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 396 SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Srss. I. Cue. 98-100. 1917. 0¤*¢;ggbl917· CHAP. 9_8.——An Act Authorizing the Sermetary of War to donate to the State cf _i;_L_.. North Carolina two brass cannon, with carriag. [Public, No. 83.] . Be it enacted the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the gtéziéllgfibchghggn United States oaf iilnterica in Congress assembled That the Secretary E§[°,,eu j;.,,{’,{m,,,,‘EQ of War be, an he IS hereby, authorized and directed to donate to C°'*¤°€°· the State of North Carolina. two brass or bronze cannon, with carriage, and suitable outfit of cannon balls, condemned or not needed or present service, to be placed at the foot of the monument now eing erected at Carthage, North Carolina, in honor of James R. McConnell, an American aviator, who was killed while flying for . France. Approved, October 6, 1917. 0°tf°£°{£53917' CHAP. 99.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a glrgigge agdAs;gproaches thereto across the Arkansas River between the cities of Little · · · an nta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representiztives at the United $',$‘E§ B§§,°f,;,,,, States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress Egg ¤¤¤¢¤» is hereby granted ger the county of Pulaski, m the State of Arkansas,. its successors an assi to construct maintain an operate a bridge and a proaches glgreto across the’Arkansas ltiver at the city of Little Rodl: on the site now occupied bg the free highway constructed by said county in the years eig teen hundred an nmegg six and eighteen hun and nmeg-seven, m accordance with the gggsga provisions of the Act- entitled "An ct to rgiulate the construction ` ’ of bridges over dnavigable wate1s," approv March twenty-thud, nineteen hundre an six. Amendment. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, October 6, 1917. °°*£’§’"292y1]°17· CHAP. 100.—An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of El Pas0,Texas to construct a bridge across the Bio Grande River within or near the city limits of El lP¤bl*°· ?‘•°·85·] II;aso,l'5exns, ipch construction to be made with the consent and cooperation of the epu IC of exico. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regn·esentat·ives of the United §{°,$Q,'$f‘“§,§l';§gy States ofA merica in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress the Rio Grande River at a point suitable to the interests of naviga- (_ ust M tion within or near the city limits of El Paso, Texas, in accordance vi.1.s:up.(iiiZ with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to re late the con- C  Ft M struction of bridges over navigable waters," approveddidarch twengy- icQ;;igll1lL;d.c•’° "` third, nineteen hundred and six, such construction to be made o K with the consent and cooperation of the Republic of Mexico, and suc C, mmm t { bridge to be free of any toll. ”” °° ’° °' Sec. 2. That this act shall be null and void unless the construction of said bridge is commenced within one vear and completed within dm t five years from the date of approval hereof. ‘“““" °“ ’ Sec. 3. That the right to a ter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, October 6, 1917.
 * >¤i<1e¤· is hereby granted to the city of El Paso, in the State of Texas, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and appxroaches thereto across