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554 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHs. 231-234. 1908. m£Qg,j;*{gf° Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to detail an experienced surfman from one of the l1fe—saving stations on - the coast of California for duty at the Farallone Islands for a sufficient time to instruct and drill the inhabitants of the islands as to the proper use and care of the life—saving apparatus. Approved, May 30, 1908. ‘ M°Y3°»19°8· CHAP. 232.-—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate The

 Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia."

[Public, No.172] _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t/2e United m£‘““°° °‘ °°]‘““` States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An éxlgfggim Act to incorporate The Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the Dis- Name cimngmf trict of Columbia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and V"]·15* **33** sixty-nine, be amended by striking out the word "Relief" and substituting thereforthe word "Life" in the name of the association, so that as amended it shall read: "The Masonic Mutual Life Association of the District of ()olumbia." Approved, May 30, 1908. May 30. 1908- CHAP. 283.-—An Act To amend an Act approved June eleventh, nineteen hun- [H·R“778·] _ dred and six, entitled "An Act to provide for the entry of agricultural lands within [Penne, Ne. 172.; forest reserves." Be tt enacted by the Senate and House ofR';presentatw}ves of the United §g",.€§f,§“,f,‘E’,{,"°§‘;,,,,, Statesof America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An xigyggept M <>r>¤¤ *0 Actto provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves,” ` approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, be amended by rrtepners in can- striking out of section one the following words: “ except the follow-

  • "$*§§ l°§§‘f'°Qj 233, ing counties in the State of California: Inyo, Tulare, lgern, Ventura,

¤¤¤¤¤¤·=d- _Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego." Approved, May 30, 1908. mrR00.7}z¤;,,00j CHAP. 234.-—An Act To promote the safe transportation in interstate commerce __,_[P.lb1i(._R_i?I,j of explosives and other dangerous articles, and to provide penalties for its violation. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho·use $fRq2resentatives of the United f?j‘§f,§“,};,°§g,.n,m,,,_ States of America in Cbngress assembler , That it shall be unlawful to ggé-:·pdv3m{s§_r;$; transport, carry, or convey any dynamite, gunpowder, or other explohibitcd.sive between a place in any foreign country and a place within the United States, or a place in any State, Territory, or District of the United States, and a place in any other State, Territory, or District thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire: figggqfbns Samples Provided, That it shall be lawful to transport on any such vessel, or ece. ’ ’ vehicle, small arms ammunition in any quantity, and such fusees, torpedoes, rockets, or other signal devices as may be essential to promote safety in operation, and properly packed and marked samples of explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of onehalf pound each, and not exceeding twenty samples at one time in a m——mr·m»¤. single vessel or vehicle; but such samples shall not be carried in that _ _ part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended for the transportation of m§{{*§';P°*;,°,*;,g*0*;,avg{ passengers for hire: And preceded further, That nothing in this sec- ` §,K)n;ggns¤sw¤r.e¢c.. tion shall be construed to prevent the transportation of military or naval forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger equipment vessels or vehicles.