700 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. HI. CHS. 146-148. 1895. Maine, New Haven, Connecticut, and San Francisco, California, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per year each; and for all other districts at a salary not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars a year °*°'*‘ each; and he may appoint a clerk to any such board at a compensation not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars a year to each person so appointed. Every inspector provided for in this or the preceding sections of thisttistlle shag be, paidufor his actualjand reasonable ltravel- •••- mg expenses a e ra o eig cents per m1 e, incurred in the performance of his duty, together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certfiled and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of the Treasury. . ’°l’°"· Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro visions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 1. 1895. Mm=h1.1U5. Ch.A.P.14'I.—A ActF thereliefof thebonaiide hasers flasection "’_‘;‘*‘ thirty-six, one ngth, range nine west (San &uri:1cardino fneridihinlg, in the State of California. - _ C Be€tenaewdby theSenatem•dHo•¤eof Reprecentatice•o themsited PTgg*¤°l;¤gt"_in of America in Congress assembled, That all the riglit, title, and 1;.4.1;. l11I3S1C8h that the GOVGIDDBDQ H10 United States had, or may l ••'•‘_ had, in and to section thirtyfsix, in township one north and range mne west (Sem Bernardmo meridian), m the State of California, prior to or aflgr the iitryst day 0w8TC(§l.,t1l.l the year of ogr Lord eighteen hundroeld an seven ·seven_ an e same is ere y released, relinquish and forever qmtclaimeil to the bona iide purchasers of the same hold! mg under Richard Dads or John J. Bodkin, who purchased the same from the State of Cahforma as school lands, and to the heirs and assigns ?•¥¤•¤*· oflsluch pugclhws, apdvthatlyupon payment to the State: of the s n o an en - ve cen acre of 1; the land so owned by them, respectivelyghch purchazcrs and liglder; shall be entitled to receive patents therefor. Approved, March 1, 1895. lhreb 1, 105. CHAP. 148.-An Act Relative to Rock Creek Railway Oompanv of the District of '“"""‘——‘—_ Columbia. ‘ of Be it enacted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,,,P*·**·* °··*·¤·- 5mm of Aww My Oqwm wmbled, That me Bock omit Railway nm; 4;,,.;. m. Company of the District of Columbia, being authorized thereto by a kJ__ M_ @*:-1 vote of the owners of a majority .0f1l$S capital stock, may contract with uu; ¤»ny_Street railway company owning or operating a connecting or intersecting line for the__]o1nt management, lease, or purchase of such connecting or intersecting hne or lines, and operate the same in connection at :;;;*:1 0¤81¤¤l anne; and in case} czf such contraézt may provide the Y an increase 0 i s capital stoc not to exceed the actual consideration paid or the actual cost of the necessary equipment:
- "•"•°•- Provided, That only one fare, not exceeding the rate now authorized
lll. I by law, shall be charged for a single continuous ride in the District ot Collumbna over all the lmcs aifected by snob contract or_ any part thereof; an any such company owning connecting or intersecting line is hereby 1’•*•* ¤· ¤j·¤¤•¤¤· empowered, when authorized by a vote of a majority of its stockholders, 1¤s¤¤•¤¤¢¤¤1>•h·•¤- to enter mw such contract: Procidedfarther, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or abridge the right of Congress at any time to regulate the operation of such line or lines, or to release any railway company or companies thus contracting, in whole or in part,
