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 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 3602—3605. 1906. 615 Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall be capable of taking and §[‘jjQg“§d*¤¥¤- holding real and personal property in trust for said organizations to ` any value not exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, and shall have full ppwer and authority upon a resolution or resolutions of each of said neficiary or nizations to, from time to time, encumber said ground so to be purgiiised and the improvements thereon, or any part thereof, in such manner, for such pu ses, and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescr1beldp(bv said resolution o1· resolutions. . Approved, June 2q 1906. CHAP. 3803.-An Act Waiving the age limit for admission to the Pay Corps of ·l¤¤¤ ?9· 1906- the United States Navy in the case of Frank Holway Atkinson. [8*6463*] Public, No. 349. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q f Rqnresentatives of the United [ 1 States of rlmeriea in Omzgress assembled, That the age limit for admis— §§fg} Holm, M_ sion to the Pay Corps of the United States Navy be, and is hereby, lumen. _ _. ed waived in the case of Frank Holway Atkinson, in consideration of his r¤ n zdPay honorable service in the Navy during the Spanish war. 0¤¤r¤- Approved, June 29, 1906. CHAP. 3604.-An Act To amend An Act entitled "An Act to legalize and estab- June 29. 1906. lish adpontoon railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and [S· 6483-] to an orize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa/’ [Public, No. aw.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRq2resentat2?ves of the United S States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Act entitled "An %i;¤·§i;iii;vi1§ver.n Act to le lize and establish a pontoon railway bridge across the Mis- toonp di·¤iv¤_i·;%é sissippi Igiirer at Prairie du C ien, and to authorize the construction {‘,§‘§,j‘·,,,‘{},,’,;f§‘,;’,§*f “ of a similar brid e at or near Clinton, 1owa," approved June sixth, edV<>1-18.i>·62»¤¤¤¢¤¤- eighteen hundreg and seventy-four, be, and the same is hereby, so ' amended as to permit the owners of the said bridge to replace the present pontoon draw in the east or minor channel of the river at Prairie du Lhien with and to maintain a suitable draw s n with two openings D¢¤¤rir¤<>¤ ofdrweach of not less than one hundred and sixty tgizt in the clear at low water, and at a clear height of not less than twenty-eight feet above low water and at such point and with such proper ways and means for the safe passage through or under it of vessels or rafts as Shall be prescribed by the Secretary of \Var. Approved, June 29, 1906. GKAP, 3605. --An Act Authorizing the striking of two hundred additional medals ‘ ·l¤¤};° to commemorate the tW0-hI1¤d?8dth 8Il¤lV€l'S8l‘y of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. Pu c, o. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. iu_ Clmgress asaemblecl, That the Secretary or State ggqgggzlpegggqé is authorized and directed to have struck two hundred additional tocommemorate memedale for the use of the American Philosophical Society, Philadcl- §‘,,‘}.',£‘{,‘§°"‘ ““""“" phia, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary vc1.:ss,p.a¤. of the birth of Benjamin Franklin! Prvvzded, That the entire cost of &¤€f*°· striking the medals shall be borne by the aforesaid American Philosophical Society. Approved, June 29, 1906.