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THE

STATUTES AT LARGE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM

DECEMBER, 1895, TO MARCH, 1897,

AND

RECENT TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE PROCLAMATIONS,

WITH

AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS.

EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF
CONGRESS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

VOL. XXIX.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1897.

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LIST

Fenezuelan Commission. An act making an appropriation for the expenses of a commission to

investigate and report on the true divisional line between the Republic of Venezuela and

British Guiana. December 21, 1895...

Chicago customs district. An act to amend section twenty-six hundred and one of the Revised

Statutes relative to ports of entry. December 27, 1895....

United States courts, Iowa. An act fixing the times for holding the Circuit and District Courts of

the Northern District of Iowa, and of the Southern District of Iowa. January 4, 1896....

Port of entry, Palm Beach, Fla. An act to make Palm Beach, Florida, a subport of entry and

delivery. January 6, 1896.

District of Columbia, highways. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a permanent

system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,"

approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. January 21, 1896..

Aransas Pass harbor. An act for improving Aransas Pass. January 21, 1896

“Miami.” An act to provide an American register for the steamer Miami. January 22, 1896 ...

Public lands, purchasers on forfeited grants. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an

Act entitled 'An Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in

the construction of railroads, and for other purposes, approved September twenty-uinth,

eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof." January 23, 1896.

International Marine Conference. An act to reconvene the delegates of the United States to the

International Marine Conference of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. February 5, 1896..

District of Columbia, medical school. An act to incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine
of the District of Columbia. February 7, 1896...

"Three Brothers," "Johan Ludwig." An act to provide American registers for the barks Minde and

Johan Ludwig. February 7, 1896 .

District of Columbia, pugilistic encounters, etc. An act to prohibit prize-fighting and pugilism and

fights between men and animals and to provide penalties therefor, in the Territories and

District of Columbia. February 7, 1896...

United States courts, appeals Indian Territory. An act to extend the jurisdiction of the United

States circuit court of appeals, eighth circuit, over certain suits now pending therein on

appeal and writ of error from the United States court in the Indian Territory. February

8, 1896..

Public lands, purchasers. An act to amend section four of an Act to provide for the adjustment

of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeit-

ure of unearned lands, and for other purposes. February 12, 1890...

Right of way, Indian Territory. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Kansas

City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph,

and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved Febru-

ary twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. February 13, 1896..

Bridge, Saint Lawrence River. An act to amend chapter seventy-six, laws of eighteen hundred and

ninety-three. February 15, 1896.

Hot Springs, Ark., incline railway. An act to extend the time for the completion of the incline
railway on West Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation. February 15, 1896..

Military Academy, chaplain. An act to amend section thirteen hundred and nine, Revised Stat-

utes, providing a chaplain for the Military Academy. February 18, 1896..

Daughters of American Revolution. An act to incorporate The National Society of the Daughters

of the American Revolution. February 20, 1896..

Public hands, Colville reservation. An act to extend the mineral-land laws of the United States to

lands embraced in the north half of the Colville Indian Reservation. February 20, 1896..

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