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142 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 46, 47. 1921. the city of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, m the State of Ohio: ,{'°"§g$,’,;, 0,,,1,,,,, Provided, That the work shall not be commenced unt1l the_ plans p pp therefor have been filed with and approved by the Chief of Engmeers, United States Army, and by the Secretary o War: Promded further,

mY,€§({¤°§_P°°"’ °°°"’ That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam

_ to develop water power or generate electricity: And prmndedfurther, .,,,$,}’f.,‘f§T$,_t'°” md That_the authority hereby granted shall cease_and be null and void unless the actual construction of the dam harem authorized be commenced within one year and completed with1n three Tgears from the

a·zT&°¤':i°°$ii°i1i date of the p e of this Act: And promdedfurther, at the consent

°°"°‘°P”*°“‘· hereby given sh l terminate and be at an end from and after thirty . days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agen of the United States, to sand comgiany or its successors, that desirible waterzpower development will e interfered with lt? the p°§,*g{’,'¤*,, ·,,"°°, ·· *’Y existence of said dam; and any grantee or hcensee of _ the mted States proposing to develop a lpower project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, su merge, or utilize said dam imder such conditions as said commission or other agency may determme, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam if the water level to be mam-

 in said power project is higher than the level of the crest of

am. · ’“""‘““‘°"”‘ Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 15, 1921. ·{§lY’l{5}£· QEAP. 47.-An Act Providing for the appraisal and sale of the Vashon Idmd

 Military Reservation in the Stats of Washington, and iorotber purposes.

V h I I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ‘ wél °° 3_ °°°’ States 0{America in Oonvgress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ,,,§%",{,;,§§·,,,,‘*',‘§{°j,°,,‘,} terior s all cause the land in the Vashon Island abandoned military r<¤¤¤¤¤¤· reservation in sections one, two and three, all in township twenty- one north, range two east, Willamette meridian, in the county of King, in the State of Washington, to be surveyed and subdivided into tracts and lots to conform as far as practicab e to the tracts and lots lawfully occupied by the tenants thereon as lessees or sublessees on Om ms under M? 1, 1920. _ rmaime may pm- nc. 2. That after said survey and the approval thereof by the §§‘§;,,‘;,§‘,§,‘TY°,Y,,,,,§_“°‘ Commissioner of the General Land Office the plat thereof shall be filed in the office of the register and receiver in the manner provided by law, and thereafter any person who as lessee or sublessee was in actual occupation of any fportion of the lands described in section 1 hereof on the lst day o May, 1920, who made actual settlement thereon m good faith under the terms of a certain lease held of the War Department by one James Bachelor, or a sublease thereunder, or anyone who has since said date succeeded to the occu ation and interest of anfy such prior settler, his heirs or assigns, shall he entitled to purchase or the appraised value one of such surveyed tracts so L_ _ occupied, no right of purchase to exceed the tract actually occupied ‘”"‘“"°“· and improved _ y a lawful lessee or sublessee on May 1, 1920, and in no case exceediiig twenty acres in a body, according to Government surveys and su IVISIODS thereof, uplon the payment to the Govern- Proms ment of a sum of money equal to the appraised value thereof, such __»,,,,,,,,,;,1 ,,,,,,,,0. appraisement to be made as provided by aw: Provided, That in mak-

    • 0**- ing such appramsement the appraisers shall not include the im rove-

Xmaumm pw men ts thereon made bg the occupants of such lands: Prooidedfiirther, ments niower That payment to the ovemment may be made in one sum, or not less than one-tenth cash and the balance in nine or less number of