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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 208, 212. 1896. 127 any vessel, or any person or persons to cast, throw, drop, or deposit any etfgjgvgf l>:¤¤¤’¤· ballast, dirt, oyster shells, or ashes in the water in any part of the Pot0— ms remixed: ° W mac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia, or on the shores of said river below high-water mark, unless for the purpose of making a wharf, after permission has been obtained from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for that purpose, which wharf shall be sufficiently inclosed and secured so as to prevent injury to navigation. Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any m£;i>¤¤i*•>f ¤¤‘¤1 M- wharf or dock, any captain or master of any vessel, or any other person °°` or persons to cast, throw, deposit, or drop in any dock or in the waters of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia any dead fish, fish offal, dead animals of any kind, condemned oysters in the shell, watermelons, cantaloupes, vegetables, fruits, shavings, hay, straw, ice, snow, filth, or trash of any kind whatsoever. Sec. 3. That any person or persons violating any of the provisions of *`°¤*l”¥- this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia shall be punished by a iine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not. exceeding six months, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court. . Sec. 4. That nothing in this Act contained shaH be construed to inter- ,,}°“c{§({°'°”‘°““ “°* fere with the work of improvement in or along the said river and harbor, under the supervision of the United States Government. — Sec. 5. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby R<¤1>¤¤1· repealed. Approved, May 19, 1896. CHAP. 212.-An Act To grant right of way over the public domain for pipe lines my gp mw in the States of Colorado and Wyoming. tj-—-———· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way through ;¤zb1i¤1¤¤<1¤· the public lands of the United States situate in the State of Colorado pu,§§,}`.,:$ §,'{§,,f§ and in the State of Wyoming outside of the boundary lines of the Yel- md “'¥<>¤¤*¤8- lowstone National Park is hereby granted to any pipe line company or corporation formed for the purpose of transporting oils, crude or refined, which shall have filed or may hereafter file with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of the ground occupied by said pipe line and twenty-nve feet on each side of the center line of the Width. same; also the right to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said pipe line material, earth, and stone necessary for the construction of said pipe line. Sec. 2. That any company or corporation desiring to secure the bene- Appummm. iits of this Act shall, within twelve months after the location of ten miles of the pipe line, if the same be upon surveyed lands and if the same be upon nnsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the survey thereof by the United States, tile with the register of the land office for the district where such land is located a map of its line, and upon the approval Approvalthereof by the Secretary of the Interior the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office, and thereafter all such lands over which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way. Sec. 3. That if any section of said pipe line shall not be completed Completion. within ilve years after the location of said section the right herein granted shall be forfeited, as to any incomplete section of said pipe line, to the extent that the same is not completed at the date of the forfeiture. Sec. 4. That nothing in this Act shall authorize the use of such right nemmztu. of way except for the pipe line, and then only so far as may be necessary for its construction, maintenance, and care. Approved, May 21, 1896. ‘