F lFTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1795-1797. 1904. 545 Columbia, and known on the ground plan of said city as lots numbered three, four, and five in square numbered nine hundred and sevent — nine, and when satisfied by sufficient proof that the said Todd has the equitable title to said lots, or in being satisfied that said Todd, or the parties under whom he claims, has Opaid all.taxes, general and special, evied against said lots for a peri of fift years, then he, the said Secretary, shall release and convey to said Todd, his heirs or assigns, T§0Q,f,g*§’”g,“‘;%dd‘° all the title of the United States in and to said lots: Hwided, That the mM.`` said Thomas H. G. Todd pay to the proper officer of the District of T“°’" Columbia all taxes, both general and special, now unpaid and standing against said property. Approved, April 28, 1904. CHAP. 1796.-An Act To amend section twenty-three hundred and twenty-seven ·?£f1l28. 1904- of the Revised Statutm of the United States, relating to lands. · R·132°8·l Public, No. 228. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of]? esentatives of the United [ _ I States of America in Congress assembled, Uat Section twenty-three §f‘§l‘{;£';§§, pm _hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United, States ¤¤¤¤¤d¤<1- ’ ° be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: _ "Sec. 2327. The description of vein or lode claims upon surveyed ,,,B°°‘$‘j§,°°‘},{’f T3, lands shall desi ate the location of the claims with reference to the °l¤*¤¤· lines of the publild survev, but need not conform therewith; but where patents have been or shall be issued for claims upon unsurveyed lands, the surve ors-general, in extending the public survey, shall adjust the same to the boundaries of said patented claimsso as in no case to interfere with or change the true location of such claims as they are officially established uga the ground. Where patents have issued for mineral ,,,Y,',,'§‘,ff,,{',§,f,§’,,,“i,‘,{,'§ lands, those ds only shall be segregated and shall be deemed to be patented which are bounded by the lines actually marked, defined, and established upon the ground y the monuments of the olicial survey upon which the patent grant is ased, and surveyors-general in executing subse uent patent surveys whether upon surveyed or unsurveyed lands, shall] be governed accordingly. The said monuments shall at all ,,,{’,’§’;§Q’§§,‘§f§,f,? S"` times constitute the highest authority as to what land is patented, and in case of any coniiict between the said monuments of such patented claims and the descriptions of said claims in the patents issued therefor the monuments on the ground shall govern, and erroneous or inconsistent descriptions or ca is in the patent descriptions shall give way thereto/’ . Approved, April 28, 1904. CHAP. 1797.-An Act To change and tix the time for holding the district and A§ri12B.1904- circuit courts for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennemee. [ · R- um-] blic, No. 229. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the term of the circuit }§,iK§§Z°§°°§§L°$E; and district courts of the United States for the northern division of ‘“§f'*gf- an 5,,, 658 _ the eastern district of Tennessee, held at Knoxville, Tennessee, shall pp.101.'m u ` commence on the first Monday in March of each year instead of the f{,Y"2$?§,$‘Rr*.l]i3$Q second Monday in March, as is now provided by aw; and said term P- 81*- shall continue as long as the presiding judge may deem it necessary. Sec. 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, information indictment] P¤¤<¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤· recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shal abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the chan e of time in the holding of the term of said courts, but the same shalibe deemed to be returnable to, pending and triable at the term herein provided for. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws coniiicting with this Act be, B°P°*‘· and are hereby, repealed. Approved, April 28, 1904. vox. xxxm. rr 1--35
