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590 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 51-53. 1909. hire boats and equipments, and employ such assistance as may be required for the construction and operation of such iish—cultum1 stations at suitable points to be selected by the Secretary of Commerce and Imbor, and the number of such stations to be determined by him, APP’°P"*““°“· and for said purpose the sum of fifty thpusand dollars is hereby A authorized t0\be appropriated. Approved, January 29, 1909. January2s, 1909. GHAP. 52.-—-An Act To amend an Act authorizing the Commissioners of the [S- 202*] District of Columbia to grant to the Veteran Volunteer Firemen’s Association use of

 certain property in the city of Washington, approved March second, eighteen

hundred and ninety-one. . ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repv·esentat2}ves of the United mK;§l°€'I'}¥; X;’;‘j}}z‘f§{ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "Au ¤¤¤,1>.c. _ Act authorizing the Commissioners to grant to the Veteran Volunteer h£f§§_°;,§°,§2, °§€m§ Firemen’s Association use of certain property in the city of Washingmu1§Q°g;°°’h t0u," approved March second, eigénteen hundred and ninety-one, be vox. 2s,' of sea, amended so as to include both the eterau Volunteer Firemen’s Assommgw 0, Om: ciation and the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of g)¤*isgr*;;*;*'{jgg£1{}*ij Columbia in the use of all thqt part of lot eleven , in square numbered _ included. one hundred and forty-one, m the city of Washington, and buildin

   thereon, occupied by a house used formerly as an engine house, ang

D°’°“P°i°"‘ described asfqllowsz Beginning at the northeast corner of said lot and runnin east thirty feet on H street, thence fifty feet south on a. line pamllafto Nineteenth street, thence west thirty feet to Nineteenth street, and thence north fifty feet to the beginning; the same to be used by said associations as a place of meeting and for the storage of their property and belougingsf consisting of fire apparatus, books, maps, pictures, files, souvenirs, mementos, and papers of historicinterest, the same t/0 continue during the pleasure of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Approved, January 29, 1909. F¢¤f¤¤fX}· IM- CHAP. 53.-An Act To provide for refunding stump taxes paid under the Act _-_Lq;kg2L of J unc thirteenth, eighteen hundred and 11inety-eight, upon foreign bills of [PubHc,N0.19'7.] exchange drawn between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eightQ and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, against the value of products or merchandise actually exported to foreign countries and authorizing rebate of duties on anthracite cna} imported into the United States fmm October sixth, nineteen hundred and t.w0, to January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repwzsen tatives of the United mpvi ¤t¤;¤·¢¤ wry States of A.7)2€7”l 0(1 in (}bng¢es·.<* assembled, That the Secretary of the

£€}£¤$ 6:. on rm. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of
{§f""“""’°"°*’““»°““· any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the persons

or corporations who have, prior to Jul first, nineteen hundred and four, duly presented their respective cigims therefor, the sums paid for documentary stamps used on foreign bills of exchange drawn between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Emd June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, against the value of products or merchandise actually exported to foreign countries, such stamps representing taxes which were illegally assessed and collected, said refund to be made whether said stamp taxes were paid under protest or duress or not. Ammaene mu. Than the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized e,§°"°‘°°’ °““°s ""* and directed to make full rebate of all duties imposed by law on