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 60 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 141-143. 1908. A zn 10,1906. CHAP, .-- auththe Secretary of War to furnish two con- [E· K ’““°·l demned braigbr bAm]ixzJ:c•:anIx(ion anelrgcnnon balls to the city of Winchester, Virginia., No. QI. Q _ [hw I Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRgm·esmta¢wes of Nw United cw¤"‘°”““',demm,;v‘g‘,,_ States of America in Oongreaa assembled, That the Secretary of War ¤¤¤.¤¤=-,1¤¤¤¤¤*¤- be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furmsh to the_c1ty of Winchester, Virginia, two brass or bronze condemned field p1eces or cannon, with then- carriages and with a suitable outfit of cannon balls, which may not be nee ed in the service, the same to be used at the old headquarters of General George Washington, which are now owned by said city, and to be subject at all times to the order of the Qfgém Secretary of War: .Pmvid4ad, That no expense shall be mcurred by the United States in the delivery of the same. Approved, April 10, 1908._ CHAP. 142.-Au Act To authorise the Secretary of War to make certain dispo- of obsolete Sprmgfield nds, cahber forty-five, bayonets and bayonet scabbards Be it enacted by the Smata and Housaqf of the gnaéed 0¤l¤¤¤\>¤¤·.0¤*¤· States 0 America 2Pn. Oongresc assembled, t the cretary 0 ar aogrdéammmrhsé °o°12l is herehf authorized, in his discretion, to donate to The Old Guard, an °“'“‘* °'· independent military orginnization of Columbus, Ohio, whose membership is composed entire y of Union soldiers of the war of the rebel- ` lion, such number of obsolete Springfield rifles, caliber forty-five, bayonets and bayonet scabbards for same, not to exceed one hundred, No expense- which may not be needed in the service of said Department. Such · donation shall be made subject to rules and regulations covering the same in the Department, and the Government shall be at no expense in connection with any such donation. Approved, April 11, 1908. Apr1118» 1900- CHAP. 143.-An Act To ameudan Act entitled "An Acttoamend an Act entitled [S· *”°·] ‘An Act to regulate commercef approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and [Public, No. 95.] eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Inmgtate Commerce CDH1I1I18S10D,,, approved June twenty-mnth, nineteen hundred an lx. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Interstate com- States of Arnvrica in Lbngrexs assembled, That paragraph four of seemirréii   tion one of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act V°‘·2·*·P·”°· to regulate commerce} approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and enghty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission," approved June twentyminth, nineteen hundred and six, be amended so that said paragraph as so amended will read as follows: {’,¤;¤;{°¤;“*g*;·4 “No common carrier subject to the rovisions of this Act shall, amended. ’' after January iirst, nineteen hundred andp seven, directl or indirectly, issue or give any interstate free ticket, free pass, or fliee transporta- Exceptions. tjon for passengers, except to its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorne *s at law; to ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad ioun Men`s Christian Associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable anfeleemosvnary institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and elee— mosynary work: to indigent, destitute. and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals. and the necessary agents employed in such transportation; to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Sol-