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 FIFTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 190, 191. 1895. 963 Treasury at the commencement of each regular session to the Speaker · of the Hou e of Representatives who shall lay the same before Con goes for consideration, and shall be in full for all such loss or damage: rovided, That any claim which shall be presented and acted upon mem;. under authority of this Act·shall be held as dually determined, and ,,,,€},‘Q,f’ "°‘ “° b"° shall never thereafter be reopened or considered: And provided further, That this Act shall not apply to losses sustained in time of war: And W" '°"°°· pro-vided further, That the liability of the Government under this Act L“¤*’° °' “*"*“°Y· shall be limited to such articles of personal property as are required by the United States Naval Regulations, and in force at the time of loss or destruction, for such omcers, petty officers, seamen or others engaged in the public service, in the line of duty: And provided further, That the amounts which have been paid to persons in the Amounts deducted. naval service under sections two hundred and eighty-eight, two hun- ,8]* S··¤•¤· ”$·”°°· P- dred and eighty-nine, and two hundred and ninety of the Revised ` Statutes shall be deducted in the settlement of all claims under this Act: And provided further, That the value of the article or articles D·¢¤r¤i¤i¤s v=¤¤•· lost or destroyed shall be their value at the date of loss or destruction: And provided further, That all claims now existing shall be presented To be presented in - within two years, and not after, irom the passage of this Act; and all "'° ’°"'· such claims hereafter arising be presented within two years from the occurrence of the loss or destruction. That nothing in this Act shall Ckimr ¤•¤•·1 be construed to authorize the reopening or payment of any claims for losses of private property on vessels sunk or otherwise destroyed prior to August twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Approved, March 2, 1895. - CHAP. 191.-An Act For the suppression of lottery tramc through national and Hush 2.l¤· interstate commerce and the postal service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of 1*1* the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who shall I·¤¤s5·iescause to be brought within the United States from abroad, for the pur- ;,,£,‘,Q{‘,,Q,“]§c'},‘,§’,'j_°,{,°f pose of disposing of the same, or deposited in or carried by the mails *¤¤> we •¤>¤¤¤¤·•*¤- of the United States, or carried irom one State to another in the United States, any paper, certiiicate, or instrument purporting to be or represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery so-called gift concert, or similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or shall cause any advertisement of such *°'°*'°*·°¤*°”‘•· lottery, socalled giitccucert, or similar enterprise, oiieringprizes dependent upon lot or chance, to be brought into the United States, or deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or transferred from one State to anotherin the same, shall be punishable in the iirst offeuse by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a iine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both, and in the second and after offeuses by such imprisonment only. Sec. 2. That the provisions of sections thirty-nine hundred and Priivrigws ¤f lv twenty-nine and forty hundred and forty-one of the United States °’K_ mum, Bevi e ed Statutes as amended, respectively, and the provisions of sections PP- ”“· 778- twenty-ibur hundred and ninety-one and twenty-four hundred and u s.,»¤ez4.ei,zm, ninety-two of the United States Revised Statutes, and of sections eleven, ’,‘"· twelve, and thirteen of the Act of Congress of October iirst, eighteen Vol.26.PP·n¢.°u· hundred and ninety, entitled “Chapter twelve hundred and forty-four, and an Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes/’ and all other provisions of law for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of any such tickets, chances, shares, or interests in or other matter relating to lotteries, or for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of obscene books or articles of any kind, shall apply in support, aid, and furtherance of the enforcement of this Act.