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 FLFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Gus. 858-860. 1903. 921 cation and without fault on her part, and if she is without means of support other than her daily labor, as defined bv the Acts of June V°l· ““· P- m- twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, and May ninth, nineteen v°l· m- P- ”°· hundred, shall be entitled to have her name a in placed on the pension roll at the rate now provided for widows by the Acts of July four- V°l· “· P- 567- teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, March third, eighteen hun- V°l·"·P·“’· dred and seventy-three, and March nineteenth, e` hteen liundred and v°1‘2‘·P·°· eighty-six, such pension to commence from the lhnte of the tiling of her application in the Pension Bureau after the approval of this Act: And provided further, That where such widow is alread in receipt of m§l°Eu°°'" a pension from the United States she shall not be entitled to restoration under this Act: And provided further, That where the ension of ,,,€§*,L“§§§,,,P,§j§,*g: said widow on her second or subsequent marriage has accrued) to a help- <>f 1>•=¤¤i¤¤ w mother. less or idiotic child, or a child or children under the age of sixteen years, she shall not be entitled to restoration under this Act unless said elpless or idiotic child, or child or children under sixteen years of age, be then a member or members of ber family and cared for by her, and upon the restoration of said widow the payment of pension to said c ild or children shall cease." Sec. 2. That the provisions of this Act shall be extended to those ',L},‘{,'{,h°(}*,*{}}9cj*,: widows otherwise entitled whose husbands died of wounds., injuries, sirwpension beam or disease contracted during the riod of their military and naval ° r°mm““°‘ service, but who were deprived oiwpension under the Act of March V°'· “’· P- *9**- third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, because of their failure to draw any pension by reason of their remarriage. Sec. 3. That no claim agent or other erson shall be entitled to ,,_{f°'“'·"‘°°°P*°***'> receive any compensation for services in making application for pension under this Act. ' Approved, February 28, 1903. CHAP. 859.-An Act Connrming and ceding jurisdiction to the State of Arkansas F€P’“**’Y 28- 1903- over certain lands formerly in the Fort Smith Reservation in said State, and asserting [public, N0_ um and retaining Federal jurisdiction over certain other lands in said reservation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of B esentat¢}veeqf the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tim. jurisdiction is hereby bn,0,·nd_ confirmed and ceded to the State of Arkansas over all those portions of romeriymnmsmnn the Fort Smith Reservation which have heretofore been aliened by R°’°"""°“ °°°°°'°· the United States either to the city of Fort Smith in trust or otherwise, or to other parties; and complete Federal jurisdiction is hereby mf_°,§,gj,§*J“”“*°°*°¤ asserted and retained over all portions of the said reservation that have not been specially aliened. Approved, February 28, 1903. CHAP. 860.--An Act To authorize the building of a railroad bridge across the F°b'“'“'Y 2*- 1mi_ Tennessee River at a int between Lewis Bluff, in Morgan County, Alabama, and [Public, No. 126.] Guntersville, in Marshiill County, Alabama. Be it emwted by the Senate and Hozwleggif Repreaen tate/ves of the United States oérlmeréca in Congress aseemb, That it shall be lawful for jrdegrggaéeuggregtc Milton umes, R. E. Spragins, R. E. Pettus. T. W. Pratt, and _Law- my ,,,,,18.,, K, liewié rence Cooper, their associates and assigns, to construct and maintain Bl"'- A'°· a brid e and approaches thereto over the Tennessee River at a point on said river between Lewis Bluff, in the counlty of Morgan, State of Alabama, and Guntersville, in the county of arshall., tate of Alabama, and to lay on or over said bridge a railroad track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or