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 said Comptroller of the Currency and by the Federal Reserve Board, or by the organization committee pending the organization of the Federal Reserve Board.

. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act caliislslisdtifniii mini}; shall for anly reason be adiludged by an court of competent jurisdiction to e invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly mvglveg in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

. The right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, December 23, 1913.

.— An Act To provide for expenses of representatives of United States at the International Maritime Conferendgior Safety at Sea. .

[Public, No. 44.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the expenses of the  ““"‘ representatives of the United States at the International Maritime M<¤¤<;¤¤1 ¤x>1>r¤~ Conference for Safety of Life at Sea, now in session at London, there   °°°“°° is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropnated, the sum of $5,000 in addition to the appropriation of WL 37 638. $10,000 made in the joint resolution approved June twenty-eighth, p' nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled ‘ Jibint resolution proposing an international maritime conference? _ App1‘0V0d, DGGHM ber 23, 1913.

CHAP. 8.-An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and o tion of Im *5· Wua bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew, at or near Wilmot, Arkansas. pm U 0, 0. .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assejmbled{That the county of Ashley, mE»°$Y°° B°m1°l° a corporation organized and existmgbunder the laws of the State of A;§ff‘%°,,‘{.,‘§:,f{;_ Arkansas, its successors and assigns, e, and they are hereby, author- W¤¤¤¤*- ized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridgpvand approaches thereto across the Bayou Bartholomew, at or near_ ilmot, Arkansas, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, m accordance with vo, ,,,1, ,,_ the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to re§ilate the construction of bridges 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 ·‘“"°"""°“’· expressly reserved.

Approved, January 15, 1914.

CHAP. 9.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the  "’·?§“If tion and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes," approved February muth, nineteen hundred and nine. {P¤bu°: N°· 46-I

Be it enacted by the Senate and Housing Re esentattves of the United 0 _ States of America in Congress assemb, Tgzit an Act entitled "·$11 vltilints, p. su, Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medlc- °“§§g°gj mz inal purposes/’ approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and nme, ' is hereby amend so as to read as follows: _ _ I "That after the first day of A ril, nineteen hundred and mne, it m,‘§§’£°°"°° l" shall be tmlawful to import into the United States opium in any form or any preparation or erivative thereof: Pmmkted, That opium and *"°°"°·