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 804 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 470,472, 473. 1901. _ February 23-1901- CHAP. 470.-An Act To declare a branch of the Mississippi River opposite the —°_`“"""" city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and known as West Channel, to be unnav1gable, and that the said  be relieved of necessity of maintaining a draw or pontoon bridge over said West hannel. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Hbusegfliegoresentataices of the United §,;¤§SSgg£;n1;§V°5·e_ States of America in Congress assemble, That the branch of the Mismma unnavigable. sissippi River flowing between Grand Island and the mainland dpyposite the city of La Crosse, State of Wisconsin, and known as the .est ex§i2%g1§·;>°gf¤¤;fa€§: Channel, be, and the same is hereby, declared unnavigable, and the milling mags. said citof La Crosse is, from and after the passage of this Act, relievedy of the necessity of maintaining a draw or pontoon bridge over said West Channel. Approved, February 23, 1901. Z February 25. 1901- CHAP. 472.-An Act To incorporate the National Society of United States `Wi—‘_ Daughters of Eighteen Hundred an Twelve. ‘ Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House ?fR:¥resentati#ves offthe United Ukgugwrégtgvcgetr of States of America in Congress assembled, That Mrs. F ora Adams teiis is 1812sindl>urio: Darling, of New York; Mrs. William Garry Slade, of New York; mm- Mrs. Louis W. Hall, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Edward Roby, of Illinois; Mrs. M. A. Ludin, of New York; Mrs. Le Ro Sunderland Smith, of New York; Miss Helen G. Bailey, of New Hlimpshire Mrs. Alfred Russell, of Michigan; Mrs. William Lee, of Massachusetts; Mrs. William Tod Helmuth, of New York; Mrs. Nelson V. Titus, of Massachusetts, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic in the District of Columbia, by the name of the National Society of United States Daughters of Eighteen Hundred and Twelve, for patriotic, historical, educational, andbenevolent purposes, -—<>bi¤¢¢¤· the objects of which are as follows: To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who were identified with the war of eighteen hundred and twelve by publication of memoirs of famous women of the United States during that period, and the investigation, preservation, and publication of authent1c records of men in the military, naval, and civil service of the United States during the said period; by making the society one of the factors of educational and patriotic progress and by the tpromotion and erection of a house or ome where the descendants o the zealous and brave patriots who achieved American independence who have need ·ofsuch a home may be sheltered from the storms of life. _ · P°"°’¤- Sec. 2. That the said society is authorized to hold real and personal . estate in the United States, so far only as may be necessaryto its law- ·— ful ends, to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, and may adopt a constitution. and make by-laws not inconsistent with law, and may adopt a seal. . " ·¤¤<·>¤<1m¤¤*· Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. - " · Approved, February 25, 1901. February 25, 1901. CHAP. 478.-An Act Grantingfuthority to Alana, Manatee and Gulf Coast Rail- "_———*"""‘ road Com to build railroad ridges across the Manatee River and Gasparilla Sound andpzlllay railroad tracks thereon. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House oflifepresentatives of the United G;1,l¤¤g&1gg¤g_a*$§;•;g ,States of America in Ocnyress assembled, That the Alana, Manatee and my bridge Manatee Gulf Coast Railroad Company, a railroad corporation organized under §$K$1§,°;iim,G”p°n]l° the law Of Florida, be, and it hereby is, authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate one bridge across each of the following