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 960 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. ·· sees. 11. ons. 172-174. 1918. lature known as chapter sixty-four of the session laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, approved April ninth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, an authenticated copy of which act has been duly filed in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Minnesota, and by the written acceptance of the governor of the State of Wisconsin, filed in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Minnesota on April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen; and the boundary line between the said States at the location of said cession is hereby described and declared to be the center line of the west channel of the Mississipxpi River  at the_point of intersection of said center line wit the center hne of the main east channel of sa1d river, in the northeast quarter of section numbered eleven, township numbered one hundred and four_north, range numbered four west of the fifth principal meridian and running thence southeasterly to the point of intersection of the said center hne of said west channel wit the center line of the main east channel of said river, in the easterly part of section numbered twenty-four, in said township and range. Approved, September 13, 1918. · Slgfl’lt$3§d;i& CHAP. 173.—Joint Resolution Amending section eight oi the amendment to the Act ————·-——-;-——- entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase tem rarily the Military U’“b·R°¤··°·°-**4 seflabmimzeedt of are United smesy approved May eighteeng nineteen hundred an seven en. Resolfved by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the! United Eggigiinds-on m_ Statea;péiAmerica in Gmagressrassernbled, 'llliat no_ relinquishment of nmqmdsng mtries by any p c—land·o11tr made under and by authority of section 61 ht °°““°”’“”"°'°$°°‘2‘· of the Actof Sixt -£iltl1 Oo ess second session entitled "An get Am'p`m` amending the Aclgentitledlgirn Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States/" approved Mg eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be valid or ective for anygurpose unless executed after the entryman shall have actually resi ed upon and_cu1t1vated the land, in the case of a homestead entry, for at least six months, and in the case of an entr made under other than the homestead laws, after the entryman sgall have complied with the provisions of the applicable law for at least one year. ,,,g,‘{°*§§Q‘,§’,°,§;§,S?°',8,*§; pe§s<;_n, £ir§n,1or corporationsolicitiflng or dc-Ealing wgth the Ealinae. quis en o suc c aim or entr nor tot ecomp etion o com 'ance with the applicable law and wig this resolution, and who orpwhich solicits, demands, or receives or accepts any fee or compensation for locatin, filing, or securing the claims or entries for persons entitled to the geneiits of said section shall, upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisoned for not exceeding two years, or both. Approved, September 13, 1918. S°Y§§“IQ°§;,?$;g'il8~ QHAP. 174:-An Act To protect the lives and health and morals of women and minor workers in the District of Columbia, and to estabhsh a Mmrmum Wage Board, [Public, xo. 215.] and define its powers and duties, and to provide for the fixing of minimum wages for such workers, and for other purposes. . . Be it enacted the Senate and House o Re esenmtives o the United M§ (ii<;§§ii’ Suiitxiale o_{ Amemgmdbwress asiemglgzd, 'éhatggivvhere gsed this Act; 8 ‘ e erm ‘ means the um age oar created section two; y The term "Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; The term "woman" includes only a woman of eighteen years of age or over;