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 298 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 52, 55, 56. 1885. . . CHAP. 2.- rize the urchase of additional ds for the United 5Statei¤cdx¢i:ttl(:l¤'i¤sii•>id. H1- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,1. S°°'°*'·'¥ °€h°‘° ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase the ground adjoining md u,:!,,::,],:; the United States court-house and postonice building in the city of gimme, Springfield, in the State of Illinois, bounded on the north by Monroe street, ou the east by Seventh street, on the west by Sixth street, and Aww, on the south by the alley in the middle of the block:  That Ti{;]g_ said additional ground can be purchased, and a good   vahd title secured to the United States, for not exceeding twenty-six thousand dollars. And there is hereby appropriated for this purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty- Appropriation. six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The Secretary is authorized to cause the buildings now on said ground to be removed, and the lot inclosed and improved; and for this purpose he may use the proceed derived from the sale of the buildings, and in addition the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be Appro ri ation necessary, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the for buil“€¤g¤t¤ be Treasury not otherwise appropriated. mmv Approved, February tenth, 1885. Feb. 11, 13. CHAP. 55.-An set to amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty- ·—·;·é two of thellevlsed Statutes of the United States, concerning commerce and navigation snd the regulation of steam-vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United D c°!°”'°:;’:n“:¤g States of America in Ooegreea assembled, That section forty-four hundred , gg}, t M 0, and thirty-ron or the umm seams or me Umm saws be amended mmnvemis. by adding thereto a proviso, so that the section will read as follows: R- S., sec- 44*4. p. “Smction. 4434. No boiler to which the heat is applied to the outside 85*% . -’““°';g°:d if of the shell thereof shall be constructed of iron or steel plates of more fémduboilfrf than twenty-six one-hundredths of an inch in thickness, the ends or plates and space heads of the boilers only excepted; and every such boiler employed on tween incr- steam-vessels navigating rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, or their tributaries, shall have not less than three inches space between and Exception as to around its internal dues: Provided, That boilers to which the heat is v¤•¤1¤ navigating applied to the outside of the shell thereof; may in the discretion of the °,:k?*”°°d8’°** Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized and used on steam-vessels °°‘ navigating the Atlantic or Paciiic oceans, or salt-water bays or sounds, or the great lakes, or any of them, and waters flowing to and from the same, or any of them, when constructed of iron or steel plates not exceeding fifty one-hundredths of an inch in thiokness". Approved, February eleventh, 1885. CRAP. 56.-AN not makin s ro riations for the sggdgmy for the Iiscsl year ending gurlgthiltieth, eighteen bm  end for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives o the United Military Acad- State; of America in Congress auembledf That the followihg sums bc,
 * gs.°PP'°P“*• and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasnry not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Acadeinyéoi-_the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and

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