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 420 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 38, 39. 1893. J°““*”'5’ u·1B93— CHAP. 38.-An act to amend the act of March third, eighteen hundred and sev- "“`_`“`—"_; enty~three, for the relief of the Columbian University, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _€•>g·¤g>i¤¤ Univer- States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved March °` y' ‘third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An act supplermsumr mr sec- mental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, "}‘f,,§g,,,,, 0,; incorporating the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia," be, vol 6 255 Vol and the same hereby is, so modified that hereafter the treasurer and I-;_ ,,_‘m_" °secretary of said corporation, the Columbian University, need not be one person nor a member of the trustees of said corporation, but the trustees and overseers of said corporation, in convention assembled, shall annually elect by ballot two suitable persons from among the trustees or not, as they may deem proper, one to be treasurer and the other secretary of said corporation and of the board of trustees. V°°*°°*°°· Sec. 2. That in case of the death, resignation, or inability to act of either the treasurer or secretary the board of trustees shall have power to fill the vacancy until his successor is duly elected. Approved, January 14, 1893. J““’“'Y 2°»19”· CHAP. 39.-—An act grantinv to the Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company the right _ '°°;’—'"“' of way for two ditches across that part of the Yuma Indian Reservation lying in Ari- 10113. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rg';},': Pggfémmgg; States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted gimm ragm up way unto the Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company, incorporated under the B;},‘{'€,]'{QE,'§,‘f"j,¥,',§f**“" laws of Arizona, its successors and assigns, a right of way one hundred feet wide, the center line of which right of way shall commence on the Location. bank of the Colorado River, three hundred feet west of the east line of the Yuma Indian Reservation, in Arizona (formerly the Fort Yuma ·‘ military reservation)- thence running westerly along said bank to the center of the angle of the flume of said company; thence following the center of the ditch of said companyto the boundary line of the said res- ·°"""“‘· ervation. Also, there is hereby granted unto said corporation, its successors and assigns, a right of way two hundred feet wide across said reservation in Arizona, the center line of which shall commence at low water of the Colorado River, one hundred and fifty feet westerly of the cast line of the said reservation; thence running in a southerly direction to and crossing the west line of said reservation one hundred and fifty feet, more or less, north of the southwest corner of said reserva- P···¤·*¤¢>· tion: Provided, That for the distance of two hundred and fifty feet from W"“"· the point of beginning on said river said right of way shall be three hundred feet in width. The plats of the ditches of said company Se$¤¤:jj‘>‘u¤f **;·;¥¤· through said reservation shall be subject to the approval of the Secref,`}§’{Q_ ew.P V ° tary of the Interior, and such ditches shall not be so located or the rights of way herein granted so used as to in any manner interfere with any permanent building upon said reservation, except with the express _ assent of said Secretary of the Interior. °*‘°“*“°°· Sec. 2. That the rights herein granted are upon the express condition that the grantee or grantees thereof shall, at all times during the continuance thereof, furnish the Indian occupants of the lands situated south of and under either of said ditches, and within said reservation as now bounded, water sufficient for all domestic and agricultural purposes, aud purposes of irrigation, on such terms, and under such rules. and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. A¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢~ ·>¢¤- Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, but the right to amend or repeal it at any time is hereby reserved to Congress. Approved, January 20, 1893.