate. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 0,,,,;,,, ,,,d,,,,,,,,,,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Presiding Officer, for tered by Presiding the time being, of the Senate of the United States, shall have power to Omm of S<>¤¤*¤- administer all oaths and aftlrniations that are or may be required by the Constitution, or by law, to be taken by any Senator, officer of the Senate, , witness, or other person, in respect of any matter within the jurisdiction Secretary a ,1 d of the Senate. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Senate, and the chief chief glgrk of asu. clerk thereof, shall, respectively, have power to administer any oath or ate ugly summa- affirmation required by law, or by the rules or orders of the Senate, to

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Approved, April 18, 1876.