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 ($58 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 795-798. 1900. ,e§$,gf“"g“"*‘s"”‘*s‘ Sec. 2. That all suits, prosecutions and processes, recognizances, bail bonds, and other proceedings of whatever nature pen ing in or returnable to said court at Cameron are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable and have force in said court at Poteau. Approved, June 6, 1900. June 6. 1900- CHAP. 796.-An Act To extend the coal land laws to the district of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ihase of Regrresentatives of the United umass m. _ land laws of the United States are hereby extended to the district of p_£{é1§.’s€cs·2347-2352, Alaska as relate to coal lands, namely, sections twenty-three hundred. and forty-seven to twenty-three hundred and fifty-two, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes. Approved, June 6. 1900. -l¤¤€ 0· 1900- CHAP. 797.-An Act To provide better facilities for the safe-keeping and dis- HHH llgurstgrrfgnt of public moneys in the Philippine Islands and in the- islands of Cuba and OY ICO. ` _ Be it enacted b_y the Senate and Blouse of Re Jresentatioes of the [batted ,m%°B§§1i$§l{§s_R‘°°’ States of America in Congress assembled, Tlzhat the Secretary of the pogiflgglggg <;{lb*}§é Treasury is hereby authorized to designate one or inore banks or mgleys. S bankers 1H the Phi ippme Islands and in the rslands of Cuba and Porto S,,§f,"{{{,:d,,p,,,,,_ Rico in which public moneys may be deposited; Promded, That the banks or bankers thus designated Shall give satisfactory secur1ty for the safe-keeping and promft payment of the public moneys so deposited by delpositing in the reasury, United States bonds to an amount _· _ not less t an the aggregate sum at any time on deposit with such C,{},§_*’1‘°““°" °° banks or bankers: And provided further, That this Act shall apply to Cuba only while occupied by the United States. Approved, June 6, 1900. June @1000-gHAP:m’i’9?.—-An Aipt élkiiauthlorize the Seneca Telephone Company to construct _`”"H`”`_ an main °n ines int e n ian erritorv. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q/"RIe€resen.tat2`*ves of the United Cfnj’;j§{*y g§§?P§§Q‘f States of America in Congress assembled, at the Seneca Telephone srruqtlinesin Indian Compan, organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Territory. · y · - · Missouri, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and ma1n- tain telephone lines from Seneca, in the State of Missouri, to the Quapaw" Agency} and to Wyandotte, Grand River, Fairland, Oseuma, Afton, and inita, in the Indian Territory, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and to be {ximg- alcomml approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That cities and Ptowns into or through which such telephone lines may be constructed shall have the power to regulate the manner of construction therein, and the said company shall be subject to such municipal and Territorial taxation as may be provided for by law. _ T¤¤¤~ Sec. 2. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to regu- &at§ tho.} tolls or charges of Said telephone lines constructed in the n ianerritory by said company. Approved, June 6, 1900.
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