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No. 86.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 10, 1374.

The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned:

I..AN ACT extending the right of way heretofore granted to the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company through the arsenal grounds at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Allegheny Valley Rail road Company be, and it is hereby, authorized to extend its tracks over and occupy the ground between the present track and the Allegheny River where said track, un der the act approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, was laid through the grounds of the United States at and near the Alle gheny Arsenal, in the county of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylva nia: Provided, That the mode and purpose of occupation shall first be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War; and the value of the right of way herein granted, as fixed by a board of Army officers as the Secretary of War may detail to make such valuation, shall be paid into the Treasury before occupation in pursuance of this act.

Approved June 23, 1874.

II..AN ACT to confirm the purchase of a portion of the site of Fort Houston, at Nashville, Tennessee, and to provide for the donation of the same to the Fisk University for educational purposes; also to confirm in the purchase of certain land at Fort Hamilton, New York.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the purchase by the United States, on the twenty-first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, from Russell Houston, of certain land consisting of about three and one-fourth acres, situate in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, with the buildings thereon standing, and being the same premises described in a deed of said date from said Houston to the Chief Engineer of the Army, in trust for the United States, recorded in book thirty-five,

County, Tennessee, be, and the same hereby is, ratified, sanctioned, and confirmed, so that the said purchase, and the said deed thereupon executed, shall have the same legal validity and effect as if the same had been by a previous act of Congress specifically authorized.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to grant and convey to the Fisk University of Nashville, Tennessee, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in and to said tract of land for educational purposes: Provided, That no further expense relative thereto shall be incurred by the United States: And provided further, That the trustees of the said Fisk University be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell and dispose of the above-described property at their discretion, and to use the proceeds elsewhere for educational purposes in connection with the said Fisk University.

SEC. 3. That the purchase, by order of the Executive Department, under an authority supposed to be conferred by the act of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, making appropriations for the construction, and so forth, of certain fortifications, and so forth, of certain lands at Fort Hamilton, New York, consisting of about twentyone acres, as a site for additional batteries, and conveyed to the United States by deed of Julia Delaplaine, of September ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which said deed has been pronounced by the Attorney General, by opinion of November twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to vest a good and valid title in the United States, and upon which said land the said batteries have been duly constructed, be, and the same hereby is, confirmed.

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ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.

No. 87.

Washington, July 10, 1874.

The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned:

I..AN ACT to authorize and provide for the construction of a substantial iron and masonry bridge and of a causeway across the Anacostia, or Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, at or near the site of the present Navy-Yard bridge.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed across the Anacostia River, at or near the site of the present Navy-Yard bridge, in the District of Columbia, a substantial iron and masonry bridge and causeway; and the sum of one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of said bridge: Provided, That the said Secretary shall construct a bridge upon such plan as shall cost no more than the amount herein appropriated: And no part of this appropriation shall be paid out of the Treasury until contracts shall have been entered into with responsible parties and with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the construction and completion of said bridge, including the masonry, iron work, and causeway, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and fortysix thousand dollars: And provided also, That the said bridge shall be so constructed as not to interfere with the usual navigation above said bridge.

Approved June 22, 1874.

II...AN ACT to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Milwaukee and Samt Paul Railway Company may construct and maintain a bridge across the Mississippi River at a point heretofore selected by said company between the county of La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin, and the county of Houston, in the State of Minnesota: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall convene a board of Engineer officers, whose duty it shall be

company can be constructed and maintained without material interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river at that point, and shall also ascertain and report what accessory works it will be necessary to construct and maintain to secure the best practicable straight channel-way for navigation of said river at and near that point; the board shall further determine the necessary height of said bridge, the location of its piers, and make such recommendations for the security and convenience of navigation as may be deemed essential and proper; and that upon the approval of the report and recommendations of the Board by the Secretary of War, the said company, upon being so notified, may proceed to construct said bridge in accordance with said report and recommendations, subject to the provisions and limitations of the act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said river, and to establish them as post-roads," approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two: And provided further, That said company shall construct and maintain all the accessory works found to be necessary, as hereinbefore provided, for the security and convenience of navigation, at their own expense, and subject to such supervision as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and that until the said works shall have been constructed to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, and are approved by him, the superstructure of the bridge shall not be commenced: And provided further, That this act shall not be so construed as to relieve said company from the provisions of any existing laws, except as to the location and height of said bridge: And provided further, That said company shall not charge more than three dollars a car for each freight-car transported across said bridge. Approved June 22, 1874.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

OFFICIAL:

THOMAS M. VINCENT,

Assistant Adjutant General.

Assistant Adjutant General.

No. 88.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 10, 1874.

The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned:

L..AN ACT to authorize the sale of the military reservation of Fort Reynolds, in Colorado Territory, and the Government buildings thereon.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be. and is hereby, authorized and empowered to transfer to the custody and control of the Secretary of the Interior, for disposition for cash, according to the existing laws of the United States relating to the public lands, after appraisement, to the highest bidder, and at not less than the appraised value nor at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the United States military reservation of Fort Reynolds, in Colorado Territory, containing about twenty-three square miles, as set apart and declared by the President on June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, including all the buildings heretofore erected by the United States and now being thereon, (the said reservation and buildings being no longer needed for military purposes:) Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said land to be offered in tracts of not more than eighty acres each, and sold separately at public outery, to the highest bidder, after giving not less than three months' public notice of the time and place of sale, in not less than three public newspapers printed and published in said Territory.

Approved June 19, 1874.

IL... AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department parts of certain reservations in the Territory of Arizona as may be no longer required for military purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish and turn over to the Department of the Interior, for restoration to the public domain, such parts of what are known as the Fort Yuma, Fort Whipple, and Camp Date Creek reservations, in the Territory of Arizona, as may in the opinion

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