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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. OHS. 199-202. 1896. 123 craft, whether as observers or participants, taking part in regattas, ama- R¤s*¤l¤*=l¤¤¤ to ¤·> teur or professional, that may hereafter be held on navigable waters, the g;;§,°°f°ty °f p°°°°°` Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered in his discretion to detail revenue cutters to enforce such rules and regulations as may be adopted to in ure the safety of passengers on said excursion steamers, yachts, oarsmen and all craft, whether as observers or participants, taking part in such regattas. Approved, May 19, 1896. CHAP. 200.—A11 Act To establish the port of Conneaut, in the State of Ohio, as a Maym,1806. subport of entry in the district of Cuyahoga, in said State of Ohio. iw Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the port of Uonneaut, in ggajfghgggf the State of Ohio, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be a subport try cuyunogoepsmliii of entry in the district of Cuyahoga, in said State of Ohio, from and m}°;,§;,g°°· ·¤’·“5· after the passage of this Act. ` Approved, May 19, 1896. CHAP. 201.—An Act To abolish days of grace on promissory notes, drafts, and so Mgy]9, gg9g_ forth, in the District of Columbia. ———; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqnresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on all notes, drafts, checks, Districwfcviumbin. acceptances, bills of exchange, bonds, or other evidences of indebted- ggfi lgf §§”:}°'§b’f,‘{j ness made, drawn, or accepted by any person or corporation after the ¤¤1¤<>d ·T¤¤¤·*r r 1897- iirst day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and in which there is no expressed stipulation to the contrary, no grace, according to the custom of merchants, shall be allowed in the District of Columbia, but the same shall be due and payable as therein expressed, without grace. ‘ Approved, May 19, 1896. CHAP. 202.-An Act To restore the lands embraced in the Fort Lewis Military May 19, 1896. Reservation, in the State of Colorado, to the public domain. ·——·—·~·———~——· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o/`America in Congress assembled, That the lands included in the Fm L·z¤¤¤g¤§¤*·ry Fort Lewis Military Reservation, in Colorado, established by Executive R°1i::`{.iiiiYi°k0°p‘ii¤n¤ order of date January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- •*°*¤¤*¤- two, and located in townships thirty-four and thirtyfive north, of ranges ten, eleven, and twelve west of the New Mexico principal meridian, are hereby restored to the public domain. Sec. 2. That said lands shall be subject to occupation, settlement, Open m entry. entry, purchase, and disposal under the public-land laws of the United States, except so much thereof as may be embraced in sections heretofore reserved for school purposes, to wit, sections thirtythree, thirty- S¢¤<><>l¤<>¢¤¤¤=¤- tour, and thirty-five, in township thirty-tive north, of range eleven west; also sections nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, in township thirty-four north, of range eleven west, and also what will be sections one, two, three, and four, in township thirty-tbur north, of range eleven west, when surveyed: 1’roz·ided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to  h interfere with any rights which may have accrued previous to the with- “ "g "‘ drawal of said lands for the purposes of such reservation, and excluding all general school sections. . Approved, May 19, 1896.