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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. II. CHS. 198, 199. 1894. 223 and necessary outbuildings: Provided, That such lease or leases shall P*¤¤*•¢>*· , , , not include any of the geysers or other objects of curiosity or interest exlgmifii °°"°°m°° in said park, or exclude the public from free and convenient approach thereto or include any ground within one-eighth of a mile of any of the geysers or the Yellowstone Falls, the Grand Canyon, or the Yellowstone River, Mammoth Hot Springs, or any object of curiosity in the park: And provided further, That such leases shall not convey, either rnviieges gums. expressively or by implication, any exclusive privilege within the park except upon the premises held thereunder and for the time therein granted. Every lease hereafter made for any property in said park shall require the lessee to observe and obey each and every provision in any Act of Congress, and every rule, order, or regulation made, or which may hereafter be made and published by the Secretary of the Interior concerning the use, care, management, or government of the park, or any object or property therein, under penalty of forfeiture of such lease, and every such lease shall be subject to the right of revocation and forfeiture, which shall therein be reserved by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That persons or corporations Newlmes to mee now holding leases of ground in the park may, upon the surrender °"° b°m°"' thereof, be granted new leases hereunder, and upon the terms and stipulations contained in their present leases, with such modifications, restrictions, and reservations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. This act, however, is not to be construed as mandatory upon the Sec- méy“_f}*f,{§{,gf,l$,f,f,’°· retary of the Interior, but the authority herein given is to be exercised ` in his sound discretion. That so much of that portion of the Act of March third, eighteen gepealhundred and eighty-three, relating to the Yellowstone Park as conilicts ° '2°"'°2°‘ with this Act be, and the same is hereby, repealed. _ Approved, August 3, 1894. f C(¥AP. 199.-—An Act For the disposal of the accretious of the Virginius indemnity A“g"°t 3* 189* lll]. . Whereas the Secretary of State holds, “ subject to such disposition Preambleas Congress may direct," an amount of money received by him as interest and premiums on the bonds in which the so-called Virginius indemnity wa invested, as required by section thirty-six hundred and fifty- R-S-·—<r·»3°5°· v-71* nine of the Revised Statutes, pending the presentation, proof, and adjudication of the claims thereto; and Whereas it appears that further interest has accrued, and is accruing, in respect of such money: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ _ States tf America in Congress assembled, That the said sum, being the ,,,i,‘i"g""“° "“‘°‘“‘ earnings of a fund which was paid to the United States in trust for the _ _ _ purpose of relief of the families of those of the ship’s company and of crf_QgQ‘;g;‘r§s°§0,ffm“j; such of the passengers as were citizens of the United States who were rmi m smneames. executed, and to aiford compensation to such of the ship’s company and to such passengers as in like manner were citizens of the United States who were detained and sutiered loss in Cuba, excluding from any participation therein all individuals indemnified as British subjects, IS the property of the beneficiaries of said original fund, and the Secretary of State is hereby directed to distribute the same, together with all accretions thereof, accrued and which may accrue, among those persons who have already substantiated their right to participate in said fund, thenheirs or legal representatives, under and by virtue of Executive orders heretofore issued and published. Approved, August 3, 1894. `