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816 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. sj ·-—s. H. CHS. 615, 616, 619. 1901. F¢1>!‘¤¤¤’ 27-1901- CHAP. 615.-—An Act For the establishment of a subport of entry at Douglas, HH Arizona. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and Ease of Representatives of the United §,’,‘§'§},°·‘g“*§,’:,{;,, 0, States of America in Ocngress assemble , That Douglas, in the district entry- of Arizoizla, 'lgerritory of Arizolqahsligll be estaglisllied ls:. lsubpogt of entry an a eputy co ector s a appointe w o s a resi e at said slab ort of entr and receive such com ensation as the Secretary P Y P of the Treasury may allow. Approved, February 27, 1901. February 27,1901. CHAP. 616.-An Act To coniirm a lease with the Seneca Nation of Indians. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _u§¤g;¤¤¤N¤¤¤¤¤f1¤- States o_fAmerica in Ocngress assemb , That whereas on the eightuaseoriauammie eenth day of November, eighteen hundred and ni_nety-nine, Charles f,’$,,§{,,'}”g °°’“1’““’ Dteénpis, a Seneqa Itndian, lt-iasqd to tIhi;Fr1e Prespiixinlg Comtplnyiuzs a S1 or a manu ac uring an a ce in piece 0 n near V ge of Irving, New York; and) whereas on the twenty-ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the said lease was connrmed, ratitie , and approved by the council of the Seneca Nation of Indians, according to its terms and conditions: Now, therefore, the action of the said Charles Dennis and of said Seneca Nation, by its council, is ratified, connrmed, and approved. Approved, February 27, 1901. February 28. 1901- CHAP. 619.—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell a certain "’_—""H lot in the District of Columbia at pub ic auction. . _ · _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofR’]e€resentatives of the United @,‘jf,?,f,‘f;’}‘,{‘,',’;,’2},*},; States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the autherizedlotglsell lot Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to forthwith 1°’°°°"°offer at gulblic auction, upon suchdtermshas are usual in sales of Beal estate m e by trustees appointe by the supreme court of the isiérict of Coluimbia, all the fighg, iiitkg intetiipst, and qstéaéte if the Unged tates in an to a certain ot 0 an in e city o as 'ngton istrict of Columbia, known upon the plat or plan of said city as 1ot’numbered liieni §n square num ged ongéghousand and forty-one. And u ‘ the u lcompliance of e purc er or purchasers with the terms ofxdgid- sale, toexecute and deliver to such purchaser or Ipurchasers a deed of said lot, conveying the aforesaid interest of the nited States

 °* P*°· therein. And out of the proceeds of such sale the Secretary of the

Payment to J. H. Interior shall pay, or cause to be paid, to John H. Gause and Charles °°‘““°· °“" E. Gause such sum or sums as they, or either of them, have expended, laid out, and become. liable for in the plurchase of such title to the afoiipsalgd lot as ighgy have, including spe (pmounts as they have paid to the istrict o olumbia for genera an special taxes evied upon said lot, the cost of examinations of its title and the cost of attempting to perfect same. And the Secretary of the _Interior shall, out of the proceeds of sale, also play, or cause to be paid, to Charles G. Stott, such sum or sums as e or his predecessors in title have expended, laid out, and become liable for in the purchase of such title to the aforesaid lot as he acquired, including, such amounts as he or his predecessors in the title that he has have paid to the District of Columia for general and special taxes levie upon said lot, the cost of examinations of such title, andthe cost of attempting to perfect same,