April 4, 1910. [S. 4624.] [Public, No. 115.] Acceptance of gift gie for library at ized. sion. CHAP. 141.-An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to accept donations of money and land for the establishment of a branch library in the District of Columbia, to establish a commission to supervise the erection of a branch library building in said District, and to provide for the suitable maintenance of said branch. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of from Andrew Carne- the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept Takoma Park author from Andrew Carnegie a donation not less than thirty thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a suitable branch library building in Takoma Park, subject to the approval of the commissioners and the public library trustees, and to accept conveyance of unencumbered land considered suitable by the said commissioners and library trustees Building commis- as a site for a branch library for Takoma Park. And authority is hereby conferred upon a commission, to consist of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the chairman of the committee on branch libraries of the library trustees, and the librarian of the public library of the District of Columbia, to supervise the erection of said branch Opening deferred. library building: Provided, That such branch library building shall not be opened for public use until Congress shall hereafter provide for the necessary expenses of maintaining said branch library when the same shall be completed and ready for such use: And provided further, That the appropriation for such expenses shall not exceed in any one year the sum of ten per centum of the total cost of such building. Expenses. Approved, April 4, 1910. April 4, 1910. [H. R. 13401.] [Public, No. 116.] Douglas, Ariz. waterworks. CHAP. 142.-An Act To enable the city of Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring and constructing a waterworks plant in and for said city. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United May issue bonds for States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, a municipal corporation duly organized and existing as a city under the general laws of said Territory, be, and it is hereby, authorized to incur and contract an indebtedness to the amount of three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for the acquisition of an adequate system of waterworks in and for said city by the purchase of the existing waterworks plant therein at a price not to exceed the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and by the construction of additional waterworks by the way of the enlargement and extension of said plant at a cost not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; and to issue its negotiable coupon bonds to said aggregate amount of three hundred and twentyfive thousand dollars. Result of election confirmed. SEC. 2. That the acts and proceedings of the mayor and common council of said city of Douglas in and about the calling, holding, ascertaining, and declaring the result of a special election in said city on October sixteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, on the following proposition: "Shall the city of Douglas, Cochise County, Territory of Arizona, borrow the sum of three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars and issue its negotiable coupon bonds therefor for the purpose of acquiring the existing waterworks plant and constructing additional waterworks in and for said city, of which sum two hundred and twentyfive thousand dollars is to be expended for the purchase of said existing waterworks plant, and not exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is to be expended for said additional waterworks construction," and in and about the passage on December sixth, nineteen hundred and nine, of ordinance numbered ninety-three, entitled "An ordinance providing for the issuance of negotiable coupon bonds of the city of Douglas, Arizona Territory, to the amount of Tax authorized to three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing funds for acquiring the existing waterworks plant in said city and constructing additional waterworks in and for said city; pre- pay principal and inscribing the forms of said bonds and of the interest coupons to be terest. thereto attached, providing for an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on and principal of said bonds when due, and fixing the other details of the issue," be, and the same are hereby, in all respects, declared fully authorized, ratified, approved and confirmed, and the bonds of said city of Douglas, when executed and issued pursuant to the provisions of said ordinance numbered ninety-three, shall be, and the same are hereby, declared to constitute the valid and binding obligations of said city, and all of the taxable property in said city to be subject to the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds when due. Approved, April 4, 1910. CHAP. 143.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act relating to the liability of common carriers by railroad to their employees in certain cases," approved April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eight. April 5, 1910. [H. R. 17263.] [Public, No. 117.] Liability of railroad common carriers to Vol. 34, p. 232. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An Act relating to the liability of common carriers by railroad to their employees. employees in certain cases," approved April twenty-second, nineteen eol. 35, p. 66, amendhundred and eight, be amended in section six so that said section shall read: "SEC. 6. That no action shall be maintained under this Act unless Time limit of actions. commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrued. "Under this Act an action may be brought in a circuit court of the United States, in the district of the residence of the defendant, or in which the cause of action arose, or in which the defendant shall be doing business at the time of commencing such action. The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States under this Act shall be concurrent with that of the courts of the several States, and no case arising under this Act and brought in any state court of competent jurisdiction shall be removed to any court of the United States. Jurisdiction. The jurisdic-Concurrent juris SEC. 2. That said Act be further amended by adding the following section as section nine of said Act: courts. Survival of actions "SEC. 9. That any right of action given by this Act to a person in case of death. suffering injury shall survive to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee, and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee, but in such cases there shall be only one recovery for the same injury." Approved, April 5, 1910. April 8, 1910. [S. 4040.] Public lands. CHAP. 144.—An Act To grant certain lands to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Public, No. 118.] States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be issued patents conveying the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter in section twenty-six, township fourteen north, range seventy west of the sixth principal meridian, containing forty acres, more or less, and lot one in section twenty-two, township fourteen north, range sixtyseven west of the sixth principal meridian, containing forty-five and one one-hundredths acres, more or less, to the city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, for the use of said city, subject to the legal rights of others, if any, upon the payment by the city of Cheyenne of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre and the usual fees therefor. Approved, April 8, 1910. Payment. April 8, 1910. [S. 5252.] [Public, No. 119.] Forty-first street northwest. Closing part of. CHAP. 145.—An Act To authorize the closing of a part of Forty-first street northwest in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to vacate and abandon Forty-first street northwest between Warren and Yuma streets, and upon the abandonment of said portion of said street the same shall revert to the property abutting thereon: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall destroy the easement for a street by dedication or otherwise, which the District of Columbia now has over the property hereby affected, but that such easement shall survive and revive at any time hereafter, when this property shall no longer be used for religious or educational purposes as it is now used. Proviso. Easement tinued. April 8, 1910. [H. R. 16920.] con [Public, No. 120.] Reservation, Minn. pany granted lands on. Provisos. Homestead entry to be relinquished. Approved, April 8, 1910. CHAP. 146.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to appraise certain lands in the State of Minnesota for the purpose of granting the same to the Minnesota and Manitoba Railroad Company for a ballast pit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Red Lake Indian States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Minnesota and Man- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be itoba Railroad Com- appraised the south half of the southwest quarter of section four, township one hundred and sixty-one north, range thirty-four west of the fifth meridian of the Red Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, for the purpose of granting the same to the Minnesota and Manitoba Railroad Company for a ballast pit for ballasting its line of railway in the State of Minnesota, and upon appraising said land the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey the same to said railroad company upon such terms as he may deem advisable: Provided, That he shall not convey said land to said railroad company until Hans M. Carlson, who has heretofore made homestead entry thereon, shall relinquish such homestead entry and claim to the land herein described, which relinquishment the said Hans M. Carlson is authorized to make without prejudice to his rights as homesteader, and upon the filing. of such relinquishment said land shall be withheld from public entry for the space of six months within which to complete the negotiation Payment for drain for the same provided for by this Act: Provided, That said railroad company shall pay, in addition to the appraised value of said land, the sum of three cents an acre, as drainage charges, as required by section eight of the Act of May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page one hundred and sixty-nine). Approved, April 8, 1910. age. Vol. 35, p. 171. April 8, 1910. [H. R. 21673.] [Public, No. 121.] CHAP. 147.-An Act Granting authority to the city of Saint Francisville, Illinois, to build a bridge across the Wabash River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Saint FranSaint Francisville, cisville, State of Illinois, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, Wabash River. Ill., may bridge. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Wabash River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation between said city, in the State of Illinois, and the State of Indiana, 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, April 8, 1910. CHAP. 148.-An Act To authorize the board of commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Grand Calumet River, in the city of Hammond, Indiana. April 8, 1910. [H. R. 22459.] [Public, No. 122.] Grand Calume mond. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Grand Calumet River at a may bridge, at Hampoint suitable to the interests of navigation upon or near Hopman street, in the city of Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twentythird, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 8, 1910. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. CHAP. 149.-An Act To amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Chickamauga." April 8, 1910. [S. 5851.] [Public, No. 123.] Vol. 26, and p. 334, Commissioners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Chickamauga States of America in Congress assembled, That section five of the Act chattanooga National approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled Military Park. An Act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of amended. Chickamauga," be so amended as to read as follows: "SEC. 5. That the affairs of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Appointment, etc. National Military Park shall, subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three commissioners, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, each of whom shall have actively participated in the battle of Chickamauga, or in one of the battles about Chattanooga; one of whom, upon designation by the Secretary of War, shall act as chairman and another as secretary of the commission. The said commissioners shall have an office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and shall receive compensation at the rate of three hun-Pay. dred dollars per month. Approved, April 8, 1910. Office at Chatta nooga, Tenn. CHAP. 150.-An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River, in the counties of Okanogan and Douglas, Washington. April 9, 1910. [S. 6793.] [Public, No. 124.] Columbia River. Okanogan Electric Railway Company port, Wash. may bridge, at Bridge Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Okanogan Electric Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Columbia River, between the counties of Okanogan and Douglas, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at the town of Bridgeport, in the State aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress Vol. 34, p. 84. entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over naviga ble waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, April 9, 1910. April 9, 1910. [S. 6794.] [Public, No. 125.] Okanogan River. Railway Company flins Ferry, Wash. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. April 9, 1910. [H. R. 19285.] [Public, No. 126.] CHAP. 151.—An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Okanogan River in the county of Okanogan, Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Okanogan Electric Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Okanogan River in the county of Okanogan, Washington, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Defflins Ferry, about seven and onehalf miles from the junction of said Okanogan River with the Columbia River, in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress 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, April 9, 1910. CHAP. 152.-An Act To amend section seven hundred and seventy-three of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United United States courts. States of America in Congress assembled, That section seven hundred and seventy-three of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: R. S., sec. 773, p. 145, amended. District attorneys. "SEC. 773. It shall be the duty of the United States district attorof the Treasury modi- neys to make and forward to the Solicitor of the Treasury, for his fied. April 12, 1910. [S. 226.] [Public, No. 127.] district. information and the purposes of a permanent record, such reports relating to suits in which the United States is a party as may be required by the Solicitor of the Treasury with the approval of the Attorney-General." Approved, April 9, 1910. CHAP. 153.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to divide the judicial district of Nebraska into divisions and to provide for an additional district judge in said district." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Nebraska judicial States of America in Congress assembled, That sections three and seven Vol. 34, pp. 998, 999. of the Act entitled "An Act to divide the judicial district of Nebraska into divisions and to provide for an additional district judge in said district," approved February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and seven, be amended to read as follows: Regular terms. amended. Places. Jurisdiction. 998, Civil suits not of a local nature. amended. "SEC. 3. That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for said district of Nebraska shall be held at the following times and places, namely: At Omaha, beginning on the fourth Monday in September and the first Monday in April; at Norfolk, beginning on the third Monday in September; at Grand Island, beginning on the second Monday in January; at North Platte, beginning on the second Monday in June; at Chadron, beginning on the second Monday in September; at Lincoln, beginning on the first Monday in October and the second Monday in May; at Hastings, beginning on the second Monday in March; and at McCook, beginning on the first Monday in March." "SEC. 7. That all civil actions not of a local nature, against a single defendant, must be brought in the division where said defendant Vol 34, P. 999, resides; but if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions of said district the plaintiff may sue in any division in which a defendant resides, and all issues of fact arising in such suit shall be tried in such division unless by consent of the parties, with the approval of the court, the case shall be removed to some other division." Approved, April 12, 1910. Issues of fact. |