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 104 FOBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 219. 220. 222. 1882. District of- from the point forming the south shore of the mouth of the Rappalmn- Y°*k*°"¤F nook River, along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay, via Old Point Comfort, Hampton and Newport News, thence along the south shore of the James River to a point on the peninsula formed by the James and York Rivers opposite Williamsburg, and thence across said peninsula to the south bank of the York River, so as to embrace in said district, in addi- . tion to the ports heretofore included, Hampton and Newport News; in which Newport News shall be the port of entry and Yorktown a port of delive .” Snc?2. That paragraph five of section twenty-five hundred and fifty- two of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so that ` it shall read: Nor fo l k nucl “The district of Norfolk and Portsmouth, to comprise all the waters, P°"*°'”°“'·h- including Hampton Roads, and shores within the State of Virginia, southward of the district of Yorktown, as hereinbefore described, and not included in the districts of Yorktown, Petersburg and Richmond, in which Norfolk and Portsmouth shall be the sole port of entry, and Suffolk and Smithfield the ports of delivery! counter; msi- Sec. 3. That paragraph four of section twenty-five hundred and fifty- •l°¤°°· N°"P°’* three be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read: N"", ML “In the district of Yorktown a collector who shall reside at Newport ,1,,,,,, yuiwm News, and a surveyor who shali reside at Yorktown." Approved, June 15, 1882. June I5, IE- CHA?. 220.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Masonic ""‘*"‘*""i Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ltasonic ntutnnl State: of America in Cong-ress assembled, That section five of the act enti- Bfhgi *})°?°°!¤*¤*;*} tled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of Q’,0,f,mbm_'“m"t the District of Columbia," as amended, is hereby amended by adding tlolsaidnsection the words not exceeding one thousand eight hundred, . o lars. ,,£,°t;§':,;'Q;’,{’§;‘Y' Sec. 2.—That in order further to extend the benefits of this associa- ,i,,,,},d,.,,;_ ’ tion, an additional class or classes may be formed paying to the widow, orphans, heirs, assignee or legtees of a deceased member a dollar for each and every member of t spedal class in good. standing on the books of the corporation, not exceeding one thousand dollars. Sec. 3.—That the funds and account of each class shall be kept separate, and each class shall bear its own expenses and its pro rata share, according to its membership, of the general expenses of this associaou. . Approved, June 15, 1882. Jung I6, ]&, cul?- 222-All Mt for the Nlicf of Howard University. _ Howard Univer- Whereas the Howard University is an educational institution incorvk M porated by act of Congress, the grounds and buildings of which were °”’ °· obtatmdeds ngder the anthprity of the United States, with funds approprin y ongress; ant Lands conveyed Whereas the said university, in consideration of the provisions of this gr Umm! St-nts; act, proposes to convey b a snflicient deed to the United States the pnbX;‘;1;&“°° ° parcel or square of gronmi bounded by Pomeroy street, Foudln-and-or ‘ half street, College street, and Sixth known as Universitv Park, containing about eleven acres, to mgm as a public park under the superintendence of the United States, provided that whenever the same shall ceasetobeusedasapublic parkthetitlethenetoshnll revertto the Howard University: Therefore,