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 744 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 217-219. 1893. March 3, 1893. CHAP. 217.-An act for the relief of William and Mary College, of Virginia. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,,,°,¥$f,_“$_““ Mm States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment m. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, the sum of sixty-four thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse said college for. the destruction of its buildings and other property destroyed without authority by soldiers of the United ggjmu cm to States during the late war: Provided, That no money be so paid except mmm. °°’ " upon accounts of such destruction and the damage caused thereby duly verified and proven. ` Approved, March 3, 1893. March 3, 1893. CHAP. 218.-An act to authorize the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail- ·*‘;""*’_’;' road Company to renew its railroad bridge across the Calumet River upon or near the site of its present bridge and upon a location and plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, and to operate the same. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ij'..lk iz‘:.iiC States of America in Congress assembled, That the Lake Shore and md cqmpmymy m- Michigan Southern Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the
 * §g::’E§E,?°m°Cd` laws of the States of Illinois and Indiana, and now operating a railroad therein, be, and it is hereby, authorized to renew its railroad

g·_gc¤:_?:§ 0, Wu to bridge across the Calumet River upon or near the site of its present •ppmv¤p1¤m,ew. bridge, upon such location and plans as may be approved by the Secretary of Wa1·, and to operate the same. _,t_°P°¤*¤¢ d d'"'- Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all times as to aiford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night, and the draw of said bridge shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats, vessels, or other water craft, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw; and there shall be displayed on said $**8****-°"°· bridge from sunset to sunrise, by the owners thereof, such lights or other signals as the Light- House Board may prescribe. And any ’“"°*""“°""'*°’· changes in the structure of said bridge which the Secretary of War C°°*~ may hereafter require in the interest of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof nt their own proper cost and expense. . 4¤·¤¤¤¤>¤*~ SEG;}. That the right to alter or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserv . Approved, March 3, 1893. U-¤'*=b $18*- CHAP. 219.-An act for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of In- `_" "—""“"_ diane, in the State of Wisezoiisin. $:¤H¥>¤¤m Whereas, a treaty was entered into on the fifth day of February, ' ’°‘eighteen hundred and fifty-six, by and between the Government of the United States and the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians, in which the said Indians ceded certain lands to the United States, and accepted in consideration thereof certain lands as a reservation, to which said Indians removed, and upon which they have ever since resided; and Whereas by the interpretation placed by Government officials on the V°*-i°·l>·*°*- act of February sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, an act for the relief of said Indians, a large part of said Indians (and their descendants) who signed said treaty of eighteen hundred and tlftysix, and have continued with said tribe iroin the making of said treaty to the present time, are excluded from participating in tribal funds and the right to accupy said reservation: Theretore