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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cas. `90-92, 108. 1900. 5-1 "Any person who shall make or subscribe to any oath or affirmation Pguauy mr mise authorized ID this title and knowing the same to be false shall be deemed °‘" ‘ guilty of perjury. · " very licensed master, mate, pilot, or engineer who shall change, —f¤r glyerins certifiby addition, interpolation, or erasure of any kind, an certificate or °“°8° ““"°°“”‘ license issued by any inspector or inspectors referredy to in this title shall, for every such offense, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred do lars or by imprisonment at hard labor for a term not exceeding three years. " Sec. 2. That this Act shall. take effect immediately. num. Approved, March 23, 1900. CHAP. 91.-—An Act Appropriating, for the benefit and government of Porto March 24,1900. Rico, revenues collected on 1m rtations therefrom since its evacuation by Spain, ·····———· and revenues hereafter collectedpgn such importations under existing law. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd .H0us;gf Representatives of the United States of America in Oongness assembl , That the sum of two million rom mee. and ninety-five thousand four hundred and fifty-five dollars and eighty- ,,v°§'§S,{§{’§°f§,°§'x‘§,‘§i‘,§§ ei ght. cents, being the amount of customs revenue received on importa- 8°"°*'¤m°¤*· °°°· · tions lg the United States from Porto Rico since the evacuation of Porto ico by the Spani h forces on the eighteenth of O0l}0b61‘, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to the first ofganuary, nineteen hundred, together with any further customs revenue collected on importations from Porto Rico since the first of January, nineteen hundred, or that shall hereafter be collected under existing law, shall be placed at the disposal of the President, to be used for the government now existing an which may hereafter be established in Porto Rico, and for the ai and relief of the people thereof, and for public education, public works, and other governmental and public purposes therein until otherwise provided by law; and the revenues herein referred to, already collected and to be collected under existing law, are hereby appropriated for the purposes herein specified, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate . A “ Approved, March 24, 1900. CHAP. 92.-—An Act To provide for necessary repairs to the steamer Thetis, for March 24,1900· service as a revenue cutter. » """*_"""‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and 1%ase of Representatives of the United States 0_fAmericain Oengress assembled, That the sum of fifty thou- Steamer ···rms.·· sand do lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- ,,£‘.l,Ei,‘§’,'§",§}‘* f§§§.$§g priated and made immediately available, for the purposes of repairing ¤¤'·¤°*i¤°d- and equipping the steamer Thetis for service as a vessel of the Revenue- Cutter Service. ‘ Approved, March 24, 1900. CHAP. 108.-An Act To extendthe time for the completion of the incline railway umn 2e, 1900. on West Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation. ··········*"*" Be it enacted by the Senate and House eg` Representatnies of the United States of America in Cbnyress assemble , That the time for the com- Tixgetfxwnged for gletion of an incline rai way upon the West Mountain of the Hot $,?,m€v°Z,s{’giiZu¤`;`Lf¤°: prings Reservation, as provided- by Act of Congress approved Decem~ §g,§_SP'*“$" R°“°"“‘ ber twenty-iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is ereby extended Vo1.2S. p. 22.