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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 190-192. 1909. 647 That nothing contained herein shall be construed to extend the operation of any law which provides for the extinguishing of claims or contracts by limitation of time. Sec. 4. hat said corporation shall have a constitution and shall C°“S°*°‘“‘°“· have power to amend the same at pleasure: Provided, That such con- fg3i,,),, stitutron or amendments thereof do not conflict with the laws of the ` United States or of any State. ’ Sec. 5. That said corporation may provide for meetings of its leg-. M°°*i¤g*· islative or governinig body wherever such association shall have subordinate bodies, an all business transacted at such meetin shall be valid in all respects as if such meetings were held within saidSDistrict. Sec. 6. That the general offices of said corporation shall be in the °‘“°°*· District of Columbia or in any State where the secretary of the corporation may reside. Sec. 7. That said corporation shall not engage in any business for P,-]3E?i,Y§$_ M g"" gain, the purposes of said corporation being fraternal and benevolent. Sec. 8. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this Am°°dm°"°‘ Act. Approved, February 25, 1909. CHAP. 191.-—An Act To declare and enforce the forfeiture provided by section Feg;?;';_W2¥g§gi?09` four of the Act of Congreseapproved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- five, entitled "An Act granting to railroads the right 0 way through the public lands [ bm" N°‘2°°‘l of the United States." . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each and ever grant of Public lands _ right o way and station grounds heretofore made to an radroad cor- Jwxigm ration under the Act o Con ess approved March tbird, eighteen °*§,6{*{g>g_8_g, houndred and seventy-five, entitddd "An Act granting to railroads the.'_ right of way through the public lands of the United States," where such railroad has not been constructed and the period of five years next following the location of said road, or any section thereof, has now expired, shall be, and hereby is, declared forfeited to the United States, to the extent of any Yportion of such located line now remaining unconstructed, and the Lnited States hereby resumes the full title to the lands covered thereby free and discharged from such easement, and the forfeiture hereby declared shall, without need of further assurance or conveyance, inure to the benefit of any owner or owners rm): mgmt reof land heretofore conveyed by the United States subject to any such "*°'°°‘ grant of right of way or station grounds: Provided, That no right of §§,‘Q'f,if,‘{;m,_ way on which construction is progressing in good faith at the time of the assa e of this Act shal be in any wise affected, validated or invalidated by the provisions of this Act. Approved, February 25, 1909. QHAP. 192.-An Act Amending chapter five hundred and ninety-one of the F°5I“**;,'$QZ%giH°9· - United States Statutesat Large, F rtty-sixth Congress, approved Maiy twenty-sixth, __%_;___ nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to provide for the holdrngo aterm of the [Pub1i¤·,No.2ar.] circuit and district courts of the United States at Superior, Wisconsin." _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter five hundred ugij,*;q*gi;Qd;{*°m and ninety-one of the United States Statutes at Large, approved May J Vol. zi, p.` ns, twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred, be, and the same is hereby, amended ‘““°“°°d‘ so as to read as follows: _ "SEUrIoN 1. That two terms of the circuit and district courts of the T""“ "' S“*’“""’· United States for the western district of Wisconsin shall be held annually at the city of Superior, one term beginning on the fourth Tuesday