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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 3530-3532. 1906. 457 That such commission shall be composed of one officer of the Corps C°mP°¤“*°"· of Engineers of the United States Army, one officer of the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army, both of whom shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and one official of the Treasury Department, w o shall be an expert in electrical engineering, who sha l be designated by the Secreta of the Treasury. I Sec. 2. That this commission shalilsl examine and report upon the fol- S°°P°- owing ro sitions: First?W}h:nther there will be any surplus water flowin over said cg':,f,‘;§§§mm°’°*"‘· dams not needed for the purposes of navigation which migbt be avail-` able for mechanical or commercial power. Second. Whether such power, or any part thereof, could be econom- ,,,§,‘g{,,,,,,‘*‘Q,{§,’f"g‘g,_‘{{}} ically utilized for furnishing the light and power now needed or which P¤d¤1. liiinrgiapolis hereafter may be needed in the buildings and property of the United °° Fm BM mg' States at Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and, · if so, to what extent, and what ro rtion or amount of the available power could be so utilized by tlie Kited States or disposed of in any manner to the advantage of the United States. _ Third. If it shall appear to said commission feasible and economical ,,0’;,lQ{,f’ ‘°' ““"‘* for the United States to use or dispose of such power or any part thereof, then said commission shall report a plan or plans, with terms and conditions for such use or disposition, and an estimate of the cost thereof to the United States. Sec. 3. That the said commission shall meet at such time and place R°"°"‘ as may be directed by the Secretary of War, and shall transmit said report within two years after the passage of this Act. Approved, June 25, 1906. CHAP. 3581.-An Act To authorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Rail- June 5. 1906- way Company of Montana to construct a bridge across the Missouri River in Lewis lS· 68*] and Clarke County, Montana. [Public, No. zss.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of.RqM·esentate7ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Milwaukee }’,‘,§‘§°,,“§{,,*}}{’,‘§.{;,,k,,,, and Saint Paul Railway Company of Montana, its successors and $:1 865: 1*:011::*- assigns, be, and they are here y, authorized to construct, maintain, suggest piieviu and and o erate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Mis- c"" °°°““"· “°"'* souri iitiver, at some convenient an practicable point in Lewis and Clarke County, between the southern limit of said county and the northern limit of township eleven north, range two west, in the State of Montana, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled ’*""* P·“· "An Act to regulate the construction of ridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby *“’°“""’°'“· expressly reserved. Approved, June 25, 1906. CHAP. 3582.-·An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to acquire, ior toni- J¤¤¤25.1006- ‘ fication purposes, certain tracts of land on Deer Island, in Boston Harbor, Masachu- MEL. Petts. I [mum-. sn. my Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War Boston Huber, is hereb authorized to acquire, for fortification purposes, from the M‘§"§, 1,,,,,,,,, city of lgoston, two certain tracts of land on Deer Island, in Boston ,°f¤{g§u+gg;*{,‘:x{;°g{;; Harbor, Massachusetts, containing together about one hundred acres menu:. above mean low-water mark, the said tracts being marked on the ground