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1438 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ons. 220-222. 1923. March CHAP. 220.-An Act Authorizing the State of Californiato bring suit against the

 United States to determine title to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California.

_ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the cSiiil°y°u (l°°°ty’ United States of America in Congress assembled, That consent is

§§’;,*§‘§,“‘lj},f,§ hereby given that a suit or suits may be instituted by or in behalf

gn my bg Etwsht ¤¤ of the State of California in the Supreme Court of the United States ` a£¤-aries. to determine the right, title, and interest of such State to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California, alleged to have been ceded by such State to the United States by act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled ‘An act authorizing the United States Government to lower the water levels of any or all of the followmg lakes: Lower or Little Klamath Lake, Tule or Rhett Lake, Goose Lake, and Clear Lake, situated in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, and to use any part or all of the beds of sa1d lakes for the storage of water in connection with the irrigzétion and reclamation operations conducted b{Tthe Reclamation rvice of the United States; also ceding to the mted States all the right, title, interest, or claim of the State of California to any lands uncovered by the lowerin ’ S I U, mma of the water levels of any or all of said lakes not already dmposed msdeaparty. olf by tlhe Stpte,” approved Fpbrnczryé 3, 1905é aiédtlin fiynytggclé suit terigttite an interestosu tatean o e ni tates may be fhlly tested and determined if the Secretary of the Interior Defense by www is {nada a party to such suit. q.mm_ pon the reguest of such Secretary the Attorne General of the United States is authorized and directed to defend the right, title, and interest of the United States to such land or any part thereof. Approved, March 3, 1923.

   221.-An Act Granting the consent of Ccngres to the Interstate Toll
 Bridge Company for construction of a bridge acres Red River between Montague

County, Texas, and Jefferson County, Oklahoma. R,dR,m_ Re it enacted by the and House of Representatives of the Bgitersatsl Tlgxg United States og America in Congress assembled, That the consent b¤d§S*L1tStw’$°S.?"réxSS of Congress is erebygranted to the Interstate Toll Bridge Com- °°d °'*"°m**· pany to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches theretot_acr<i)sst the Rleid Igsver sg a pom'? suitabledtg tgie intepests of , u mh navi a ion e ween on ague ount exas an e er on Y t , $¤1.s4,?ls4. Oklalioma, in accordance with the pr%visions’of an Act eSntitle(dlwA3i1 Act to regulate the construction o bridges over navigable waters," Ammdmmt approved March 23, 1906. _ · Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1923. March3 IQB. B·4i46· (IHA?. 222.-AnA P ` S ° ‘ ·—‘—·’—r¤»···»¤¤. so. is to u..._S¤sSd Sees fla @°$"3%r2'§°it¤°’3Z?i‘§f iK.’If‘”’”‘tt..rSE‘£ TI.°3“,Y.$.’IS?4‘i§,°?"2Si°$ patenting of certain lands to Natrona County, Wyoming, for public—park purposes. . Be it enacted b the Senate and House o Re esentafves of the ciilygriirléinhglgsmay ga U nited States of rfmeriea in Congress assem£led,p'l·`l1at updn delivery $,,é§,cum°§,‘§““,,h, to the Secretary of the Interior by the State of Wyoming of its ~ ec —>¤ ¤f· properly executed and duly recorded deed or deeds reconveying to the United States of America in fee simple the lands in section 36, township 36 north, range 86 west of the sixth principal meridian, oontausgixl approximately six hundred and forty acres, the said State be authorized and permitted to select an equal number