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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Cus. 188-190. 1923. 1431 neseta and Mississippi Rivers at points suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Pike Island in the State of M.innesota, said bridges to be constructed so as to connect the southwesterly shore of Pike Island with the west bank of the Mississippi River in Dakota County, Minnesota, the westerly shore of Pike Island with the Fort Snelling Military Reservation on the west bank of the said Mississippi River, and the southeasterly shore of Pike Island with the east bank of said river, in Ramsey Conmty, Minnesota, in accordance §’,‘},’{’y'·*‘g; with the provisions of the Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate the con- 'p` igrgiction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, Sec.  That telga right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ““°“°’“°“°‘ express y reserv . Approved, March 2, 1923. QHAP. 189.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive Ihéélfhggggjl for instruction at the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Mr. Jose A. de la  Torriente, a citizen of Cuba. Resolved b the Senate and H ouse of Re esentatices of the United States of Amgieriea in Oongrees a.ssembZed,pThat the Secretary of the  dodge? T"` Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit Mr. Jose A. de la N:$.§{F,g‘2,‘§;Y“° ‘° Torriente, a citizen of Cuba, to receive instruction at the United _ States Naval Academy, at Annapolis: Pro/vided, That no expense §§’§Q,‘;,m_ shall be caused to the United States thereby and that the said Jose A. de la Torriente shall agree to comply with all regulations for the °°“*““°“·"· police and discipline of the academy, to be studious, and to give his utmost eiforts to accomplish the course in the various departments of instruction, and the said Jose A. de la Torriente shall not be admitted to the academy until he shall have passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States, and that he shall be immediately withdrawn if deficient in studies or conduct and so recommended by the academic board. Approved, March 2, 1923. CHA . 1 .-- int Resolution uesting the Presidentto u nthe vem- ments o?cer?a(in niiiions the immediiiv necessity of   themigodingticn ciohabit IW! b- W-. No- 91*-1 forming narcotic drugs and the raw materials from which they are made to the amount actually required for strictly medicinal and scientific purposes. \Vhereas the imlawful use in the United States of America of miii'°°u° dm °°" opium (the coagulated juice of Papavcr sommferum) and its P"’°‘“"‘°‘ derivatives (morphia, codeine, heroin, and cocaine (obtained from coca leaves-—Erythroxylum coca and other preparations made from these plants or their by-products, wit attendant irreparable injury to health and morality and resultant death from continued use, is increasing and spreadmg; and `Whereas the special committee of investigation of trailic in narcotic drugs appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in its report dated April 15, 1919, having considered the secrecy connected with the unlawful sale and use of these drugs, and the other diiliculties in obtaining information which would give the exact number of addicts in the United States, says: “The committee is of the opinion that the total number o addicts in this country probably exceeds one million at the present t1me,” and further says that " the range of ages of addicts was reported as twelve to seventy-five years. The large majority of addicts of all ages was reported as using morphine or opium or its preparations.