FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 69, 70, 71. 1898. 327 the same; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines, including Miiifafw fclssrarh salaries of civilian employees, supplies, and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, eighteen thousand dollars. . MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. UNITED STATES snnvron scnoo1.s: To provide means for the theo- ;·>¤i¤·¤ =—<=h<><>1¤· retical and practical instruction at the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, xP°“°S' Virginia; the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Cavalry and Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas, by the purchase of text·books, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interest of the military service, eight thousand five hundred dollars. CONTINGENCIES on THE ARMY: For all contingent expenses of the C°¤“¤g°¤°°XP°¤¤°¤· Army not provided for by other estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, fifteen thousand dollars. Approved, March 15, 1898. CHAP. '70.—An Act To extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company March 17.1898- of the city of \Vashington. T""`"'"" Be it enacted M; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act to amend and _District of comm. extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company, approved March °'§¢,,,,,k],,, I,,,,,,,,,,,,,, twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is ¤<gg1i>¤¤g‘- mmm, hereby, extended and continued in force for the period of twenty years f.,, t.$`§m°§-ryan, from the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the V°’·2°· 1*- 32- time at which the said Act of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, will expire; and that all legal rights and privileges ingms, Gt0..BXt0!]l1· conferred upon the Franklin Insurance Company by the original Act °d~ of incorporation, or by any of the acts amending and extending the same, and all legal obligations and responsibilities imposed upon the said company by the acts aforesaid, shall be, and the same are, extended and continued in force ior the period of twenty years, commencing on the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eiglnt. Sec. 2. That the shareholders in said company shall be personally h1’¤;¤y?{lj¤‘Q**¤>‘¤*` liable for all the debts of the company to an amount equal to the par ° m ° ° "` '9 °` value of their shares, and no part of the capital stock of said company shall be withdrawn, and any director or stockholder assenting thereto shall be personally liable for all debts of said company existing at the time of such withdrawal. And Congress may at any time alter, amend, Right *0 ¤¤¤·*¤<r ¤*<= or repeal this Act. Approved, March 17, 1898. CHAP. 71.-—An Act To extend the time for the construction of the railway of the M¤¤‘h 17·1898· Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company through the Indian Territory. HAH" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sta tes of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the construe c0E*;$1c$§_f’;*,}‘Et‘h,{*;T tion of that portion of the railway of the Chicago, Rock Island and gt, Bock island and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under ’§$},‘ff2§°;}}',‘§‘ and by virtue of the laws of the States of Illinois and Iowa, which said ” railway company, by virtue of an Act approved February twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to grant
