Rifle.

Grand Valley.

Meeker.

Steamboat Springs.

De Beque.

Collbran.

Fruita.

Montrose.

Olathe.

one, two, three, four, and six, in township five south, range eightyseven west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less.

To the town of Rifle, county of Garfield, that portion of sections three and ten, in township four south, range ninety-two west, of the sixth principal meridian, adjacent to and including Box Canyon of Rifle Creek, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less.

To the town of Grand Valley, county of Garfield, a strip of land about two miles long and from a quarter to a half mile wide, on the Middle Fork of Parachute Creek, and in the western portion of township five south, range ninety-five west, of the sixth principal meridian, unsurveyed, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less.

To the town of Meeker, county of Rio Blanco, lots numbered one, three, and five, and the south half of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, township one north, range ninety-four west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing two hundred and thirty acres, more or less.

To the town of Steamboat Springs, county of Routt, such portions, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of six hundred and forty acres, as the said town may select from the following-described land: The southeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-three; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter, and the south half of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-four, all in township seven north, range eighty-four west, of the sixth principal meridian. And the north half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the west half of the northeast quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section three, in township six north, range eighty-four west, of the sixth principal meridian.

To the town of De Beque, county of Mesa, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-two, township eight south, range ninety-six west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing forty acres, more or less.

To the town of Collbran, county of Mesa, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-six, in township nine south, range ninety-five west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing forty acres, more or less.

To the town of Fruita, county of Mesa, the west half of the west half of section twenty-nine, and the west half of the west half and southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the east half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-two, all in township one north, range two west of the Ute principal meridian; also lot four in section eighteen, township eleven south, range one hundred and one west of the sixth principal meridian; and lot one and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and north half of the southeast quarter of section thirteen, township eleven south, range one hundred and two west of the sixth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less.

To the town of Montrose, county of Montrose, the northwest quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section fourteen, township forty-nine north, range nine west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing two hundred and forty acres, more or less. To the town of Olathe, county of Montrose, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section fifteen, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-two, township fifty north, range ten west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing oighty acres, more or less.

To the town of Gunnison, county of Gunnison, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section fourteen, and the south half of the east half of fractional section eleven, the south half of the west half of fractional section twelve, and lots three and four in fractional section twelve, all in township fifty-one north, range one east, of the New Mexico principal meridian, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township fifteen south, range eighty-four west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less.

Gunnison.

To the town of Pitkin, county of Gunnison, the south half of the Pitkin. northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section two and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section three, township fifty north, range four east, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing two hundred and forty acres, more or less.

To the city of Durango, county of La Plata, a strip of land lying Durango. along the valley of Junction Creek, a tributary of the Animas River, a distance of about four and one-half miles from the city of Durango, and not exceeding in the aggregate six hundred and forty acres, and being a part of an unsurveyed strip in the southeastern portion of township thirty-six north, range ten west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, and extending up said creek through sections thirtyfive, twenty-six, twenty-three, twenty-two, and fifteen, all in township thirty-six north, of said range ten west, of the New Mexico principal meridian.

To the town of Dolores, county of Montezuma, the north half of Dolores. the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter of section nine, township thirty-seven, range fifteen west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less.

To the town of La Veta, county of Huerfano, section thirty, La Veta. township thirty-one south, range sixty-nine west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less.

Payment, etc.

Valid rights not affected.

SEC. 2. That the said conveyance shall be made of the said lands to the said cities and towns, respectively, by the Secretary of the Interior upon the payment by the said cities and towns for the said. land or such portions thereof as they may select, respectively, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and patent issued to said cities and towns for the said land selected, respectively, to have and to hold for public-park purposes, subject to the existing laws and regulations concerning public parks, and that the grant hereby made shall not include any lands which at the date of the issuance of patent shall be covered by a valid, existing, bona fide right or claim initiated under the laws of the United States: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, rights reserved. and other mineral deposits that may be found in the land so granted, and all necessary use of the land for extracting the same: And provided further, That said cities and towns shall not have the right to sell or convey the lands herein granted, or any parts thereof, or to devote the same to any other purpose than as hereinbefore described; and that if the said lands shall not be used as public parks, the same, or such parts thereof not so used, shall revert to the United States. Approved, June 7, 1910.

Provisos.

Oil and mineral

Reversion on non

user.

June 9, 1910.

[S. 7359.] [Public, No. 201.]

Motor boats.
Vessels included.

Proviso.

Inspection.

Classification.

Lights required.

Class 1.

Classes 2 and 3.

Fore.

Aft.
Side.

CHAP. 268.—An Act To amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels and to regulate equipment of certain motor boats on the navigable waters of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the words "motor boat" where used in this Act shall include every vessel propelled by machinery and not more than sixty-five feet in length except tug boats and tow boats propelled by steam. The length shall be measured from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer: Provided, That the engine, boiler, or other operating machinery shall be subject to inspection by the local inspectors of steam vessels, and to their approval of the design thereof, on all said motor boats, which are more than forty feet in length, and which are propelled by machinery driven by steam.

SEC. 2. That motor boats subject to the provisions of this Act shall be divided into classes as follows:

Class one. Less than twenty-six feet in length.

Class two. Twenty-six feet or over and less than forty feet in length.

Class three. Forty feet or over and not more than sixty-five feet in length.

SEC. 3. That every motor boat in all weathers from sunset to sunrise shall carry the following lights, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for those prescribed shall be exhibited. (a) Every motor boat of class one shall carry the following lights: First. A white light aft to show all around the horizon. Second. A combined lantern in the fore part of the vessel and lower than the white light aft showing green to starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.

(b) Every motor boat of classes two and three shall carry the following lights:

First. A bright white light in the fore part of the vessel as near the stem as practicable, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side. The glass or lens shall be of not less than the following dimensions: Class two. Nineteen square inches.

Class three. Thirty-one square inches.

Second. A white light aft to show all around the horizon.

Third. On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side. On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The glasses or lenses in the said side lights shall be of not less than the following dimensions on motor boats of

Class two. Sixteen square inches.

Class three. Twenty-five square inches.

On and after July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, all glasses or lenses prescribed by paragraph (b) of section three shall be fresnel or fluted. The said lights shall be fitted with inboard screens of sufficient height and so set as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow and shall be of not less than the following dimensions on motor boats of

Class two. Eighteen inches long.

Class three. Twenty-four inches long: Provided, That motor boats as defined in this Act, when propelled by sail and machinery or under sail alone, shall carry the colored lights suitably screened but not the white lights prescribed by this section.

SEC. 4. (a) Every motor boat under the provisions of this Act shall be provided with a whistle or other sound-producing mechanical appliance capable of producing a blast of two seconds or more in duration, and in the case of such boats so provided a blast of at least two seconds shall be deemed a prolonged blast within the meaning of the law.

(b) Every motor boat of class two or three shall carry an efficient fog horn.

(c) Every motor boat of class two or three shall be provided with an efficient bell, which shall be not less than eight inches across the mouth on board of vessels of class three.

Proviso.

When under sail.

Sound signals.

Boats carrying pas

SEC. 5. That every motor boat subject to any of the provisions of Life-preservers. this Act, and also all vessels propelled by machinery other than by steam more than sixty-five feet in length, shall carry either lifepreservers or life belts, or buoyant cushions, or ring buoys or other device, to be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, sufficient to sustain afloat every person on board and so placed as to be readily accessible. All motor boats carrying passengers for hire shall carry one life-preserver of the sort prescribed by the regulations sengers for hire. of the board of supervising inspectors for every passenger carried, and no such boat while so carrying passengers for hire shall be operated or navigated except in charge of a person duly licensed for such service by the local board of inspectors. No examination shall be required as the condition of obtaining such a license, and any such license shall be revoked or suspended by the local board of inspectors for misconduct, gross negligence, recklessness in navigation, intemperance, or violation of law on the part of the holder, and if revoked. the person holding such license shall be incapable of obtaining another. such license for one year from the date of revocation: Provided, That motor boats shall not be required to carry licensed officers, except as required in this Act.

Licensed navigator.

Proviso.
Other officers.

line.

SEC. 6. That every motor boat and also every vessel propelled by Extinguishing gasomachinery other than by steam, more than sixty-five feet in length, shall carry ready for immediate use the means of promptly and effectually extinguishing burning gasoline.

SEC. 7. That a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars may be Penalty. imposed for any violation of this Act. The motor boat shall be liable for the said penalty and may be seized and proceeded against, by way of libel, in the district court of the United States for any district within which such vessel may be found.

SEC. 8. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make such Regulations. regulations as may be necessary to secure the proper execution of this Act by collectors of customs and other officers of the Government. And the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor may, upon application therefor, remit or mitigate any fine, penalty, or forfeiture relating to motor boats except for failure to observe the provisions of section six of this Act.

SEC. 9. That all laws and parts of laws only in so far as they are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to alter or amend Acts of Congress embodying or revising international rules for preventing collisions at sea. SEC. 10. That this Act shall take effect on and after thirty days after its approval.

Approved, June 9, 1910.

Conflicting laws repealed. Proviso. International rules not affected.

In effect in 30 days.

June 9, 1910. [H. R. 13468.]

[Public, No. 202.]

District of Columbia.
Vol. 31, p. 1219,

Code amendment.

amended.

Bonds not required

of United States or

etc.

CHAP. 277.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia."

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 to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia," approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to section one hundred and seventy-seven thereof the following:

"Provided, That neither the United States nor the District of District on appeals, Columbia, nor any officer of either, acting in his official capacity, shall be required to give bond or enter into undertaking to perfect any appeal or to obtain any injunction or other writ, process, or order in or of any court in the District of Columbia for which a bond or undertaking is now or may be hereafter required by law or rule of court."

June 9, 1910. [H. R. 18285.]

[Public, No. 203.]

Mississippi River.
Moline-Bettendorf

bridge, Moline, Ill., to Bettendorf, Iowa.

Approved, June 9, 1910.

CHAP. 278.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Moline, Illinois, and Bettendorf, Iowa.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Moline-Bettendorf Bridge Company may Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto, across the Mississippi River from a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the north end of Twenty-third street, in the city of Moline, in the county of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, to the town of Bettendorf, Iowa, 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.

Amendment.

June 10, 1910. [H. R. 24463.] [Public, No. 204.]

Work house re

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

Approved, June 9, 1910.

CHAP. 282.-An Act To require that all inmates of the workhouse and reformatory for the District of Columbia shall be returned to and released in said District.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter all inmates formatory inmates to of the workhouse and reformatory for the District of Columbia shall be discharged in Dis- be returned to and released in said District on the day of the expiration of sentence.

trict.

Approved, June 10, 1910.

CHAP. 283.-An Act To license custom-house brokers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector or chief officer of the customs at any port of entry or delivery shall, upon application, issue to any person of good moral character, being a citizen of the United States a license to transact business as a custom-house broker in the collection district in which such license is issued, and on and after sixty days from the approval of this Act no person shall transact business as a custom-house broker without a license granted in accordance with this provision; but this Act shall not be so construed as to prohibit any person from transacting business at a custom-house pertaining to his own importations.

SEC. 2. That the collector or chief officer of the customs may at any time, for good and sufficient reasons, serve notice in writing upon