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 i FlF'l`Y-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 606-508. 1906. 23 structure may, in whole or in part, exist, and proper proceedings to this end may be instituted under the direction of the Attorney-General _ _ of the Unit?-ed States at the request of the Secretary of War; and in L‘*‘*'“"°“· case of any iti ation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigat§>n created by the construction of any bridge under this Act, the cause or question arising may be tried before the circuit court of the Unified States in any district which any portion of said obstruction or bri ge touches. Sec. 6. That the authority hereby granted shall cease and be null ,,fff“° °‘ °°““'“°‘ and void unless the actual construction of the bridge authorized in this Act be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act. Sxcc. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A“‘°°d““‘“‘· expressly reserved as to any and all bridges which may be built in accordance with the rovisions of this Act and the United States shall . . . . P . = incur no l1ab1l1ty for the alteration, amendment, or repeal thereof to Lhe owner or owners or any persons interested in any bri ge which shall ave been constructed in accordance with its provisions. Sec. 8. That the word "persons" as used in this Act shall be con- s0¥,f,f’3“*"‘ °‘ “P*"‘ strued to import both the singular and the plural, as the case demands, and shall include municipalities, quasi municipal corporations, corporations, companies, and associations. Approved, February 24, 1906. CHAP. 507.-An Act To allow the entryand clearance of vemels at San Luis F¤b¤L*¤’Y 24,1*6 Obispo, Port Harford, and Monterey, California. [°‘ 33m' [mum, No. za.] g Be it enacted by the Senate and House §fL’ep·resentat¢9ves of t/ee United States qfA1ne¢·/lea in Congress assemble, That the collector of customs gaugtgggicimo Cn at San rancisco is hereby authorized to depute an officer of the cus- emma." toms from his collection istrict to proceed to San Luis Obispo, Port m},°,€"Q‘}}§,§}“},¤d”°§f§;}$ Harford, or Monterey in his district for the purpose of receiving at ¤;·_{mS¤¤H:·d¤¤:_¤m0bl:n_ei those places the entries of vessels arriving there in ballast arid of clear- uoumey. ' ing them with cargoes of petroleum and 1tS products only in the same ,_,f,‘é§;;§§Y· °°”°‘·"·"“· manner as if they ad proceeded to San Francisco before entry. Approved, February 24, 1906. CHAP. 508.-An Act To provide for the purchase of certain coal claims in the Rbmiwlfgbgmisland of Batan in the Philippine Islands. _ [H' ‘ ‘] _ [Public, No, 26.] Be it macted by t/oe Senate and House of Re;m·esentatives of the United _ _ _ State.; of America in Cbngresa assembled, That the Secretary of War §Q;§,§§;g°g{*“;*,f:·, be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase the coal claims owned by plums on Bmn is- Messrs. Munoz and Villanueva, lyingvon the island of Batan, Philip- °" ‘ pine Islands, and upon which the ar Department now holds an l option; and to provide for the purchase of said claims the sum of fifty Avv¤>¤>¤•¤·>¤- thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the above sum is made immediately available in or er that purchase may be made before the said option expires, to wit, before ) arch first, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, February 26, 1906.