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 FIFTY-FIFTH CON GBESS. Sess. III. Ons. 192-194. 1899. 891 CHAP. 192.-An Act Setting apart a certain tract of land in Oklahoma Territory February 25. 1899- to the Stella Friends Academy and Church Association. _ ’__—‘—’W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the lawfully constituted St¤1l¤Frie¤dsA¤adauthorities of the United States `be, and they are hereby, authorized §,'f§,,H,‘,‘: 3{,‘{},'{,'},,,{f" and directed to issue a patent to the Stella Friends Academy and I G_y·¤¤<>» ¤f ¤¤¤¤i¤ Church Association, of Woods County, Territory of Oklahoma, to the “" °' southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of • section twenty-four, in township twenty-seven north, of range eleven west, of the Indian meridian, containing ten acres, more or less, being a tract of land conveyed by Ernest Howard to said Stella Friends Academy and Church Association, by warranty deed dated January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Provided, That Prmao. patent shall not be issued until the sum of fifteen dollars is paid to the Payment. receiver of public moneys of the United States land onice at Alva, Oklahoma. · Approved, February 25, 1899. CHAP. 193.-An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act to nt February 25.1800. to the Gainesville, MGA1C5h0I and Saint Louis Railway Company a right ofgway ·—·—·*······ through the Indian Territory." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section GmT*¤¤vm¤¤¤;,{1¤g1 w nine of the Act entitled “An Act to grant to the Gainesville, McAlester ai-$$5 Sr.B1i.oui:R:3: and Saint Louis Railway Company a right of way through the Indian {gu'; { 8,**,* °&_*;·rgj Territory," approved March iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, wv. be, and the same are hereby, extended for a further period of three °"’·P·““" years from and after the passage of this amendment. Approved, February 25, 1899. CHAP. 194.-An Act For the widening of Nineteenth street northwest. February 25, 1899. Be it enacted by the Senate and‘Hoase of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of Dlmlciufcolumbla. the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and Widenlnz of Nmdirected to widen Nineteenth street extended northwest, as now estab- "°“‘“ '“'°°°· lished, to a width of ninety feet from Florida avenue to Columbia road, and to connect Wyoming avenue with Columbia road. Said Commissioners shall, within thirty days from the date of the oggpdwmuon propassage of this Act, institute by petition a proceeding in rem in the ° "‘g“‘ supreme court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court of the United States for said District, for the condemnation of a strip of land forty feet wide lying on the west side of said Nineteenth street extended, to make said street ninety feet wide between Florida avenue and Columbia road, and for the condemnation of the remainder of lots one and two, and so much of lots three and fifteen as is required to properly connect and make a continuous line and roadway of Wyoming avenue across Columbia road; and said proceeding shall be prosecuted under and in accordance with the provisions of sections two hundred mKS·g;g6¤·¤¤¤¤"- and ilfty-seven to two hundred and sixty-seven, both inclusive, of the '”`` Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia concerning the condemnation of lands in said District for the public highways. _ Sec. 2. That payment of the sum or sums of money adjudged to be P¤g;¤¤¤* °*` J¤dsduo and payable for lands taken under its provisions shall be made by m°° ` the Treasurer of the United States, ex officio commissioner of the sinking fund of the District of Columbia, upon the warrant of the said