976 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 347-350. 1899. $**9* "I¤*¤3***¤* directed to sell at public or private sale, after due advertisement, the 91:;-ii°.,°$? Hm "` building and land known as the Industrial Christian Home, in the city of Salt Lake, State of Utah, and to deposit the proceeds of the sale after the payment of the usual incidental expenses in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts derived from the sale of Government property. _ _ _ B¤r·¤r Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent With the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1899. lhwb 2. 1899- CHAP. 348.-An Act For the erection of a public building at Fergus Falls, Minne- ‘_*""""_`—_` sota. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United f,;$§Q:,F°“•,,,·,“*{';_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the um-nee. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation or otherwise a site for, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, postoffice, and other Government Lhnisd am. offices at the city of Fergus Falls, in the State of Minnesota. The site · _ and building thereon, with its appurtenances, when completed upon lan and specincations to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. _ Approved, March 2, 1899. ‘ Mlmh 2. im- CHAP. 349.-—An Act For the investigation of leprosy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lcmoeyh to i States of America in Congress assembled, That the Supervising Surgeon- ,£{‘,‘§§'{},_ °“ “" General of the Marine-Hospital Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, hall appoint a commission of medical odieers of the Marine-Hospital Service to investigate the origin and prevalence of leprosy in the United States, and to report upon what legislation is necessary for the prevention of the spread of this disease; the expenses of this investigation, not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid from the fund for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases. Approved, March 2, 1899. _ Much 2, 109. CHAP. 350.-An Act To change and fix the time of holding the terms of the dis- ··* ·· ·*·* "‘“ trict and circuit courts at Batesville, Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatius of the United srumujuuamx States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States cir- ‘“!,?;}!,,§;, 0, wm ,, ouit an district courts shall hereafter be held at Batesville, Arkansas, Bncwmc- on the fourth Monday in May and the second Monday in.December of each year instead of the times now fixed by law. reusing cases. Sec. 2. That all causes, process, bonds, recognizances, and other things pending in, returnable, or having relation to the terms of said courts now provided by law shall be proceeded with in the terms provided by this Act with the same force and etlect that would have been lawful had the times of holding said court not been changed. Approved, March 2, 1899.
