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800 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 3923-3925. 1906. Jug 22k_}!306· CHAP. 3923.-An Act To improve the channels along the New Jersey seacoast. lP¤¤1i¤.N¤-3911 Be it enacted by the Senate and %use of Rjpresentatives of the New Jem), M United States of America in Congress assemble ·, That authority be com- given to the State of New Jersey, or, through it, to any commission, i¤?€§i$s°$°E°.irii”i°§°i-,3 individual, corporation, or municipality, singly or collectively, desig-

    • °“¤· nated by the legislature of said State, or by a commission appointed

or authorized by said legislature, to improve the channels on the New Jersey seacoast, or any portion of said coast, or the waters adjacent thereto, lying between thirty-eight delgrees fifty-six minutes and forty degrees twenty minutes north atitu e, by dredging, or by the construction of piers, jetties, or breakwaters, or other river and harbor work of any escription or nature adapted to attain the ends now pursued by the United States Government for the advantage of said coast {;g_,i•g{{°¤ or the relief of commerce: Provided, That such operations shall not ' encroach upon those rtions of said coast, or the channels adjacent thereto, for which the Uiiited States Government may undertake similar bggggfggg work according to its own plans: And provided, That the plans for said work shal be placed on file with the Chief of Engineers of the War Department for thirty days, during which time he is authorized to disapprove said plans and forbid such work if, in his judgment, the improvements when completed will interfere with navigation or with any works of the United States Government commenced or proposed rom rovbmden. to be made: Provided further, That no tolls or other charges upon commerce shall be imposed by those making such improvements: ·'“'*’”°'*°”- And provided further, That this Act shall not be construed as affecting in any way the jurisdiction and control of the Federal Government over any waters that may be improved in pursuance of the provisions thereof, nor as exempting such waters from the operation of the laws heretofore or hereafter enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of navigable waters. A¤¤°¤*l¤¤€¤*· Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906. ·l°¤° W Im CHAP. 3924.—.—\n Act Authoriziu certain chan es in the rmanent s s m of

 highways in the District of Columbiag g pe y m

blic, No. 398. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mggglxx States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of eznngnwtysm. the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to prepare a new high- ,f‘,§§',§},”;,‘},{{f'““°“”‘ way plan for that portion of the District of Columbia lyin north of Ordway street, south of Rodman street, east of Reno road, and west of Connecticut Avenue Highlands subdivision, under the rovisions V°l· "· *’· m' contained in the Act of Congress approved March second? eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highwavs in that part of the District of Columbia lying out- V¤*- 3*% r•· 51* side of cities," and an amen ment to said Act approved June twenty- eighth, elighteen hundred and ninety-eight; that u n the completion and reco ing of said new highway plan it shall talk; the place of and stand for any previous plan for said portion of the District of ' Columbia. Approved, June 30, 1906. June 30. 1906. CHAP. 3925.-Au a ° 8 ` [S- 6256.] convey lands hemmI°mA;:3T`pBd1?g1•;nz the Lake Schutte Cemetery Corporation to [Public, No. 394.] ' Be it enacted by_the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,,,,';‘§°°S§§§‘j§ff§‘,$, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Lake Schutte ¤g‘¤:;i¢_¤g}*-e1:c•¤- _ Cemetery Corporation, of Dunseith, North Dakota, be, and the same am uma," °°\ is hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and convey in fee simple