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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 236-238. 1897. 53] CHAP. 236.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An act making appropriations F¤b¤1¤!‘y 17. 1891 for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and H harbors, and for other purposes/’ passed iinally June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. _ Be it e·nacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o_/'America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled “An act ,,f;,,‘§{“°‘§,m‘:,,°ggf,',§“’ making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation Anw,p.213. ' of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes/’ passed by the House of Representatives June second, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and by the Senate June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, notwithstanding the objections of the President, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting on page two hundred and thirteen of the Statutes at Large, Fifty-fourth Congress, iirst session, after the word "War” and before the word "Provided,” on the thirty-ninth line of said page, the following language: The omcer of the Navy detailed 0,,5*; ‘”°'“ *° ““”l to serve on this Board shall receive from said appropriation, in addi- R·S.;sec.1566,p.269. tion to his mileage provided for in section fifteen hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes, and notwithstanding its provisions, such a per diem allowance for subsistence as the Secretary of War may deem proper. Approved, February 17, 1897. CHAP. 23'I.—An Act To permit a part of the Fort Lyon Military Reservation to February 17, 1897. be occupied, improved, and controlled for a soldiers’ home by the State of Colorado. _·;·—·Y Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted Rgggggg Milimv to the State of Colorado the right to occupy, improve, and control for Use of 'portion the purposes of a soldiers’ home, to be established and maintained §_fj‘;’j_‘;d{;’rsP,jf)‘;‘j;}j’° thereon by said State, section four of township twenty-three south, of range fifty-one west, containing five hundred and fifty-seven acres of the Fort Lyon Military Reservation, to include the buildings located thereon, on condition that said State shall, within three years, establish such home, at which provision shall be made for the care and maintenance of officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines who have served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, their dependent parents, widows, or orphans, and under such rules and regulations as said State may provide: Provided, That the United States reserves to ly}; mama itself the fee and the right forever to resume possession and dispose of °’ " ' the said lands whenever it shall appear that the State of Colorado has ceased to use the same for such public purpose. Approved, February 17, 1897. CHAP. 288.-·An Act Authorizing the Cleveland Bridge Company to consti-not a February 17, 1897. bridge across the Arkansas River between Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and the Osage H; Indian Reservation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Cleveland Bridge Cg•;3;¤l§`a5}*{);]$},g: Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of A¤n¤¤¤mver_oi£., the Territory of Oklahoma, and its successors or assigns, be, and IS hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Arkansas River between a point in Pawnee County Lwmou. and the Osage Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, on section nine, township twenty-one east, oi range eight east. Said m_}§;_,s·>¤ =·¤·i fw bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, foot passengers, and all kinds of commerce, travel, and commumcations, and said corporation