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 586 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 15, 21, 22. 1909. méys m dwg_ the case was tried below shall fix and determine: Provided, however, mae pnceornemng. That at any time before the hearing of any appeal, writ of error, or other case, the parties thereto, through their respective attorneys, may stipulate at which of the above-named places the same shall be heard, in which case the case shall be remitted to and entered upon the docket at the place so stipulated and shall be heard there. Approved, January 11, 1909. J'i'}I°“,§Y CHAP. 21.-An Act To authorize the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road Company and the Lackawanna Railroad Company of New Jersey to construct [Public, No. 189.] and maintain a bridge across the Delaware River from a point near the village of Columbia, Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey, to the village of Slateford, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Representatives of the United gg}:::',,; Bf_Q5kg_ States of America in Congress assembled, '1`hat the Delaware, Lackawanna and www-ri wanna and Western Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of E,",,}'§§‘ggg2}"C$fu'§,i Pennsylvania, and the Lackawanna Railroad Company of New Jersey, bi¤·N·¥'· a corporation of the State of New Jersey, be, and thei hereby are, authorized jointly to construct, maintain, and operate a ridge across . the Delaware River between a point northwest o the village of Columbia, in the township of Knowlton, county of Warren, and State of New Jersey, and a point southeasterly from the village of Slateford, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, in accordance with Vol. 34, p. sa. the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters, " approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Am°¤‘lm°¤*· Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 14, 1909. J¤¤¤M!·' 15· 1901 CHAP. 22.-—An Act Authorizin the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to lease W, v.iSjE‘] San Clemente Island, California, antd for other purposes. [Public, No. 190.] _ Be it enacted by the Senate and [bmw ({f1l?l])T€88’llb¢lb?·U€8 oft/ae United C,f,·;$,';‘·,{$;;l;{,§g nrerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized directed, and ' N W 7 Y rwy. empowercdto lease and demise to the San Clemente it ool Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, its successors and assigns, for the purpose, however, of farming, the unused light-house reservation in California, known as San Clemente Island, for and during the full period of twenty- tive years, for its and their sole and exclusive use, except as herein- ,,;*;*;*::;jg,j¤;gQ;¤m after specified, at an annual rental, payable in advance, of one thousand ` five hundred dollars, and an expenditure by said company, or its successors or assigns, of twenty-tive thousand dollars (not less than approximately one thousand dollars in any one year of said term) in improving the said island and protecting it from devastation by accre- Pgmm. tions of sand: Provided, That in said lease it shall be stipulated that mgm '°""°‘l the Government of the United States may at any time during the term thereof go upon said island and construct thereon at any point light-house buildings, stone quarries, piers, landings, or other governmental structures, and may set aside certain tracts of land on the shore for fishing and camping places, and take ossession of such portion or portions of said island as may be required) for such purposes, and may
 * ,,:$‘{‘C,Sl°'°°“t° 1* States of America in Congress assembled, T hat the Secretary of Com-