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 234 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 8, 10,11. 1898. lar tax roll of the District of Columbia, and shall be collected in the manner provided for. the collection of other taxes. _ “°¤ *°*¤"° °*"°°°· Sec. 17. That this Act, in so far as it affects privies hereafter to be erected or existing in said Di trict at the time of its passage, otherwise than in conformity to the laws in force at that time, shall take effect upon its passage; in so far as it aifects privies existing in said District at the time of its pa sage, in conformity to the laws in force , at that time, it shall take efect one year after date of said passage. ml""' Sec. 18. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, January 25, 1898. January 21, 1898. R  Act To amend section twenty-two hundred and thirty-four of the ww evi tu. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Public and Indian States of America in Congress assembled, That ection twenty-two hun- 1‘ff§_, M_2m 1, m_ dred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States is •¤¤¤¤<¤•=•I- hereby amended so as to read as follows: A¤¤<>¤¤¤¤biIi¤y of “Sr1c. 2234. There shall be appointed by the President, by and with “’°°““"'°'“l"“' °"' the advice and consent of the Senate, a register of the land office and a receiver of public moneys for each land district established by law, who shall have charge of and attend to the sale of public and Indian lands within their respective districts, as provided by law and ofllcial regulations, and receivers shall be accountable under their official bonds for the proceeds of such sales, and for all fees, commissions, or other moneys received by them under any provision of law or official regution." Approved, January 27, 1898. January 28,18U. CHAP. 1]..-An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the ——;;-— appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1‘rz¤¤_¤t<!¤¤¤i·¤¤i<>¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, “”’°’"' "’“" and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to sup ly deficiencies in the appropriations for the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: ° Dev¤r1¤¤¢¤wf¤¤t¤- DEPARTMENT OF STATE. €•»¤·¤¤¤¤r¤i¤1f*¤r¤¤·¤ For Commercial Bureau of American Republics fort ·one thousand E2.fm°"°°° R°°°b` nine hundred and seventy-two dollars. P ’ y mfggigjggg C ¤¤=* Niosnncua CANAL Commission: To continue the surveys and Survggs, em. examinations authorized by the Act approved March second, eighteen V°’· ·i’·‘"“· hundred and ninety-five, entitled “An Act making appropriations tor the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes," into the proper route, the feasibility and cost of construction of the Nicaragua Canal, with the view of making complete plans for the entire work of construction of such canal as therein provided, one hundred thousand dollars; to continue available during the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Library urcuugrm. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. cumugeucexpeuses. For contingent expenses of the Library, one thousand dollars.