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 404 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. -0Hs. 292,293. 1898. Mw UJ“$· CHAP. 292.-An Act To amend an Act to permit the use of the right of way 1* through public lands for tramrouds, canals, and reservoirs, and for other purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gpblgc 1?¤¤· for States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act tramioadsg caxsziéetc. to permit the use of the right of way tlirough the public land for V°*-”·P·”°5· tramroads, canals, and reservoirs, and for other purposes," approved January twenty-iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety live, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: “ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be Hxed by him, to permit the use of right of way upon the public lands of the United States, not within limits of any park, forest, military, or Indian reservations, for tramways, canals, or reservoirs, to the extent of the ground occupied -*****1*- by the water of the canals and reservoirs, and fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof, or fifty feet on each side of the center line ` of the tramroad, by any citizen or association of citizens of the United B;;:,,;? aggtyubggg States, for the purposes of furnishing water for domestic, public, and purposes. other beneficial uses. —m ·m¤1¤·>¤,¤r¤. “SEc. 2. That the rights of way for ditches, canals, or reservoirs heretofore or hereafter approved under the provisions of sections eight- Tol.26,p.1101. een, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one of the Act entitled ‘An Act to · repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes} approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, may be used for purposes of a public nature; and said rights of way may be used for purposes of · water transportation, for domestic purposes, or for the development of power, as subsidiary to the main purpose of irrigation." Approved, May 11, 1898. May 11, 1898. CHAP. 293.—A11 Act To provide for organizing u naval battalion in the District —`*—· of Columbia. _ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United D¤s¤·ic;~*· P- 72*- there may be organized not more than four compauiespf naval militia, which shall constitute an battalion to be known as the naval battalion of the National Guard of the District of Columbia. qmcers- Sec. 2. That the ohivers of the naval battalion shall consist of one }”"‘”‘m' commander, and a stuff to consist of one executive officer with the rank of lieutenant-commzmder. one navigating officer with the rank of lientenant, one signal, ordnnnco, and equipment officer with the rank of lieutenant, one chief engineer, one paymaster, and one surgeon, each with the relative rank of lieutenant. C··mp=¤¤·y ·>rg¤¤¤iz¤- Sec. 3. That each company shall consist of one lieutenant. one lieut""" tenant, junior grade, two ensigns, and not less than sixty nor more than one hundred petty cflivers and enlisted men. {4¤;vg;5+·r»1>L§p¤>1·>· Sm'. 4. That in all matters not otherwise specially provided for. the °" ’°‘ "" provisions of law which provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia shall apply to the naval battalion. Sec. 5. That general routine of duty, discipline, and exercises of the naval battalion, and parts thereof, shall conform with the laws, customs, and usages of the Navy, as fur as the same apply, and where they do not apply then such routine of duty, discipline, and exercises shall conibrm to the laws governing the volunteer forces of the District of Columbia. Approved, May 11, 1898.