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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 102-104. 1894. 9] -of said bridge may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of 1 Timgefglr _<;·>¤¤¤¤¤¤¢- one year, and the time for the completion of said bridge is hereby ug °x " ° ‘ extenéded for the period of three years from the date of the approval of this ct. The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendmentotc. reserved. Approved, June 8, 1894. CHAP. 103.-An Act To authorize the Missouri River Power Company of Montana June 8, 1894. to construct a dam across the Missouri River. -—-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Gov- Pjfvggsgogi ***;.2* ·ernment is hereby given to the Missouri River Power Company of Mon- am mamilrinlzxng tana, its successors or assigns, to construct across the Missouri River, “°““"‘“· at some point at or near the southeast corner of Township Eleven north, of Range Two west, Montana meridian, to be approved by the Secretary of War, a dam, canal, and the appurtenances thereof for water power and other purposes, and in connection therewith afootbridge or bridges for public use. Said dam shall be constructed under semis.}-xsrwum the supervision and control of the Secretary of War, and before the 'PP'°"°P °·°°°· same shall be commenced the plans and specifications shaH be approved by the Secretary of War. The dam shall be furnished with a suitable sims, sa. . boom and log sluice, and the company, or its successors and assigns, shall execute to the United States, with sureties approved by the Secretary ·of War a bond in such sum as the Secretary may determine, conditioned to indemnify the United States against all claims for damages for overflow or otherwise caused by the construction of said dam. Sec. 2. That the United States shall be secured a tree right of way emmmnt un. ifor constructions and approaches to said dam for transferring boats and °”‘ freight around the same, and a free use of water power for operating such construction works. - Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby xmmamm. sw. expressly reserved, and the rights and privileges hereby granted to said Missouri River Power Company shall expire at the end of fifty years from and after the approval of this Act. Approved, June 8, 1894. CHAP. 104.-An Act To donate to the county of Laramie, Wdyoming, certain Juno M_ mu lbridges on the abandoned Fort Laramie military reservation, an for other pur· ----——-—- lp0SOB. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the bridges erected on §Q{,§gI;:"_§;',*°;_§’,’,f,‘{; the Fort Laramie military reservation by the United States in the alma: mm-mon do county of Laramie, Wyoming, are hereby donated to the said county of {-§‘f,'f,$‘,yY° 1‘"°“"° , Laramie, on the condition that the said county shall keep the said bridges in repair and open, free of charge, for the use of the traveling public and the military authorities of the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior shall reserve from sale and entry of the public {lands the grounds upon which the said bridges are located and suffi- -cient land for their protection and for approaches thereto. Sec. 2. That this act shall be ot no effect one year after the date of A¤¤¤i>¤¤¤¤· its passage unless the said county of Laramie shall tile in writing, within the said period, with the Secretary of the Interior, its acceptance of the terms of this act: Provided, That if the said eonnty_shall rims. any time fail to conform to the conditions of this act, the said bridges R°'°"*°"‘ and the lands that may be reserved shall revert to the United States. Approved, June 14, 1894.