FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Cns. 543-545. 1898. 57] Columbia, or vice versa, the letters exchanged between them of trans- —¤¤¤·•>¤W¤> ¤l=¤¤z¤ fer and acceptance shall be sufficient authority for the necessary change r°°°m°'°t°' in the otheial maps and for record when necessary. Sec. 6. That the said Chief of Engineers and the said Commissioners R°¤¤i·*i·>¤¤ are hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for the government and proper care of all the public grounds placed by this Act under their respective charge and control; and to annex to such Pmmes. rules and regulations such reasonable penalties as will secure their enforcement. · Sec. 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby Rewirepealed; but nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to aifect in any way any pending litigation involving the validity or inva- P¤¤•i?’5. Iitigstlnn lidity of the occupation of any public space or reservation in the Dis- “'"‘"°° trict of Columbia. _ Approved, July 1, 1898. A138A?. 544.-An Act To authorize appointment of a military storekeeper in the -7671, 1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United . ' States of America in Congress assembled ·That the President is hereby 6u":_{;m D5 authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the pmmnr. mu" Senate, appoint a military storekeeper in the Quartermaster’s Depart- ,,,§_,"§°,{,‘,f,'{§•?,§§{”“· ment of the Army; and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby _ I¤¤¤¤¤i°at¤¤¢ um suspended for the purposes of this Act only. — °?•i.°ii,p.aa¤. Approved, July 1, 1898. ‘ _ CHAP. 545.-An Act Making appremriations for the current and contingent ·T¤|y1.1U8. · expenses of the Indian Department and or fuliilling treaty stipulations withvarious "*T* Indian tribes rbr the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- nine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, . I¤¤*·:_{m¤r¤¤•¤t and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury ""P * not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein, for the service of the uscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and fuliilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely: CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. For of fifty-six agents of Indian aifairs at the following-na med P•y_ or agents st ageneightyat the rates respectively indicated, namely: "°"°‘°“‘ At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred . dollars; At the Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agent at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars; ‘ · At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars- - At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars; ,,· .
