FOB'1‘Y·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. OH. 31 , 32, 35. 1874. 17 couniy of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: And be it further ’ provzded, That all cost of surveying said lands shall be paid by said T? P“Y°°“° °f'“" county of Holt. _ Wymg Approved. February 19, 1874. CHAP. 31.-Au act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the State Feb. 19, 1874. authorities of Rhode Island a. certain gun. ’_""‘;"""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of iho United _ States of _Am0ric0, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, dcg$;':;‘t§,"é‘;:€e1;§ and he is hereby, authorized to deliver, if the same can be done without Rhode IS],_¤d_ detriment to the Government, to the proper authorities of the State of Rhode Island a certain gun, marked “Battery B lst Regiment Rhode Island Lrght Artillery Battle of Gettysbnrg," for the purpose of being placed among the archives of that State. Approved, February 19, 1874. CHAP. 32.-—An act to authorize the Secretary of War to ascertain the amount FW- 20g1g74- of expense incurred by the territorial authorities of Dakota for arms, equipments, military tores, supplies, and all other expenses of the volunteer forces of the Indian war of eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Expense ofiudmn and he hereby is, authorized and required to ascertain, or cause to be WM m Dakota in ascertained, the amount of expense necessarily incurred by the territo- $6302* ;’;”"°P°"’°d ria} authorities of Dakota for arms, equipments, military stores, supplies, g ’ and all expenses of the volunteer forces called out to suppress Indian hostilities in the Territory of Dakota in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and report to Congress the names of the persons entitled to relief, together with a. statement of the facts and sums upon which such report may by based. A Approved, February 20, 187 4. CHAP. 35.-An met to change the titles of certain naval officers, and for other Feb. 24, 1874. p11!‘p0S6S. —;_;__—__ Be it enacted by the Senateand House of Representatives of the United Tim of wgilm,. States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage officers in Navy. of this act the title of iirst assistant engineer shall be changed to passed assistant engineer, and that the title of second assistant engineer shall _ be changed to assistant engineer: Provided, That the regulations of the P'°"¤°· Navy Department in relation to the examinations and amount of seuservice previous 1:0 each examinations be complied mth. _ _ Sec. 2. That from and after the thirtieth day of June erghteen hun- dred and seventy-four, the course of instruction at the Naval Academy my for mdcbongij for ca<}et-engineers shall be four years, instead of two as now .prov1ded mm, bylaw; and this provision shall iirst apply to the class of cadet-engineers entering the academy in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to all subsequent; classes; and that all nets or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and are hereby, repealed. _ Approved, February 24, 1874. Vol. 18, pt. 3-2