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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 7-9. 1897. 105 of War may prescribe, and to secure that object the said board of supervisors shall submit for his examination a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, and until the said plan and location are approved by him the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in said bridge before or after completion, such change shall be likewise subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. _ _ Sec. 3. That the said bridge shall be so kept and managed as to offer Am °°“°“¤°“°¤- reasonable and proper means for the passage of ve sels and other craft _ through or under the same, and for the safety of vessels passing at I"gM“‘ night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights or other sign al as the mm Light-House Board may prescribe; and any changes in said bridge g°°` which the Secretary of War may, at any time, deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own expense. SEO. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of mE,‘;,"j‘,Q{‘;§,'j,‘f°’“°“” ““d the said bridge be not commenced in one year and completed in three years from the date hereof. Ri h Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby g °°°“'“°"°"’t°‘ expressly reserved. Approved, June 18, 1897. CHAP. 8.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the entry 'I‘“'°23* 1m' of lands in Greer County, Oklahoma, to give preference rights to settlers, and for Gm; (:0,, Ok];. other purposes," approved January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United E t _ N t States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the exercise .,wip$iiii°’i»}) lmlidatg of the preference right of entry granted to bona fide occupants of land ;{°{g§;6gjjf°*°“°° within the territory established as Greer County, Oklahoma, by section g y` one of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the entry of lands in V°‘·“°·P·‘°°· Greer County, Oklahoma, to give preference rights to settlers, and for other purposes/’ approved January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, be, and the same is hereby, extended to January iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, June 23, 1897. CHAP. 9.-An Act Making appropriations to supply. deficiencies in the appro- J¤1y19.1897· priations for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, eig teen hundred and ninety- `*"""_"—" seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and mff§°°QQ‘°’°‘ “PP“" the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: STATE DEPARTMENT. "°P°'°‘“°“*"‘*‘·°"°· CONTINGENT EXPENSES: For care and subsistence of horses and p.g:¤`Zfi°g°°t u` repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable and wagon shed, care of clocks, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, on account of fiscal years as follows: d Eur the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, five hundred 0 ars.