644 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 174, 178. 1909. mf;§3;’°-““·P-”’· the officer issuing the same, after the exlpzration of six months and sm, p.·416. within three years from the date of such bursing officer’s check,_to issue a duplicate thereof upon the execution of such bond to indemnify the United States as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: E “_ Provided, That when such original disbursing officer’s chec ·does not mm exceed in amount the sum of fifty dollars the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize the issuance of a duplicate at any time after the expiration of thirty days and within three years from the date of such dis-
- ’°°“{8 °b°°” "“" bursing officer’s check: Provided further, That whenever any original
Ismnde or <1¤p¤· check or warrant of the Post-Oilice Department has been lost, stolen, °'°°" or destroyed the Postmaster-General may authorize the issuance of a duplicate thereof, at any time within three years from the date of such ori `nal check or warrant, upon the execution by the owner thereof of such bond of indemnity as the Postmaster-General may prescribe: s¤;¤1_ amount to And pro·videdfurt/wr, hat when such original check or warrant does °°°”°" °°°‘ not exceed in amount the sum of fifty dollars and the payee or owner i at the date of the application, an officer or employee in the service osf the Post-Otlice Department, whether by contract, designation, or appointment, the Postmaster·General may in lieu of an indemnity bond, authorize the issuance of a dupgcate check or warrant upon suc an athdavit as he mayfprescribe, $0 b made before any postmaster by the ec or owner o an o'ua c ec or warrant. °mD;;¤= of i¤¤¤*¤8 "Sgv. 3647. In case therihisbursing officer or agent b whom such n. s.. m. sm, p. lost, destroyed, or stolen original chec was issued IS deady or no longer m· m in the service of the United States it shall be the duty of the proper . accounting officer, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to state an account in favor of the owner of such original check for the amount thereof and to char such amount ,£’°g£°é,mn to the account of such officer or agent: B·0oz`ded, That in case a check drawn by any officer or agent of the Post-Office Department is lost, stolen, or destroyed a duplicate thereof may be issued under regulations prescribed b the Postmaster-General, as set forth in section thirty-six hundredv and forty-six." Approved, February 23, 1909. Feb 24,1909. OHAP. 178.-An Act To ro ide for the rantin an ' [$1%] Colorado desert lands within the former Ute Ihdiau ldesertiraliildiirihliegiitiloéltlhitegbute of Public, No. 1:5.] Q01 M · Be it enacted the Senate and Hmwigf Representatives of the United 1,,,.2,, $3,,,,,; in fo,. States of America in Urmgrexs uaaembl , That the provision of section g;;`}:: 3% four of "An Act making appropriation for sundry civil expenses of v¤1.zs,p.42a the Government for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes,” approved August VOM, PAM eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the amendments vo1. mf p. ms. thereof, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and March third, nineteen hundred and one, respectively, be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the desert lands within the limits of all that portion of the former Ute Indian Reservation, not 1ncluded in any national forest, in the State of Colorado, described and embraced in the Act entitled "An Act relatin to lands in Colorado lately occupied by the Uncomlpahgre and Ulfhite River Ute Tl1d1E11S,,, approved July twenty-eight , eighteen hundred and eighty- @*23 p. 173 two: Preceded, That before a patent shall issue for any of the Tands ri-me pér we aforesaid under the terms of the Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and amendments thereto, the State of Colorado shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the provisions of section v,,;_m,,_my_ three of the Act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to accept and ratify the agreements submitted by
