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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 1135, 1239-40. 1890. 561 CHAP. 1135.-An act to rovid' Oteri, junior, Of New Orleaup L0ui;i:pmAmer1can register for the steamer Joseph September 30, 1g9g_ Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- _ Miosepn oxen, junsioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the ‘°"” ` foreign-built steamer, Joseph Oteri, junior, of New Orleans, Louis- register 1ana,(purchased and wholly owned by American citizens, and re- §rufii¤isa,ItiL,f°r°*g°' paire by them, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, Inspection, em. authorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-vessel, steam—b0iler, steam-pi s, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted tfig proper and usual certincate issued to steam-vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam- ipes, and a urtenances were not constructed pursuant to the iaws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests to be applied to the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances will be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save the fact that said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate, if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and safety. Approved, September 30, 1890. CHAP. 1239.-—-An act to open abandoned military reservations in the State of O°”°b°*` I- 1890- Nevada to homestead entry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the agri- Kvbgggmds. __ cultural lands embraced within the military reservations in the State mei-vaiitiigdalriiirgii of Nevada which have been placed under the control of the Secre- ggéaggggg 0¤I;>]y¤¤¤¤¢· tary of the Interior for disposition be disposed of under the home- ` stead laws, and not otherwise. Approved, October 1, 1890. CHAP. 1240.-An act to provide for the disposal of the Old Fort Lyon and Fort Ocmber 1, 1890. Lyon and Pagosa Springs military reservations, in the State of Colorado, to act- ;""""""" mal settlers, under the provisions of the homestead laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoizise of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands Public mms. embraced in the former military reservation known as Fort Lyon Lands 0, Om Fm and the former military reservation known as Old Fort Lyon, in the {,·{§gé“Fg¤r{£y¤¤;eg§g State of Colorado, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be venous, gpeilised m subject to disposal, to actual settlers thereon, as lands held at the "‘g€‘g§‘§;°)i})j§?_g’d°’g}{5 minimum price, according to the provisions of the homestead laws Fm Lyon. only; Provided, That section numbered four, in township numbered Proviso. - twenty-three, range numbered fifty-one, shall not be su ject to the Limimions. provisions of this act, and it is hereby exempted from the same. Sec. 2. That the lands embraced in the former military reserva- ragosa Springs. tion known as Pa osa Springs military reservation, lying partly in townships thirty-Svc and thirty-six, ranges one and two west of the New Mexico meridian, containing twenty-two thousand four hundred and seventy-one and seventy-seven one-hundredths acres, in the State of Colorado, shall, from and after the passage of this act, srar L——voL xxvx-—-36