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 470 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 448-450. 1898. P¤¤s¤W M ¤¤¤·>¤¤· Sec. 48. That any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of a sec- °°°" "°l°u°°' ond or any subsequent violation of any of the provisions of section thirty-six to section forty-five, both inclusive, relating to the manufacture and sale of mixed flour as aforesaid, of this Act shall, in addition to the penalties herein imposed, be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days. Tcmkocfvctcw- Sec. 49. That the provisions of this Act relating to the manufacture and sale of mixed Hour shall take effect and be in force sixty days from and after the date of the passage of this Act; and all packages of mixed flour found on the premises of any person, firm, or corporation on said day, who has made, packed, or repacked the same, on which the tax herein authorized has not been paid, shall be deemed taxable under the provisions of section thirty-six to section forty-five, both inclusive, of this Act, and shall be taxed and have affixed thereon such marks, brands, labels, and stamps as required by the provisions of said sections or by the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under authority of this Act. Tea. TEA. -*¤ °¤- Sim. 50. That there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon tea when imported from foreign countries a duty of ten cents per pound. Act w *·¤k¤ ¤¤¤¤¤· Sec. 51. That this Act shall take eifect on the day next succeeding °°°‘ the date of its passage except as otherwise specially provided for. Approved, June 13, 1898. _ J¤¤° 15-1*CHAP. 449.-An Act Making an appromiation to pay the Bering Sea awards. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United fig §§’_j*t;‘,f;°"’;.‘_;r States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable the President pvgguei * to payto the Government of Her Britannic Majesty the amount awarded v°’·”·*’*"°“·°"‘ by the commissioners appointed pursuant to the stipulations‘of the convention of February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, between the United States and Great Britain, providing for the settlement of the claims presented by the latter against the former in virtue of the convention of February twentyninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of four hundred and seventy-three thousand one hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty six cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Q¤¤¤¤¤·¤¤¤¤ This appropriation is made without the admission that any liability exists for any loss of prospective profits to British vessels engaged in pelagic fur sealing; or for interest on the sums awarded to Great Britain, and without admitting the authority of the arbitrators to make any award on the basis of damages for the arrest or detention of vessels not included in the submission contained in the treaty. Approved, June 15, 1898. CHAP. 4·50.——An Act To amend the charter of the Capital Railway Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mmgcz <>f1$¤1,·y¤\>i·>· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Capital Railway Com~ C§f‘},*§§,§ff,{_ "‘ ‘ "Y pany is hereby authorized to install and use the double overheadtrolley Propelliuggqweron system on the Navy·Yard Bridge for the purpose of propelling its cars N°"Y·Y”““ "‘*g°· across the same, the speed on the bridge not to exceed the rate of three and a half miles an hour and the double trolley wires to be protected by a wooden trough and thoroughly insulated from said bridge; details of construction to be subject to the approval of the District Commissioners. agony: ;`g;;3g¤g}¤*i<>¤ Sec. 2. That the time granted the Capital Railway Company to convst 29;p. iss.struct its road by Act approved May twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, is hereby extended one year from the approval of this