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 508 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 346-348. 1894. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 0¤€*b¤ I¤di¤¤ RW States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the °"°“°°’ Nd"' United States of America, upon the execution by the Presbyterian P;**·°””r,'·;’ni°°,';},°f;’,:' Board of Home Missions of a patent to the United States of the lands sms3h':. now occupied by them, as described in the iirst preamble herein, is ‘ hereby authorized and directed to issue to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions a patent for the following-described land, to wit: the southwest quarter of northeast quarter and west half of southeast quarter and northeast quarter of southeast quarter of fractional section numbered twenty-nine, township twenty-five, range eight east of the sixth principal meridian, on the Omaha Indian reservation, in Thurston County, Nebraska, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less. to have and to hold the same, so long as the said Presbyterian Board of Home Missions shall use and occupy the premises for educational, charitable, and religions purposes,'°and no longer. Approved, August 27, 1894. A¤£¤¤¥2V· IW- CHAP. 34'l.—An Act For the registry or enrollment of the bark Skudesuues. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United "Sk¤¤r¤•¤¤·" States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of American www Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to admit to registry as a "‘“*°°‘ bark of the United States the bark Skudesnaes, a foreigubuilt vessel, wrecked in American waters, purchased, repaired, and owned by C. C. Piuckney, junior, of Charleston, South Carolina, a citizen of the United States. ` Approved, August 27, 1894. Y";"` other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,¤fc$},‘{flQL‘Q,‘$,_ QQ States of America in Congress assemble, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, namely: ,,$§}},§§f*"¤ ‘“‘°"'“ To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ such additional force as may be necessary for the collection of internal revenue, nine thousand dollars. T;§‘jf,§’QQ,°,? *§§,QT To carry into eifect the Convention between the United States and puny ¤r¤Mr¤ti<>¤· Venezuela providing for a reference to arbitration of the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company against the Government of P~¢-in-im. Venezuela, signed at Caracas on the nineteenth day of January, eight- E*P°'*¤°¤· •=*°- een hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended under the direction of the Presi- _ dent, in such manner as he shall deem reasonable and proper, for the compensation of the commissioner and agent on the part of the United _ States, and for the contingent expenses of the commission; including f;°';;'°} the moiety of the compensation of the third commissioner: Provided, ¤.,,,}" ° °°'“’°”““‘ That the compensation of the commissioner on the part of the United States shall not exceed the rate of five thousand dollars a year, and that of the agent of the United States four thousand dollars a year. Approved, August 27, 1894.
 * 1) \¤Z¤¤*27-18***- CHAP. 348.-An Act To provide for the collection of internal revenue and for