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 I’OR'IY—EIGH'1`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 149, 176, 177. 1884. 69 of the subject; and until tho said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progrms of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of ¥Yzu‘. Sm:. 6. That; the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act: is hereby expxwsly reserved: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to abridge any constitutional power which either Congress or the State of Missouri may have over tho regulation of charges for freight or passengers over said bridge Received by the President, J unc 21, 1884. [Nom; BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having be-on presented to tho President of the United States for his approval, ond not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which lt originated within tho time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become sx law without his approval.] CHAP. 176.~—An act authorizing and directing tho sale of tho real estate and rips.- July 4, 1884. nun iiglxts now owned by the United States at Harpcfs Ferry, in tho State of West ————· lI`gIDl3». Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Solicitor of the Treas- t §°l° ‘g *Z°“·1 .°°‘ ury is hereby authorized and directed to make sale of all the real estate r?g§t:tLf GP?:? and riparian rights now owned by tho Government of the United States Humps F 0 I- ry, at Harper’s Ferry, in tho State of West Virginia, such sale to be at West Virginia. public auction, without reservation, except; as hereinafter provided, to the highest bidder, and after not less than four weeks, public advertisement of the same, in such newspapers as the Solicitor, with tho consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, may select for such publication : Provided, Thzmthe property shall not be sold for :1. less sum than Pmum. twenty thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That said real estate and riparian rights shall be sold either Conditions md as an entirety or in such parcels and divisions as in tho judgment of tho ¢¤¤¤¤ of ¤¤·l¢>· said Solicitor shall be most promotive of the interests of the United States, and upon such terms asto cash payment and credits as tho Socretary of the Treasury may prescribe, but so that at least ono-third of tho purchase-money shall be paid in cash, and the credit portion shall _ bear interest z t; the rate of six per ccutum per annum. . Sec. 3. That upon the compliance of any purchaser or purchasers of Conv¤yam» of the whole of any parcel purchased as aforesaid with the terms of sale, mbsuch purchaser or purchasers  ball be let into possession of the promises so purchased; and upon full payment of the purchase-money and interest ( if any be due), the Solicitor of the Trca.snry,for and in behalf of the United States, shall make, seal, and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers good and suifdcieut deed or deeds, conveying all the righ title. interest, and estate of the United States in said property or psrcgl thereof, as tho casa may be, in fee simple. Sm:. 4. That this act shall be in force from its passage. Approved, July 4, 1884. CHAP. 177.-An act to Grant to the Gul!} Colorado and Santa Fo Railway Com- July 4, 1884. pany rs right of way through the Indian Territory, 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 Gulf, Colorado and E‘f:°“°f'“{8{f Santo Fo Railway Company, zi. corporation created under and by virtue ;:',l,h Aj ml,. of the laws of the State of Texas, be, and tho same is hereby, invested pimnelsnes m cul-