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394 F1FTY-s11coND oouomss. sms. 1. mas. 4.7. issz. February 26,1m. [No. Joint resolption to regulate licenses to proprietors of theaters in the { c1ty of ashmgton, District of Co umbia, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States '1?1w=~¢¤r¤. Dimivt of America, in Congress assembled, That all licenses issued by the Com- °f;%Zl§,`::,°`t0 mi. missiouers of the District of Columbia to proprietors of theaters or other xgyeggpvggm public places of amusement in the city of Washmgmu, District of Coltions umbia, and now in force, be and the same are hereby terminated, uu- I"f"'· less the persons holding such licenses shall within ten days after due notice comply with such regulations as may be prescribed for the

 ·  public safety by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

mf,{","§;§$j§'l§§;$£Q? Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are ¤¤¤ of 1iV<·>¤·¤f¢- hereby authorized and empowered to make and enforce all such reasonable aud usual police regulations in addition to those already made under the act of January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty- V°’· ”‘·P·3°°· seven, as they may deem necessary for the protection of lives, limbs, health, comfort and quiet of all persons and the protection of all property within the District of Columbia. Approved, February 26, 1892. March 24, 1892. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exhibit certain ———···—···· documents at the W0r1d’s Columbian Exposition. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U niied States of America in Congress assembled, That that the Librarian of I]£_*g::¥*;§ ;*°¤;£{°*];*é Congress be, and he hereby is, authorized to exhibit at the Wor1d’s exhibiteii at.WVorldQs Columbian Exposition such books, papers, documents, and other artiggi} “"""““ E’P°“" cles from the Library of Congress as may relate to Christopher Columbus and the discovery and early history of America. Approved, March 24, 1892. O April 6, 1892. [No. 6.] Joint resolution coustruiug article four of the agreement with the Citizen ··—·······—··— Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere. Preamble- Whereas the provisions of the articles of agreement by and between ' the United States and the Citizen Band of Pobtawatomie Indians, residing in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere, ratified by Congress March 3, 1891, requires that large sums of money be paid to them in said tract of gouutry which is construed to mean said Territory of Oklahoma; an VVhereas many members of said band of Indians reside in Kansas who through age, poverty, and sickness suffer great hardships by being compelled to go to said Territory to receive their payments: Thereiore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

   States of America in Congress assembled, That article four of said agreewgjf;:§_"I§·5Q;k5°*“‘ ment be, and the same is hereby, construed so as to authorize the Sec-

1-nyniem suny be retary of the Interior in his discretiontodirect the proper officers of the Q3? "’ "‘°‘“ "‘ K"` Department of the Interior to make the payments, as they fall due, to V¤L26,p·10i8· the members of said band residing in Kansas at some point: in their origiéml resergafioh in said State as will accommodate the greatest num er of said m ians. ' Approved, April 6, 1892. April 6, 1892. [No. 7.] Joint Resolution ameudin% the "Joiut Resolutions to re date licenses to $***1 proprietors of theatres in the City of \ Washington, District of Columiia., and for other purposes " approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rum"; mmm States of America i n Congress assembled That the Commissioners of the of Columbia. · · - · ’. District ot Columbia are hereby authorized to extend, for a. reasonable