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Consruction Vol. 34, p. 84 sota and North Dakota, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

AmendementSec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, January 13, 1919.


January 25, 1919.[S 4924.] [Public, No 250.]

Chap. 10.—An Act To amend section three hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation of the United States with foreign countries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedCommerce and Navigation. States of America in Congress assembled, That section three hundred and thirty-sixStatistics is annual report of, to be for calendar year. of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word "fiscal" immediately preceding the word "year" at the end of the firstR.S., sec. 336, p. 56, amended. sentence of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "calendar."

Approved, January 25, 1919.


January 25, 1919.[S 3299.] [Public, No 251.]

Chap. 11.—An Act Authorizing the President to reappoint Major Chalmers G. Hall, retired, to the active list of the Army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized to reappoint to the Cavalry Arm as an extra number, with such rank as he would have had if he had never been retired, Major Chalmers G. Hall, of the United States Army, retired.

Approved, January 25, 1919.


January 25, 1919.[H.J. Res. 372] [Pub. Res., No. 49.]

Chap. 12.—Joint Resolution To amend Senate joint resolution numbered seventy-eight, approved October fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, entitled "Joint resolution to suspend requirements of the annual assessment work on mining claims during the year nineteen hundred and seventeen and nineteen hundred and eighteen".

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of Senate joint resolution, approved October fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen be amended so as to provide that the time for filing notices to hold said mining claims in the Territory of Alaska, under the said resolution, be, and the same is hereby, extended to the last day of April, nineteen hundred and nineteen.

Approved, January 25, 1919.


February 4, 1919.[H. R. 79] [Public. No. 252.]

Chap. 13.—An Act For the sale of isolated tracts of the public domain in Minnesota.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House 06 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of Chippewa ceded lands, Minn.section twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States asIsolated tracts in, may be sold. amended by the Act of March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page seventy-seven)R.S., sec. 2455, p. 449., relating to the sale of isolated tracts of the public domain, be, and the same are hereby,Vol. 37, p. 77. extended and made applicable to ceded Chippewa Indian lands in the State of Minnesota; Provisions.Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to lands which are not subject to homestead entry:Homesteads excepted. Provided further, That purchasers of land under this Act must pay for the lands not less than the Price.price fixed in the law opening the lands to homestead entry.

Approved, February 4, 1919.