582 FORTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 247-249. 1873· March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCXLVH. —- An Act providing for the Payment to the Gone:-mnent of Japan the `_"`°_`“' Sum due an Account of Rents for Lands and Buildings occupied by the diplomatic and consular Representatives of the United States to Japan, and for other Purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, g‘;*Q’;';§‘:' §a°;°“ and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the government of Japan, through used by me ’ its resident diplomatic representative in the United States, out of any U¤lP€$i Sims moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, any sum not exceeding for ·l°‘11s’ &°‘ six thousand dollars, which may be found to be due to the government of Japan by that of the United States, on aiecourét of renltls for land; orthuildé ings occupied for hospital purposes, ja ,an court- ouse y e nite States in Ja an. Buildings for Sec. 2. ’1?hat the Secretary of State through the minister resident at F°};"*'h°“S°_“¤d Japan be, and he is hereby, authorized to rent furnish and keep suitable W at Jed°’ buildings with grounds appurtenant in Jedo or such other place as he may designate for a courthouse and jail at an annual cost not exceeding five tv b¤ rwfvd for thousand dollars : Provided, That the period for which the said buildings gggggfs °f "'° ghall be rented shallmhle (ger two years with renewals for two years as the ecretar o tate s · etermine. L,,,, library go, Seo. That a further sum, not to exceed two thousand five hundred l<>g¤¤i¤¤i¤ ·l¤x>¤¤- dollars be, and the same is hereby, also appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of a suitable law·library for the use of said legation in Japan, the selection of such library to be made by the Secretary of State. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. arch 3, 1873. .VI I. ——An Act au!/mrizin the Secmtur 0 War tc urnzhh a du icate "g"""""""" CHAP LGXL Cgrtyicate ofDischazye where the sazneyhdé been los`; pl Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _Duplicate ger- States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever satisfactory $5;*;; gg? proof shall be furnished to the War Department that any 11on—c0mmis-
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APPROVED, March 3, 1873. 3 . . l .—- t to ro·i e1` ' March ,1873 CHAP CCYLIX An Ac duff); is éczjetlznéljstadzshnzent of a mzlztary Przson, mmm, prison StBa it enacted the Senate and blouse of Representatives of the United esmbhsmd at axes of America, m Congress assembled, l` hat there shall be estab- Rock island; lished at Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, a prison for the confinement and reformation of offenders against the rules, regulations and laws for who mu be the government of the army of the United States, in vrhich shall be , · · I ¤··¤“m **im‘*·· §Z$Zf§Llt§°'élF§£;3“§`ii°`5¥¥§IZ5ZZ aL£$i3f$d“EZf§Z”°§S§dc£Hi,fE§{“ES militar commission in the United States, and sentenced accordin to law Board m adopt to imphsonment therein. g plan im building Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War shall organize a board of five mem- {:;5*§;si.Egg:€f‘ bers, to consist of three officers of the army and two persons from civil m,,,m,,_ of pm, life, who shall adopt a plan for the building of such prison, and who shall cum. frame regulations for the government of the prisoners, in accordance with
