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204 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 2560, 2561, 2565, 2566. 1906. Institute of America), and the chairman of the committee on American Archaeology, and of additional members annually chosen by the ` 'members of aihliated societies, as may be provided by the by—la.ws.

  • ’°"°"’~ Sec. 3. That said corporation may make all by-laws, rules, and

regulations not inconsistent with law that may be necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes of its creation; and it may hold real estate and personal property in the United States and any foreign country for the necessary use and urposes of said organization to an PH¤¢i¤•¤<>¤¤¤- . amount not to exceed one million dollars. The principal office of said Ammm m°°m°g& corporation shall be in Washington, in the District of Columbia, and its annual meetings may be held in such places as its by-laws may provide. Approved, May 26, 1906. NW N im CHAP. 2561.—An Act To provide for the disposition of certain property in the ..-JE5?3i__ rmsmry of Hamas. [Public, x.».1ss.] _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatv}ves of the United ggfgal 0, ceded States of America in Oongresc assembled, That all personal and movable pmpmy. prolperty ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of awaii under the joint resolution of annexation a(pproved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, may be sol , leased, or otherwise disposed of in such manner as may be provided by the laws of mtion OHM_ the Territory of Hawaii: ldrovided, That all sales leases, or other dismer sms. posals of such property heretofore made by said Territory, under the P'°°°°dS‘ authority of such laws, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and all moneys or revenues derived from sales or disposals heretofore made, or made under authority of this Act, shall remain the property of said Territory. Approved, May 26, 1906. Mw 2*% 1906- CHAP. 2565.-An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-two of

 the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the carrying of dangerous arti-

[r>nb1ie,Ns.m.] cies on passenger steamers. Be it enacted In; the Senate and [Muse of Repv·esen tatiws of the Fu fied dagzggggjazigyj States of America in Gmgress assembler], That section forty-four hunpassvngcr sceamers dred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is ’”§lT'L?ll°gg,,_ 4472, ,,_ hereby, amended by adding thereto the following provision:

      • ‘· **'“”"d°‘*· Pruvided, however, That nothing in the provisions of this Title shall

2Q3i?;, 0,, ,,,,,,,,, prohibit the transportation by vessels not carrying passengers for hire.

,?j8_°""Y'“¤ P¤¤*"· of gasoline or any of the products of petroleum for use as a source of

motive power for the motor boats or aunches of such vessels. Approved. May 28, 1906. pay gi, CHAP. 2566.-An Act Concerning foreign-built dredge<. [Public, sc. nc.; Be it enacted t/te Senate and [lense offteyzreeezztattvea of the United For eigwbu ,1 t States of America an (bngress aaw»212bZw/, That a foreign-built dredge drgdfysihi n shall not, under penalty of I0l’i€1iZl1l‘€, engage in dredging in the United ,,,_ Z, ,·,,§{,,,°{L,,,‘{§°g States unless documented as g vessel of the United States.

    • g}·;jj;“ m e H { i hg Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized

ee:;i,,e:u;{.;`¤$1da¤d<;¤r and directed to document as vessels of the United States the foreign- ‘ ° " ‘ built dredges Holm, Leviathan, Nereus, and Triton, owned by American citizens and now employed at Galveston, and the dredge Sea Lion. now under construction abroad for use at Galveston, on which an American citizen, the contractor at Galveston, has an option. Approved, May 28, 1906.