82 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 109. 110. 169. 1846 Aug. 8, 1846. Ch.u>. CIX. —— An Act to establish an additional Land District in Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ry' the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the sale _Addi¢iqna1 land of the public lands in the Territory of Iowa, an additional land district ggmgghgg I°"" is hereby created, comprising all the lands lying between the line ` dividing townships seventy-tive and seventy-six north, and the line dividing townships eighty-three and eighty-four north, which shall be called the Iowa District. Register and Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is "°°°l"°' *° l’° hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of °PP°`m°d' the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for the said district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said Compensation office, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and dunes. and be entitled to the same compensation, as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land offices of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is authorized Lands in um to cause the public lands in the said district, with the exemption of dls¤'i°* *° be °¥· sections numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of p°s°d t° °°l°' schools, or such other lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof; and of such other tracts as he may select for military or other purposes, to be exposed to sale in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the other public lands of the United States. site 0,. hm, Sno, 4. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby omcs authorized to designate the site at which the said office shall be established, and to remove the same to any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, it may be deemed expedient. Approved, August S, 1846. ` Aug. 8, 1846. Cmir. QX. — An Act to amend the Act approved second April, eighteenhundred and ··‘···r······ fortyfour, entitled “An[Act] directing the Disposition officertain unclaimed Goods, ISM'! °h· 3* Wares, or Merelmndise, seized for being illegally imported into the United States." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pro- Disposition sr visions of the act entitled “An Act directing the Disposition of certain gf,""" ‘%"°l°lm· unclaimed Goods, Wares, or Merchandise seized for being illegally _ goods illegally · · . ,, ’ . . ,mP,,m,,;_ imported into the United States, approved April second,eighteen him- 1g44.,ci,_g_ dred and forty-four, shall apply to all property of the appraised val¤e• of one hundred dollars or less, any thing contained in any other act to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Cru!. CLXIX. -.6n det to enable the Secretary of the Navy to purchase the Right •—··;····· ofusing Mizbspatent Jll¢mger·Stopper. Be it enacted by the Senate and H`ouse of Representatives rf the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Sec,,,,,,.,. of Secretary of the Nayy be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase t;¤:d.Nt:vy author- of Mrs. Ann Mix, widow of M. P. Mix, late master commandant in 1, M °f.“"h”°us,ng the navy, the unlimited power to use a machine called a "mang6f· why. patent stopper," in all ships of war or other vessels belonging to the United ¤*¤*S°*·‘¤*°PP¢¤· States: Provided, An assignment thereof can be obtained at a cost inmimion of not exceedingthree thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropril’“°°‘ ated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 8, 1846.
