Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 25.djvu/734

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. sms. 11. ons. 203, 204. 1889. 689 and eyery allottee for_the lands so allotted, with the conditions, restrictions; and limitations mentioned therein as are provided in the agreement. _ Sec. 3. That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act Apvrvpriations. 1DtO effect, the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, set aside, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as follows: For the expense of the survey of the land as provided in section For Sway_ second of this act, twelve thousand dollars. ` For the first of twenty installments as provided in said agreement, to ram mmumeut. be used by the Secretariy of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians in such manner as the resident may direct: For the Lemhi Indians, floip thousand dollars, and for the Fort Hall Indians, six thousand o ars. For the expense of removing the Lemhi Indians to the Fort Hall E>;{>¢¤¤¤ <>f M- Reservation, five thousand dollars. mv ` SEO. 4. That this act, so far as the Lemhi Indians are concerned, Lemhi Reservation. shall take edect only when the President of the United States shall have presented to im satisfactory evidence that the agreement herein set forth has been accepted by the majority of all the adult male members of the Shoshone, Bannack, and Shee eater tribes ocpppyiing the Lemhi Reservation, and shall have signihed his approval ereo . Approved, February 23, 1889. CHAP. 204.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge or bridges across Febnmry 23, IM. the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin.""`_""_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of La pa cmsse may Crosse, a municipal corporation in the county of La Crosse, State of §§‘,§§f’ Mississippi Wisconsin, its successors or assigns, may construct and maintain a Wazvn and foot bridge for the passage of vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot- b"dg°‘ passengers across the Mississippi River from some point within the corporate limits of the city of La Crosse to Barron’s Island, opposite the said city of La Crosse, and a bridge or bridges, for a like purpose, across that part of the Mississippi River west of the main channel of said river, from said Barron’s Island to some point in the county of Houston, in the State of Minnesota: Provided, That Pmvzm. it shall not be lawful to construct said bridge or bridges until the Secretary of War, after an examination and report by a board of Examination, m. three United States engineers, and appointed by him, shall certify that the same will not materially obstruct the navigation of said irmusznmmu mm. river; And provided further, That the location and plan or manner g““°“· of constructing said bridge or bridges shall be subject to the aproval of the Secretary of War, and until approved by him the secmmw osvvarw bridge or bridges shall not be built; and there shall be submitted to “”'°"° *’l““S· °‘°· the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design or ' drawing of the bridge or bridges, and a map of the location, giving, for the s iace of one mile above and one mi e below the proposed location, tine topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and all other information required. Sec. 2. That the said city of La Crosse, its successors or assigns, shall have the right to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll, ron. not exceeding the amount limited by the laws of Minnesota or Wiscousin, and approved by the Secretary of War. srxr L-von xxv——-44