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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 242,243. 1896. 137 dangerous missile at or into any locomotive, caboose, postal car, passenger coach, express, or baggage car of any railway train, or at any person thereon, or shall derail or attempt to derail any locomotive or train, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary for any time not more than twenty years: Provided, That if any person ,*§*°*Z‘—*,;h H shall be killed, either directly or indirectly, by reason of said shooting, miggiii. °° n °°°° throwing, or derailing, the person causing the death shall be deemed guilty of murder, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly. _ Sec. 2. That any person who, in the Indian Territory, shall willfully ,h£,§‘,§},£,_;"j{"§,P°‘,;'{,’§ shoot at or into any freight, stock, postal, baggage, or other car of any cm. ewrailway train, whether such car is attached to a locomotive or not, or shall throw any dangerous missile at or into such car, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days or by line not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, May 25, 1896. CHAP. 243.-—An Act To provide for settlement of titles and disposition of public Ma.Y25·1896· lands in the Arredondo grant, in Columbia County, Florida. ;""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands embraced in fiQ"";],,,,,,,,,,,,, the Arredondo grant of twenty thousand acres, in Columbia County, Arr<>·i:i=·i¤gr¤¤r- State of Florida, are and shall be disposed of as follows: The lands in T" I‘“k° °"°" the incorporated limits of Lake City shall be subject to entry only by the mayor of said city, in trust for the use and benefit of the several owners or occupants under claim of title of said lands, in accordance with the Acts of Congress in such case made and provided. All other lots or parcels of land in said grant entered or purchased chQ::_**¤°*'°¤°fP"· of the United States prior to April tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- ' two, are confirmed to the several persons, their heirs and assigns, by whom they were so entered or purchased respectively, according to the terms of such several entries or purchases, and upon performance of the conditions thereof, if there are any such conditions to be performed. _ In all cases where any lands in said grant have been purchased prior ,,,E,§‘f,Y,}f,§',$§°f,ir§"§Y" ""L to April tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, from any railroad company or trustees for the bonds or indebtedness of any railroad company, claiming under or through any Act of Congress or any land grant from the United States in aid of any such railroad, and in all cases where any such lands have been purchased prior to said April F,*;,‘{‘{,f““°°' "°“‘ tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, from the State of Florida, or from the trustees of the internal improvement fund of the State of Florida, or from any board or officials of said State, claiming the same under or through any Act of Congress or land grant from the United States, as swamp and overtlowed land, internal improvement land, school land, or otherwise, the titles to such lands are hereby confirmed to the several persons who have so purchased any such lands, their p,,,,,;,,,, _ heirs, and assigns: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be con- w}`;;aQ§gjQh;°gg;f strued to give or confirm any right or title, or right of entry or pur- ‘ chase in or to any land in said grant to any railroad company, or any trustees for the bonds or indebtedness of any railroad company, or to the State of Florida, or any board or official thereof. { . Sec. 2. That all other lands in said grant shall be disposed of accord, MSQQY " '°'“‘““"‘g ing to the laws of the United States. Approved, May 25, 1896.