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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 255, 2.57, 261. 1888. 151 Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to declare f Pg’§’*”S‘*“? in .****3 forfeited all lands sold under said act upon which the purchaser shall ciiiivs. 0 pai m Sim be in default, under existing law, for sixty days after the passage of this act, in payment of any part of the purchase-money, or in the payment of any interest 011 such purchase—money for the eriod of two years previous to the expiration of said sixty days. The Secre- b€IQ°{f{‘“§d leeds *0 tary of the Interior shall thereupon without delay cause all such land. `0 ( a auch0n' together with all tracts of land embraced in said act not heretofore sold, to be sold by public auction, after due notice, to the highest bidder over and above the original appraisal thereof, upon the terms of payment authorized in said act. And the proceeds of all such P'°°°°dS· sales shall be covered into the Treasury, to be disposed of for the sole use of said Omaha tribe of Indians, in such manner as shall be hereafter determined by law. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of Mfgggaltg dW¢>¤1¤¤‘¤ the Omaha tribe of Indians, expressed in such manner as he may mmm. n mn ASW determine, be. and he hereby is, authorized to set apart, from the unallotted and unassigned lands of said Omaha Indians, in the State. of Nebraska, 11ot to exceed five acres of land, for the use a11d occupancy of the Woman’s National Indian Association, to be used by the said association for missionary and educational ourposes among the Indians; and the use and occupancy of the landl so set apart to inure to said association and its successors so long as the same is used for the purposes herein specified. Approved, May 15, 1888. CHAP. 25'I.—A.11 act relating to the anchorage of vessels in the port of New York. May 16, 1888. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un Ned States of Ame*rica· in Congress assembled, That the Secretary :<e¤· York umm. of the Treasury is authorized, empowered, and directed to define 311(1 establish an anchorage ground for vessels in the bay and harbor of A¤¤¤·>*¤z¤sr<>¤¤dS· New York, and in the Hudson and East Rivers, to adopt suitable rules and regulations Ill I‘€l3·iiO11 il1€I‘GtO, and to take al necessary Rctmlaricris. measures for the proper enforcement of such rules a11d regulations. * Sec. 2. That in the event of the violation of any such rules or regu- in}j—;g1*g(§g‘ f¤¤‘ vi·>1¤¤- 'lations by the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel. such " ` owner, master, or person in charge of such vessel shall be liable to zi enaltv of one hundred dollars, and the said vessel may be holden For the payment of such penalty, and may be seized ant proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same many United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be. and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. _ _ Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect immediately. Errecr. Approved, May 16, 1888. QKAP. 261.-An act to provide for holding the circuit and district courts of the Ma? ¥T· 18**% United States at Martinsburgh, in the district of \Vest Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenfahres of the [fmml States (y`Ameriea in Congress assembled, That, 111 addition to )y£\·i§g1¤mm t the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States, new M_,,E`,,,,,,,{{,€,§° “ held in the district of West Virginia. there shall be held. in each yea;-, E g- one term of each of said courts. at Blartinsburgh. in said district, on ""`‘ ‘ ‘ the first Tuesday in August. Approved, May 17, 1888.