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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 7, 9, 10. 1888. 33 CHAP. 'I.—An act to make additional appropriation for the printing of the eulo- F€b¤¤¤·1‘5’ 6, 1888- gies delivered in Congress on the late John A. Logan. UU" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of j*;;‘;(;;“l;*;§j1;‘· to four hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces- print additional copies sary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys °f€,§‘}_°§§f’§,_487_ in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the purlpose of printing portraits for additional copies of the eulogies de ivered in the Congress of the United States upon the late John A. Logan, said portraits to be printed in accordance with "An act to authorize the printing of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John A. Logan," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Approved, February 6, 1888. _ CHAP. 9.-An act to grant an American registerto the foreign-built bark "Nordst- February 15· 1888- ]ernen." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary "N°¤’d¤*5¤¤>¢¤·" · of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue an American re `ster to the foreign-built bark "Nordstjernen," mfyneucagmmlfwr wrecked or disabI;d in or near the waters of the United States and °r°`g”` t 1* towed into a port thereof, said vessel having been condemned and ordered to be sold, and bought by citizens of the United States, by whom said vessel has been repaired at an expense of more than five-sixths of the present cost thereof. Approved, February 15, 1888. CHAP. 10.—An act to punish robbery, burglary, and larceny, in the Indian February l5»I888· Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person msoés ¤r9¤¤ipz.¤~¤c.. hereafter convicted in the United States courts having jurisr iction " mn °"`"°"' over the Indian Territory or parts thereof, of stealing any horse, mare, gelding, iilly, foal, ass or mule, when said theft is committed in the Indian Territory, shall be punished by a line of not more than P“"iS”'“°"°· one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than fifteen years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 2. That any person hereafter convicted of any robbery or ,£<>!>b¢¤’ ami butburglary in the Indian Territory shall be punished by a line of not griimsnmem. exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years, or both, at the discretion of the court; Provided, That this act 1¤»·m·x.m. shall not be so construed as to apply to any offense committed by one o1re¤ses upon in- Indian upon the person or property of another Indian, or so as to re- d”‘“‘S~ ""’· peal any former act in relation to robbing the mails or robbing any person of property belonging to the United States; And provided P‘=`"°“¤€m**’S· farther, That this act shall not affect or apply to any prosecution now pending, or the prosecution of any offense already committed. Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act n. s., sees 21s4»6, are hereby repealed: Provided, however, That all such acts and parts p· of acts shall remain in force for the punishment of all persons who { Trial for prior ofhave heretofore been guilty of the crime of larceny in the Indian em` Territory. Approved, February 15, 1888. STAT L-—VOL XXV—————3