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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 335-337. 1896. 253 value of said plants and the cost of such extensions or enlargement of plants: And providedfarther, That the Wasliington Gaslight Company tig;:;;:*¤i¤¤ of ¤¤¤- is hereby authorized to issue such additional amount of capital stock ‘ as will provide for the conversion into such stock of its outstanding certificates of indebtedness, which conversion of said certificates is hereby authorized to an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal A¤¤°¤•*¤¤·¤*>· Bwthis Act. Approved, June 6, 1896. CHAP. 336.-An Act Granting the Flagstaff and Canyon Railroad Company right J¤¤¤ °·1896· (A1; ggyafor railroad purposes through the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in northern ii; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Flagstaff and Can- Flnlgzltnf mv Canyon Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under the {§" g,,,,'l{§d“°,,°‘{,’{"§, laws of Arizona Territory,is authorized to construct and maintain a gw $$6 gzngn railroad over and through the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve (h81‘8t0- `W2v,p.f¤i?4. ` fore reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation by Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by proclamation of date the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-three), said railroad to enter the said Grand Canyon Forest Y-<>¤¤¤<>¤· Reserve at or near Moqni Station, Coconino County, Arizona, and to run thence by the most practicable route toa point at or near Cameron Ranch, near the Grand Canyon of the Colorado; said right of way to be granted subject to the rights, privileges, rules, and restrictions of an Privi1•¤ges,¤w. Act entitled “An Act granting to railroads the right of way through V°U8·P·*82- the public lands of the United States/’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, said Act being hereby made applicable to the right of way hereby granted: Provided, That no timber shall be mm. cut by said railway company for any purpose outside of the rights of ““"’°’· way herein granted. ' Approved, June 6, 1896. CHAP. 337.-—An Act Defining cheese, and also imposing a tax upon and regu- June 6, 1898. lating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of " filled cheese/’ ····?—····· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of this f)gg¤·l Q¤¤¤¤¤-_h Act, the word **cheese" shall be understood to mean the food product m"°"°f ° °°”°' known as cheese, and which is made from milk or cream and without the addition of butter, or any animal, vegetable, or other oils or fats foreign to such milk or cream, with or without additional coloring matter. Sec. 2. That for the purposes of this Act certain substances and com- _,,}Qj_'§‘*‘*°“ °*` **“°“ pounds shall be known and designated as " iilled cheese," namely: All ` substances made of n1ilk_or skimmed milk, with the admixture of butter, animal oils or fats, vegetable or any other oils, or compounds foreign to such milk, and made in imitation or semblance of cheese. _ Sec. 3. That special taxes are imposed as follows; SP°°*¤’*¤¤°·· Manufacturers of filled cheese shall pay four hundred dollars for each M*¤¤*`°°*¤*¤*¤- and every factory per annum. Every person, firm, or corporation who manufactures filled cheese for sale shall be deemed a manufacturer of filled cheese. Wholesale dealers in filled cheese shall pay two hundred W"°*°°“‘° '1°“‘°’”· and fifty dollars per annum. Every person, firm, or corporation who sells or offers for sale filled cheese in the original manufacturer’s packages for resale, or to retail dealers as hereinafter defined, shall be deemed a wholesale dealer in filled cheese. But any manufacturer of filled cheese who has given the required bond and paid the required