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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs. 61-63. 1919. 287 ability shall not form part of the limited retired list: And provided further, 'l‘hat one thousand two hundred emergency officers shall be An smite mma.ssi§ned to the A1r Service, of whom not less than 85 per centum m°“°" sha be duly qualilied fliers. Approved, September 17, 1919. C CHAP. $$2.-izn not Gdrantin%xe copsetpt of Congress toRthe D. E. Hewit Lumber- S°°t°$ti°ioili 1919* 0111 (LDV CODBTUC 811 DISH) 113 T1 9 C1' ° or `1*;;-"' Counliy,VKentucky, and Mingo County, WestgVi:giri1?;. Tug wer, cmmectmb [Pubu°’ N°° wl Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ri)/' America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress ]'1$¤zERiv¤r. is here y granted to the D. E. Hewit Lumber Company, and its suc- m' ctulggi; LK cessors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ‘{,’jf’g°· I*°"”“» W· approaches thereto across the Tug River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, one end of said bridge being in Martin County, Kentuckg, and the other end of the said bridge being on the o posite side of the Tug River, at Kermit, in Mingo Count, in the Sltate of C tm ti West Virginia, in accordance with the provisions oi the Act entitled v?»i?e4,§,.(.iif "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," apiplroved March 23, 1906. Sec. 2. at the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby *“‘°""""°“‘· expressly rmerved. Approved, September 17, 1919. CEQA?. 63.-An Act To amend sections 4 and 5 of an Act entitled "An Act to sepulgiirrdl mt for stock-raising homuteads, and for other purposes/’ approved December Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United smning hm., States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 4 and 5 of the “$g{· 39 v_ 863 Act entitled "An Act to provlde for stock-raising homesteads, and amended., ' for other pu.rposes," approved December 29, 1916, be amended to read as fo]-lows: aaamem to pend- "Sec. 4. That any homestead entryman of lands of the character mgznomeswad mms. herein described who has not submitted Enal proof upon his existing m,d3’§§§$‘§_‘ “°“ ' entry shall have the right to enter, subject to the (provisions of Act, such amount of lands designated for entry un er the provisions of this Act, within a radius of twenty miles from said existing entry, as shall not, together with the amount embraced in his origin entry exceed six hundred and forty acres, and residence upon the original Im entry shall be credited on both entries, but improvements must be q,,,,,W"""""’ '°' made on the additional entry e.<£1al to $1.25 for each acre thereof: g’y\°,?;m mu to Provided, That the entryman sh be required to enter; all contiguous be nm enacted. apeas of the character hpregi described open to entry prior to the entry 0 an nonconf ous an . Hnmu ldm "S1}ic. 5. Thalglpersons who have submitted final proof upon, or mm  received patent for, lands of the character herem described under the Q,,°°‘§'{‘§d,_""'°" homestead laws, and who own and reside upon the land so acquired, ma, subject to the provisions of this Act, make additional entry for andlobtam patent to lands designated for entry under the tprovisions of this Act, within a radius of twenty miles from the lands eretofore acquired under the homestead laws, which, together with the area mpmmmts M theretofore a uired nmder the homestead laws, shall not exceed six quiredhundred andcgorty acres, on proof of the expenditure required by this Act on account of permanent improvements upon the additional hug entry: Proowed, That the entryman shall be required to enter all hcggeww gw to contiguous areas of the character herein descr: ed open to entry prior to the entry of any noncontxguous land! . Approved, September 29. 1919.