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 622 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 15-17. 1888. May 11, um. [N0. 15.] Joint resolution appropriating thirty thousand dollars for the Interna- ··—·"—*·*····· tional Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium. rmmue. Whereas the Belgian Government has extended to the Government of the United States an invitation to participate in the International Exhibition which is to be held at Brussels, elgium, commencing in ` the month of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United IE@l¤!§¤210M?;>;=· States of America in Congress assemble I, That said invitation is ,..12.,  ° accepted and that there be, and there hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- Appmpmuon. priated, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to eifect the urpose of this resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition. Remnw ¤¤¤sr¤¤¤- Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secreta of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenlditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this country at said exhibition. Approved, May 11, 1888. Ma 14,1£. 0. 16. Joint resolution author1zing` ’ the Secre of War to receive for in- "—‘!v_‘*-Y strldtction dt the Military Academy at West Point, J<ggyAnd.rés Urtecho, of Nicaragun. Resolved by the Senate and House oé Representatives of the United Jos6André¤Qrtecho. States of America in Congress assemb d, hat the Secretary of War Nicaragua, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: rovidecl, That no erxtpense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided fu er, That in the case of the said Urtecho R_S__sm_,,m iw the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen p.¢¤v.s¤spe¤d¤L ’ hun red and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, May 1-L, 1888. 1ny14, im. Stglo. 17.] Joint resolution relating to the disposal of public lands in certain W 85. Resolred by the Senate and House of Representatives ¢g` the United §£1ic0}¤¤$.Mbm States of America in Congress assembled, That the pu lic lands of .;,.g£nA;¤,,,,_ ,.,,1 the United States in the States of Mississip i, Arkansas and Ala-
 * ,2 "° be and he hereby is authorized to permit José Andres Urtecho of
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mr, peas. of under and according to the provisions of the homestead laws only until the pending legislation affecting such lands shall be disposed PM·f#<>· of or the present session of Congress shall adjourn: Provided, That Ivoinwdrncw. any isolated or disconnected tracts or parcels of the public domain less than one hundred and sixty acres may be ordered sold at private or public sale for not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents er acre by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, when, in his judgment, it would be proper to do so. Approved, May 14, 1888.