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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 15-17. 1888. 4] the Commissioner of Patents, and the shall be recorded, together with the specihcations, in the Patent (lfiice, in books to be kept for that purpose." Approved, February 18, 1888. CHAP. 16.-An act to relinquish the interest of the United States in certain lands F¤b¤v¤‘y W, 1888. in Kansas. i;`; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the in- 11;•;bl;¢tF¤¤}¤¤U ,t d terest of the United States in and to the south-west fractional quarter smell méemyiii, ln of section thirtv-one, township sixteen, range sixteen east of the sixth K°"‘“ ’“""¤“""*"d· principal meridian, Osage County, Kansas, is hereby relinquished to those persons, their grantees and their successors in interest, who purchased from Samuel C. Gilliland, who entered the same on the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy, but which entry was thereafter cancelef Approved, February 20, 1888. CHAP. 1'l.—An act to carry into effect the International Convention of the four- F°b¤'¤¤¤' 2% 1898- teinth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for the protection of submarine ii 02. .5. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the - United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person mfr¤,;*:$;i£•;A¤f Subwho shall willfully and vsrrozgiilly break or injure, or to attemptto _ 1{•mmumma_re¤- m- break or injure, or who sha in any manner procure, counsel, aid, {,‘;§§? ‘“'“°““'°“°·“’ abet, or be accessory to such breaking or injury, or attempt to break V¢>1.24. P-969. or injure, a submarine cable, in such manner as to interrupt or embarrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to im risonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not excepdilng five thoipsgnd dolltlars, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the `scretion 0 the cou. Sec. 2. That any person who by culpable negligence shall break nPg:;1¤yf¤r¤¤¤v¤b1¤ or injure a submarine cable in such manner as to interrupt or em- °g ' barrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a iine not eiicegding five hpridred dollars, or to both fine and imprisonment at the iscretion o e cour. Sue. 3. That the lprovisions of the foregoing sections shall not Saving lireetc. a ply to a person w o breaks or injures a cable in an effort to save tlle life or limb of himself or of any, other person, or to save his own or any othelr veslseil : 1*;·o·vided, hat he takes reasonable precautions to avoi suc rea mg or mju. Sec. 4. That the master of any vesslel which, while engaged in mgsbservmce or sielaying or repairing submarine cables, shall fail to observe the rules ' concerning signals that have been or shall hereafter be adopted by the parties to the convention with a view to preventing collisions at sea; or the master of any vessel that, perceiving, or eing able to , perceive the said signals isplayed upon a telegraph ship engaged in repairing a cable, s all not withdraw to or keep at a distance of at least one nautical mile; or the master of any vessel that seeing or being able to see buoys intended to mark the position of a cable ‘ when being laid or when out of order or broken, shall not keep at a distance of at least a quarter of a nautical mile, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprison-