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1156 February 8, 1929, [H .R .7200.] [Public, No . 710 .] Criminal Code . Vol . 35, p. 1150, amen ded . Pugilistic encounters, Hawaii and Alaska . Provisi ons allo wing . February 8, 1929 . [11. R.141511 [Public, No. 711 .] Coast Guard . Station authorized on Pacific coast, near mo ut h of Quillay ute River, Wash . Sum authorized for . February 9, 1929.

[S. 5110.] [Public, No . 712 .] Public lands . Patents authorized of designated ent ries . Charles G . Jewett. Desert-land entry . Edwin T . Pfister. Stock-raising home- ste ads . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II . CHs . 162-165 . 1929 . interests of the United States, and to convey such property to the purch aser t hereof by th e usua l quit -claim deed, the pr oceeds of su ch sale to be deposited in the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. Approved, February 8, 1929 . CHAP . 163.-An Act To amend section 321 of the Penal Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 321 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," approved March 4, 1909, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence "Nothing in this section or in the preceding section shall be held to prohibit any pugilistic encounter in the Territory of Hawaii or the Territory of Alaska, in conformity with the laws of the respec- tive Territories, if (1) the contestants use gloves not less than five ounces each in weight, (2) such encounter is not held on Sunday and does not consist of more than ten rounds of a duration of more than three minutes each with an interval of one minute between each round and the succeeding round, and (3) each contestant is over eighteen years of age and, one hour prior to such encounter, has been examined by a licensed physician, who shall certify in wri ting to t he re feree of such encou nter that such cont esta nt is physically fit to engage therein ." Approved, February 8, 1929 . CHAP . 164 .-An Act To provide for establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near the mouth of the Quillayute River in the State of Washington . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a Coast Guard station on the Pacific coast at or in the vicinity of the mouth of the Quillayute River, in either Clallam or Jefferson County, State of Washington, in such locality as the commandant of the Coast Guard may recommend, and the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated for this purpose. Approved, February 8, 1929 . CHAP . 165 .-An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue patents upon the entries hereinafter named upon which proof compliance with law has been filed, upon the payment of all moneys due thereon Desert-land entry, Evanston, Wyoming, numbered 07863, made by Charles G . Jewett on January 5, 1922, for the east half of the south- west quarter and north half of the southeast quarter, section 26, township 34 north, range 114 west, sixth principal meridian . Stock-raising homestead en tries, Cheyenne, Wyoming, numbered 035367, 039066, and 042059, made by Edwin T . Pfister for the north- east quarter of the southeast quarter, section 34, and north half and north half of the south half, sectio n 35, t ownshi p 38 n orth, and lo t