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 1116 FIFTY-FIRST ooiveamss. sm. II. RES. 17-19. 1891. courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes," shall be held on the third Tuesday in June, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and if, from any casualty, the first meeting of any of said courts shall fail to be so held on that day, the first meeting of any such court so failing to be held, shall be held on such day subseque11t thereto as the chief justice, or any justice of the Supreme Court of the United States assi ed to such circuit, shall direct: And be it further resolved, That nolgziing in said act shall be held or construed in anywise to im air the 'urisdiction of the Supreme Court or mam; cases me any circuit court of the United States in any case now pending before ‘“°°'°“· it, or in respect of any case wherein the writ of error or the appeal shall have been sued out or taken to any of said courts before the first day of July, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Approved, March 3, 1891. mamhs,1s¤1. [No. 18.] Joint resolution authorizing the State of Oregon to construct, main- ""‘;_" tam and operate a portage  over the property of the United States at the Cascades of the Coumbm River, Oregon. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United vreecpm States { America in Congress assem Zed, That the State of Oregon ,-dl,".,;.; cmp3E is here y authorized to construct, maintain and operate a portage $ fm; railroad over the lands belonging to the United States at the Casmm. cades of the Columbia River in the State of Oregon and to use in the construction of the same and in the operation thereof, the Govrmvm. ernment roads upon said lands: Provided, That such occu ation ,;!:§“K§*;‘§,',§§§€ and use shall not interfere with the Government works at  Cas- Secretary of War shall prescribe. Approved, March 3, 1891. _ Ulwh 8.101- [No.19._] Joint resolution appropriating one million dollars for the improvement ';‘“"" of the Mississippi River and making the same immediately available Resolved by the Senate and House (if Rglpresenfafives of the United W nm:. States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one million h,f,,°,,m§,{{"},§‘j,{ dollars is hereby appropriated, to be(paid out of any money in the gmgfvggemww Treasury not otherwise apppopriate, for the improvement of the ' , Mississippi River from the ead of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, which sum shall be immediately available and shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi Produc. River Commission: Provided, That no portion of this appropriation ‘ shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose of reclaim- · mg lands onpreventing injury to lands or private pro erty b overflows: _Prov2 ed, however, That the commission is augiorizeclr to relnplrlngleveen. pair and build levees, if in their judgment it should be done, as part of their plansto aiord ease and safety to the navi ation and commerce og the rfiver pnd gcgrdeepen the channel; dPr¢ivid%d fprzllzevil That the Selma. magma 0 _ ce, c erica _, an ve mg e_ enses an sa aries o e ississi i “"'°°"“¤*¤‘°¤· River Commission may be pail) from this appropriation. Pp Approved, March 3, 1891.
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