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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 345, 346. 1894. 507 ,4%. Sec. 4. That; the structure herein authorized shell be built and S¤¢r¤¤¤·y of Www located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the ”P""'° "1“"“‘°t°‘ navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and no secure that object the corporation named shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other inibrmation as shall be required for a. full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans and location of the bridge are decided by the Secretary of War to be such as will not materially affect the interest of navigation the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the Changes. progress of construction such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall at all times be so kept and managed as to 0EOB reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, irom · the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Lights Li ght-House Board; and the said structure shall belohanged or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification By law when the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require,with0ut any expense or charge to the United States. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, is hereby Amsndmenu ew. expressly reserved. . Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction commmmsuz me of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and °"‘“’"°*‘°"‘ completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, August 27, 1894. CHAP. 346.-An Act Authorizing the issue of a patent to the Presbyterian Board August 2*1, 1894. .qfHome Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school pur- ·--——-————— Whereas the location of the old mission school on the Omaha Indian rmm1»1e. reservation, in the State of Nebraska., has become unsuitable for school purposes, and it being necessary to replace the buildings thereon by such as shall be more convenient and commodious, the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions propose to relinquish all claims to the land sitnate in section twelve, township twenty·i·ive,range nine east of the sixth principal meridian, on said reservation, in the Stare of Nebraska, occu— pied for mission purposes for nearly forty years, to the United States, the same to become 21 part of the reservation wherein it is located; and Whereas the Omaha Indians, in consideration of said relinquishment and the promise of said board to erect on 2, proposed new site a building, to be used for school purposes, of the value of seven thousand ive hundred dollars, for the benefit of the children and youth of the Omalms, have agreed to relinquish to said board all their right and title in and to the ollowing-described land, for the purpose above named, to wit: the southwest quarter of northeast quarter and west half of southeast quarter and northeast quarter of southeast quarter of fractional section uumbemd twentyhine, township twenty-five, range eight_east, of the sixth principal meridian, on said Omaha reservation, m Thurston County., Nebraska: Therefore,