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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 126, 127, 129, 131. 1894. ]] used as a park for the use of the militia of said State, and for other public purposes not inconsistent with such use. Sec. 2. That the lands so set apart are hereby granted to the State GM¤t· of North Dakota: Provided, That if the said State shall at any time P¤ww¤_. permit the said lands hereby granted to be used for any purpose not R°""“‘°“‘ oéontemplated in this act the said lands shall revert to the United tates. Approved, July 6, 1894. CHAP. 127.-An Act Authorizing the Minneapolis Gas Light Company, of Minne- J“l5' “» 1894- apolis, Minnesota, to lay submerged gas pipes across the Mississippi River at Minne- `" “` ” W BPO IS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress Mi¤¤i¤¤i1>ri_Riv¤r- is hereby granted to are Mmucapoiis eas Light Company, of Meme- LL‘;1"‘§%‘.1.$.‘3y S32? apolis, Minnesota, to lay a submerged gas main across the Mississippi MF EM mm ¤¤d¤*· River, under the bed thereof, to conduct gas from its gas works on the west side of said river to the east division of Minneapolis on the east side of said river, at some point between the foot of the Falls of Saint Anthony and the Washington avenue bridge across said river, the location and manner of laying said gas main to be approved by the Secretary of War before the work is commenced. Approved, July 6, 1894. . CHAP. 129.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Oregon July 1;, my and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain s bridge across the Ti Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road/’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That “Au Act to authorize Bridge m-oss ce the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and main— },‘}§‘,}’{‘{-,§{,Y°’·L‘ G" tain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon VM- 126. r· 28: V01- and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road," up"' °‘87‘ approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety. be, and the same is hereby, re-enacted and declared to be and to have been in full force and effect from and after March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Section twelve of said Act, which provides that said Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of the approval thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the time within which said bridge 1-,,,,,, f.,, ,,.,,,,t,.,c. is required to be commenced shall be within two years from March ¤¤¤ ¤¤*¤¤d¤<*· twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninetytour, and the time within which it is required that said bridge be completed shall be within four years from the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour. Approved, July 11, 1894. CHAP. 13].—An Act To deiine and establish the units of electrical measuro. ·Y¤l5’ 17-'· 189*- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- g1¢$¤;_=;}_,¤;;*{s¤,j:d¤· sage of this Act the legal units of electrical measure in the UI11|5€d ms ' States shall be as follows: First. The unit of resistance shall be what is known as the_i¤t8I‘IIgH»— g§j;¤*¤¤°·*· tional ohm, which is substantially equal to one thousand million units ' of resistance of the centimeter-gram second system of electro-magnetic