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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 169-171, 17 ~l. 1909. 64 3 CHAP. 169.-—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate two condemned Febrrmrg; 23, 1909- cannon to Moores Creek Battle Ground Association. [s· ‘°8·] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRq2resentatives of the United [mmm` N0` ml] States of America in Oonaress assembled, That the Secretary of War G,‘,fu°,‘{{,“@Q,*},° be, an he is hereb, authorized and directed to donate to Moores Currie. N. G. ' Creek Battle Ground, Association, of Currie, North Carolina, two con- a£i°§‘ig$T:°d °"m°° demned bronze held pieces with their carriages and a suitable outfit of cannon balls which may not be needed in the service: Provided, That no expense. no expense shall be incurred by the United States in connection with the donation of the above-mentioned articles of ordnance property. Approved, February 23,.1909. 4 CHAP. 170.-A.n Act Providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a F°b¥'“*"Y *9-190* new immigration station thereon at the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Pubic, 0.252. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §gH°*f*",g8“g;-nw_ De rtment of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized gration mutate, anandxdirected to cause to be erected, upon any site except Castle Island °°°d'°°‘ - now owned or controlled .by the Government of the Suited States or upon any site to be ceded to or purchased by the Government for the purlpose of establishing a new immigration station, suitable fireproof bui din or buildings in connection therewith, at the por,t of Boston, Massachusetts: Provided, That this Act shall not be construed to gum, amend, modify or repeal ]oint resolution numbered seventeen author- vm. zu, p. evi. izing the use and improvement of Castle Island in Boston Harbor, _ approved May first, eighteen hundred and nmety. Sec. 2. That the expenditure of the sum of two hundred and fifty ,,,,‘},§f,’,‘§{,‘}*°,{f§,’§_*’°“‘ thousand dollars is hereby authorized for the purchase of ground for PM- v- 982- and the complete erection and furnishing of said building, which sum shall be paid) from the "immigrant fund;" that the said building shall PIM- M- be erected in accordance with plans and specifications to be prepared by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and under the supervision of said Department. Approved, February 23, 1000. I CHAP. 171.-An Act Extendingthe provisions of the Act of June tenth, eighteen February 2:;, woo. hundred and eighty, concerning transportation of dutiable merchandise- without _ lH~R·2“‘*°·l appraisement. _ [mime, N0. 2m.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Gmgress assembled, That the privileges of the §}'_ff{,’g";,,d Sums, first section of the Act, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and mg-.s£::M;g&; eighty, overning the immediate transportation of dutiable merchan- mnmes. `po disc without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to l°'·2‘·l’·m· the subports of Blaine and Sumas, in the State of Washington. Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby "°*’°"· repealed. Approved, February 23, 1909. CHAP. 174.—An Act To reenact and to amend sections thirty-six hundred and F°FIQ?§{l2€;8g,§%°°‘ forty-six and thirty-six hundred and forty-seven of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmm of Representatives of the United mt em chem States of America in Congress assembled, That sections thirty-six n.s;,s;c¤Zzeis,a;i1, hundred and forty-six and thirty-six hundred and forty-seven of the pp' 71" ‘18‘ Revised Statutes be. and they hereby are, reenacted and amended to read as follows: ‘ _ _ _ · y " Sec. 3(M6. Whenever any original disbursing officer’s check_ is ch2‘c’§f”“‘g °“‘°°” lost, stolen, or destroyed, the cretary of the Treasury may authorize mnugilgegisiggegm.