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 SIXTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ons. 287-290. 1914. 709 determination bgozhe Secretary of the Interior upon such applications for (patent, said retary, in his discretion, may enter into agfeements, un er such conditions as he may dprescribe with such app 'cants for patents m possession of such lan or any pprtions thereof, relative to the disposition of the oil or gas produced therefrom or the proceeds u¤§’i*jg>°S¤‘ °* P*¤¤°°d¤ thereof, plending final determination of the title thereto by the Secre- ' tariof the Interior, or such other disposition of the same as may be authorized by law. Any moneguwhich may accrue to the United ,_,,fi§“u§‘E{{“,,lg,‘?$’,§2_1°°‘ States under the provisions of t ° Act from lands within the Naval Petroleum Reserves shall be set aside for the needs of the Navy and deposited in the Treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the Navy Petroleum Fund, which fund shall be applied to the needs of the PENN °f*¤¤·iP*=- Navy as Congress may from time to time direct, by appropriation or otherwise. " Approved, August 25, 1914. CHAP. 288.-An Act To resent the steam launch Louise, new employed in the A ”· m*· construction of the Panama Clainal, to the French Government. P y Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That, as a mark of agprecra- %°g; launch tion of the sacrifices and services of the French peolplem e_con· "L¤¤is¤*§¤ on struction of the Panama Canal, the steam launc uise, built in ,...I°"H,d§.. ’ P"' France in eighteen hundred and eiighty—£ve, and eménloyed in the construction of the canal successive y by the French anarna Canal ‘ Company and by the United States, be put in good condition and presented to the French Government. _ A tm M Sec. 2. That the sum of $6,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any ovailiwlili etc} money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the expense of executing this Act, to be (llSb¤1$6g by the Governor of the Canal Zone. Approved, August 25, 1914. CHAP. 289.-I-An Act To authorise the GreatWestern Land Company, ofMissouri, *“Q‘§’6?,33lf“· to construct a bridge across Black River., Be it enacted the Senate and House o Representatives o the United mw States of Ameriolal in Congress assembled, `lihat the Great Wgstern Land cguivigiiéntma Company, a co eration organized under the   of the State of ;.,BK§'3&§{§`f‘Hf,§ Missouri, is herelby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across Black River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the northwest quarter of section five, township twenty-two north, range seven east, oi the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Butler, in the State of Missouri, in accord- C ance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the v‘L'#§§‘f‘§fl‘§'}j construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ¤*°¤d¤¤*- expressly reserved. Approved, August 26, 1914. CHAP. 290.-An Act To extend the general land laws to the former Fort Bridger Auf;-I'$*R27b%9!¢· Military Reservation in Wyoming., a 0. . Be it e·naeted_by the Senate and House ry Representatives ry' the United , States qf_America in C'¢m§ress assembled, That the lands on the former gfymn §g*};°;t}§I§; Fort Bridger Military eservation m Wyoming are hereby made Wyo.