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 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 1877, 1996,1997, 2067. 1906. 149 located at the town of Williston until such time as the President may, in his discretion, remove the site of said land office from said town. _ Sec. 2. That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, cc§$§“°’ ’“"* “* by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver for Said district; and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter be progided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said `tate. Approved, April 26, 1906. CHAP. 1996.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act granting to the Choc- April 27-1906- taw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company the power to sel and convey to the [55520] Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company all the railway property, rights, [Public, N0. isi.] franchises, and privileges of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company, and for other purposes, ’ approved March third, nineteen hundred and tive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oflfepresentattves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second proviso in {,¥{1<£tg"j`¢({(i{£{)y)h] K section one of an Act entitled "An Act granting to the Choctaw, ana Gulf 'Rallroad Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company the power to sell and convey °‘},'{,fff,“{§{·,,, Ch,c,,g0' to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company all the ggik {g•mQn;¤<},(£; railway property, rights, franchises, and privileges of the Choctaw, pany. Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company, and for other purposes,_7’ ,,,,Y,,‘§,l{,,,f3· *’· °°’· approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, be, and the same is hereby, amended bly inserting between the words " selling company " and the words "an all suits " the words "except its mortgage bonds," _ and that said proviso as amended shall read: "Pro#vided, That said Qgggffim purchasing company shall, by said purchase, be and become liable and assume the payment of all existing liabilities of said selling company, .M tg be d except its mortgage bonds and all suits now pendin against said °" _ **88 " “°" Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company shgll proceed to WDM final judgment the same as if said sale had not been made." Approved, April 27, 1906. CHAP. 1997.--An Acit To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate commute.- Aé>r|lt2{h£36- tion for good conduct for United States prisoners," approved June twenty-first, ____l_ ;__ ; nineteen hundred and two. [rn¤11t·,N¤. wz.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representattves of the United States of America in Ctmgress assembled, That section three of the Onlgfwd Sums P'*¤· Act entitled "An Act to regulate commutation for good conduct Ocjgnmigtgeron for for United States prisoners,’ approved June twenty-first, nineteen *v,,$?“32f ‘,_ ;,,8_ hundred and two, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ¤¤¤°¤•*•¢d· “Sr·:o. 3. That this Act shall apply to all sentences mitposed subse- S°“‘°“"°"““°°*°d· qucnt to July twenty-tirst, nineteen undred and two, an to the sentences imposed prior thereto the commutation upon wh1ch is less than that provided in this Act.” _ Approved, April 27, 1906. can zocv -An Act Granting certain lands m the city or Biloxi in nan-sm Agn 2**- 1***- ` · gg i ‘ k and cemeterv purposes. l "_..¢-A-»-—[ 'R` mm'] County, Missa ippi, for par _ [Public. N0. ml] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives pftbe United _ _ States cfAmer2'ca in Congress assembted, That the following-described §;’£g,’,§$;,d tmc, land, to wit; That part of section nineteen, township seven south, of p¤I;1;;c¢;tc.€ii(:¤r:rp0ses. range nine west, lying south of Back Buy of Biloxi, the northwest " p ‘