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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 17-19. 1902. 33 For military postal service, two hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. For compensation of postmasters. one hundred and forty-five dollars and seventy-one cents. For railroad transportation, seven thousand six hundred and ninety- six dollars. . For mail-messenger transportation, twelve dollars and fifty-two cents. For star transportation, except the claim numbered twenty thousand seven hundred and four, three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ten cents. For limited indemnity for lost registered mail, fifty-seven dollars and twenty cents. For rewards, two hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, February 14, 1902. CHAP. 18.-An Act To prevent the sale of firearms, opium, and intoxicating F°b*'“¤¤`Y1*·l9°2- liquors in certain islands of the Pacific. [puum N0_ ml Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Represmtatives of the United States of Ameriea in O was assembled, That any rsonsubject to the §Q{§Q'; fg1Q12d ,n_ authority of the Unitedmgtates who shall give, selil? or otherwise sup- wxicanrs forbidden. ply any arms, ammunition, explosive substance, intoxicating liquor, or opium to any aboriginal native of any of the Pacific islands llying within the twentieth parallel of north latitude and the fortieth parallel of south latitude and the one hundred and twentieth meridian of longitude west and one hundred and twentieth meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, not bein in the possession or under the protection of any civilized power, shadl be plunishable by imprisonment not exceed- P““*’bm°“*- ing three months, with or wit out hard labor, or a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or both. And in addition to such punishment all articles of a similar nature to those in respect to which an offense has been committed found in the possession of the offender may be declared forfeited. Sec. 2. That if it shall appear to the court that such opium, wine, c__}f,g_;'**‘¤' u" "· or spirits have been given bona fide for medical purposes it shall be ` law ul for the court to dismiss the charge. Sec. 3. That all offenses against this Act committed on any of said m,D§f;{’,°Q,;“ °”*’“”° islands or on the waters, rocks, or keys adjacent thereto shall be ` deemed committed on the high seas on board a merchant ship or vessel belon ing to the United States, and the courts of the United States shall Save jurisdiction accordingly. Approved, February 14, 1902. CHAP. 19.-An Act To regulate the collection of taxes in the District of February 14, 1902 C°l‘““bl“- _ [Public, us. n.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe£r/·esentat£ves of the United _ States of America in (Jmgress asseinbled, hat hereafter, beginning ¥§§§§";,Q,‘§,‘,f{,’f;‘”'f,; with the fiscal year commencing July first, nineteen hundred and two, Mw the whole tax on real and personal property in the District of Colum— _ bia shall be payable in the month of May of each year: Provided. hou-- P"'”"*"· wm-, That on and after the first of November of each year the tax may m;·{{&¤*¤¤* i¤ *¤¤¤“· be id in two equal installments. the first in November and the second 1=¤e,p.·rss. in Jgiay, but that no penalty shall accrue for delinquency until the following June, as hereinafter provided; or if the whole or any part of "°°*“>’ *°*‘·”°*** said tax u n real and personal property shall not be paid before the first day ofiflune in each year the same shall thereafter be in arrears vox. xxxn, rr 1---3.