1. Territories — Acts of Legislature — 'Vaudits’—Submission to Congress.

Iic.r. St. § 1850, requires that all laws passed by territorial legislatures, except certain territories named, ‘‘shall he submitted to congress, and, if disapproved, shall he nuil and of no effect.” Held that, in order to impeach any law under this section, it must be shown that the same was submitted to congress, and disapproved.

‘ 2. Constitutional Law — Obligation of Contracts — Tax Deeds and Certificates.

The statute of Washington Territory, (Laws 1886, p. 92,) requiring the holders of tax certificates to give notice to the owner or occupant of land before they can obtain tax deeds, did not, in its application to a tax certificate issued before its passage, impair the obligation of the contract evidenced by the certificate, and the holder thereof was bound to give such notice.

3. Tax Deeds — Validity—Notice to Owner.

In case the land was unoccupied, and the owner could not be found, the act required the notice to be published three times in a newspaper printed in the county, the first publication to be not more than five months and the last not less than sixty days before the expiration of the time for redemption. Helé, that one whose certificate entitled him to a deed on May 7, 1S86, had a reasonable and sufficient time after the passage of the act (Feb. 3, 1886) to comply with its provisions; and it was immaterial that, owing to delay in publishing the law, he did not in fact have knowledge of it in time.

4 Same — Limitation op Actions.

A deed made by the sheriff in such case without a compliance with the statute, and without reciting such a compliance, is a deed void upon its face for want of authority to execute it, and is insufficient to set the statute of limitations running in favor of the grantee.