FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. ons. 513, 514. 1903. 803 arranged as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around, throu h or over said dam, without unreasonable delay or hindrance, and wide · out toll or charges; that the Government of the United States may, at A*"”°’“"lg““°“· any time, construct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes, may at any time without compensation control the said dam for (purposes of navigation, but shall not destroy the water power create by said dam to any greater extent than may be necessary to provide proper facilities for navigation; and that the Secretary of War may, at any time, require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modifications and changes in the construction of said dam Chmzesand may make such regulations for the operation of said dam as he may deem advisable in the interests of navigation. Sec. 2. That in case an_y liti tion arises from the building of said L*¤8¤¤<>¤· dam or from the obstruction ofvdaid river by said dam or appurtenant works cases may be tried in the proper- courts, as now provided for that purpose in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and in the courts of the United States.- - - · Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void unless the. dam herein uglm °* °°¤¤¤¤· ' authorized be commenced within two years and completed within five ' years from the time of the passa e of this Act. Sec. 4. That the right to amend or repeal this Act is hereby expressly *¤°¤°m°¤*~ reserved. · ` Approved, February 7, 1903. ‘ CHAP. 5 14.-An Act Providing for free homesteads on the public lands foractual February 7, 1903. and bona fide settlers in the north one-half of the Colville Indian Reservation, State of Washington, and reserving the public lands for that purpose. Be it enacted by the Senate arid1I0n8e of Resentati/ues of the United _ _ States of Ameriea in Oemgress assembled, mt all settlers under the ,,,$,’§}}§}}f I“"“‘“ **9* homestead laws of the United States upon the agricultural public S {ye of ¤¤;<g¤¤ *0 lands in the north one-half of the Colville Indian Reservation, in the 1S1s?‘{€lt:i1° _ mw State of Washington, opened to settlement b Executive order on the V° · 3* ’· “’°‘°· tenth day of October, nineteen hundred, who have resided or shall hereafter reside upon the tract entered in good faith for the period required by existing law, shall be entitled to zzpatent for the land so entered upon the payment to the local land officers of the usual and customar fees, and no other or further charge of any kind whatsoever shalllbe re uired from such settler to entitle him to a patent for the land covered by his entry: Bwided, That the right to commute QOEQQB mmmm any such entry and (pay for said lands in the coption of any such settler entrg continue:. and in the time an at the prices now tix by existing laws shall remain in full force and effect: I*1·0mYded, Iwwever, That all sums of I¤§}g],"f,'g,§;;°°°'“*¤ money so released which if not released would belon to any Indian ` tribe shall be id to such Indian tribe by the United States, and that b),D{g‘,§§f§f,"Q’,f,‘;:;fP“‘ in the event thet the proceeds of the annual sales of the public lands shall not be sufficient to meet the payments heretofore provided for agricultural colleges and experimental stations by an Act of Congress V¤1—¤*. 1>· 417- approved An ust thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts established under the provisions of an ‘ Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixt - V<>r1?- v-M two, such deficiency shall be paid by the United States: And _fiu·t}ze1·, That no lands shall be herein included on which the United E*°°P“°“¤- States Government had made valuable improvements, or lands that have been sold at public auction by said Government. Sec. 2. That allpActs or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provi- R°¥’°“l— sions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 7, 1903.
