624 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 374-376. 1897 . any and all rights of such purchaser or his assigns, in respect of such land, or in respect of the failure of such title, or in respect to the hability of said Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company on any such con— tract, shall survive and may be enforced against such successor company with the same force and cifect and in the same manner as against the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company; and such successor company, upon making compensation for such loss of title or failure to comply with the conditions of any such land contract, shall be subrogated to the rights of such purchaser in respect of the lands for which such Completion of land compensation shall have been made: And provided further, That in case “l°" any uncompleted contracts for the purchase of land shall be pending , at the time of such foreclosure sale, such new company shall, upon pay- ment to it of any unpaid balance of purchase money for such land at the time provided in such contracts for the sale thereof, convey and release to the holders of such contracts all its title, interest, and estate in and to the land embraced in such contracts. s{Q:°,;1:;***°¤“¤d°' Sec. 2. Where the line of such railway is now located within the ` limits of any state, or where such line is now located within a territory which may hereafter become a state, such state or such territory, when it shall become a tate, shall be empowered to require such corporation to become incorporated within such state or states as may be provided by the laws thereoil A¤¤¤¤l¤¤¤*· M Sec. 3. That Congress -shall at all times have the power to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, March 3, 1897. x*°h 3v wm CHAP. 375.-An Act Declarlng the Potomac Flats a public park, under the name 'U"'?"" of the Potomac Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1Io•u¤e`of Representatives of the United b_DMri¤¤ of Colm- States of America in Oomgrees assembled, That the entire area formerly '{·“,,t,,m,,p.,k,,t,b. known as the Potomac Flats and now being reclaimed, together with gzmmhz °*¤¤ the tidal reservoirs, be, and the same are hereby, made and declared a ` public park, under the name of the Potomac Park, and to be forever held and used as a park for the recreation and pleasure of the people. ` Approved, March 3, 1897. M¤*'°h 3• lm- CHAP. 3'I6.—An Act To provide for the representation of the United States by commissioners at any international monetary conference hereafter to be called, and to enable the President to otherwise promote an international agreement. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United t_f;}*g';*,*§;g;*:'{_m°“* States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever after March Appomtmtnt or fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the President of the United }’;’,‘§{“"°‘°”°'”““‘*'°" States shall determine that the United States should be represented at any international conference called by the United States or any other country with a view to securing by international agreement a fixity of relative value between gold and silver as money by means of a common ratio between these metals, with free mintage at such ratio, he is hereby authorized to appoint five or more commissioners to such international °°‘“¥’°""‘“°“· °*°· conference; and for compensation of said commissioners, and for all reasonable expenses connected therewith, to be approved by the Secre- _ tary of State, including the proportion to be paid by the United States
- ”’°"""°"· of the joint expenses of any such conference, the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. Cm ’°' °°¤‘°'°¤“°- Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in the name of the Government of the United States, to call, in his discretion, such international conference, to assemble at such point as may
