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 650 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 64, 78, 79. 1895. . S*¢¤¤¤ *¤¤¤¤1¤ 1>¤¤¤· vessels in passing each other, not inconsistent with the provisions of mg' this Act, as they shall from time to time deem necessary; and all regulations adopted by the said Board oi Supervising Inspectors under the authority of this Act, when approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have the force of law. Two printed copies of any such regulations for passing, signed by them, shall be furnished to each steam vessel, and shall at all times be kept posted up in conspicuous places on board. Rspm Sec. 4. That all laws or parts of laws, so far as applicable to the navigation of the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, inconsistent with the foregoing rules are hereby repealed. nam. Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect on and after March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive. Approved, February 8, 1895. I"°l¤¤¤¤'Y 9· 1895- CHAP. 78.-An Act For the immediate relief of the suifering poor of the District W of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United biEi¤¤i¤* of C¤l¤¤·· States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby approslgwtpmtisn for- printed the sum of ten thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treas- "°"° °‘ °“° P°°"· ury not otherwise appropriated, for the immediate relief of the suffering poor of the District of Columbia, to be disbursed under the direction of the Commissioners of said District, by the organized charities of said District, one-half of said sum to be charged to said District. Approved, February 9, 1895. February 11, 1895. CHAP. 79.-An Act Changing the name of Georgetown, in the District of Colum- ·——-·;— bla, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United inmaezsresiumim., States of America in- Congress assembled, That from and after the passage ,,,‘{,°§}"§,‘j,’s",,‘}n;’,_}’,§“ of this act all that part of the District of Columbia embraced within the bounds and now constituting the city of Georgetown, as retcrred to in said acts of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sevent i one, and June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-ibur, shall no longer be known by the name and title in law of the city of Georgetown, but the same shall be known as and shall constitute a part of L¤*¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤d- the city of Washington, the Federal Capital; and all general laws, ordinances, and regulations of the city of Washington be, and the same are hereby, extended and made applicable to that part of the District of Columbia formerly known as the city of Georgetown; and all gencm-pm-sem ism, eral laws, regulations, and ordinances of the city of Georgetown be, °l'°" "*’°“1°d‘ and the same are hereby, repealed; that the title and existence of said Georgetown as a separate and independent city by law is hereby abolished, and that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia bc, and they are hereby, directed to cause the nomenclature of the streets and avenues of Georgetown to conform to those of Waishirigton so far as rz s ¤ u m ii s ri ¤ g practicable. And the said Commissioners are also directed to have the °‘¥‘"“"· squares in Georgetown renumbered, so that no square shall hereafter P v_ bear a like number to any square in the city of YVashington: Provided, p,',$§f}*‘,,,,,y_ That nothing in this Act shall operate to affect or repeal existing law making Georgetown a port of entry, except as to its name. Approved, February 11, 1895.