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 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 557-559. 1891. 1093 _ No money shall be used for the pur ose mentioned until a valid _N¤ expenditure uutitle to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, Y,‘L,§““° °'"°· °°°‘· nor until the State of Tennessee shall have ceded to the United States { exclusive Jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all pur ses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State andlthe service of civil process therein. The building shall be unexposed to danger from nre by an open 01>¤¤¤r•¤¤. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 558.-Au act to incorporate the National Conservatory of Music of Much 8, 1891. America. —·————·—; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ‘ United States of America in Congress assembled, That J eannette M. Nacional qousens Thurber, William G. Choate, Chaunce M. Depew, Abram S. Hewitt, {f,',’Q,,§§_ M““° "‘°°" Frank R. Lawrence, of the State of Ilew York; William Pinckne ¤<>¤1><>¤‘¤*»¤¤‘¤» Whyte, Enoch Pratt, of Maryland; Fitz Hugh Lee, William Payne, of Virginia; Olive Risley Seward, John Hay, S. P. Langley, Anthony Pollock, C. R. P. Rodgers, John M. Schoheld, of the District of Columbia, and such others as may be associated with them, are hereb constituted a body politic and corporate by the name National Conservatory of Music of America, with peiépetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, complain and efend in any (,;,,,,.,1.,,;,,.,,,,-,,,,_ court of law or equity, to make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; to acquire, take by devise, bequest, or otherwise, hold, purchase, and convey such rea and personal estate as shall be r uired for the purposes of its incorporation; to appoint such officers add aggants as the business of the corporation shall require, and to make y-laws not inconsistent with any law of the United States for the admission and qualification of members, the management of its property, and the regulation of its affairs. Said corporation is hereby empowered to found, establish, and maintain a national conserva- Purposetory of music within the District of Columbia for the education of citizens of the United States and such other persons as the trustees may deem proper in all the branches of music. The said corpora- Deg¤·¤es,ew. tion shall have the power to grant and confer diplomas and the degree of doctor of music or other honorary degrees. Sinoé 2. The power to alter, amend or repeal this act, is hereby re- Amendment sw. serve. Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 559.-An act to amend section eight of an act Zpproved March third, March 3, 1891. ` eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to repe timber culture laws —‘—····——*··· and for other purposes. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section eight aspen oftimberculk of an act entitled "An act to re eal timber culture laws, and for ‘}§f,,f,'f"{‘b9,,_ mem other purposes/’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- edone, be and the same is hereb amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 8. That suits by the United States to vacate and annul any sms m mmm vw patent heretofore issued shall only be brought within five years from §,'§,°§:,,',f,§° °'°“g"° i" the passage of this act, and suits to vacate and annul patents hereafter issued shall only be brought within six years after the date of the issuance of such patents. And in the States of Colorado. Mon- mw dcigmdntinn tana, Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota, Wyoming, and the 3’,{S‘“°°'°“‘“°*°°°°’ District of Alaska, and the gold and silver regions of Nevada and