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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 11-16. 1910. 189 CHAP. 14.-An Act Extending the time for certain. homesteaders to establish -l¤¤¤¤·¤Y 28- 1910- residence upon their lands. - 1H· R· 162%-1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatices of the United [Public'NO` Z3`] States of America in Congress assembled, Tgggt all persons who have %‘Q§;“;§,§‘;,§g';j\l°'§b heretofore made homestead entries in the States of North Dakota, estublishresideuceby South Dakota, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado, and °°§»tj§Q1i,_ gm Wyoming, and the Territory of New Mexico, where the period in which they were, or are, required by law to make entry under declar— _ atory statement or establish residence expired or expires after December first, nineteen hundred and nine, are hereby granted until May fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, within which to make entry or _ establish residence upon the lands so entered by them: Provided, That §’Q‘Q§{,‘f§·p€,i0d ,,0, this extension of time shall not shorten either the period of commu- ¤1¤>¤¢¤·¤·<1- tation or of actual residence under the homestead law: Provided fur- _ ther, That this Act Shall not apply to an adverse claim established by c1{}£,‘Q§”° °1“"““ "" entry and residence after the expiration of the time allowed for establgshing residence of the first entryman, and prior to the passage of t is Act. Sec. 2. That homestead entr men or settlers u on the public domain grggiggf °‘ “"“°“°° in the States above named are hereby granted a l)eave of absence from their land for a period of ’ three months from the date of the approval _ of this Act: Provided, That the period of actual absence un er this §Q,”'g';‘guc,,0¤ mm get shall not be deducted from the full time of residence required by regular period. w. Approved, January 28, 1910. CHAP. 15.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Red ·1¤·¤¤¤·1‘Y 28.1910- River and to establish it as a post-road. [S‘ 4089] Publi ,No. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [ c 24] States of America in Oo ess assembled, That William Kenefick or his {§,§‘}§,Qf,;"·KeneBck assigns be, and they arengbreby, authorized to construct and maintain ¤¤¤r ¤>ri¤s¤·i¤ Bryan a lift or draw railway, foot—passenger, and wagon bridge and ap- C°°°°y'0u“' preaches thereto across the Red River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation on the southern line of Bryan County, State of Oklahoma, at or near what is known as the Upper or Carpenters BluH Crossing, in said county and State, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to re§ilate the construction of bridges V<>1·84.¤·¤4· . over navigable waters,” approved arch twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢· expressly reserved. Approved, January 28, 1910. CHAP. 16.-An Act To provide for a change in the bridge authorized by an Act ~l*1¤¤91'Y @1910- entitled "An Act to authorize the building of a bridge at Dardanelle, Arkansas," approved September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety. [1>ub1ic,Nc.25.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Re resentatives of the United _ States of America in Ocngress assembled, Tlijat the bridge authorized j§§§$,,“"§f,cff},§@§, in to be constructed by an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the building grids? ¤cr¤§¤.¤¤ Derof a bridge at Dardanelle, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River," °s?§1.°’i{ 'p. sw, approved September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall here- ““‘°““°d· a ter provide a pontoon draw span of said bridge of such length as the Secretary of War may require in the interests of navigation, but not less than one hundred and fifty feet, and that the location thereof shall be changed from time to time by the owners of said bridge at their own expense, as may be directed by the Secretary of War, so that the same may conform to the changes in the channel of the river. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amwémwt expressly reserved. Approved, January 28, 1910.