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 l·`Il·`TY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. CHS. 3339. 33-U?. 1906. 297 ence to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt said structures from the operation of same. Sec. l. That the right to amend. alter·, or repeal this Act is hereby :l{},*j{*‘}”,}°:j-,. . · 0 0 p eh0n. expressly reserved, and the same shall become null and vord unless the construction of the dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year after the passage of this Act and completed within three years thereafter. Approved, June 16, 1906. CHAP. 3340.-An Act To grant to Charles H. Cornell, his assign and successors, -l“¤° 18· 1996- the right to abut a darn across the Niobrara River on the Fort Niobrara Military T. Reservation, Nebraska, and to construct and operate a trolley or electric railway line lP¤bllc, N0. 239.] and telegraph and telephone lines across said reservation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rq1re8eniat2°ves of the United __ _ States of America in (lmgress assembled, That Chagles  Cornell, his S{${.{'§§“§"§§;Dc], assigns, assi nees, successors, and grantees, be, an are ereby, priv— m°>' ‘l°*¤·   ¤°¤ ileged, autherized, and granted the authority and right to construct, gggigggtiiuriieriii ry _ maintain, and use for power purposes a dam across the Niobrara Riveron parts of sections twenty-two and twenty-seven, township thirty- four north, range twenty-seven west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Nebraska, and to abut said dam on the east bank of said Niobrara River upon land which is a part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, the property of the United States; and said dam °"°'°°“" °*°‘ may be of sufficient height and stren th to su port a body of water affording or furnishing as much as fifty feet egective head for power purposes, with the privilege of backing water upon or overflowing such part of the Fort Niobrara. Military Reservation as may reasonabl * result from the proper construction, maintenance, and use of said dam, and that any damages caused thereby may be assessed by D*"”’¤°°- the Secretary of War and paid to the United States before any construction hereby provided for shall be commenced, with the privilege ,,;{Q"‘§c_*"' °'°""’° also of constructing and suspending wires upon, over, and across saidmilitary reservation for the purpose of transmitting electric light and power generated by said water power, also with like privileges of constructing and suspending telephone wires: I*r·m;ia'ed, That the grants ,{?g,*;{;f***g*;,, __(_m,,,,,_ and privile es above specified as to such dam, water power, and wires mm. aforesaid shall become void unless the construction of said dam be commenced within two years from the approval of this Act and completed and put into ezperation within five years from the approval of this Act; and the said Charles H. Cornell, his assigns, assignees, suc- Right of yvqy nw cessors, and grantees, are further privileged, authorized, and granted °1°°""`"‘""”" "°"‘ the authority and r·ight to construct and operate a trollev or electric railway, with necessary side tracks and station buildings, also telegraph P,;f§lj§{;gj* *“"‘ **'*‘· and tele hone lines upon, over, and across the land of said Fort Nio- " brara Nlilitary Reservation, said trolley or electric railway and telegraph and telephone lines to start from the town of Valentine and run bv a feasible route as nearly as may be in a direct course to the Fort Niobrara military post, upon said military reservation, thence north or northeast upon a feasible route in the direction of the Rosebud Indian Reservation. in the State of South Dakota. with authority to operate and use such trolley or electric railway and telegraph and tele- _ phone lines: 1’r0z·z'¢/ed, That a map of said proposed dam, storage Bpifgffrjglgi ‘;,*;f'° reservoir, railway line, telegraph line, or telephone line shall be Bled ’ with the honorable Secretary of War, and the location thereof shall b him be approved before any of these plrivileges herein aforesaid shall _ become effective: ])l'O?'idc*djll7'H?€7', That the privileges herein granted e,§°"‘°“" "* ’“’“- may at any time be rescinded or suspended by order of the Secretary