FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. CHS. 179-182. 1902. 63 CHAP. 179.-·An Act Authorizing the President of the United States to nominate M¤f¤h 11. 190*2- Lieutenant-Commander R. M. G. Brown, now on the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and H02t8e 0 f Rqnesentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby RL,ff“g §,‘jfQ,',f°“°°’ authorized to nominate to the Senate Lieutenant-Commander R. M. G. New be appointed Brown, now on the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list. gg?-`§{°f?g€r °° ""Y Approved, March 11, 1902. CHAP. 180.-An Act Providing for the commutation for town-site purposes of Marcb11,1902. homestead entries in certain portions of Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House §fR¢yn·esentatives of the United States of America in Cbngress assemble , That that portion of section ‘}§,jf,’;’mQ,§;,fim{)Y· twenty-two of the Act approved May second, eighteen hundred and wm¤1m,em.,r¤m.,¤’§ ninety, entitled "An Act to rovide a temporary government for the {’§’$§’,§,,t§{,§°‘§$'§§f‘°°“ Territory of Oklahoma, to enislrge the jurisdiction of the United States V°l· 2*% P- 91- court in the Indian Territory, and for other urposes," providing for the commutation for town-site purposes of homestead entries in certain instances, be, and the same is hereby, made a plicable to the lands in the Territory of Oklahoma ceded to the Ulinted States by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians and the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache tribes of Indians, under agreements, res ectivel , ratined by the Acts of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety- {’,§{j§·,{{·§§’é· five, and June sixth, nineteen hundred. ’ Approved, March 11, 1902. CHAP. 181 .-An Act To amend section three of chapter four hundred and eighty, M"°h 11* 1*2* of the laws of the United States, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and [Public, No. as.] seventy-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the Un {ted States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of chapter lmgggggglmggg four hundred and eighty, of the laws of the United States, approved iigérrcnnipniy. June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be, and the °1‘ 18* *" M same is hereby, amen ed so that it shall read as follows: mm hom M lm “S1·:o. 3. That a laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the ontmg- emmgte. Washington Gaslight Company, sweet to the approval of the inspector, in the central part of the city of ashington, at a distance as near as may be of two thousand feet from any gas works, and furnished with suitable apparatus for the transaction of the business of the inspector and assistant inspector, for which it is intended; and the laboratory shall be kept open on all business days between the hours of nine _ o’clock in the forenoon and four o’clock in the afternoon: Provided, P"'"""" That the cost of fitting up said laboratory shall be paid for by each Exp°""°s‘ gas company in the District of Columbia in proportion to their sale of gas for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three.” Approved, March 11, 1902. CHAP. 182.-An Act To amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of M'"°h 1*-190* the Revised Statutes of the United States. {rubric_ xc, 39,] Be it enacted by the Semte and [base of Rqwesentatives of the United States ofAmw·zba in Lbngress assembled, That section twenty-two hun- £[*g**§€§gj,1;i_p_m_ dred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, mended.` ‘ and the same is hereby, amended so as to_read as follows; J d_ _ 1 m W "Sec. 229-1. That hereafter all aihdawts, proofs, and oaths of any f,,,f.,‘,$§{§‘m°,¤'§§'§,q,,_ kind whatsoever required to be made by applicants and entrymen under ¤**=·· mY N ******1**-
