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FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 135, 137-139. 1892. 61 same into the possession of the police authorities, who shall assume the custody thereof; and all necessary expenses incurred in taking charge of such property shall be a lien thereon. Sec. 5. That whoever cuts the solid part of the tail of any horse in Penalty my decking the operation known as docking, and whoever shall cause the same to h"""` be done or assist in doing such cutting (unless the same is proved to be of benefit to the horse), shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year or iine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars. Sec. 6. That any person who sets on foot, instigates, promotes, car- , 1’<2¤=¤1¢ykf,<;r b·;¤g=;s- ries on, or does any act, as assistant, umpire, or principal, or attends mg"` °°° g °‘° °° or in any way engages in the furtherance of any iight between cocks, fowls, or other birds, or dogs, bulls, bears, or other animals, premeditated by any persons owning or having custody of such birds or animals, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a une of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment in jail not more than one year, or both. Approved. June 25, 1892. CHAP. 13'I.——An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the statutes in i1¤¤¤ 30» 189% relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes/’ ap- H"'"" proved June tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the seventh section thereof to the port of Saint Augustine, Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the seventh section of F,§f"“‘ A“g““*“‘“· an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate numsnaqeiumspnrtransportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes/’ approved °“°'°" ’“`"1°g°"°‘ June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is hereby, V¤1·21»1>·174- amended by inserting the words “Saint Augustine” after the words “ Key West," in said section. Approved, June 30, 1892. CHAP. 138.-An act for the relief of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company. Jun 30, 18112. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Kentucky and Indiana _Kmucky mi ru- Bridge Company, a corporation created by and existing under the laws g§,‘§,'§{ B"°g° C"`"` of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. be, and it hereby is, authorized to _ occupy and acquire title to so much of the land of the Louisville and h§'f,“§,‘fgQ‘{;§,§§’§§{ Portland Canal, the property of the United States, as is now occupied romana cmu. by the south abutment of the said Kentucky and Indiana bridge and the contiguous trestles in the approach thereto, on the payment to the United States by the said bridge company of the fair value of such specified tract. to be determined by agreement between the said Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company and the Secretary of War. Approved, June 30, 1892. CHAP. 139.-An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect ·I¤15' 1- 1892 certain recommendations of the Mission Indian commission, and to issue patents "°;°'_""_` for certain lands. Whereas the act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and 1’¤‘¤=¤¤¤1>1¤- ninety-one, entitled “An act for the relief of the Mission Indians in the V¤>r 26. r· 711 State of California/’ made it the duty of the commissioners therein authorized to be appointed ‘·to select a reservation for each band or village of the Mission Indians residing within said State, which reserva tion shall include, as far as practicable, the lands and villages which