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 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 161-164. 1896. 115 CHAP. 16]..-An Act To provide for the fulfillment of the stipulations of the 1i¤y7. 1896. treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed at Washington on the in eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seventy-five F¤r·¤¤¤1¤¤l¤¤¤i¤¤· thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby c0$E.’};°§{’J:.°lZ1°°a,,.$Z§ appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- d¤¤¤•s•¤- printed, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President of the United States, in fultilling the stipulations of the treaty between the United States and Great Poms. 844. Britain signed at Washington on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. And the commission constituted by said treaty, when sitting at San Francisco, shall have power to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses by application to the circuit court of the United States for the ninth circuit, which said court is empowered and directed to make all orders and issue all processes necessary and appropriate to that end. Approved, May 7, 1896. CHAP. 162.-An Act Empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to May s, 1896. furnish not more than four pieces of condemned cannon to the village of New —"‘"";— Rochelle, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United - States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Condemned cannon. is hereby authorized to furnish to the village of New Rochelle, New R£‘{,':,f:°N_°§_ N"' York, for use in completing the soldiers’ monuments in that place, not more than four pieces of condemned cannon, ii, in his judgment, it may be consistent with the public service: Provided, That the United States {,’r¤¤*¤- shall not be subjected to any expense on account of such donation. xP°°°°' Approved, May 8, 1896. CHAP. 163.-An Act Authorizingand directing the Secretary of the Navy to Mw gy 1896 donate condemned cannon to Custer ost, Grand Army of the Republic, at Leaven- —-——-¥— worth, Kansas, and Mathies Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Burlington, Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy g‘;"d‘:__':,';°(,'f"‘;"°;,* be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate two condemned Em? 1Lsm..l»·0}¢¤f cannon to Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Leavenworth, w';”§;w*;°d B“'“¤¤· Kansas; and that two condemned cannon be donated to Mathies Post,_ ' Grand Army of the Republic, at Burlington, Iowa: Provided, That the §°QQ’,'_Q‘§}f,,,_ condemned cannon herein mentioned are available for the purposes stated and can, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, be spared without detriment to the public interests: And provided further, That E¤l>¤¤¤°· the Government shall not incur any expense in handling or transporting said cannon. Approved, May 9, 1896. CHAP 164.-An Act To amend section twenty-eight hundred and eighty of the MW 9i 189* Revised Statutes of the United State, lixing time for vessels to unlade. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-eight Qbalglgggofvesuls hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States be ° ` amended so as to read as ibllows: _ “Sec. 2880. Whenever any merchandise shall be imported into any 0,.'§j*;*;’B,§°;x,g’,jfi“_§f*¤ port of the United States from any foreign port, in any vessel, at the iz. s., M. zaso, p. expiration of ten working days if the vessel is less than five hundred *“~ ““°“"°‘*· tons register, and within nftecn working days if it is of five hundred