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 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 234-236. 1894. 263 _ CHAP. 234.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant leases for August 7, 1894. sites on the Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas, ior cold-water reservoirs. H- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the not springs warm Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to lease unto the Hot Springs °‘}“‘$_§‘¥;,f me for Wa.ter Company, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, its successors and assigns, ¤¤1d·w¤m reservoirs. or to any other person or corporation authorized to supply the city of Hot Springs with cold water for drinking and domestic purposes, a site upon the West Mountain of the Hot Springs Reservation, to be selected by him, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a reservoir ior cold water and the pipes necessary to connect the same with the system of water supply of the city of Hot Springs, the term of such lease to be not to exceed twenty years, and the consideration therefor an annual rental of one hundred dollars, to be collected and R¤¤¢¤1- accounted for as now provided by law in relation to the collection and accounting for of revenue derived from leases of bath-house sites upon the Hot Springs Reservation: Provided, That on the termination of Prww any lease granted under authority of this Act the Secretary of the R°”°w°L Interior shall have like power and authority, in his discretion, to extend or renew the same for additional periods of not exceeding twenty years. Approved, August 7, 1894. CHAP. 235.-—An Act Disposing of four condemned cannon of the Navy. A“g““* 7- 189* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §,¤¤gi°¥·£*;m0¤ Navy be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to supply the Grand gtsgilmiuigl ° Army Post of Sac City, Iowa, with four condemned cannon for use in decorating the pedestal of the soldiers’ monument in Sac City, Iowa. Approved, August 7, 1894. _ CHAP. 236.—An Act To require railroad companies operating railroads in the Ter- August 8. 18% ritories over a right of way granted by the Government to establish stations and """"‘H”" depots at all town sites on the lines of said roads established by the Interior Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all railroad companies §:irp•~:§i¤¤- i W operating railroads through the Territories of the United States over a ,,;w,f{°.. hgvgztgdsu. right of way obtained under any grant or Act of Congress giving to M °°“ °*'°°· _ said railroad companies the right of way over the public lands of the United States shall be required to establish and maintain passenger stations and freight depots at or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundary limits of all town sites already established i11 said Territories ou the line of said railroads by authority of the Interior Department. SE1;. 2. That said railroad companies are hereby required within three months from the passage of this Act to establish at or within one- Tube esrablishedin fourth of a mile of the boundary limits of all town sites provided for in "”`°° m°"°h°‘ the preceding section, passenger stations, freight depots, and other accommodations necessary for receiving and discharging passengers and freight at such points, and upon failure of said companies to estab- P·¤¤¤1=r M f¤i1¤r¤- lish such stations and depots within said time said companies shall be liable to a line of five hundred dollars for each day thereafter until said stations and depots shall be established, which shall be recovered in a suit brought by the United States in the United States courts m any Territory through which said railroads may pass. 'Approved, August 8, 1894.