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 340 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 692-694. 1888. the u er line of the Parish of Orleans, left bank, and a line running parallgl thereto, commencing at the Mississippi River at a point two miles above the u per line of the said Parish of Orleans, and extending to Lake Ponchartrain. Approved, July 23, 1888. Ju1y23,l888. CHAP. 693.-An act relating to certain acts of the twenty-seventh legislative Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I¤¤¤¤ ei MW '>Y United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of the liu?-vg hmm twenty-seventh legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, entitled f‘An act to create a funded indebtedness of the Territory ot New Mexico to pay and discharge certain claims for carpets, furniture, gas fixtures, gas, and water, and fuel, and for shelving the vaults and library room, and for insurance and other incidental and contingent ex nses, now accrued and to accrue during theensuing two ears," andaapproved Febr fourteenth, anno Domim eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and the act of the said legislative assembly, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of current expenses of the Territory until the tax income shall meet the same," aépproved February twenty-fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred an eighty- seven, be, and they are hereby, approved and declared val1d_ acts of the said legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, and the said Territory is and s all be bound by the terms of the said several acts, and shall be held to the payment of the respective sums stipulated to be paid in the bond, the issuance of which is provided in the said acts respectively, and in the manner and form therein prescribed. Sinking fund- Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Territorial auditor to make an estimate of the amount of taxes required to be levied in each county in the Territory, in order to raise a sumcient fund to pay all interest, together with a sinking fund for the ayment of the principal, of all bonds issued under the provisions of Sie "Act to rovide for the pay- ment of current expenses of the Territory until the tax income will meet the same/’ hereinbefore recited, when the same shall become due and payable. Approved, July 23, 1888. - . CHAP. 694.-An act rovidin for the a intme tof li -·—~`T¥-?`—1n38—-·· District of Columbia, defihing thelr duties, arldxtlor othlelr purlpoosgg. mmm for tha Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the roiicemncqonscobe United States cg America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- Z·E'Ql’,§’£§§`;{l‘ D“m°° °t sioners of the istrict of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint three matrous for the police department of said District, at a. salary of six hundred dollars per annum, as soon as the necessary accommodations may be authorized and provided by Congress, and the work completed. Duties. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of said police matrons to search. when necessary, examine, and care for the female prisoners who may be taken into custody by the police, and to take charge of lost or abandoned children whi e detained at a station-house to which a matron may be assigned. under such rules and regulations as the Coilpmissioners of the District of Columbia may from time to time ma e. ommuum. Sm:. 3. That no woman shall be appointed a police matron unless suitable for the position, and recommended therefor in writing by at least ten women of good standing, residents of the District. Approved, July 23, 1888.
 * 1** assembly of the Territory of New Mexico.