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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 152-154. 1889. 669 eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: "That the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Minnesota, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, c nstructing, owning, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway and telegraph and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on Red River (the southern boundary-line), at the bluff known as Rocky Cliff, in the Indian Territory, and running thence by the most feasible and practicable route through the said Indian Territory to a point on the east boundary- line, immediately contiguous to the west boundary-line of the State of Arkansas; also, a branch line of railway to be constructed from cmugemiocmon. the most suitable point on said main line for obtaining a feasible and practicable route in a westerly or northwesterly direction to the leased coal veins of said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, in Tobucksey County, Choctaw Nation, and thence by the most feasible and practucable route to an intersection with the Atchison, Topeka and anta Fé Railwa at the most convenient point between Halifax Station and Ear Creek, otherwise known as the north fork of the Canadian River; with the right to construct, use,·and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, branches, and sidings and extensions as said company may deem it in their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for." Approved, February 13, 1889. CHAP. 153.-An act to secure the maintenance of public order during the inau- February 13, 1889. guration ceremonies of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes. ·—·——·_*- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assernb ed, That eight thousand m£’;§g§“""i°“ °°’°‘ five hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, aya- Appropriation m ble from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and S°°“" public (N'"' from the revenues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and to protect life and property from the tw.enty-eighth of February to the ninth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, both inclusive. Said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all reasonable regulations Regulations. necessary to secure the (preservation of public order and protection of life and property, an fixing fares by public conveyances during said period, Any person violating any of such regulations shall be liable for each such oHense to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars in the police court of said District. Approved, February 13, 1889. CHAP. 154.-—An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of F°l"'“‘“'Y lib lS*fQ_ Sedalia, in the State of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Secretary PS;<,gfi1;¤$g{Hi,¤g of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ` purchase or otherwise provide a site and cause to be erected thereon Site. a substantial and commodious building, with fire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and other Government ofiices located thereon, or which may be located hereafter at said citv of Sedalia. The site and building thereon, when completed PMS, •=¤> upbn plans and specifications to be previously made and approved