50 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 200, 201, 203. 1874. June 1, 1874. CHAP. 200.-eAn act for the benefit of occupying claimants. Be it enacted_ by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¤i¤n¤¤¤¤¤¤¤<l <>¤— States of America on Congress assembled, That when an occupant of land, L"l""'°:c‘;iJ;‘:‘* having color of title, in good faith has made valuable improvements nvu 1 c . . . . . · thereon and is in the proper action found not to he the rightful owner www cms` thereof; such obcupant shall be entitled in the Federal courts_to all the rights and remedies, and, upon instituting the proper proceedings, such relief as may be given or secured to him by the statutes of the State or Territory where the land lies, although the t1tle of the plaintiff in the action may have been granted by the United States after said improvements were so made. Approved, June 1, 1874. J uno 1, 1874. CHAP. 201.-Ap act facilitptotop exec1;’oior;_o1f,1aiidtc_protec1i2oertain public works ‘—""**;‘ 'o improvemen a e mou o e ississippi ver. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Secretary of War States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage tv =l¤¤¤m¤ ¤0¤¤<>1<>fof this act the Secretary of War is directed to assume full control over $‘;;';§}p":’,"1}Q$:;‘ °f the particular channel at the mouth of the Mississippi River in course of ` excavation or improvement by the Government of the United States, so far as may be necessary to the carrying_ on and protection of such excavation and improvement, and until the same be completed, and he May establish reg- may establish such regulations respecting the use of, or passage through, ¤lM¤¤¤¤· such channel as he shall deem needful to fhlly protect the channel and _ to facilitate the excavation, improvement and use thereof. Such regula- Prvuwlgnbwu- tions shall be promulgated by publication thereof for ten days consecutively in two daily papers published in New Qrleans, Louisiana, and the _ _ same may in likemanner be changed from t1me to time; and any perr_l‘¤¤¤1ty for ¤¤te¤·· son interfering with, or obstructing, or attempting to obstruct the said _;;°“°°»°'°’*°*“°°‘°"¤ improvements, and any person who shall willfully or negligent1y strand ' pr sink amy boat or craft in said channel, or who shall willfully, or negigently o struct said channel or cause any impairment injury filling np, or shoaling therein, shall bb guilty of a misdemeanor, and, bn conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding, ive hundred oollars, or iouprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in the iscretion o the court. Approved, June 1, 1874. _ June 3, 1874.* CHAP. 203.-A¤_ act to amend an act entitled "An act amend an act entitled ‘An """‘——*"‘ act to reduce duties on imports and to reduce internal taxes, and forother purposes,"' approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United régmenlclmgpg of States of America in Congress assembled, That section third of an act V2,. kvfi;-P. Mb-9 3» entitled "An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to reduce duties on ’ 1mports,and to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes,’ " approved llgagogstgad, zghteen hundred and seventy-tl1ree, be amended so as to r W I _ Mm·cimmu,,,, fp “_SEo. 3. That foreign merchandise which arrived at a port of the port July cn, 1872, United States on or before the thirtv-first day ot’July eighteen hundred
*° °°”*°¤* and seventytwo, and upon which duties were not paid prior to August
first, eighteen hundred and seventy;twc, though the same were not en or tglanofcrregh to a pu(pli{:.fstore or bonded warehouse, shall be en 1 ec o e cue` s providem or in the eighth section of the act entitled ‘An act to reduce duties on imports and to reducet · l 18g_ ]__ _’( _ _ _ lll Gill:] Wl__;`,,,3_;,_g:?,.’;3gj taxes, and for other purposes} approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the same as such merchandise would have been entitled to hud it actually been in public store or bonded warehouse on or
