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 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 14-16. 1918. 437 of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River," approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and six, e, and the same is hereby, extended for the period of three years from the date · of the passage of this Act. _ _ Condemnation ctc Sec. 2. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the obyects of ummm. ’ ’ this Act, the cilty of Saint Louis may receive, purchase, and also acquire by lawf appropriation and condemnation in the States of _ Illinois and Missouri upon making proper compensation ‘therefor, to be ascertained according to the laws o the State within which the same is located real and personal property and rights of propertly, and in order to facilitate and support interstate commerce, may ma e any and every use of the same necessary and proper for the acquirement, construction, maintenance, and otperation of said municipal bridge a preaches, and extensions or a ditions thereto, consistent with thellaws of the United States. _ Ammdmm Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ` expressly reserved. Approved, February 11, 1918. . CHAP. 15.-An Act To authorize and empower officers and enlisted men of the F°b'gf%£f]m8` Navy and Marine Corps to serve imder the Government of the Dominican Republic, ———-;——— and for other purposes. [P°bu°* N°‘ lm'] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the United 1),,,,,,,,,, bm, States of America in Congress assembled; Tgt the President of the mg¤¢¤¤¤| ¤¤m¤*g United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to mm. ~ detail to assist the Dominican Republic, officers and enlisted men of the United States Na md the United States Marine Corpp: Pro- §,,','§,X',,“g‘,‘{;,,,,,,,,, ,,,,_ mkled, That officers anvd enlisted men so detailed be, and they are mimihereby, authorized to accept from the Government of the Dominican _ Repu lic offices under said Government with compensation and emoluments from the said Dominican Republic, sub'ect to the approval Begum www of the President of the United States: Providedjurther, That while m.,¤mu¤¤¤a. m' so detailed such officers and enlisted men shall receive, in addition to the compensation and emoluments allowed them by the Dominican Republic, the pag and allowances of their rank or rating in the United States Na or nited States Marine Corps, as the case may be, and they shallvbe entitled to the same credit, while so serving, for longevity, retirement, foreign-service pay, and for all other urposes that they would receive if the were serving with the Unitedp States Navy or Marine Corps in said llrominican Republic. Approved, February 11, 1918. 18.——~i§n Act Tp amend section; four of the Act entitled "An Act to pro. F°?rril8Hii§;318` VH G Of I'€ ° -———~———--~ Arizomnnan auxi iary c amation proiec 111 COIIDOCUOD with the Yuma project, [Public, Nm mu Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives 0 the Uni ed States of America in Congress assembledf Tlizlt the first gentence tof prdqdlclzljikriloiicdnteilxlatim section four of the Act entitled "An Act to rovide for an auxilia ";‘§;,ed39» P- 869- reclamation project in connection with the YPuma pro`ect, Arizonatx am i approved January twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, be amerpqdeitl sg as to read as fpllolvgil "_ ia the mene in said a ' reclamation fimd of the Yuma U’°°"““‘““°‘“°°‘· project, Arizona, shall be availabldvior the construction or completion of irrigation works of the said auxiliary project or unit." Approved, February 11, 1918.