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 I 492 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 315-317. 1894, July twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and said pier Exon shall not be subject to be leased by the Secretary of War: Provided, PThat nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate the rmit already granted by the Secretary of War to the Western Sea- PO. . men’s Friend Society for the use of a part of the said pier. Approved, August 23, 1894. Aug,,,; g3_ 33m, CHAP. 316.-An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and thirty-three, —;—-—-——— Revised Statutes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United magma Home at States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-eight hun- V'°l¤¤*•¤‘°* S°*d*°'**· dred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: 0¤¤l·¤¤ wlivf- “Sec. 4833. The Managers of the National Home for Disabled Vol- R. S. see. 4833, p. .. . . . sm, iam:. unteer Soldiers are authorized to aid persons who are entitled to its me benefits by outdoor relief, in such manner and to such extent as they may deem proper, but such relief shall not exceed the average cost of mm. maintaining an inmate of the Home: Provided, That in the event that trffgoffhfgfgj {Q buildings at any Branch of the Home shall be destroyed by fire or case or sm, ea. ’ rendered unit for habitation because of pestilence or by the elements, then and in that event the Board of Managers shall have authority to remove éhe members of said Branch so afflicted or destroyed to any other ranch not so affected and to do this they may use any funds appropriated for the Home, notwithstandihg they ma have . . Y. been specifically appropriated for other purposes, to the extent that such funds Shall be necessary to etifect such a transfer and the maintenance an support thereafter o said members so transferred and shall report their doings therein to the Congress and their expenditures m,,,,,_ as in other cases of expenditures: Provided further, That the appropriations for any fiscal year shall not be exceeded." Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved, August 23, 1894. Ang", 2y_ 18% CHAP. 31'I.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Wash- ———— ington and Great Falls Electric Railway." Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the- United wm,nH,m nd States oj America in Congress assembled,? That the Act of Congress gmagvaosuprgisgerlgs entitled “An Act to incorporate the W ashmgton and Great Falls C_ * Electric Railway Company, approved July twentyuinth, anno Domim Q,:?r;?rl:r;2¤;¤d¤•r eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended ' ‘by striking out all that part of the first section of said Act commencing (Yith_th6e word, “bqginnting," in line seventeen, and ending with the wor s ‘1S o run, in ine orty-nine, and inserting in lien thereof the following: ¥·¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤•1 wu- Beginning at apassenger station to be erected and maintained on the °°"'°"°" °l”“g°°' square bounded by Prospect, Thirty-fifth, M, and ’1‘hirty-sixth streets, northwest, as herein after provided for; thence westerly along Prospect street to or near Thirty-eighth street northwest ; thence westerly and northerly on land to be acquired, except at street crossings, by said company to and across the Foxhall road; thence gzggrgsm At the end of Section one add: Every car shall be brought to a full DI,,,,,,,,],,,, ,,8,,1* stopbefore crossing the I·`oxhall road. _ It shall be the duty of the Com- ¤¤¤•»¤¤- rmssiopegs of thf;·DlSigl’IC:· of Cpllumbia to inspect, or to cause to be mspec e om imc o une the cars operated on said road l to require of the said company that all cars and stations shall bé aol? the first class, and shall be maintained in good condition, and that cars shall be run according to schedules which shall accommodate the public; the