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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 12, 14, 15, 19. 1e94. 599 forfeit and pay a Hue, in the discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the oiiense, of not less than live nor more than fifty dollars, one-half for the use of the park and the other half to the iuformer, to be enforced and recovered before such justice in like manner as debts of like nature are now by law recoverable in the several counties where the offense may be committed. ` Sec. 8. That to enable the Secretary of War to begin to carry out Apprepumou fur the purpose of this Act, including the condemnation or purchase of °“`°““°“‘ the necessary land, marking the boundaries of the park, opening or repairing necessary roads, restoring the field to its condition at the time of the battle, maps and surveys, and the pay and expenses of the commissioners and their assistant, the sum of seventyhve thousand dollars, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and disbursements under this Act shall require the approval of the Secretary of War, and he shall make annual report of the same to Congress. ‘ Approved, December 27, 1894. CHAP. 14.-—An Act To amend section three of an Act to withdraw certain public December 29, 1894. lands from private entry, and for other purposes, approved March second, eighteen ***-1 hundred and eighty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqwresentatives of the United States of America in Oongrees assembled, That section three of the said xufégggjf m Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be amended by sedlers unavoiz by adding thereto the following provision: That if any such settler “ §¥°{‘;°';·8M_ has heretofore forfeited his or her entry for any of said reasons, such ' person shall be permitted to make entry of not to exceed a quarter section on any public land subject to entry under the homestead law, and to perfect title to the same under the same conditions in every respect as if he had not made the former entry. Approved, December 29, 1894. CHAP. 15.-An Act To perfect the title to a quarter section of land in the town December 29, nm. of Yuma, Colorado. *—··’··*‘"""‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ry" America in Oongreas assembled, That the preemption cash entry reuse ierqe. numbered forty-nine hundred and ninety, of George F. Weed, made at WE§§f’§’§,§',$"5§,:; the district land office at Denver, Colorado on the nineteenth of Sep- ¤<·¤¤¤¤·>d· tember, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, for the southeast quarter of section twen ty-two, township two north, of range forty-eight west, which tract embraces the town of Yuma, Colorado, the county seat of Yuma County. Colorado, be, and the same is~hereby, confirmed; and that patent of the United States issue therefor to said Weed. Approved, December 29, 1894. CHAP. 19.-An Act Supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act establishing a January 7,18H. court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved "’L‘;" February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nothing contained in the Act approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be tried in supreme entitled “An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of °°;ff1;¥,‘;;_m_ Columbia, and for other purposes/’ shall be construed to aifect in any `