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 732 F IFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. OHS. 1383·1385. 1902. $8;* t;f§l*“· °*°·· Act: A22dprovr`de¢Zfz¢rthev*, That nothing herein contained shall be so m B ecconstrued as to affect any legal or equitable rights acquired by the overnment of Porto Rico or by any other party, under any contract, Ezase, or license made by plhe United States authorities prior to the tirst da of Ma * nineteen undre. hAg¥¤v¤‘i¤¤¤¤ *0* Sec. Thatltlne sum of two thousand dollars is hereby apprplpri- W hwy' ated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not o erwise appropriated, to be expended by the clerk of the district court of · the United States for Porto Rico, under the supervision and sub]ect to thhe approval of ttlhe presipingdjudgetof said court, in the purchase of a w hbrar for e use 0 said cour. siollfgjldeut °°“““l’* Sec. 3. }That the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the rmieung expenses. United Statesyprovided for by section thirty-nine of the Act of April v°l‘31*"‘°°‘ twelfth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," shall be entitled, in addition to his salary as now fixed by aw, . to his actual expenses in travelin to and from Porto Rico once annually, and his term of office shall commence on the fourth day of gg °* °¤’*°° °*‘ March next succeeding the date of his election; and the term of office ` of the present incumbent IS hereby extended to the third day of March, nineteen hundred and three. Approved, July 1, 1902. July 1,1902. CHAP. 1884.-An Act To cede jurisdiction over place on which the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is located to the State of Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and Housjjf Rejwesentativea of the United D;*¤g·;¤31vHg¤:t:g; States of America in Ooggress assembl, That the jurisdiction over the `somns. ° u lace purchased by the nited States from the State of Ohio for the c,·l}{,",{,"j’·,l"‘£§‘$(§"',‘§,’§f,‘,[ lbcation of the “National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," qrrished- ceded to the United States by act of the seventy-fifth general assembly of the State of Ohio, ·sed Ma sixth, nineteen hundred and two, is léereby cegedh tobthiadgatgtetof {hip and relinquished by_the lllnited tates, an t c ’ni ta es s a c aim or exercise no `uris iction myéf mmgm, over said place after the passage of this Act: !)I'Ol’td8d, That nothing Powers, eee., not in- contained in this Act shall be construed to impair the powers an °°‘°"· rights heretofore conferred upon the Board of Managers of the National Hgme for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in and over said territory. Approved, July 1, 1902. July 1.1902. CHAP. 1385.-An Act Authorizing Anton Brucken to construct locks and dams in Pond River, in the State of Kentucky, and to give the consent of Congress thereto, Bc iz enacted by the Senate and House <gfRi1presentatives of the Ended §*;Qj]nRgjg;-k§g·'l‘l_ States of America gn Lbngress assembled, at whereas the Chief of ennrmu m construct Engineers and the Secretary of \Var have had submitted to them the '°°"““"" °"“‘” “" plans and specitications for certain locks and dams proposed to be constructed in the bed of Pond River, a navigable stream running between Hopkins County and Muhlenberg County, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. by one Anton Brucken, who has proposed, on his private account and by voluntary subscriptions of interested parties, to construct such improvement in order to make said stream navigable for ‘*°“°’“· rafts and barges during the whole year; and said Anton Brucken and his associates desire the consent and approval of Congress to said improvement, pursuant to section nine of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction. repair, and preservation