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 844 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 533—535. 1891. for persons and papers, administer oaths to witnesses, and require aiiidavits from applicants; and any such person making a false oath or affidavit in the premises shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and, upon conviction, subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury Forfeiture for Dwi- under the statutes of the United States; and whenever, either at the ""’ °°°‘ time of leasing or other time it appears to the satisfaction of the said Secretary that such interest in other bath-house, lease, interest, or privilege exists, or at any time any pool or combination exists between any two or more bath-houses or he deems it for the best interests of the management of the Hot Springs Reservation and waters, or for the public interest he may refuse such lease, license, permit or other privilege, or forfeit any lease or privilege wherein the parties interested have become otherwise interested as aforesaid. Tmmgggwrglgpral Sec. 5. That the consent of the United States is hereby given for E,Y?°"’ °r the taxation, under the authority of the laws of the State of Arkansas applicable to the equal taxation of personal property in that State, as personal propert of all structures and other property in, · private ownership on the Hot Springs Reservation. ¢¢>”°¢*i°¤ of Wm'- Sec. 6. That the authority heretofore conferred upon the Secretary ` of the Interior to collect the hot water upon said reservation shall be so construed as to require water to be collected only where, such _ collection is necessary for its proper distribution, and not where by gravity the same can be properly utilized. _ h:{_\¤<>U9*-******10*- Sec. 7 That the Score ry of the Interior may direct the public _ sale of all unsold Government lots on the Hot Stprings Reservation, and not now permanently reserved at the city o Hot Springs, after having had the same reappraised, and also advertised as now required by law, and no lot shall be sold at less than the appraised price. bghvtpls myevmw Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall be so construei as to prevent the ' °“°°°‘ stockholders of any Hotel from operating a bath-house in connection with such Hotel as a part thereof. Approved, March 3, 1891. M¤·\'¢h 8.1891 I  534.-An act relating to the treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian S 8.1) S. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ¥§;‘{,“§‘;‘; ,{’},l{"{‘,‘]j;,,_ United States eg America in Congress assembled, That nothing in gt =¤¢*¤¤¤¤*¤y the act approve October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled y' "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and -*”'°· P- W- for other purposes," shall be held to repeal or impair the provisions of the convention respecting commercial reciprocity concluded Janvox. 10,p.¤2s;v¤1.z¤, uary thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, with the King of "‘"°°‘ the Hawaiian Islands, and extended by the convention proclaimed November ninth, eighteen hundred an eighty-seven; and the provisions of said convention shall be in full orce and effect as if said act had not passed. Approved, March 3, 1891. mm 3-1891- CHAP. 535.-An act to authorize the Fort Gibson, Tahlequah anu Great North- Territory, and for other purposes. pm Gp,,,,, T,m,_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ggglgggqze; Nggg- United States { America in Congress assembled, That the Fort Gibpany my punt .-.nI son, Tahlequa and Great Northeastern Railway Company, a cor- §f].1$§§,;;,0",E‘;f “* 1* poration created under and b virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, equipping, operating, using, and
 * """'_"* eastern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian