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 FIFTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Cns. 194, 195, 199. 1901. 759 CHAP. 194.-An Act To establish a lobster hatchery in the State of Maine. F¢b¤¤¤¤'Y 4- Nm- Be it enacted by the Senate and }House_qf Revresentatehaes ogthe United States of America in Obngress assembled, That the United tates Com- M,’g}}"g*$“;';f,Q{,§§ missioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby authorized and directed to im. construct and eriuip a lobster hatchery upon the coast of Maine, the cost of establish ng the same, including the purchase of land and water rights, not_to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. Approved, February 4, 1901. V CHAP. 195.-An Act To amend ection `thirty-two hundred and fifty·6ve of the February 4.1901- Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits. “‘"""___ Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoz4sl;$f,Re]>1'esentatives of the United States of America in Oon§;ess assemb, That section thirty-two hun- gléguggcd gggim-62, dred and Efty-tive of the vised Statutes of the United States be, and eméniiaif. ’p' ’ the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:  , " Sec. 3255. he Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the m°¤di*$i{;eg¤¤g,P*}gy,g approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may exempt distillers of bmay euuwrned. brandy made exclusively from apples, peaches, grapes, pears, pineapples, oranges, apricots, berries, prunes, figs, or cherries- from any provision of this title relating to the manufacture of spirits, except gs to the tax thereon, when in his judgment it may seem expedient to o so. Approved, February 4, 1901. CHAP. 199.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Ma- February 5,1901l sonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia." ‘_T"1‘_‘T’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House o_fRqm·esentatives off the United ‘ States of zlmevica in Uongress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act Qgfsigggf Cggfggih to incorporate the Masomc Mutual Relief Association of the District of Relief Aeeeeieeee C0l\1I]1b18.,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixt -nine, V°1‘15*"‘ as amended by the Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitlled fAn Vex. 27. p- M Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty- nine," approved Fe ruary twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- three, be amended by striking out sections six and seven of said Act and substituting for the fifth section of said Act the following: -- Sec. 5. That the said board of directors may be increased from time 1’<>W¤¤¤ 0* °**!'¤1‘¤- to time to a number equal to the number, for the time being, of Masonic lodges in the District of Columbia, and the said board shall be capable of taking and holding the funds, proiperty, and efects of said corporation, which funds, propertv, or e ects shall never- be divided among the members of the said society or corporation, but shall descend to their successors, duly elected in the manner heretofore specified, for the promotion of the principles of the said corporation and the benevolent purposes of the society which they represent; but this provision shall not prevent the said board of directors from a§¤§%i¤;;?&#i£¤w; carrying out the principles of the society or corporation, namely, the bexii. °m immediate payment to the widow, orphans, heir, assignee, or legatee of a deceased member as many dollars as there are members in good standing on the books of the corporation, not exceeding one thousand ··“¤**· dollars, or the amount s ecified in the certificate of membership held by said member: , however, That no certificate of membership {gage? mmm of shall be issued by said corporation for an amount exceeding two eeeuseeee ermemuee thousand dollars.;. mp' Approved, February 5, 1901.