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house, located at Twin River Point, Wisconsin, either by contracting therefor with some telephone company having an established service in that vicinity or by the construction and maintenance of a suitably and properly erected telephone line, supplied with all the necessary instruments, for the use and benefit of the Life-Saving Service, as well as for the use and benefit of persons stationed and residing at the said light-house, at a cost not to exceed one thousand dollars. Approved, February 15, 1910.

CHAP. 35.-An Act To authorize the Union Railroad and Dock Company to construct and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River in the State of West Virginia.

February 15, 1910.
[H. R. 17161.]
[Public, No. 42.]

Union Railroad and

bridge, at Morgan

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Union Railroad Monongahela River, and Dock Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Dock Company may State of West Virginia, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, town, W. Va. and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Monongahela River at Morgantown, from a point suitable to the interests of navigation on the right shore of said river near the end of Fayette street, in Morgantown, to a point on the left shore of said river, in Grant District, all in the county of Monongalia and State of West Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.

Approved, February 15, 1910.

CHAP. 36.-An Act To authorize Clay County, Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Current River.

February 15, 1910.
[H. R. 17743.]
[Public, No. 43.]

Current River.
Clay County, Ark.,

Location.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Clay, in the State of Arkansas, a corporation organized under the laws of the may bridge. State of Arkansas, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Current River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the point where the section line between sections seventeen and twenty, township twenty-one north, range three east, crosses said river in the State of Arkansas, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 15, 1910.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

Amendment.

CHAP. 38.-An Act To authorize the Wilson and Glassport Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Monongahela River between Wilson and Glassport boroughs, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Wilson and Glass port Bridge Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to construct a bridge across the Monongahela River from a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the borough of Wilson, Allegheny County,

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Vol. 34, p. 84.

Amendment.

Pennsylvania, to a point on the opposite side of said river in the borough of Glassport, said county and State, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 16, 1910.

February 16, 1910.
[H. R. 19399.]
[Public, No. 45.]

Time extended for

CHAP. 39.-An Act To extend the time for the completion of bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri, by the Saint Louis Electric Bridge Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mississippi River. States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for completing bridging, by Saint the construction of the bridge authorized by the Act entitled "An Act Louis Electric Bridge providing for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi

Company.

Vol. 34, p. 892.

Amendment.

River," approved February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby extended to one year from the date of the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 16, 1910.

February 17, 1910.
[H. R. 12438.]
[Public, No. 46.]

Cheyenne River and reservations, S. Dak.

Standing Rock Indian

and N. Dak.

Sale of lands on.

Vol. 35, p.

amended.

Purchase of school lands for South Da

kota.
Price increased.

Location lands.

CHAP. 40.-An Act To amend sections seven and eight of the Act of May twentyninth, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to authorize the sale and disposition of a portion of the surplus and unalloted lands in the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations, in the States of South Dakota and North Dakota, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect."

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections seven and eight of the Act of May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to authorize the sale and disposition of a portion of the sur463, plus and unallotted lands in the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations in the States of South Dakota and North Dakota, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect, are amended and as so amended are reenacted to read as follows: "SEC. 7. That sections sixteen and thirty-six of the land in each kota and North Da- township within the tract described in section one of this Act shall not be subject to entry, but shall be reserved for the use of the common schools and paid for by the United States at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, and the same are hereby granted to the States of South Dakota and North Dakota for such purpose as the same are located in of lieu the said States, respectively; and in case any of said sections, or parts thereof, are lost to said States by reason of allotments thereof to any Indian or Indians, or otherwise, the governors of said States, respectively, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, are hereby authorized, within the area in the respective States described in section one of this Act, to locate other lands not occupied not exceeding two sections in any one township, which shall be paid for by the United States as herein provided, in quantity equal to the loss, and such selections shall be made prior to the opening of such lands to settlement. "SEC. 8. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in to South and North the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of not more than four hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for the lands granted to the States of South Dakota and North Dakota, as provided in section seven of this Act. Appropriation for And there is hereby appropriated the further sum of seventy-five expenses of allotting, thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the

Appropriation to

pay for lands granted Dakotas, increased.

etc.

Provisos.

Reimbursement.

purpose of making the appraisement and classification and allotments provided for herein: Provided, That the latter appropriation, or any further appropriation hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed to the United States from the proceeds received from the sale of the lands described herein or from any money in the Treasury belonging to said Indian tribes, respectively: And provided further, That the lands allotted, ited for 25 years. those retained or reserved, and the surplus lands sold, set aside for town-site purposes, or granted to the said States, or otherwise disposed of under the provisions of this Act, shall be subject for a period of twenty-five years to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of intoxicants into the Indian country."

Approved, February 17, 1910.

Intoxicants prohib

CHAP. 41.-An Act To authorize certain changes in the permanent system of highways plan, District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to prepare a new highway plan for that portion of the third section of the permanent system of highways plan lying west of Rock Creek, north of Massachusetts avenue and the Observatory Circle, east of Thirty-sixth street west, south of Cathedral avenue, southwest of Cleveland avenue, south of Calvert street, and southwest of Connecticut avenue, under the provision contained in the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities," and the amendment to said Act approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which reads as follows:

February 19, 1910.
[H. R. 15448.]
[Public, No. 47.]

District of Columbia. for northwest section.

New highway plan

Vol. 27, p. 532.

Vol. 30, p. 520.

change.

"The plat of such readjustment, after being duly certified by said Record, commissioners, shall be forwarded to the commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, and when approved by said commission or a majority thereof the change shall be recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, and become a part of the permanent system of highways, and take the place of any part inconsistent therewith."

Approved, February 19, 1910.

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CHAP. 42.-An Act To authorize the Thacker Coal Mining Company to construct a footbridge across Tug River, at Thacker, Mingo County, West Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Thacker Coal Mining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate footbridge and approaches thereto, across the Tug River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Thacker, in the county of Mingo, in the State of West Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

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SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.

Approved, February 19 1910.

February 19, 1910.
[H. R. 18592.]
[Public, No. 49.]

Missouri River.

Time extended for

ley, Mo.

amended.

Time of construction.

Vol. 24, p. 493.
Vol. 28, p. 45.
Vol. 33, p. 142.

CHAP. 43.—An Act To amend an Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Kansas City, Missouri.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved February bridging, between twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An Act to amend an Kansas City and Sib- Act entitled 'An Act to amend an Act to construct a bridge across the Vol. 34, p. 911, Missouri River at a point between Kansas City and Sibley, in Jackson County, Missouri,' approved March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and four," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "That the construction of the bridge authorized to be constructed by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of which this Act is amendatory, shall be completed within two years from March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, and the time for so doing is hereby extended accordingly, and unless these conditions are complied with, this Act and the Acts of which it is amendatory shall be null and void: Provided, That in all matters and particulars not expressly provided for in the Acts of which this Act is amendatory, the construction, maintenance, and operation of such bridge shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, entitled 'An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters.'

Proviso.
Operation, etc.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

Amendment.

"SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act and the Acts of which it is amendatory is hereby expressly reserved." Approved, February 19, 1910.

February 19, 1910.
[H. R. 18695.]
[Public, No. 50.]

River.

Tug Fork, Big Sandy
Time extended for

bridging, at Nolan, W.
Va.

CHAP. 44.-An Act To revive an Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Tug Fork of Big Sandy River, West Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Borderland Coal Company to construct a bridge across Tug Branch of Big Sandy River," approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby revived and reenacted: Provided, construc- That actual construction of the bridge therein authorized shall be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act.

Vol. 34, p. 626.

Proviso.

Time of

tion.

Amendment.

SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 19, 1910.

February 19, 1910.
[H. R. 18806.]
[Public, No. 51.]

Black River, Ark.
Saint Louis, Iron

Mountain and South
ern Railway Company

may bridge, at Paroquet.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

Amendment.

CHAP. 45.—An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Black River near Paroquet, Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Black River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation near Paroquet, Arkansas, or to reconstruct, maintain, and operate the present bridge of said company across the said river in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, February 19, 1910.

CHAP. 46.-An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Saint Francis River near Parkin, Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Saint Francis River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation near Parkin, Arkansas, or to reconstruct, maintain, and operate the present bridge of said company across the said river in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

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SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.

Approved, February 19, 1910.

CHAP. 47.-An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the White River, at Augusta, Arkansas.

February 19, 1910.
[H. R. 18808.]
[Public, No. 53.]

White River, Ark.
Saint Louis, Iron

may bridge, at Au

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized Mountain and Southand existing under the laws of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, is ern Railway Company hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge gusta. and approaches thereto across the White River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at Augusta, Arkansas, or to reconstruct, maintain, and operate the present bridge of said company across the said river in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.

Approved, February 19, 1910.

CHAP. 50.-An Act To provide for the removal of present grade crossing, and construction of a new grade crossing on the line of Q street northeast, District of Columbia.

February 21, 1910.
[H. R. 11989.]
[Public, No. 54.]

District of Columbia. crossing, Q street

Change of grade

northeast.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That within thirty days after the passage of this Act the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, directed and required to remove the present grade crossing over their tracks between P and Q streets northeast, in the District of Columbia, and to construct a grade crossing over said tracks on the line of Q street northeast; all work within the Payment of expense. limits of the rights of way of said railroad companies to be done by them at their own cost and expense and all necessary work outside of said rights of way to be done by the District of Columbia. Approved, February 21, 1910.

CHAP. 51.—An Act To authorize the extension of Park place northwest.

February 21, 1910.
[H. R. 16324.]
[Public, No. 55.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, under and in accordance with the provisions of subchapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of west.

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District of Columbia.

Park place north

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