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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 17-20. 1896. 703 by striking out the word “three” and inserting the word "nve,” and inserting the words “or its legal successor, the Duluth, Superior and Western Railroad Con1pany," so that the bill will read: "SEo. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said Time ¤¤¤¤¤¤<l f¤r company or its legal successor, the Duluth, Superior and Western iiiilnitrsligzliigi gh Railroad Company, unless the road shall be constructed through the g,‘;’“:'u” R**l'°°° said reservations within live years after the passage of this Act." P y' Approved, February 23, 1897. [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Admitting free of duty needlework and similar articles February 24, 1897. imported by New York Association of Sewing Schools for exhibition purposes. Lv? Whereas the New York Association of Sewing Schools is collecting* *"°’“'“"°· through diplomatic and consular representatives of the United States in Europe, specimens of needlework and similar work done in the public schools of Europe, some of which specimens have already reached this country and are now in customs custody at New York: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles of needlework and §§’,,°,§u§f,',Qf,k‘,-o,. ,,,_ similar articles which have been made by pupils in the schools of *¤i¤>i¤<z¤ byN¤w Fri Europe, which have or shall be imported from Europe for the sole {;,;°§ZY,`£,`{§’_ °f °°" purpose of exhibition by said New York Association of Sewing Schools, shall be admitted {ree of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe for the due exportation thereof at the close of such exhibition. Approved, February 24, 1897. [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the February 24, 1897. mayor of Buffalo tents, in loan, for the convenience of the Grand Army of the —i‘"’;‘ Republic at its annual encampment, to be held this year at that city. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby Rfj,°,{*,§c#’“‘5' °’ “'° authorized, at his discretion, to deliver out of the quartermaster stores than or mm, su., to the order of Mayor Edgar B. Jewett, of the city of Buiialo, for the 2,’§,,,f"‘““‘“ °"°"‘“** use of said city of Buflalo and its committees on the Thirty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Butihlo August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the ibllowin g, namely: Sibley tents, common “A" tents, and flood suiierers’ tents, with poles, ridges, and pins for each, under such restrictions as is usual in such cases and with the proviso that no expense shall be caused the N° °*P°”°'* United States by the delivery and return of such property ; the same to be delivered to the mayor of Butfalo at such time anterior to the event as may be agreed upon between the War Department and the mayor of the city of Buffalo. Approved, February 24, 1897. [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver a con- February 26, 1897. damned cannon to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to —’""_"—"_ be held at Bntialo. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby Rg,€j‘,j';cj*““’ °f "‘° authorized to deliver to the order of Augustus F. Scheu, president of d <¤·>¤;·i5—¤;¤¤·=<1 c;¤{<>¤ the citizens’ committee of the Thirty-first National Encampment of the .,§,'f,“},f,.,,,'{T°" °"` Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo, New York, one dismounted condemned cannon, used in the late civil war, to be used by the said citizens’ committee for the purpose of furnishing memorial