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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 954, 955. 1901. 1809 CHAP. 954.-An Act Coniirming a lease between J. W.'iPeg1ow and the Seneca Mawh 3 1901· Nationof New York Indians. . - _ H`_"` H" Be it enacted by the Senate and House o ltepresentatives of the United States g" America in Congress assembled, That the agreement of lease ,,(§;,°{,“f,‘gf,§,°{*,$,$€,; 1%:; dated ctober eleventh, nineteen hundred, entered into between the diansto.gW.Peg1ow Seneca Nation of Indians in council assembled, and J. W. Peglow, of mnmme ‘ Silver Creek, New York, on October eleventh, nineteen hundred, granting to said Peglow the right of excavating and removinglsand from the premises described in said agreement, be, and the same is ereby, ratified and confirmed. _ Approved, March 3, 1901. CHAP. 955.-An Act For the relief of the devisees of Casper Barber and their Merch  1901- assigns from the operation of the Act restricting the ownership of real estate in the _""""' Territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That all real estate lying in the bigmmct °f C°1“m‘ District of Columbia heretofore purchased by and conveyed to Casper Gcaspeg Iggrber and Barber and to George E. King, of said District, prior to the passage 'i$’§§§€,{y0}f}€1,M€d of this Act be relieved and exempted from the operation of an Act i’*{,'g,j*;g°‘;,_‘f,’;‘f,f"*“'°· entitled "An Act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Terri- ' tories to American citizens," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said Act are in respect of such real estate hereby remitted. Approved, March_3, 1901. RESOLUTION. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Grantin a life-saving medal of the first class to Lien- F€b¤1¤1'Y 7.1901- tenant Fidelio S. Carter, of the United States Navy. "H"`"`""_“ · Resolved by the Senate and House of Re%·esentatioes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the U1éi<§>1i<> S· Carver. Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to bestow upon Lieutenant lAwarded1ife-saving F idelio S. Carter, of the United States Navy, a life-saving medal of m°d“1· the first class in recognition of his services in saving the lives of two persons from drowning off Fort Monroe, Virginia, on the evening of April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, February 7, 1901. von xxx1——114