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 1408 FIFTXYNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 2922-2924. 1907. I Much 4»1907· CHAP. 2922.—r&u Act To aid in the completion of a monument at Monterey, Cal- [S‘1°32‘] ifornia, to commemorate the taking possession of the Pacific coast by Commodore [Publio,No.257.] John D. Sloat, United States Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0_fRep7·esen tatioes oft/te Matted §§’,f‘,';"§,’,;,°{‘,}·_,0,,,, States of America in Omzgress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand D-Egurgrintion M dollags, or so much éahereoffas may be neceisag, be, and the lsame is complet ug. ere y, appgiopriatie _, my o any iponejqm the ieasupy not otherwise a propriate to a1 in e comp e 1ono a monument ooommemora. e t£e takinglipdssession of the Pacific coast by the late Commodore John D. Sloat, nited States Navy, and for the preparation of the site for said monument, selected under authority of the War Department on _ the military reservation at Monterey, California, which sum shall be Qégggbu of gx_ expended under direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That pendiwre. the moniy hereby appropria ed shall be drawn from time to time onllly as may e require uring the progress of the work and upon the Deggnbrosbe gp; requisition of the Secretary of War: And prav2'dedfurther, That no €i°viM, Y em ’ part of the money hereby appropriated shall be expended until the ,, esign for said monument shal be approved by the Secretary of War. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. March 4. 1907. CHAP. 2923.-An Act To authorize the appointment of Acting Assistant Surgeon lS·“*7·l George R. Plummer, United States Navy, as an assistant surgeon in the United States [rumm,N¤.2ss.] Navy. I Be dt enacted by the Senate and House 0_fRep¢·esentat·£oes of the United ggfgc R_ Hmmm, States of America in Ormgress assembled, That the President be, and he may be appointed as- is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senmt°°° mg°°¤ i"' ate, to appoint Acting Assistant Surgeon George R. Plummer, United States Navy, as an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy with Runk- the rank of lieutepant (junior grade), to take rank and position at the foot of the list w enever before ·the expiration of his present acting Examination. commission, hd shall succbssfully pass the exnnpnation prescribed by law for the appointment of medical officers of t is grade. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. Mami; 4,1m, CHAP. 2924.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain [$-670*] homestead settlglrs ir; éhe State of Alabama? approved February twenty-fourth, [P“buc,N0_259_] DIIIBIOBH HD1 BD V0. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and H02z8e ofRq2resentatives of the Zhzited ghebgsmp-813 State? ofhdzzzeflicga ip Cimgress assembled, That the Mat entitled "An ` ’` Act or the reo certain homestead settlers in the State of Alabama," approved_February twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and tive, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows : i0f¤'¤g§g;§ed¤ll)%*;:g "That where any homestead entry heretofore allowed by the oilioers mm ensries on mn- of the Land Department for lands within the limits of the grant made '°%‘l,,l‘“3§_‘“,,_ ,1, by Act of Congress approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty- ¤¤g,·g}§f;f·p_ 18. six (Eleventh Statutes, page eighteen), to the State of Alabama in aid gl the §oplstr1E11on of thedrailroad known as the Mobile and Girard ilroa as en canoe e because of a superior c aim to the land through purchase from the railroad company. which claim has been _ held to have been contirmed and a. confirmatory patent issued for the V°l·"·*’~°“· land under the provisions of section four of the Act of March third, _ . eighteen hundred and eightwseven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page five hundred and fifty-six), or where any homestead entry has been made on . lands granted by the Congress of the United States to the State of Ala· `