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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. CHS. 157, 160-162. 1899. 837 CHAP. 157.-An Act Providing for the entry, free of customs duties, of certain Fvbmlfy 15.1899- pells presented by Edwin M. Stanton to the Iowa Agricultural College, of Ames, `———""‘ owe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 1•>w¤ AK1‘i¤¤it¤¤‘¤1 Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to instruct the collector of E,‘§P°*"§’,;.,;§',${,°",,{‘{",f; customs at the port of importation to admit to entry, free of customs l•¤1H·f¤• ¤f¤¤¤y· duties, one certain set of bells presented by Edwin M. Stanton to the Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. Approved, February 15, 1899. Ch.A.P.1S0.— T lads h S fA1aam f th se e Industrial Schooldgrxiils gfgAl“:l1iamla arid :fishguTt:1;)kegwbNorir1atlr and Indmftrtildl Institute. Be it enacted by the·Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor of the State Alabama _ of Alabama be, and he is hereby, authorized to select, out of the ;,E{f;“° °°* °f *’““‘° unoccupied and uninhabited lands of the United States within the said State, twenty-five thousand acres of land, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, upon receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Alabama patents for said lands: Provided, That the proceeds of said lands when sold or leased shall ,Q3f*·:•d of for forever remain a fund for the use of the Industrial School for Girls of umné of ipadm-m Alabama, located at Montevallo, Alabama. S°’*°"* '°' Gi“'*°· °*°· Sec. 2. That the governor of the State of Alabama be, and he is hereby, authorized to select, out of the unoccupied and uninhabited lands of the United States within the said State, twenty-ilve thousand acres of land, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, upon receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Alabama patents for said lands: Provided, That the proceeds of ;l·:{=d$;¤k;_s_g:_ said lands when sold or leased shall forever remain a fund for the use inseam. of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Approved, February 18, 1899. CHAP. 161.-—An Act For the establishment of a light and fog·signal station on or February 18, 1899. near Hog Island Shoal, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. ‘ M *“"’"r· ·*· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be established on 1I0g mma sum, ornear Hog Island Shoal, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, a light and §;{,{,‘{§fg;j,*§f_§_ B"- fog-signal station, to take the place of the light vessel now there, at a _&i_zbt;¤;1|£qgL¤g5·¤·t1 cost not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars. '°“ '° Approved, February 18, 1899. CHAP. 162.-An Act For a light vessel off Tail of Horse Shoe, Chesapeake Bay. February 1s, im. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a light vessel with a rm of num sem, light and fog signal is hereby authorized to be placed on or near the °*}_°fg:"f,Q':,’;, b, shoal known as the Tail of the Horse Shoe, in Chesapeake Bay. rhc••1•¢~ Approved, February 18, 1899.