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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cas, 844:7846. 1901. 1093 "Sec. 8. That all nets, boats, or other contrivances, the property e,§*$g’,§f,§°“ °‘ ¤°”· of an person or persons convicted under the provisions of this Act, " ' shall he confiscated to the District of Columbia, and the same shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, by the pro erty clerk of said District, and the proceeds therefrom be deposited) with the collector of taxes, as are other District revenues." Sec. 3. That section two of "An Act for the protection of fish in Bmthe District of Columbia, for the maintenance of a permanent spawning ground in the Potomac River in said District, andtfor other purposes," applroved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and is ereby, amended to read as follows: . S _ “Sec. `2. That no person shall catch or kill in the waters of the C1°“‘1“°”·“°“· Potomac River or its tributaries within the District of Columbia any black bass (otherwise known as green bass and chub), crappie (otherwise known as calico bass and strawberry bass), between the first day of April and the twenty-ninth day of May of each year, nor have in possession nor expose for sale any of said species between the dates aforesaid, nor catc or kill a11y of said species of fish at any other time during the year except by angling, nor catch nor kill any of the aforesaid species by what are known as out lines or trot lines, having a succession of hooks or devices." Approved March 3, 1901. CHAP. 845.-An Act Supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the Merch 3· 1901- _ coming of Ch.-aese persons into the United States/’ approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and Hxing the compensation of commissioners in such cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Rqaresentati/ues of the United States 0 f America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Q,1${¤g*=p°g;1*¤¤*°¤- district attorney of the district in which any Chinese person may be neéignaiion gz arrested for being found unlawfully within the United States, or hav-  lgatilzgiiniilliégi ing unlawfully entered the United States, to designate the Uni-ted mm °fm€8¤1€¤¤‘Y- States commissioner within such district before whom such Chinese person shall be taken for hearing. Sec. 2. That a United States commissioner shall be entitled to re- ··€°€S°*· Aceive a fee of five dollars for hearing and deciding a case arising under the Chinese—exclusion laws. — Sec. 3. That no warrant of arrest for violations of the Chinese- 0u“'g}gg$Sc%§I,*;)§g*g§{’g exclusion laws shall be issued by United States commissioners except- issued. ` ing upon the sworn complaint of a United States district attorney,. assistant United States district attorney, collector, deputy collector, or inspector of customs, immigration inspector, United States marshal, or deputy United States marshal, or Chinese inspector, unless the issuing of such warrant of arrest shall iirst be approved or requested in writing by the United States district attorney of the district in which issued. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately. E“‘*°‘· Approved, March 3, 1901. CHAP. 846.-—An Act To supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of M”°1‘ 3· 19°1· lands, and so forth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqm~esentat?}ves 0 f the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEoT1oN 1. That before the Oklahoma. UHIG for opening to settlement or entry of any of the lands in the Ter- w§J(?}%ig_ew?1%g5&(§ ritory of Oklahoma, respectively ceded to the United States by the §`{£§,S"§§§Y€g;§(};bd,§; Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians, and the Comanche, Kiowa, openiing for semeand Apache tribes of Indians, under agreements respectively ratified m$'2,l`_28,p_gg.L