FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 107, 109, 140, 141, 142. 1878. 63 tween ports of the United States for carrying the mails upon such routes where no mail service has previously been performed, without advertising for proposals thereior; but no contract for such new service shall be for a longer time than one year. No contract for carrying the mails between the United States and any foreign port shall be for a longer time than two years, unless otherwise directed by Congress. So much R. S. 3943, p. 770. of sections thirty-nine hundred and forty-three, thirty-nine hundred and R- S- ?9§6» P- 779- iilty-six, and thirty-nine hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes Ill;} as is in coniiict with the preceding sections is hereby repealed. pe P ' S1:0. 6. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, May 17, 1878. CHAP. 109.-An act extendmlg the privileges of sections twenty-nine hundred and May 25, 1878. ninety to twenty-nine hnndr and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes, inclusive, *"*—;—- to the port of Bath, in the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of sections _ 'I`¤‘¤»¤¤1><>¤‘t¤»¢i<>¤¤ twenty-nine hundred and ninety to twenty-nine hundred and ninety- gl °g’·» seven of the Revised Statutes, inclusive, be, and they are hereby, ex- Li; ° ° ° " tended to the port of Bath, in the State of Maine. R. S. 2990 to 2997, Approved, May 25, 1878. PP· 579* 58*1 CHAP. 140.-An act for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the pre- May 27, 1878. emption laws. ;"*‘—··· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who has made _H°¤¤¤¤*¤¤<l HUB; a settlement on the public lands under the pre-emption laws, and has ;:m° H"` l’°rf“°°' subsequent to such settlement changed his filing in pursuance of law g' to that for a homestead entry upon the same tract of land, shall be entitled to have the time required to perfect his title under the homestead laws computed from the date of his original settlement heretofore made, or hereafter to be made, under the pre-emption laws, subject to all the provisions of the law relating to homesteads. Approved, May 27, 1878. CHAP. 141.-An act to change the name of the steam-boat D. A. McDonald to Silver May 27, 1878. ave. ——————- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Name of steamury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow the owner of bf? A· I;‘°D°“‘ the steamboat D. A. McDonald, a vessel of American ownership, running a ° mugcl ' on the Upper Mississippi River, to change the name of said boat to that of Silver Wave. Approved, May 27, 1878. CHAP. 142.-An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses May 27, 1878. of the Indian Department, and for fuldlhng treaty stipulations with various Indian ·—·———· tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for OUIIOII PUIPOBBB. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the iollowiug sums be, APPY°P¤=—}**°¤ ¤i and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury I"d“‘“ °°"'°°‘ not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes. namely:
