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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rns. 59-61. 1890. 685 for which he is in no wise responsible, is unable to make the pay- ment on his homestead or pre-emption claim required by law, the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to extend the time for such payment for not exceeding one year from the date when the same becomes due. Approved, September 30, 1890. _ [No. 60.] Joint resolution to permit the Secretary of War to grant a revocable October 1, 1890. license to use a pier, as petitioned by vessel owners of Chicago, Illmois. ’_";;"" Resolved by the Senate and House of Resentattves o the United States og America, in Congress 08857lb% That the Secretariy of mem, m. War is ereby authorized to grant by revocable license the use o the _U¤¤ or com-nmem United States ier at Chicago, Illinois, situated North and East of the "°"‘“"‘°""°‘ Illinois Central Railroad Company’s wharf number one, and on south. side of Chicago River; to such party or parties as he shall deem wise and expedient, subject to the following conditions: First. Said party or parties shall keep in thorough repair that part oouumm. of the (pier, two hundred and twenty-five feet in engt, projecting · beygp the end of the Illinois Central Railroad C0mpany’s docks so ca . Second. That the said party or parties, at his or their own expense, shall rebuild and keepin repair the superstructure of said one thou sand feet of (pier during the continuance of the license. Thir. That the United States Government shall have free use of any necessary part thereof for storage, upon giving the said party or partips isjruditcgoinréti; notice to clear suc part of said pier for such uses t e ni ates. · yFourth. That the said lpprty or pprties shall keep that part of the entrance to the Chicago 'ver wit 'n fifty feet of the pier dredged, and shall prevent the umping of ashes or refuse from vessels land ing at the pier into the entrance to Chicago Harbor. Approved, October 1, 1890. [No. 61.] Joint resolution authorizing the use of a portion of the United States October 1, 1600. military reservation at Chattanooga for a public park, by the city of Chattanooga, ———·——-————·— Tennessee. Resolved by the Senate and House og" Representatives of the United States of America an Congress assem led, That permission be. and 18 cnmmogs, mm. hereby, granted to the city of Chattanooga, m the State of Tennessee, May impmvs W,". through its mayor and aldermen, to, improve and beautifythat '¤°*°¤ *°¤‘¤v·¤‘*=- portion of the military reseryahon lying outside of the national cemetery inclosure, situated in_ and adjoining the city of Chattanooga, for a(publi2 park; to be laid out on land adjoining and connecting with said national cemetery, with the right to said city of Chattanooga to make such improvements and Hlhngs and erect and maintain such structures as the Secretary of War may, from time to time, approve; Provided, That this resolution shall not be construed mum. to pass any title or claim in said land, but that the ownership and m·1ph;£§dm&:¤ mmm control of the said grounds shall remain m the United States, m' and shall be sub 'ect to such changes and uses for military or other purposes as the Secretary of War may direct. Approved, October 1, 1890.