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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. _ Sess. I. CHS. 4-7.0 1900. 3 dedication will be to the .interest and advantage of such person of unsound mind or Such infant. ‘ Sec. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are Revesk hereby repealed. — Approved, January 30, 1900. h C§AP. 5.-An Act To provide an American register for the steam whaler Bow— { ·I¤¤¤*¤`Y 31-1000- ea. · - —"““ __` Be it enacted by the Senate and ]{ouse3fRey9resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereb authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built registersteam whaler Bowliead, owned by John A. Cook, Preston B. Keith, F. B. Howard, E. T. Packard, D. W. Field, A. W. Barrows, George Bickford, W. H. Bryant, and H. B. Madison, citizens of the United sx States, to be registered as a vessel of the United"States whenever it shall be shown to the Commissioner of Navigation that the repairs put upon such vessel in the United States are equal to three-fourths of the cost of such vessel when so repaired. Approved, January 31, 1900. CHAP. 6.-An Act To authorize the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway January31,1900. Company to construct and operate a railway through the Fort Reno and Fort Sill ——"‘"""‘— military reservations in the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Rock Island ISfQ§,§°§,§({’·P §,‘{§§ and Pacific Railway Company,  corporation created under and by Rpilwnytirsntegréshé virtue of the laws of the States of Illinois and Iowa, be, and the same is iimiliwaqdmiiign $31 hereby, empowered to survey, locate, construct, and maintain a rail- R°S°""*“°“‘· °kl*‘· way, telegraph, and telephone line through the Fort Reno and Fort Sill military reservations in the Territory of Oklahoma, upon such a line as shall be determined and approved by the Secretary of W ar. _ Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all ****00* purposes of a railway, telegraph, and telephone line, and for no other piurpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width throu h said Fort eno and Fort Sill military reservations and a right to taie and use a Gtglnd *°’ S‘““°“°· strilp of land in each of said reservations two hundred feet in width, wit a length of three thousand feet, in addition to right of way, for stations, with the right to use such additional ground when cuts and iills may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of _ way, or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: Provided, §Q,"§?,‘3; C ,,0,,, on That no part of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall be leased s¤¤¤¤· or sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purposes as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway, telegraph, and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used, such portion shall revert to the United States, from which the same shall have been taken. i Approved, January 31, 1900. CHAP. 7.—An Act Relating to theffwelfth and subsequent censuses, and giving F°b¤'¤¤FY 1- l900· to the Director thereof additional power and authority in certain cases, and for other W" purposes. A Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqaresentatiyes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the power $gj€lg,¤ Cgggg¤· and authority conferred upon the Director of the Census by an Act " 'p' '