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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 328-331. 1889. 781 ·Sec. 60. The departmental and military duties of the officers pro- Duties of omeem vided for in this act shall be correlative with those discharged by similarly designated officers in the Armv of the United States. . Sec. 61. That the system of discipline and field-exercise ordered to niscipxme. be observed by the Army of the United States, or such other svstem as may hereafter be directed for the militia by-laws of the United States. shall be observed by the National Guard. Sec. 62. That the commanding general, subject to the approval of Cemmeodins zenthe commander-in-chief, is authorized to make and publish regula- i°i:.iSi° ma" ”g“1"" tions for the government of the militia in all matters not specifically provided for by law, conforming the same to the ractice and regu- · ations of the Army so far as the may be applicable. Sec. 63. That the act " more etlectually to provide for the organi- Repeal. zation of the militia of the District of Co1umbia,” a proved March §T’sf_2i>'?€l55i,_ 37 p third, eighteen hundred and three, is hereby repealedi *3**- i’ ` Approved, March 1, 1889. CHAP. 329.-An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell block of land March 1. 1889. one hundred and eight in the city of Houston, Texas. `;·;—- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Houston. Tex, of the Treasury is hereby authorized to sell, either afprivate or pub- i,,?§{§§[,,'.}§f,°f °"“‘° lic sale, the interest held b the United States in and to block one hundred and eight, situated? in the city of Houston, Texas, on the South side of Buffalo Bayou, and to make a quit-claim deed to the purchaser thereof. Approved, March 1, 1889. CHAP. 330.-An act to reappropriate to pay for alley condemned in square num- March 1. 1889. bored four hundred and ninety-three. ii Be it enacted by the Senate and House Qf Representatives of the United States of .~1merica in Congress assembled, That of the surplus Dmnemgcpiumnin. that has been covered into the Treasury of the sum appropriatei by I,,;}{‘,fQ§{{T,§‘jf.§?f}, QQ the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred an eighty, enti- ·£¤<lg;gg<·<1 for gggy tled, ‘·A,n act makin appropriations for the District of Columbia I ii'¤1.`si,`,T’ii€Si°' for the year ending Uune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- one", for amount due property owners for ground condemnee. and used for alleys, there be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated so much as will be sufficient to pay, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from August sixth, eighteen hundred and sev- ` enty, to the date of the a proval of this act. the persons entitled to the amount awarded by the jury of condemnation for the land taken for an alley through square numbered four hundred and ninety- three, in the city of Washingtoii, in the District of Columbia. Approved, March 1, 1889. CHAP. 331.--An act to encourage the enlistment of boys as apprentices in the March 1. vm. United States Navy. ‘__‘;" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ·i n Congress assembled, That in order to en- gp-si appgénesces. courage the enlistment of boys as apprentices in the United States q,,u,{‘,,‘§f,’§,,'f“ ‘ '°·°“ Navy, the Secretary of the Navy is ereby authorized to furnish as a bounty to each of said apprentices after his enlistment, and when first received on board of a training-ship. an outfit of clothing not to exceed in value the sum of forty-five dollars. Approved, March 1, 1889.