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. S32 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 51, 52, 55. 1890. Common carriers, Sec. 3. That when any common carrier or omcer, agent, or em- "m“D’ "°”“° ployee of any common carrier shall willfully violate any of the quarantfne laws of the UniteddSt1a£es, or the rules andhregultationi made an romu gated as rovi e or in section oneo t is ac, suc commonpcarrier, officer,ggent, or employee shall be deemed guilty of a Penalty. misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not . more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion o. the court. Approved, March 27, 1890. _ Mm·ch2v,1ss0. ’ CHAP. 52.-—An act for the erection of a public building at Houlton, Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ir;u¤l·y_p¤¤.m¤, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary cgm ° b"M""‘ 0; the Treaplury be, and he hereby ilsi authorizeld and directzed topugri c ase or otherwise procure a suita e site, an cause to e erect thereon, at the town of Houlton, in the State of Maine, a substantial and commodious public building, with fire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the Unite States custom-house and post-office, and for other Government uses. The site, and the building thereon when completed according! to plans and specifications to be pre- I-··¤¤*<>*¤¤¤*· viously made and approve by the Secretary of the Treasury, s all §;<>·>·¤·- not exceed the cost o fifty thousand dollars; Provided, That no art an mis and   of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall ’*·*°"P'“· be vested in the Uni States, and the State of Maine shall cede to the United States exclusive gurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall e or remain the owner thereof,.for all pugpglses except tthe administration of {che crimliiéalllaws of said lState an theserviceo an civi processt erein a thesite pure ased ` shall leave the builrling unexposed to danger from nre by an open s ace of at least forty eet, including streets and alleys: Provided · °°°· fpurther, That no site shall be purchased until estimates for the erec- _ tion of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction o the public business and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been puiéchaserd and paid fpr, shall hlave been approved] by the Seng B¤¤¤'*¢¤¤¤¤ ¤v<>¤ retary o the reasury; an no purc ase o site, nor pan for sai u m` building, shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of fifty thousand dollars for site and building. Approved, March 27, 1890. . _ M"·""h 28»l8“°· CHAP. 55.-An act to extend "An act to grant the right of way to the Kansas City and Pacific Railroad Company through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. ’, Re it enacted by the Senate and House raf Representatives of the c,’,§Q,“g';,§"rf,{j,*”g(ff.§j United States of America i n, Congress assem Zed, That the provisions paiuyimfm th h of an act approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 1,,5,,, ge,,,,’j;,,Y°"; egglit, giéantingélie rigihtpf yvayétlgough the Incdipn Territory to the gl SW- ·v- I · ansas i y an aci c ai roa ompany, an or other purposes, audogilzlghmmnttud shall be extended for a period of two years from May fourteenth, ‘ '°°‘”P’°"°“ °‘“’“d*°"· eighteen hundred and ninety, so that said company shall have until May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to build the first one hundred miles of its railroad, and two years thereafter to build the remainder thereof and branches. Approved, March 28, 1890.