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 916 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1182-1184. 1907. all to be within such rights as it possesses and not in any way affecting or contravenin any vested rights of any other company or person or the rights of tie Government, provided said company carry out the requirements of law. _ “"""° “°"‘P“°“· Second. Said company shall be exempt from license tax during the m" period of construction and for lfoxir years thereafterz Péwvzdedl, That the total period of exemption s al not excee ten ears rom the time °°”'*“*°”· - of the sa of this Act: And ovided urther, That this exemption shall exist and o crate onl durm the continuance of the construction . P . Y . g of sa1d road in good faith, and in the eyent of unnecessary delay and failure in the construction and completion of said road the exemption from taxation herein provided shal cease and said tax shall be collectible as to so much of said road as shall have been completed. . . P . ““"“‘”"°“"· Third. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, February 21, 1907. 1'¤l>¤•¤’¤·1W7- CHAP. 1188.-A Act'1‘ a thth. tan b th Sec fth N , A as a gift, of a sail boat; for usd)otlthe)rmzi3dship$·i1pat thee Ilavatl Acardteanlgii) 8 avy [P¤blIc,N0.106.] Beétenacted the Senate and Hmmeo R tativeoo the United ~ fm —*°·d°¤*>'· . Staten efAmerica m Congress assembled, mt the Secretary of the cceptance of sail-, . . . me lor miusmpmm. Navy be, and he IS hereby, authorized to accept as a gift, from a member of the family of the late Assistant Nava_ Constructor Joseph E. McDonald, a sail boat for the use of the midshi men at the aval ca emy. A d P Approved, February 21, 1907. F°:’,;'*’;,'Y2£a°7· CHAP. 1184.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth. nineteen hundred and eight. [Public, No. 107. D_ I {_ d Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,u;§¥$§¥,¢J;§,lhO°,;?` States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the dip omatic and consular service for the hscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, out of any money in the Trcasur not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed? namely: S¤¤¤¤¤~» _ SCHEDULE A. 8·¤¤¤¤· _ sananms 01-* AMBASSADORS AND Mixisrnas. "““’"“°"°”· B Anbasgadors exéraordinary and plerlppotentiary to Austria-Hungary, razi, rance ermany Great ritain, Italy Ja an Mexico Russia, and Turkey, at seventeen thousand live huhdred) dollars each; E _ _ xmmr one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; . ,,,,,§l`,,°,,’,;“,$,;,,,,{Q,#,§ _ Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argen- P*°“‘P°‘°’“"*’F· tmc ltepublic, Belgium, China, Cuba, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, gndi Spam, at twelve thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand o ars· Envdys extraordinary and ministers lenipotentiary to Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and genezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, sixlty thousand dollars; Envoy extrao inary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Honduras and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; —