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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 75-77. 1890. 53 Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction oomiqeucementsaa of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years °°'“*’“"°“·0 " and completed within Bye years from the date thereof. Approved, April 9, 1890. CHAP. 'I6.——An act granting to the city of Colorado Springs, in the State of Col- Avril 10. 1890- ‘ orado, certain lands therein described, for water reservoirs. ."‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House { Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem Zed, hat the following- caomio sprang, described tracts of land, situate in the county of E1 Paso and State 0%},,,, of 0,,,.,,,,, - of Colorado, namely, that part of Pike’s Peak military reservation eng; tig f¤¢ w·¤¤¤‘ described as follows: Beginning at station “O," as designated in the field-notes of the said United States military reservation survey, and °““-- running thence north eighteen degrees fifty-four minutes forty-five seconds west one thousand threehundred and twenty feet, along the east boundary line of said reservation; thence south sixty-five degrees thirty-nine minutes west eigiht thousand and twelve feet; thence at right angles southtwentiy-si>i* egrees twenty-one minutes east two ·- thousand five hundred an `ninetylfive feet to a point on the south boundary of said reservation; thence north sixty-three degrees thirty- nine minutes east six thousand five hundred and twelve feet, alongsaid south boundary line, to station " 1" of said reservation survey; thence north nineteen degrees thiiétyone minutes thirty seconds east » one thousand eilght hundred and ty feet to station “O," the place " of beginning- a so, lots numbered one, two, three, four, and fiye, and the north half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight,_1ots numbered three and four and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, all in townshép fourteen south, range sixty· · eight west of the sixth principal meri ian, containing seven undred and sixty-four and forty-eight hundredths acres, more or less, be, and. the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the city of Colorado Gram Springs, in the county of E1 Paso and State of Colorado, to have and to hol said lands to its use and behoof forever, for purposes of water Purposes storagle and Supp? of its water-works; and for said purposes said city s all forever ave the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the premises herein conveyed, in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the waters contained in an natural or constructed reservoirs upon the said- premises. ‘ Sec. 2. That if the city of Colorado Springs shall at any time after A\¤¤<1¤¤¤¤¤¢. cv.; ’ the construction of reservoirs on the land described in section one of this act abandon the same or cease to use the same for water storage the land herein described shall revertto the Government of the United States. The survey of the lands so lganted shall be made under the Surveidirection and approval of the War partment. Approved, April 10, 1890. CHAP. 7'I.-—An act to create the offices of surveyongeneral in the States of Aprir10;m¤. * North Dakota and South Dakota. ·—··—··‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statesof America in Congress assembled, That there shall be I Sgvgrgqgmvrnl a pointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of ELM, the Senate, a surveyor-general each for the States of North Dakota Appointment. and South Dakota, embracing, respectivelg one surveying district. sumyangannun Sec. 2. That the surveyors-general of 1 orth Dakota and South . Dakota shall each receive a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars sauna. per annum. Approved, April 10, 1890.