SIXTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 108, 109. 1919. 355 CQAP. 108.-An Act Authorizing the Meridian Highway Bridge Company, a cor- November 18. 1919- pomtron, to construct and maintain a bridge or bridges and approaches thereto across 1S· 2883*1 the Missouri River between Yankton Coimty, South Dakota, and Cedar County, [Public, Nc.s1.] Nebraska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Meridian Highway Missvvri River- Bridge Compiany, a corporation organized under the laws of the State sdiimdbidn Eiihdpig of South Da ota, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, {’§,§,§¤'ii;°·S‘i)]§,§‘kk§,‘f,{} authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges 0¤<1ari¥<>¤¤i¢y,Nébr. and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at a point or points suitable to the interest of navigation, in section eighteen, township Location. ninety-three, range fifty-five west, or section thirteen, township ninety-three, range fifty-six west, Yankton County, South Dakota, to the shore opposite thereto at a point in sections eleven or twelve, township thirty-three north, range one west, Cedar County, Nebraska, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to reg- mtehthe construction of bridges over navigable waters/’ approved rc 23, 1906. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ’““°"“‘“°“*· expressly reserved. Received by the President, November 6, 1919. [N OTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STA·rn.——The foregoing act havipg been presented to the President of the United States or his approv , and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed b the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without approval.] 9. CHAP. 109.-An Act Authorizing the sale of inherited and unpartitioned allot- N°l§1¤Fd££r7i§1llu ments for town-site purposes in the Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United W I di States of America in Congress assembled, mt the Secretary of the Agzggsilauklairfn ii; Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, upon the allotxiieniis is- aibnupplication heretofore or hereafter made, of a majority in interest of sms °“‘h°""°"· e owners of any inherited and unpartitioned allotmentin the Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma, to sell the sur ace of said allotted lands, 1D. w ole or in part, for town-site purposes, under such rules_and regulations as he may prescribe, concerning terms of sale and disposal of the proceeds or the benefit of the respective Indians: Provided, That any 1E,.,,..'°“‘°t5m Maw, duly authorized representative of the Interior Department may execute any deed or other instrument necessary to the completion of such sale in the name and on behalf of an of the owners of said land if such owner or his legal representativesliall fail or refuse to execute such deed or other instrument for a period of thirty days after bemg given notice in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe that such deed or other instrument is ready for execution. Legs, ,,,;,,,3, em In conducting such sale the Secretary of the _Inter1or may, H1 his protecteddiscretion, prescribe such conditions and requirements as may be necessary for the protection of any person cglpersons he may find to have le al or equitable interests in any of s lands or the improvements fiereon, making due allowance, in discretion, for the value of such improvements but no preference right to purchase any lot or tract shall be accorded any person for a iperiod exceeding ninety days. Ap , , M There is hereby appropriated, out o any money in the Treasury expenses.}! not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000, to cover the expense Repayment mm of conducting such sale, such sum to be reimbursed to the Treasury proceeds.
