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 F1FTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 184, 186, 189. 1901. 745 CHAP. 184.-An Act To establish a branch soldiers’ home at or near Johnson 1¤¤“¤1'Y28· 1901- City, Washington County, Tennessee. ;_"—' Be it enactal by the Senate and House 0_fRepresentah}ves of the United States %'America in Lbngress assembled, That the Board of Managers ,,,·'°"§“@§,§}@ of the ome for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are hereby authorized H§?¤¤¤tg uégjgw and directed to locate a branch of the Home at Johnson City, Wash— °m° °° b lm inglon Counliiy, Tennessee, or within a radius of five miles thereof. The same sh not be located on a tract of land less than three hundred acres in extent. ` Sec. 2. Thatsaid branch home shall be located and the ground pur- ,0%; °‘ “m° ‘°’ chased (unless the same be donated) by said Board of Managers within three months, or as soon thereafter as practicable, from the approval of this Act. ` ` Sec. 3. That within six months, or as soon thereafter as practicable, m§_{°°'1°“ °‘ *’“11‘1‘ from the approval of this Act, the said Board of Managers shall com- ` mence the erection or purchase of a suitable building or buildings on the grgunds so Lpurchased for the use of said branch home. That said builg or bu' dings shall be completed at as early a day as (possible. Sec. 4. That the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand ollars is A1’1"°1"“‘u°’“ hereby appropriated for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned and the imgrovement of the grounds of said branch home. _ nc. 5. That all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served mw{,°§,“,,{,,‘f’° “‘““*" in the war of the rebellion and the Spanish-American war, and the provisional army and the volunteer soldiers and sailors of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and of the Mexican war, who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, shall be admitted into the Home for Disable Volunteer Soldiers. Approved, January 28, 1901. CHAP. 188.-An Act Extending the mining laws to saline lands. J¤¤¤¤w81. 1901- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R%·esentatives of the United States ¢%fAmerica in Congress assembled, That all unoccupied public $Q}{f;°{*§§r,s eb lands o the United States containing salt springs, or deposits of salt teudedwssunelands. in any form, and chiefly valuable therefor, are hereby declared to be ·sub`ect to location and purchase under the provisions of the law relating Pmm to placer-miningiclaimsz Hwvided, That the same person shall not locate Limit dr entry. or enter more t an one claim hereunder. Approved, January 31, 1901. CHAP. 189.-An Act To amend the law establishing a port of delivery at Des F<·>1>¤1¤1‘Y 1. 1901- Moines, Iowa. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section two of an Act g§r¤v1g;g;¤¤j;f1°;'g¤_ entitled “An Act establishin a port of delivexg at Des Moines, Iowa," mms. approved April seventh, eiggteen hundred an ninety-two, be, and is V°1‘ 2*1** It hereby, amended by strikin out after the word " port," in said section, . the words “whose salary slgall be the usual fees and commissions," so as to read as follows:. " Sec. 2. That there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs, to reside at said port. " Approved, February 1, 1901.