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 1-80 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 482,484-486. 1900. ‘ Ma? 1*% 1900 CHAP. 482.-An Act To provide for sittings ot the circuit and district courts of """""L_"` the southern district of Florida in the city of Ocala, in said district. t _ Be it enacted by the Senate and»1%use£f Representatives of the United ,u§`{g{§“g,,S,,§‘g;f‘h°“‘ States of America in Oonyress assemble, That in addition to the times '1‘¢;¤¤¤<>f¤<>ur=- and places now fixed by aw for the sitting of the circuit and district ` courts of the United States for the southern district of Florida there · _ _ shall be a session of the said courts in the city of Ocala on the third §",,@'§‘g,0m,,_ Monday in January in each year hereafter: Provided, That the county in which said courts are to be held shall furnish suitable rooms and accommodations for the holding thereof, free of expense to the Government of the United States. Approved, May 18, 1900. MW 19- 19°0- CHAP. 484.-An Act To provide for the disposal of the Fort Buford abandoned ""`"+;“'_ military reservation, in the States of North Dakota and Montana. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe resentati/ves of the United dow} ,,*},‘}§’,,f§y ‘}§§,‘}j States of America im Congress assembled, Thlat all public lands now ragga. Ntgrth Dakota remaining undisposed of within the abandoned military reservation in mU¤ii°iI$¤¤gif¤r pub- the States of North Dakota and Montana, formerly known as Fort §,$m{““"“ °P°“ ‘° Buford Military Reservation, and which are not otherwise occupied or _used for any public purpose, are hereby made sub`ect to dis osal under _§,’gfggce mh, ,0 the homestea, town-site, and desert-land laws: i’roi~ided, That actual actual occupants. occupants thereon upon the first day of January, nineteen hundred, if otherwise qualiiied, shall have the preference right to make one ent M Town site. coal. and not exceeding one quarter section: Providedfarther, That any of suhh mmeml 1°“d“‘ lands as are occupied for town-site purposes, and any of the lands that may be shown to be valuable for coal or minerals, such lands so occupied for town-site purposes or valuable for coal or minerals shall be isposed of as now provided for lands subject to enti and sale under _ the town-site, coal, or mineral-land laws, respectively: Zrocided_£’arther, G§;§,'}$,,,f§,{g*°g,§§}‘d€ That this Act shall not apply to any subdivision of land, whic subdi- 1¤s¤.e:e. vision may include adjoining lands to the amount of one hundred and sixty acres, on which any buildings or improvements of the United States are situated, but such lands shall be appraised and sold as now provided by law. ~ Approved, May 19, 1900. May 19. 1900. _ §tHAP. 485.-An Act To establish light-house and fog signal in State of Wash- III OH. . ' Be it enmted by the Senate and House of Rgnresentatirves of the United Bgipwigjggggggllam States of America in Congress assemble, That a light-house and fog mkutnouse eéab- signal be established and constructed at Slip Point, Clallam Bay, State mud M" of· Washington; said 1ight—house not to exceed the cost of twelve thousand hve hundred dollars. ‘ “ · Approved, May 19, 1900. May 21,1900. AIGEAP. 486.-An Act To authorize the purchase of certain lands in the district of ;— 38 3.. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United C0§n*;;{1*;k]f1;¢ki3g States of America in Congress assembled, Thyat the Karluk Packing time certain iymi in Com any, claiming under amended survey numbered twenty-four, in ‘“““· the district of Alaska, or its successor in interest, may purchase the