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 222 FIFTY-THIRD CON GRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 196-198. 1894. August s, use. CHAP. 196.-An Act Authorizing the State of Montana to make selections from ··Y·?·* certain public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United M¤¤¤¤¤¤· _ States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the B#{£§°.:,°€iy$TQi;_m State of Montana to select as a part of the lands granted the said V°*·25»P·°"°· State under the provisions of an Act entitled, “An Act to provide for the division of Dakota into two States, and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments, and to be admitted into the ·UDl0H on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States/’ approved February twenty-second, eight- V0l.26,p.796. een hundred and eighty nine, and an Act entitled, "An Act to amend sections twenty-two hundred and seventy-five and twenty-two hundred and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States providing for the selection of lands for educational purposes in lieu oi those appropriated for other purposes! approved February twenty- eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, any of the· lands in the Bitter Boot Valley, lying above the Lo Lo Fork of the Bitter Root v¤1.1v,p.zzc. River, mentioned and described in an Act entitled, ‘*An Act to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitter Root Valley in the Territory of Montana/’ approved June nfth, eighteen mma. _ hundred and seventy-two: Provided, however, That no existing rights E‘i“*“‘g “g“°‘ to any of the said lands initiated under any of the laws of the United States shall be invalidated by this Act. \ Approved, August 3, 1894. August 3, 1894. CHAP. ‘.'|.9'I.—An Act Adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, in the State of ""*;—·— Connecticut, to the customs district of Hartford, Connecticut, and making the city of Rockville, Connecticut, a port of delivery. Q Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nmumi, ctw., States of Americain Congress assembled, That the Act of March third, °‘“‘°'““ "'“"’°’· eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, creating the customs district of mmcnesger sun Hartford, be amended by adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, V°"‘°“ ““‘g“°° "°‘ in the State of Connecticut, to the towns already named as comprising nse1¤·n1s,¤ port of said district, and that the town of Vernon, city of Rockville, in said “°*"’°’Y· State of Connecticut, within said district of Hartford, is hereby constiv·>1.2n.p.w2. tuted a port of delivery within the meaning of said Act of March third, 1:.s.,see.2s:m,p.40s, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the Act of which said Act of ""°""°‘· March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, is an amendment. rmmeusuipmnspsr. Sec. 2. That the privileges of the seventh section of the Act of June §‘jf,‘{,'§.,,g‘,$"*‘°g°° ‘° tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the V¤1·21-x>·174- statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods and for other purposes,"be, and they are hereby, extended to the said town of Vernon, city of Rockville, district and State aforesaid. Approved, August 3, 1894. A¤g¤¤¥ 3i N94- CHAP. 198.-Au Act Concerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United “_};_·;l1glj€¢¤¤<> Na- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Ls,..,.,, ,..,};,.,,i,,,d_ Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to lease to any person, corporation, or company, for a period not exceeding ten years, at such annual rental as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, parcels of land in the Yellowstone National Park, of not more than ten acres in extent for each tract and not in excess of twenty acres in all to any one person, corporation, or company on which may be erected hotels