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 46 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 65, 66, 70. 1890. existing for the holding of said courts on the first Monday in April and November in each year is hereby repealed and all suts, prosecub10HS, pxéocessijecognizgnces, bail btplndgé andapither tladings pindiiag in or re urna e to `sai court on e s nam are ere y Tnnsierofpendiuz transferred to and shall be made returnable to and have,force in the °°"°°" said respective terms in thi act yifovided in the same manner and _ mzlme sammlfect as they would ave had had said existing statute no n pass. · . Approved, April 5, 1890. i AD1'|i5,18¤0. CHAP. 66.-An a · b e Secretary Treasury gather interests of the Government in the region of Alaska, as compared with its condition in eighteen hundred and seventy; also full information as to the impending extinc- -tion of the sea·otter industry, and kindred lines of inquiry, and so forth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the ·-·¤···~‘“"" "‘"°""'"` $’1'i€2dTS'“’“.e.e.¤f§’i?c"£’é°‘i’$ €’Q”’i%C2ify“$§€.2”h€e.$2.?fh€“ “h° S**°€°""""é Beuutaryot Treas- ’ _ _, 0 8. 111 S0111 eq mgwgéfc person well  by experience and education a specilbloagent for www uw. am. the purpose of visiting the various trading stations and native set- ·°‘°· tlements on the seal is ands the Aleutian Archipelago, the peninsula. of Alaska,  adjlacent _..is.mi¤L for the purpose of collecting and reporting to him l ossible aut entic mformation upon the present condition of the'seal fisheries of Alaska, the effect and extent of whatever mgury has been indicted upon them by pelagic sealing, the present status of the sea·otter industry, together with like information  the fur·bearing animals of Alaska generally; the statistics o this fur trade, and the condition of the people or natives of Alaska who are dependent upon the successful prosecution and _ peqetuation of the seal and sea-otter industries; such agent to Compensation receive as compensation the sum of ten dollarzper day while actually thus emplofye, and to remain thus employ only as long as the Secretary o the Treasury deems 1t best or the ful development of this mquiry, with all actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred therein, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury of Appmprieum. th2United(State:51ot otherwise appropriated. pprov, Ap 5, 1890. AP""“•lS9°· _ CHAP. 704-An act to construct a road from the city of Staunton to the National Cemetery, in the county of Augusta in the State of Virginia. _Be it enacted by the Senate and IIou.s·e of Representatit·e.s· of the §,°:;{¤*g:;;=—m M Lmted States of America in Con<;re.s.s· assembled. That the sum of uouucemt-eqiy. eleven thousan dollars be, and the same is hereby. appropriated, ·*P""’*’"°“"“· opt of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for g e purpose of constructing a_ maczulainizerl road trom the city of taunton, in the State of Virginia. to the National Cemetery, in the county of Augusta, in said State, to be expended under the direction of phe Secretaryfof Vlfalr, or so much of the above-named sum as may e necessary or sm pur ose. flvntracr and bond. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of €Var_is hereby directed to advertise and let the contract for the construction of said road to the lowest biddepttakintg boéid wiéh good security from the contractor for the comp e ion o said roa. Approved, April 9, 1890.
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