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FIFTYQFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHs. 294, 295. 1898. 405 CHAP. 294.—Au Act To provide for a volunteer brigade of engineers and an May l1,1SL`8. additional force of ten thousand enlisted men specially accustomed to tropical ’—&*——— climates. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati·vcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the volun· g<{{}·¤’¤s<·r_Ar¤¤;- _ teer forces provided for by the Act of April twenty-second, eighteen g»¤12°$FLTgi€Z¤Y;.br" hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide for temporarily j§"j*’·P· increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of °S’p'. war, and for other purposes," the President may authorize the Secretary of War to organize, under the terms and conditions of the aforesaid Aet, a volunteer brigadeof engineers from the nation at large, to consist of not more than three regiments and not more than three thousand five hundred men, possessing the special qualifications necessary for engineer troops, under such rules and regulations, including the appointment of the officers thereof) as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That not to exceed three officers of the Corps €;·»·>j»¤v· _ of Engineers of the Regular Army may hold volunteer commissions in cm ¥E$it,A""y °"" any one regiment of the volunteer brigade of engineers at the same time: And prmyided further, That all officers shall be appointed by the cG~;vP¤*¤¤*¤··¤¤¢¤f¤¤— President and with the consent of the Senate. ` Sec. 2. And the President is further empowered, during the present fog;§;fu*,f;_j{gQr0°' war, under the Act of April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and mi asm6s. F ninety-eight, to authorize the Secretary of War to organize an additional volunteer force of not exceeding ten thousand enlisted men possessing immunity from diseases incident to tropical climates; the officers thereof to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 3. The provisions of the Act of April twenty-second, eighteen APP·¤**°¤¤¤¤*· hundred and ninety-eight, which provide that volunteers called out by ' proclamation of the President shall be apportioned to the several States, _ and the provisions of said Act which provide that the Governors of the A1>1·<>i¤¤¤¤¤¤ of M5- States shall appoint officers shall not apply to this Act. °°”° Approved, May 11, 1898. ` CHAP. 295.-An Act To amend section live of an Act entitled ‘·‘Au Act to punish May 11.1898- the carrying or selling of deadly or dangerous wealpous within the District ofpolumbin, Y"; and for other purposes, " approved July thirteeut , eighteen hundred and mnety-two. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress aosembled, That section five of the Act DistrietofC0lumbin. approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled c,,f;;'$¥f_§,{‘,,,§‘,$`,_°°“' "An Act to punish the carrying or selling of deadly or dangerous WL 2"·1•· 117- weapons within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to read as follows: “SEO. 5. That any person or persons who shall, within the District of ——i>¤;¤i¤1¤¤¤¤¤¢ f<·r ¤==¤¤ Columbia, sell, barter, hire, lend, or give to any person under the age t°°””°”` of twenty-one years, any such weapon as hereinbetbre described shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, _ pay a iine of not more than one hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned in the jail of the District of Columbia not more than three months. N 0 person shall engage in or conduct the business of the kind herein- degfjfgg §;j;j‘fmf°" before named without having previously obtained from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a special license authorizing the conduct of such business by such person; and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to grant such license, without fee therefor, upon the tiling with them by the applicant therefor of a bond with sureties, to be by them approved, conditioned in such penal sum as they shall fix, to the United States for the compliance by said applicant with all the provisions of this section; and upon any breach or breaches of said condition said bond shall be put in suit by said United States ior its benetit, and said Commissioners may revoke said license.