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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. S1-1ss. I. (`Hs. 229-231. 1908. 553 created. The Commission shall have the power, through subcommit- Powers. tee or otherwise, to examine witnesses a11d to make such investigations and examinations, in this or other countries, of the subjects committed » to their charge as they shall deem necessary. · Sec. 19. That a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of sections APP"°P'i°*i'~m· seventeen and eighteen of this Act, and to pay the necessary expenses - of the Commission and its members, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro riated. Said appro- ,}l*¤m<==¤i¤¤~1>’ ¤v¤i¤- priation s all be immediately available and shall be paid out on the a Alictnns. audit and order of the chairman or acting chairman of said Commission, which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon all Departments as to the correctness of the accounts of such Commission. Sec. 20. That this Act shall ex ire by limitation on the thirtieth T¤¤¤i¤¤*i··¤<>f¤¢*· day of June, nineteen hundred aud) fourteen. . Approved, May 30, 1908. CHAP. 230.-An Act Pensioning the surviving officers and enlisted men of the M8? 39 190** Texas volunteers emploved in the defense of the frontier of that State against _, jig;] - Mexican marauders and Indian de redations from eighteen hundred and fifty-five [Public, Nc. 170.] to eighteen hundred and sixty, inclusive, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and H”0use;;£`R?1>.o·esentatives of the United States 0 America in U res.? assemh T t the rovisions, limita— 1******%** W°”· . tions, add benefits of ahngrct entitled “iAn Act grdhting pensions to inFg:a(hri;eli)lid€I‘rd;h·; survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to v°$‘§'$f°`,;_°§i_ eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war," approved July twenty-seventh, giighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same are hereby, extend from the date of the passage of this Act to the survivin officers and enlisted men of the Texas volunteers who served in the defense of the frontier of that State against Mexican marauders and Indian depredations from the year eighteen hun- · dred and hfty-five to the year eighteen hundred and sixty, inclusive; and also to include the surviving widows of such of said officers and in$;¤\{g;*é*¤g Wid°W= enlisted men: Provided, That such widows have not remarried: Pro- mmm. védedjnrther, That where there is no record of enlistment or muster R°“°"*°‘*""’ into the service of the United States in the service mentioned in this Act the fact of reimbursement to Texas by the United States, as evidenced by the muster rolls and vouchers on file in the War Department, shall be accepted as full and satisfactory proof of such enlistment P¤¤>f¤· and service: And rovidedfwrther That all contracts heretofore made t0§Xg;;¤ghj {2;;, ¤°· between the benethiaries under this Act and pension attorneys and" ` claim agents are hereby declared null and void. Approved, May 30, 1908. CHAP. 231.-·An Act Authorizing certain lifesaving apparatus to be placed at M'}; the Farallone Islands, off the coast of California. VnL-~..# [Public, N0. 171.} Be it enacted by the Senate cmd Home ofRe]>resmotatives of the United _ _ _ States of America in O'0ng1‘e~S8 a·980mbZed, That the Secretary of the Tren.~¤nrv is herebv authorized to cause a Lyle gun and the necessary gym M F¤¤¤¤¤¤ t ·,. . . ands, Cal. beach apparatus used in connection with it to be placed at the F arallone Islands, off the coast of California, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend, and to furnish ammunition for said gun and make repairs to the apparatus from time to time as necessary.