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 434 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 285-288. 1887. Feb. 28, 1887. CHAP. 285. An not to authorize the Fremont, Elkhorn  Missouri Valley Rail- ——t—— road to build its road across the Fort Meade Mihtary Rcscrvatwn. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Fr¤¤¤¤¤¢» _ Elk; States of America in lhmgreas assembled, That the Fgcnwnt, Elkornz and 1;:q* MQ §‘a“°“3 Missouri Valley Railroad Uompany, a corporation m the State ot Nohavjzigjlt j,; zgay braska, bc, and is hereby, granted a right of way, not to cxpecd one Mm; Fm; made hundred feet in width, across the Fort Meade Military Reservation, upon B¤¤¢rv¤¤i¤¤· such line as may be approved by the Secretary of War. Approved, February 28, 1887. H. 2 6.- u act for the construction of a bmldin for stable and ca ntor shgp f$•1;hc€xcc0n1m0dation of the odiccs of the House ofqllcprescutatives. we Bc it enacted by the Sonata and House of Rqwesentatives of the United APP1’<>1¤’i ation States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousand Q"' °‘*“*;,1°iu°*°·· tivo hundred dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, is hereby ugzggivzl P"' appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not- otherwise approprinted, to be immediately available, to be expended *=u¤Aer the Architact of the Capitol, for the construction of a brick stable, carpenter shop, and wagon-sheds necessary, and fence inclosing the same, for the post- 0Mcc and other officcs of tho House of Representatives, to be erected on tha lot on the cast side of Third street between Maryland avenue and B street southwest, in the city of Washington, now occupied by and the property of the United States. Approved, February 28, 1887. - Feb. 28, 1887. CHAP. 287.-An act to effect a rearrangement of grades of chico in the Adjutant- ··-···—······;· Genemfs Department of the Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {EJ§§“*‘tG°“t‘ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adjutemt-General’s 2t3D? qui m°° ’ Department of the Army shall consist of one Adjutant-General, with the Grade ¤£ omega rank, pay, and emoluments ofbrigadier-general; four assistant adjntantsmmanged. general, with the rank, pay, and cmcluments of colonel; six assistant udjntants-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenantcolonel; and six assistant ad j11tunts·ge11eml, with the rank, pay, and R. S., sec. 1128, p. emoluments of major: Provided, Than the vacancies in the grande of 20*% °m°¤d“d· colonel and licutenantcolonel created by this act slmll be iilled by the promotion by seniority of the officers now in the Adjutant-Gcneral’s _Depm·tm2ut. Approved, February 2S, 1887. Feb. 28, 1887. CHAP. 288.-An act relating to the importing and landing of mackerel caught -—-————1—·— during the spawning season. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United In; pv r t ing or States of America in Congress assembled, That tbr the period of five years {:’;“:':€ :*;**;};:*2}. from and after the first day of March, eighteen hundred and eight;. March and Ist of eight, my mackerel, other than what is known as Spanish mackeréi, June forbidden. caught between the first day of March and the first day of June, inclusive, of each year, shall be imported into the United States or landed Promo. upon its shores: Provided however, That mithing in this act shall be held to apply to mackerel caught with hook and line from boats, aud landed in said boats, or in traps and weirs connected with the shore.