THE

STATUTES AT LARGE

OF THE

1st Cria, lit 5 ss. —— 14th cory, 20 Siss.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM

DECEMBER, 1875, TO MARCH, 1877,

AND

RECENT TREATIES, POSTAL CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE PROCLAMATIONS.

EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF

AN ACT OF CONGRESS, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

VOL. XIX.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

LIST

OF

THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS

OF CONGRESS

'CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

ACTS OF THE FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

(STATUTE I.-1875-76.)

Alabama Claims Commission. An act to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama
Claims. December 24, 1875.

Post-roads. An act to declare the road leading from Concordia, Kentucky, to Mooleyville, Kentucky,

a post-road. January 18, 1876.

"Tom Jasper." An act to change the name of the steamboat "Tom Jasper," of Saint Louis, Missouri.

'January 18, 1876.....

Printing paper. An act to amend section 3767 of the Revised Statutes, in relation to the purchase of

paper for the public printing. January 25, 1876...

Naturalization. An act to amend the Revised Statutes relating to naturalization. February 1, 1876.

Vice-consuls-general. An act to amend the Revised Statutes touching vice-consuls-general. February

Judgments of Alabama Claims Commission. An act providing for the payment of judgments rendered

under section 11 of chapter 459 of the laws of the first session of the Forty-third Congress.

February 15, 1876...

1, 1876...

Centennial Celebration. An act relating to the Centennial Celebration of American Independence. Feb-
ruary 16, 1876...

Circuit courts in California, Oregon, Nevada. An act fixing the time of holding the circuit court of the

United States in the districts of California, Oregon, and Nevada. February 18, 1876........

Consulates at Aix-la-Chapelle and Omoa and Truxillo. An act to change the location of the consulates

at Aix-la-Chapelle and at Omoa and Truxillo. February 18, 1876.....

Stamping instruments. An act to extend the time for stamping unstamped instruments. February

25, 1876...

Condemned cannon. An act donating condemned cannon and cannon-balls to the Ladies' Monumental

Association of Allegheny County, Pa., for monumental purposes. February 25, 1876

Doorkeeper's employés, House. An act making an appropriation to pay fourteen crippled and disabled

Union soldiers from the sixth day of December, 1875, to the thirtieth day of June, 1876. Feb-

ruary 29, 1876....

Colorado. An act to amend the act entitled "An agt to enable the people of Colorado to form a con-

stitution and State government, and for the admission of said State into the Union on an equal

footing with the original States," approved March 3, 1875. March 3, 1876

Capitol grounds. An act to remedy an error in enrollment. March 3, 1876...

"Turner and Keller." An act to change the name of the schooner "Turner and Keller," of Oswego, to

1 that of "Falmouth." March 3, 1876 ...

Alabama Claims Commission. An act to extend the time for claimants under section 11 of chapter

459 of the laws of the Forty-third Congress to prove their claims. March 6, 1876

Port of Genessee. An act to extend to the port of Genessee, in the State of New York, the privileges of

sections 2990 to 2997 of the Revised Statutes, inclusive. March 14, 1876

Saint Louis custom-house. An act to provide for the purchase of material and for the continuation of

the work on the building for custom-house and post-office at Saint Louis, Missouri. March 15,

1876..

Nashville custom-house. An act authorizing the purchase of additional grounds for the custom-house
at Nashville, Tennessee. March 15, 1876..

Post-roads. An act to establish certain post-routes in the State of Texas. March 16, 1876.

Pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United

States for the year ending June thirtieth, 1877. March 23, 1876.

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