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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Cris. 2-;, 6. 1888. 637 Sec. 5._ That this act shall be null and void if actual construction _C°¤¤*¤e¤ee*¤e¤¤¤¤d of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within wmPl€u°D' two years and completed within five years from the date thereof. · Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendmem expressly reserved. Approved, December 10, 1888. CHAP. 3.-An act granting the use of certain lands in Pierce County, Wasliing- December W i888· ton Territory, to the city of Tacoma, for the purposes of a public park. Li Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un fied Sfaies of America in Congress assembled, That there is here- '1`¤¤¤m¤. W¤s¤i¤g- by granted to the city of Tacoma, in the County of Pierce, in the tiiilfifttriigxyiu rims Territory of Washingtlori, a license to occupy, improve, and control, Cggggy Qgeeeed **>¤‘ for the purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of the citi- P pu ` zens of the United States, and for no other purposes whatever, the following described pieces or parcels of land, situate in the County of Pierce and Territory of Washington, and described as follows, namely: Lots one, two, three, four, five, and six, and the east half L°°““°”· of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section fifteen, township twenty-one north, of range two east, and lots one, two, and three, and the south half of the southwest quai ter of section fourteen, same township and range, and lots one, two, and three in section ten of the same township and range, containing six hundred and thirty-five acres, more or less : Provided, That the P‘*°¤¤¥*¤- · United States reserves to itself the fee of all said lands, and that ml;"?:} S*·e°ee*°’e this license is granted upon the express condition that the United ` States may take possession of and occupy said lands or any part thereof for military or other purposes whenever its proper officials see tit to order the same, and without any claim for compensation or damage on the part of said City of Tacoma. Approved, December 17, 1888. CHAP. 4.-An act making an appropriation to suppgy a deficiency in the appro- D*‘¢‘<*m*};*r V. **8 priation for the contingent expenses of the House of presentatwes. Be it enacted by the Senafe and House of _RP}77‘€SP7l[((fll’l'PS ¢y‘ Hm United States of America, ·i n Congress assernbied, That there be and m§jj]Q*ee'R•‘P¤**¤e¤·*- hereby is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury. not other- pmlwwysppmpi-s. wise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand dollars to supply a QQQQHSQQ °°“°‘“¤““° deiiciencv in the appropriation for miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Approved, December 17, 1888. WCHA?. 6.-An act to establish a land office at Folsom, in the Territory of New December 1s,1e=s. i GXK:0. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representafi/ues of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that por- ggpgglzggsaiqtrict tion of the Territory of New Mexico bounded and described as fol- xt-w aiexpsvsbiasnedf lows : Commencing at the northeastern corner of said Territory and B°“”*`”“"”S· running thence west on the northern boundary line of said Territory to the line dividing ranges numbered twenty-four and twenty-five, thence south on said range line to the principal base-line running east and west through said Territory, thence east on said base-line to