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 16 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 40-42. 1924. Fepiuag  CHAP. 40.-13.An Act T3 authorizczstlie St:gée;lp;tAaEga3;i;pgnG§o{)giéai%;h;gp§Bl; • ' . 8 BPQIHHBII, 0 C0 [P“bu°· N°‘ sa'] ihgladadtgyobheeliiized at or near Eujaula, Alabama, connecting Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman Coimty, Georgia. Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the 9A?bt§`hn¤m€e!i¤°dR<l:¤oi; United States oéglmerica in Congress assemblea{,That the States of E",,1,,'fj‘€{,,b"°“°’ Eu` Alabama and r `a, through their respective highway departments, be, and are lgdreby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Chattahoochee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Eufaula, _ n Alabama, connectilnlg Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman County, v¤i.;a,p.s4Z Georgia, in acco ance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable _,m¤dm,,,_ waters," approved March 23, 1906. _ _ Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 27, 1924. Fi ’gigf CHAP. 41.—Joint Resolution Making appropriation for contingent expenses of the United States Senate, fiscal year 1924. Bama Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the appmpnariwvriu- United States og America in Congress assembled, That the sum of §`§¤`E?° md mm? $125,000 is here y appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 1924, for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including comgensation of stenographers to committees at such rate as may be xed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contin ent Expgnses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per hundred wor s. Approved, February 27, 1924. I'}‘§f'§‘}§e§T·,},?,§*‘ CHAP. 42.——Joint Resolution To provide an appropriation for the prosecution of suits to cancel certain leases, and for other purposes. , A Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives o the ig;ii>;`ii1i§i>°i1e· United States of America in Congress assembled, That there bg and g*¤§g§°cg'j“,§§{§,‘}§”‘° is hereby, appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not f_M:.i>-gu otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof °""‘ as may be necessary, to be expended by the President for the purpose of employing the necessary attorneys and agents and for such other expenses as may be necessary in instituting and earryin on any suits or other proceedings, either civil or criminal, whiclg he may cause to be instituted or which may be instituted, or to take any other steps deemed necessa to be taken in relation to the cancellation of any leases on oil laii-ds in former naval reserves, in the prosecution of any person or persons guilty of any infraction of the laws of the United States in connection with said leases or in any other Aumom Mmmml measures which he may take to protect the interests of the United employed.}, States and the lpeople thereof in connection therewith. Any counsel employed by the President under the authority of this resolution shall be appointed by, and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall have full power and authority to carry on said proceedings, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 27, 1924.