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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 202-205, 1890. 107 -either of said districts or divisions shall be held at the same time and place, Jurors shall not be summoned for each of said courts, but for _ oth said courts, and they shall act accordingly as grand and petit jurors for both said courts " Approved, May 14, 1890. CHAI?. 203.-An act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the ap· Mw 14.1890- rpropriation for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. “__`“’_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and nom ot Represent ·1s_hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- “°{§',,°;`§’;,,,,,,c, ,,p,,,,,p,;_ wise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand dollars to supply a ¤¤<>¤. 1¤¤‘ ¤¤¤¤¤8·=¤¤ deficiency in the appropriation for miscellaneous items and expenses °x°°°°°°` ·of specia and select committees of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety.` Approved, May 14, 1890. CHAP. 204.-An act to rovide for the of the Fort Sed ‘ck mili _ reservation, in the States 0}) Colorado and Ne raska, to actual setddiis undermth; provisions of the homestead laws. ` Whereas the tract of land in the States of Colorado and Nebraska P¤=¤¤¤*>1¤- known as the Fort Sedgwick military reservation is no longer needed -0r used for military purposes, and has been abandoned as a military vreservation by Executive authority: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R%esentatiues of the United States of America in Congress assemb , That the lands rmseagwgck mmembraced in the former military reservation known as the Fort f,{·.,Y’,,0"?,§§,{",}‘,§},‘;‘,§;,,§f,‘f" .Sedgwick, in the States of Colora 0 and Nebraska, having been sur- mmggw w ww veyed according to law, shall, from and after the passage of this act, ` be subject to disposal, to actual settlers thereon, as lan s held at the it minimum pac., minimum price, according to the provisions of the homestead laws ggr ¤¤¤¤°¤*°¤·* ·only: Provided, That any person who, prior to the passage of this pmm. act, may have become an actual resident with permanent imfprove- ,,,§£},‘; °’ “°”“" ments thereon, maly, if living, enter one quarter section of said _ land, to include his residence and improyements, under the provisions of the homestead laws, notwithstanding he may haye previously exhausted his rights thereunder; or, 1 deceased, his heirs may enter mgm orueus -such quarter section and may perfect title thereto in like manner as if the land had been entered by the deceased settler during his 11fetime. Approved, May 14, 1890. __?_______. I CHAP. 205.-An act authorizing the construction of a public building at Bur- May 14.1800. 'lington, Iowa. · e it enacted b the Senaw and House of Representatives of the Ugrad Stages of idmeriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Icwzw .of the Treasu be, and he is hereby, authorised and directed to ac-' quire, by purhhase, condemnation or otherwise, a site, and cause to Sifebe erected thereon a suitable bu1lding, including fire-proof vaults, Buucmg. heatin and ventilating apparatus elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices, ID the city of Burlington, and State of Iowa, the ·cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and venftilating apfparatus, eéevgtpgs, and 3%p{£?1;l19S, complete, not to exceed Cost. un re thousand o . ltherédmsglsdbi the sale of land Suitable for said site shall be invited ¢¤~· M by public mvertisement in one or more of the newspapers of 8B1d