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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 137, 139, 140. 1916. 223 courts for the several purposes above named; and the remainder shall become a part of the general fund in the Treasury of the United States. The payments herein authorized shall be made to the treasurers of the ,,QQ`,“Ym°”“ °““*°’· States and counties, respectively, by the Treasurer of the United ' States, upon the order of the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as may be after the close of each Hscal year during which the moneys were received: Promkled, That none of the payments to the States and p,,,,,,,,,_ counties and to the reclamation fund in this section provided for shall C°¤<“*i°¤S· be made imtil the amount due the Oregon and California Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, has been fully paid, and the Treasury reimbursed for all taxes paid pursuant to the provisions of section nine of this Act. Sec. 11. That the Secretaiy of the Interior is hereb authorized to Regulations, etc. perform any and all acts an to make such rules andy regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect; and any person, applicant, ruaisnmmz for false purchaser, entérzyman, or witness who shall swear falsel in any ath- °"°°"”" davit or proce `ng required hereunder or under the regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior shall be guilty of perjury and liable to the penalties prescribed therefor. » · · Sec. 12. That the sum of $100,000 be, and the same ishereby, ap- apigwpmaau rar propriated, out of any moneys inethe Treasury not otherwise appro- as °“°°‘“ priated, to enable the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, or otherwise, to complete the classification of the lands as herein provided, which amount shall be immediatel available and shall remain available until such classification shall gave been completed. Approved, June 9, 1916. _ CHAP. 139.—An Act Granting the consent of Congremto George Fabyan to con- m?§i;i$$16' struct s. bridge across the Fox River. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the United States tg America. in. Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress gex Ripe,) is here y granted to George Fabyan, and his successors and assigns, s»·ra;°¥:ec=¤°;°i»:,xHi? to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Fox River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Geneva, in the county of Kane, in the State of Illinois, in grrfstructivu. accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regu- ° ° 34* p` S4` late the construction of bridges 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 amnemm. expressly reserved. Approved, June 12, 1916. Juno 12, 1916. CHAP. 140.--An Act To authorize and empower officers and enlisted men of the [H- B- I2835-l Navy and Marine Corps to serve under the Govemment of the Republic of Haiti, [puwc,N,_ my md or other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R(1e§resen,tatives of the United _ _ Siaies of America in. Oortgreas assembled, at the President of the ggéfgb ,,0,,, Nw, Unit-ed States be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to gggrifjfg C°*P¤¤¤· detail to assist the Republic of Haiti such officers and enlisted men of rmua, 5. 44. the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps as may be mutually agreed upon by him and the President of the Republic of Haiti: Provided, That the officers and enlisted men so detailed be, "°"*°· M pw and they are hereby, authorized to accept from the Government of mai? Haiti the said employment with compensation and emoluments from the said Government of Haiti, subject to the approval of the President of the United States.