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 1].8 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sitss. I. CHS. 1632, 1633. 1906. mmm '°°°“"“’· Sec. 4.  all claims, accounts, debts, things in action, or other matters of busmess of whatever nature now existing for or against the resent Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of lied Men, mentioned in section one of this Act,   survive and suc- _ ceed   and against_the body corporate and pohtic hereby created: EMM V-. I M of Promded, That nothing herein contained shall e construed to extend cIAima.ete. the operation of any law wh1ch provides for the extingmshment of claims or contracts by limitations of time. _ _ b£:c'{:g¤“*°“* °‘ Sec. 5. That said corporation shall have a constitution and laws `which shall provide for the government of the various branches of said Improved Order of Red Men subordinate to and controlled by said Great Council of the United States and define the qual1f1cations £;fmQ ,,t?°“° for membership in said Improved Order of Red Men, which constitu- ’ tion and laws said corporation shall have power to_amend at pleasure. ‘°’ "“ Sec. 6. That said corporation shall not engage in any business for gain, the purposes of said corporation being fraternal, benevolent, and patriotic in providing benefits to its members, care for o5>hans and widows of members, and to inspire a greater love for the nited States of America and the principles of American liberty. A¤¤¤¤<1¤¤¤¤¤- ASec. 7. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this A !¤¤=*· Sec. 8. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, April 16, 1906. ‘A 16. 1906- 0'HLP. 1688.- Act Makin riations to s 1 additional u nt eti- [3}%* 1mm] ciencies in the uzplproidlriations for tI1•=llliiis>d-glpyear endinglliiiidlthirtieth, nindgeéen lfiun- [Public, Nc. 10s.] dned and six, for prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lfepresentataivea of the United _ U’lg;$;ggS§i°”°i“ States of America in Omzgreas assembled, That the following sums be, ppand the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to suppl deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundyred and six, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: °*=¤—**·¤*¤*°’*’****·*· DEPARTMENT or STATE, Tmd l“‘°""*"°“'*f To meet the actual and necessar ex nses of the dele tes of the gggtgiiiileinl ol med United States to the Third Intcriiiatigdul Conference odurlmerican E'°°°"°" States to be held at the city of Rio de Janeiro. be rinning on the twenty- . first day of July, nineteen hundred and six, anriof their salaried clerical assistants, to be expended in the discretion ot the Secretary of State, and to continue available durin the tiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, seventy-tive thousand dollars. m§;"=B’g°,;*e(cel*,}f,f1'{;jj To enable the Government to participate in the Second International ence an The Hague. Peace Conference to be convened at The Hague, the Netherlands, and ,,;°f,{,‘§’,§;“§;?{},§’{"°'”" for the payment of the compensation and expenses of a commission thereto on the part of the United States, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven. fe}gI§g;¤gg_°¤,g;v;j§;‘é To enable the Government to participate in the lnternational Conof GEDGVE cmwe¤— ference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention of August twentv— °‘°°‘ second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. which is to convene at Genova, dCg,;}*e';°a'gféfl°¤· “°-- Switzerland, on June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, and for the . payment of the compensation and expenses of delegates thereto on the part of the United States, of whom one shall be an officer of the Army