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 750 r1r·rr-N1Nrr1 coscanss. sm. 1. on. ::914. 1906. Volunteer Soldiers, one million one hundred and fifty thousand dolm,,,[m. lars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home until its laws, rules, or regulations respecting the pensions of its inmates be made to conform to the provorm, r- 564- visions of section four of an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eight -three, entitled "An Act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers 1-fome located at washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes;" but the above proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of Prohibition ¤¤ me soldiers are admitted and maintained: Andprovided_fi¢r¢he1·, That no °m°°°”' part of this appropriation shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicating liquors are sold. Back pw ¤¤<1 BACK PAY AND nouurr: For payment of amounts for arrears of pay b°°°°Y‘ of two and three year volunteers, for bounty to volunteers and their v¤1.14.1>-$22. widows and legal heirs, for bounty under the Act of July twenty- eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, and to soldiers on furlough, that may be certiiied to be_ due by the accounting officers of the Treasury duri the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, two hundred thousandldgnlars. w¤win»sp•1¤,¤se, For payment of amounts for arrears of y and allowances on ac- """' °f P"' °°°' count of service of officers and men of the Xarmy durirég the war with Spain and in the Philippine Islands that may be certiii to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven and that are char cable to the appro riations that gay been carried to the surplus fnncg two hundred and hfty thousand o ars. - méngggggcggdgg Hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased officers or uma men. enlisted men of the Army, where the amount due the decedent’s estate is less than five hundred dollars and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent’s widow or legal heirs Dimibuuonwhem in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow; second, if decedent left no widow, or the widow be dead at time of settlement. then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or descendants, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided the father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters· and mi mmm_ children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes: Pro·uaIded, That this Act shall not be so construed as to revent pavment from the amount due the decedent’s estate of funeralexpenses, provided a claim therefor rs presented by the person or persons who actually paid the same before settlement by the accounting officers. mff¥""°'“°"' °‘ ·'“" UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Q,g*;;*;£j>¤¤¤·D-¤· Counr-House, VYASHINGTON, Drsrmcr or COLUMBIA: For annual repairs, as per estimate of the Superintendent of the Capitol, five , thousand do lars. mgm:g_¤f °*¤¤¤¤ Courrr or CLAIMS BUILDING: For making alterations in the building now occupied by the Court of Claims for the pu se of providing rooms for the ]udges and for furnishing the same, tliiiee thousand five hundred dollars. Kip: mvenwmm, PE§[TENT[ARY, Four £[;EA\('ENWORTH, KANSAS! For continuing conrmmeuuay. struction of the new United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, two hundred thousand dollars, to be available immediately and