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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Cue. 270, 271. 1923. 150]. certain portion of nmsurveyed public land adjacent to the city of D*’”"P"‘°"— Skagway, Alaska, which IS bounded on the east b the Ska ay River, on the south by Lynn Canal, on the west gy Lynn Ciyial and  Bay, an arm of Lynn Canal, and on the north by a line running from a point approximately four hundred feet north of Alp1ne_Br1dge, on the west bank of the Skagway River, in an approximately westerly direction to Long Bay, on Lynn Canal, the land embraced in these boundaries contaimng approximately two hundred and fifty acres: Provekled, That the grant hereb made Qofféumg is, and the patent issued thereunder shall be, subject to ad legal wm pm rights heretofore acquired by any person or persons in or to the above—descr1bed premises or any part thereo and now existing under and by vu·tue of the laws of the United States: Provided further, That there shall be reserved to the United States all coal, m“°“'“‘°“°""°‘*·‘ oil, or other mineral deposits that may be found in the lands so granted and all necessary use of the lands for extracting the same: Rwmlm for mb And provided farther, That the lands hereby authorized to be use. ‘ conveyed, as hermnbefore set forth, and all portions thereof, shall be held and used by or for the said grantee for the purpose herein specified, and if the lands shall cease to be so used for a period of three Ears at any one time, they shall revert to the United States, and t `s condition shall be expresed in the patent to be issued Pa under the terms of this Act: And provided further, That the land ""°“t'°'*""°°‘ to be conveyed to the city of Skagway, Alaska, shall be paid for at the rate of $1.25 per acre. Approved, March 4, 1923. mma. CHAP. 271.-An Act Granting the cousentof Congres to umintain abridge acres the Rio Grande River. 0- 522-] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regrresentatives of the mc Game United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Cit.1zensBridgeComof Congress is hereby granted to the Citizens Bridge Company, a ‘§§‘,§f'T’§§}' *’"dg°» D°l corporation, and its successors and assigns,  maintain and operate a bridge and a proaches thereto across the R10 Grande River at or near the cit oi) Del Rio, State of Texas, in accordance with the pro-  visions of tlie Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of ggvmvgm umd bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906: Provided, gy na me and Li? That the authority hereby grante shall terminate and end on the px; §;'j‘l{]°'*{,ggg}· 1st day of July, 1925, if within that time the Del Rio and   Vacas Aw. pail Bridge Compan, a copartnership organized and entered into under the laws of the State 0 Texas, shall construct and complete a bridge at or near said location in accordance with the authority given to said copartnership by the Act entitled: “An Act to authorize the construction of a brid over the Rio Grande between the cities of Del Rio, Texas, and is Vacas, Mexico," approved July 1, 1922: Tmlorm lm Provided further, That nothing herein shall operate to extend the other b,-dg, ,,25 ,,. time within which said Del Rio and Las Vacas Bridge Company °°¤**°°· are required by the Act approved July 1, 1922, to begin and complete said bridge. _ _ Sm, 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°"°”*°°‘· expressly reserved. Approved, March 4, 1923.