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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IH. CHS. 105·107. 1895. 673 CGCEIAZ. 105.-An Act To provide for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Fgbpnggy 2°'18§_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter there shall be n¤¤m,c01°. carried on at the branch mint of the United States at Denver, in the u’§§‘,f,;° °°*” gm State of Colorado, the coinage of gold and silver. rm, pins. Sec. 2. That the provisions of sections thirty-four hundred and ninety- oumm. six and thirty-tour hundred and ninetyseven of the Revised Statutes ,,*§,f;§§§;;,§{,“·“"· of the United States are hereby made applicable to the mint qt' thei ` United States at Denver, Colorado, and that so much of sections thirty- iz. s.,m¤. assessor, five hundred and fifty-eight, thirty-five hundred and fifty-nine, thirty- PP·7°2·"°"·*¤=°¤¤*¢ tive hundred and sixty, and thirty-five hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States as relates to the mint at Denver, Colorado, are hereby repealed; and that the compensation of the oiii- sun-iu. ?rsaof said mint shall be the same as those of the mint at Carson City, R~S··°°°·“““·P·°°‘- ev a. ` Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in force in relation to the L¤W¤ ¤PPli¢>¤l>¤¤· mints of the United States, and for the government of the officers and persons employed therein, shall be applicable to the mint at Denver. Approved, February 20, 1895. . CHAP. 106.-·An Act For the encouragement of education in the State of February 20, 1895. Mississippi. ‘°`;""‘" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor of the State rubric umn_ _ of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, authorized to select out of the unoc- ,-,,,?'Q§,§,§§,,*§f,*,f_,F’°°{,*f,*,2{ cupied and uninhabited lands of the United States, within the said pum- State, forty-six thousand and eighty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, being a total equivalent to two townships, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, upon receipt of said certiiicate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands: Pro- rmsu, vided, That the proceeds of one township of said lands, when sold or Di¤v¤¤iu¤¤ of r·r¤· leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the agricultural and °°°d°' mechanical college of said State ; and the proceeds of one of said townships of land, when sold or leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the agricultural and mechanical college for colored persons, established and maintained by said State. Sec. 2. That in making said selection the governor of said State of Selwucu Mississippi shall designate the lands for the agricultural and mechanical college, and the lands for the agricultural and mechanical college for colored persons. Approved, February 20, 1805. CKAP. 107.-An Act To increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public February 20. 1895. building at Paterson, New Jersey. ""*—"“"""‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the amount heretofore Pe¢¤r¤¤;=.N-J. fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of a public building, by the ,,..I§Y£L§'§,,°§'mt;E,`}L°u° United States Government, at Paterson, New Jersey, be, and the same Val-‘-5 v·”5- is hereby, increased to two hundred thousand dollars, and that the P °"~ 1*-***2- same is hereby fixed as the limit of cost for the purchase of a site and the erection thereon of said building. Sec. 2. That the officers of the United States Govermnent having rum. cm. charge of the erection of public buildings are required to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making the plans and contracts ior the erection of said building. Approved, February 20, 1895. STAT-VOL XXVIII——43