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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 533. 1891. 843 ground rent of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the first five mnt. years thereof, and at the end of Said period of five years, and of each period of five years thereafter, he shall readjust and fix the compensation to be paid during the ensuing five years, but not less than that hereinbefore provided for. . Sec. 3. That all power now possessed by the Secreta of the In- Secretary or the Interior for the regulating of leases• of bath-houses, bathljhouse priv- f,‘{,',‘{§,§,f,f’ §‘,Q"°*‘“’°€‘ ileges, or hotel rights on the reservation, or as to supplying hot water` to places off the reservation, is hereby retained and continued in him; an full power is vested in the Secretary of the Interior to provide, V in all leases to be executed against any combination among lessees or their assigns, as to ownership, prices, or accommodations at any bath-house; full power is also vested in him to make all needful rules and regulations as to the use of the hot water, and to prevent its Umor water. waste, including full power to authorize the superintendent of the reservation to make examination and inspection at any time of the ·manner of using the hot water at any bath-tub, that it may be used in proper quantity only, and to prevent its waste; and also full power gym-gu, to pilpvide and x reasonable maximum charges for all bat s, or batg privileges, or services of any dperson connected with any . bath-house furnished to bathers; an for reasonable maximum charges to guests at the Arlington Hotel; and also, generally, the Secretary of the Interior may make all necessary rules and regulations as to said bath-houses and the service therein as shall be deemed best for the public interest, and to provide penalties for the violation of any regulation which ma be enforced as though provided by act of Congress All leases andy grants of hot-water privileges shall be Leases mum to held to be subject to all regulations now in_ force or which may be "°g“'“"°“· hereafter adopted by the Secretary of the Interior, and for any viola.- tion of any regulation, known to the prgprietor at the time of the offense, the lease or grant may be cancel hay the Secretary of the Interior. It shall be ex ress y provided in lleases and grantsof Provisicusinleuas. privile e for hot water that the bath-house for which provision is made shall not be owned or controlled by any person, company, or corporation which may be the owner of or interested (as stockholder or otherwise) in any other bath—house on or near the Hot Springs Reservation; that neither the hot-water privilege granted nor any interest therein, nor the right to operate or control said bath-house, shall be assigned or transferred by the pprtly of the Second part without the approval of the Secretary of the nterior first obtained, in writing; and if the ownership or control of said bath-house be transferred to any person, company, or corporation owning or interested in any other bath-house on or near said reservation, the Secretary of the Interior may, for that cause, deprive the bath-house provided for of the hot water and cancel the lease or agreement. All uildings to nuumugs subject to be erected on the reservation shall be on plans first approved by the ‘”'°""· Secretary of the Interior, and shall be required to be fire proof, as nearly as racticable. Sec. 4. llhat the Secretar of the Interior, before executing any Investggatiou to ae lease to bath·bouses or bath-house sites on the permanent reservation ?,§§§‘,.f,’g§,,d *’f§°,;°"_,§,'g or contracts for the use of hot water for bath—houses on the pprma- mucus bamhouse. nent reservation, may make due investigation to ascertain w ether the person, persons, or corporation applying for such lease or contract are not, directly or indirectly, interested in any manner whatever in any other bath·house lease, interest, or grivilege at or near Hot Springs, Arkansas, or whether he or they elongl to any pool, combination, or association so interested, or whether e or they are members or stockholders in any corporation so interested, or, if a corporation, whether its members or any of them are members or stockolders of any other corporation or association interested in any other bath-house, lease, interest, or privilege as aforesaid, and in order to arrive at the facts in any suc case he is authorized to send