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FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 317-319. 1873. 623 purpose the officers so assigned may associate with themselves the chief of the geological survey of California., and also one other civilian distinguished for his kuowledge of the subject. Sec. 2. That these five persons shall constitute a board, with power to Board to cou fill vacancies, whose duty it shall be to make a full report to the Presi- 2§’*.°f“'h°m$ dem on the best system of irrigation for said valleys, with all necessary dui};§°w"s and plans, details, engineering, statistical, and otherwise, which report the Report President shall transmit to Congress at its next session, with such recommeudations as he shall think proper. Sue. 3. That the Secretary of War shall furnish subsistence and trans- Subsisferm, pcrmmicn for the board while in the field, and the compensation of 1;heg?gi*;‘flt“;;;g; members of the board who are not in the service of the United States tion. P shall not exceed two thousand dollars each, but: the other members of the board shall receive nc additional compensation for their services. Amuzovmu, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXVII. -—-An Act jbr the temporary Reliqfef the Indians at Camp McDer- March 3, 1873· mit, in Humboldt County, Nevada. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Foodamiclctb hereby authorized and directed 1:0 issue such rations of food and clothing }“§i.*`°* °9"g¤ to the Indians about Camp McDermit, in Humboldt county, Nevada, b2]£!;;Qr;ty um` as may be necessary tc save such Indians from desticumion and starvation Ncvudw until such time as provision shall be made for them through the Interior Department. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXVIII. - An Act to amend the Charter zfthe Griltli Wrein Association. March 3, 1873. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Griitli Verein Asscci- Griitii_Vcrei¤ ation of Washington, District of Columbia, be authorized to issue build- $;';§Q%;°;;‘n°f ing-stock to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars to be divided D.C., may iésuc imc shares of the par value of fifty dollars each, payable in such install- *§¤¤d*¤¤e S*°°k~ ments, and under such conditions as shall be determined by a building °‘ committee of five, to be chosen from the sbockhclders, by 2. stock vote, when twenty thousand dollars of said sccck shall have been subscribed, and thereafter annually. Src0NON 2. That said building committee shall have the entire control and Building commanagement of said stock and its investment, and of any land purchased Q;f€$gl?° h"° or building erected by means thereof; until the subscriptions are paid in, and the building completed, when their functions shall cease, and the said land and building shall thereafter be held and directed by, and be for the use and benefit 01EQ said association in perpetual succession. A1>P1<0v1;1>, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXIX, -An Act repealing an Act entitled “An Actjizr the Reliq of certain March 3, 1873. Indians in the Central Sz¢perintendency" approved June tenth eighteen hundred and `"[§y2 cb 430 seventy-two. Ante, p. 388. An Act supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act for the Relz`ey‘" of certain Indians in the Central Superintendency " approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-wc, med to settle by Commission all Rights and Equities respecting the Property to whzch sazd Act refers. VVhercas, by an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain Indians YY°¤mbl°· in the Central superi11ce11dency" approved June tenth, eighbeed hundred and seventy-two, the Secretary of the Interior was authorized and directed to appoint three commissioners and tc take an inventory ofQ ap-

praise, and sell certain lands, bonds, notes, accounts, contracts, mort-

‘ gages, and other property or assets held cr acquxred m any mdnncxf under V01mi_ p_1g;;3_

 a trust in respect to educticn, created and confirmed by treatxes with the Vol- xv· p·518·