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 488 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 307-310. 1894. priations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes! be paid instead to William Mulligan, administrator of George Wattles, deceased, but the amount thus appropriated shall not be paid until the Court of Claims shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that the personal representative on whose behalf the award is made represents the next of kin, or in the event the court shall iind there were no next of kin, and that there was a widow, then that said sum be paid to the executor, personal representative, or next of kin of such widow. Approved, August 23, 1894. August 23. 1894. CHAP. 308.-An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia ·—·i—········· to appoint a deputy coroner, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of comm- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of “’· ,5, www m_ the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint ams. a deputy coroner in and for the District of Columbia. That it shall be D""' the duty of the deputy coroner to assist the coroner in the performance of his duties and to perform the duties pertaining to the office of coroner in the absence or disability of the coroner. The deputy coroner shall, while acting as such, receive compensation at a rate not exceeding five dollars per diem to be paid as other expenses of the govern- B¤¤d- ment of the District of Columbia are paid, and shall give bond, to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. Approved, August 23, 1894. August 23, 1894.. CHAP. 309.-—-Au Act Extending the time for the completion of a railroad bridge —-——-—;— over the Columbia River at or near Vancouver, in the State of Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United amiga sci-ss States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the compleggf';Q;*’g*{,§,ff’· Vw tion of the bridge across the Columbia River at or near Vancouver, in cramé of wmpiaan the State of Washington, under the Act of Congress approved August °‘$°,§}f‘,;°{,‘q·,,_3,,_ twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled ‘•An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Oregon Railway Extensions Company! be, and the same is hereby, extlepded until the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety- cig. Approved, August 23, 1894. Augngt 2;;, 1;% CHAP._ 310;-An Act ’l`o_ extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable —-——~··———-——-———— merchandise without appraisement to the city of Ocala, in the State of Florida, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United wax mmm States of America on Congress assembled, That the privileges of the ,,.,m.¤.,,, ,,,·Mi.,g.,,, seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and V°'·2‘-P-*7*- eighty, governing the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the city of Ocala, in the State of Florida. And the said city of Ocala is hereby rm or delivery. constituted a port of delivery. Approved, Augu t 23, 1894.