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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. HI. CHS. 148-150, 159. 1895. 70] from any obligation or restriction imposed by its original charter or by any law of Congress subsequently enacted, except as provided herein; and Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. In the event of the said company entering into such contract as is contemplated by this Act, it is hereby authorized, if deemed advisable ` by its directors, to change its name from the Rock Creek Railway Com- thegff °' me ¤¤- pany of the District of Columbia to that of "The Capital Traction ` Company." Approved, March 1, 1895. CHAP. 149.-—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Biloxi Much 1.1895. and Back Bay Bridge _Company to construct and maintain a bridge over that portion "i" of the bay of Biloxi, rn the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled “An MQ;: °¤B*:gg¤¤B:¢¤ Act to authorize the Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company to construct num, im., y' and maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the Aw. p.571. State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay," approved August twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: Ln section six, line two, strike out “one year" and insert instead thereof the words “ two years." ” Approved, March 1, 1895. . .— Ac ranthe un V o B ksitar Reservation t.$$f.t1?,‘}..1€‘.i‘,...§§-i,. pitt. ...E° ° °"‘ “ ""°° M" ’ .—_..*‘·*·=*· *· **5- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States eg America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted nf;{'*° "°¤°¤ Bm to the tate of Alabama, for public uses, all the lands belonging to the rzesmrutngmm Mount Vernon Barracks Military Reservation, and now the property *°“""‘““· of the United States, together with all the improvements thereon, and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey to said State all right, title, and interest of the United States in said lands and improvements, to be held and used by said State for public purposes. Aoproved, March 1, 1895. CHAP. 159.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the erec- umn 2, 1895. tion of a Government building at Chicago, Illinois," approved ebrnsry thirteenth, -·····-——-—— eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the word “ lowest” in cmap, m. line eleven of the Act to which this Act is amendatory be stricken out f:Q’_*";,_",‘2}f“”¤· so that the original Act shall provide as follows: ' “And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract with msg; ¤> b• W *>·•* the best bidder after reasonable notice by advertisement in two or more ` newspapers published in the city of Chicago for the sale of the present building as hereinbefore described and the removal of the same from the site where it is now located! Approved, March 2, 1895.