770 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Suss. III. Cns. 33-36. 1898. Bewsl Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, December 21, 1898. December21, 1898- CHAP. 34.-An Act To authorize Commissioners of District of Columbia to _—"’**"_“ extinguish alley in square four hundred and sixty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Districnqfcolumbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the d£;§‘§§;‘{§‘,}‘,'§$_ °f District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to abandon the alley abutting the south thirty-six feet by a width of three and thirty-three onehundredths feet of sublot eightysix, and the west sixteen and thirty one-hundredths feet by a width of three and five-tenths feet of sublot eighty-five, square four hundred and sixty-tive, city of Washington, the said land to revert to the present owner of said lots eighty-five and eighty-six, Charles Schafer, his heirs and assigns, provided he pays an amount equal to the sum that would have been assessed against the land embraced within the area of said alley from the time it was laid out to the time it is extinguished. Approved, December 21, 1898. December 21, 1898- CHAP. 35.-An Act Making an appropriation to execute certain provisions of the L? Act of Congress for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {;:_<3:;>t§;*;i;»p;fi,° States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropri- 0;, _ ated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, _jgt¥;’*g"jg§f°“· the sum of ten thousand dollars, to execute certain provisions of the ’“Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, December 21, 1898. December 21.1896- CHAP. 36.-—An Act To amend sections sixteen hundred and ninety-seven, six- ”";"_"_" teen hundred and ninety-eight, and seventeen hundred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to consul and vice-consul generals, consuls and vice-consuls, and commercial agents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U niited Igopsglsrfgbzvivvéoa States of America in Congress assembled, That section sixteen hundred m,,y;,g;,,,ff‘ ""' ‘ and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is, amended to read as follows: _ llonds of consular *‘SErr. 1697. Every consul-general, consul, and commercial agent, ¤*’*°"=· before he receives his commission, or enters upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond to the United States, with such sureties, who shall ——Svcrctnry sr sms be permanent residents of the United States, as the Secretary of State °°“¤’¥"""°· shall approve, in a penal sum not less than one thousand dollars, and in no case less than the annual compensation allowed to such officer -r¤i-maze. and not more than ten thousand dollars, and in such form as the Pres? ident shall prescribe, conditioned for the true and faithful accounting for, paying over, and delivering up of all fees, moneys, goods, effects books, records, papers, and other property which shall come to his hands, or to the hands of any other person, to his use as such consulgeneral, consnl, or commercial agent under any law, now or hereafter enacted, or by virtue of his office; and for the true and faithful per formance of all other duties, now or hereafter lawfully imposed upon -deposit with sms- him as such consul-general, consul, or commercial agent. The bond mf "’ ‘**° T’“““’Y· herein mentioned shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury, .-me ss. In case of a breach of any such bond, any person thereby injured may