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 F IFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1385, 1386. 1902. 733 of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for certain other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, V°l· 3°·P· U51- said Anton Brucken be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct, pgect, alpd operatic a system of lpcks and dams in said Pond River, in I entuc y, accor ing to suc p ans as may be a roved b the Chief P?““*°l”,°P '°"°d of Engineers and the Secretary of W ar, for theliige of himiself and all gbéecmmq O? Wu` other persons using said stream by way of traffic, without tolls, and the consent of Congress to said improvement is hereby conferred: Provided, however, hat said Anton Brucken and his associates are in  to mm no way relieved from the lawful consequences of any damage done by prawns; P the work to private property, and the United States in no way relin— ,e§Q§l§d_ °f '°"'°"1 quishes its rights to require the removal of any structure laced in _ said stream: Provided further, That unless availed of within three ,,§,{”‘° °‘ °°““"'“°‘ years from the date of this Act the privilege hereby conferred shall cease and be determined., Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ’““°“d”‘°“°‘ expressly reserved. Approved, July 1, 1902. CHAP. 1386.-An Act For the relief of settlers on lands granted in aid of the $*1*5* L lm construction of wagon roads. [Public, No. 252.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatirves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the provision of the gggggggggélem on Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, enti— wagqn-mdgmum. tled "An Act for the relief of settlers on railroad lands," and all Acts V0 ‘18’P' ‘ amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto,_ including the _Act V°l·“·P·5“· approved March third, eig teen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes," as modined or supplemented 1 29 42 by the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety_—six, V°‘ ·*" entitled "An Act to provide for the extension of the time within which suits may be brought to vacate and annul land patents, and for other urposes," shall apply to grants of land in aid of the construction opwagou roads. Approved, July 1, 1902.