Deputy surveyor to reside where the President may think proper.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the principal deputy surveyor of the United States, for the St. Helena district, shall reside at such place, in the said district, as shall be designated by the President of the United States.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
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Chap. CLXXVI.—An Act explanatory of an act, entitled An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands, approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
The benefits, &c. of the act of May 18, 1824, ch. 88, extended to those who have obtained certificates of further credit for any quantity of land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits and privileges of the act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States, by the purchasers of public lands,” approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, of which this act is explanatory, be extended to those persons who have obtained certificates of further credit, for any half-quarter section, or for any fractional section of land, under the provisions of any of the several laws for the relief of purchasers of public lands, referred to in the said act, of which this is explanatory.
All relinquishments of land executed under said act, to be filed with the register of the land office where purchased.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all relinquishments of land, which shall be executed under the provisions of the said act of the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, or under the provisions of this act, shall be filed with the register of the land office at which the land was purchased, any thing in the said act of the eighteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, of which this is explanatory, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
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Chap. CLXXVII.—An Act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants.[1]
The issuing of land warrants revived and continued in force for five years.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the authority granted to the Secretary of the Department of War, by an act, approved the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, to issue warrants for the military land bounties, to persons entitled thereto, shall be revived and continued in force for the term of five years.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
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Chap. CLXXVIII.—An Act making an appropriation for the use of the library of Congress, and for furnishing rooms in the Capitol.
5000 dollars appropriated for the purchase of books.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for the purchase of books, under the direction of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress.
1546 dollars for the purchase of furniture.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen hundred and forty-six dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for the purchase of furniture for the new library.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand