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 ,SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 137-140. 1917. 947 fiscal year ending June thirtieth next preceding, including a full, complete, 8.I1d_1lZ·6II11ZBd report of receipts and expenditures of whatevertkindé which reportds all be dplgy audited by the War Departmen, an a. co 0 said re ort sh be transmit the War DepartIix5ient." P wd to Congress by Approved, Februa.ry 27, 1917. CHAP. 138.-An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation Fei’I¥?alg§é¥1?l7' of a bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Parkin, Arkansas. Be it en,acted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in. Congress assembled, That O. N. Killough, and his ?,“‘·'§‘ F"“"°“K,,,m,@R*,},§'· successors and assigns, be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct, \>¤i¤i:¤.`P¤rki¤=. Ark. y maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Saint Francis River at or near the town of Parkin, in Cross County, Arkansas, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accord- %'§,"§,"'{,'} ance with the provisions ot the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the i U i 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 ’“"¤¤*“”°°*· expressly reserved. Approved, Febmary 27, 1917. . CHAP. 139.-An Act Permitting the building of a railroad bridge acrom the F°?{£°H gagil liisimippi River at Bemidji, in the State of Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Co ess §$gg,§sR*'g{-6 d is hereby granted to the Minneapolis, Red Lake and ManitobaH§rail- Lan me ummm way Company, a ra.ilway corporation organized under the laws of {,‘§,f,IQ,‘f’],2‘{,'f,?,,{’§:‘{['{{,‘,,’j the State of Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point on the east bank of said river in lot two of section sixteen, township one hundred and fort ·six, ran e thirty-three west, to a point on the west bank of saidy river in Eat one of said section sixteen, all in Beltrami County Minnesota, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled $<;¤?=¤3¤;¤¤¤>8¤:- "An Act to regulate the construction of bridgles over navigable ‘ ’°‘ ' waters," a roved March twenty-third, nineteen undred and six. _ Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ‘“‘“""‘*‘“°"‘· expressly reserved. Approved, February 27, 1917. cnn. 140.-An Act To mend me public-building_Act approved une; sem-ni, Fi"¤""‘. R? rib}? nineteen hundred and thirteen, authorizing the acquisition o a suitable site for a public building at Pittston. Pennsylvama. ’ Be it enacted the Senate and House ofRe esentatives 0 the United _ States if Ameniiz in. Congress assembled, Thlat the provigion of the §§§‘{,‘§‘;,§°§;,c mdpublic- uilding Act aplproved March fourth, nineteen hundred and ¤=§,°L 37 p_ 8,,6 thirteen (thirty-sevent Statutes, page eight hundred and seventy- mmm. ’ ’ six), which authorizes the acquisition of a suitable site, and so fort , at Pittston Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to add the following iéiéozviso, namely: _ _ _ me. . "Provided, That the retary of the TYBBSEJEY may, in  discre- ems m ,,",,,“,{j tion, accept a title which reserves or excepts ores or mmerals on the lands with the right of mining the same." Approved, February 27, 1917.