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 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 3926, 3927. 1906. 803 the benefit of the use of the maps and field notes resulting from _ said surveys, examinations, and river measurements, and the prefer- ,m€{,°j{.§'fQ‘§§_“ght °° ence right to acquire at any time within three ears from the approval of this Act any lands now reserved by the [lnited States under the terms of said reclamation Act in connection with said project, necessary for storage or right of wa purposes upon filing with the register and receiver of the land oéce in the land district where any such lands sought to be acquired are situated a map showing the lands desired to be acquired, and upon the approval of said map or_maps by the Secretary of the Interior and upon the payment of one dollar and mee. twenty-five cents per acre to the receiver of said land office title to said land so reserved and filed on shall vest in said city of Los Angeles, and such title shall be and remain in said city only for the purposes aforesaid, and shall revert to the United States in the event of the abandonment thereof for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, however, _ That the terms of this Act shall not apply to any lands upon Bishop cjggtégtfn B"'h°P Creek or its branches in said county of Inyo. Sec. 5. That all lands over which the rights of way mentioned in E*¤¤¤¤¤¤- N this Act shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such easements: Provided, however, That if construction of said waterworks shall not ggggggm have been begun in good faith within five years from the date of ' approval of t is Act, or if after such period of five years there shall be a cessation of such construction for a period of t ree consecutive years, then all rights hereunder shall be forfeited to the United States. Sec. 6. That the·city of Los Angeles is prohibited from ever selling ,e§¥:¤é1§<;&gg¤¤ or letting to any corporation or individua, except a municipality, the ' right for such corporation or individual to sell or sublet the water sold or 'ven to it or him b the city. @4*:. 7. That the riglit to amend, alter, or repeal this Act at any A¤¢¤d¤¤¤¤~ time is hereby reserved. ~ Approved, June 30, 1906. CHAP. 3927.-—An Act To authorize the Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal J¤¤¤30.1906- Company to construct a railroad trestle across tide and shore lan sin Controller _____[§_f522·] Bay, in the Territory of Alaska. [rum1e,No.soc.] Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Alaska Pacific Rail- Afj,;f'°“°' NY- way and Terminal Company, a corporation organized under the laws Agaskudraqnc rpt; of the State of Washington, its successors and assigns, be, and they ddlipiiii; mgmcgiare hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad ;Q;jg;_’“’l'°°“ "°“*° trestle and approaches thereto across the tide and shore lands in Controller Bay from the mainland to Whale Island, in the Territory of Alaska, the mainland terminus and approaches of mid railroad trestle to be located at or near a point six hundred feet east of the southeast corner of United States survey numbered five hundred and seventy- two, in accordance with the pr0ViSi0¤S of the Act entitled "An Act to Ama v·84~ regulate the construction of b1'idg€S 0VOI` Havigable Waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. sac, 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤<=¤<*¤¤¤¤=· expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906.