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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS .
Suss . I.
Cs . 301, 302.
1866.
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and when like proof shall be furnished thi t another section of ten miles
of said road in said States or on the said 'branches respectively connecting with the preceding section is completed as aforesaid, the Secretary
of the Interior shall issue patents in like manner as as in case of the first
completed sections, and so on from time to time until the whole is completed as herein provided, when the Secretary of the Interior shall issue
patents for all the remaining lands herein granted, not exceeding the
aggregate amount provided for and located as required by sections one
and two of this act : And provided further, That if one section of twenty If twenty miles
miles of each of said railroads and branches shall not be fully constructed area ohreoyeae
and completed as a first class railroad within three years from the time and at least
this act becomes a law, and at least one section of twenty miles on twenty miles
each of said roads and branches in each year thereafter, and the whole was and he
of said roads and branches within ten years from the time this act shall whole in ten
take effect, then and in either of said oases all the lands granted or the years, lands then
to
g rant of which is revived or extended by this act, and which at the time unpatented
revert to the
shall be unpatented to or for the benefit of the road or company making United states.
or suffering such failure, shall revert to the United States.
SEC . 3 . And be it further enacted, That all the land, mentioned in this Lands hereby
act, and hereby granted, are hereby~' reserved fiom entry , pre-emption, or granted
be
reservedtofrom
appropriation to any other purpose than herein contemplated, for the said entry, pre-emp&c .
term of ten years from the passage of this act : Provided, That all lands tion,
Lands given
heretofore given to the State of Missouri for the construction of the Cairo to 3lissouri for
and Fulton railroad, or for the use of said road lying in the State of Cairo and Fulton
Missouri, and all lands proposed to be granted by this act for the use ra ~ylen to be
or in aid of the road herein named, and lying in said State of Mis- pitented to the
souri, shall be granted and patented to the said State whenever the State ;
held
road shall be completed through said State, which lands may be held anda d
by said State and used toward paying the State the amount of bonds here- ward paying
tofore issued by it to aid said company, and all interest accrued or to bondsn state
accrue thereon : Provided further, Tbat the provisions of this act, so far When this act
as the same relate to the Memphis and Little Rock and the Little Rock takes effect as
and Fort Smith branches of said road, shall not take effect until the Sec- relates and
retary of the Interior shall make and file a certificate in his office and the Little Rock, and
r leRock and
office of the Secretary of State of Arkansas, stating that the companies Fi
Fo t Smith
or corporations claiming the benefit of this act in behalf of said branches branches of road .
have reorganized their boards of directors in a lag ful manner, and, after
such reorganization, that they have respectively rescinded all acts, resolutions, or other pioceedings, transferring the lands, rights, or privileges
of such corporations or companies to any convention, State, or authority
recognizing or acting in concert with, or under the authority of the
late so-called confederate states of America.
APPROVED, July 28, 1866.
July 28, 1866 .
CHAP . CCCL -An Act to authorize the Use of the Metric Sitsteor of Weights and
Measures
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Conqress assembled, That from and after the passage Useofweights
of
of this act it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to and
themeasures
employ the weights and measures of the metric system ; and no contract
author zed .
or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to
objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system .
SEc . 2 . And be it further enacted, That the tables in the schedule here- Tables of
to annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all equivalents.
legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures
now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric system ; and said tables may
be lawfully used for computing, determining, and expressing in customary
weights and measures the weights and measures of the metric system .
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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS . SESS .I. CH . 301 . 1866.
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
Measures of
length ;
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Myrlameter
10,000 meters
Kilometer
1,000 meters.
Hectometer
100 meters
Dekameter
10 meters
1 meter.
Meter
Decimeter
Or a meter.
Centimeterof a meter.
MillimeterJ., of a meter.
of surface ;
6 2137 miles .
0 62137 miles, or 3280 feet and ten inches .
328 feet and 1 inch .
393.7 inches
39 37 inches
.
3 937 inches.
0 $937 inches .
0.0394 inches.
MEASURES OF SURFACE.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Hectare10,000 square meters
100 square meters
Ceutare1 square meter
2 471 acres.
119 6 square yards .
1550 square inches .
MEASURES OF CAPACITY.
of capacity.
MErRI0 DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
Number
of liters.
Names.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE .
Cubic measure
Liquid or wine
measure.
Drmeaaare
Kiloliter, or stere
1,000
1 cubic meter . . . 1308 cubic yards . .
100 116 of a cubic meter
2 bushels and 3.35 pecks
Hectoliter . .
10
10
cubic decimeters . 9 08 quarts . . .
Decaliter .
1
1 cubic decimeter
0 908 quarts
. . .
Liter . . .
?b of a cubic decimeter 61022 cubic inches . .
Deciliter . . .
T~tS~
06102 cubic inches
.
Centiliter
. . T00
10 cubic centimeters
1 cubic centimeter . 0 061 cubic inches . .
Milliliter .
. '10 0
26417 gallons.
26 417 gallons
2 6417 gallons.
10567 quarts
0 845 gills
0338 fluid ounces.
0 27 fluid drams .
WEIGHTS .
Weighs
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES .
Names
Mmllier or Tonneau
Quintal . . . .
Myriagram . . .
Kilogram or kilo .
Hectogram .
Dekagram
Gram . .
Decigram
Centigram .
Milligram .
Number of
grams.
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
1,000
100
10
1
Weight of what quantity of
water at maximum density
Avoirdupois weight .
1 cubic meter
1 hectoliter
10 liters
1 liter
1 deciliter
10 cubic centimeters . . .
1 cubic centimeter .
.
of a cubic centimeter .
10 cubic millimeters . . .
1 cubic millimeters - . .
2204 6 pounds.
220 46 pounds.
22046 pound&
2.2046 pounds .
3.5274 ounces .
0.8527 ounces .
15 432 grains.
16432 grains.
0.1543 grains.
0 0154 grains.
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APPROVED, July 28, 1866 .
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS .
SESS . L
CR. 302, 303. 1866 .
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CHAP . CCC1I.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act making Aatwns for July 28, 1866.
sundry Civil Expenses of the Governncent for the Year ending the thirti'107, eighteen 1858,ch 154,•17.
hundred and fifty-nine .
Vol. xi. P. 827.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso to the seven- Secretary of
may
teenth section of the act to which this act is an amendment be altered so Treasury
appoint disbursas to read as follows : And provided further, That where there is no cot- ing agent, where
lector at the place of location of any public work herein specified, the there is no collector at place of
Sect etary of the Treasur y shall have power to appoint a disbursing agento
location of any
for the payment of all moneys that are, or may be hereafter, appropriated ptibhc work .
for the construction of any such public work, with such compensation as
he may deem equitable and just, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this section be, and the same are hereby, repealed .
APPROVED, July 28, 1866.
CHAP CCCIII.-An act authorizcny the Payment of the Rewards offered by the Presldent of the United States and the Officers of the War Department, in April and May,
1865, fir the Capture of the Assissins of the late President, Abraham Lincoln, and the
Secretary of State, Hon . William H. Seward.
July 28, 1856.
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any Payment and
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in satisfaction of all wardsoffred
claims for the rewards offered by the President of the United States or for the capture
by authority of the War Department for the capture of the assassins of of the assassins
ecretary
re
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the late President Abraham Lincoln and the Secretary of State,o William and
ad S
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State .
H . Seward, the following sums to the following named persons, viz : For the capture of Payne : For capture of
Payne ;
To Major H. W . Smith, who had charge of, and commanded the force,
the sum of
$1,000
Richard C Morgan,detective
500
Eli 1)evore, detective
500
Charles H Rosch, detective 500
Thomas Sampson, detective 500
William M. Wermerskirch, detective
500
John H . Kimball, citizen
500
P. M Clark, citizen
500
Susan Jackson, colored
250
Mary Ann Griffin
250
$5,000
For the capture of Atzerott : To Major E . R . Artman, 213th Pennsylvania Volunteers $1,25000
Sergeant Zachariah W . Gemmill, 1st Delaware Cavalry 3,59854
Private Christopher Ross, Ist Delaware Cavalry 2,87854
Puvate David H . Barker, 1st Delaware Cavalry 2,878 78
Pritiate Albert Bender, 1st Delaware Cavalry2,87878
Private Samuel J. Williams, 1st Delaware Cavalry2,87878
Private George W Young, 1st Delaware Cavalry 2,87878
Private James Longacre, 1st Delaware Cavalry2,87878
James W. Purdum, citizen
2,87878
of Atzerott;
$25,00900
For the capture of Booth and Herold : To E J Conger
. ..
.$15,000
" Lafayette C . Baker
3,750
" Lather B . Barker
3,000
£` Lieutenant E . P. Doherty
5,250
.
O'Bierne
"r' James R
2,000
H. H . Wells
1,000
" George Cottingham
1,000
Alexander Lovett
1,000
$ 32,000
of Booth and
Herold ;