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 160 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 170-172. 1894. use of said land shall be begun by the said town until after general Approval by Secw plans of said improvement shall have been submitted to and approved `“"y°* Wu by the Secretary of War. _ Protection. Second. That said town of Castine shall have and exercise power to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall properly protect all said property from injury. _ V Fw ¢t¤·»r<>¤<·>rv¤d· Third. That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tract and the right to resume immediate and entire possession whenever either of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, ln the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for public defense or otherwise, or for —··"""‘”'“'—'§noh other disposition as Congress may determine, WIUIOUU ally Claim for compensation to said town for improvement thereon or damage on account thereof _ A yu · :.i 1 · _.! E24 ‘ 77 July go mg; CHAP. 171.-An Act To release a certain limitation esisting in an Act of Congress _...%--- touching the Episcopal Church at Saint Augustine, Florida. Preamble. Whereas in the provisions of section three of the Act of Congress VOM P-202 entitled “An Act to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land claims in east Florida, and for other purposes," approved February eighth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and twentyseven, it was declared that the lands in Saint Augustine, Florida, relinquished and confirmed to the incorporated Episcopal Church of Saint Augustine should forever inure to the purposes for which they were confirmed, and should not be alienated without the consent of Congress; and Whereas the growth of the city of Saint Augustine, and other physical and social conditions, have rendered the land so relinquished as aforesaid unsuitable for the purposes of the church aforesaid: There- · fore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United st. Augustine, rin. States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress _C;j:l;>fogipt1ggg€j,l is hereby given to the said church at Saint Augustine, and to the cor- ` poration of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida, and to all other officers and authorities having charge over, or interest in. the said land, to sell and convey the same to the purchaser thereof free and discharged from the condition stated in the provisions of the Statute referred to in the preamble of this Act. And the proper authorities of the said The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese UM ··f i·¤>¤•¤•=d¤· of Florida may use the proceeds of said sale in purchasing another lot in the city of Saint Augustine and erecting a church edifice thereon for the use and benefit of the church organization to which the old Episcopal Church lot was relinquished and confirmed by the Act of Congress liereinbefore mentioned. Approved, July 30, 1894. July 30, lsm. ·CHA.P. 172.-Au Act To amend sections four, six, and ten of the Act of February WHY" "—“ A- 4 ninth- eighteen hundred and ¤l¤0U_Y-lih1`8€, Blltltled "An Act to establish a, court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes/' _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {8}*** °' *'¥‘P°=*l=*· States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of an Act vn1.2r.p.4ss. entitled_"An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February ninth, eighteen i1(np;lrrLeda;ii;_(flp)r n;:ty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as ·€l*=1‘k· f Sec. 4. That there shall be a clerk of said court of appeals. to be appointed by the court, who shall receive as compensation for his services