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 SIXTYJFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 48-50, 52. 1916. 37 E;O48.-gy; lr)\r1mve¤. is hereby granted to the terstate_Br1dge Company and .1tS successors Compariiy maylltliiii-lg: and &SSlgIlS to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ap- L¤¤S*¤€· I¤w¤· ; proaches thereto across the Mississippi R1ver at a pomt suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Lansmg, m the county of Alla- C t t_ makee, in the State of Iowa, m accordance with the prov1sions of the vtiixllallljiiilizlll Act_ent1tled "An Act to regulate the construction_of bridges over nagigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred an six. _ Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°°dm°¤*- expressly reserved. — Approved, March 20, 1916. . M nm, ms. CHAP. 49.-An Act Reserving or excepting all ores or minerals on the lands, with [§i=R· 10*81] gpcgight of mining the same, on the site of the proposed post-office buildingatflalumet, [Public, No. 35.] lg2.11. Be itenaétedby theSenateandHmwe¢y1¤.¥_e}pr·esentatives¢;ftheUnited _ States tz rimenkza in Congress assembled, at the provision of tho $?,‘§5‘§‘},°§,,‘;§*,;"‘,;,·,,_ public mldrng Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and auygoziédev, p. sm. tlnrteen (Thuty-sevent Statutes, page eight hundred and seventy- ° eéht), which authorizes the acquisition of a suitable Slté for the post p Hee at Calumet, Mickugan, be, and the Same is hereby, amended as 0 ows: · _ _ _ _ "Provided, That the_Secretary of the Treasriy may, in  discre- Kggmbdm tion, accept a title which reserves or excepts ores or minerals on the lands, with the right of mining the same." Approved, March 20, 1916. CHAP. 50.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Lowell, county ligrlcilzlliieigdg of M1ddlesex, State of Massachusetts, to construct a bridge across the Merrimack River. ···iI;;§E··)§§·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mmm k Rm States_ of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Con- 1,,w.,u,°°M,,$s_, {,3,,, gress IS hereby granted to the city of Lowell, county of Middlesex, *’"°‘g°· tate of Massac usetts, a miuncipal corporation, and its successors and assigns, to construct, mamtam, an operate a bpdge and approaches thereto across the Merrimack River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, to replace the present Pawtucket Bridge, so called, and at or near the po1nt_at which said Pawtucket Bri ge cmmmeuen. crosses sa1d river, in accordance with the provisions of the Act en- "°‘·“~F’· 8*- titled "An Act to rggulate the construction of bridges over navigable Waters/’ approved arch twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. at the right to alter, amend, or repeal tlns Act is hereby A"‘°"‘”"°“‘· expressly reserved. Approved, March 20, 1916. CHAP. 52.-——An Act To amend section thirty-six hundred and forty-six of the li?i¤i?£=E€li° Revised Statutes of the United States as reenacted and amended by Act of February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and nine. ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sidm? Qf America in Gy1v§ess assembled, That section tlurty-six htm- L°‘°· °“’·· °h°°“· dred and forgysix of the evised Statutes be, and hereby 1S, amended toreadasfo ows: mpmms Mlm, "Sec. 36·t6. That whenever any original check is_lost, stolen, or ee., exam, my ¤• destroyed chsbursing officers and agents of the United States are ’“°°"·