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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 178, 179, 205, 213. 1897. 517 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, Fcbrum·y 8, 1897. The $e11ate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, bo reconsider the bill entitled **An Act to constitute sm new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of n clerk for said c0urt," returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill: Resolved, That the bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing bo pass the same. Attest: WM. R COX Secretary. CHAP. 179.-Au Act T0 correct the muster roll of Company I of tha Seventh Iowa February 8, 1891. Infantry Volunteers. we Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is fm§§;`°”*** I"'" 1**- hereby directed I;0 correct the muster roll of Company I, Seventh Eugénmgm of com. Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers, s0 as to show that said com- P""‘YI"°"°°“d· pany was enrolled in the service on the {fifteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Received by the President, January 27 , 1897. [Now; BY THE DEPARTMENT OF S1·A1·E.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law witboup his approval.] CHAP. 205.-An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and twenty-nine of February 9, 1897. the United States Revised Statutes concerning puxgeous, assistant suygccns, and " ‘*""/"‘_—`·· other medxcal niiicers of the National Home im- Dxsub ed Volunteer Soldiers. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section tbrtyeight hun- HX:L··¤¤¤¤r S<>|di¤r¤' dred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States be nsf. w».4»¤2s, p.o:r1, amended by the addition of the tbllewing words: “Provided, That sm·· *"'X‘;‘:j;*iMmeM of geons, assistant surgeons, and other medical officers of the National medical mms. Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the several branches thereof] may be appointed tram others than those who have been disabled in the military service of the United States? Approved, February 9, 1897. CHAP. 213.-An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain uncou- February 10, 1897. iirmed and located private land claims in the State of Louisiana. V ·——·— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and £·>¤i::l¤¤-_ I d interest of the United States in and to the lands situate in the State of cm$§`.,,,,§r,K:d_ °” Louisiana, known as the located but uncouiirmed private land claims therein, aggregating about eighty thousand acres, and specifically described in the list or tabular statement accompanying the report, dated February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, made by the survey0r·genera.lof Louisiana to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under 2. resolution of the United States Senate of December