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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 20, 21, 22. 1886. 5 made or authorized for the full completion of said building beyond the amount herein appropriated: Provided, That the building shall be so Promo. situated as to leave an open space around the same of not less than forty feet in width. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Jail for United authorized and directed to remodel and construct out of and from the S****°¤ Pri¤°¤°¤· building now owned and used by the United States as a United States court-house and jail, located within the walls of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, Arkansas, a suitable jail for the care and confinement of United States prisoners; and for this purpose there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- A ._ t. printed, the sum of fifty thousand d•llars, to be expended under the di- Ppnmm *°°' rection of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall cause plans and esti- Plans. mates to be made so that no expenditure shall be made or authorized for the completion of said building beyond the amount herein appropriated. Approved, March 16, 1886. 0f_ 0g:1Ci act to provide or an American register for the steamslnp Ozama, Man 18, H86_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Nav- American regis. igation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built ter t¤ f¤¤j¤it:¤—bui1t Steamship Ozama, owned at port of New York by William P. Clyde, an “"’“”‘“*“P O"‘”’* American citizen, and rebuilt by him at Wilmington, Delaware, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, an- Inspection, thorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-vessel, steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate issued , to steam-vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steampipes, and appurtenances were not coustrncted pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests to be applied on the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes and appurtenances will be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save that the fact that said boiler, steam·pipes and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States and are of nnstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate of said boiler, steampipes, and appurtenances are found to he of sufficient strength and safety. Approved, March 18, 1886. CHAP. 22.-An act to increase the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of Mar. 19, 1886. deceased soldiers and sailors "i—"‘—*—‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- _Increaso or peusage of this act the rate of pension for widows, minor children, and de· ¤¤<>¤¤ to Wg0W: pendent relatives now on the pension-roll, or hereafter to be placed on :§gd‘;;{’°“ °“ the pension-roll, and entitled to receive a less rate than hereinafter provided, shall be twelve dollars per month; and nothing herein shall be construed to adect the existing allowance of two dollars per_month for _ each child under the age of sixteen years: Provided, That this act shall Prvwvapply only to widows who were married to the deceased soldier or sailor prior to its passage and to those who may hereafter marry prior to or