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 FlFTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Cns. 1414, 1415. 1904. 243 "Second. The district of Natchez, to comprise all the waters and shores of the Mississippi River within the State of Mississippi south of the range line between townships thirteen and fourteen, in which Natchez shall be the port of entry and Grand Gulf a rt of delivery. "Third. The district of Vicksburg, to comprise allmthe waters and ` ShO1'€S of the Mississippi River within the State of Mississippi north of the range line between townships thirteen and fourteen, in which Vicksburg shall be the port of entry." Sec. 2. That section twentyfdve hundred and sixty-seven_ of the Revised Statutes of the United States, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 2567. There shall be in the collection districts in the State of. Mississippi the following officers: “First. In the district of Pearl River, a collector who shall reside §g*,,$§§;,,, of_ at the rt of Gulf rt, a deputy collector who shall reside at Bay Saint Fduis (Shieldg0b0r0),‘ a deputy collector who shall reside at Scranton or Pascagoula, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate, and a deputy collector who shall reside at Biloxi, together with such other officers as may be necessary for the proper performance ‘ of the businessof the district, who shall be designated and appointed bv the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the Secretary of the mm Treasury shall have the right to tix the compensation of such deputy ' collectors and of such other officers as he is by this bill authorized to desi nate. "Sec0nd. In the district of Natchez, a collector who shall reside at Natchez. "Third. In the district·of Vicksbur, a collector.” Sm. 3. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its MW- Approved, April 22, 1904. CHAP. 1415.-.-Xu Act For the rea raisem nt and s le of the undisposed lands A 'll2?·190*· within the Fort Walla Walla Military lflgservatign, in th; State ofwashington. [lg R' 12685*] [mein-. xt. ms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0_fR»gpresentat&ves of the (batted J States of Amer£c:¢ in Cbngreao assembled, That the lands originally Mfig `·‘,gl_{_:{“_m£‘• embraced within the Fort Walla Walla Military Reservation, in the wtmry' State of Washington, remaining undisposed of shall be reappraised, ,,,’§‘,$§§,',f,l5§QQ§L$QL{ under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, bp legal sub- *·g5])g*{·,, ) W divisions, and the appraisers, in their report, shall note the c aracter'l" ` of each legal subdivision and state whether it is chiefly valuable for stone, mineral, timber, agricultural, or grazing purposes, and if an ¥¤P¤>*¢¤¤¢¤¤·· of the legal subdivisions of said land is improved the appraiser shall appraise separately the improvements on said land and the land independently of such improvements, and they shall describe generally the character of such improvements. and also report the names of the persons who made such improvements and the parties claiming to own the same. Sec. 2. That upon the approval of such reap raisement b the Sec- S*'°· retary of the Interior said ands shall be offered) for sale to tile highest bidder, for cash, at such times and under such re ulations as the Secretary of the interior may determine: ·Prm;idef That the land and ;*;_';*;°*u;n mw ixppiépvements shall not be sold at less than the appraised value: Pro- ` the improvements upon such land, or his assi ns, the appraised value ` -of the improvements shall be deducted fromlnis bid and he shall be required to pay only the remainder to the United States, and if the highest bidder is some one other than the party who made such improve-
 * 0 ° further, That if the highest bidder shall be the person who made prQ$j;*1‘;'gQ;* *0* i*¤·