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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SEss. III. Gus. 63, 64. 1895. 645 CHAP. 63.-An Act Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ F¤br¤¤y8. 1805. Home in the District of Columbia to sell certain property knownas the "Asy1um "";'_— " lot," on Pascagoula Bay, 1fissinsippi. · Ba if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United - State: of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Commis- nyiumioetuirs. sinners of the Soldiers’ Home be, and they are hereby, authorized to Sm “‘"“°"’""· sell the property belonging to the Soldiers Home situated on Pas<·a— goula Bay, Mississippi, and known as the “Asylum lot." Szc. 2. That said property shall be sold on the premises, and to the Ammon me highest and best bidder, on a day to be Exed by the Board of Commissioners, after they shall have advertised the time, terms, and place of sale for thirty days in two or more papers published in the vicinity of the property: Provided, That the Commissioners shall be, and hereby am, authorized to withdraw said property, after it shall have been mV3f:'.?"'" f""' ofered, on the day of sale, if a satisfactory bid shall not be received, and to readvertise from time to time as may be necessary said property for sale as above designated should there be a failure of sale from any cause. · · Sm:. 3. That the said Board of Commissioners shall sell said prop- T¤¤¤¤ ·>f••1•- uri; for cash in hand, and that an immediate payment of five hundred dollars shall be made by the purchaser at said sale, to be deducted hom the cash payment to be made by him on delivery of the deed, from which sum all the expenses of the sale shall be deducted in case said purchaser fails to comply with the full terms of the sale within thirty days from its date, the balance, if any, to be returned to the person making such payment; and when the purchase money shall DM- have been paid to said Board of Commissioners they are directed to make to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for said property; and when said deed shall have been made and properly acknowledged the United States shall be divested of the title to said property, and the purchaser shall be invested with the full title to the same. Approved, February 8, 1895. CHAP. 64.-—A¤ Act To regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their con- 1'ebr¤•x·y8.18¤5. ueeting and tributary waters. ""t"‘?— Be it enacted by the {Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United State: of America in Congress assembled, That the tbllowing rules for gr•;¤¢I·•k¤•. ngeé] preventing collisions shall be followed in the navigation of all public u,i,`},fP'°"°'°" ' and private vessels of the United States upon the Great Lakes and their V°*· 2*- 1>· °¤°· connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal. Suzan mn Snr. VESSELS. uitnm mu ··nv•·- RULE 1. Every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam, D¤¤¤*’·*¤¤· shall be considered a sail vessel; and every steam vess al which is under ’ steam, whether under sail or not, shall be considered a steam vessel. The word steam vessel shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is under way within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor or made fast to the shore or aground. LIGHTS. mgm;. RULE 2. The lights mentioned in the following rules and no others Tim r¤<1¤i¤d- shall be carried in all weathers from sunset to sunrise. The word visible in these rules when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. RULE 3. Except in the cases hereinafter expressly provided for, :1 $******1* "°¤¤°l¤- steam vessel when under way shall carry: · (a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, F¤rw¤r¤1is¤¥~ then in the forepart of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less