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 964 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 191-193. 1895. ¥·=·*¤ ¤¤¤ ¤P•*¤*¤·¥ - Sec. 3. That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to repeal by 4o¥i,S§b?ipé;?1§•g?iig?9’ implication sections thirty-eight hundred and ninety-four, thirty-nine hundred and twenty-nine, or forty hundred and forty-one of the United States Revised Statutes, or any part thereof, nor any provisions of the vo1.zo,p.so. Act of Congress of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight, entitled “An Act to prevent the sale of policy or lottery tickets vorzs,p.4ss. in the District of Columbia,” nor any provisions of the Act of Congress of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ent1tled “An Act to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to lotteries, and for other purposes," nor any provision of the laws what soever against the establishment of lotteries, or games, or other schemes, or prizes, or chances, or the traffic in or circulation of tickets and other such papers or instruments, or the publication of advertisements or notices in anywise relating thereto. P;>•¢¤•••=¤¤*·G¤¤- Sec. 4. That the powers conferred upon the Postmaster-General by °w°}.,1’§°§Y;T5s, the statute of eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter nine hundred and eight, section two, are hereby extended and made applicable to all letters or other matter sent by mail. _ Approved, March 2, 1895. Much 2, 1895. CHAP. 192.-An Act To provide that all persons employing female help in stores, ·—·*;"" shops, or manufaetories in the Di trict of Columbia shall provide seats for the same when not actively employed Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United gg_¢¤j¤*·>f Grimble States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons who employ ehelpmstores,. . . mmomvs mam female in stores, shops, offices, or manufactories as clerks, assistants, '“°**- ‘ operatives, or helpers in any business, trade, or occupation carried on or operated by them in the District of Columbia, shall be required to procure and provide proper and suitable seats for all such females and shall permit the use of such seats, rests, or stools, as maybe necessary, and shall not make any rules, regulations, or orders preventing the use of such stools or seats when any such female employees are not actively employed in their work in such business or employment. Peneltyforvlolntirm- Sec. 2. That if any employer of female help in the District of Columbia, shall neglect or refuse to provide seats, as provided in this Act, or shall make any rules, orders, or regulations in his shop, store, or other place of business, requiring females to remain standing when not necessarily employed in service or labor therein, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be liable to a line therefor in a sum not to exceed twenty-tive dollars, with costs, in the discretion of the court. Approved, March 2, 1895. Msrc1¤2, 1805. CHAP. 193.-An Act To provide for the payment of accrued pensions in certain ‘\ cases. ,_ ¤ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United penzlou m ams of eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the accrued l>·¤·*•>¤¤*- pension to the date of the death of any pensioner, or of any person ,,,§—j;;,,,§‘,°,f_,_ "’“· ’· entitled to apension having an application therefor pending, and whether a certilicate therefor shall issue prior or subsequent to the death of such V°*· 26- P- I"- person, shall, in the case of a person pensioned, or applying for pension, mmbuum on account of his disabilities or service, be paid, iirst, to his widow; second, if there is no widow, to his child or children under the age of sixteen years at his death; third, in case of a widow, to her minor xausmorazm. children under the age of sixteen years at her death. Such accrued
 * geuaiggof wma_, States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the twenty-